USPTA Southern Standard Sep 2023

President’s Message

Dear USPTA Southern members:

I hope everyone has had a great summer and a start to a new school year. This is the last quarter as your USPTA Southern president. I am very excited with how well the nominang commiees have done with their new slate of board members for each state and the Southern board. I look forward to the leadership and ideas that each of these board members can add to their state or division,

By Tom Parkes

and connue in growing the game of tennis. With the U.S. Open showing American tennis back on the rise from where it was just a few years ago, this gives me hope that we can propel southern tennis to the next level.

We have some new things coming down the pipeline like a new USPTA Southern podcast being run by Bill Riddle & Todd Upchurch. We will have more opportunies with D & I, being run by Allan Jensen and some fresh ideas coming out with the Elevate program.

It has been my pleasure serving as your USPTA Southern President for the past 2 years. Moving forward, we need more newer members willing to step up and take leadership roles. USPTA will not be able to move forward without new ideas and new energy. We are here to serve you as members, but we need more members to get involved. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve you. Have a great end to 2023!!

Nomination Committees at Work - And We All Owe Them a Big THANK YOU

nominating chairs for 2024-25

• Southern – Dave Neuhart

• Alabama - Jenny Robb

• Arkansas - Pat Malone

• Kentucky - Tom McGraw

• Georgia - Allan Jensen

• Louisiana - Meyer Schwartzberg

• Mississippi - Billy Clark

• North Carolina - Adam Thomson

• South Carolina - Craig Wells

• Tennessee - MJ Garnett

The process was to accept applications from mid June July 25th. The committees would then meet, hold interviews, and submit the slates by September 6th. The slates are published no later than September 10th.

Per division bylaws, there is a 5 week period to allow a member to apply to challenge a position that is not the President or 1st Vice President of any board. A member should contact our Executive Director for complete instructions on how to challenge. This is a very rare occurrence for us.

If there are no challenges, then the nominated slates are set on October 21st.

This is an exciting time for our division with new people and ideas helping to direct our division. It is important to follow the process, and to usher in our next leaders. If you are interested, the best place to get started is with your state board. There is always a job for an eager member.

Southern

President Ken Andriano

1st VP Allan Jensen

VP Jason Hazley

Sec/Trea Bill Riddle

Alabama

President JC Freeman

1st VP Jeff Barrera

Arkansas

President Chris Stuart

1st VP Gail Nankervis

2nd VP Raul Bermudez

Secretary Paul Pautsch

Treasurer Daniel Cornelison

Georgia

President Rick Wille

1st VP Liam Vilente

2nd VP Carmen Garcia

Secretary Rod Slack

Treasurer Michael Pereira

Kentucky

President David White

1st VP Chuck Brown

Others TBD

Louisiana

President: Johnny Wahlborg

Vp 1: Hassan Abbas

Vp 2: Anna Monhartova

Sec/Treas: Mike Bryan

Mississippi

President William Foreman

1st VP Emilia Viljoen

Secretary TBD

Treasurer TBD

North Carolina

President Chris Hoshour

1st VP Alec Moore

Secretary Francie Barragan

Treasurer Jarrod Liston

South Carolina

President Mark Schminke

1st VP Tom Ruth

VP Alvin Granados

Tennessee

President Geoff Browne

1st VP Daniel Shidler

VP Sarah Evans

Treasurer Brian Perry

Secretary MJ Garne

October 21 Columbus, GA

November 18—Isle of Palms, SC

December 3—Knoxville, TN

Fundamental Techniques in Handling People

To master the art of winning friends and influencing people, first learn and practice the three basic principles of dealing with people. Constantly remind yourself of the importance of these tenets. Review them, and consider how to apply them to your life. Employ them whenever you can, and even ask a friend, your partner or a business associate to remind you when you violate one of these precepts. As you practice, you should review your progress and keep notes showing when you have used each of these methods.

Principle 1: Be Nice

The first and foremost basic principle of handling people is to be nice. To this end, you shouldn’t criticize, condemn, or complain about people. Instead of judging people or disparaging them, you should try to understand them and to figure out why they do what they do. This way, you can be supportive, show sympathy, and be tolerant and kind. People like others who treat them in this way. Individuals respond positively to such an approach.

“Criticisms are like homing pigeons. They always return home.” You may need to exercise self-control to refrain from expressing your nega-

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tive feelings about someone else, but do so. In fact, if you have the desire to change others, it’s more profitable to refocus your concentration on yourself.

Principle 2: Find Out What They Want

A second fundamental technique is recognizing what others want and giving it to them. People have several aspirations. Some of their most common desires include health and the preservation of life, food, sleep, money and the goods and services money can buy, sexual gratification, the wellbeing of their children, and a feeling of importance.

“Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.”

Most of these wants are usually fulfilled, except the desire to feel important, though that is a very strong basic desire. It’s the yearning that motivates individuals to wear the most fashionable styles, drive the most modern cars and seek success.

The way to understand a person’s basic character is to know what triggers his or her feeling of importance. Once you know that information, you can make that person feel important.

At the same time, avoid saying or doing anything that undermines an individual’s sense of importance.

“Make the other person feel important, and do it sincerely.”

For example, when offering feedback to an employee, use incentives rather than criticism to motivate him or her.

Remember, nothing kills a person’s ambitions more effectively than criticism from a superior. Offer praise where you can, and be hesitant to find fault. However, avoid insincere flattery, as this doesn’t work well. Generally, people will see it as shallow and selfish. Instead, provide honest and sincere appreciation.

Principle 3: Help Them Get What They Want

The third fundamental principle is to stimulate an eager want in others. This principle works because all individuals are interested in getting what they want. So if you want to increase your influence over other people, find out what they want to accomplish and help them achieve it. To do this, it helps to understand their point of view and examine a situation from their perspective, as well as your own.