Board Meeting held at club
Attending:
Bernetha Henry, Connie Moody, Pat Webb, Karen Coulter, Sheelagh Young, Carol Clemenz,
Tom Gabriel,
President Henry called the meeting to order at
Secretary: Minutes of June meeting approved as posted. Moved by Young with second by Webb. Carried.
Treasurer: Webb reports that certificates of deposit will mature 9/07, and it was agreed to allow them to roll over at current location, Arthur State Bank. The repairs/maintenance cost of $525.61 was for repairs to air conditioning ($450) and reimbursement for supplies needed for upkeep ($75.61). A check for $188 will be sent to Alston Wilkes as that was the designated charity for July – December 2006. Report was accepted.
August Sectional: Carol Clemenz reports on the upcoming Sectional - plans are well established, food has been taken care of, free coffee will be supplied by Starbucks. She thanked Tom Gabriel, Susan McFadden, and Brent Holcomb for their efforts in procuring gift certificates from local businesses and restaurants. They did a great job. Mary Jo Norton donated several bridge related books to be given along with trophies to winners in the I/N group. Caddies have been lined up, and shirts will be provided for them. Clemenz thanked all for their cooperation and help in these efforts.
Fundraising: Sheelagh Young
reports that the committee met last month, and although they have numerous good
ideas for fund raising, it was decided they would not begin that process until
a suitable site/location had been decided upon.
However, after much discussion, the board voted to begin that process
now instead of waiting for a site. Young
will meet with the committee again and put plans in place for that to occur. During discussion about location, Karen
Coulter mentioned that she had a report indicating high crime rates in the
Education: George Nichols reports that Cynthia Cone
took the director’s course in
Old Business:
President Henry asked that each and every board member take
on the duty of looking for suitable property for a possible new location of the
bridge club. The middle section of the
It was reported that several club members’ cars have been “keyed” recently. Connie Moody agreed to contact the police department requesting more patrol in our area.
New Business:
Membership lists for those having paid dues and those not paid are at the front desk. Henry reminded Bitonti to have directors charge an extra dollar entry fee to non-members.
An updated phone list will be mailed along with the September “Tricks and Treats.”
Henry expressed ideas regarding changes to the monthly newsletter. We would like to see more “newsy” items such as listing members who are hospitalized, any recent deaths of bridge members, and “current event” articles about members. It was suggested that members give such articles to Henry for approval to pass along to Patrick Lauterbach, our editor.
Henry suggested issuing a “free play” to C players who compete in open games and come in first in C, but do not scratch. There were several issues to be discussed in this regard, and this issue will be revisited in September.
There is a very successful Youth Bridge Program in
The issue of playing directors was presented, and Bitonti reports that this is allowed by the ACBL, and because of the limited number of directors we have, this will some times be the case at CBC. Any members who have concerns about this should contact Bitonti directly.
A letter will be sent to Sallie Blackwell regarding lack of
attendance at board meetings.
Brent Holcomb had suggested having a game in honor of Bob
Pierce. It was decided that instead a
book would be purchased for the CBC library.
Next board meeting will be held
Meeting was adjourned at
Submitted
Janice J.
To be posted at the club without objection