Unit
143 Board Meeting Minutes
October
14, 2009
President
Suzi Shymanski-Moore called the meeting to order at 7:00
Pm. Present were Board members Bob Wheeler, Bobby Riggs,
Bob Janis, Bill Bunn, Steve Zenk, Jane Ettelson, Jennifer
Luner, Ed Hale and Carol Benkelman. Absent were Donna Pedrotti,
Jackie Baker, Carl Clyne and Debra Romero.
September
Minutes
The
September meeting minutes were approved.
Corresponding
Secretary's Report
The
database
was downloaded on October 7 th from the ACBL to replace
the Unit 143,
101, 131, 154, 208, 223, and 239 databases. This is done
monthly .
Unit
143 has 1105 paying members.
The
2009 ESUCA standings were updated with the September 13
th and October 4th Unit Games. A report was sent to Milt
Zlatic for posting on the Unit web-site.
An
obituary notice for Unit member Sue Gallop was sent to the
ACBL.
The
Unit databases were updated to identify club owners at Debbie
Romero request. This will assist Ms. Romero in sending tournament
flyers to club owners in the future.
Ten
Life Master pins were ordered from Baron Barclay with Suzi
Shymanski-Moore's approval.
A
list of new Unit Life Masters was prepared for Suzi Shymanski-Moore.
LM pins will be awarded at the October sectional.
Treasurer's
Report
Bob
Janis provided a copy of the Unit 143 balance sheet as of
September 30, 2009. This showed a balance of $16,275 in
the checking account. The unit has $45,503 in current assets.
The Treasurer's report was approved.
Bob
also presented a copy of the proposed budget for the next
fiscal year. The budget shows estimated revenues of $65,075
and estimated expenses of $61,862. The net income to the
unit is $3,213 for the next fiscal year. The budget was
approved.
Standing
Committees
No
report
No
Report
Ed
hale reported that he received a request from Phil
wisdom to pay $65 for portion on advertisement for
Bridge lessons in the mid Missouri area. The ACBL
is picking up 75% of the total cost. The request was
approved
Jennifer
Luner provided some information from the QUIP report.
The unit has 1102 members which is about 1/3 of the
District total. The average age of the unit is 67.76
years. Our retention rate for 2 nd year members is
55-60%.
Jennifer
Luner proposed that a memorial section for deceased
members be added to the website. The site would include
a link to the Post Dispatch. The proposal was approved
Ed
Hale reported that 550 people qualified to play in
this year's NAP in Springfield ILL. This is up from
375 persons last year. The mailing will cost $150.
Ed
also provided a written copy of the NAP Qualifying
Procedures. Ed is proposing that instead of mailing
postcards to the qualifiers, the qualifiers would
be notified by a listing being made to all the club
owners for posting at their games and at the October
Sectional tournament. The listing would also be posted
on the unit 143 website.
Ed
also wanted to require that all approved NAP games
be listed on the unit website. The results of the
game must be scored as a NAP game, and the results
of these games posted on the unit website.
The
above items were tabled for future discussion.
Jane
Ettelson reported on the September 199'er tournament.
There were 36.5 tables during the AM session and 19
tables during the PM session. The tournament had a
profit of $463. Jane reported that because of space
limitations, she had to turn away 10 pairs.
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Vice President
No
Report
Suzi
Moore is still collecting summaries of Board member
duties for inclusion in a Policies and procedures
manual.
New
Business
The
Board discussed having new telephone directories printed.
Costs were not available and item was tabled for future
discussion.
Meeting
Adjourned
