Duplicate Bridge Association of Atlanta

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

 

Items highlighted in blue need future discussion and follow up.

 

1.  Minutes:  January 3, 2007 minutes were approved.

 

2.  Financial:  No reports.  The September and October reports were submitted in January.

 

3.  Special Games:

            February 4:  GNT                                                           March 7:  GNT

            February 14:  Jr Fund Game                                           March 28:  International Fund Game

            February 28:  Charity Atlanta Junior Bridge                     Change of Rank Party:  To be determined

 

4.  Old Business:

 

Telephone Book:  Jan Word reported that the telephone directory is being printed by the vendor and hopefully will be completed by February 14.  The cost should be under $3,000.

 

Election of Officers and Area Representatives:  Voting on the slate of candidates for the Officers and Area Reps will take place at the Roswell Tournament March 1-4.  Voting will be open 1 hour prior to the sessions and ½ hour after each session.  The 5 new names placed on the ballot are:  Judy Fendrick (Secretary), Donna Holland (Treasurer), Bob Heller, Dick Browne and Richard Holland (Area Reps). 

 

By-Laws:  Voting for the proposed By-Laws will be at the annual meeting on Saturday March 3 at 1:30.  A notice will be placed on the doors at the Roswell tournament.  A favorable vote by 2/3 of the members present is required for passage.  Jack discussed the following issues which should be addressed in possibly our next By-Laws revisions:

1)       Proposition that Unit Reps might want to run for Unit Rep but not be part of the DBAA.

2)       It is a certainty that Area 4 will be expanded beyond what is currently in the By-Laws.

3)       If a specific Area wanted to be part of the DBAA, this would be subject to the Unit Board approval.

 

A discussion was held concerning last minutes changes to the proposed By-Laws to include the above issues.  However, revising the By-Laws to include these items would require resending and re-notification to the membership, which would not meet the criteria for notification.

 

5.  New Business:

 

Wednesday night game:  Miles suggested that hand records for the game be on the 1^st and 3^rd of each month instead of 2^nd and 4^th.  Motion was approved:  1^st and 3^rd.

 

Agenda for March 7 meeting:  How to build up the Wednesday night game – Nicolas suggested that we obtain a domain name for DBAA on the web so that an e-mail list of members could be created.  Notices pertaining to DBAA games and functions could then be sent to the membership at no cost.  Susan Wolfe moved that Nicolas obtain a domain name for developing a mailing list.  Motion was unanimously approved.  Re-instituting the Friendship Games could also boost Wednesday night attendance.

 

Meeting adjourned at 7:30 pm.  Next meeting:  Wednesday March 7, 2007 @ 6:15 pm