DMBC BOARD MEETING
January 19, 2009
The meeting
was called to order at 5:00 pm by President Jim Geary. The following board members were in
attendance.
Lynn Brown
Jim Geary
Murray Goldberg
Judy Hinds
Donna Jurist
Barbara King
Chet Masztak
Sally Romkey
John Sterling
The minutes of the December
meeting were approved.
Max Bayard, Spike
Lay and Betty Sandifer were also present to give special reports.
Max reported on the attendance at the January
Sectional which was a total of 227.5 tables. Last year that total was 234.5. The primary difference was a loss of 7 tables
in the Open Swiss on Sunday. A financial
report for the tournament is being prepared.
The board expressed its thanks to Max for all the work he did in
organizing and conducting a very successful tournament. Several board members passed along positive
comments from our visitors.
Spike is looking into the parameters for possibly conducting a Triple Point game periodically at the
club.
Betty Sandifer, who is our area
representative to our Unit 128, District 9, explained to us the structure of
how the ACBL was divided into Districts, then Units, then Areas. She passed to our club some ideas and
suggestions from the recent Unit 128 Board of Governors meeting. The Sunshine News bulletin is always interested
in bridge articles or stories written by the membership and requests that we
encourage members of DBMC to participate.
Our Unit is working closely with the ACBL in support of an active youth
education program and encourages local clubs to become involved. Betty also presented an idea of marketing and
getting club exposure by approaching the local papers with a proposal to submit
a monthly bridge article geared toward newer and novice bridge players. These articles are available to us through
the ACBL.
Bettys
ideas/suggestions are appreciated and will be turned over to the appropriate
committees.
In regards to the
youth program, Donna suggested we look into the local Home School organization
as a good source for beginning this effort. It was agreed that the program should be open
to all students, regardless of where they were schooled.
FINANCIAL REPORT for December
·
Tournament
financial statistics are not yet available
·
Our
electricity bill was up over last year most likely because of a colder month in
November than in 2007.
·
Food
expenses were up due to more parties in December.
·
Repair
bills were also higher. It was noted
that Pest Control was done in December rather than in January as last year, so
we might expect the January repair costs to reflect this.
·
Directors
fees were up due to the increase of directors given bonuses.
·
ACBL fees
were higher because the monthly payment was moved to the current month. This too will be rectified with January
expenses.
·
Dues
collected are less than at this time last year.
An effort will be made to be sure all members are paid.
·
It was
noted that all financial records should be held for 7 years for tax purposes.
OLD BUSINESS
Memoriam - The board has been discussing a way to remember our recently
passed members and to keep everyone informed.
Jim recommended that we place a listing on our club news bulletin board
of deceased members. Names along with
month and year of death will be noted.
White Boards There appears to still be some confusion by members in
reading these boards. It was suggested
that we try to make the calendar days more obvious by using darker lines to
separate the days/weeks.
Water Cooler There was a problem with the cooler and Don Beecher was
able to repair it. Our thanks to Don.
Ladder In discussing whether to replace the stolen tall ladder,
Don has assured us we will have access to his tall ladder should we need
one. The board decided to hold off on
buying a new one to see if this arrangement will work.
Digital Camera A camera was purchased for the
club, and Bill McManus has offered a class on how to use it for directors and
anyone else who is interested. Bill
requested that we purchase a second memory card for the camera to facilitate
his being able to download without removing the camera from the club. The board approved that idea.
Directory The directory update is still in progress and waiting
for a more complete sign-up of members for 2009.
NEW BUSINESS
Committees Below is a list of newly appointed committees.
1.
Tournament Max Bayard, Judy Hinds
Judy stated that she would gladly
serve on this committee but expressed to the board that she wished not to be
considered as a replacement for Max when/if he no longer wants to position.
Max is developing a procedure for
tournament planning.
2.
Membership Doris Katz, Chet Masztak, Bob
Renuart
3.
Grounds/House Don Beecher, Joe Reeves
4.
Grievance Doris Katz. Karen Hanno, Shirley
Townley
5.
Publicity Sally Romkey, Dona Jurist
6.
Entertainment / Special Events Judy McCall, Barbara King and team
7.
Sunshine Shirley Townley
8.
Purchasing Susan Hagey, Bob Aumiller, John
Sterling
9.
Partnership Betty Sandifer, Chet Masztak,
Susan Hagey
10. Education
Linda Miller, Matie Ellery, Betty Baard,
Murray Goldberg, Judy Hinds
11. Decorating
Gail Rust, Peg Lupo
12. Finance
John Sterling, Bruce Ohmann, Joe Reeves
13. Computer/Website
Bill McManus, Bob Renuart
14. Spruce-Up
Gail Rust, Carol Lively, Betty Bayard
Welcome Sign The welcome sign over the bulletin board which was used
during the tournament will be taken down.
The board expressed appreciation to Misuzu McManus for her work on the
sign. There was some discussion about having the signed
redesigned so that it could be laminated and more easily displayed during
tournaments then stored. Jim will pursue
this with Gail Rust.
Dishwasher Various parts are beginning to break and it was noted by
Chet (who spent some time doing repairs on Sunday morning during the
tournament) that the board might be prepared to purchase a new or good used
dishwasher at some time in the near future.
Shuffling machine Lynn Berg made an excellent presentation to the club last
week. The board is moving forward in
purchasing a machine to deal hands and allow for the printing of hand records
for every game. To help defray the cost, one of our members, a non specific member has
offered to match, up to $1000, all funds collected from the members for this
purchase. More information on this will
be posted in our upcoming newsletter.
Other items
discussed pertaining to the shuffler included physical space requirements and the
increased work load on directors.
Several board members are interested in learning to use the machine and
in helping the directors with this added duty.
Other Jim will discuss the subject of bequests in the
upcoming newsletter, along with volunteer appreciation.
The meeting was
adjourned at 6:20 pm.
Our next meeting is
scheduled for Monday, February 16. 2009.
Secretary
Lynn Brown