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

November 11, 2007

DIRECTORS PRESENT: Richard Meffley, Mary Lou DaCosta, Paul Boyd, Dora Gostanian, Margaret Mahaffey, Mary Jo Davila, Bert Rettner, Kay Chrisman, Dave Shuster and Anita Penny

DIRECTORS NOT PRESENT: John Oakshott

RICHARD MEFFLEY called the meeting to order at 4:58 p. m.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the October 7, 2007 meeting were approved as revised. Motion made by Bert Rettner and seconded by Margaret Mahaffey.

Revisions: 1. Dave Shuster’s name was removed from the “Directors Present”.

2. “Directors Not Present” was added with the names of Dave Shuster, Kay Chrisman and Anita Penny

3. The meeting was adjourned at 6:30 p.m. was added.

TREASURER REPORT:

Paul Boyd presented a Profit & Loss Previous Year Comparison report for the month of October 2007 as compared to the same period of 2006.

• Building Fund income was up 13.4% from the same period in 2006 due mainly to increased interest income.
• Expenses were up 5% from the same period in 2006. The only unusual expense for the month was the $500 premium to renew the Directors and Officers Liability policy.
• Clubhouse Income was down 10.5% due to a decrease in rental income from club owners.
• Interest Income was up $1,648.26 (40%).
• Net Income was down $3,929.64 (6.3%) due to the fact that the income from the Sectional will not be recorded until November, 2007.

A motion to accept the Treasurer’s report was made by Dave Shuster and seconded by Anita Penny and unanimously accepted by the Board.

SITE SELECTION COMMITTEE:

· No committee report was given as no meetings have been held.

· The Finance sub-committee did meet and Bert Rettner reported:

Bert Rettner, Byron Steinert, John Renna and John McGregor met to discuss a plan to finance a new Clubhouse site. It was agreed that the previous plan to sell bonds would not be appropriate and the sub-committee will develop an “Investor Plan” to be presented to the Board at a later date. John Renna, CPA, and John McGregor, Real Estate Attorney, are both assisting the sub-committee pro bono.

NEW MEMBER RECRUITMENT:

Dora Gostanian reported that her Beginning Bridge class signed up 14 paid participants with another 4 players to begin within the next couple of weeks. Mun Takada’s Beginning Bridge class signed up 16 paid participants.

CLUBHOUSE:

Margaret Mahaffey requested that the Board contact the police department regarding the very large RV with Boat trailer that has been parked directly to the East of our parking lot entry. Margaret reported that this is particularly dangerous when players are leaving the parking lot as the RV and boat block the line of site to on-coming traffic. To avoid an accident the RV and boat must be moved. Mary Jo Davila offered to make this contact for the Board and follow through to get the RV moved.

SUNDAY UNIT GAMES:

Kay Chrisman made a motion to cancel the Sunday Unit game on November 25, 2007 stating there is a lack of interest from the players due to the following reasons:

1. This being the Sunday after Thanksgiving and
2. The Nationals being held in San Francisco

The Board unanimously approved this motion.

FALL SECTIONAL REPORT:

No profit/loss figures are available at this time, however there was an increase in table count over last year’s Fall Sectional. All agreed it was a very successful Sectional.

SECTIONALS 2008

• Dave Shuster reported that all Sanctions have received for the Sectionals through February 2009. The dates are: 8-2-08 thru 8-3-2008; 10-30-2008 thru 11-2-2008; 2/2/2009 thru 2-9-2009.
• Based on information provided by Scott Campbell, Dave Shuster requested an increase in the Swiss Teams entry fee of $1.00 per player. After a first by Anita Penny and a second by Bert Rettner, the motion to increase the entry fee was unanimously approved.
• Dave Shuster made a motion to increase the cost of the lunch provided between sessions for the Swiss Team event by $.50 from $4.00 to $4.50 per person. This increase added to the entry fee increase would make the total team entry fee $90. After a first by Dora Gostanian and a second by Bert Rettner the increase for the lunch was unanimously approved.
• Dave asked for discussion on the payment made to the kitchen help during the Sectionals. After discussion a motion was made by Dora Gostanian and seconded by Paul Boyd to increase the hourly rate to the kitchen help to $12.00 per hour.
• Dave asked for discussion on the payment made to the Caddies who work daily during the Sectionals. After discussion a motion was made by Bert Rettner and seconded by Anita Penny to increase the per session payment to $25.00.

DISTRICT 21 AWARD: The committee voted the award to Michael Molinari.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD: The committee unanimously recommended the award to Michael Molinari. The Board unanimously approved.

NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE: The committee offered two names for the ballot to elect a new Board for 2008. Laura DaCosta and Estee Strombotne will be added to the ballot to fill the one vacancy.

CHRISTMAS PARTIES:

• The Board of Directors and Guests party will be on November 18^th at Tangs at 6:00 p.m.
• The Membership party will be held December 2^nd at the clubhouse. The Board will provide the food and can be reimbursed up to $25 for the cost of the food.
• Votes will be counted for the election of the Board of Directors.

THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD WILL BE JANUARY 13, 2008 AT 4:45 pm.

AS THERE WAS NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 6:37 pm.