BOARD OF
DIRECTORS MEETING
Louisville/Lexington Regional
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Unit 117 (2):
Betty Mattison, Beth Reid Unit 136 (2): Georgia Banziger, Gay
Miller
Unit 122 (2)
Linda Rice, Jeanne Griffin Unit
227 (1): Bill Sentman
Unit 130 (2):
Jim Cunningham, Brad Bartol Unit 164 (2): Richard Newtz, Jill
Ohlson
Unit 124 (2): Potter Orr, Adrienne Netherwood Unit 193 (2): Marshall Miller, Marci
Harding
Also present:
Bob Sulgrove, President; Jim
Reiman, District Director; Bob Lyon,
Tournament Coordinator; Rob Weidenfeld,
Education Chairman; Annease Comer,
ABA; John Hinton, Treasurer; Susan
Bullard, Charity Chairman; Nancy Sachs, Secretary
The meeting began at 5:00
PM with President Bob Sulgrove presiding. He asked each person to introduce himself to
the other members.
DISTRICT DIRECTOR
Bob Sulgrove announced that
Beth Reid has been elected our District Representative to the ACBL Board of
Directors to replace Jim Reiman. Jim was
thanked for his nine years of dedication to this position.
SECRETARY’S REPORT
The minutes of the August 5, 2007, meeting were mailed to the
representatives. (Copy attached) Marci Harding moved and Marshall Miller seconded
that the minutes be approved as printed Passed
unanimously. Nancy Sachs asked
everyone to fill out a form with their name, Unit number, and e-mail address. This will be posted on the Web site.
TREASURER’S
REPORT. Treasurer John Hinton, distributed the
Treasurer’s reports, which included the current financial statement, the current Midwest Monitor financial report,
and
North American Pairs report (Copies attached) The balance in the treasury as of 11/10/2008
Is
$26,422.41, showing a profit $6079.41
The North American Pairs report shows a profit of $3,556.00, but the
rent and hospitality for the finals has not been paid. The Cincinnati Treasurer will submit a
bill. Georgia Banziger moved and Gay Miller
seconded that the reports be approved as written. Passed unanimously.
MIDWEST MONITOR. Betty Mattison reported that
the publication is running smoothly. She reminded
all units to send in their articles and ads prior to the deadline..
AMERICAN BRIDGE ASSOCIATION. Annease
Comer reported that the ABA Spring National Tournament
will be March 24-28, 2008, in Cleveland.
Cincinnati is planning a joint CBA & ABA event. She will put the
information on the Web site.
TOURNAMENT REPORT. Bob Lyon, Tournament
Coordinator, distributed the 2008, 2009
and 2010 Schedules. (Copies attached)
He informed the units of the sanctions that have not been
submitted. He reminded that all
sanctions, including STaC’s, must be sent in on time or the dates could be
lost. He is attempting to work out some
conflicts with the scheduling. Indianapolis
has requested a change of date for a sectional. In an attempt to improve
attendance, Potter Orr reported that Cincinnati wants to change their 2010 and
2011 regional from Derby Day weekend to Mather’s Day. A discussion followed. Jim Reiman reported that a tournament that
had a regional on Mothers’ Day had a decrease in attendance and he warned about
a potential financial loss. The board
gave Cincinnati the option of changing the dates.
NABC LOUISVILLE 2011 Beth Reid reported that our Treasurer is
transferring the $10,000 from the Cincinnati NABC to be used for this
tournament. She reminded everyone that the $1 per table surcharge begins
January 1, 2008. It does not include
games held at the clubs and STaC’s.
Louisville has plans for fund raising. The NABC Treasurer and our
Treasurer will work out the details for collecting the surcharges. The tournament will be held at the Galt
House, which has been completely remodeled.
NAP/ GNT Betty Mattison reported on the NAP District
Finals. There were 53 tables in
attendance and the Cincinnati space was not equipped for that many people. However, with some rearranging and purchasing
chairs everyone had room to play. Betty was congratulated for a job well done. Potter Orr reported that the extra space at
the Cincinnati Bridge Center has been rented.
They are attempting to get more space for next year and will notify
Betty by December 1. Cincinnati is the
preferred location because it is most centrally located. If space is not available, Betty will contact
Dayton and Indianapolis about using one of their facilities .They both
volunteered to host the event
WEB SITE Potter Orr reported that he will update the
site to include the web sites of all the units and asked that this information
be sent to him. It was moved by Jill
Ohlson and seconded by Jim Cuningham that we eliminate the notification by
e-mail for the meetings and post the minutes, meeting notification, and agenda
on the Web Site. A discussion
followed. Passed unanimously.. Beth Reid
will post her reports from the ACBL meetings on the Web Site.
EDUCATION Rob Weidenfeld reported that he is trying to get a
local column in the Cincinnati paper and encouraged all units to do this. He asked that all units send him the name of
their Education Chairman. He urged all
units to have a Mentor-Mentee program.
CHARITY Susan Bullard, Chairman, moved that we hold
a District-wide Charity Game on Tuesday evening, July 1, 2008. Overall winners
from Flights A, B, and C will receive a free entry to the next District
Regional. The entry fee will be $1 extra for the charity. The motion was seconded by Nancy Sachs. A discussion followed. The motion passed with
8 ayes and 7 nays. The charity will be
decided at our May meeting.
NEW BUSINESS
Jim Reiman asked for
recommendations for the National Goodwill and Charity Committees.
There was a question about whether
the district and/or the units must file the IRS Form
990-N.
Adrienne Netherwood will look into this and inform the treasurer and all
the units.
Don
Florida applied to transfer from Unit 208 in District 8 to Unit 130 in District
11. Bob Lyon moved and Rob Weidenfeld
seconded that approve this request.
Passed unanimously.
Our next meeting will be May 3, 2008 In
Cincinnati. Our subsequent meetings in
2008 will be August 2 in Dayton and November 8 in Louisville.
Jill Ohlson moved and Richard Newtz seconded that
the meeting be adjourned at 7:20 PM. Passed unanimously.
Respectfully submitted,
Nancy
Sachs, Secretary