FCCC Club Connection January/February 2014 | Page 2

Club Connection | J a n u a r y - F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 4 | Fort Collins Country Club 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 ye "BF