Winter Newsletter 2022 FINAL for WEB
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enjoyable Evening with Ronan Rafferty – probably<br />
the last time we all had some social fun in the<br />
clubhouse. Covid hit us and we all had to learn some<br />
new vocabulary such as Furlough and Zoom meetings<br />
were commonplace. We had operational shutdown<br />
of the clubhouse and golf courses. The office had<br />
visitors calling to cancel bookings and asking could<br />
they re-schedule them or get refunds. That meant a<br />
quick decision on policy issues. The office dealt with<br />
an awful lot over a short period of time but did so<br />
admirably. We had to quickly look at the club<br />
finances as we were refunding more cash than was<br />
coming in. Fortunately we had the 3 financial<br />
Musketeers in Tony Bartlett, Matt McBride and<br />
Martin Lynch who crunched numbers to provide us<br />
with a worst case scenario. I’m pleased to report that<br />
reality was to be much better than we initially feared.<br />
Thanks to Tony, Matt and Martin <strong>for</strong> their ef<strong>for</strong>ts.<br />
We completed the design process <strong>for</strong> the<br />
clubhouse <strong>for</strong> which I would like to <strong>for</strong>mally record<br />
my thanks to The Projects Team and Mike Ross<br />
and Gordon Davies, in particular, <strong>for</strong> all their hard<br />
work and professional expertise over the past few<br />
years. More on that subject later.<br />
We renegotiated the Common Good Land Lease<br />
with Highland Council and The Dornoch Area<br />
Community Council so a second Public Consultation<br />
could get underway. More on this later too.<br />
In cutting costs on Marketing and parting company<br />
with our existing external source we brought in Ed<br />
Hodge with an expertise in Social Media marketing,<br />
a cost effective way of keeping Royal Dornoch in<br />
the minds of future travelling golfers. Ed together<br />
with brilliant photography from Matthew Harris,<br />
who also has social media expertise, raised our<br />
worldwide image. Thanks to Cara Thompson our<br />
Marketing Convenor <strong>for</strong> overseeing the work.<br />
With the Pro Shop closed I was particularly keen<br />
to help the Retail Operation sales get moving and<br />
online. This involved a great deal of time from<br />
Brad and Calum developing the site and<br />
uploading stock onto it. They did a great job so<br />
thanks to them and to all the members who<br />
supported the Club by buying online.<br />
It was a difficult time <strong>for</strong> staff who were working<br />
under pressure dealing with new challenges but it<br />
was also difficult <strong>for</strong> those who were furloughed<br />
and wanted to be working at the club. Thanks to<br />
all in very trying times.<br />
7. Election of President<br />
Mr G K Lawson is eligible <strong>for</strong> re-election, is willing<br />
to serve and is unanimously nominated by the<br />
Council of Management. Seconded by Hamish<br />
Macrae.<br />
8. Election of Vice President<br />
Mr J M Campbell is eligible <strong>for</strong> re-election, is willing to<br />
serve and is unanimously nominated by the Council<br />
of Management. Seconded by Gordon Lawson.<br />
9. Election of Vice President<br />
Mr S J Morcott is eligible <strong>for</strong> re-election, is willing<br />
to serve and is unanimously nominated by the<br />
Council of Management. Seconded by Kevin<br />
Matheson.<br />
10. Election of Vice President<br />
Mrs C Murray is eligible <strong>for</strong> re-election but has<br />
decided not to stand, Alan Ramsey is willing to<br />
serve and is unanimously nominated by the<br />
Council of Management. Seconded by Jim Seatter.<br />
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