hi all,

well the first 7 days of the new administration have passed and it is time to implement our first �stimulus� plan. less than $800 billion, we promise. an item discussed at the recent annual meeting was to encourage and find ways to encourage more players to expand their horizons of table tennis play.

to that end, effective march 2nd, 2009 � in an effort to give an incentive to some monday folks to try out a wednesday round robin (and to bring in some wednesday round robin-ers to monday play), we will implement a new (!) playing fee policy.

very simple: if you are playing monday and know you will be playing on the immediately following wednesday, pay for both monday and wednesday for the flat fee of $5 (otherwise, monday remains $3, and wednesday remains $4). make a note on the monday sign in sheet please! that $2 savings can be used in your own personal �troubled asset recovery plan,� or half a latte at starbucks.

in addition, starting in march we are corralling larry scott (a certified usatt coach and awfully decent fellow) for some clinic work for wednesdays, which we will conduct at 6:15 p.m. (about 35 minutes or so, prior to the round robin). assistance in these clinics will be provided by tom spesick, tim aquino and bill kochenderfer, as needed. no charge for these clinics and i can assure you from experience as well as observing several players who have taken formal lessons from larry scott, these will be well worth their while. thank you larry!

we will confirm with larry scott when in march this will begin. in the meantime, if you are interested, feel free to shoot him an email directly at lgscott@hughes.net.

reminder on monday play: continued good turnout! if tables are all busy and we have players waiting - play singles matches of 2 of 3 games (or play an equivalent time of practice). the winner of the match will remain on the table for one more match and then move off the table. if no one is waiting you may extend by 1 game at a time. all doubles matches remain 3 of 5 games.

if a player wishes to challenge a table, place your bat (racket) under the table.

remember: if on a wednesday evening, you think you will be late for the round robin, please call bill (916) 275-0899, or tom spesick (530) 613-0101. if you reach us, we will put you on a table.

congratulations to 2/25 round robin group winners: lu li, grant connell, micah chavez and doug vaughn.

bill kochenderfer

hi all,

we have been seeing some good turnout for monday open play. in the interest of keeping things moving along, when tables are all busy and we have players waiting, let�s try this process: play singles matches of 2 of 3 games (or play an equivalent time of practice). the winner of the match will remain on the table for one more match and then move off the table. if no one is waiting you may extend by 1 game at a time. all doubles matches remain 3 of 5 games.

if a player wishes to challenge a table, place your bat (racket) under the table.

our semi-annual club meeting was held saturday feb. 21. we discussed a number of topics and took stock of the state of our club and its affairs. we have added a new position (separate from president), of treasurer, and our newly elected slate of officers are the following:

president - bill kochenderfer
vice-president - tom spesick
treasurer - tim aquino
secretary - larry scott

special note to the club from tim aquino: it�s been a pleasure serving as the club�s president. the beginning years were a challenge for all of us. it was gratifying to see the early members pull together and front the club several thousand dollars for the purchase of tables. it would have all ended there if not for their generosity and foresight. we have all accomplished a lot over the last few years.

we are all grateful to tim, as well as the club co-founder greg cehan, and the core group of a dozen or so players that put the foundation on the ground. among the many contributions tim has made is building some wonderful software to track round robin results, and we are delighted to lighten tim�s responsibilities on the club management side

there will be an update and more information to everyone in the next week or so on the specifics of the club meeting and some of things we are kicking around to continue building enthusiasm and encouraging play at all levels.

remember: if on a wednesday evening, you think you will be late for the round robin, please call bill (916) 275-0899, or tom spesick (530) 613-0101. if you reach us, we will put you on a table.

congratulations to 2/18 round robin group winners: bill kochenderfer, lu li, glenn johnson and kumar jayaraman.

bill kochenderfer

hi all,

the club will be open monday 2/16.

please keep in mind our semi-annual meeting on 2/21, saturday morning, 10:00 am at my home in meadow vista (695 cole road) this will also be the occasion of our first club elections and we will be electing a new president, vice president, secretary and treasurer.

current nominations are bill kochenderfer for president, mark copeland for vice-president, larry scott as secretary and tim aquino as treasurer. other nominations may be made at the meeting. on the agenda so far in brief:

1. financial state of the club.
2. tournament 2009.
3. distributions of excess holdings.
4. weekly clinics.
5. *let me know if you have an item for the group to consider.

if on a wednesday evening, you think you will be late, please call bill (916) 275-0899, or myself (530) 878-2602. if you reach us, we will put you on a table.

congratulations to 2/11 group winners: bill kochenderfer, anson kwong and mark copeland.

tim

hi all,

welcome to new players, kumar jayaraman and john hanna.

please keep in mind our semi-annual meeting on 2/21, saturday morning, 10:00 am at my home in meadow vista. this will also be the occasion of our first club elections and will be electing a new president, vice president, secretary and treasurer. several other issues important to running our club will also be on the burner. please rsvp myself at timaq@yahoo.com. with mike�s moving on, the club is in need of a secretary. this is a usatt mandated position for sanctioned clubs.

with mike�s moving on, the club is in need of a secretary. this is a usatt mandated position for sanctioned clubs. basic requirements are recording minutes at our semi-annual meetings. please let me know if you are interested.

if on a wednesday evening, you think you will be late, please call bill (916) 275-0899, or myself (530) 878-2602. if you reach us, we will put you on a table.

congratulations to 2/4 group winners: bill kochenderfer, lu li, anson kwong and mark copeland.

tim