The first All Member Meeting of the GCF Club for 2010 will be held on Thursday,April 1st, in room SS362 on the third floor of the Social Sciences Building on the U of M campus. We will be there at about 6:45 to start taking memberships. The meeting will convene at 7:00. It should last about an hour and a half or so.
This will be a very big year for the Club as we will be finishing the projects up at Pattee Canyon and beginning other projects at Blue Mountain and elsewhere. We can use all the support we can get, and one of the best ways to support our Club is to become a member!! Club membership is one of the biggest ways that we raise money each year. You don't have to be a top tournament player, or for that matter play competitively at all, just have a passion for the sport we all love and want to see continue to florish here in Missoula to become a member. So if describes how you feel, please consider becoming a member of, or donate to, the Garden City Flyers for the 2009 season and help grow the sport of Disc Golf in Missoula!!
As our Club continues to grow and take on more responsibilities for course stewardship in the area, there will be more opportunities for more people to become directly involved with these projects. If you would like to become more involved, please consider running for office or volunteering for one of the volunteer positions. If you would prefer something less formal, there will be several work days scheduled for the spring and summer, consider helping out in that capacity.
Club membership for 2010 will be $20. Bag Tags will be available at on a first come basis and will cost $10
Items on the agenda include, but are not limited to:
1) Ratification of ammended GCF Club bylaws
2) Election of Board Members for 2009. Officers to be elected will be President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer.
3) Financial status of the Garden City Flyers and our non-profit status
4) A review of planned and proposed projects for Pattee Canyon
5) A review of planned and proposed projects discussed by the Forest Service for Blue Mountain and Club involvement in them
6) Proposed Club activities for 2010 including tournaments, fundraisers, and community involvement projects
7) GCF's expanding role for furthering DG in western MT
8 Discussions regarding new course development in the Missoula area
9) New GCF merchandise for 2009
10) Open discussion
sorry to those who received the GCF All Member Meeting e-mail twice, had some complications when merging the OLD sites address list with the current users, ended up with some duplicates I couldn't remove...
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Bob, can you post a map, or maybe an overhead view of campus with the building and parking highlighted for those of us who don't know campus.
THIS IS NOT THE SAME ROOM OR BUILDING AS IN PAST YEARS.
You will be in my department.
and the nominees are...
some visuals to make sure you bring some extra cash to the club meeting! 
they will be available (right double B..?) - (i thought i posted this last night.. ooppps)
Election of Board Members for 2009. Officers to be elected will be President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer.
9) New GCF merchandise for 2009{/quote]
can't believe I am just now noticing, but I assume those are type-o's...?
I. Meeting Commences 7:25 pm
A. Members in attendance 13
II. Presentation of amended bylaws
A. vote to pass: 13 yays ; 0 nays
III. Board of 2010
A. President – Brian Bjortomt nominated self. No challengers.
B. Vice President – McCoy Connor nominated self. No challengers.
C. Secretary – Steve Sevilla nominated self. No challengers.
D. Treasure – Dave Spencer nominated self. No challengers.
IV. Pattee Canyon
A. Scheduled to open July 01
B. Tee Signs
1. eight by six -- alum. signs -- attached to six by sixes -- subject to final approval by USFS
C. Seeding and Mulching
1. next two weeks – potentially one evening / week
2. DO NOT bring a disc to Pattee that day
D. Recycling Receptacle
1. bear proof container meant to collect aluminum cans
2. John G and others will be responsible for emptying
this container during Pattee disc golf season
V. Blue Mountain
A. O.K. for tee pads
1. No specifications
2. Need to fundraise
B. Tee signs
1. Hope to put in signs similar to those planned
for Pattee
2. Existing signs will be removed
3. Hold off until after changes to course are made
C. Changes:
1. Bottom lot will be closed w/ physical barrier
2. New parking lot maybe at hole 6
3. Goal is 50 to 60 spaces across all
remaining parking lots
a. new lot will likely have atleast 30 to 35 spaces
4. Would like to see a bathroom on this lot to
accommodate users
5. Holes to be effected may include the following: 1, 6,
16, and 18
VI. New Area Courses
A. Practice baskets at Schmautz park
1. Neighborhood use and small field practice
2. Do not publicize this course generally – intended to
be for neighborhood use
3. Steve suggests: holding a “club-neighborhood day” where club members run mini-clinic for neighbors of
the park
B. Marshall Mountain
1. Expressed interest in building DGC
C. Milltown?
1. Would like to look into County’s plan for this space
D. Frenchtown
1. School program with tones in progress
2. Give Damien Hoffman discs for school age children to
learn game with
E. Lolo National Forest
1. No more courses in foreseeable future
VII. Community Involvement/Outreach
A. Big Brothers and Big Sisters
2. Schedule not set yet – Looking to hold a match activity with them in mid July or August
B. Flagship Program
1. Still going on – they are conducting themselves
C. Hellgate School
1. McCoy looking into “disc golf week” and whether interest exists for a clinic
D. More projects?
1. If interested in taking on additional projects, do not hesitate to bring them to the group.
E. Supporting our serving member
1. Bob proposes supporting former GCF Club member who is currently overseas in the Army by sponsoring membership and tag
2. Board members vote – 4 yays ; 0 nays
VIII. Tournaments!
A. Three tournaments locally in Missoula
1. Zoo Town
a. May 15/16
b. Pre-event Raffle tickets
c. Great looking decal on Zoo Town CFRs – make sure to grab them while they’re here
d. Transition to A-tier next year? Cross fingers!
2. The Benefit – August 7th
3. MT States – September 11 and 12
B. Other “localish” tournaments run by GCF Club
1. Libby Dam Area
a. new course going in this summer
i. 18 baskets plus putting basket?
b. tentative date = August 28/29
c. WORK PARTY w/ Army Corp of Engineers April 10th -- postponed
2. Timberbeast!!!
3. Hotsprings, Montana
a. Brilliant tournament this past weekend.
b. hope to do a fall version
4. Pablo Course
a. Lucas and Jered working hard on course – THANK YOU!!!
b. Currently 9 tones, but possibly upgrade to baskets
IX. Merchandise
A. Currently have Club discs, patches, raffle tickets, and left-over shirts and fleeces from previous years. Those shirts and fleeces are now available at clearance prices
B. New Merch ideas
1. GFC umbrellas
2. Collared shirts (women’s cut?)
X. BAG TAGS
A. Start next Thursday at 5:30
B. Playing Blue Mtn White Tees!
XI. End of Meeting 8:30 pm
Sorry for the format. Still trying to figure out how to properly format stuff in these forums.
Spring Break calls. Though I will get to play some golf in the Austin area. My sister lives down there right across the road from Steeplechase DGC and I hear Circle C is about 30 minutes from there. The weekend before I get there is AM World Doubles and the State Championship is the weekend I'm there though its in Houston. Kinda struck out on those two but oh well.
Big year in and around golf. I hope for a big turn out and some new faces.