Annual general meeting 2023
Review general meeting of February 7, 2023
After eleven successful years, Walti (Walter Stebler) has announced his resignation as president of TC Novartis Basel at the annual general meeting 2023. Walti has achieved a lot during his time as president and leaves behind a well organized club with modern administration. We thank Walti for his selfless commitment and his competent leadership in turbulent times. Walti was appointed honorary member at the general meeting and was given a fitting farewell. It remains the hope that he will continue to support the board a little or maybe a little more until everything runs as he is used to. Mario Holzerny has, after many active years, left the board and has also been elevated to the status of honorary member for his many years of intensive collaboration. We also thank Mario for his dedicated and versatile work and hope that he will still bring us one or the other smoothly organized tournament on a voluntary basis. The board team was confirmed in its offices. Dieter Ley was elected as the new president. There were no further resolutions at the general meeting.
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On its own acount
New board members wanted
Due to the departure of two very active members of the board, a big gap has arisen, which we hope to be able to close in the course of the year. For the support and further development of our IT systems, Fairgate and GotCourts, we are especially looking for someone who enjoys technology and IT. With a few hours of commitment, you can contribute to the smooth running of our computer systems. We invite you to join a dynamic board team for the benefit of all our members. Please contact Dieter Ley.
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Contact email addresses
New email addresses
You may have noticed that we introduced some club-specific email addresses last year. This helps us to forward mail directly to the individual department heads. The following email addresses have been created:
info@tcnovartis.ch General enquiries
mitglieder@tcnovartis.ch Administration, change of address, admission/withdrawal
finanzen@tcnovartis.ch Financial matters, membership fees, invoices
gotcourts@tcnovartis.ch Enquiries about GotCourts
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Game operation
The outdoor season can begin
The indoor season ends on 10 April 2023, from which date the same conditions apply in the hall as for the outdoor courts: Free court use for members, and permission to play for guests for a fee with the exception of peak times: Monday to Thursday between 5pm and 8pm. The conditions of reservations with GotCourts: reservation horizon 1 week, max. 4 active (not played) reservations per week, max. 2 reservations per day. Reservations can be cancelled up to immediately before the scheduled start of play. In the event of a no-show, cancellation is expected as early as possible out of fairness to other members. The opening of the outdoor courts 1-4 already took place on 6 March.
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Tournaments
There are several tournaments taking place this year - just sign up if you have time
We hope to be able to hold tournaments again this year. Further information can be found in this mailing or directly on our website.
51st Whitsun Cup 22-29 May 2023: (https://tcnovartis.ch/pfingstcup_ausschreibung)
Club championship, Intranet (https://tcnovartis.ch/clubmeisterschaft)
Morning doubles tournament: Intranet (https://tcnovartis.ch/morgendoppel_anmeldung)
The season opening Grümpeli will take place on Saturday, 15 April 2023. We especially hope that our new members will join us. It is a good opportunity to get to know the club and meet people.
On 28 April 2023, from 10am to 2pm, there will be a mixed doubles tournament with a concluding get-together.
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Start your tennis career for free in women's tennis
Free tournament licence for ladies
In order to promote women's tennis, female members who apply for a tournament licence for the first time this year will receive it free of charge from Swiss Tennis for the first year.
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Administration/Cashier
Information on membership administration and fees
Membership administration remains a special challenge. Brigitte Wullschleger handles it excellently with a lot of patience and energy. The introduction of credit card payment went smoothly and has reduced the administrative workload considerably. Also in summer, fees for guests and ball machine in GotCourts are charged by credit card.
For fees and payments outside GotCourts, we will enable TWINT payments.
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Training
Tennis courses for everyone
The usual training offers of the two schools Tobias Zesiger / Kauffmann & Plüss with Fiana Meineck will also be offered this year.
A tennis summer camp will take place again this year in the last week of the summer holidays (7-11 Aug 2023) and the 2nd autumn tennis camp from 9-13 October 2023 for children.
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Request
Fair goes first
The winter season has once again shown that some members repeatedly try to avoid fees. This is completely incomprehensible, especially with our super favourable fee structure. We only carried out random, sporadic checks and uncovered a surprising number of misdemeanours. For our "sheriffs" this business is very arduous, but without control it does not seem to work. Too bad! With the introduction of TWINT, we are making it easier to make payments (match fees not collected by GotCourts) at any time without bureaucracy. Voluntary payment by bank transfer to the Novartis Tennis Club account CH66 3000 0001 4001 8602 9 with a corresponding reference that allows us to classify the payment is of course also possible.
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Ball machine
The ball machine is relocated for the outdoor season
The new ball machine is in great demand. It was booked 13.5%(!) of the time available. This exceeds our wildest expectations. Recently the balls were replaced so that you can train with good quality balls. The machine has been moved outside and can be booked/used again on courts 7 and 8. The GotCourts booking mode remains the same. You have to book a court AND the ball machine to ensure that the machine is not double booked at the same time.
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GotCourts booking display
New monitor was installed
At the end of the year, we put up a monitor that shows the court occupancy. To ensure that the display is also correct, we would like to point out once again that all players (including guests) must be listed by name when booking GotCourts. If the display has gone into sleep mode, it can be activated with a gentle press at the bottom centre.
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Newsletter March 2023 for printout
Newsletter March 2023 for printout
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