FCCC Club Connection January/February 2014 | Page 2
Club Connection
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leaders
contacts & announcements
Clubhouse Staff
GENERAL MANAGER
Scott Szymoniak • [email protected]
CLUBHOUSE MANAGER
Joel White • [email protected]
EXECUTIVE CHEF
Greg Gadwa • [email protected]
EVENT SALES DIRECTOR
Heidi Elser • [email protected]
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR
Danielle Beaumont • [email protected]
OFFICE MANAGER
Angie Guidici • [email protected]
FACILITY MAINTENANCE
Drew Stapelman • [email protected]
GOLF PROFESSIONAL
John Hanrahan • [email protected]
GROUNDS SUPERINTENDENT
Mike Veile • [email protected]
President’s Message Mark Smith, Club President
Our good luck with the weather finally ran out in December. After
great weather in October and November that allowed many of us
to play a few more rounds of golf or tennis matches on the courts,
December rolled in with snow and frigid temperatures that kept
most of us inside for much of the month. However, December is
typically a month where the attention at the Club turns to banquets
and celebrations that are a hallmark of Fort Collins Country Club. We welcomed
our new Event Sales Manager, Heidi Elser, with a schedule of non-stop parties
and banquets to get her quickly up to speed. Our annual Gingerbread House
Decorating Party was a huge success and many members and non-members
hosted great holiday celebrations at the Club. Thanks to Joel, Greg, and Heidi
for making the experiences memorable and fun for our members and guests!
As most of you are aware, the Club will be closed beginning on January
1, 2014 and will re-open on January 15. One of the changes that you’ll notice
when you come out to the Club when we re-open is that the Ballroom will have
received a makeover; complete with new carpet, paint, window treatments
and light fixtures. Our improved Ballroom, combined with an excellent staff,
will deliver a great experience for weddings, parties, and member events.
TENNIS PROFESSIONAL
Scott Langs • [email protected]
In my last message, I promised to keep everyone up to date on our progress
on the capital improvement plan. I am pleased to report that in November and
December we have:
POOL MANAGER
Mary Coupe • [email protected]
• Arranged our financing of the plan with Great Western Bank (two-phases for
a total of $5M)
Board of Directors
• Selected Marsh and Associates as our architects for the project (Denver-based)
PRESIDENT
Mark Smith
VICE PRESIDENT
Sean Tomlinson
SECRETARY
Gordan Wells
DIRECTORS
Kris Laine
Ed Vojensky
Karen Dunbar
Mark Orr
Yaron Goldman
TREASURER
Dennis Johnson
Club Organizations
COUPLES BRIDGE
Edie & Jack Tobin • 482-4662
LADIES AFTERNOON BRIDGE
Barbara Kammerer • 481-9324
WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION
Susan Schell • 484-8831
WGA
Nancy Wear • [email protected]
Upcoming
Committee Meetings
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 15 & February 19
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Thursday, January 16 & February 20
Welcome
new members
Dean & Deborah Hoag
Andrew & Jamie Orr
Thomas & Jane Nevrivy
Ross & Deborah McFarland
John & Beth Walz
William Greenlee
John Hastings & Jill Kaufman
Spence & Carol Spencer
Tidhar & Didi Sadeh
• Selected Heath Construction as our General Contractor for the project
We had a great construction planning kick-off meeting on December 6
which included members of the Marsh team, the Heath team, our member
representative team (Sean Tomlinson, Stu MacMillan, Brian Dunbar, Bob Davis,
and Dennis Sinnett), and several staff members. We are finalizing our architectural
plans and analyzing construction costs in December. We hope to have a final
plan by December 31. We will proceed through the permitting process and
hope to break ground by early April, 2014. Our goal is to have the tennis
and fitness center completed by Labor Day of 2014. Based on our results this
summer (the peak of our new member, revenue and profit season), the Board
will decide on how to proceed with phase II. It is going to be a very exciting
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