SLPTC BOARD MINUTES

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2025

 

PRESENT:  President Linda Bauman, Secretary Sandy Remillard, John Sileno, Larry Durey (via phone), Chris Nelson, Joyce Kraut, Kathy Masnyk, Sandra Linek, Martha Scribner.  Absent:  Sharon McQueen, Cheryl Dimengo, Harriette DiStefano

 

Welcome:  Linda called the meeting to order at 3:05 pm at Seminole Lakes Country Club. 

 

Cheryl Dimengo sent Linda a text message on 12/9 to advise the condition of the restroom  at the court being a mess.  John said it was clean on Monday afternoon so it had to have happened either Monday night or early Tuesday morning.  Linda advised that any issues with the condition of the tennis building should be addressed with the Pro Shop so they can have maintenance personnel resolve it.  Sandy to create a posting to put up on the bulletin board with the phone number of the Pro Shop.

 

Meeting Minutes Approval: Motion was made by Sandy Remillard and seconded by Joyce Kraut to approve the minutes of the meeting from November 11, 2025.  Motion passed.

 

Treasurer’s Report:  As Sharon could not attend the meeting she emailed over her report and Martha added to it.  Beginning balance was $533.32 and 1 check written for “Members Only” signs in the amount of $100 was issued as approved at last month’s meeting.   A motion was made by John and seconded by Joyce to approve additional signs for the courts to remind players to close the gates when leaving the courts.  An amount not to exceed $100 was passed.  Larry to get signs made and installed on the inside of each gate.

 

AED Update:  Sharon has only received 2 checks of $25 each for the purchase of a new AED for the tennis courts.  Martha has received an additional $175.  We have a long way to go to reach our goal.  Sharon suggested we send out another notification to all members.  Captains should also remind their team members.  In addition to the money for the AED, $165  as collected at the Social Event held in November.

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Tennis:  Martha to get completed applications from Sharon and give to Board so they can be entered into the database. 

 

Pickelball:  No update on number of players as yet.  Denise Macissac has sent an email to the Board asking if they can use the court that is not playable for Cornhole.  Jack said no to this request.  The POA sent out a notification that Cornhole is being played at the pool, but courts are only to be used by “paid” pickleball/tennis members.  Chris reported that there were signs on both nets stating “courts closed for maintenance”.  He is assuming that this may be for liability for Seminole Lake insurance issues, however all weeds have been cleaned up and it appears the southeast corner of the court has been rolled and is no longer raised.  Cracks still need repairing and it was noted that the repairs should not be too big of a deal if we have the right materials if we can get permission from Jack to repair them ourselves.  Chris is preparing a plan of action.  Two new nets were purchased for this year at the cost of $60 each, however this was paid for by the pickleball players themselves.  New windscreens were also put up on the courts.

 

Maintenance:  There is one line sweeper still missing.  Kathy had put one near the tennis building but John has already repaired and returned that one.  John still has not received the quotation for repairing/replacing the lines on the clay courts. 

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Social:  Welcome back social had a small turnout, however the raffles were successful.  Over all $165 was raised.  Tennis dinners will resume sometime in January due to the holidays.  On Saturday, January 17th there will be a party at the courts right after the JF Drop In.  This will be a pot luck event with a 50/50 raffle.  In addition, Joyce has reserved tables at Deep Creek Elks for their Valentine’s Day dinner/dance.  More info to follow for this event.

 

Dinner invitations are still coming to some members from an outside source.  If email invitation does not come from Seminole Lakes or Joyce Kraut, members should not open the email.  Joyce will look into possibly using another app for the invitations.

 

Website:  Sandra, as new chair of the website committee, has archived all the “old” meeting minutes.  Sandra will move each previous month’s meeting minutes into the archive location once the new month’s minutes have been uploaded.  The credit card used for the annual payment of the website has been changed to Seminole Lakes and will be paid annually going forward.  Sandra will also be helping Joyce in keeping the Event Page current.

 

Membership:  Larry has contacted local communities (River haven, Gulf View, Eagle Point, Burnt Store, Alligator Park, etc.) and all were very receptive to posting our membership drive posting.  We did get one potential member from River Haven who came to the JF Drop In.  Also going to look into Jones Loop and Taylor Road new developments as well as the development off of Tuckers Grade.  There is also a website called “Play Your Court” that we should look into to see if we can add our information.

 

New Business:  Joyce brought up an issue with parking at the clay courts recently.  The Women’s 70+ team had a match as well as the Women’s 4.0 team.  When the 70+ team showed up there were no available parking spaces and there were also cars parked along the road.  Captains should inform the visiting teams to carpool as much as possible since parking is limited.

 

Next Meeting to be scheduled for January 6, 2025.

 

Meeting adjourned at 4:20 pm.

 

Respectfully submitted December 12, 2025                                                         Sandy Remillard, Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

SLPTC BOARD MINUTES

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2025

 

PRESENT:  President Linda Bauman, Secretary Sandy Remillard, John Sileno, Sharon McQueen, Larry Durey, Chris Nelson, Joyce Kraut, Harriette DiStefano

 

Welcome:  Linda called the meeting to order at 3:00 pm at Seminole Lakes Country Club.  Linda addressed all members of the board regarding communication within the board.  She stressed the issue that we cannot assume that someone is in agreement if they do not respond to an email or text, but we should all follow up with a phone call if emails and text messages are not generating a response.

 

Men’s Open:  Frank Linek has spoken with John Sileno for the B3 team and Larry Durey about the Jerry Fisher Drop In and it was decided that the Men’s Open should be combined with the Jerry Fisher Drop In to be held on Saturday.  Larry will continue as lead coordinator with Frank as a backup.  Women’s Open will also be combined into this event.  The Jerry Fisher Drop In will now include all levels and all members on a drop in basis.  The B3 team would like to request the Monday time slot originally scheduled for Men’s Open to be used as their practice time.  This will require further discussion as no one can just give a timeslot to another group.

 

Men’s Open was left off of the new rules published earlier this year.  However, Men’s and Women’s Open should be listed as sanctioned events after league play, however, they will be suspended until further notice.  Rules should be amended to include this after the Annual General Meeting in the spring.

 

Letter of Requests:  A letter of requests was prepared regarding maintenance of the courts, AED replacement and the tennis website and was submitted to Jack.  Response was as follows:

 

- Website:  Jack will continue to pay for the tennis website.  Instructions need to be given to Tanya.

- Maintenance:  Jack requires that we obtain quotes to repair/replace the lines on the clay courts and then he will make a decision.  John will obtain quotes and have the vendor submit directly to Jack.  As for the hard court repairs, quotes received are not reasonable therefore courts will not be repaired.  If they cannot be used, they will be closed.

- AED:  Jack will not pay for a new AED.  Fire Department says the existing AED can still be used with the unopened, expired pads.  The manufacturer no longer supports this product.  It was discussed that we put something together and ask the membership to contribute to the purchase of a new or refurbished unit and also approach the POA for financial assistance.  The POA already has one at the pool.  A refurbished, certified unit would cost ~$800 while a new unit would be ~$1500-$2000.  Replacement pads and maintenance would cost extra.  We could canvas the tennis membership to contribute or use club funds.  With our current membership, it would be approximately $25 per person.  USTA members could also be asked to contribute.  Sharon McQueen would be the collector of funds and checks would need to be payable to Sharon McQueen.  Team captains could also collect monies and turn them over to Sharon.  Motion made by Harriette DiStefano and seconded by Joyce Kraut.  Motion passed.

 

Meeting Minutes Approval: Motion was made by Sandy Remillard and seconded by Joyce Kraut to approve the minutes of the meeting from  October 16, 2025.  Motion passed.

 

Treasurer’s Report:  No change from last month’s report.  Martha Scribner has volunteered to be our new treasurer.  Martha has a previous history of being on the board and being an officer so a motion was made by Harriette DiStefano and seconded by Sandy Remillard to waive the one year requirement before becoming an officer.  Motion passed.

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Membership:  Sharon McQueen has created a current listing of all paid members for this season.  Sharon also suggested that the board review starting times of matches for next season and that no league match start before 10 am in order to give members the use of court time earlier in the morning.

 

Pickleball:  Pickleball has just started playing for the season.  They have received one new application for the season.

 

Maintenance:  Annual clean up event went very well with 15 members helping out.  Palmetto trees were trimmed back and weeds sprayed with Roundup.  Email received from Mark with congratulations on a job well done.  It was noted that clay is put down monthly but gets washed way from the sprinklers and rain and that the lines get high because of it.   Chairs and benches were left out for the social event on the 18th.  They will be put back after the event.  Additional windscreens are in the tennis hut and are available for the back of the tennis courts and for the pickleball courts.

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Social:  Welcome back social will be held on the 18th with a food truck instead of pot luck.  We have received permission from Jack to park golf carts across the street on the edge of the golf course.  There will be two different raffles: one for a tennis bag filled with goodies for $5/ticket and a second one for different prizes for $5/6 tickets.

 

Membership:  Larry Durey talked about contacting the area housing developments to recruit new members.  Sandy Remillard offered to put up a flyer in Eagle Point and Wayne Garber will be asked to put one in his development also.  Kathy Masnyk will post it on Next Door.

 

Court Signs:  New “members only” signs to be posted on the clay court gates similar to pickleball court.  John to get pricing but was authorized to purchase if $100 but not to exceed $150 or less.  In addition, we still want to get pricing for a “SEMINOLE LAKES TENNIS CLUB” banner to be posted at the clay courts.  Previous quote received from Buffalo Graphics was for ~$200.

 

New Business:  Webmaster position – Sandra Linek has volunteered to be the new webmaster.  In addition, since the website is currently under Frank Linek’s credit card, Frank will contact Tanya to turn this over directly to Seminole Lakes so they will continue to pay for the annual fee.

 

“Old” minutes of meetings on the website will be moved to a newly created page so they can be archived.  The main website page will now only contain current meeting minutes.

 

Next Meeting to be scheduled for December 9, 2025.

 

Meeting adjourned at 5:00 pm.

 

Respectfully submitted November 18, 2025                                                         Sandy Remillard, Secretary

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