CMC Charbonneau Men’s Club Board Meeting
January 6, 2026 Cardroom of the Clubhouse
Meeting MINUTES
Attending: Benesh, Brown, Fieweger, Groshong, Larson, Roy, Stout, Stuber, Vaughn and Williams
Absent: Johnson and Robinson
Guests: Colleen Larson ( CWGA), Jim Gibbons, Chris Bensel, Tom Taylor, Tim Bonino, Gene Harp, Tim Tyler, John Meyers, Bob Miller and Don Lloyd
Greg Benesh: President begins the meeting at 2:58 pm and introduces Colleen Larson from (Charbonneau) CWGA. Colleen Larson explains she and Patti Book are co-chairing the “Battle of the Sexes” golf event planned for mid-August (2026) as a fund raiser. This fun event will involve CMC members paired with CWGA members (no husband and wives teaming together) for a best ball match. Colleen will need two (2) CMC Board members to work with her and Patti on organization. Initial plan is to use the grill at the Pavilion for hot dogs & hamburgers. Cost could be as low as $10 per player. Free will donations will be collected for the Charbonneau Scholarship fund. Jim Gibbons and Chris Bensel added that this event has been lots of fun, with the women winning the last time.
Spencer Groshong: VP Spence sent out to the Board members the results of the CMC Survey created by him and John Nguyen. There was interesting data and comments from at least 96 respondents. Spence wants to form a committee to analyze the data. Then to discuss the findings and the direction CMC should go at our next meeting – Feb 3.
Mike Williams: Treasurer Mike released a current Balance Sheet and Income Statement to all Board members prior to this meeting. Data shows the CMC is quite financially healthy. Mike indicated that as of Dec 31, 2025, there were 187 CMC members renewing their $100 memberships. After Jan. 1, 2026, the membership registration goes to $120. In 2025, we had 250 paid members. We are expecting a similar total in 2026.
Larry Stuber & Michael Roy: Social Larry, Michael and Joe F are working to set up a ‘book signing’ Event with local Charbonneau sports writer Kerry Eggers in early March. Thinking to call it “Conversations with Kerry” and will include David Mauk and Mike Walters (both of Charbonneau) taking questions and relating stories. The CMC will sponsor this event and provide light refreshments. There will also be a request for donations to the employee scholarship fund. More definitive news on this will be at our Feb 3 Board Meeting.
Larry mentioned after reviewing the CMC survey comments, complaints for food ‘quality’ for the last couple of Men’s Night Out events. Larry and Michael want to review the current approved list of event caterers with Brooke H in the office. CMC needs to know all the catering options we have. There was discussion of perhaps using 4-5 non-playing CMC members to use the Pavilion grill for hamburgers and hot dogs. This has been tried in the past with fair results. There could be insurance implications doing it ourselves. It is much easier to use a trusted caterer.
At this time we don’t have a caterer for the April 4th ‘Season Tee Off Breakfast’. Expect to line one up by the Feb 3 Board Meeting.
Don Larson: Tournaments Don sent a 2026 CMC Golf Event Calendar to all Board members ahead of this meeting. There will be only a few minor changes to the Calendar before it is finalized in the CMC Directory for April 4th. Don has included the Invitational as a two day Event in early August – this could be subject to change. Don suggested ideas for both Wed & Sat games: Wednesday pairings could include foursomes of ‘A’ players, and other foursomes of ‘B’ players instead of always trying to get ABCD ‘player’ foursomes. New Saturday game can be: adding best gross score of ‘A’ and ‘B’ players to that of best net score of ‘C’ and ‘D’ player – producing one score/hole –team competition.
MOTION introduced by Spence G to add “Battle of the Sexes” event to our 2026 August Calendar. Motion seconded by Larry Stuber. By voice vote the Motion was carried and adopted.
Tom Vaughn: Nine Hole Group Tom V is finishing the 2026 event Calendar for the CMC Nine Hole Group. He has effectively used GG with the 9 Holers and bumped up the ‘regular’ players (Wed & Fri) to 37, as well as, having several participate in Men’s Night Out events. Tom and the Board will decide at the Feb 3 Meeting to include the 9 Hole Group in a separate ‘Charbonneau Cup’ event based upon Points and played at the end of September. Greg Benesh needs a decision on this (Feb) before printing the Directory.
Bill Stout: Scoring Bill produced an extensive study for the Board of “what if we Flighted the payouts?” Would it make a difference in winners? CMC scheduled golf events now pay out (individual games) on a 70/30 basis: net/gross. Bill’s analysis was a very helpful comparison showing that the ‘A’ players will still earn much of the payouts, and the number of ‘net winners’ may increase for the ‘C’ and ‘D’ players. G Genius is capable of doing this. Greg B suggested that the CMC consider going straight to “Net” payouts only – the good players would still be regular winners.
MOTION by Bill S that we go to “Flights” for the month of April 2026 golf events to evaluate the payout distribution. Motion seconded by Don L. By voice vote the Motion was carried and adopted (for April) This new action will be evaluated at the May Board meeting.
Spencer Groshong (& Tim Bonino): Employee Scholarship Spence and Tim suggested that the Scholarship candidates not only include Pro shop and Marketplace employees, but also Greens Crew. David Mauk headed the CCC Foundation which gave $500 last year to the Fund. Chili &Chowder Feed raised over $1500 last year. The 3 Associations combined to present between $5000 and $6000. The distribution of Scholarship $ was very appreciated by the recipients!
Bill Stout – Old Business Bill suggested a MOTION to strike the Minutes from the Dec CMC Board meeting relating to the Tournament Committee’s handling the Charbonneau Cup event, as well as an apology to Gene Harp. Spence G said the CMC has a right to discipline a Board Member. Bill S added that no ‘due process’ was afforded. Bill S and Greg B agreed that a “special” meeting can be arranged quickly with just current Board Members and Gene Harp to ‘do it right’. The meeting has been set for Jan 15, Thursday afternoon.
Greg Benesh: President Adjourned the Meeting at 4:45 pm
Next CMC General Board Meeting: Feb 3
Joe Fieweger
CMC Secretary