GENERAL MEETING MINUTES

CCWGA General Meeting Minutes 

November 4, 2025 

Attendees - 36

Executive Board - in attendance: 10

Palmira Brandt – Advisor, Nancy Briest~ Membership, Bev Cabellon – Treasurer, Louise Fong – Handicap, Lisa Hatchett – Rules, Darlene Lethin Patch – Secretary, Patty Lin - Co-Captain & NCGA Club Rep and Eclectic, Barb Mehan – Social, Sandi Rose – Tournament, Lynn Wheeler – Captain

not in attendance: 0

Appointed Chairs - in attendance: 8

 Rosmary Bartch – EBTP, Debbie Budd – DVTP, Dorothy Keen - EBTP, Cathy Koubek - Mini, Teri Johnson – Play for Pink, Robin Morris – _Historian, Ann Pons – _Open Days, Jeanine Schreiber – Open Days,

not in attendance: 7

Jill Beeman – DVTP, Pam Guinn – _Guest Day, Stefanie Lee - website, Mary Miller – Guest Day, Nancy Moore – Invitational Pat Rocero – _Play for Pink & Golf Genius Administrator, Joanne Severs – Major Tournaments

Members at Large - 18

Diane Beere, Lee Florence, Linda Fromm, Kyoko Hing, Teresa Howard, Sue Jones, Jackie Kim, Kristie Kim, Judy McDaniel, Jennifer O’Kim, Suzanne Olsen, Ellen Putnam, Denise Reed, Sarah Rodenburg, Melissa Ross, Cheri Stoudt, Sharee Swanson, Nora Wittenberg 

Captain, Lynn Wheeler – called the meeting to order 2:09 pm

Guest Speaker - Daren Echeveria, General Manager 

Club Updates: Daren has been in his position for 7 months. He reports directly to Bay Club’s CEO (flat organization by design). 

Priorities for 2026 are:

• Staffing and training

  • Added Cheff Casey

  • Looking to add manager and staff for F & B events

  • Recognizes the club is understaffed in all areas and is working to hire and train personnel

• Streamline operations

• Reinvest back into the property

  • Replace 1977 boiler (supplies hot water)

  • Refresh back-office space, club house, locker rooms

• Redesign space based on acquisitions; for instance, if BC buys a local fitness club, funds will go toward creating a new experience area instead of upgrading CC’s gym.

Answers to Questions:

• The driving range has NOT been sold. Yes, someone has come to BC with a proposal to buy it by reconfiguring it and the surrounding property. BC understands how crucial the driving range is to the overall golf experience at CC. 

• All employees are to be CPR trained. There are currently 8 ADE units on property. 

• Member CPR classes will be offered shortly.

• The Club sponsors two philanthropic events.

  • Boys and Girls Club in San Fransisco

  • Toys for Tots at all locations (will start 11/10 at CC)

• Guest passes – due to daylight savings time, guest passes will be allowed earlier than 2 pm. If during the holidays, members need special accommodations for a guest, Daren encourages members to contact him directly.

  • Historically other campuses are not allowed to use guest passes outside their home club. This is to protect tee times for local golf members. This policy is not being followed consistently.

Daren asking for clarification from corporate.

• The Pro Shop was advised by Daren to cease blocking tee times or giving preferential treatment to sad hoc groups. Only sanctioned groups will have protected tee times going forward (i.e. CCWGA and 4C9ers).

• Daren is also investigating Sapphire members from other clubs taking tee times that CC golf members should have priority for.

• The course improvement list includes bunkers, tree maintenance, possible use of a hybrid Bermuda grass, driving range equipment, aesthetics (examples include tee box markers, driving range building and paths).

• Daren is evaluating the future of the golf program (clinics, etc.).

• Daren hopes that with the hire of an Events Manager, a consistent events menu will be available to all groups.

• Pace of play enforcement and like golf issues should improve with the addition of more golf staff and specifically the addition of an Assistant Pro responsible for training and implementation of golf policies.

• Driving range improvements are under discussion. Questions being asked are: What improvements are needed to make it a more social setting? What infrastructure changes should be made? What equipment would add value to the range? In general, what changes need to be made to provide members with a better experience?

• Where will the money come from to make the improvements under consideration? Money will come from corporate funds, not exclusively from profits generated at the local CC club level. 

• What is the status of BC acquiring Club Sport? – no comment – Daren has an NDR.

Executive Board

• Secretary, Darlene Lethin Patch 

Review and approve 8/19 minutes: change spelling of Cathy Koubec to Cathy Koubek, change under Mini “Almost 60 players” to “Almost 70 players”. 

Sara Rodenberg moved to approve; motion was seconded by Bev Cabelon; motion approved.

• Treasurer, Bev Cabellon

High level report concluded our current bank balance is $13,200, but the Club has not billed us for $4,500 of Mini expenses. An excess of $1,810 in revenue from the Mini was donated to Play for the Pink. After adjustments, our 2025 balance of $2,300 will be transferred to the 2026 budget.

• Captain, Lynn Wheeler

Dave Floriani passed away this morning. Please be respectful of Jo Ann’s need for privacy. 

Reminder our Holiday party is on 12/9.

• Co-Captain, Patty Lin

Reminder, Eclectic ends 11/15/2025. Winners will be announced at the Holiday Party. A 2026 Eclectic fee of $10 will be collected at the Holiday Party.

• Membership, Nancy Briest 

We have 78 gals who submitted dues for 2026 CCWGA membership. 

New members include Jennifer O’Kim, Christy Kim, Jackie Kim, and as of last week, Eunjuge Kim.

• Tournaments, Sandi Rose 

Play Day Tournaments end 11/25/2025. Winnings will be given out at the Holiday Party. December and January will be Open Play.

• Rules, Lisa Hatchett 

New rules for 2026 do not affect us. Lisa played a game. Three winners had the correct answers, and each won a prize (Jeanine Schrieber, Bev Cabellon, and Jackie Kim). Lisa intends to conduct several rules seminars in 2026, including one on Match Play.

• Social, Barb Mehan

The Holiday Party is December 9th. Barb thanked everyone for signing up for today’s lunch and she gave Daren praise for his proactiveness and responsiveness.

Appointed Board

• Open Days, Ann Pons & Jeanine Shreiber – no report 

• EBTP, Dorothy Keen, Rosmary Bartsch 

2025 end of season results: Gross – 10th out of 14 teams; Net – 5th out of 14 teams

Results after each tournament are posted on eastbayteamplay.com.

In 2026, the EBTP captains will send out a message identifying those who will comprise our CC EBTP team (approximately 10 days before a scheduled match).

• DVTP, Debbie Budd, Jill Beeman

2025 end of season results: Gross – 7th out of 9 teams; Net – 6th our of 9 teams.

As a reminder, DVTP competitors must represent available members from each club with the lowest 8 indexes. Players must have an index less than 27 to qualify. In 2025, CC was represented by 23 different people. DVTP 2026 Season Competition Dates are: April 23 - Discovery Bay, May 28 – Contra Costa, June 11 – Rossmoor, June 23 – Roundhill, July 2 – Castlewood, July 23 – Diablo, July 28 – CC hosts, August 4 – Blackhawk, August 27 – Orinda.

• Mini-Invitational, Cathy Koubek (9/9)

It was a great success with 68 players participating. Excess revenue was given to Play for the Pink.

• Play 4 Pink, Teri Johnson & Pat Rocero

The tournament raised over $15,000.

Election of 2026 Board – Lynn Wheeler

• Proposed executive board for 2026

  • Captain – Patty Lin

  • Co-Captain, Handicap, & NCGA Club Rep and Eclectic – Joanne Severs

  • Secretary – Melissa Ross

  • Treasurer – Bev Cabellon

  • Rules – Lisa Hatchett

  • Tournament – Pat Rocero

  • Membership – Nancy Briest

  • Social – Barb Mehan

  • Handicap – Louise Fong

  • Advisor – Lynn Wheeler

Suzanne Olsen moved to approve the proposed Executive Board for 2026. Teresa Howard seconded. The motion carried unanimously.

Other Business: none

The meeting was adjourned by Captain Lynn Wheeler at 3:13 pm

CCWGA General Meeting Minutes (November 4, 2025) (PDF)