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Minutes
Unit
143 Board Meeting
October
11, 2006
(approved
Novembver 8, 2006)
President
Jennifer Luner called the meeting to order at 7:00pm. Present
were Donna Pedrotti, Mary Hruby, Bob Janis, Jennifer Luner,
Sasanka Ramanadham, John Samsel, Sheryl Finkenstadt, and Bob
Wheeler. Absent were Don Weber, Mark Ludwig, Suzi Shymanski-Moore
and Ed Hale.
September
Minutes
Mary
Hruby motioned and Donna Pedrotti seconded motion to approve
the September minutes. The motion was approved.
Secretary's
Report
The
Secretary's report indicated the unit presently has 1029 members.
Player of the Year standings was updated with results from
the September unit game. A list of new life masters has been
sent to Jennifer Luner. Jack indicated that we are out of
Life Master Pins. Mary Hruby motioned and Sandy Becker seconded
motion to purchase 10 new pins. The motion was approved.
Treasurer's
Report
Bob
Janis stated that the Unit 143 has $12,678.98 in its checking
account. The unit made $897.32 for the fiscal year ending
Sept. 30, 2006. He is in need of more input in order to finalize
the budget for the 2006-2007budget. $7500 will be budgeted
for the Spring Nationals in St. Louis.
Tournaments/Events
199er
Tournament
Mary
Hruby said the tournament went well. The morning session had
29.5 tables and the afternoon session had 13 tables. Linda
Powers and Nevin Shah helped Mary with the tournament. The
net profit was $485.15.
Mary
also conducted 2 surveys at the tournament. The first asked
if the players would be prefer a separate 0 - 299er Swiss
game as opposed to the Open Swiss at our Sectional Tournaments.
The players voted 49 to 4 in favor of the 299er Swiss game.
The issue was tabled for future discussion.
The
second survey asked the preferred date for a proposed 299er
tournament. The preferences were 14 for the 2 nd weekend of
September, 28 for the 3 rd weekend of November and 8 for the
2 nd weekend of December. Sheryl Finkenstadt motioned and
Bob Janis seconded a motion to hold a 299er tournament on
the 3 rd weekend of November 2007. The motion was approved.
STANDING
COMMITTES
- Awards
No
Report
- Charity
The
District 8 Charity game will be held on Tuesday December 5.
- Education
No
Report
- Membership
Membership
gains include 2 new members, 5 reinstated members and 7 transfers.
Membership
losses include 8 members transferring out and 12 members who
became inactive. There was a net loss of 6 members during
the past month.
E.
Mentoring/NAOP
Sandy
Becker stated that 321 players had qualified for the NAOP.
Player
notifications
has been sent out. Sandy will also send a list of qualifiers
to Mike
Tomliaovich.
The
Board thanked Sandy Becker, who will be leaving the Board
after 3 years of service. Sandy complimented the Board for
their work to get new players into playing bridge
- Website
Suggestion
was made to include more information on upcoming NABC on the
website.
Per
arrangement with Donna Coker, the October Sectional tournament
results will be placed on the website.
Usage
of the website remains stable. The site is averaging about
4 pages per visit from over 1100 unique computers.
- Discipline
No
Report
OLD
BUSINESS
Unit
Directories
Soon
members will be able to print the unit directories from
the unit website. The directories will be updated on a monthly
basis.
Unit
Game Proposal
The
original unit game proposal was rejected by the Board in
August via an e-mail vote. An alternate unit Swiss game
called "Eight is Enough" was discussed. For this game, A
players are assigned 3 points each, B players 2 points each
and C players 1 point each. Each team would be limited to
8 points. Stratifications are still to be determined. Games
would be held once a month on Sunday evenings at the American
Legion on Olive. Donna Coker would be the director. Motion
was made by Mary Hruby and seconded by Bob Janis to fund
the game for a 3 month trial. The motion was approved.
New
Business
Insurance
Since
the ACBL now carries D & O insurance, a motion was made
by Mary Hruby and seconded by Donna Pedrotti to cancel the
Unit 143 policy with Met Life. The motion was approved.
Annual
Membership Meeting Agenda
Jennifer
Luner provided a copy of the agenda for the annual membership
meeting. Agenda items include:
•
Approval of the Minutes from the October 15, 2005 meeting.
•
Introduce Board of Directors and key unit members
•
Treasurer's report
•
Recent events and initiatives
Board
Meeting Location Change
Bridge
Haven offered a room to hold our meetings. However the room
is too small for our needs. The Board voted to keep the
meetings at Olivette Community Center.
GNT
Conditions of Contest
The
GNT conditions of contest have been changed to require teams
to have at least 3 members of the original team at the National
Finals.
Meeting
adjourned at 8:45PM
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