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EWGA - Northeast Bay Chapter eBlast Weekly Update
January 15, 2008
In This Issue
:: March 2008 Kick-Off Event - Register On-Line NOW!
:: 2008 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
:: Cart Paths - Another Rule
:: Donations Needed for our March Kick-Off
:: Sponsorship Committee
:: Volunteers Needed
:: More Volunteers Needed NOW!
:: NCGA Golf Outings
:: It's Here! Our 2008 Events Calendar is On-Line
:: Mark Your Calendar
March Kick-off
  Breakfast & Golf
Saturday, March 8th
ON-LINE REGISTRATION OPEN!


Lone Tree GC Clubhouse The first event of the year is almost here!  It's just 7 1/2 weeks away! 
 
Ginny Taylor, Events Chair, has secured the Lone Tree Golf Course in Antioch for our 2008 Kick-Off Breakfast and Golf Event for Saturday, March 8thSave this date now!  You don't want to miss this event! 
 
8:30am - Check-in
9:00am - Breakfast and program
11:30am - Golf (scramble format)
 
Invite your friends, co-workers, anyone (18 or older) who is interested in golf and may want to join a women's golf association (or just wants to have breakfast with a great bunch of women!).  Information will be provided at the breakfast about our chapter, the year's golf events, membership, benefits and more.  Drawings for great prizes will also be available.  Members from other chapters are welcome, too. 
 
Cost will be a reasonable $30 for breakfast or $90 for breakfast and golf (scramble format).  Non-members are also welcome to join us for this golf event.  It is the same price for members and non-members.  On-line registration is now available!
 
To register on-line, please click on one of the following:
 
 
 
If you are an EWGANEB member - please login to the website after clicking the appropriate item above.  Non-members, other EWGA chapter members, and guests can bypass the login by clicking the SIGN UP NOW button after clicking the appropriate item above.
 
All attendees will be asked to agree to the Event Release and Indemnification Agreement on-line after clicking the SIGN UP NOW button.
 
Deadline to register for the Kick-Off is Wednesday, Feb. 27th!
2008 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
Feb 4-10

 Top professionals and Hollywood celebrities play alongside the best golfers.  Phil Mickelson won the 2007 AT&T Pro-Am and will be back to defend his title.
 
For more information or to by tickets to this event - click here or phone 800-541-9091.  Buy tickets before January 16th for the best prices. 
Cart Paths
Submitted by the Education Committee

Path Q - In determining the nearest point of relief from a cart path, you use a 3-iron to determine the club-length distance needed for the drop.  But you use a wedge to hit the shot.  Is this permissible? 
 
 A - Yes.  But the Rules of Golf recommends that you determine the nearest point of relief with the club you are going to use for the next shot.  Decision 20/2
Donations Needed for our March Kick-Off

 Do you know a business (maybe your own) that would be willing to donate an item or two for our March Kick-Off?
 
 In the past we've had golf related items: golf balls, golf lessons, equipment, green fees w/cart for two-somes or four-somes, as well as non-golf related donations such as dinner for two at nice restaurants, gift baskets, etc.
 
 Contact Joanne Segovia at sponsorship@ewganeb.org with your contacts or donations. 
Sponsorship Committee
Submitted by Joanne Segovia

 If anyone would like to work on the Sponsorship Committee, please contact Joanne Segovia, Sponsorship Chair at sponsorship@ewganeb.org or call her on her cell phone at 925-639-2464.  If you don't think you can serve on a committee for the entire year, but have some time right now, we could surely use your help to get the year started.  If you have any leads for sponsors, please send Joanne their contact information.  Please include the following information for the potential sponsor:
 
Name
Business Name
What the business is
Website, if they have one
Email address
Phone number
 
We are also looking for sponsors who would like to participate in our 2008 Kick-Off Event on March 8th by donating items for "goody bags" or setting up tables to display their products.
 
Contact Joanne at the email address or phone number above.
Volunteers Needed
We need you!

We need YOU Volunteers are needed to help on the day of the Kick-Off.  We will need help with setting up tables, decorating, greeting, checking in attendees, overseeing information tables and other important responsibilities.  It will be rewarding and a lot of fun.
 
Volunteers are needed throughout the year.  You can volunteer for single events (like the Kick-Off) or join a committee for a year.  All the committees can use your help.  Some of those committees are:
Golf Events
Membership
Sponsorship
Social Events
Education
Communications
 
To volunteer to help at the Kick-Off or to obtain information about or join a committee contact Ann Marie McGee at leadership@ewganeb.org
 
More Volunteers Needed NOW
Your Chapter Needs You

 The Membership Committee Chair, Margaret Hamersley, is looking for volunteers to help stuff envelopes for a mass mailing of flyers for the March Kick-Off.  If you are available on Tuesday, February 5th at 5pm (or shortly thereafter) in the Walnut Creek area contact Margaret at membership@ewganeb.org   Your assistance will be greatly appreciated.
 
 Our chapter is also in need of one or more members willing to manage the "9-Hole Committee".  This person would arrange with local golf course(s) to reserve tee times for 4-8 players on at least one Saturday or Sunday per month.  We would like this person to volunteer well before the March Kick-Off.  If you are interested, contact Ann Marie McGee at leadership@ewganeb.org
 
 Last but far from least, our chapter is looking for someone to chair our Chapter Championship Committee.  Our Chapter Championship tournament will be held June 21st at Franklyn Canyon GC in Hercules.  EWGA rules prohibit the Chapter Championship Chair from playing in the Chapter Championship tournament.  For someone who was not planning to play in the championship tournament but would like to volunteer for this very important position, please contact Ann Marie McGee at leadership@ewganeb.org as soon as possible.
 
Our chapter cannot exist without volunteers.  All board members, committee chairs and their members are volunteers and all gladly donate their time to make this chapter successful.  Join us. You will find a great deal of support and friendship among the members.
NCGA Golf Outings
For NCGA members only

 Take a look at the partial list of 2008 scheduled golf outings sponsored by the NCGA.  Many events are located at private or resort golf courses including Blackhawk and Crow Canyon Country Clubs in Danville, Carmel Valley Ranch, and Tahoe/Reno trips.  Events are open to men and women NCGA members.  Their first event is at Catta Verdera GC at Twelve Bridges in Lincoln (north east of Sacramento) on Monday, February 4th.  Deadline to register for this event is Jan. 28th on the NCGA website. 
 
Click here to go to the NCGA website.
 
If you are not an NCGA member but would like to become a member of the NCGA (Northern California Golf Association), contact Cindy Maxim at handicaps@ewganeb.org
 
It's Here!  Our 2008 Events Calendar is on-line!

 The Events Committee has arranged a year full of fun!  All the details may not be complete yet but you can see the dates and places we've selected for our 2008 golf events and more!
 
Courses were selected by reviewing the survey that we asked our members to complete last fall.  We picked those courses that were the most popular and included them again this year!
 
You can sign up for the March Kick-Off and any other event that shows a cost and a deadline
 
Special thanks to Ginny Taylor, the Events Committee Chair, for making the arrangements to play at the various golf courses.
 
See the bottom of the "Mark Your Calendar" section below for the link to the events calendar.  It will remain at that location for future reference.
Mark Your Calendar
Don't Miss a Date!
 
February 4th, Monday -
First NCGA event at Catta Verdera GC in Lincoln
 
February 4th-10th -
2008 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
 
February 5th, Tuesday, 5pm -
Stuffing envelopes with the Membership Committee!
 
February 27th, Wednesday -
Deadline to register for our chapter Kick-Off at Lone Tree Golf Course
 
March 8th, Saturday -
2008 EWGA-NEB Kick-off breakfast and golf at Lone Tree Golf Course in Antioch
 
2008 Calendar of Events  - Click here!

Cathy Pementell, Editor; EWGANEB Communications Committee
Executive Women's Golf Association, Northeast Bay Chapter
 
Our chapter website: http://www.ewganeb.org
National website: www.ewga.com