BOARD OF
DIRECTORS MEETING
June 18, 2011 Indianapolis Regional
Attendance: 19
Unit 117: Vangie Smith, Christopher Overpeck Unit
136: Jan Gimbrone, Georgia Banziger
Unit 122: Larry Jones
Unit 164: Susan Bullard, Terrell Holt
Unit 124: Potter Orr, Vince Netherwood
Unit
130: Judy Drejer, Maribeth Ransel
Unit 227: Unit 193:
John Lawler
Also present: Bill Sentman, President; Nancy Sachs,
Secretary; Treasurer, Adrienne
Netherwood; A. Beth Reid, ACBL District
Representative; Bob Lyon, Tournament Coordinator; Bill Higgins, NAP/GNT
Chairman; Brad Bartol, Midwest Monitor Editor.
The meeting began at 5:40 PM
with President Bill Sentman presiding. He asked that everyone sign-in and introduce themselves.
SECRETARY’S REPORT The minutes of the last meeting are posted on
the District 11 Web site. (Copy attached) Chris Overpeck said that the Minutes from the
last meeting should be corrected to read, “ The Lexington Unit 164 and the Lexington
Bridge Club would like the GNT District
Finals on two different weekends, so that the players could try to qualify in
different flights and possibly increase attendance.” The correction was made. Georgia Banziger moved
and Judy Drejer seconded that the minutes be approved as corrected. Passed unanimously.
TREASURER’S REPORT. Adrienne Netherwood, distributed the
Treasurer’s Report. (Copy attached) The current total cash balance is
$28,023.20 which includes $4191.23 in the Monitor checking account. We received
$7000.00 proceeds from the NABC and $614.60 Cincinnati Regional Tables Fees
including an additional $250.00. Terrell
Holt moved and John Lawler seconded that the report be approved. Passed unanimously.
TOURNAMENT REPORT Bob Lyon, Tournament
Coordinator, asked that the Units send the 2016-2017
Sanctions to him as soon as
possible, and to first check the ACBL Website about the dates. The times for
the Dayton/Evansville Split Regional were discussed. If anyone wants a current copy of the
tournament schedule, e-mail him, and he will e-mail it to you. Georgia Banziger
discussed possible conflicts for the Dayton
2015 Regional. When there are
Split Regionals, the games must be on the same time schedule and this must be
coordinated. The 2012 Cincinnati
Regional will be held Monday through Saturday and will not take place on Derby
Day or Mother’s Day. We are attempting
to schedule a Regional in each quarter, if possible. Potter Orr started a discussion about having the same stratifications
at all of our Regionals. This is a
district decision and will be reviewed at our next meeting.
MIDWEST MONITOR Brad Bartol, Editor, asked that the photographs and
ads be sent to him in high resolution. The next issue will be sent next week
and he has a copy with him, if anyone would like to see it. He thanked everyone for submitting their
reports on time. The deadline for the next issue is September 3. All deadlines are listed in the Monitor.
NAP/GNT Bill Higgins, Chairman, asked everyone to encourage
the Flight C players to participate in these competitions and explain that they
receive remuneration. The NAP and the
Sectional in October will be held at a
new location in Cincinnati. A. J.
Stephani recommends that we advertise these events by erecting signs at the
clubs and distributing the information at the NAP qualifying games. He will be bringing signs to the next Board
meeting and sending out e-mails. He will
be needing the district e-mail list. Potter Orr set up an e-mail list for Unit
124 and it is very accurate. If anyone
wants a copy of this program, contact him. The Cincinnati Unit will be doing
everything possible to increase attendance. Suggestions for this were
discussed. They are looking at changing
the starting times for the finals for future years. He asks that each Unit discuss this, and
report at the next meeting.
CHARITY Susan Bullard, Chairman, will be organizing two Charity Games. The ACBL
requires the District to hold a charity game for their charity in order to have
one for a charity of our choice. She
will meet with Bob Lyon to pick dates, and she will report on this at the next
meeting.
NEW BUSINESS
The
response to the Gold Rush games has been great. This tournament is having these
games as pair games on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and the team game on Sunday.
These need to be explained to the
players. Maribeth Ransel put out a flyer with an explanation of these
events. Potter Orr questioned the Stratifications and
Stratiflighted designations. Beth Reid explained that the Gold Rush Pairs
and the Open Pairs benefit from this.
Cincinnati will be adding these games at their next Regional. These games and will be discussed at the next
meeting.
Rob
Weidenfeld has resigned as Education Chairman and we need to appoint a
replacement. It was recommended that we
ask Sandra Marlin to be the Education Chairman. This suggestion was endorsed by
the entire Board. Terrell Holt will talk to her about this and contact Bill
Sentman.
The
Lexington Unit is holding a “Learn Bridge” Day and over 100 people have signed
up. They sent out flyers and have many people promoting it.
Bob
Lyon brought up the issue of who is being charged for the meals. Each Unit is charged for their
representatives present; each Unit is entitled to two representatives, who are
the voting members. The officers’ and
appointed members’ meals are paid for by the district. A discussion followed.
OLD BUSINESS
At
the last meeting it was decided to wave the Monitor dues for Unit 227 in
exchange for their sanction for the holiday Monitor StaC. Clarification is needed for when this is in
effect and the dates for this event.
This will be in effect for this year.
The next Board Meeting will
be after the second session on Saturday, September 10, in Dayton. Please send in your reservations before the
deadline.
John Lawler moved and Terrell
Holt seconded that the meeting be adjourned at 6:55 PM. Passed unanimously.
Respectfully submitted,
Nancy Z. Sachs
Recording Secretary