2023 GCF Annual Meeting Recap

4/5/23, 5:30 PM, Missoula Public Library room 402B

Update on GCF’s non-profit status and ratification of new Club bylaws

• Brian is meeting with a lawyer tomorrow (4/6/23).
• Potential for GCF, as is, to dissolve and reform.
• If bylaws change with a new nonprofit status, we will need to meet again and form a new board

Financial review

• The club is healthy financially
• We have a club financial breakdown available at the meeting

GCF Board elections for all Board positions – President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, At-Large Board Member

• President
  • Brian B. running unopposed
• Vice President
  • Tyler P. running unopposed
• Treasurer
  • Brandon K. running unopposed
• Secretary
  • Natasha B. running unopposed
• At Large
  • Tyler C. and Doug S. both running
  • Tyler C. won the election

Pattee Canyon Projects

• New pavilion at Pattee
• Replace all picnic tables at the upper parking lots
• Hoping to get GCF’s name on pavilion 
• Pavillion hopefully this summer, but next summer at the latest
  • Part of the parking lot might be shut down
  • Great American Outdoor Act funded the pavilion
• Approved for tee signs at Pattee.
  • Welded and powder coated
  • Planning to install them with baskets
    • Will have to pull a couple with ski trail consideration in mind
  • Hole number and distance
• A discussion about wood tee pads at Pattee happened
  • No real updates, but has been talked about
• David X. asking about blockers on wood tee pads. 

Blue Mountain Projects

• Resubmitted realignment project at the end of last year
• The course would be realigned with hole 13 becoming hole 1
• Hole 3
  • Some limbing 
  • 4 or 5 trees removed
• Hole 8
  • Will become a two-shot par 4
  • Potentially removing trees
  • White teepad would get moved to current basket location
• Hole 9
  • Relatively open hole
  • About 430’
  • Teepad in meadow
  • Basket would get moved up into the flat
• Hole 10
  • Evan B. asking about adding a short tee to hole 10
• Hole 11
  • Jake M. asking about realigning white teepad on 11 forward
• Hole 13
  • Conversation with FS to remove specific trees
  • Add a shorter tee 
• Hole 15
  • Move to ZTO position permanently
• New hole 16
• Current hole 16
  • Potentially moving blue teepad about 60 feet back
  • Potentially having 3 tee pads at blue
• Hole 17
  • Seth S. asking if pebble beach could come back
• Hole 18
  • Would be removed
    • Erosion control
    • Discourage people from hiking straight up the hill 
• Matt D. asking if meetings with the FS are documented
  • Has experience drafting documents and offered to help
• WAM (wildfire action Missoula) is a blocker on realignment
  • WAM prescription determines which trees would get clipped
  • GCF has provisions in an agreement with FS to allow for some specialized projects with permissions
• When the ground dries out, there will be a small crew that learns how to make a tee.
  • Follow up, there will be a large work party to install the bulk of the tees. 
  • Hope is to get most of the holes done in one or two days
  • Hoping to get 18 done now and then get the 9 done after. 
• Tee signs are made and ready to go in, will have to wait for the realignment proposal to be confirmed. 
• The realignment project has three more benches 
• The parking lot project at Blue Mountain has been shelved by the Forest Service.
  • Forest Service higher-ups determined there are “too many” projects 
• Natasha B. asking about potential bathroom additions
  • Brian said it’s unlikely, but he will bring it up with the Forest Service.

New Course projects

• Nine Mile Ranger District got back to Brian about the Frenchtown course
  • Currently in the discussion stage
• Tyler P. mentioned Lolo school is planning to move to the new school
• Matt D. asked about Marshall Mountain
  • Brian confirmed that a disc golf course is not in phase one, but GCF will hopefully be in phase two
    • Phase two might be in five-ten years
  • City of Missoula is taking over a parcel of land

GCF events

• Montana Memorial Cup
  • July 21st-22nd 
  • Always looking to honor someone
  • Two rounds at Blue, one at Pattee
• Club Championship
  • October
  • Morning round at blue, afternoon at Pattee
  • Bag tag play tentatively on 4/20 or 4/27
• City undecided about Folf in the Parks
  • Losing steam
• Brandon K. mentioned that he’s been setting up a basket in the university area and said it’s been popular
• Martin B. asked about setting up a booth at Brewfest 
• GCF booth at the fair? 
• Week of April 24th, Fort course is getting pulled
  • Discussion about hole 6 at being disrespected for DG use
  • Maybe a new hole?
• The potential for a single basket in a FITP park, is low.

Zoo Town Open

• June 4th set up
• June 5th-June 11th course is closed to the public
  • Potential opening up of Pattee sooner
  • Potential FITP events
• VIP tickets are sold out for Saturday and Sunday
  • Friday still has a few
• General Admission 
• Two temp holes between holes 8 and 9
  • Not playing Hole 12 or Hole 18
• Trying to get canopies set up around the entire course
• Volunteers needed
  • UDisc scores
  • Traffic control
  • Shuttle station/driving range coordinator
• Spectators not allowed to drive to Blue
• Hole 1 and 18 at the Fort rented out and will go there to get picked up
• ZTO players pack going to the volunteers
  • GA access when not working
  • Non-scoring volunteers will get free lunch
  • Flippers potentially hosting a party after the event
• Evan B. is the volunteer coordinator for ZTO
• Some volunteers can drive to Blue, not all. Some might have to take a shuttle
• What happens if there are no scorers?
  • Depends on the situation
  • Cards being assigned, unless volunteer can only work morning or afternoon
• Halo X-cal drop will be on Innova Factory store
• CFR ZTO discs will happen
• Looking for local sponsors for tee signs
  • $50-$100
  • Find on Disc Golf Scene page
• Event at Alabross Discs
  • GG will be there
  • Working on getting more pros
• Drafworks will have a ZTO specific beer
  • At flippers
    • Every 
• Draftworks will have one to two events
  • One for beer release party
  • One for ZTO week
  • Women’s only clinic same night 
• Partnering with Missoula Downtown Association
  • 3,000 people 
  • Live music
  • Meet and greets
  • Food
  • All sorts of DG vendors 
  • Pros throwing across the river
  • Drones
• DGN coverage and Central Coast for coverage
• Qualifying events for ZTO
  • QCC
  • Spring runoff in Alberta
  • High Country Open
• April 17th next tier open for FPO

Open discussion

• David X. to potentially help with website stuff? 
• Pike messed up and announced premium membership came with a mini.