President Jack Feagin called the meeting to order.  Present:  Jane Day, Nancy Watkins, Gabriel Fadel, Bill Burks, Kevin Collins, Beatrice Kemp. 

1.    Minutes of the June 2002 DBAA Board meeting were approved. 

2.    Unit Game - Food.   It was decided to have Josie Mitchell handle the food for the Unit Game.  Although she will be in charge, it is hoped that others will volunteer their time to help her in this task.  Any one who wishes to help out can contact any Board member. 

3.    Novice Unit Game.  The issue of the Wednesday night Novice game was brought up for discussion again.  Jack Feagin is still in favor of the DBAA supporting a Novice game.  There will be more discussion of this issue after the Budget meeting. 

4.    Unit Game – Director.  Miles Duke was approved as the new director of the Unit game. 

5.    Funding   Several proposals were presented to the Board requesting funding for new Bridge classes. Alpharetta Duplicate Bridge Club presented a bold new idea called MiniBridge.  It is a method used in Europe where the students play the game of Bridge before they get into the bidding process. Atlanta Duplicate Bridge Club presented two proposals.  The first request was for a proven successful teaching method utilizing some EasyBridge concepts and other lessons that have been developed by the staff at Atlanta DBC. The other Atlanta DBC proposal was for a twice-monthly Rubber Bridge game with a mini class before the game.  It is hoped that it will entice players to Duplicate Bridge by making it less threatening and more understandable.   The requests for funds where approved as follows.

     Copies of the actual proposals are available for review by contacting the DBAA.

 

6.     Accountability    A lively discussion was held by the Board members on the issue of the need for a reporting process in relation to giving the above funding.  It was decided that a simple form was needed to track the results of each funding project.  Jane Day volunteered to design a form that we could discuss by the next meeting. 

7.    Treasures Report.  Bill Burks presented the June 2002 Treasures Report.  There was no discussion 

8.    Starting time    Jack Feagin requested that all Board members remember that our meeting time starts at 6:15.   

Meeting adjourned 7:30PM.  Next meeting:  WEDNESDAY August 7,2002 at 6:15 PM. 

Respectfully submitted,