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CAPE FEAR PICKLEBALL CLUB�General Annual Meeting �December 10, 2025, 5:30pm House of Pickleball� �AGENDA

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Agenda

Call meeting to order

Determination of Quorum (5 CFPC Board of Director Members)

Welcome Message/Introduction of BOD Members-Holly Manning-President

CFPC Board of Director Presentation

2025 Board of Director Presentations/Committee Chair Presentations

CFPC Member Question & Answers

Announcement of 2026 Board of Director Candidates-Holly Manning-President

Voting Process Instructions – Lisa Cunningham

President - Jackie Sage & Carol Hunter

Treasurer - Peter Burrows

Director of Membership - Diana Ross & Stephen Goff

Director of Training – Steve Nolan & Charlie Saia

Social Director - Jade Meyers

Voting for 2026 Board of Directors

ADJOURN

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What to expect during the General Meeting – Lisa Cunningham

CFPC Board of Directors and Committee Chairs will be presenting their updates, accomplishments.
Club member questions will be addressed at the end of the presentation during our Q&A session. We reserve the right to address more involved questions at a later date. Any questions that were not addressed during the allotted time may be submitted via email to: communications@capefearpickleballclub.org.

Voting will take place during the meeting for the 2026 Board of Director positions.

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Board of Directors/�Committee Chairs�Introduction & Reports

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2025 CFPC Board of Directors/Committee Chairs

Holly Manning – President

Jimmy Carlo – Vice-President

Peter Burrows – Treasurer

Lisa Cunningham - Secretary

Diana Ross– Director of Membership

Carol Hunter – Director of Social

Bryant Lester – Director of Communications

Jeanette Stephenson – Social Media Manager

Wayne Bigg – Director of Training

Antoine Hawkins-Director of Competition

Amy Rusinak – Permanent Pickleball Courts Chair

Lisa Dubinski - Outreach Committee Chair

Emma Dill - Newsletter

Diana Ross - Merchandise

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Holly Manning– President

Led overall club operations while coordinating with all Directors and Committee Chairs.
Provided leadership, guidance, conflict resolution, and comprehensive support to members

and the board throughout the year.

Fulfilled Membership Director responsibilities from January–June during vacancy.
Served as the primary external contact for businesses, partners, organizations, and individuals seeking collaboration or information about CFPC.
Worked closely with Wilmington and New Hanover County Parks & Recreation, Pender County P&R, the City Council, the Mayor’s Office, and the New Hanover County School System to advocate for additional courts, improved maintenance, signage, and pickleball expansion.
Coordinated with Parks & Rec Advisory Board representatives Ron Woodruff (City) and Carol Hunter (County) on court development and community outreach.
Participated in the MLK Youth Summer Pickleball Camp, training youth players.
Assisted with major events including the CFPC 10th Anniversary Party, the 100th Anniversary GFL Celebration, the Spring and Fall tournaments, and the Paws4People Charity Tournament, Pender County Kiwanis Park Celebration.
Managed or supported club insurance, contracts, reservations, software systems, and internal documentation and communications.
Drafted and reviewed club-wide communications and coordinated board decisions, approvals, and leadership transitions.

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Jimmy Carlo– Vice President

Some nets were re-enforced at the center pole. I will replace nets as necessary.��I replaced the old equipment bags at all three locations.�I will replace all ball bags.��I replaced one lock on the equipment box at Legion Stadium.��New ball holders were placed at Robert Strange Park, Legion Stadium. I will place them at Greenfield Lake in the new year. We are not allowed to place them at Ashley H.S.��Balls at all three locations are replenished on a regular basis.��I made ball stoppers with the old nets between the tennis courts at Legion and Robert Strange Park.��I’ll be working on a pilot project to see how it holds up at Robert Strange. Coming Soon!�

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Peter Burrows– Treasurer

Club is on solid financial ground with no dues increases in 2025 or 2026
Permanent Court Fund now has over $50k available (in CD)
Moved Club's bookkeeping to Quickbooks
Ensures data security with cloud storage
Gives board transparency to club financial records
Provides more robust reporting�
Set up Club with ability to accept Zelle payments

Two new fundraising sources set up to fund club activities

1. PPA Ambassador Program� 2. Attractions Guide

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Lisa Cunningham – CFPC Secretary

Cape Fear Pickleball Club became part of the PPA Ambassador Program which entitles CFPC members to discounts for playing or spectating at PPA events. CFPC receives a small stipend when the code “CFPC” is used.

New club policy on giving away free memberships was established. If memberships are given at CFPC events no BOD approval is needed maximum of 12 free memberships per year for club events. Nonclub related free memberships need BOD approval.

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Diana Ross– Director of Membership

• Appointed in June 2025 to fill vacancy�• 2025 Total Members – 742

• 2026 Sign ups as of 12/7 - 270

What I’ve Delivered:�• Negotiated new membership perks & discounts�• Maintained full member database�• Enrolled new members & answered inquiries�• Designed flyers for memberships & events�• Ensured stability, continuity & momentum
Membership That Pays for Itself:�• $35 Annual Fee�• 10th Anniversary Party: $10 saved �• Christmas Party: $10 saved�• Spring & Fall Tournaments: $20 saved�• Total 2025 Savings: $40+

Additional Roles –
Successfully helped to run the 2024 Spring CFPC Tournament
Filled Vacant Merchandise Coordinator position in 2024
Partnered with Pickleball Xtra
Launched 10^th Anniversary merchandise
Created online store & direct shipping
Secured 10% member discount with Pickleball Xtra

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Carol Hunter– Director of Social

• Coordinated social events across Wilmington, Hampstead & Leland�

Impact & Outcomes:

• Strengthened pickleball community + members built new

friendships

• Helped grow our membership�• Increased visibility for our club�• Supported our local businesses�• Built momentum for an exciting future — together!��

2025 Social Events Calendar:

A Year In Review ~ Keeping It Social

January — HOP Social�February — Pickle & Taps Social� March — HOP Social� April — CFPC Spring Tournament @ Legion Stadium� May — Belvedere Social� June — Planning 10-Year Anniversary Celebration� July — 10-Year Anniversary Celebration @ Beau Rivage!

• Led planning and execution of CFPC’s milestone 10 Year- party

•Designed a celebratory program that honored history and growth

•Coordinated logistics, vendors, communications, and member

recognition along with Pickleball • Live Music • Swimming • Dinner

Raffles

August — HOP Social� September — Hampstead Kiwanis Park Court Dedication� October — Kevin Chandler Classic — Fall Tournament

GFL 100-Year Anniversary Celebration � November — HOP Social� December — CFPC Annual Meeting & BOD Elections

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Bryant Lester– Director of Communications

Email Campaigns

Sent out over 60 email campaigns that include:

Tournaments, Social Events, Newsletters, Trainings, Paddle Demo Events, and other notifications.

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GroupMe Messages

Pickle Patch – Social Pickleball Play in Wilmington, NC (No DUPR Needed)

Port City Pickleball Group (4.0+ DUPR)

Wilmington Advanced Pickleball (4.5+ DUPR)

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2025 CFPC Website�Statistics

Figure 1 – CFPC Website visits 2025

Figure 2 – CFPC Website page views

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Jeanette Stephenson – Social Media Manager

STATISTICS:

Facebook Group Statistics between January 1, 2025, and December 3, 2025, are listed below:

376,086 people have viewed our Facebook group page this year. (Compared to 219,749 views last year for an increase of about 71%)
A total of 145 Participants had to be manually approved to join our Facebook Group since January 1, 2024. The rest were authorized automatically using Facebooks AI tool based on criteria set by CFPC.
We have a total of 4621 Facebook Group Members (Compared to 3789 members this time last year, for an increase of about 22%).
We have had 325 visitors. These are people who have posted comments in our FB Group but haven’t joined.
This year there has been a total of 846 posts, 2030 comments and 11,188 reactions to our FB Group page. This doesn’t include posts that have been deleted.
59% of our members are female.
41% of our members are male.

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Wilmington (2017)	Note: This is 308 more than last year.
Leland (273)	Note: This is 75 more than last year.
Carolina Beach (179)	Note: This is 28 less than last year.
Wrightsville Beach (155)	Note: This is 34 more than last year.
Topsail, NC (95)	Note: Topsail now surpasses Raleigh in number of CFPC FB Group members. Raleigh is at 84.

Our top 5 NORTH CAROLINA cities include:

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Wayne Bigg– Director of Training�

Record numbers for Greenfield Lake Saturday morning training
Skills and Drills in spring was a success
Club purchased a new ball machine for members to rent
Two paddle demo days were successful
Incoming 2026 Director of Competition

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Antoine Hawkins– Director of Competition�

In the first month Ran a charity tournament for Paws for People at new indoor facility Pickle & Taps. 70 participants

Successfully ran a Spring Tournament with 105 participants

Assisted with 10 Year Anniversary Party Pickleball Play

Assisted other BOD members with events & organizing play

Successfully ran the Kevin Chandler Fall Pickleball Tournament with over 160 participants

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Outreach-Lisa Dubinski

• Healthy Kid’s Day was successful with great volunteers and hundreds of participants

• Continued with our pickleball instruction to summer

day campers at MLK, new gym was a boost

to this year’s instruction

• Outreach provided candy and drinks

at the Greenfield Anniversary Celebration

at the pickleball courts.

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Amy Rusinak – Permanent Pickleball Courts Chairperson

Lockboxes with nets and balls at 3 court locations:

-MLK, Robert Strange Park

-Legion Park

-Ashley High School

*Beautiful aerial footage and photos provided by CFPC member,

John Hambel at Osprey Productions

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Wrightsville Beach

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