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Duplicate Bridge Association of Board of Directors – Meeting Minutes June 4, 2008 Present: Jack Feagin, Susan Wolfe, Dick Browne, Ralph
Folkerts, Marty Nathan, Kevin Collins, Dan Papineau and Allison Milhem Absent: Bob Heller, Barbara Heller, Bill Marks, Richard
Holland and Judy Fendrick Proceedings The meeting was called to
order at 6:10 p.m. by President Jack Feagin.
Prior
Minutes The minutes of the May
meeting were reviewed and approved. Treasurer’s
Report Allison presented a summary of the May income and
expenses, along with detail for the Wednesday game. She also advised that the two CDs owned by
DBAA were purchased in 1996 and have a very poor interest rate. Since both CDs automatically rolled into a
new year in April 2008, we will have to wait until next year to renegotiate the
rates. We obtained the report for the December 2007
sectional, so we can now submit Form 990 to the IRS (for non-profit
organizations). By-Laws Committee
Update Several members of the board did not receive a copy
of the revisions proposed by the committee until today. MOTION was made by Ralph to table
a vote on the by-laws until a future date.
Allison seconded the motion. Motion approved. Jack advised that a special meeting could be called
or a vote could be taken at the July meeting.
A discussion of the proposed changes ensued, with Susan reading various
proposed changes to the members present.
Specific points discussed included: ·
Balloting periods at tournament ·
Election of DBAA officers ·
Area representatives serving as liaisons between DBAA and Unit 114
boards (Article 7, Section C) ·
Removal of officers and other board members (Article 5, sections E and
G) ACTION
ITEM: Jack volunteered to research Website Committee
Update The board discussed the proposed new website
design, which all present members liked. Marty asked whether the index bar at
the left side of the page would be showing on all pages, or whether users would
be forced to navigate back to the home page for each separate page. That will be the website manager Larry
Rich’s undertaking. MOTION: Susan moved that said design be accepted,
seconded by Kevin. Motion approved. The board discussed the scheduling of beginner
bridge lessons for adults at Martin’s Landing in ·
Finding teachers ·
Length of lesson: 1.5
hours ·
Teacher reimbursement: $60-70 per lesson ·
Other potential locations ·
Possibility of ongoing classes ·
Number of free lessons: 8 ·
Student costs per lesson after first 8 lessons: $5 ·
Start date: September, 2008 MOTION: Susan moved that the DBAA subsidize the above
venture with total funding not to exceed $1,000. Marty seconded the motion. Motion
approved. Annual DBAA Membership
Meeting The annual membership meeting will not be held at
the July sectional. After discussing the
merits of having the meeting at the Labor Day regional which would include many
non-DBAA players, the board determined that the best time for this year’s
meeting will be the December sectional. MOTION: Susan moved that the annual membership
meeting be held at the December sectional.
Allison seconded the motion. Motion approved. DBAA General
Liability Insurance Ralph expressed concern that the DBAA may have
liability associated with its Wednesday night game. Dan advised, and Jack concurred, that the
DBAA is covered under the GL insurance policy that is carried by the Atlanta
Duplicate Bridge Club. Jack also said
the ACBL does have some type of insurance available to subordinate bridge
groups, but this may not apply to us. ACTION
ITEM: Jack will research the issue and advise in a
future meeting. Meeting adjourned at 7:20 pm. Next
meeting: Wednesday, July 2, 2008. Time:
TBD. Location: Hilton Respectfully submitted, Allison Milhem, Treasurer Judy Fendrick Judy Fendrick, Secretary |