Minutes
Unit
143 Board of Directors meeting
April
9, 2008
(Approved
May 14, 2008)
President
John Samsel called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. Present
were Board members Bob Janis, Bob Wheeler, Sheryl Finkenstadt,
Sandy Bigg, Donna Pedrotti, Suzi Shymanski-Moore, Mark Ludwig,
Jane Ettelson, and Ed Hale. Absent were Board members Steve
Zenk, Debbie Romero, and Sasanka Ramanadham. Also present
was Mike Carmen.
March
Minutes
The
March minutes were approved with minor changes.
Corresponding
Secretary's Report
The
Unit 143 data base is current as of March 1, 2008. The data
base will be updated with the April 1, 2008 ACBL In / Out
report when Jack Bryant returns from out of town.
The
2008 POTY report will be updated to include results of the
April Unit Game. The report will be e-mailed to Milt Zlatic
and Sheryl Finkenstadt.
E-mailed
Sheryl Finkenstadt data on Unit 143 Board members indicating
the year they were elected, the year their term ends and how
many terms they have served.
Two
Excel files were sent to Sasanka Ramanadham. These files were
used to print mailing labels for postcards for the upcoming
Sectional, regional and St Louis KO qualifying matches.
Treasurer's
Report
Bob
Janis provided a copy of the Unit 143 balance sheet as of
March 31, 2008. This showed a balance of $ 5,620 in the checking
account. The unit has $35,887 in current assets. The report
shows a loss of $1,858 for the months of October 2007 thru
March 2008. Bob noted that some expense (about $500) have
been prepaid for future tournaments. We are ahead of the budget.
The report was approved.
STANDING
COMMITTEES
A.
Awards/Nominating/Club Liaison
Donna
Pedrotti reported that trophies have been ordered for the
May Sectional Tournament. She will order additional trophies
for the Easy Bridge and youth sections at the tournament.
- Charity/Hospitality/Caddies
Suzi
Shymanski-Moore will provide refreshments for the Easy Bridge
and youth sections at the May Sectional Tournament.
- Education
No
report
D.
Membership
Steve
Zenk e-mailed his report to the board members. He reported
15 new members, 18 current non life masters went inactive
and 13 transfers into Unit 143. Our membership count stands
at 1060.
E.
Website
Sheryl
Finkenstadt reported there were 10,316 hits on web site pages.
- Publicity
Sasanka
Ramanadham e-mailed his report to the Board members. Post
cards for the May Sectional, the Bragging Rights qualifying,
and the Regional Tournaments were sent in one mailing. Cost
for the mailing was $978.
- NAP/GNT
Ed
Hale reported that the GNT game will be held the weekend of
May3-4 at the Education Association Building in Springfield,
Ill. No pre-qualification is required.
Ed
will ask club owners to provide him a listing of their pre-qualification
games for the NAP. Ed will have the lists put on the Unit
143 website.
- !99er Tournament
Jane
Ettelson reported that March 199er had a total count of 48.5
tables. The table count for the morning session increased
from 23 to 34.5 from last September's tournament. Jane indicated
some morning pairs were turned away because of a lack of tables.
Jane will investigate the possibility of buying some additional
tables for the event. Jane reported a profit of $205.40 for
the tournament.
- Recording
Secretary/Bidding Boxes
No
report
- Vice President
No
Report.
- Tournament
Chairman
No
report
Meeting
Adjourned at 8:17 PM
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