Notes from Ellie
Hello All,
Ellie’s Notes – A Email Blast of Current Happenings & News
Hope this latest email finds you in good spirits.
Below is our SaveSCC logo you see in lots of our new materials – press releases, tees shirts, etc.:
Hope you like it. I think it says it all.
Special Kudos to Our Awesome Volunteers
Our awesome volunteers are doing lots of fabulous work in preparation for our Fall SaveSCC Petition Canvassing Rally and the SaveSCC Golf Scramble Fundraiser. Special kudos and thanks to you all. It couldn’t happen without you! Thank you all so very much from the bottom of my heart! You are supporting a grateful community that appreciates our worthwhile goal!
SaveSCC Newcomer Meeting next Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Click HERE for the Agenda and Zoom Link
Our Newcomer meeting next Tuesday, October 25, 2022 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm in the Rollins Theatre on the SCC Central Campus at 901 Cherry Hill Dr., SCC.
Any petition canvasser who has not attended a SaveSCC Newcomer meeting is strongly encouraged to attend this Newcomer meeting. It will give you an excellent understanding and insight into the entire ClubLink situation and our response to it.
I would also be highly recommend that when canvassing or speaking with someone who is not informed, and if they want to learn more, you suggest that they attend one of these newcomer sessions held the 4th Tuesday of every month and provide them with a SaveSCC pamphlet that contains basic information details about our meetings, website and the potential development situation on ClubLink-owned golf courses in our community.
SaveSCC Tee Shirts
The t-shirts are coming! The t-shirts are coming!
Here’s a visual of our SaveSCC tee shirt on a model:
The tee shirt sample we have from Port & Company is 100% cotton. The color and t-shirt quality are awesome.
Our SaveSCC order from our custom apparel and printing vendor FlagShip is being picked up on Friday, October 28th to save shipping fees.
We cleared wearing our SaveSCC tee shirts over collared shirts at the SaveSCC Golf Scramble Fundraiser with the host club to again raise visibility of our group and mission.
We really want to keep our efforts and cause before the community and visible by wearing these tee shirts.
The great thing about these tee shirts is that they communicate the essence of our campaign succinctly without saying a word. They can be worn in the CA Clubs, HOA meetings, CA meetings, social events and in the public around the community to keep our message front and center and generate more great buzz and support.
I hope we all have several and wear them regularly around town. It will be my new uniform instead of tie dye. Great free advertising that can’t be ignored if we use them at every opportunity to show support and solidarity.
All canvassers for our SaveSCC Fall Petition Rally kicking off on October 29 will be asked to wear a SaveSCC tee shirt while canvassing. Tee shirts will be made available to canvassers and volunteers for a donation at cost. SaveSCC tee shirts will also be available to members and attendees at our Tuesday meetings starting in November for a donation of $20.
They will also be available at registration for the SaveSCC Charity Golf Scramble Fundraiser on February 25, 2023.
Vinyl Cling Sticker
We also are working on a vinyl static cling sticker, with no adhesive, for your car, golf cart, house window, etc. These vinyl static clings that can be used on glass and well-sealed surfaces. They will also be available in November for a donation of $5.00.
Here is that graphic:
The vinyl static cling is 5” X 7”.
Save SCC Golf Scramble Details Set and Registration is Open
Please share with your fellow golfers, fixture groups, and others as you see fit!
The golf committee members have been busy scouring golf courses and clubs in the community and surrounding areas to find the optimum venue to host our SaveSCC Fundraising Golf Scramble for a great outing while raising as much money as possible for the cause.
We have been working with a number of potential venues and have determined our best overall value and situation to have a great day.
We had to convince ourselves this was the right decision, and we are confident it is. Most venues were very reluctant to provide a Saturday morning shotgun as this is their prime season. Those that would, were a minimum of $20 a round more than the option we chose. They also required further travel, mostly by motor vehicle, not golf cart. And at most, they could not accommodate our luncheon requirements.
So what is the bottom line?
When all was said and done, ClubLink offered the best combination of proximity to home, use of our carts for transportation, if desired. Sandpiper Golf Club is the location where the Scramble will be hosted. A luncheon buffet will follow at Club Renaissance in the Bacchus Room which is a stone’s throw from Sandpiper. By using ClubLink, ClubLink golf members will receive a reduced registration fee, and they can use their own carts, if they have paid the trail fee with their golf membership. For all these reasons and more, the SaveSCC golf committee unanimously elected to contract with ClubLink for our SaveSCC fundraiser scramble.
We know some prefer not to support ClubLink financially, but, in fact, we are supporting Sandpiper, a club we hope will remain open.
This arrangement is the best option by far to raise funds for our cause with the best value and experience for our participants.
We hope you understand and will support the event. It is going to be fabulous fun and support our really important cause to save the character of our community, greenspaces and golf courses.
We are grateful that Paul Ascioti agreed to host our group, given our primary mission, and, after some persuasion and cajoling, he agreed to our morning shotgun which is the most desirable time.
The event is Saturday, February 25, 2023.
Event Schedule:
7:00 to 8:00 am Registration at Sandpiper Golf Club
7:30 am Putting Contest
8:30 am Scramble – Shotgun Start
1:30 pm Luncheon Buffet at Club Renaissance in Bacchus Room
2:30 pm Awards Ceremony
Registration Fees
ClubLink Golf Member: $95.00
Non-ClubLink Member Player: $125.00
Luncheon Buffet Only: $30.00
The Save Sun City Center Golf Scramble Event Flyer and Registration Form is attached.
We would be happy to accept registrations with a check at any SaveSCC meeting on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at the Rollins Theatre on the SCC Central Campus or you may provide your registration and check as outlined in the attached flyer. Whatever works best for you!
Get your registration in early as there is limited capacity and we expect the event to reach capacity quickly. Once we do, we cannot accept additional registrations.
Thank you!
SaveSCC Golf Event Committee Members
Doug/Nancy Starewicz 219 242-2364 / 219 805-137
dstarewicz@ gmail.com nancy.starewicz@gmail.com
Bill Stinchcomb 847 624–3693
Dennis Ora. 248 207–0928
dsora47@gmail.com
Peter Hyjek 860 985-1076
Bill Robinette 716 864-2471
Ellie Anderson 312 282-7337
Bill Fleck 770 330-0205
John Jackson. 989 745–3693
Jack Lawhead 813 695–9529
NO EMAIL
John Plummer 915 204-4663
Jim Forsythe 202 359-6685
Melissa and Rich Soucie 813 719-5432
Jack Hugill 716 523-1540
Upfront Cash Flow Issues
As you can see, we have a lot of great fundraising activities coming together well and in process. We also have some extra printing costs for another 3,000 SaveSCC pamphlets, 1000 Golf Scramble flyers and 500 petitions available for packet assembly for the canvassers on Oct 29th and our golf event committee members soliciting registrants and sponsors.
There are also the upfront costs and deposits for the golf fundraiser.
Additionally, we are engaging a professional CPA that will require a retainer to produce our certified financial reports for year-end filings with government agencies.
The challenge that we are experiencing is that all this requires upfront payment to our vendors. This is not something we can accomplish without some help in the form of donations and event registrations now.
So Please Donate Now to SaveSCC!
I am putting out this plea for you to donate what you can to help us accomplish these immediate goals. We are in a good financial position and we are confident that these fundraising activities will generate significant returns in the well in excess of our costs. This is a cash flow issue. The challenge is we must make upfront payment to vendors to lock in the golf venue and produce the printed materials, tee shirts and clings.
So please, go to our website and make a donation at https://savescc.org/donate-to-savescc/ or make a donation at an upcoming meeting.
We run a tight budget and do much “work” with pro bono professionals and our volunteers to minimize expenses wherever possible and it is working well. Sometimes, however, we have to spend money to raise funds.
So please, if you could contribute to help with the upfront costs, it would be awesome.
We are working well to achieve our mission and your support makes it possible. Thank you!
Other Recent Activities
The Petition / Canvassing work teams and captains have been working on all the details.
- Press Release – ‘SAVE SCC’ GROUP HITS THE STREETS TO STOP GOLF COURSE REZONING PLAN’ was released to local area media on Monday, Oct 17, 2022. The media outlets included newspapers, radio, tv, and cable provider news. A copy of the press release is attached.
Our plan is to add a media and press release section on the web site shortly.
Rick Johnson and I will also be following up with local TV outlets with the hope of securing TV news coverage of the Canvassing Kickoff Rally on October 29th.
- Canvassing
We have worked out some schedule and room issues with the CA room scheduler. We have reserved the Caper Room from 8 am to 1 pm on Friday, October 28th for canvasser packet assembly. If you’d like to help, let me know.
A number of canvassers have asked if we could start earlier October 29th.
Accordingly, the Canvassing Kickoff rally will start at 9:30 on Saturday, October 29 in the Florida Room off the Atrium on the Central SCC Campus. A special update will be sent shortly to all canvasser with more details.
- Street Assignment
The teaming is working on this but we have many streets yet to assign before Oct 29th.
Carol Hugill and I are recruiting additional canvassers. If you can help, please send an email to GetInvolved @SaveSCC.org for your street or let us assign you where you’re needed. Just let us know and include your name, phone number and email address and we’ll happily sign you up for duty!
Your support and participation is helping ensure a bright future to preserve our beautiful community by protecting our golf courses and green spaces from rezoning and development.
ClubLink Golf Letter Concerning Renaissance Annual Dues Notice and Golf in the Coming Year
You can see from Paul Ascoiti’s letter from ClubLink SCC that he forecasts that Sandpiper will be open until at least the end of April. This is the latest solid information I have received.
ClubLink Timeline from Presentation to CA Members on March 23rd.
Unfortunately, we have no updates or additional information from ClubLink regarding the plans they announced back on March 23rd at the SCC Community Hall.
Here is ClubLink’s Timeline from that presentation:
Don’t think ClubLink has given up or gone away. We just don’t know what steps they are taking out of sight or what their schedule is. We must remain vigilant and ready! Their playbook is clear.
See the press release below:
EWS PROVIDED BY
May 17, 2022, 09:05 ET
KING CITY, ON, May 17, 2022 /CNW/ – TWC Enterprises Limited (TSX: TWC) (“TWC”) is announcing today a transaction involving Club de Golf Islesmere located in Laval, Quebec (“Islesmere”).
Together with its partner, TWC has reached an agreement to sell the property to a Quebec developer for proceeds of approximately $70 million. TWC is entitled to approximately 45% of these proceeds upon closing.
This transaction is subject to both a due diligence condition and a condition for a change in zoning.
Closing of this transaction is not anticipated before 2023.
Corporate Profile
TWC is engaged in golf club operations under the trademark, “ClubLink One Membership More Golf.” TWC is Canada’s largest owner, operator and manager of golf clubs with 47.5 18-hole equivalent championship and 2.5 18-hole equivalent academy courses (including two managed properties) at 36 locations in Ontario, Quebec and Florida.
SOURCE TWC Enterprises Limited
For further information: Andrew Tamlin, Chief Financial Officer, 15675 Dufferin Street, King City, Ontario L7B 1K5, Tel: 905-841-5372, Fax: 905-841-8488, atamlin@clublink.ca
ClubLink’s playbook to acquire distressed golf properties, neglect and close them, and try to develop and/or sell them for a tremendous profit has been repeated a number of times – Heron Bay, Woodlands, and Glen Abbey, just to mention a few.
Next Steps
After we have the results of SaveSCC’s community support as evidenced by the signature count in our petition effort, and the newly elected officials are in place both in the CA Board and the Hillsborough County Board of Commissioners, it is our intention to step up our public campaign to secure their support showing the overwhelming community support against rezoning or development.
When you remember and acknowledge that this whole situation came to our attention less than seven months ago, we have come a long way and will continue to refine and improve our strategies and outcomes with your ideas, participation and support.
We are using our resources – human, intellectual, physical, and financial to our best advantage to be ready when they return.
I hope you agree. Keep those ideas flowing and collaborate with us to assure the future of our community!
Your Support and Involvement
If you can donate, we’d really appreciate the financial support. Donations can be made online at SaveSCC.org or we always happy to receive a check to SaveSCC c/o Ellie Anderson, 1731 Pacific Dunes Dr., Sun City Center, FL 33573.
Thanks for your support and involvement in this critical endeavor to retain the character of our community for the future!
If it is to be, it is up to “we”. And you are part of “we”.
Ellie Anderson
312-282-7337