Unit
143 Board Meeting Minutes
Wed.,
May 12, 2004
A
meeting of the Unit 143 Board was held at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday,
May 12, 2004 at the Olivette Community
Center . In attendance were Board members
Sandy Becker, Mary Hruby, Bob Janis
, Bill Kauffman
, Don Kerry ,
Jennifer Luner, Doug Moore, Tom Oppenheimer
, and John Samsel, with Rod Van Wyk
presiding. Mike Carmen also attended.
March
Minutes were approved as written. There was no April meeting.
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Corresponding Secretary's Report (distributed
by Rod)
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Treasurer's Report
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Tom reviewed the P & L. It is expected
that we will continue to go further in the red until the Regional.
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There are no major changes in the balance sheet.
Rent is a pre-paid expense which is reduced after each tournament.
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General ledger-Unit 143 is receiving its membership
funds and monies for the 199er and co-op advertising. Donna's
rent subsidy for 49er game ends after June 30.
III.
Tournaments/Events
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199er : Mary reported
that a record number attended (31 tables in afternoon and
24 in evening) for a net of $147. The profit would have been
closer to $500 except for the one-time expense of 12 card
tables ($315.86). The Board commended Mary Hruby and the directors
Mark Ehret and Donna Coker and voted to award Debby Ettel
two free plays in May for her volunteer time. Rod will write
a thank you note to the director in Springfield
, IL
who brings a group of her students.
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May Sectional :
Mike reported that room rates are up due to Lewis & Clark
weekend activities so director expenses are up. Calls to our
unit phone will be forwarded to Sandy Becker's phone for emergencies
during tournament. The cell phone number was published on
the postcards. John printed addressed postcards from his computer;
NJC is the least expensive bid so far.
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Regional : Mike
Carmen will meet with the hotel soon and present the budget
in June.
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There was a discussion about changing how we
stratify but ads are already out and posted on the website.
The proposed change is to slot teams by average number of
points per player vs. player with highest number of points.
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We will retain awarding free books for section
tops.
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There was a discussion about incentives for
Unit 143 and 223 players to stay at the hotel. A motion passed
to give out free plays for a club game of one's choice. [Editor's
Note--provision for giving free club pays for those who stay
at the hotel was rescinded at the June Meeting and another
incentive substituted.]
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Pro-Am : Sandy
asked for $25 for trophies. The motion
passed.
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St. Louis KOs
: Jennifer reported that letters/postcards/flyers
have been sent to Unit 143 and 223 directors/club owners and
to all Unit 143 and nearby Unit 223 players. Kansas
City will pick their teams in July,
using the same master point brackets as St.
Louis . The event will be held at Garden
Villas West June 26-27.
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NAOP : Jennifer
has transitioned this project to Sandy
. Changes include a lower sanction fee
of $4/table, a requirement that ACBL dues be current, and
qualifying slips. A letter will go to all club owners with
the changes and conditions of the contest, asking them to
set dates for qualifying games June thru Aug. Sandy
will then send flyers out to club owners
to help publicize the scheduled games.
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Old Business
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Rod distributed two articles now appearing
on the website: "Board of Directors" and "Election Process."
Copies will be available at the May tournament and at club
games.
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Sandy reported that
our club owners are not interested in the August special STAC
for charity so we will not pursue.
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New Business
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National Board of Governors: Anyone interested
in running should contact Memphis
(see Tom).
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Insurance Carrier: When our current policy
expires, we will go with the carrier recommended by ACBL.
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Rolla Players: Some want to move from the Kansas
City unit to Unit 143. The District
8 president is involved and will keep us informed of the members'
plans.
There
being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
Respectfully
Submitted,
Cheryl
Davis/Jennifer Luner
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