Winter Newsletter 2022 FINAL for WEB

The meeting closed at 20.29 and the Open Forum
was opened for question from the floor for the
Council of Management to consider.
Denis Albutt – Quite a number of clubs now allow
professionals to play in club competitions. Some
have restrictions on which competitions. Why is
the Council of Management against professionals,
who are members with WHS handicaps, playing
in any club competitions?
Christine Callingham – Given the recent events
will the Club be putting together a catastrophic
events policy? Does the annual subscription
revenue cover the running costs of the Club?
Rusty Adamson – It is already extremely difficult
to get members tee times in 2022 so will there be
increased provision made?
Carol MacKay – Concerns over the quality of
service in the clubhouse as it does not compare to
the quality of the course and how this is going to
be addressed in the future if we are going to have
a new facility.
Transparency on the complaints that people make
and the surveys that will be undertaken on how
the information and results that are gathered will
be relayed to members.
Concerned greatly that there is no capacity within
the management or employees of the club for the
running of the junior section, there is no
communication or vision and there is a scrambled
and panicked approach to providing lessons.
Phil Prince – When I was an employee in the Pro
Shop, I participated in a team training where we
were urged to do our bit to make the
guest/member’s daily experience a memorable/
great one.
• not if the half way house is shut during open
and medal competition play
• not if you can’t support social activity beyond
8 pm in the clubhouse
The club restaurant should be front of mind when
any member and/or guest is looking to dine out
locally. It isn’t if it’s not open and the quality
experience is not good enough today (my opinion)
when it is open.
All above things in my opinion should be
addressed before restarting the major new
clubhouse project.
Tim Lohmann – Should the Duke of York remain
as an Honorary Member?
Carol MacKay – Why did the Northern Counties
Cup team not receive funding this year?
The meeting closed at 8.45pm
Best wishes to all members as we look forward to
the 2022 golf season.
Royal Dornoch Staff and
Council of Management.
Mark Grant – The resolution of the AGM in 2019
that was passed to build the clubhouse, do we need
to go back to members to cancel that resolution?
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