Welcome and Apologies 

Meeting held at TMGC Meeting Room on Wednesday 15 April 2026 

The Chair welcomed all present.  Meeting opened at 1.30pm

Attendees: Gerry Moloney (President), Kevin Arnold (Vice President), Peter Arnesen (Captain), John De Jersey (Treasurer), Katy Hewitt, Tony Cole, Simon Briggs

Guests:  Kristo Bradley (Secretary), Andrew Revie, 

Apologies: none

2.​Ladies Report – nil

3.​Veterans Report – nil

4.​Professional Report – Get Into Golf pro mo –help from Bjorn

5.​Report from Bjorn re marketing – 

6.  ​Minutes of Previous Meeting 

 The following minutes have been circulated.

That the minutes of the meeting of 18 March 2026 be accepted as a true and accurate record.

Moved by Simon Briggs​​​​ Seconded by  Peter Arnesen Unanimous 

7. Business Arising from March Minutes

   (not otherwise listed on Agenda) 

• Membership Cards .... (Gerry, Tina, Dave, Kevin) - further discussions needed.

• Interclub Competition between Surfers Paradise and Tamborine Mountain.

Andrew to sort out suitable Sundays 

• King and Queen of the Mt ... invitation to other clubs Sat 18 April (Peter / Simon) - 

Need more booking times and how to release times earlier. Need to promote through different district associations. 

• Course Committee Report (Simon / Peter/Graeme). 

Greens not to be mowed for a couple of weeks after coring but they will be rolled. Grahame has 2 weeks leave in May and 2 weeks later in the year. 

Paspalum- no specific poison for this. Needs hand removal. Further repairs on greens – five and one. Repairs to be fenced off. Under bunker on fifth green and then allow for Kikuyu to grow. Needs over seeding with pentcross bent grass seed, also a nursery with pentcross grass. 

Repairs to 7th green done and 7th fairway sand and filled.

Working bee to fill irrigation channels to be held 20 April at 8am.

Simon to look at cleaning up Greenskeepers shed on the roadside.

Repair to old trailer. Simon to follow up with Shane.

Gee would like to top dress twice more a year. Extra $1600 per year needed to this. MC  agreed. Gee would like Reno's to go for four days instead of three in September. Plan for second green in place.

• Safeguarding Committee Lead (Gerry) and a Club Safeguarding Officer (John) as part of the Level Up Child safety Program for Clubs re compliance for Child Safety Commission, Motion passed at March MC meeting (Gerry)

• 3 grants in the system (Gerry)-nothing heard yet

• Payment to Maurie Payne re tank (John / Ross) - done

• Letter re Overhanging limb beside TMGC rental (John) -

letter to be sent to neighbour

• Bluecards for MC Members. (John) - 

• TMSHS re Kokoda request (John) - to check sponsorship 

• Budget for 2026 (John) to be done 

• Bidford proof of business re damage to gutter (John / Ross / Tina) -payment received 

• Transfer $750 from Vets and Ladies for screen doors and windows (John / Ross)

• Invoice for trade ins for new Jacobsen mower / transfer funds for fairway mower when received / New Vendor Application to Jacobsen -  this will be done next week

• Notcha proceeds from comp fees + raffle to Heart Foundation . How much was collected? (John / Katy)  $3086 raised

• Cart shed keys and numbering of sheds (Kevin, Katy) -done

• Kitchen compliance certificate from Shepherd Filters? (copy from Tina - Kevin) -

• Check tv aerial connection (Tony)

C) Insurance questions – charging of golf carts (Tony), clean out switchboards -

Done.  Tony to manually take reading for the electric buggies / fire place/gutters (Liam as per maintenance plan) kitchen flue clean (Kevin) 

. Gerry to organise Chris Kennard re: constitution 

8. New Membership Approvals   

See attached. John to check list of names as a few have dodgy email addresses

9. Financial Report 

Attached: -  597  visitors in February, ??? Members Balance in: TMGC Trading A/C $12805.66   Vets a/c  $5598.79   Ladies a/c $11240.74

10. Workplace Health and Safety

• Issues identified by MC and Members-  Nil

11. Competition / Match Committee Report: Presentation Report on MiClub / Facebook, Local Rules, Interclub with Surfers Paradise GC, Notcha Open, Scores on tv in clubhouse,

Shotgun starts on Saturday to be at 8 am due to worry about neighbours complaining

12.  TMGC Strategic Action Plan: Strategic Actions Scorecard for 2026 to be discussed at May meeting

13. Correspondence in: 

  Thyme is advertising for another year

Mitchelmore Transport fuel levy, JJ Richards fuel levy, - extra fuel costs

14. Correspondence Out To: CQ, GA, GCDGA

15.​Course Committee Report: Simon / Peter / Graeme … see above

16. General Business

1. Jacobsen Fairway Mower to arrive soon. New vendor application form (John)

2. Governance: MC Skill Sets and sharing of responsibilities / MC Annual Work Plan. To be discussed at next meeting

3. Honour Board TV and Separate historical photo collection for second TV (Gerry) To show MC at next meeting

4. Master Plan incl future parking needs and extra Cart sheds (Kylie Bennett) and Storage Shed close to clubhouse – (Kylie Bennett and Katy to investigate possible sites)

5. Member Management and CPR Group- Chris Kennard. Gerry to organise a tele link for next meeting

6. Dept Liquor & Gaming – extension of community club visitor radius trial to 31 March 27 – no need for people to sign in if not members - postponed until next year 

7. Simon to liaise with ……. re their overhanging branches that are clogging up the cart shed gutter.

8. Fees (Comp, social fees, members rates) and yearly subscriptions to be discussed at next meeting.

9. Driveway to Greenkeeper’s Shed. Kevin to ask for a quote from Howards.

17. Call of next meeting and Closure 

  It was noted that the next scheduled meeting has been called for Wednesday 20 May 2026

  The Meeting was closed by the Chair at ___4pm. __________

 Minutes prepared by Kristo Bradley.