Unit 112 of the American Contract Bridge League

Unit 112 Board of Directors
Minutes – March 24, 2007
 
Present:
Sue Barocas                 Diane Laurent             Jayne Carson              Lois Sanders
Warrant Marsland       Jim Bridges                 Ruth Fornell                Mary Miller
Marsh MacMillan      Arlene Bristol             Barbi White (District 4)
 
Warren Marsland had proxies from Anita Kupperman, Anne Scharmach, Bob Simard, Roy Quiggle and Mary Kay Quiggle
 
Meeting was called to order at 1:53pm by Warren Marsland.
 
Secretary’s Report – Bob Simard was unable to attend
A motion was made by Lois Sanders to accept the minutes of the last meeting; seconded by Jim Bridges and carried.
 
President’s Report – Warren Marsland
Warren stated he would like to name the Rainbow Barometer Pairs in honor of Bob Cofer who is recently deceased. A motion was made by Ruth Fornell to rename this event the Robert Cofer III Barometer Pairs; seconded by Arlene Bristol and carried.
 
Treasurer’s Report – Laura Krauss was unable to attend
            Written copies of the Unit 112 Finance Update (3/24/07) were distributed.
 
Newcomer & Intermediate – Sue Barocas
            Sue reported she is willing to be a resource to all playing areas.
 
Regional Update – Lois Sanders
The 2007 Regional will be held July 31 – August 5 at the Holiday Inn in Syracuse (this is a correction from the previous minutes.)
The District Board approved that this would be called the “Burt Garrell Regional.”
Lois said it’s possible there will be a Director’s Refresher Course offered.
 
District 4 – Barbara White
Barbi stated that District Director Craig Robinson wants to split the Regional, which Unit 112 owns. This is up for discussion at the Executive Committee meeting at Cherry Hill. A motion was made by Mary Miller that Unit 112 representatives would not agree to relinquish or split the Unit 112 regional. After discussion, this motion was withdrawn. A new motion was made by Mary Miller that Unit 112 will not agree to a split regional; seconded by Arlene Bristol. After discussion, the motion was carried.
 
There was also discussion that Unit 112 has six spots on the District Board.
 
STAC – Marsh MacMillan
Unit 116 (Buffalo) is interested in participation in the Unit 112 STAC only if we can reduce the cost to $6.00/table from $8.00/table. The projected increased attendance would be 150-200 tables, and Unit 116 would share in the profit/loss which would be pro-rated by table count. Unit 116 would also invite Unit 112 to participate in their STAC.
 
A motion was made by Marsh MacMillan to reduce the table cost to $6 and include Unit 116; seconded by Jim Bridges and carried.
 
Meeting adjourned at 2:59 by Warren Marsland.
 
Respectfully submitted,
 
 
Mary Miller
 
Typed – April 27, 2007