Unit
143 Board Meeting Minutes
Wed.,
July 14, 2004
A
meeting of the Unit 143 Board was held at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday,
July 14, 2004 at the Olivette Community
Center . In attendance were Board members
Sandy Becker, Cheryl Davis, Mary Hruby
, Bob Janis ,
Bill Kauffman ,
Tom Oppenheimer ,
and John Samsel, with Rod Van Wyk
presiding. Also present were Mike Carmen, Tournament Chair.
The
June Minutes were approved as written.
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Corresponding Secretary's Report (distributed
by Rod)
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2004 Player of Year standings were updated.
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Three files of Unit 143 members, other players
who have attended tournaments in past, and club directors
in District 8 were emailed to John Samsel for use in printing
Regional postcards.
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Nominating Committee Report
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2004 committee members were Bill
Kauffman , Nell Schneider and Helen
Stolar with Cheryl Davis as chair.
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The Unit Board has five slots. Don
Kerry has completed 3 consecutive
terms, Cheryl Davis and Doug Moore have completed one 3-year
term, Mary Hruby
has completed two 3-year terms, and Rod would like to step
down at the end of his term as President.
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Cheryl presented the slate: Jane Ettelson,
Mary Hruby ,
Donna Pedrotti , Sasanka Ramanadham
, and Don Weber. She is gathering
bio information on each. A motion to accept the slate was
approved.
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The committee would like to recommend that
no club director be nominated to the Board going forward
but rather that one local director be named Club Liaison
and sit on the Board as an ex-officio non-voting member.
This may require an amendment to the bylaws.
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Treasurer's Report
- Tom reported that
we continue to show a loss of more than $8,000 to date which
we hope to make up at the Regional.
- There have been
many prepaid expenses for the Regional, including two ads
at $900 each.
IV.
Tournaments
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Regional-
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Logistics--Mike Carmen reported that room reservations
are only slightly ahead of last year's pace. Robbie Richardson
is no longer the Events Manager so Mike and Cheryl had to
meet with her replacement, Suzanne Reese.
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Charity Games-The charity recipient is to be
decided at the September meeting.
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St. Louis/Kansas City K.O.s -(Rod reported
for Jennifer)
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Twenty teams competed the last weekend
in June: four A, six B, and 10 C.
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Jennifer proposes adding a new flight-AX.
The board authorized her to investigate the subject
with K.C. and report back.
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The Board commended Jennifer for sharing
an entire weekend supervising the tournament.
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NAOP- Sandy
reported that there are 24 dates scheduled for qualifying.
A calendar will be distributed.
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Old Business
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Newcomer Program-
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Mentoring Follow-up: Sandy
reported that there were 17 tables
at the tournament June 2. Some mentors are continuing to play
with novices. Many novices are playing in the regular duplicate
games now. Sandy
recommended that a Pro-Am type event be considered annually.
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Claudia Beaty submitted a plan for a new 0-49
game (see handout). A maximum amount of $200 for mailing of
postcards was approved. A motion to accept Claudia's proposal
at the rental rate of $32.50/week at Bridgehaven was approved.
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Education- Sandy
reported that we need more teachers listed on the Unit website.
Rod suggested that we consider advertising in the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch after we have established a more
complete teacher registry or education program. Under the
cooperative advertising policy of the ACBL, we would receive
reimbursement for most of the cost.
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New Business
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Sue Rechter has agreed to become the Advocate
Editor when Julie Behrens steps down after the St.
Louis Regional.
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The board voted unanimously to name Glenn
Smith as an Honorary Board member.
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ACBL would like the Chair for the 2007
National in St. Louis
to be named now. Rod will discuss with potential candidates
prior to the September meeting.
There
being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m.
Respectfully
Submitted,
Cheryl
Davis
Recording
Secretary
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