Minutes
Unit
143 Board Meeting
May
9, 2007
President
John Samsel called the meeting to order at 7:00pm. Also present
were Board members Donna Pedrotti, Sheryl Finkenstadt, Sasanka
Ramanadham, Mark Ludwig, Bob Janis, Jennifer Luner, Ed Hale,
Mary Hruby, Jane Ettelson and Bob Wheeler. Absent was Steve
Zenk. Also present was Mike Carmen, Glenn Smith and Lee Hastings..
April
Minutes
The
April 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 2006 Mini-McKenney medals have been received from Baron
Barclay Bridge were given to John Samsel for presentation
at the May Sectional Tournament. Sanction numbers for the
2007 Unit games were given to Donna Coker. Obituary notices
for Monte Lopata was mailed to ACBL. The 2007 Player of the
Year standings have been updated with the results from the
April 29th Unit Game. The report was approved.
Treasurer's
Report
Bob
Janis provided a copy of the Unit 143 balance sheet as of
April 30, 2007. This showed a balance of $6,047 in the checking
account. The unit has a loss of about $13,126 for the year.
This loss is primarily due to the $12,500 being provided to
help fund the March NABC Tournament. The Treasurer's report
was approved.
STANDING
COMMITTES
- Awards/Nominating/Club
Liaison
Donna
Pedrotti has the trophies and POTY award for the upcoming
Sectional Tournament.
Donna
also nominated Sandy Bigg to replace Suzi Shymanski-Moore
on the Board. The nomination was approved.
Donna
provided a list of nominations for the October elections.
Mary Hruby will not be returning because of term limits. The
nominations are Sasanka Ramanadham, Donna Pedrotti, Jane Ettelson
and Debra Romero.
- Charity/Hospitality/Caddies
Because
of Suzi Shymanski-Moore's resignation from the Board, Mark
Ludwig will be taking over responsibility for Hospitality
at the Sectional and Regional Tournaments. We are in need
of a person to supervise the caddies at our tournaments.
- Education
Jennifer
Luner and Lee Hastings provided an update for the Easy Bridge.
Lee has become an accredited director and Easy Bridge Teacher.
He indicated that St Louis Community College is looking for
a bridge teacher for their new Wildwood Campus. They presently
have a waiting list of prospective students. The Community
College would provide advertising and a location for the class.
Lee is willing to teach Easy Bridge at the community College.
Unit 143 would have to provide class materials (books and
cards). Bob Janis motioned and Mary Hruby seconded the motion
to provide $650 for the necessary supplies. The motion was
approved.
- Knockouts
Sasanka
Ramanadham stated that because of space limitations, the A
bracket qualifying round will start in the afternoon rather
than in the morning. The morning session will start at 10:30
AM.
- Membership
No
report
E.
NAOP/GNT
No
report
- Website
Sheryl
Finkenstadt indicated that there is a new method to report
hits on the web page.
- Publicity
Sasanka
Ramanadham is checking on free advertising in the newspaper
for the May Sectional Tournament. The ad for the Upcoming
Regional Tournament should be ready by May 13, 2007.
- Membership/199er
Tournament
Mary
Hruby reported that the 199er tournament was held on Saturday
April 28, 2007. There were a total of 41 tables at the event.
The net profit was $424 for the day. Jane Ettleson will be
taking responsibility for future 199er tournaments.
- Recording
Secretary/Bidding Boxes
No
report
- Vice President
The
second EIGHT IS ENOUGH unit game was very successful. Twenty
two teams participated in the April 29 game. The next game
is scheduled for June 3. After that, the game will be sold
to Donna Coker. She must commit to run game thru at least
March 2008. Ownership of the game would revert back to Unit
143, if Donna would be unable to continue the game. Donna
would be responsible for the entire operation of the EIGHT
IS ENOUGH unit games.
K.
Tournament Chairman
Mike
Carmen and Glenn Smith presented their report on the March
NABC tournament held in St Louis. They indicated that there
were about 500 tables over their estimate. The hospitality
and entertainment portions were well received. Mike and Glenn
feel that ACBL may be willing to return to St Louis in 6 or
7 years. Mike indicated that unspent funds will be put in
a Unit 8 account. Unit 8 will add funds every year to the
account which will be used to help fund the next NABC held
in St. Louis.
NEW
BUSINESS
Zero
tolerance policy at our tournaments was discussed. The policy
needs to be enforced. Also the policy should be discussed
at the novice lessons held prior to the Sectional and Regional
games.
Meeting
Adjourned
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