MINUTES

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

AMERICAN CONTRACT BRIDGE LEAGUE

OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, UNIT 550, INC.             

                                                                        December 9, 2006

 

CALL TO ORDER:  The meeting was called to order at 1:15P.M.

 

PRESENT:  Carol Maggipinto, Charlie Pender, Sam Badawi,  Barbara Shepardson,  Ken Llacera and Virginia Le Roy

 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM November 4, 2006:  The motion was made, seconded and approved to accept the minutes as written.

 

OLD BUSINESS:

Certification of the Election Results;  The newly elected officers for the Calendar year 2007 are Carol Maggipinto, Charlie Pender, Mary Peterson and Vicki Kuhlmann.  Dick Wasserman has been appointed to manage the Fall Sectional and Nancy Driscoll will manage the 299er Sectional.

 

Lease:  The lease on the building used by the Unit has been renewed for 5 years and the rent increase is 12% fixed for the next 5 years. 

 

NEW  BUSINESS:

Goals for 2007:  Ken would like each of us to think of some Goals that we would like to accomplish for the next year. 

 

Positions to fill:  We need a club-director liaison to be a coordinator for the next year.  Charlie volunteered to attend some of the meetings.  These meetings are held the first Monday of the month after the afternoon game.             

 

Forum Editor:  We need a new person to write for the Forum.  If no one volunteers then Ken Llacera will do this.

 

FINANCIAL REPORT:

The November financial reports were presented.  It was moved, seconded and passed to accept these reports. 

 

Sam will close out all the reports in January and will come to the January Meeting to transfer everything to the new Treasurer, Vicki Kuhlmann.

 

We need a board resolution to change the signatures for the Bank of America Account and the Schwab account.  This should be done prior to January 1.  It was moved, 2nd and passed to have Ken Llacera and Vicki Kuhlmann on the new signature cards.

 

Sam will prepare a letter for the banks so they can have these signatures changed.

 

ADJOURNED:  The meeting was adjourned at 1:30 P.M.

 

Respectfully submitted:

 

Virginia Le Roy, Secretary