Membership Mania Sunday, Part Deux: The RSTC Kickoff Social

I'd like to extend to all current members [and potential new members] an
invitation to join our annual kickoff event.

Date: Sunday, March 5

Time: 2pm - 4pm (so you can get home in time to watch the Oscars)

Location: Pelican Cove Clubhouse (off Redwood Shores Parkway
at the Pelican Cove complex)

What to bring?
An Appetizer - if your last name begins with letters A-M

A Dessert - if your last name begins with the letters M-Z

Beverages will be provided by the club.

We'll also have copies available of the 2006 Membership form at the meeting.
Feel free to forward this invitation to any other tennis buddies you have that
might be interested in joining a fabulous social tennis organization.

We've got some exciting plans for this year. Come on by to hear the news
or to catch up with members you haven't seen since the holiday party in December.

Questions? Just email me (vernhardt@comcast.net)

Membership Mania Sunday, Part One: The RSTC Wine Club Event

The RSTC Wine Club starts off Membership Mania Sunday March 5th with an 11 AM Racking session at the Bacchus Winemaking Club, 1697 Industrial Road in San Carlos. We will be racking our 2005 Chardonnay/Viognier blend we call "Bud White" in honor of our dear departed friend, tennis companion and wine enthusiast, Bud Miles.
I anyone is interested in the winemaking [and quaffing] process and would like to investigate getting in on the 2006 vintage, contact Dennis Murphy or Annette Vernon.

Open Play this Saturday

Just a quick note that an Open Play date has come up for tomorrow morn at Shore Bird, 9am to 1-ish. Should be nice weather...see you out on the courts!

Monique's New Gig: Longtime Newsletter Editor Promoted in eProgress Move

For many years (probably more years than Michael Garb spent as president) I've been the editor of the RSTC newsletter. Effective this tennis season, I've been promoted to (ahem) Director of Marketing and Communications. The sad corollary to this announcement is that the newsletter is now defunct, a victim of e-progress. But the good news is that it has been replaced by the very blog you are now reading and have so easily accessed. What's more, you can post your own comments on the RSTCblog. Our courtside photographers can upload many more photos than the newsletter could accommodate -- and (yes, admit it) we all love to see ourselves up there. There will be no more need for e-vites, because everything will be posted on our space in the TennisOne web site. You'll have all the information you want with a click of your mouse, including other members' e-mail addresses and phone numbers, all password-protected.

My new duties include monitoring the blog site for grammatical errors (just kidding -- well, maybe not), designing a business card that any of you can hand out to prospective members, continuing as a liaison with the Redwood Shores Pilot... That doesn't sound like a lot when I recall having to write the newsletter, do the layout, print out 70 copies, collate, fold and staple the pages, print out address labels, stick those on, stamp them, and take them to the post office. But other stuff will come up, I'm sure.

I for one am very excited by this new approach to communications within the club. Please explore the site and find out for yourself. If you've gotten this far you don't need my help, but if you know someone who's having trouble please tell them to call me for "tech support" (free!) at 650-595-5835 (h) or 650-743-2024 (c).

You'll find out more about our new system at Membership Mania this Sunday, March 5. It's at the Pelican Cove Clubhouse, as usual, and the time has been moved up to 2-4 pm so that you won't miss a moment of the Oscars.

And we're off!

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