OF
CALL
TO ORDER: Called to order at
PRESENT: Ken Llacera, Joyce Martin, Richard Wasserstrom, Mary Peterson,
Vicki, Kuhlmann, Charlie Pender, Carol Maggipinto, Nancy Wainer, and Virginia Le Roy
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES FROM
SECTIONALS:
The
plans for the “Surfs Up” Sectional are proceeding
well. The proposed dates are October 13,
and 14th. The exact dates
will depend on the weekend chosen by
“The
Rising Star” 299er sectional was reported on by Mary Peterson for Nancy
Driscoll. This will be March 24 and
25. Dolly Bass will handle hospitality. Jim Slinger will give a lesson between the
sessions. Flyers, postcards and
Invitations have been sent to the out-of-towners who attended last year.
The flyers are ready. It will be held
at the
OLD
BUSINESS:
The
Club Owners will be increasing the table fees to $7.00. They will use $300.00 of this increase to
help with the increased rents for this next year.
It
is recommended that we start talking to the owner soon to see if we can get a
reduction in the rests for the next proposed increase.
The
Annual Report has been presented to the board.
It will be posted along with the minutes.
Finances:
We
have had a committee of volunteers to look at our finances and especially our
investments of the Deloris Abram gift to the club. The goals are to:
1. Conserve Capitol as much as
possible.
2. Attempt to invest the
capital with the intent to keep up with todays
dollars.
Ken
explained our current financial condition and the new projected plan for
investment. We would be changing our
investments to Vanguard Funds.
Goals
for 2007 have been set down as an attachment to the January agenda.
There
was a motion, 2nd and passed to accept all of these goals.
Director
and Officers Insurance:
We
are not liable per the new ACBL coverage, but there is some question if we have
General Liability Insurance. Vicki will
review the policy and see what she can find.
Event
Calendar:
See
Attachment to the Agenda. There was a
discussion about how many pot lucks we should have. For now we will leave May for a Pot Luck and
not December.
NEW
BUSINESS:
Club
Improvement:
A committee consisting of Mary
Peterson, Pam Benz, Donna Badawi, Charlie Pender and Nancy Driscoll have been
working on cleaning up the club. The
bathrooms have both been painted and redecorated. The club raised over
$1,700 in donations. They spent only
$550, so they have more monies. In
addition, the Slingers,
Beniches and Badawi’s donated items to help with the
improvements. Thank you all for
everyone’s help.
Christmas decorations have been donated to the club
by the Badawi’s, Beniches
and Mary Peterson. We have an
inventory of these items (attached) and they are stored in the backroom of the
kitchen. Mary Peterson has cleaned out
this room and organized it for us.
Mary
Peterson will order Medallions for the recognition event in April at the Unit
Game April 14th.
Ideas
have been coming in to help get new members into our club. On Thursday April 19th a committee
has been organized to have a
TREASURER’S
REPORT:
The
2007 Budget was passed out,
It was moved, 2nd and passed that we accept this
Budget as proposed.
The January Financial Report was presented. It was moved, 2nd and passed to
accept these Financial reports.
COMMITTEE
REPORTS:
Membership:
Mary
Peterson asked if we should be contacting non renewing members. The Board discussed it and feels it would be
beneficial to contact them. A motion was
made, 2nd and passed to contact these individuals.
New
Members:
Robin
Evenden has 14 new members attending her beginning classe. Thank you Robin.
Facilities:
Charlie
is doing a great job repairing things around the club. Mary went to the Club Owners and asked them
what they thought should be repaired.
They gave her a list of items.
Lessons:
Bill
McIntosh is planning an extended Knock Out game for the unit game. He is also looking at more lessons.
Next
meeting will be Wednesday the 14th at
The
meeting was adjourned at
Respectfully
submitted,
Virginia
LeRoy, Secretary