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; 1 iupex 2 pesasiton at ease Bee 2 micwaee wanceonouce ee commen of msshomsert 4 Examination by Mr Fotlansbee ener A . 7 or some wet . Senne: aT Ton oeoe, 2 Esmaite: May 7, 2007 Sette tie iat ° Committee Meeting a SORE AES a MSS, 0 Rare = ” oetenses 3 cn son E Te ner array en 1 ltt ree fants femmes rn ” ‘beaoaorri & Lvows COURT REPORTING, In. 18 Py ® ans RECHEY) Rete the 2 ae pe Fa z B e ; APPEARANCES: . : 1 rroceeoines She Crenite street a = 5 MICHAEL MARLBOROUGH, @ witness called on 7 Leonard H. Kesten, Esa behalf of the Plaintiff, first having been Brody Hardoon Perkins & Kesten, LLP 7 _ a Tows'el Dusdury and North Hil Advisory Chaimon: Scott whittem bo mebert M. Mustard, 10 Jr, Michael Marlborough, Anthony Floreanc, * ” Manning, W. James Ford, and Gordon Cushing (Ex " sa ba 2 3 Hay waaasteciaves so koute ok 4 exaMINArLON py He. FouLansore: 14 Sandwich, Wassacn sates 02563 18 @ Fist otal, could you please state your full Committee, Consisting of Michael Doolin, _ : 16 Ehtiman’ Scotwantcomay Robert Mc Mustaré, [47 A, a¥'e Michael Martborough, and resisential 7 Michael T. Rufo, Thomas K. Garrity, Richard 18 address is 30 Otter Rock Road, Duxbury. 20 A. since 1991. > 21. what business are you in, si? 22 A i'm In the convention and trade show industry . ina 2 22. Where i your business located? a A 2 A_araintree Teri eat Tage Tto 4 ai 5 7 1 @. Have you been deposed before? 1 A. $3,200, 2A. No, Thave not. 2. Q. Is that an individual membership? 3. Q. Just by way of background, we'll be asking 2 A. itis. 6% questions today, and you have to make a verbal 4 Q. Am! correct - maybe I'm not correct. Is "E _ response. You can't make a gesture or a nod 5 Halifax exclusively private ori it open to the 6 lke you just did. So when we ask a question, 6 publi? 7 weneed a verbal response. 7 A. We private. 8 Ifyou don't understand my question, just 8 Q. Priorto being a member at Halifax, had you had 9 say so and Il try to rephrase it and make it © memberships at any other golf courses? 10 more intetigible 10 A. North Hill. 11 A. Okay. 11 @._ When did you maintain a membership at North 42, Q. Could you please give us your educational 2 Hil 13° background starting with high schoo. 48 A. Beginning in 1993. 14 A. Yes. Twent to Dover Sherborn Regional from [14 @. So rom 1991 unt last year? 15 Dover, Mass, and I went tothe University at [15 A. There were a couple of years that I did not get 16 Albany and I have a bachelors degree in d 16 a full membership in that time. 47 Q. When did you get the bachelors degree? 17 Q. What years were those? 18 A. 1980. 18 A. Tean't remember. 49. @. I gather from your involvement in this matter 19 Q. Did you have a membership at North Hill in 20097 20 you're a golfer? 20 A. No. 21 A. Yes, Tam. 21 @. And in 20107 22 Q. And how often do you play gol? 22 A. No. 23 A. Itry to play a couple times a week. 23 Q. How about 2008? 2@>.Q._ That's been pretty consistent since the early 24_A._No. I don't believe so. I think 2007 was the oe 6 8 + 1990's? 1 tast, but 1'm not positive. 2 A. Yes. 2 Q. Soessentially, from '91 to 2007 you maintained 3G. bo you maintain a handicap? 3 amembership there? 4 A. Yes,1do. 4° A. Like I said, with maybe a year or two where I 5 Q. Whatis your index? 5 did not have a full membership. 6 A. Ithink right now it's 9. 6 Q. Okay. Now, In --1'm sorry. At some point you 7 @. SoMr. Doolin would have to give you strokes i 7 became a member of the North Hill Advisory 8 you played? 8 Committe; is that correct? 9 A. He probably lied. 9 A. Yes. 10 MR. KESTEN: Is that why you'e doing 40 Q. And do you remember when you first were 11 this, to get handicaps under oath? 11 appointed to the North Hill Advisory Committee? 42 Q. Asfaras the golf courses that you play, are 12 A. don’t know the exact year, no. 13. you currently a member at any golf course? 13 Q. think we have - are you stil a member of the 4 AY 14 North Hill Advisory Committee? 15 Q. Where is that? 15 A. Yes. 16 A. InHalifax, Mass. 16 Q. How did you become a member of the North Hill 47 Q. Is that the Halifax Country club? 17 Advisory Committee? 18 A. Yes. 18 A. Ibelieve a member of the Advisory Committee 18. Q. How long have you been a member at Halifax? 49 elected not to come back to the committee and I CDA. since last year. 20 was asked If1'd have any interest. [21 Q. And that’s an 18 hole course? 21 Q._ Who asked you that? 22 A. Yes. 22 A. Xdon't recal 23 @. And what does an annual membership cost at 23° Q. Was it other folks who were on the committee? 24 Halex? 24_A._Yes, Ibelleve £0, but I don’t recall exactly Page Sto bof 51 Tol sheets 9 " 1 who it was. 1 AL Yes, 14id. 2 Q. Inthe years that you were a member atthe North 2 Q. Were you a member of the Thursday night league? Hill Country Club, what was the most you ever 3A. Yes, Twas. paid for a membership there? 4 Q. You're familiar with the North Hill Men's T want to say a little over $600. 5 Association? Is that a function of the fact that's a 9 6 A. I don't recall it being the Men's Association, hole course as opposed to an 18 hole course? 7 Tewas the North Hill Golf Association. MR. JORDAN: Objection. 8 Q. North Hil Golf Association. You must have been You can answer that 9 overhearing Lenny’s comments about sexism in 1 don't know how to answer that. 10 gol 11 Q. Well there's quite a discrepancy between the 1" MR. KESTEN: In this room. 12 $800 membership at North Hill and the $3,100 12. Q. Were there any women in the North Hil Golf 13 membership at Halifax. 1'm assuming that part 13 Association? 14 ofthe distinction is one is completely private 14 A. Yes. 15 and the other is also open to the public 15 Q. And ona ratio, how many men and how many women? 16 1s that fair to say? 16 Do youhave any idea? 17 A. Twould say that's fair to say. 17 A. Ttwas definitely predominantly men. 18 Q. Is another fact that one is a 9 hole course as 18 Q. Would they be essentially the fellows and women, 19 opposed to an 18 hole course? 19 if any, who played in the Thursday night league? 20 A. I wouldn't say that, because I'm aware of Shole |20 A. Yes. 21 courses that have higher memberships than 21 Q. Did they also play as a group on weekends? 22 Halifax. 22 A. Yes. 23 Q. What courses would those be? 23. Q. And was it the practice of the North Hill Golf GA. Hopedale Country club. 24 Association to block out tee times for its eo 9 7 1 Q. Isthat private? 1 members on weekends? 2 A. Semi-private, 1 believe. 2 A. Notto my knowledge. When you say block out, 3 Q. Do you know what it costs there? a ne 4 A. Tdon't, but I believe it's more than $3,000. 4 Q, Would tee times be obtained by individual 5 Q. Do you know of any other 9 hole courses that are 5 members and other members would fill in the 6 more than $3,007 & foursomes? 7 A. Tbelieve Whitinsville Golf Club would be, too. | 7 A. Yes, 8 Q. Isthat private or public? 8 Q. And was itthe custom and practice that the 9 A. Ibelieve that's private. 8 North Hill Golf Association would play as a 10 Q. Where is that located? 10 collective group on most weekend mornings? 11 A. In Whitinsville, Massachusetts, 11 A. I'mnot sure how to answer that. 2 MR. FOLLANSBEE: Didn't even know there |12 Q. Would they have consecutive tee times for the 13 was a Whitinsville, Massachusetts. 13 members of the groups? 4 MR. KESTEN: I've been there. 14 A. Sometimes, because we'd set up matches, one 18 Q. And Hopedale I assume Is In Hopedale, 15 foursome against another foursome. So if there 16 Massachusetts? 16 were two groups of us going out, we'd try to get 17 AL Yes. 17 consecutive tee times. 18 MR. KESTEN: That's because you went to 18. Forhow many years did you participate in the 19. law school. 19 North Hill Golf Association? eS MR. FOLLANSBEE: That I got in high 20 A. From 1991, 21 school. I didn't learn anything in law school. 21 @. Up until when? 2 MR. KESTEN: Me neither. 22 A. Tthink it was 2007. 23 Q. As faras your golf participation at North Hil 23 Q. And did the group go to another golf course 24 Country Club, did you play in any leagues? 24 beginning in 2007? Sof id sheets Page 9 12ST

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