CENTRAL OHIO BRIDGE ASSOCIATION

BOARD MINUTES

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2008

The meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. at the Columbus Bridge Center in Columbus, Ohio, by the president, Linda Rice.

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

Secretary’s Report: Cheryl Schneider moved and Russell Peffers seconded the minutes for be accepted. Motion passed.

Treasurer’s Report: Jeanne Griffin presented COBA’s Financial Statement as of February 26, 2008. Currently the club assets are $47,863 (including $14,100 in prepayments to Haimerl Center for rental of the facilities through 2009). This does not include $4,000 for the card dealing machine; $2,750 due April 1, to the Haimerl Center for the 2010 Sectional; and the bill for Mini McKenney medals. The net income for the Winter tournament was $542.

Suman Agarwal moved and Cheryl Schneider seconded the Treasurer’s Report be accepted. Motion passed.

Corresponding Secretary: Suman Agarwal reported he had sent flyers for the Spring Sectional to the clubs. He also reported the card dealing machine has arrived.

Awards Dinner: The date is April 6, 2008, starting at 1:30. There will be two sessions of bridge with a meal in between. Cheryl Schneider is the chair, and Jim Bachelder will be the emcee. The medallions and certificates have arrived. Jim will print the programs. Suman and Cheryl will look into the food. Suman moved and Russell seconded the 2007 new Life Masters (7) and winners in each category (19) attend free. The motion passed. We will send letters to the award recipients, inviting them. The Non-Life Master with the most points in 2007 will receive the John Davis trophy; Jim Bachelder will receive a plaque in tribute for his service to COBA, Paula Justl will be memorialized with a picture and plaque (We will contact Terry James or her son for a picture); members who make the Barry Crane and recipient of the most points at Columbus Sectionals will be honored.

We will design a letterhead with a hand of cards and COBA on it.

Spring Tournament March 28-30, 2008: Tournament Chair: Linda Rice; Hospitality Chair: Lenore Smart; Partnership Chair: Bob Jiobu; Caddies: Mark Bullimore; Set-Up: John Fleeman. We will have a pancake breakfast at 9:30 on Saturday morning. We are still looking for a way to display section signs at team games.

Summer Tournament June 20-22, 2008: Tournament Chair: Jeanne Griffin; Hospitality Chair: Lenore Smart; Partnership Chair: Lenore Smart; Caddies: Mark Bullimore; Set-Up: John Fleeman. Tom Fletcher will work on a picnic for Saturday evening before the General Meeting. We will have desserts only for hospitality that night. Linda will prepare the Flyer and Midwest Monitor ad.

Flying Buckeye Regional Tournament July 29-August 3, 2008: Cheryl reported the flyers will go out soon. Columbus will try to do a breakfast in order to do more to help with the work of the tournament. We will investigate using the card dealing machine at the tournament. It needs a computer that has XP.

Card Machine: Suman and Cheryl will work on learning how to operate the machine and will report back at the next meeting. There is another program for $59 which will give hand records.

Suggestions from Members: There is a suggestion box at the Columbus Bridge Club. One was to have the tournament games start sooner so players could avoid the rush hour traffic when going home. It was decided to leave the time the same. Another suggestion was that winners at the Columbus Bridge Center should all be listed or none should be listed. Cheryl said the club has a new program that will make it easier to print the results and post them.

New Business:

Election Committee: Linda will contact John Fleeman and send something to Suman to send to the Clubs.

Next Meeting: Tuesday, March 25, 2008, at the Columbus Bridge Center at 5:30 p.m.

Adjournment: Cheryl Schneider moved the meeting be adjourned, seconded by Jeanne Griffin. Meeting adjourned at 6:55 p.m.

Respectively submitted by Linda Rice, Acting Recording Secretary.