Minutes of Unit 174 Board Meeting
Bridge Studio of
Board meeting was called to order at
District 16 and 2009 National
Eric was there basically to answer anyone’s questions about
the upcoming 2009 National. He reported the kick-off committee meeting will be in two
weeks, to be held at the Bridge Studio at
Publicity and Site Selection
Diana Gittelman reported that she was going to visit the
Marriott on I-45, the Jesse H. Jones facility and maybe the
The minutes of the May BOD meeting were voted on. MOTION: to approve the minutes of the May BOD meeting. Was seconded and approved.
Jim reported the unit remains in good financial condition. MOTION: to approve checks #2419-2424 and transactions 130-131. It was seconded and approved.
There was no report as Lauri was unable to attend the meeting.
Bert reported that Carolyne has decided to use
Betty reported to Bert that things are going well.
Jolie is going to make copies of the Randalls enrollment form and order the Kroger cards that members can use for the charity program. She said she will have a letter printed up and have available at the tournament explaining how the charity program works and how our Unit 174 members can participate if they shop at Randalls or Kroger.
Concerning Education, Joyce reported that Lynne Graham and
Laura Lee Jones are teaching 5 seminars at
Six books were sold to Lynne Graham.
The Bridge Studio will start a new 0-20 game starting soon. They will be run Joyce and JoDene will fill in when Joyce is out of town. This game is in addition to the existing 299er game.
Bert reported membership is up by four this month to 2284. The trend is clearly encouraging. He reported that if this keeps up, we’ll soon reach levels that haven’t been seen since 1994.
Flyers have been printed and are out for the upcoming NAP game. Sue Williams will direct the Nov.4 game at the Bridge Studio and Ed is currently looking for a director for the Nov. 18 game.
Ed said congratulations are in order for our winning C team: Don Morgan, Alan Denis, George Keiller and John Heath. He will arrange getting their $1000 expense subsidy from the Unit.
JoDene reported she has gotten in touch with four club owners and needs some input from the Board. Discussion on the topics followed and it was decided that the clubs who elect to participate in the game must not hold any other game that evening, each pro and am will pay for their own entry and the amount of money each club gets for food will be increased. MOTION: to increase the allowance for food from $10.00 a table to $16.00 a table. It was seconded and approved.
Karen reported there is nothing to report on Stac at this time. It will not be held until early October.
She sent out 6 cards last month to various members for Goodwill.
John reported he and Lauri met Bobbi at Gulf Parcel and examined the various crates. He said all the supplies are in order and everything is ready to be shipped Thursday for the tournament this weekend. The board discussed replacing some of the cards in some of the boards.
Pat said there is nothing to report because Jolie has everything up to date.
· Jolie reported everything is ready for Friday.
· She has reconfirmed with Demeris for 320 lunches for Sunday. If that needs to be changed, we can call in Saturday afternoon with a revised figure.
· Committee Chairs are as follows: Wanda Meyer-Partnership, BarbaraGrantham-Hospitality, Sandy Stevens-Caddies, and Joyce Ryan-I/N.
· Jim, our treasurer, will have the $2.00 bills ready to be used as awards and have the cash ready for the directors.
· Speedy Printing has the letters (explaining our charity program), our welcome letter, and the .50 cent coupons. Karen will be picking them up Wednesday.
· The free play coupons have been printed.
· There are plenty of play friendly name tags available.
· Bert will print Volunteer nametags and restaurant guides.
· Karen has arranged for the set-up workers for Friday morning and also the lunch.
Ed presented to the board the budget and tournament schedule. It was reviewed by all and discussed. Ed projects the tournament will be profitable.
JoDene had no report at this time.
The Houston Bridge Studio requested that they be allowed to use pick up slips instead of travelers in their new 0-20 game; since that was only a recommendation in the program, no change in the procedure is necessary.
The board reviewed the section going into great detail as to what has to be done during certain time frames. All questions were answered and Bert will make some minor changes to the manual.
The Board reviewed the names of the proposed members submitted by Barbara LaVigne. MOTION: to approve Bill Baker, Debbie Bellan, Norm Gautier and Rose Calvin as the nominating committee. It was seconded and approved.
The board agreed on the following dates for their board meetings:
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July 9
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August 6
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September 10
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October 1
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November 5
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December 3
The board met in executive session for 30 minutes.
The board adjourned at
Respectfully Submitted,
Karen Nimmons, Secretary