January-February2018

President’sMessage

I want to thank the members for allowing me to serve as your President for 2018. I also want to thank all of you for the words of encouragement over the past few months at various functions and our meetings as the capital plan was presented. Ginger and I moved into Greystone in 1992 with our three girls. Our youngest was a baby and is now 27 years old. My how time flies. We moved here to be a part of this great community and our club, even though the club was a trailer at the time. We had a great golf course, but I never dreamed we would have the facilities we have today! The Greystone community and Greystone Golf and Country Club is a special place and we could not have picked a better place to raise our family. Now we get to share this with our two grandchildren, soon to be three. I hope all of you had the opportunity to take advantage of our club during the Christmas season. We enjoyed the Dicken’s Dinner and Santa Brunch with our family. I know many of you used the club to host your holiday parties and I know our staff worked hard to make these special events. As we enter 2018, I am excited about what this year has in store for our members. Our capital campaign will allow us to take care of several projects this year and will improve our long term financial position. If you attended any of the informational meetings, you saw the projects we have planned.

One of the highlights of the year will be the Regions Tradition, which will be here before we know it. We listened to our members and have developed new member packages which will be rolled out soon. Greystone has always been a favorite place for the Tour Champions players as they love our course, our hospitality and the excitement created by one of the largest crowds they see all year. Regions and the Tour have extended our contract to host this tournament through 2023. As a result, the board established a Regions Tournament Committee. Jim O’Brien has graciously agreed to chair this committee and has recruited an outstanding group to help us get the most from this event for our members and our club. I want you to know, our board is committed making 2018 a successful year for our club. We have three board members rolling off; Terry Smith, Janice Folmar and Scott Peters. I want to thank them for their tremendous contributions and service. We have an excellent group of members coming on; Matt Scalici, President Elect and board members; George Trible and Scott Ferguson. One of my goals for 2018 is to find ways to improve member engagement and utilization of our club. That will also be the focus of our committees. I know our staff is committed to providing exemplary service to make any event special for our members and your guests. Please think of our club as you plan events for your family and business. Another goal is to communicate regularly with members on the club’s financial position and update you on capital projects. Please be looking for these updates and don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you again for this opportunity. I look forward to seeing all of you at Greystone! Lane Milam Club President, 2018

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