Unit
143 Board Meeting
September
10, 2008
(Approved
October 22, 2008)
President
John Samsel called the meeting to order at 6:58 PM. Present
were Board members Bob Janis, Bob Wheeler, Sheryl Finkenstadt,
Donna Pedrotti, Steve Zenk, Jane Ettelson, Suzi Shymanski-Moore,
Ed Hale, Mark Ludwig, Debbie Romero, Carl Clyne and Sasanka
Ramanadham. Absent were Board members Sandy Bigg and Donna
Pedrotti. Also present was Mike Carmen.
July
Minutes
The
July minutes were approved.
Corresponding
Secretary's Report
The
Unit 143 data base was updated with the ACBL In/Out Report
dated 9/01/2008. Seventeen new members and nine reinstated
members were reported.
The
2008 POTY report was updated to include results of the Sept
7 th Unit Game. The report was e-mailed to Milt Zlatic and
Sheryl Finkenstadt.
Mailing
labels were printed for Ed Hale and will be used to notify
Unit 143 members who qualified for the District 8 NAP Finals.
A
list all Unit 143 members was printed for Donna Pedrotti.
The list will be used in the Unit board election in October.
Treasurer's
Report
Bob
Janis provided a copy of the Unit 143 balance sheet as of
August 31, 2008. This showed a balance of $33,276 in the checking
account. The unit has $61,329 in current assets. The report
shows a profit of $23,585 for the months of October 2007 thru
August 2008. However, Bob noted that about $20,000 in bills
from remain unpaid from the Regional Tournament. Bob anticipates
that after all the bills are paid, Unit 143 will realize about
$3,000 in profit for the year. The report was approved.
Bob
also provided a preliminary copy of the 2008/2009 budget.
The budget projects a loss of $6,350 for the next fiscal year.
Bob requested board members review their budget items and
provide input as required.
STANDING
COMMITTEES
A.
Awards/Nominating/Club Liaison
No
Report
.
- Charity/Hospitality/Caddies
No
Report.
- Education
No
report
D.
Membership
Steve
Zenk reported a net gain of 13 members. Our membership count
stands at 1081.
E.
Website
Sheryl
Finkenstadt reported there were13600 hits in August web site
pages. She attributes the increase to the posting of the August
Regional results on the web site.
- Publicity
Sasanka
Ramanadham is preparing a description of how he performs his
duties for his successor.
- NAP/GNT
Ed
Hale reported that he is collecting the names of the NAP qualifiers
from the Game Results pages on the unit web site. Post cards
will be sent to the qualifiers.
- !99er Tournament
Jane
Ettelson reported that 30 pairs have made reservations for
the upcoming 199er tournament on 9/27/2008. The fee will be
$8. The board approved raising the fee to $10 for the March
199er tournament.
- Recording
Secretary/Bidding Boxes
No
report
- Vice President
No
Report.
- District
8 Representative
Debbie
Romero reported that Jay Coleman will be the new District
8 President.
The
NAP will be held on Nov. 8 & 9, 2008 at the Eagles Club
in Springfield, IL.
A
new cap on fees that can be charged at Regional events has
been raised to $16.
The
GNT event has been scheduled for May 2 & 3, 2009 and will
be held at the Eagles Club in Springfield, IL. The District
has asked that we advertise this event to our C players.
St
Louis may be the site for the 2013 NABC.
- Tournament
Chairman
Mike
Carmen presented his report on the August Regional Tournament.
Revenue was up about $3,383 from last year. Table count was
up 78. The net profit from the tournament was about $4,630.
Mike
said he heard a lot of comments concerning the revised tournament
schedule. The main complaint was from local players who felt
that the KO schedule made it difficult those players who played
with multiple partners during the week. Mike said he also
received a lot of positive comments on the tournament schedule.
Mike
suggested that postcards for next year's
tournament be sent to those out of town players who attended
this year's tournament. Mike said we had about the same number
of pro teams as last year.
Mike
suggested that a two session Swiss team event might be used
to replace one of the morning compact KO events.
Mike
noted that the average fee for Regional events is now $14.
If we charged this amount, the regional would have earned
an additional $11,000. Mike noted that expenses are rising.
We presently have an agreement with the hotel for 2009 and
a tentative agreement with the hotel for 2010.
Mike
stated that the Charity event earned $909. This amount will
be given to the Backstoppers organization.
Mike
presented his budget for the October Sectional Tournament.
Mike projects a profit of about $420.
New
Business
None
Old
Business
Sheryl
Finkenstadt prepared a procedure for running the upcoming
election for the new Unit 143 Board members. This procedure
outlines the procedure for absentee ballots and voter verification.
The polls will be open from 11:00am -1:30 pm and 6:00pm
-7:00pm on Friday and Saturday and from 9:00am -10am on
Sunday. Votes will be counted at the board meeting to be
held on Wednesday Oct 22, 2008. Suzi Shymanski-Moore will
be the election coordinator
Meeting
Adjourned at 8:54 PM
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