American Contract Bridge League Unit 522 – Fresno, Inc.

A Non-profit Corporation Serving Fresno, Madera and Mariposa Counties

2415 East Clinton Avenue, Fresno, California 93703

 

October 5, 2008

 

DIRECTORS PRESENT: Richard Meffley, Jill Wood, Margaret Mahaffey, Bert Rettner, Paul Boyd, Mary Jo Davila, Kay Chrisman, Dave Shuster and Anita Penny.

DIRECTORS NOT PRESENT:  Dora Gostanian, John Oakshott

Richard Meffley called the meeting to order at 5:00 p. m.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

·         The minutes of the September 7, 2008 meeting of the Board were read.  Jill Wood made a motion to approve and Mary Jo Davila seconded the motion.  The Board unanimously approved the minutes.

TREASURER REPORT: 

Paul Boyd reported on the Financial Statements for September 2008 including the January through September, 2008 comparison to the same period in 2007. 

  1. Net income for the month of September has increased by 24.2%.
  2. Expenses increased in September 2008 by 9.1%. 

A motion to accept the Treasurer’s report was made by Anita Penny and seconded by Bert Rettner and unanimously approved by the Board.

 

SITE SELECTION COMMITTEE:

Chairman, Byron Steinert, reported that the committee met on September 27, 2008 and discusses the following items. 

1.      Augie Paolercio attended the meeting and expressed his views on the future of the Fresno Bridge Center.

2.      The committee discussed the need for a ten-year plan to guide the Unit to eventual ownership of a facility.

3.      The committee reviewed the latest counter proposal in the lease negotiations for the property located at 1320 East Shaw Avenue #100.

The negotiations for the property is continuing and the only item left to discuss is the lease rate per square foot. 

 

EDUCATION AND RECRUITMENT: 

The Saturday class continues with approximately 20 students. 

 

CLUBHOUSE: There was nothing new to discuss.

 

UNIT GAMES:

  1. ACBL is authorizing twenty-four Unit Championships in 2009 instead of the usual 16.  After discussion, it was decided that the Wednesday evening game would receive six Unit Championship games.
  2. The Unit NAP Finals is scheduled for November 9, 2008.

 

UNIT BOARD CHRISTMAS PARTY:  Reservations are made for Tangs on November 16, 2008 at 5:30 pm.

 

SECTIONALS:   The Halloween Sectional scheduled for October 30 to November 2, 2008 may need additional space for tables.  A Halloween party is scheduled for Friday night during the Sectional.  Prizes and free plays will be given as prizes for 1st and 2nd place winners and for best costume.

 

NOMINATING COMMITTEE – 2009-2010 elections

Jill Wood and Maggie Mahaffey reported that they have six possible candidates for next years Board.

 

DISTRICT 21 REPORT: 

Jill Wood reported that Bruce Blakely was elected to the Nation Board of Directors of District 21.

 

NEW BUSINESS: 

1.      Fund Raising Committee:  Jill Wood was nominated to chair the committee.  Jill asked the Board to approve an expense not to exceed $1,600 to purchase Starbuck Card packages from Costco.  Jill proposed that the Unit sell each Starbuck Card for $20, which is the actual value of the card, however the Unit would make a profit on each card sold.  Bert Rettner made a motion, seconded by Kay Chrisman to approve the expense.  The Board unanimously approved the motion.

2.      Jill recommended that the Unit start a “Moving Fund” so profits from this fundraiser and others would be kept separate from other Unit funds.  This fund would provide the funds to purchase equipment and other items for the new facility.  It was suggested by Kay Chrisman that the remaining profits from the sale of nametags be moved from the general fund to the “Moving Fund”.  After having the carpets cleaned, the remaining profit from the sale of nametags is $116.80.  This recommendation was made into a motion by Jill Wood and seconded by Paul Boyd.  The Board unanimously approved the motion.

OTHER BUSINESS:

Kay Chrisman reported that some players in our club are unhappy that their names were not included in the new Member Roster.  These players are not members of our Unit but are members of ACBL and play in many of our games.  It seems that they joined ACBL at another Club and because they continue to play at the other Club as well as ours, they don’t wish to move their membership.  Jill Wood and Margaret Mahaffey stated that at the time the new Member Roster was approved by the Board, there was discussion as to the exclusion of non-members.  The decision, by the Board, was to only include member names, however if non-members wanted to purchase a Member Roster they could do so.  Kay asked the Board to reconsider this decision for the next printing.  After discussion, the Board agreed to include non-member names in a separate section of the next roster.

 

The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors will be November 9, 2008 at the clubhouse at approximately 4:45 PM.

 

AS THERE WAS NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 6:50 pm.