BOARD OF
DIRECTORS MEETING
September 10,
2011 Dayton, Ohio
Attendance: 22
Unit 117: Vangie Smith, Christopher Overbeck Unit
136: Jan Gimbrone, Steve Forsythe
Unit 122: Larry Jones
Unit 164: Susan Bullard, Terrell Holt
Unit 124: Barbara Levinson, A. J. Stephani
Unit 130: Maribeth Ransel, Brad Bartol
Unit 227: Bessie Haley Unit 193: John Lawler
Unit 122: Cheryl Schneider
Also present: Bill Sentman, President; Georgia Banziger,
Vice President; Nancy Sachs, Secretary; Treasurer, Adrienne Netherwood; A. Beth Reid, ACBL District Representative;
Bob Lyon, Tournament Coordinator; Bill Higgins, NAP/GNT Chairman; Annease Comer, ABA.
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The meeting began at 5: 30 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) Cheryl Schneider moved and Susan Bullard seconded
that the minutes be approved as written.
Passed unanimously. Nancy asked
that everyone send her or Potter Orr the e-mail addresses for new officers or
delegates.
TREASURER’S REPORT. Adrienne Netherwood, Treasurer, distributed
the Treasurer’s Report. (Copy attached)
The current cash balance is $27,588.19. The total increase in cash is $588.00
from the Indianapolis Regional table fees and $250. The decrease in cash were: Cincinnati Regional meeting meals; $705.46; GNT A and B awards $2000.00; Indianapolis
Regional meeting meals $600.00. She will
be billing for the meals. Terrell Holt
moved and Cheryl Schneider seconded that the report be approved as
written. Passed unanimously.
DISTRICT DIRECTOR’S
REPORT Beth Reid, District
Director, posted her report on the Web Site (Copy attached) She announced that the ACBL has a new CEO. She urged all units to contact their local
media about the charity grants that we give to the charities in the Units in
our District. She reviewed the
charities selected. The larger units will
each receive $6000.00 and the smaller Units will divide the private donation
given by Beth. She also encouraged people to contact her with their opinions
and concerns about the ACBL
MIDWEST MONITOR Brad
Bartol, Editor, distributed the Monitor Financial Statement (copy
attached). He discussed the possible
improvements. He showed everyone a copy
of the latest issue. He recommends we
change to a glossy finish which would save us $200.00 per issue. The Board thanked him for doing an outstanding job
and told him to make whatever changes he
thinks best. He also discussed the
possibility of increasing the size of the Monitor. The Clerkin brothers will be writing a column
for each column. Bill Sentman reported
that some of our members believe Brad should be given a raise. Adrienne Netherwood, Treasurer, will look
into this and report at the next meeting.
.TOURNAMENT REPORT Bob Lyon, Tournament Coordinator,
distributed the 2012-2017 Schedules. (Copies
attached) The dates were reviewed. Indianapolis wants to change their 2013 time
slot to June. This must be coordinated with the Dayton/ Columbus Regional. A
discussion followed. There was some
concern about our Regionals and District meetings being close together, because
ideally we have a Regional each quarter.
It could be possible to hold a
meeting at the GNT District Finals instead of one of the Regionals. Maribeth Ransel and Georgia Banziger will
meet concerning the dates of their Regionals and prepare a presentation at the
next meeting. The Gold Rush pairs have
increased our attendance. Bob Lyon wants
to resign as Tournament Coordinator and suggested A. J. Stephani as his replacement. Bill Sentman, who makes these appointments,
asked that Bob complete this year and A. J. Stephani begin as coordinator in
2012. Split Regionals must follow the
ACBL guidelines.
ABA Annease Comer reported that there was an
ABA-ACBL game at their National Tournament in Scotsdale.
NAP/GNT Bill
Higgins, District Chairman, reported
that we need more participation in the Flight C events in the NAP and
GNT and urged all units to encourage their players to participate. Lexington would like to host the District
Finals of the GNT. They will prepare a
formal proposal for discussion at our next meeting. Dayton does not want to give up the event. A
discussion followed concerning the dates for these events, the importance of
proximity to other units, and the possibility of having different dates for the
different flights. Starting times were
also discussed. He reported that it is
now possible to hold these events on the internet. This could be a help to the larger units. He as not received the GNT sanction for 2013.
OLD BUSINESS Bill Sentman reported that we need a replacement for
the Education Chairman. The person we
recommended will not accept the appointment.
He asked for other recommendations.
The next Board Meeting will
be November 12, 2011 in Louisville.
Larry Jones moved and Chris
Overpeck seconded that the meeting be
adjourned at 7:15 PM. Passed
unanimously.
Respectfully
submitted,
Nancy Z. Sachs
Recording Secretary