MINUTES

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

AMERICAN CONTRACT BRIDGE LEAGUE

OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, UNIT 550, INC.             

                                                                  September 12, 2006  

                                                                                                                                                                                             CALL TO ORDER:  Called to order at 2:30 P.M.

 

PRESENT:  Wayne Boss, Joyce Martin, Barbara Shepardson,  Diana Shilling, Ken Llacera, Jerry Goodell, and Virginia Le Roy

 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM August 15, 2006:  The motion was made, seconded and approved to accept the minutes as corrected.

 

OLD BUSINESS:

Final plans for the September Sectional are all arranged.    Barbara Shephardson will manage the food donations.  She will take orders for sandwiches for Saturday.  There is only one director for Saturday night so we may need a caddy.

 

Directors and Officers Insurance:  Our current policy expires next year.  We are still not sure that the new Met Life will cover the local clubs.  We will keep our current coverage until we can be sure.

Sam will send a letter asking if we will be covered under the new policy.

 

New board members:  We have 4 individuals who have agreed to run for the 4 vacancies on the board, Vicki Kuhlmann, Carol Maggipinto, Charlie Pender and Mary Peterson.   It was moved, seconded and passed to send these 4 names on a ballot with the next newsletter.   The ballot box will be put out and they must be returned by Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at 4:00P.M.

Jerry Goodell will count the ballots.        

 

NEW BUSINESS:

Filtered Water:  We have reviewed the costs of putting in filtered water in the kitchen or having water delivered to the club.   Costs analysis by Rayne Water Conditioning and  Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water are attached.  There is also an analysis by Barbara Shepardson.   The conclusion is that we can not afford this at this time.  It was moved, seconded and passed that we not buy water.

 

Slow Play:  Slow play has been a complaint of many of our members.  After discussion of the pros and cons, it was decided that we should come up with a recommendation to the directors of the Slow Play policy and subsequently posting it for all members.  It was moved, seconded and passed that we have a Slow Play policy.

 

Unit Game October 14:  This will be the Dolores Abrams memorial game and it will be free to all local members.  It is recommended that the November Unit Game  be a charity game.  It was moved, seconded and passed to have November Unit Game a charity game. 

 

FINANCIAL REPORTS:

It was moved, seconded and passed that we accept the financial reports as presented by Sam Badawi.

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Barbara Shepardson recommended that we buy a ham for The Christmas Dinner and have everyone else bring a potluck dish.  Everyone agreed that this is a good idea.

 

Bill McIntosh  recommended that Shirley Buell be recommended for the Jacobs Heart, National Charity, for ACBL.  This was seconded and passed.

 

 

 

The date of the next meeting is October 10, 2006

 

Meeting adjourned at 3:20.

 

Respectfully submitted

 

Virginia LeRoy , Secretary