Minutes
Unit
143 Board Meeting
Dec.
12, 2007
(Approved
1-9-2008)
President
John Samsel called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. Present
were Board Members Donna Pedrotti, Ed Hale, Bob Wheeler, Bob
Janis, Steve Zenk, Sheryl Finkenstadt, Jane Ettleson Mark
Ludwig and Debbie Romero. Absent were Board members Sasanka
Ramanadham and Suzi Shymanski-Moore. Also present was Mike
Carmen.
November
Minutes
The
November minutes were approved.
Corresponding
Secretary's Report
The
Unit 143 data base is still current as of October 1, 2007.
The ACBL In/Out reports dated 11/01/07 and 12/01/07 have not
been received. Mailing labels for Unit 143 members and Unit
223 members living close to St Louis have been delivered to
Sasanka Ramanadham for the January sectional post cards. The
2007 Player of the Year standings were updated with the results
Dec 2 nd Unit Game. Results were also sent to Milt Zlatic
for posting on the website. 10 Life Master pins were received
from Baron Barclay Book Supply. The cost was $82.50. The Unit
Officer list was submitted to ACBL.
Treasurer's
Report
Bob
Janis provided a copy of Unit 143 balance sheet as of November
30, 2007. This showed a balance of $6,286 in the checking
account. The unit has $36,885 in total current assets. The
report shows a loss of $859.38 for the month of October. Bob
Janis needs to take $6300 out of CD to pay building rental
fees to St Charles for the 2008 Sectional Tournaments. Bob
has filed the 2006 tax report to the IRS. The Treasurer's
report was approved.
STANDING
COMMITTEES
A.
Awards/Nominating/Club Liaison
Donna
Pedrotti has ordered trophies for the January Sectional Tournament.
B.
Charity/Hospitality/Caddies
John
Samsel will update work assignment list for the 2008 Sectional
Tournaments.
C.
Education
Luke
Lucas is teaching Easy Bridge at Jefferson County Junior College.
He has asked for some financial support to offset the cost
of books for the program. No decision was made. The Education
Committee will prepare a guideline document for proposals
to be considered for financial support by Unit 143 for education
programs such as Easy Bridge.
D.
Membership
Steve
Zenk reported a net loss of a couple members from last month's
total of 1061.
E.
Website
No
report
F.
Publicity
Post
cards for the January Sectional Tournament have been mailed
G.
NAP/GNT
No
report
H. Recording
Secretary/Bidding Boxes
No
report
I.
Vice President
No
Report.
J.
Tournament Chairman
Regional
schedule has been approved by the ACBL.
OLD
BUSINESS
Sandy
Bigg was elected to replace Jennifer Luner on the Board.
NEW
BUSINESS
- Debra
Romano has volunteered to be Unit 143 representative to
the District. No appointment was made.
- The Eight is Enough
Unit Game franchise to Donna Coker is scheduled to end after
the March 2008 game. Donna Pedrotti will talk with Donna
Coker to see if she wants to continue with the game. Motion
made to charge a fee of $11.50 per game (same as ACBL fee
for regular game). The motion was approved.
Meeting
Adjourned
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