royal galcutta golf club - The Royal Calcutta Golf Club

ROYALGALCUTTAGOLFCLUB
18.GOLFCLUBROAD,TOLLYGUNGE
KOLKATA- 7OO033
WESTBENGAL
Phone No.
Fax
E- mail
INDIA
2473-1352
2473-1288
2473-3315
ceo@rcgc.in
Decoding
theEGMNotice
A guidefor themembers
DearFriends,
- andwehavealways
Wehavefought
manya pastbattle
shoulder
to shoulder
won,Wewonbecause
we
puttheinterest
havealways
oftheClubabove
ourselves.
Butthisbattle,
if anEGMcanbecalleda battle,
isdifferent.
Thisbattle
isagainst
anentrenched
mindset
inthepriceofa cinema
thatmaintains
anincrease
ticketis acceptable
butnotthemembership
of a club.lf wewin aswemust theCIubsurvives
andwe
cancontinue
tostrivetoputCalcutta
backonthegolfmap.lf not,it maywellbetheendofgolfinCalcutta.
P:qblem
Wearebroke.
Wesurvive
bybEging"I havesaidthisoften,yethavelittlechoice
butto repeat.
Thefacts:
Income
: Rs.6.88crores
Expense
: Rs.10.1
1 crores
Gap: Rs.3.23
crores
Lastyear(2011-12)
wemadethisupbysqueezing
theAssociate
members,
begging
andearning
interests
givenbyXanders"
fromtheadvance
Canwenotgo on likethis?
No.
Whv?
Thecourseis full.Wecanhardlytakeanymoregolfers.Sponsorship
is difficult
to comeby whenthe
economy
isontheslide.
ROYALCALCUTTA
GOLFCLUB
18"GOLFCLUBROAD,TOLLYGUNGE
KOLKATA- 7OO033
WESTBENGAL
Phone No.
i
Fax
E- mail
|
:
INDIA
2473-1352
2473-1288
2473-3315
ceo@rcgc.in
Whatthencanwedo?
Donate
theclubto Mother
Teresa,
Sheneedslandforleprosy.
Orelse?
Eamourkeep.
How
Bypaying
enough
sothattheClubcanmakebothendsmeet.
Howmuch?
Thefacts:
peryear.
DLF: Rs.2 lacspermember
peryear,
KGA: Rs.1 lacpermember
RCGC
Associates
: Rs.60,000pluspermember
peryear.
shahRukh,salman
andAamirKhan: Rs.50,000
a yearif oneseesonemovie
a week.
RCGC: Rs.8000pluspermember
peryear.
Youtellmehownuchweshould
pay"I amwillingtolisten.
Whataretheproposals
?
Wereimburse
theclubforsomeoftheexpenses
it incursonourbehalf.
Whatarethev?
1) Energy
cost: WespendRs.50lacsperyear.lf Mr.Chidambaram
hashiswaythisfigure
islikelytogoup.
ROYALCALCUTTA
GOLFCLUB
18.GOLFCLUBROAD,TOLLYGUNGE
KOLKATA- 7OO033
WESTBENGAL
Phone No.
i
Fax
E- mail
:
:
INDIA
247y1352
2473-1288
2473-3315
ceo@rcgc.in
2) Wagesurcharge.
Wagebillis beingborneby the Club.We areonlyaskingfor the
increase
forcedon us by Govemment
regulations,
Wealready
havewagesurcharge
place.
permitted
clausein
Butthe
annualincrease,
witha 10%ceiling,
meanswe are
akeady
outof pocket.
Theexisting
clauseis notbeingchanged.
Allweaskisthatinstead
of 10%wedividetheacfualincrease
prorafaamongallmembers.
/s fhrsveryunfaift
ls anambitious
manaoement
assuming
toomuchpower?
Arewe? Wecanonlychargethemembers
forexpenses
actually
incurred.
Orratherforcedon us.Not
a paisaless.Nota paisamore.
Ambition,
Shakespeare's
MarkAnthony,
saidfamously
is madeof sterner
stuff.
Whvnotincrease
thesubscription
?
A perfectly
acceptable
altemative.
Butthere-imbunsement
routeis moredemocratic.
lt is prefened
for
thefollowing
reasons
:
1)
Transparency
: Youhavea better
ideahowyourmoney
isbeingspentandwhy,
2)
Restraint
: theClubmanagement
cannotuseyourmoney
on fancydreams.
lt canonly
yourmoney
spend
to meetspecified
expenses.
3)
Mutuality
: A clubis anassociation
of thelike-minded.
A truemembers'
cluboughtnotto
havesubscription
presumes
fees.Mutuality
thereshouldbe neitherprofitnor loss.
Members'
ClubsintheUKor intheUSAdonotcharge
subscription
fee.Allexpenses
are
divided
amonga//members.
Equally.
Wearetakinga tentative
firststepinforgingRCGC
intoa trueClub.
Whvis thata qoodidea?
RCGCis an association
formedwithoneintention
: theenjoyment
of golf,Wedothatby playing
and
promoting
thissport.Thisis our mutualinterest.
Morallyspeaking
and in an idealworldsuch
association
cannothavea revenuestream.The members
of the groupshouldmeetthe costsby
dividing
allexpenses
equally.
Oneshares
andshares
alike.Thatisthespiritofmutuality.
DosuchCluberist?
Yes.Mostmembers'club
abroad
donothavea subscription.
Themembers
sharetheexpenses.
ROYALGALCUTTAGOLFCLUB
18. GOLFCLUB ROAD,TOLLYGUNGE
KOLKATA - 7OO033
WEST BENGAL
INDIA
|
Phone No.
2473-1352
2473-1288
Fax
:
2473.3315
E- mail
: ceo@rcgc.in
....and
theRCGC
?
Hopefully
onedaywewillonlysharetheexpenses
anddoawayaltogether
withsubscription.
Whataboutthegolfingfee?
Notmyidea.Yours.
lnOpenHouse
youdemanded
afterOpenHouse
:
1) Thepresent
feestructure
bescrapped
andmorerealistic
ratesbeputin place.Cunently
we
paytheequivalent
of30UScentsperroundmaking
golfclub.
ustheworld's
cheapest
golfers
2) Thatallmembers,
paythischarge.
ornot,should
Sowhatshouldthefeebe?
TheBeldih,
a 9 - holecourse
inJamshedpur,
charges
Rs.1000permonth.
TheKGAinBangalore,
thevenue
forthelastIndian
Open,charges
Rs.1600permonth.
Wecharge
Rs.125permonth.
Sawhatshould
it be ?
Youtellme.I amlistening.
Bntwhynotcontrolthecost?
Thefacts:
1 ) Wepayourworkers
theleast.Inthelastlongtermwagenegotiations
wegotthebestdealamongall
clubsinCalcutta.
2) Wehavezerooperational
overtime.
Wearetheonlyclubin Indiato achieve
this.
3) Wehavethelowest
number
of permanent
employees.
TheBengal
Rowing
Clubemploys
100people
in
alone.
thekitchen
ROYALCALCUTTAGOLFCLUB
18. GOLF CLUB ROAD,TOLLYGUNGE
KOLKATA- 7OO033
WEST BENGAL
INDIA
Phone No.
2473-1352
2473-1288
Fax
2473-3315
E- mail
ceo@rcgc.in
4) Wespendtheleaston a course
ratedthebestinthecountry
todaybybothSimiMehra
andArjunAtwal.we haveachieved
thisby spending
merely
Rs.4 croresplusa year.
(Yes.Thefigureincludes
paidto Quality
theamount
Golf).TheDLFspends
around
Rs.
10crores
a year.
Andtheotherresolutions
?
Theyaremostly
technical
innature,
ButI willbehappy
totalkabout
themif yousowant.
Whyarewemoreexpensive
thanotherlocalClubs?
Whycompare
applewitha banana
quality
? Wearetheonlychampionship
Golfclubin theeastem
partof theentireIndiansub-continent.
Otherlocalclubsaresocialassociations.
We arealsothe
cheapest.
EvenBangladesh
charges
moreforgolf.
WhatabouttheSeniors?
TheSeniors
aregenerally
beingexempted.
Theymayhaveto beara verynominal
increase
in one
case.
I lookfon,trard
youintheOpenHouse
to meeting
yoursuggestions.
andwillbedelighted
to receive
Withbestwishes,
,fut"*
Aveek$arkar
Kolkata,
Date:9tt
January,2013