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Minutes
Unit
143 Board Meeting
April
12 , 2006
(approved
May 10, 2006)
Jennifer Luner called
the meeting to order at 7:00pm. Present were John Samsel,
Donna Pedrotti, Ed Hale, Sheryl Finkenstadt, Bob Janis, Sasanka
Ramanadham and Bob Wheeler. Absent were Sandy Becker, Mary
Hruby, Mark Ludwig, Suzi Shymanski-Moore, and Don Weber.
March
Minutes
Motion was made
by Donna Pedrotti, seconded by Sheryl Finkenstadt to approve
the Minutes of the March 8 meeting. Approved
The
Corresponding Secretary's Report
was read by Jennifer Luner and accepted by the Board.
No comments were raised.
Treasurer's
Report
The Treasurer's
Report was presented by Bob Janis. We are showing a loss of
$7,085.64 for the year. There is a carry-over loss from last
year of $2497.60 plus some web site expenses.
Tournaments/Events
A. 199'er
Tournament
Tournament was successful
and made a profit of $625.
B. POTY Procedure
New POTY procedure
was reviewed. A change was made to state that player must
be in good standing when the points are won. Motion was made
by Bob Janis and seconded by Sheryl Finkenstadt to approve
the revised procedure. Approved
C . St Louis
Knockouts
Sanction for the
event has been requested but no approval has been received.
Standing
Committees
• Awards
Trophies have been
ordered for the May Sectional. POTY award plaque has been
received.
• Charity
No Report
• Education
No report
• Membership
The Quip report
showed that we have 965 members in the unit. This is up 1%
for the past year but down 3% for the past 2 years. The new
member retention rate after 2 years is 57%. The average member
age is 66.1 years
• Mentoring
The program is going
well
• New
Members
Jennifer is working
on a marketing plan.
• Website
Sheryl Finkenstadt
provided report on website usage. It appears that people other
than members have been viewing the website. There were 1116
unique visitors and only 965 members.
Sheryl requested that
material for posting to the website should be sent to her
in text format. She usually has to completely redo attachments
to get them posted.
Sheryl will investigate
putting a counter on website to record hits to site.
After discussion of
new format vs old format for the web page, board went with
use of short screen with use of tabs for various sections.
Announcements
Veena Uberoi , a
new unit member, has been assigned 500 ACBL points based on
her Japan and Thailand experience
No report on incident
at Dan Schaffer's game.
Roster of active clubs
was reviewed. Ownership of the St. Charles Bridge club has
changed from Claudia Beatty to Dan Schaffer. Invitation only
clubs in the area include Sue Rechter (4 games), Mark Ehret
(3 games) and the Boeing game.
Old
Business
Flier for the join
ABA/ACBL game on June 24 was reviewed. Both ABA and ACBL points
will be awarded.
Any data changes for
unit directories need to be made by May. Changes can be done
by computer. The printing of 500 copies is planned.
Phone committee will
start after Easter.
Long discussion was
held on the Mission Statement. Items discussed include:
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Club owner responsibilities
vs board responsibilities
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We need to list
goals that are specific, measurable, attainable, realistic
and timed. We must follow thru on these goals.
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Duplicate bridge
should be rewarding in some way to anyone who plays especially
at tournaments.
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Commit to educating
players about the spirit of laws of duplicate and ethical
behavior
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Provide lecture
on bridge rules/rulings once a year at one of the tournaments
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Return revenue
to our members in enhanced playing environment, services
and hospitality at our tournaments
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Enhanced gifts
and attention to novices
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When number of
novices is greater than 200, label group as 0-299
Board agreed that a
future meeting needs to be dedicated entirely to the discussion
of the mission statement.
Next meeting will be
held on May 10, 2006. The following meeting will be held on
June 7, 2006
Motion was made by
Bob Janis, seconded by Sasanka Ramanadham to adjourn. Approved.
The meeting adjourned at 9:00 pm.
Submitted by Bob Wheeler
4/26/06
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