Duplicate Bridge Association of Atlanta

BOARD OF DIRECTORS March 1st  MEETING MINUTES                                                          March 1, 2006

President Jack Feagin called the meeting to order.  Present:  Jack Feagin, Susan Wolfe, Josie Mitchell, Bill Burks, Beatrice Kemp, Marty Nathan, Kevin Collins, Nicolas Hammond and Carolyn Eckert.  

Items headlined in blue need future discussion and follow up.

 

1. Minutes:  Feb, 2006 minutes were approved. 

 

2. Financial:   Dec and Jan report submitted and approved.  Bill Burks will give a summary report indicating expenses and income for Wed night club game to show profitability or loss over the past year.  If not profitable, then board needs to determine possible causes.

 

3. Special Games:  Beatrice Kemp expressed concern that 5 Charity games in the month of March was too much of a financial burden to place on the players who play on each Wednesday.  The charity games charge each player an extra $1.00.  ACBL requires at least one charity game per year.  All other ACBL games with extra charges such as Jr. fund, and Int’l Fund games are absorbed by DBAA for the Wed night game.  A motion was made by Jack Feagin, 2^nd by Susan Wolfe, and approved by the board that the March 1 game charge players the extra $1.00.  However, DBAA will absorb all extra charges for the remaining 4 special games scheduled in the month of March.  A motion was made by Marty Nathan, 2^nd and approved that during the month of April, DBAA will have 1 special game. 

 

           With previous other charity games when a specific charity was NOT selected, DBAA sent extra $ on to ACBL for disbursement.  Carolyn later learned from Miles Dukes, DBAA director, that when he selects a local charity as recipient, the extra $ do not have to go to ACBL but directly to the local charity.

 

4. Old Business:

Phone Book:  Jan will be asked to get a starting source of names to each of the clubs for additions and corrections and from these corrections, compile a semi-final source ready for final additions and corrections at the Spring Sectional in Roswell in March.

 

Tables:  Bill Burks will receive compensation of $200 for moving tables to and from each tournament or $100 if moving tables in one direction only, plus expenses for unusual costs.

 

AtlantaJuniorBridge Funding Request: Proposal submitted by Patty Tucker will resume discussion at the next meeting after the board reviews options.

 

5. New Business:

Unit Rep:  Jack appointed Nicolas Hammond as the Unit rep to fulfill the term of Marty Nathan who resigned to become secretary of Unit 114.  Nicolas’ term will run from March 1, 2006 to Jan, 1, 2008.

 

Financial Review: At the previous meeting, Marty Nathan noted the prudent thing for any organization is to exercise fiduciary responsibility with periodic financial reviews and suggested that a committee be designated to exercise that responsibility.  Marty Nathan was appointed as a committee of one.  Ed Foran has accepted Marty’s request to review financial information.

 

By-Laws:  Marty and Susan reported that the draft review of the by-laws is scheduled for March 25,@ 6:15.  After the board meeting, the date and time was subsequently changed to Wednesday, April 26 @ 6:00.

 

Change of Rank Party:  Scheduled for Wednesday, May 10^th @ 7:00 pm.  The mailing for this party is prepared and will be mailed out in mid-April.  All local clubs will be offered a reimbursement of up to $30.00 toward expenses for hosting a Change of Rank party at their local club. 

 

Meeting adjourned 7:30PM.  Nextmeeting:  Wednesday April 5, 2006 @ 6:15pm

Respectfully submitted,

Carolyn Eckert

Carolyn Eckert, Secretary

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