MINUTES OF REDDING DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 12, 2009
The
meeting was called to order at 11:00 a.m. by President Jerry Anderson. Board members present were:
Pat Ashton, Marilyn Avey, Pat Maddox, Joyce Morrow, Phil Lonnberg, Carol
Nelson, Marlene Lamoureaux
and Faye Hickenbottom.
Club Manager Pat Denniston was also present. Ione Garbutt was present for a portion of the
meeting.
It
was moved/seconded/carried (Avey/Nelson) to approve the minutes of the September 14 meeting as presented.
Pat
Ashton presented the Treasurer’s report for September as follows: The ending balance as of August 31 was
$8,377.23. September income was
$1,626.00 from Monday and Thursday bridge plus $423 other income totaling $2,049.00. Expenditures for the month were
$1,843.16. The September 30 balance is
$8,583.07 plus $10 petty cash. It was moved/seconded/ carried (Morrow/Lonnberg) to approve the
Treasurer’s report as presented.
Pat
Ashton explained to the Board that she had done some research into investing a
portion of the balance, but interest rates are very low at the present
time. It was the opinion of the Board
all funds should remain in the checking account. Pat also reminded the Board that she paid the
Record Searchlight for
the ad for the lessons, but there is now a receivable from ACBL
in the amount of $375 to offset that cost.
This will show on the October report.
Bills: None
Correspondence: None
Old Business:
Bridge Lessons: Jerry Anderson gave the Board an update on the bridge lessons. The group has been divided into two sections with Bud Hamilton teaching those who have already taken lessons or who are attending for refreshers. Delores Mackey is teaching beginners; some of whom know nothing about cards. There is still being some thought given towards establishing a night lesson session, but at this point there isn’t much interest.
Web Site: Pat Denniston asked the Board for its opinion on how to advance the use of the web site; i.e., do we continue to use both e-mail and the web site for game results? Or do we discontinue the use of the e-mail for this purpose. After some discussion, it was moved/seconded/carried (Avey/Hickenbottom) to discontinue sending game results by e-mail effective November 1 and post the results only on the web site. Members will be informed of the web site address and of the timeline.
A discussion was held on the problem of the September points not being posted as they should have been. The Director sent the report in to ACBL along with the monthly report and payment, but for an unknown reason ACBL apparently did not receive them. Jerry Drennan, the Director, left on a cruise immediately after the game so acknowledgement from ACBL may or may not have been received. The payment was charged to Jerry’s charge account. Pat Ashton, Treasurer, was asked to look into obtaining a charge card in the Club’s name so that individual director’s do not have to use private charge cards to pay ACBL. Also, acknowledgements from ACBL should be received on the Club’s e-mail address. All points will be posted upon Jerry’s return except for the extra points received from the Instant Match-Point game by two of our members. Those had to be received by ACBL in a timely manner and because of the above problem they were not.
New Business:
Board Member Election: Marilyn Avey and Joyce Morrow were appointed as a nominating committee to prepare a slate of officers for the election to be held at the Membership Meeting in November.
Proposed Calendar for 2010: Pat Denniston presented the Board with a packet of information concerning the 2010 calendar prepared by the Calendar Committee. This proposal included a summary of the votes taken on whether to increase/decrease/stay the same of pre-dealt hands. It also indicated changes made from the previous year including the deletion of the Pro Am Games; the Club’s Swiss team games; the ACBL Junior Game and reducing the charity games from 6 to 4. After much discussion it was moved/seconded (Hickenbottom/Avey) carried with two no votes to restore all charity games, the Junior Game and the Swiss Team Game to the 2010 calendar.
Jerry stated that the match point game will be held on a Thursday night in 2010. This will mean that there will be two games in one day as our regular game is also on Thursday. It was the opinion of the Board to hold both games that day.
The meeting adjourned at approximately 11:55 a.m.
Respectfully
submitted,