OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, UNIT
550
CALL TO ORDER:
President, Wayne Boss, called the meeting to order at 2:40P.M.
PRESENT: All
Board Members are present
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
The minutes of the March 14, 2006 meeting, were approved as distributed.
FINANCIAL REPORT:
Sam Badawi presented the financial reports. Sam stated that the unit is on tract to
breakeven for the year. He also reported
that we might have to sell some of our GNMA shares to pay the property
taxes. It was moved, seconded and
approved that we accept this report.
OLD BUSINESS:
The 299er Sectional was discussed.
The contract for Good Shepherd School has been signed. The Sanction is in place and the application
for the liability insurance (provided by ACBL as part of the sanction) has been
sent. Flyers and Forum ads are in progress.
There will be a Flight B (0 to 99) and a Flight A (100 to 299) to increase
the distribution of points. Bill
McIntosh and Nancy Wainer will direct on Saturday. Bill McIntosh and Mark Hasey will direct on
Sunday. Jim Slinger will have a free
lesson between sessions on Saturday.
The September Sectional is being worked on. Diana Schilling reported that the financial
arrangements with Harbor High School are being finalized. The Unit receives a substantial discount as a
result of Robin Evenden’s involvement with the school.
MEMBERSHIP ACTION PLAN: The game directors are implementing some of
the suggested changes. Free plays for
new or returning players has been successful.
Sherry has a free lunch on the first Friday of each month and has
changed the time of the Friday game to
10:30 A.M. Sherry has also started to
use travelers at her Friday game. Bernie
has changed his Wednesday night game to start at 6:30 P.M. A refrigerator will be delivered Wednesday
and Ken Llacera will pick up drinks to fill it.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Hospitality:
The unit game refreshments has worked out well; the Board thanked the
Directors that have participated to date.
Web Site: Ken
Llacera is working on improving the system of posting the games as well as many
other unique features of the website.
Advertising:
Elena Laborde-Bishop has sent some articles to the newspapers; they
haven’t yet been published. ACBL will
pay 75% of the cost of advertising so we will look into some alternatives. Elena will continue to work on publicity and
advertising projects.
NEXT BOARD MEETING WILL BE MAY 9, 2006. Wayne Boss and Virginia Le Roy will not be
able to attend; Joyce Martin and Barbara Shepardson will fill in for them.
ADJOURNMENT:
Respectfully submitted
Virginia A. Le Roy, Secretary