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Minutes
Unit
143 Board Meeting
June
7 , 2006
(approved
July 12, 2006)
Vice-President
Mary Hruby called the meeting to order at 7:00pm. Present
were Donna Pedrotti, Don Weber, Ed Hale, Sheryl Finkenstadt,
Sandy Becker, Bob Janis, Mary Hruby, Bob Wheeler, Mark Ludwig,
and Mike Carmen. Absent were Suzi Shymanski-Moore, Sasanka
Ramanadham, John Samsel, and Jennifer Luner.
May
Minutes
Motion
by Sandy Becker, second by Donna Pedrotti to approve Rev 1
of the Minutes of the May meeting. Approved.
The
Corresponding Secretary's Report had not been received.
Treasurer's
Report
The
Treasurer's Report was presented by Bob Janis. Bob reported
that we expect a net profit of about $750 from the May Sectional.
It has not been necessary to cash a CD yet despite losses
of $6,207 to date.
Tournaments/Events
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May Sectional
Table
count was up by 23.5 and revenue was up by $2,174.
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Discounts
It has
been our practice to offer students (full time, age 25 or
under) a discount of $2 or $3 for each session. This only
resulted in a $50 discount at the latest Sectional. Motion
by Sheryl Finkenstadt, second by Donna Pedrotti to offer a
50% discount and to better publicize it. Approved.
Sheryl
Finkenstadt suggested that we offer a discount of 50% for
one event to people who did not attend the previous tournament.
No action was taken on this proposal.
•
National
Glen
Smith has prepared and sent out packages to potential sponsors.
Suggestions are requested on firms to contact.
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Knockouts
The
sanction has been received and all is on schedule. Donna Cocker
will direct. However, there are too many flights for a flighted
event and this must be rectified for 2007. Only three flights
are permitted.
Standing
Committees
•
Membership
There
was a net gain of 1 member in May.
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Mentoring
The
Pro/Am is next Wednesday. The attendance looks great and two
sections will be required.
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Website
Sheryl
Finkenstadt distributed a handout. Results from the May Sectional
were not uploaded to the web. Sheryl got the winners from
the ACBL website and entered those. In the future we must
ask the tournament director to provide us with a disk (best
to give it to Donna Cocker since she is now a tournament director
and uploads material regularly.). We would like to upload
daily at the Regional. The latest Unit game has also not been
uploaded since Chuck does not do this for his games.
Old
Business
A.
Unit Directories
We are
awaiting updated information from Memphis (via Jack Bryant)
before publication.
B.
Nominating Committee
Steve
Zenk has agreed to serve replacing Sandy Becker. Sheryl Finkenstadt
, Suzi Shymanski-Moore, and Bob Wheeler have agreed to serve
an additional term.
C.
299er Sectional
Bob
Wheeler handed out a draft schedule of events for such a tournament.
He also indicated that the Centenial Commons in University
City is a potential location. Tabled until next month for
further data and discussion.
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Unit Game
A handout
was distributed by Sheryl Finkenstadt which outlined a proposed
new format for Unit Games. Action on this proposal must be
taken by the July meeting for implementation in 2007.
New
Business
Mike
Carmen recommended that the Unit should acquire additional
bidding boxes prior to the Regional. We will need to set 180
to 190 tables. We now have about 115 sets and borrow from
club directors and neighboring units. Motion by Donna Pedrotti,
second by Sandy Becker, to purchase 25 sets at a price not
to exceed $40 per set. Approved.
A proposal
was submitted by Sasanka Ramanadham that we allow two free
plays at the Regional for the "Ask the Expert" panel. After
discussions the Board decided that participation on the panel
should be done voluntarily. A motion for free plays was defeated.
Motion
by Sandy Becker, second by Donna Pedrotti, to adjourn. Approved.
The meeting adjourned at 8:06pm.
Submitted
by Don Weber
Rev.
1
07/04/06
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