05.05.2023.FINAL ANNUAL REPORT

A Message from the Immediate Past President

Dear Fellow Members,

The official “ season ” is nearing its end, with a success ful Closing Party already enjoyed and Mother ’ s Day around the corner. Our fiscal year ends on April 30 th , and we then begin anew. This last fiscal year most definitely had some highs and lows. South Florida construction pricing surged as did prices for the food, labor and materials needed to run our club. The expanded Poolside Café turned into a Member favorite, while supply chain delays, ad ditional Palm Beach Gardens requirements and neces sary scope changes slowed the opening of the Pavilion and increased its cost. But since its opening, the Pavil ion has been the location for countless successful Member events while the Beach Club has continued to delight Members. After five years of community discussions about what exactly we wanted in a clubhouse and literally thou sands of person hours spent by Management, our con struction professionals, the New Clubhouse and Club house Construction committees, the Board, and many other Members, on March 1st of this year the Member ship overwhelmingly approved the revised New Club house budget. The contract with Proctor Construction was then signed and we celebrated with a ground breaking ceremony on April 10 th . We welcomed our new Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer Miles Tucker last April 9 th from Hillcrest Country Club. Miles has worked diligently with his Management Team to provide services to our Membership under difficult circumstances, adding sev eral highly qualified new senior staff members to his team. As Miles states in his letter, a lot has been done with more left to do and he is excited about French man ’ s future, as is the Board. The Staff and our various Committees provided unend ing and much enjoyed entertainment for us this year...whether it was related to the many golf or rac quet sports events, special dinners, charity events or the fabulous entertainment nights. These all required

many hours of work and attention by Staff and Mem bers, and we say a very big “ Thank You ” to all of them. As you will read in the following pages, our Members and Staff have worked on many other topics that are important to our community. Thank you. This in volvement is part of what makes Frenchman ’ s “ Frenchman ’ s ”. We all care about our community and are willing to get involved. Last Fall the Board approved hiring GGA to help Man agement, the Board and the Community design a strate gic plan that will take us into the future. Thank you to all the members of the Strategic Planning Committee and all the Members who participated in the Focus Groups and filled out the Survey. The Board looks forward to sharing the results of this work when it is completed. The current construction plan is for us to be in our new clubhouse sometime in the summer of 2025, which will be exciting! Frenchman ’ s “ clubhouse life ” will be easi er then. But in the meantime, Miles and his Manage ment Team and Staff will continue to work tirelessly to provide the facilities and services we all enjoy and ap preciate. I have very much enjoyed working with the group of talented Members that made up our Board last year. Thank you all. And I look forward to working with our new President, Michael Azeez, and being part of our new Board in the coming year.

Best, Diane Exter Immediate Past President

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