American Contract Bridge League Unit 522 – Fresno, Inc.

A Non-profit Corporation Serving Fresno, Madera and Mariposa Counties

2415 East Clinton Avenue, Fresno, California 93703

DRAFT

February 6, 2007

DIRECTORS PRESENT: Richard Meffley, Margaret Mahaffey, David Shuster, Mary Lou DaCosta, Paul Boyd, , Dora Gostanian, John Oakshott, Bert Rettner, Antia Penny, Mary Jo Davila

DIRECTORS NOT PRESENT: Kay Chrisman

RICHARD MEFFLEY called the meeting to order at 5:15 pm

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The Minutes of the January 14, 2007 meeting of the Board were unanimously approved as distributed Moved by Anita Penny, seconded by ML DaCosta.

TREASURER REPORT: Deferred until next meeting. It was moved by Dave Shuster, seconded by Dora Gostanian to purchase Quickbooks as cheaply as possibly for the treasurer to keep records. Passed Unanimously.

SITE SELECTION COMMITTEE: John Oakshott presented a floor plan of a property at 2515 W. Shaw Avenue which may be for sale for about $500,000. Realtor Denver Butler gave us this information. Zoning may not be appropriate for a full kitchen. Board members are encouraged to look at the property..

EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Byron Steinert presented a Memorandum from the Education – Recruitment committee dated January 31, 2007 concerning Bridge Lessons and Recommendations. Dora Gostanian moved, and Paul Boyd seconded that 1a through 1e be approved, and that the unit purchase 50 copies of “Bridge for Beginners and Beyond” to be used for a class and to be sold to interested players. Passed unanimously. It was moved by Dora Gostanian, seconded by John Oakshott that the Beginning Bridge Policy dated January 22, 2007 be adopted. Passed, Unanimously. It was moved by Maggie Mahaffey and seconded by Mary Lou Da Costa that an advertising budget of $1, 500 be established, with reimbursements from that amount by the ACBL per ACBL policy. Passed Unanimously.

CLUBHOUSE: Maggie stated that an electrician may be needed to replace ballasts on some of the lights.

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ROSTER: Reported delays in preparing. Discussed that rosters can be on a website for those who agree, with password protection.

FEBRUARY SECTIONAL: Dora will get a key for the Clubhouse in order to do Hospitality. Due to predicted rain, it may be necessary to pay about $100 to rent a pump for the parking lot. Byron has a contact for a pump.

NEW BUSINESS

DISTRICT 21 REQUEST: Jill Wood, District 21 President, invited us to attend the District 21 board meeting on February 18 at 10 am in Santa Clara. She also distributed the D21 tournament calendar to the unit president. Each unit is entitled to two representatives. Usually one is the President.

2007 SECTIONAL SANCTIONS:

Dave has obtained a sanction for the Fall Sectional. He will obtain sanctions for the 299er sectional August 12-13 and the 2008 Winter sectional.

SUNDAY UNIT GAMES

Board members were encouraged to attend at least one Sunday unit game per month, and possibly one other than the day of the board meeting.

THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING WILL BE MARCH 4, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 4:45 p. m.

THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS, THE BOARD MEETING WAS ADJOURNED.