Board
of Directors Meeting
Minutes
of the
President Patti English called the
meeting to order at
Members present:
Patti English, Tom Deddens, Potter
Orr, Carolyn Ahlert, Barb Levinson, Bob VeVerka, John Burpee, Debbie Cummings,
Pat Dutson, Adrienne Netherwood, Mike Lipp, Pat Newman, Everitt Kitchen
Members absent:
Mike Purcell, Betty Hurst
Minutes
The minutes from the last meeting
were approved.
Treasurer’s Report
No Report
Announcements/Reports:
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President English announced
that Sandy and her committee did an outstanding job of working toward a new
Constitution, however expressed her concerns about some key differences between
the old and the new. There are many changes that have been made. The Trustees agreed that a special meeting is
necessary to review and discuss these changes and attempt to reach a consensus
on issues and differences. All trustees are responsible to review both new and
old constitutions before the meeting. They will submit questions to Bob VeVerka
who will summarize all the specific discussion points and create an itemized
agenda with questions and issues for each section. A meeting date will be set in the next three
months.
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Adrienne Netherwood
distributed a letter that she sent to Nancy Sachs and Linda Wolber expressing
her sentiments about the way Nancy and Linda responded to the table fees issue
after she just took over the Treasurer’s position.
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John Burpee discussed
plans for the sectional.
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Adrienne discussed
plans for the charity game and distributed tickets for board members to sell.
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Patti discussed plans
for the holiday party. It will be either
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“The Alert”
publication was discussed. After some discussion some Trustees felt that we
should move toward an electronic version on a more frequent basis. This could
be handled by the Promotions Committee, and used more as a vehicle to publicize
events and happenings at the bridge center on an as needed basis. The Board
requested that the Promotions committee study the issue and come back to the
Board with a recommendation.
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The Board of Trustee’s
organizational meeting will be December 10 or 12.
Old Business
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President English
expressed her desire to have a facilities manager for the CBC. After some discussion most felt that things
are working now, but there is no plan in place nor is there one person to
coordinate all of these activities. It
was agreed that we need to detail responsibilities in several key areas
including: kitchen, cards, building, and supplies. Further discussion will take place at the
next meeting.
New Business
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Patti asked us to
review compensation fees currently being paid to members and others.
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All agreed that both
Duplimates will be refurbished for a fee of $300 each plus shipping and parts.
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A motion was made by
Pat Dutson concerning the Steve Shamroy Memorial Awards. The motion was passed.
The next board meeting is
scheduled for Tuesday November 12. The meeting was adjourned at
Respectfully submitted,
Robert F. VeVerka
Recording Secretary