Unit 143 Board Meeting Minutes

Wednesday, March 10, 2004

A meeting of the Unit 143 Board was held at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 at the Olivette Community Center . In attendance were Board members Sandy Becker, Mary Hruby, Bob Janis , Bill Kauffman, Don Kerry , Doug & Suzi Moore, Tom Oppenheimer , and John Samsel, with Rod Van Wyk presiding. Mike Carmen was also present.

February minutes were approved as written.

•  Corresponding Secretary's Report (distributed by Rod)

Jack reported that Kinko's can print the addresses from the database directly on postcards. John will check with other vendors for prices and get back to Jack.

•  Treasurer's Report

1. Tom reviewed the P & L.
2. The Sectional lost money in line with the estimate by Mike.

III.   Tournaments/Events

A.    March 199er: Mary is expecting 30 tables.

B. A motion was made to increase Sectional tournament fees beginning in May. It failed. The Board will discuss again after the August Regional when it will be clear whether or not we have a loss for the year.

C.   Suzi and Bill will look into a policy for naming games at the Regional.

IV.   Old Business

  Bill presented a draft write-up of the election process for Board members. It will be distributed at club games pending comments from Board members.

V. New Business

•  Barbara Heller in Florida is proposing a STAC game for August 23-29 to raise money for the non-profit "Bridge at Schools" project. Sandy will discuss the idea with the club directors.

•  The April meeting was cancelled.

There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m.

                  Respectfully Submitted,

                    Suzi Shymanski-Moore