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Minutes
Unit
143 Board Meeting
July
12 , 2006
(approved
September 6, 2006)
President Jennifer
Luner called the meeting to order at 7:00pm. Present were
Ed Hale, Donna Pedrotti, Mary Hruby, Bob Janis, Jennifer Luner,
Sasanka Ramanadham, Mark Ludwig, Suzi Shymanski-Moore, John
Samsel, Sheryl Finkenstadt, and Mike Carmen. Absent was Don
Weber.
June Minutes
The June minutes were
approved
Secretary's
Report
The Secretary's report
was approved. Per Jennifer Luner, Jack Bryant indicates that
the new POTY procedure is easier to administer.
TOURNAMENT/EVENTS
Regional
Mike Carmen stated
that the Renaissance Hotel has new ownership, but there is
no increase in this year's costs.
The new I/N fliers
have been sent out
Full time students
under 25 will be charged half price at the tournament.
Hotel reservations
are running ahead of last year. The room rate is $87 per night.
Per Suzi Shymanski-Moore,
Rose Etzkorn agreed to provide nametags for the upcoming Regional.
Bob Wheeler will contact her.
Discussion was held
concerning possible changes to both the KO and Swiss team
format. Proposed changes included having a Swiss team event
for only the I/N group and having a KO event which would only
be held in morning or evening. No decision was reached.
Jennifer Luner will
talk to Tournament director about getting results to post
on the website. Sheryl Finkenstadt will create the webpage.
Sheryl Finkenstadt
motioned and Suzi Shymanski-Moore seconded one free play at
the Regional for Ask The Expert panel members. Motion was
approved
St Louis KO
There were 33 teams
in the event with a total table count of 33. Profit was approximately
$537.
STANDING COMMITTEES
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Awards
Awards have been ordered
for the upcoming Regional.
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Charity
The Monday evening
game at the Regional will be a Charity game.
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Education
No report
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Membership
There were 9 new members
for a net gain of 7 members.
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Mentoring
Table count was 21.2.
All went well.
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Website
Suggestion was made
to include more information on upcoming NABC on the website.
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Discipline
A player has been banned
for 6 months from Mark Ehert's game
OLD BUSINESS
Unit Directories
Unit directories have
been printed and distributed.
Nominating
Committee
Steve Zenk will be
taking Sandi Becker's place on the Board.
Unit Game Proposal
Proposal was
made to hold one game per month on a Sunday evening. Pre-dealt
hands and hand records would be required. POTY points
would be awarded. Discussion was mainly
about who would run the games. Club owners will be asked
to submit bids to run the games. Mary Hruby will check
with Garden Villas , American Legion and Bridge Haven
for availability of Sunday evenings.
Meeting adjourned
at 9:00 PM
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