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President’s Message the discretion of the Head Professional or
Congratulations on the recent designate.
additions to the Gorge Vale “25 Booking tee times up to two weeks in advance
Year” club – Mike Cerisano, Jack through our Buz Reservation System is a privilege
MacDonald, Ken Southey and Jean of membership. All members are encouraged to
Marie Southey. Thank you for your exercise this privilege in order to get the tee times of
commitment to Gorge Vale and I wish you many their preference. This will be especially important as
more years of golfing at our fine club. we move into the active golf playing season.
Your Board of Directors and their hard-working Two additional proposed amendments to policy
committees have been busy developing initiatives are:
and making recommendations for Board • Changing Policy 2.2.2 a) to include RCMP
consideration regarding changes to policy and officers with our current transitory group, the
practice in order to achieve the Club’s Long-Term Canadian Armed Forces, in getting deferral of
Plan to raise revenues over the next three years. In initiation fees on a one-time basis.
this report I will highlight changes to policy that • Changing Policy 5.3 to amend the guest rate,
have received first reading by the Board and have now called the Restricted Play Rate, for all
now been tabled for approval at the March meeting. member play during restricted time periods,
You can get details of these proposed policy e.g. play before 12:00 Noon on Saturdays and
changes by reading the minutes of the Board of Sundays for Reduced, Intermediate, and
Directors meeting accessed on Club Connect or on before 2:00 PM for Twilight members, to be at
the Gorge Vale website. To request more 90% of the established Guest of Member rate.
information or to provide feedback, please direct On a final note, Gorge Vale has submitted an
your emails or letters to the GV Board of Directors. application regarding the Club’s Liquor Primary
Research has shown that at Gorge Vale a Club Liquor License with current hours of sale from
significant number of tee times are currently unused 11:00 AM – 1:00 AM to be changed to 9:00 AM –
and proposed changes to several policies - 2.2.2 a) 12:00 Midnight. Since the Township of Esquimalt
and 3.9 will address this and help to increase has opted out of the process of commenting on the
revenues as well. In brief, the changes are: application, the Club must notify the public of our
• Increasing the green fee rates as specified in the intent to amend the hours of service. To this end the
Finance Report, including providing a Twilight Club will post a sign on the property for all
green fee rate. members of the public to view. In the coming days
• Increasing access to the tee for green fee players and then for a period of two months, you will see a
by removing all playing restrictions Monday to sign posted on the side of the cart shed to inform the
Friday, allowing green fee play after 12:00 public of our intent.
Noon on Saturday and Sunday and Ruth Blasner
implementing Twilight green fee play at 2:00 Club President
PM every day.
• Accepting green fee bookings up to 6 days in
advance (after the draw has been completed) at