Members: Bob Porter, Brenda Quanstrom, Barbara McQuade, Trish Barnard, Dave Strawson, Anne Boozell ( chair)

MENTORING: Bob Porter has agreed to coordinate the mentoring program for the coming year. He will prepare an e-mail asking for names of those who wish to mentor or to be mentored. Bob will pair the two groups. Mentors will be assigned for one year. Mentors will be encouraged to contact those they are mentoring with the goal of having at least two mentoring sessions a month. Bob will prepare and distribute a Tips on Mentoring handout with suggestions for mentors.

WEDNESDAY WICKETS: The committee feels that one Wednesday per month of instruction is sufficient, since it’s impossible to know the level of players who will show up for Wednesday Wickets. Instruction will take place on the first Wednesday of the month, 15 minutes before the start of play. Dave Strawson has agreed to coordinate this program. He will prepare a list of topics to be covered which will be distributed to members of the Club.

Some new club members may not be familiar with Wednesday Wickets. Brenda Quanstrom will prepare a brief explanation for distribution to club members.

CROQUET COLLEGE: Croquet College will take place beginning the week of April 13^th, 2008 and will end the week of May 11. Trish Barnard will chair a subcommittee that will go over the booklets and teaching materials. Anne Boozell will coordinate the Croquet College with help from Barbara McQuade.

INSTRUCTION IN RULES AND ETIQUETTE: The committee feels that this is important. If we have bad weather for the January or February scrambler we suggest that we hold an instructional session inside the Club in lieu of play. Otherwise, we will schedule a session at another time during the winter. Bob and Judy Porter have agreed to conduct the Rules instruction.

RON LLOYD: Most members of the Club who took lessons from Ron this year were pleased at the level of instruction. The committee would like to invite him back to Bald Head next fall. Anne Boozell will contact him to set up a time. Ron spoke with some of us about beginning an annual tournament with Pinehurst. The committee urges the Tournament Committee to follow up on this idea.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL: The Club has a number of instructional tapes which can be borrowed by club members. These reside at the home of Anne and Mike Boozell and may be signed out at any time for a period of three weeks. Anne will purchase DVD copies of this material as well as the new rules CD put out by the NCCA. ( Funds for these purchases were approved by the previous executive board.)