CENTRAL OHIO BRIDGE ASSOCIATION

BOARD MINUTES

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2007

The meeting was called to order at 5:40 p.m. at the Columbus Bridge Center in Columbus, Ohio, by the president, Linda Rice.

Members present were: Suman Agarwal, John Fleeman, Jeanne Griffin, Bob Jiobu, Russell Peffers, Linda Rice, Lenore Smart. Absent: Pat Bacher, Steve McCafferty, Nancy Moore, Kathryn Pyant, Cheryl Schneider.

Secretary’s Report: Since we did not have a quorum, no minutes were approved.

Treasurer’s Report: Currently the club assets are $48,001 (including $14,900 in prepayments to Haimerl Center for rental of the facilities through 2009).

Jeanne presented a budget to the board, but without a quorum no action was taken.

Corresponding Secretary: Suman Agarwal sent flyers out to the clubs, but the ones sent to Chillicothe came back. We will investigate if they still have a club. Cambridge is also in question.

January 4-5 Sectional: Chairs:

Tournament - John Fleeman Hospitality - Lenore Smart Partnership - Bob Jiobu Caddies - Mark Bullimore Set-UP - John Fleeman

Linda is still working on a list of people who might help out if partners are needed.

March 28-30 Sectional: Chairs:

Tournament - Linda Rice Hospitality - Lenore Smart (John Fleeman will help) Partnership - Bob Jiobu Caddies - Mark Bullimore Set-Up - John Fleeman.

Because of time constraints and people being out of town at the NABC, Linda Rice tried to incorporate suggestions made for the events, times, and strata for the Spring Sectional in the ad that went into the Midwest Monitor. The main change was from a three-session KnockOut to a two-session Compact KnockOut on Saturday and changing the time of play for the morning and afternoon games. We will see how things work out and try to improve in future tournaments. Suman will revise the flyer to highlight the changes. Linda will contact John Westinghouse for help with the pancake breakfast.

June 20-22 Sectional: Chairs:

Tournament - Jeanne Griffin Hospitality and Partnership - Lenore Smart Caddies - Mark Bullimore Set-UP - John Fleeman.

It was proposed to charge half-price for the first session of the Compact KnockOut game on Saturday mornings instead of for the pairs game. It was also suggested we have the 0-50 games on Friday and Saturday afternoons and the 0-100 games in the evenings. We will try this in June.

Card Machine: Because there is a waiting list for the card machine, Suman was given permission to order the card machine he selected. Cheryl saw the machine demonstrated at NABC and thinks it will work very well for us.

New Business:

Sanctioned Events: Russell Peffers brought up a problem some small clubs are having. Six tables are needed in order to be sanctioned, and some small clubs can’t get that many. It was suggested he write to Jay and ask ACBL to lower it to four tables. Jeanne Griffin volunteered to contact ACBL about it.

Awards Dinner: April 27, 2008, is the tentative date for this dinner. We will discuss it with Cheryl Schneider and Tom Fletcher.

Poster for New Masters: We are trying to give recognition to players as they attain new levels in bridge by highlighting their names on a poster in a prominent place. Linda will work on ways to get more timely and accurate information for this.

Next Meeting: Tuesday, January 22, 2008, at the Columbus Bridge Center at 5:30 p.m.

Russell Peffers moved the meeting be adjourned, seconded by John Fleeman. Meeting adjourned at 6:55 p.m.

Respectively submitted by Linda Rice, substituting for the Recording Secretary.