ACBL Unit 143 Board of Directors
Meeting Minutes for November 9, 2011, 7:00pm, Olivette Community Center
Meeting was called to order by President S. Zenk
Attendees:
Steve Zenk, Pres. Debbie Romero, VP.
Carl Clyne, Sec. Jeff Kopolow, Treas.
Lee Hastings George Hawley
JoAnn Moore Linda Seibert
Jay Shah Helene Siegfried
Absent:
Scott Davis Ed Hale Jennifer Luner
The October 2011 minutes were approved for posting.
President Zenk welcomed new Board Members G. Hawley, J. Moore, and J. Shah.
Carl Clyne announced his resignation from the Board. Board accepted with thanks for his service. Peggy Wald was appointed to complete C Clyne’s term.
Election of Officers was conducted. Elected for 2011-12:
Steve Zenk, President
Debbie Romero, Vice President
Jeff Kopolow, Treasurer,
Linda Seibert, Secretary
Treasurer’s Report
J Kopolow explained some of the idiosyncrasies of the reporting system for the benefit of new Board members
J Kopolow brought up the difficulty of using a fiscal year other than calendar year. He will explore to determine if this can be changed and, if so, how.
J Kopolow believes the funds in checking account should be capped and amounts over the cap moved to an interest-bearing account. Discussion followed concerning how much should be retained in checking and how best to distribute excess: Savings account or Money Market. L Hastings and J Kopolow will investigate these options and report back to the Board.
OLD BUSINESS
October Sectional Review
Mike Carmen’s report indicates that table count was up and tournament was also a financial success.
Event to replace the St. Louis KOs
L Hastings presented his proposal to create a Sectionally-rated Swiss Team event, to be called the Greater St. Louis Team Championships and held in April of each year. The event will be open to members of Units 143 and 223. J Kopolow moved to approve the proposal; L Seibert seconded; motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS
Committee assignments for 2011-12
M Carmen |
Tournament Chairman |
C Clyne |
Photography |
S Davis |
Club Liaison, Date Book, STaC for District 8 |
E Hale |
Education, Grand National Teams, North American Pairs |
L Hastings |
199er Tourneys, Greater St Louis Team Championships, & Parliamentarian |
G Hawley |
Tournament Caddies, Education & Discipline |
J Luner |
Webmaster, Design Team |
J Moore |
Membership, 199er Tournaments, Education |
S Moore |
Hospitality |
D Romero |
Tournament Publicity, Nominations, Unit Representative to District 8 |
L Seibert |
Regional tournament Registration |
J Shah |
Tournament Bid Boxes & clocks, 199er Tournaments |
H Siegfried |
Unit Policy & Procedures, Web Design Team |
P Wald |
Tournament Awards |
S Zenk |
Tournament Partnerships, Unit Representative to District 8 |
Publicity
D Romero announced that the flyer for Jan. sectional will be sent for ACBL approval tomorrow.
Flyer for Aug Regional has new format—two pages.
Discussion of need for post cards to Unit members to promote local tournaments followed. Further study is needed.
NABC in St Louis 2013. John Samsel and Glen Smith are doing the T-shirts.
Announcements
L Hastings has the 199er bidding boxes. M Carmen has arranged storage for the bulk of the remaining bidding boxes.
S Zenk thanked outgoing Board members Jackie Baker, Carole Benkelman, Jane Ettelson, and Bob Riggs for their service.
Additional date books will be delivered to Bridge Haven
L Hastings moved to adjourn. D Romero seconded. Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Seibert, Secretary