UNIT BOARD MEETING – SPRINGFIELD – SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

President John Bergland called the meeting to order.  Board members present were Bill Mosier, Tom McKenna, Emma Lou Scherf, Georgette Silber, Norma Smith and Carla Wenzlaff.  Board members Marci Daneman, Bonnie Fromhold, Ann Marie Prengaman and Disciplinary Chair Magid Schirzadegan were absent.  Director Jon Neimand was present and Director Don Marsh was absent.

John Wolf was present and introduced as a guest.  President John requested approval of John Wolf as a member of the Board to replace Jeanne Savage who had resigned.  He was immediately appointed to complete her term.

The minutes of the August 10, 2010 Unit meeting were approved and a copy will be forwarded to Sherrie Morgan for archiving.

Treasurer Bill Mosier reported a balance in Home Federal Bank of $6175.21 as of August 31, 2010.  His report was accepted. The balance sheet prepared by

Georgette Silber will be completed on a quarterly basis and will be presented next at the November meeting.  There was further discussion concerning the shortage for payment of badges.  Bill reported that $20 had been received but there is still a shortage of $52.30.  Although Bill had made up the total shortage of $72.30 from his own money, by motion made, seconded and carried he was instructed to write a check from the treasury to reimburse himself for that amount.  Any future projects requiring payment from members will be paid for upfront and any decisions on amount will be handled on an individual basis. It was decided that $8.50 will be the charge for any future badge purchases.

Norma reported that the By-Law committee had not had a meeting.  All committee members had been provided with a copy of the By-Laws and they intend to meet before the October meeting and have a report at that time.

There was discussion concerning the use of the “stop” cards at unit games since they are not used at the club.  Jon advised that if the “stop” card is used once it must be used every time there is a jump bid during the auction, but nevertheless after a jump bid of any kind the next bidder must wait 10 seconds before bidding.  It was moved, seconded and carried to remove the “stop” card from the unit game bidding boxes.

There was discussion concerning using “pickup cards” for scoring at unit games.  After some discussion this matter was tabled until the next meeting.

Jon mentioned the need to consider preparation of our June Sectional flyer by January 1, 2011 so that it may be provided to Salem for their sectional and distributed in other areas early in the year.  Carla and Tom will work on this project.

Jon mentioned the need for new playing cards for the unit.  Although the club recently purchased new cards, the Unit has separate playing cards and they are in need of replacement.  He announced that 3 dozen sets of cards are available for a total of $150 and if they are ordered now they can be picked up at the Regional in Seaside without a delivery charge.  It was moved, seconded and carried to purchase these cards.

Georgette Silber was in charge of providing food for today.

There being no further business the meeting adjourned so that the Board members could vote individually for a new District 20 representative to replace Jeff Taylor.

Respectfully submitted,

Norma Smith, Secretary