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in Atlanta Georgia in positions of increasing responsibility. I gained extensive experience in annual budgeting and monthly forecasting. Ultimately, I was responsible for managing an office with receivables in excess of $300 million. I had a staff of between 25 and 30 employees. This gave me a lot of experience in problem solving, conflict resolution, and leadership. In my last five years, I transitioned to Business Development. It was in this role I learned the importance listening. The less I talked and the more I listened I was better able to develop a plan to satisfy the customer’s needs. Tim Kelley
Why do you want to serve on the Board?
SCOV is my forever home. Joan and I bought our home here, in an active adult community with many amenities that are attractive to us in our retirement years. SCOV provides us with a community that supports our lifestyle, keeps us physically and mentally active, and socially involved in our retirement.
I strongly support, have been proactively involved, and served our community, and I want to continue in service.
Is there something specific you want to change or accomplish?
I support change within SCOV where change is warranted to maintain our community as a premier active adult (55+) community. As our residents age and change with incoming homeowners, the amenities and interests within our community must keep pace.
Change should not be easy. Change should be challenged. Comprehensive understanding of proposed changes should be achieved. This requires examination of the need, cost, and the positive and negative impacts prior to approval. There should be a strategic plan, one that is flexible, one that changes with changing interests of our residents.
Continued fiscal responsibility is extremely important for SCOV to maintain the superior fiscal strength among the communities that we compete with in southern Arizona! The amount of annual dues must be competitive.
What knowledge, skills and experience do you bring?
I am an electrical engineer, trained to identify, analyze, and solve problems. My career included project development and management, business development, strategic planning, financial analysis, and marketing.
My SCOV experience includes Board of Directors and Board Treasurer (2017-2020), and service on committees/ task forces: Marketing (2014-2016), Golf Advisory (2015- 2016), Mountain View Plaza Evaluation (2020), Solar Purchase Evaluation (2020), Resident Representative – Greens Reconstruction (2020), Finance Budget (2021), and Artisan Center Renovation (2021). I served as Chair for many of the committees and have a reputation of getting things accomplished.
My education, training, and career experiences support and relate to SCOV. My SCOV Board, committee/task force experiences provide a wide breadth of experience and knowledge that will benefit the Board in making decisions.
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Golfing experience that provides professional and friendly service, mountain views and excellent conditions.
Director of Golf - Rick Price rprice@theviewsgolfclub.com 520-917-8086
You may have noticed that we recently received new golf carts. Thirty-four carts were designated for Asset Reserve replacement this year with an estimated replacement cost of $131,300. We have an additional 20 carts that were up in two more years; however, by moving the other twenty carts up two years, we got a greater trade-in amount for those twenty carts, allowing us to get our entire fleet of 54 carts on the same replacement schedule moving forward, for less than the amount we had scheduled for replacing the 34 Club Car carts this year. This saved us roughly $100k–the amount scheduled for replacing 20 carts in 2023. Basically, we had had about $232k scheduled for cart replacement for the next two years, and we were able to replace them all right now for $129,306.
The old Club Cars had a four-year life cycle. We will keep the new Yamahas on the same schedule. When the four years pass, we will evaluate if the carts are in need of replacement. If not, we will push them back a year.
The new Yamaha carts have maintenance-free batteries, allowing for no overflow and leakage from having to refill the batteries. The real savings in my opinion, was the trade-in value we received from Yamaha on all our carts, allowing us to purchase all fifty-four under budget.
Also, we are in the process of budgeting for the fiscal year of 2022-2023. I want to remind everyone that we are including overseeding the course this fall in the budget and have every intention of overseeding. We will reevaluate the pros and cons this spring. We appreciate everyone’s support during the current season that we did not overseed for agronomic reasons.
Superintendent - Michael Kropf scvgolf@suncityorovalley.com 520-917-8063
The theme for golf course maintenance this winter has been accomplishing projects that have been neglected the last couple years due to lack of staff and time. Normally, the staff is busy mowing, irrigating, fertilizing and detailing overseeded ryegrass. The priority has turned to working on other aspects of the golf course that don’t normally get as much attention.
The staff has completed several drainage projects, thinned out big cactus areas around tee boxes, and has removed and trimmed several trees. Another major priority this winter was improving the playability and condition of the sand traps. They were becoming very compacted, thus draining slowly and making it difficult to hit a normal bunker shot. Originally, the plan was to add new sand to the greenside traps. Adding new sand would improve playability and extend the life of the traps until their scheduled replacement in the next few years. However, sand has become one of those items that is very hard to find these days, so that idea needed to be changed.
Ultimately, the sand traps have a good amount of sand in the bottoms, but the sand raking machine wasn’t raking
deep enough, leading to a compacted surface. The rake attachment was taken off our new machine and replaced with the rake from an older machine to allow for deeper raking. The tines were also lengthened to help “fluff” the sand. Combined with reduced irrigation around the bunkers, this has led to a much softer, playable sand.
Golf Advisory Chair Eileen Buskirk 206-450-6146 SCOVgolfadvisory@gmail.com Sep.-May, first Wed., 2 PM, WC3
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. Trust me on this guys, the female golfer in your life would rather have great shoes than flowers. This PSA was brought to you by the Pro Shop.
Regarding making tee times: Some feel 6 AM is too early and would like to see this changed to the evening before or later in the morning. If you agree, please send us an email.
The Golf Advisory Committee meets the first Wednesday of each month at 2 PM. In-person meetings (when possible) are for fully vaccinated committee members only, with a Zoom option for all others. If there is a particular question you would like to have answered or an issue you would like addressed, please email it to the committee in advance of the meeting or tell your league representative, and it will be added to the agenda. This will ensure a more comprehensive response.
The Views 18-Hole Men’s Golf Club Pres. Rocky Gedrose 770-331-8281 Membership Darwin Priebe priebedar@msn.com Play Wed. AM
The first mission statement listed for The Views 18-Hole Golf Club states that we are to “encourage and promote organized golf for all members.” Please be part of our Wednesdays for fun and competition.
Fun rule change proposals for seniors: • If a tree is between the ball and the hole, and the tree is deemed younger than the player, then the ball can be moved without penalty. This is so, because this is simply a question of timing; when the player was younger, the tree was not there, so the player is being penalized because of his age. • If a putt passes over a hole without dropping, it is deemed to have dropped. The law of gravity supersedes the rules of golf. • There is no penalty for so-called “out of bounds.” If penny-pinching golf course owners bought sufficient land, this would not occur. The senior player deserves an apology, not a penalty.
February 2 - Individual low net (non-Governor’s Cup)
February 2 - Individual Stableford
February 9 - Heartless Scramble
February 16 - 2-Man Better Ball
February 23 - Oh Crap Scramble
February 23 - Bash
Men’s Nine-Hole Golf Club Pres. Tod Milton 520-256-0962 theodore.r.milton@gmail.com Play Thu. morning
If you want to be part of a great group of guys, we’d love to have you in our group. Just call our membership chair, Dave Chatterton 520-204-5636. More information about our club is available on the SCOV website. The Views 18-Hole Women’s Golf Club Pres. Beckie Harkey bharkey2@gmail.com VP/Membership Rob Ranson phyllisranson@yahoo.com League play Tue. mornings
In addition to competition within our league, we participate in the Kachina Women’s Golf Association. This association offers organized competition with other clubs: seven events beginning in November and concluding in May. The format for Kachina is a 2-per- Kachina captains son best ball net. Teri Hansen thansen5805@gmail.com The handicap range and Susan Olson susanolson1127@gmail.com for player eligibility is up to 36. It is a fun team event and a great social time. We have two wonderful Kachina captains, Susan Olson and Teri Hansen. These two individuals handle the promotion of the events and hosting a tournament at The Views. The event at The Views was in January, and it was a huge success. We are very proud to have these two individuals as our club’s captains for Kachina. If you would like more information regarding the Kachina, check online at Kachinadolls.net or speak to Susan or Teri.
The Views 9-Hole Women’s Golf Club
Play Thu. mornings
Working with the other men’s and ladies’ golf clubs, The Views 9-Hole Women’s Golf Club is preparing for the Cancer Tournament, scheduled for March 13. All proceeds benefit the University of Arizona Cancer Center. Watch for sign-ups. We always welcome new members; contact the membership chair if interested. There’s lots of golf left in the season.
