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Unit
143 Board Meeting
July
9, 2008
(Approved
September 10, 2008)
President
John Samsel called the meeting to order at 6:58 PM. Present
were Board members Bob Janis, Bob Wheeler, Sheryl Finkenstadt,
Donna Pedrotti, Steve Zenk, Jane Ettelson, Suzi Shymanski-Moore,
Ed Hale, Sany Bigg, and Sasanka Ramanadham . Absent were Board
members Mark Ludwig and Debbie Romero. Also present was Mike
Carmen.
June
Minutes
The
June minutes were approved.
Corresponding
Secretary's Report
The
Unit 143 data base were replaced with new files ordered from
ACBL on June 10, 2008.
The
2008 POTY report was updated to include results of the July
6 th Unit Game. The report was e-mailed to Milt Zlatic and
Sheryl Finkenstadt.
Ten
life master pins were received from Baron Barclay.
The
Missouri Annual Business Registration Report was filed on
July 4 th .
Mailing
labels were printed and provided to Jane Ettelson for the
next 199er game.
Treasurer's
Report
Bob
Janis provided a copy of the Unit 143 balance sheet as of
June 30, 2008. This showed a balance of $ 6,280 in the checking
account. The unit has $34,179 in current assets. The report
shows a loss of $3,565 for the months of October 2007 thru
May 2008. This loss includes about $1,600 in prepaid expenses
for future tournaments. The report was approved. Bob again
requested that the various committees provide budget input.
STANDING
COMMITTEES
A.
Awards/Nominating/Club Liaison
Donna
Pedrotti has ordered awards for the upcoming Regional. Only
nameplates and engraving are required.
Donna
provided a slate for the 2008/2009 Unit 143 Board of Directors.
The nominations are Sandy Bigg, Bob Janis, Jeff Kopolow and
Bobby Riggs. To date two other people Carol Binkelman and
Jackie Baker have petitioned for election to the Board of
Directors at during the October Sectional Tournament. Donna
anticipates at least one other person will petition for election
to the Board of Directors.
Donna
also provided a list of things required in preparation for
the October election. This list includes the preparation and
printing of profiles and pictures of the candidates for distribution
to the club owners after the August Regional. Also required
are the print of ballots, the need for a ballot box and finding
people to work the voting desk all three days at the October
Sectional. We will also require a membership update from Memphis
prior to the election.
Donna
also proposed the appointment of Bill Bunn to fill unexpired
term of Sasanka Ramanadham. She also proposed the appointment
of Carl Clyne to fill the vacancy of out state director. The
appointments were approved.
Ed
Hale was nominated as Out-State Director. He will be appointed
to the position unless someone petitions to run for the Board
of Directors.
- Charity/Hospitality/Caddies
Suzi
Shymanski-Moore reported that she is working on the hospitality
menu for the regional Tournament. The Back Stoppers organization
will send a representative to accept the proceeds of the charity
game at the August Regional Tournament.
- Education
No
report
D.
Membership
Steve
Zenk reported a net loss of 1 member. Our membership count
stands at 1067.
E.
Website
Sheryl
Finkenstadt reported there was an average of 11,300 hits per
month for the last 4 months on web site pages. There were
10,700 hits on the web site pages for the month of June.
- Publicity
Sasanka
Ramanadham asked for help during the St. Louis KO qualifying
matches.
- NAP/GNT
Ed
Hale reported that his collecting the names of the NAP qualifiers
from the Game Results pages on the unit web site.
- !99er Tournament
Jane
Ettelson received mailing labels for the September 199er Tournament.
She indicated that she may require 10 more card tables for
the September event.
- Recording
Secretary/Bidding Boxes
No
report
- Vice President
No
Report.
- Tournament
Chairman
Mike
provided budget and schedule for the upcoming August Regional
Tournament. He projects a net profit of about $8,068. Mike
said that hotel expenses are up 5% over last year. His budget
was approved. Mike stated the number of hotel reservations
for the August Regional Tournament is up over last years total
at this time.
New
Business
Lee
Hastings petitioned the Board for two IMP pair unit games
to be held on Sept 14, 2008 and Oct 12, 2008 at Brentwood
Community Center. These games would be included when determining
the POTY winner. Lee also requested two more unit games
which must be used before 12/31/2008. The request was approved.
Old
Business
The
Board voted to move the annual meeting back to Saturday
evening at the October Sectional.
Meeting
Adjourned at 8:54 PM
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