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January 2020



                              President’s Message                   Your Board of Directors took time out of this
                            On  behalf  of  the  Gorge  Vale    busy  pre-Christmas  time  to  meet  on  Sunday,
                         Board of Directors, I wish you and     December 15, to review the goals for the coming
                         your  family  a  healthy  and  happy   year.  The  Board  confirmed  once  again  the
                         2020!  Let’s  remember  in  the        message our membership received in the August
                         coming  year  that  we  can  all       President’s  Report  which  will  be  the  focus  of
         contribute to fulfilling the Gorge Vale vision:        committee work in 2020. I quote from that report:
             Gorge Vale will be a leader in providing a             Expenses have been very tightly controlled in
         welcoming club atmosphere and a great golfing          all areas – grounds and clubhouse - so the only
         experience.                                            way  to  address  financial  pressures  is  through
             With  the  relatively  dry  conditions  over  the   increased revenue – for example, more members,
         past  couple  of  months,  our  very  active           increased  membership  dues  and  increases  in
         membership  has  been  able  to  enjoy  many  golf     other revenue sources such as guest play.
         rounds. Thanks go to our Superintendent and his            Invite  friends  and  neighbours  to  be  your
         staff for their ongoing efforts to provide us with     guests for a meal and drink or a round of golf
         fine winter playing conditions.                        and/or to join the club as new members. We can
             Director assignments have now all been made        all meet these challenges so let’s approach 2020
         and  there  are  opportunities  to  serve  on  a       with  a  positive  and  hopeful  attitude.  I  look
         committee to suit your area of interest. Contact       forward to serving as your President for 2020.
         the  following  Directors  if  you  would  like  to                                         Ruth Blasner
         contribute  to  their  committee  discussions  and                                              President
         recommendations:
           •  Lorne  Verhulst  -Vice  President,  Land  Use
              Committee
           •  Tim  Howard  -  Club  Captain,  Match
              Committee
           •  Bryan Thomson – Finance Committee
           •  Connie Dykstra - Membership Committee
           •  Murray  MacAllindon  and  Connie  Dykstra
              (co-chairs) - Green Committee
           •  Louise  Herlenveaux  -  Policy  &  Bylaw              Thank you to everyone that donated a
              Committee                                          non-perishable food item and/or unwrapped
           •  Rick Jess and Malcolm Barker (co-chairs) -              toy in support of the Mustard Seed.
              Long Term Planning Committee                          Total food donations weighed 200 lbs.
           •  Malcolm  Barker  -  House  and  Social            Your donations will help those less fortunate
              Committee                                                        in our community!
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