Minutes
Unit
143 Board Meeting
July
11, 2007
(Approved
Sept 5, 2007)
President John Samsel
called the meeting to order at 7:00pm. Present were Board
Members Donna Pedrotti, Sheryl Finkenstadt, Mark Ludwig, Bob
Janis, Jennifer Luner, Mary Hruby, Steve Zenk, Ed Hale, and
Bob Wheeler. Also present was Mike Carmen. Absent were Board
Members Jane Ettelson and Sasanka Ramanadham.
June Minutes
The June meeting minutes
were approved
Corresponding
Secretary's Report
The unit 143 data base
is current as of March 1, 2007. Jack Bryant will request 2
files from ACBL: 1) Unit 143 members and 2) District 8 minus
Unit 143 plus Missouri not part of Unit 143. The four 2006
Mini-McKenney medals and two life master pins not awarded
at the May Sectional tournament were mailed to the winners
along with a congratulatory note. Obituary notices for Judy
Sharp and Oscar Klayman were mailed to ACBL. The 2007 Player
of the Year standings have been updated with the results from
the June 3 rd Unit Game. The standings were e-mailed to Milt
Zlatic on June 4 th for posting on the Unit's web-site. The
report was approved.
Treasurer's
Report
Bob Janis provided
a copy of the Unit 143 balance sheet as of June 30, 2007.
This showed a balance of $4,001 in the checking account. The
unit has a loss of about $12,953 for the year. This loss is
primarily due to the $12,500 being provided to help fund the
March NABC Tournament. Bob purchased 2 CD's. One is a 7 month
CD for the amount of $4,000. The interest rate is 5.35%. The
second is a 3 month CD for the amount of $1,000. The interest
rate is 2.1%. A $960 bill was received from ACBL for the Regional
advertisement in the June Bridge Bulletin. A second $910 bill
is expected for the July advertisement in the July Bridge
Bulletin. A $786 check was received from ACBL for membership
fees. The report was approved.
STANDING COMMITTES
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Awards/Nominating/Club
Liaison
Donna Pedrotti passed
out Ace of Clubs certificates to the 2006 winners. Trophies
for the regional Tournament have been ordered. Donna also
ordered 300 trophy hands at a cost of $1.00 each. Normal cost
is $2.65 each.
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Charity/Hospitality/Caddies
Sandy Bigg resigned
the Board. Suzi Shymanski Moore has rejoined the Board and
will be in charge of hospitality and caddies.
The Board voted to
give the $4,000 charity contribution from ACBL to the back
Stoppers. The donation will be made at the August Regional
Tournament. The beneficiary of the Regional Monday Evening
Charity Game will be determined later.
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Education
No Report
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Knockouts
Jennifer Luner reported
that turnout for the St Louis Knockout was lower than last
year. This was primarily due to the low turnouts for both
the B and D brackets. There were no Illinois teams. The knockout
lost about $300. This was primarily due to the low turnout
and the director fee (about $655). Garden Villas has indicated
they will be raising the rent for future events.
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Membership
Steve Zenk reported
a net gain of 1 member for a total of 1060.
E. NAOP/GNT
No report
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Website
Sheryl Finkenstadt
put hotel bridge rate for the upcoming St Louis Regional on
the web page.
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Publicity
Post cards for the
Regional Tournament have been mailed.
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Membership/199er
Tournament
No report.
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Recording
Secretary/Bidding Boxes
No report
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Vice
President
No report
K. Tournament
Chairman
Mike Carmen presented
his schedule and budget estimate for the upcoming August Regional
Tournament. His budget was approved.
NEW BUSINESS
Due to a misunderstanding
of the by laws concerning term limits, Jennifer Luner
has been on the Board for almost 2 years longer than allowed.
Problem occurred because she replaced a Board member in
the middle of a term. John Samsel will discuss problem
with others to determine solution.
Meeting Adjourned
at 8:36 PM
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