Minutes
Unit
143 Board Meeting
Nov.
14, 2007
(Approved
Dec 12, 2007)
President
John Samsel called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. Present
were Board Members Donna Pedrotti, Ed Hale, Bob Wheeler, ,
Bob Janis, Steve Zenk, Sasanka Ramanadham, Sheryl Finkenstadt,
Jane Ettleson Mark Ludwig, Suzi Shymanski-Moore and Debbie
Romero. Also present was Mike Carmen.
October
Minutes
The
October minutes were approved
.
Corresponding
Secretary's Report
The
Unit 143 data base is current as of October 1, 2007. Mailing
labels for Unit 143 members who qualified to play in the District
8 NAP Finals were mailed delivered to Ed Hale. The 2007 Player
of the Year standings were updated with the results from the
Oct. 2007 sectional and the Nov. 4th Unit Game. Results were
also sent to Milt Zlatic for posting on the website. Obituary
notices for Scott Meyer and Jerome Fairman were mailed to
ACBL. 10 life master pins were ordered from Baron Barclay
Book Supply. Sanction numbers for the 2008 Unit Games were
received from ACBL and delivered to Donna Coker and Sheryl
Finkenstadt. A report was E-mailed to all board members titled
“Unit 143 Board of Directors as of Nov. 1, 2007”. Board members
were requested to review and submit of any required corrections.
The corrections have been forwarded to Jack Bryant.
Treasurer's
Report
Bob
Janis provided a copy of Unit 143 balance sheet as of October
31, 2007. This showed a balance of $6,839 in the checking
account. The unit has $37,406 in total current assets. The
report shows a loss of $338.34 for the month of October. This
loss is primarily due to prepayment of monies for the January
2008 Sectional ($312) and for the April 2008 199er ($350)
tournaments.
Officer
Elections
John
Samsel was reelected as the Unit 143 President.
Suzi
Shymanski-Moore was elected as the Unit 143 Vice President
Bob
Janis was reelected as the Unit 143 Treasurer.
Bob
Wheeler was reelected as the Init 143 Secretary.
STANDING
COMMITTEES
A.
Awards/Nominating/Club Liaison
No
report
- Charity/Hospitality/Caddies
Suzi
Shymanski-Moore reported that hospitality at the October Sectional
went well. She was about $250 below her budget. Leftover food
was given to the Creve Coeur Fire Department.
- Education
Ed
Hale prepared a report comparing attendance figures between
the 2006 and 2007 August Regional Tournaments. The number
of tables was down by 16.9 %. Based on the number of point
winners, the number of players from MO was down 0.9 % while
the number of players from IL was down 13.9 %. The number
of players from other states was down 42.6 %. Clearly, most
of the lost attendance came from out-of state players.
D.
Membership
Steve
Zenk reported a net gain of 9 members for a total of 1061.
E.
Website
Sheryl
Finkenstadt said that the Date Book has been posted on the
website thru April, 2008. Memphis has changed the site for
our Sectional Tournaments from St. Charles to St Charles (St.
Louis). The 2008 website fees have been paid.
- Publicity
Sasanka
is preparing fliers and postcards for the January Sectional
And August Regional Tournaments. Suzi Shymanski-Moore cell
phone will be used as the new emergency call phone.
- NAP/GNT
Ed
Hale stated there were about 350 qualifiers for the NAP event.
Ed had problems determining all the players who qualified
because no one had the dates for all the qualifying games.
Ed received feedback from 43 players, who said they would
be attending. Ed received 6 cancellation notices in the last
few days before the NAP event. Ed spent approximately $200
for the mailings and telephone calls.
.
- Recording
Secretary/Bidding Boxes
No
report
- Vice President
No
Report.
- Tournament
Chairman
Mike
Carmen reported that the October Sectional Tournament made
about $59. Table count was up by 8 from the last October Sectional.
Expenses were up $790 primarily due to an increase in director
fees ($677). Mike provided budget and schedule for the January
Sectional Tournament He projects a loss of about $168. The
schedule and stratification limits will remain the same as
for the October Sectional Tournament. The schedule and budget
were approved.
OLD
BUSINESS
No
decision on new board member to replace Jennifer Luner
Meeting
Adjourned at 8:55 PM
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