We will be having a meeting with Round Lake Area Park District on 02-12-03. The date is fine but I have not set up a time yet. When do you guys want it. Here are some time choices.
2:30PM
3:00PM
3:30PM
4:00PM
Let me know.
As much as I'd love to make this meeting, I cannot guarantee it. In fact, its more likely I won't be there. Sorry guys.
nah, I say we shorten 18 by about 500'! :p
jeez.... no humor in that guy!
Anywhere between 3 and 4 is good for moi.
Thanks, Brett! What did Keith or Jeff say?
BIG THANKS to Brett and Jon for making the meeting. I couldn't attend because of a few personal and urgent matters, and I really wish I could've been there. Sounds like you guys did a bang-up job!
What is the projected tier of the PDGA event? C Tier? C-X Tier?
Do we want to add an extra dollar to the entry fees for reimbursement of any money spent on the course improvements?
The limestone teepads will be great, even if the RLPD doesn't want to install new tee signs. If the old ones (small blocks) are repainted and reset in the limestone or teebox frame, I'll bet they'll work fine. Plus, we can put temp markers down like we do at HPC.
I'm stoked about this! THANKS AGAIN!
Meeting With Round Lake Are Park District
(Jeff & Keith)
02-12-02
3:30PM
Anyone is welcome
Agenda
Maintenance
1. Tees (Options)
A. Keep grass, just move flags around often
B. Limestone
C. Wood Chips
D. Fly Pads $$$ (bring add in new DGWN)
E. Concrete *NO* already ruled out
2. Tee signs
A. Garbage cans with # & distance
B. Homemade tee signs
C. Order tee signs
3. Garbage
A. Add more garbage cans & place in
strategic locations
4. Alteration of course
A. What does the RLAPD have in mind?
B. Get missing basket #3 in ground ASAP
5. Errosion & MISC
A. Wood chips or limestone under all baskets
B. Spread wood chips on all holes that are bare
C. Remove stumps on wooded holes
D. Parking
6. PDGA Sanctioned Tournament
A. August 2nd 2003
B. PARKING!!!!!
Please add any other information that we should discuss at this meeting
i didn't talk to them. just e-mailed jeff back. he said the 12th was fine & just wanted to know what time.
02-12-03
3:30PM
Jeff & Keith will both be there. They are very excited to have us aboard.
we will make sure to relay the information. basically it will be about what we are planning on doing to the course in the spring & about the pdga sanctioned event there.
Jon
Call me & tell me which way you are planning on coming. There are quite a few ways to get there. It is on Rte 134. That is the next light north of the course. You hang a right on 134 to Cedar Lake Rd. (Clark Station on Corner), Take a right on Cedar Lake, & it's on the right hand side.
http://www.roundlakeareaparkdistrict.org
814 Hart Rd
Round Lake, IL 60073
I made a mistake on directions. The building is on Hart Rd not Cedar Lake.
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=814+Hart+Rd&city=Round+Lake&state=IL&csz=Round+Lake,+IL+60073-3719&slt=42.357453&sln=-88.101224&zip=60073-3719&country=us&BFKey=&BFCat=&BFClient=&cs=9&name=&desc=&poititle=&poi=&uz=60073&ds=n&mag=9&newmag=8
From Fairfield Disc Golf Course
Go North on Fairfield to 134 (Clark Station on corner)
Turn right on 134
Go about a mile to Hart Rd. (1st stop light)
Turn Right on Hart Rd.
Park District Building is on the right hand side of road.
sounds good to me. we can discuss it more after the meeting. i live only about a mile from the park district builiding so whatever is fine.
OK, here is the low down.
1. Tee Pads- The park district is going to supply limestone for tee pads. They are going to dig out the tee pads & pour the limestone. Using existing blocks, they will put the # & distance of each hole in the front corners of the tee pad imbedded in the limestone.
2. Basket #3 will go in the ground in the spring.
3. Wood chips will be spread around all baskets & on holes that are consistenly muddy.
4. Mowing patterns will be changed to add rough to some holes.
5. PDGA sanctioned event-] I have to write a letter to the park district. Jeff basically said he would sign the ok. August 2nd looks good since nothing is going on. We will be able to park in the grass. There will be a park ranger to help park cars. Jon is going to get the paper work in ASAP. They said they have a tent that they would let us use.
Get ready to volunteer a few hours here & there. We need to start setting a few dates so the park district can plan to get material ready to go.
Jon, did I miss anything?
Jon is correct. We will be doing most of the work. The park district is going to dig the holes for the tee pads but we'll have to fill them with limestone. They are also going to place piles of wood chips & we'll have to spread them.
I finished the proposal letter to the park district to host a tournament on August 2nd. I will be dropping it off today.
I also modified the course map. There will only be MINOR alterations to the course.
#1 teepad will be moved about 10-15 feet to the west. (moved to accomadate any parking)
#3 teepad will be moved about 20 feet to the south. (moved to get away from the fence line)
#4 teepad will be move about 15-20 feet to the west. (moved away from #3 basket for safety reasons)
I'm going to propose that holes #1,2,3,4,5, & 11 have fairway lined rough. The park loved this since it will cut down on the amount of mowing they would have to do. Mowing starts mid April.
I also added dimensions for teepads. On the long open holes i'm pushing for 6X12. The short holes will only need 4X8 & a few of the wooded hole will probably be narrow.
course will stay the same except those 3 teepads being moved 10-20 feet.
Well the new semester here at school starts on the 10th so I will be working 2pm-10pm at that time. So I would prefer the earlier the better, that way a have a chance of being there. So basically I would prefer 2:00 even earlier if possible, after 2:00 though I prolly wouldn't be able to make it.
Sweet! It will be great holding a tourney here and will most likely be my first PDGA event!!!!! I'm willing to help on the course as much as my schedule(and family) allow! Hopefully I will have improved my game a bit too so I dont get smoked!!!!
Btw, Hole 18... Is it going to be left long? Thats my vote :-)
If I can make it, anytime will be fine. I just need to get the day off from work.
I got the ok to leave work early, so unless their is an sap crisis, I'll be there. My only question is, where is there?
Brett, Jim and whoever else is coming:
Would you like to grab a cup of coffee after the meeting or go to dinner?
Brett, I'm not sure if you stressed the idea that the parks dept is looking to supply the materials, but want us to do the labor for the tees and wood chips. I think this a great and efficient idea and should lead to a better relationship with the park district. It could also lead to a better relationship with the neighbors if they see disc golfers out there doing positive things for the park. I also see it as another way to reach out to the regulars and the casuals out there playing.
Jim, as far as the sanctioning, I was thinking C tier or RC tier (which is NOT radio controlled!). R events are ratings based events. Its a good idea but one that I'd like to save for next year. This year I'd like to see a plain vanilla C tier event. C tier events you need to have a total purse of at least $300 and at least 30 players. If you have fewer, your sanctioning can be pulled (but in actuality it never is--they just might not sanction the next year). I'm pretty sure we are guaranteed both. At this point we'd really need a big sponsor to go for a higher tier, and in the eyes of the PDGA I am a first time TD and this a first time event. They "recommend" that first time events or first time TDs just go for the minimum C tier sanctioning.
I agree with Jon on keeping the first tournament simple. R-tier eliminates overlapping age, gender and status restricted divisions, but is a new concept to most golfers. Most disc golfers are prepared to deal with one new concept at a time! The tournament itself is the new concept this year. If the goal is to attract as many players as possible, ordinary disc golf is your best bet.