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

March 16, 2006

DIRECTORS PRESENT:  Richard Meffley, John Renna, Margaret Mahaffey, Judy Nicholson, Dave Shuster, Paul Messner, Howard Reed, Paul Boyd and Kay Chrisman

DIRECTORS NOT PRESENT:  Richard Betcher and Mary Lou DaCosta

RICHARD MEFFLEY, PRESIDENT, CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:39 P.M.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES:  The minutes of the February 16, 2006 meeting of the Board were unanimously approved as corrected.

TREASURER REPORT:  John Renna presented the financial reports dated February 28, 2006.

• For the two months ending February 28, 2006 the Club had a $4,159 cash basis net income.  There is a current year $4,818 increase in cash receipts in comparison to the same two-month period in 2005.  However, a significant portion of the increase is attributable to the $3,612 Winter Sectional deposit that was made on February 27, 2006. 
• In February, the Club closed its money market account, transferring $100,000 into a 6 month CD @ 4.05% annual yield; and transferring the remaining $39,956 into a liquid CD  @ a 3.05% annual yield, fixed through July 21.

The Board unanimously approved the Financial Report.

EDUCATION LIAISON REPORT:  Byron Steinert has accepted the appointment as Education Liaison to the Board.  Byron held a short discussion period with the Board members to ascertain any concerns, suggestions and expectations members may have regarding an education program to recruit new players. Byron asked for volunteers to form his committee and will report back to the Board at a later date with the committee’s progress.

BUILDING FUND

• Fund Raising:  John Renna had nothing to report at this time on fund raising.
• New Building:  Howard Reed has accepted the appointment as chairman of the New Building Acquisition committee.  Howard presented a property that was available at a price close to our budget just to indicate what locations might be available within our price range.  The Board agreed that additional funds needed to be raised if we going to find a suitable site.

WINTER SECTIONAL:  Judy reported that the Winter Sectional was very successful and the table count was up from previous years. The net profit for the Sectional was $800.   Judy and her committee were thanked for a job well done.  There was some discussion as to the timing of the 2007 Winter Sectional and the desire to avoid conflicts with other events that occur at the same time.  No specific date has been agreed upon at this time.

2006 SPECIAL EVENTS:  In an attempt to build the Unit’s Sunday afternoon game, several special events were discussed. 

Series Games – This game Series consists of 6 games held between March and August 2006.  Cash prizes will be awarded to the Series winners in each flight.

Flights:  A - open to 2000

 B – 1999 to 500

 C - 499 to 0

Top Scores: Each player's best four scores out of six games.

Winners:  Three players in each flight with highest score.

Cash Prizes: 1^st place in each flight will receive $25.  2^nd place in each flight will receive $15. 

3^rd place in each flight will receive $10.

Games in Series: March 19^th, March 26^th, April 23^rd, June 25^th, July 16^th, and August 20^th.

Unit Bracketed Knockout Teams.  Approved, however, dates and specifics to come later.

NEW BUSINESS:

Clubhouse:  All bridge supplies need to be inventoried and placed where they are readily available to the Special Events and/or Tournament Directors.

Member Roster:  New Roster needs to be done. Discussion tabled until next meeting.

3.    Board Meetings:  Dave Shuster suggested that the day and time of the Board meetings be changed back to Sundays as it was in the past, either prior to or after the Unit game.  After some discussion the topic was tabled for another meeting

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OLD BUSINESS:

DISTRICT 21 AFFILIATION:

Jill Wood, President of District 21, was invited to answer questions from the Board as to the pros and cons of belonging to District 22, the Unit’s current affiliation, and District 21.  A possible switch from District 22 to District 21 was suggested by members of our Unit because of the preferred location of the NAP and GNT finals if we competed in District 21.  Jill was asked to obtain additional information and report back to the Board at a later date.

NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING WILL BE THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2007 AT 5:30 P.M.

AS THERE WAS NO OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 7:25 P.M.

Kay Chrisman, Unit Secretary