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Duplicate Bridge Association of Board of Directors – Meeting Minutes October 1, 2008 Present: Jack Feagin, Susan Wolfe, Judy Fendrick,
Allison Milhem, Barbara Heller, Bob Heller, Ralph Folkerts and Dan Papineau Absent: Dick Browne, Kevin Collins, Marty Nathan and Richard
Holland The
meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by President Jack Feagin. Prior Minutes MOTION: Allison moved to approve the
minutes of the August 28 meeting. Motion approved. Treasurer’s
Report Our small CD is invested at 2.7% for 12
months. ING has a 3% rate. Bob suggested we research on line to get a
better rate. Labor Day Regional The report from the Labor Day Regional will be
final by next month. Each year the DBAA
receives $1,250 from MABC for hosting the regional plus $.25 per table for the number
of tables over 3,000. The check from
MABC is expected before Thanksgiving.
Judy raised the issue that the $2,500 allocation for food, beverage and
miscellaneous costs for two hospitality suites during the regional appears to
be insufficient. Jan is being put in a
position of soliciting volunteers to donate food. Jack stated this year’s costs exceeded the
$2,500. DBAA General Liability
Insurance Ralph provided an update for the DBAA general
liability coverage. The Hartford
Insurance policy will provide up to $2M liability coverage at a $250 annual
premium for the DBAA game, but does not cover sectional tournaments. However, Tom Wight told Ralph that DBAA can
get an endorsement for each individual tournament by contacting the insurance
company. Ralph volunteered to contact
the broker/underwriter as we approach each tournament to determine the cost for
coverage at the tournament. Jack stated
the ACBL insurance provides liability coverage for the tournament chair and
workers. ACTION
ITEM: Ralph will get a quote on directors and
officers liability coverage, which is not covered under the DBAA By-Laws Susan previously e-mailed the Board the latest
revision of the By-Laws and a draft document for Duties and Procedures for the
Election Committee. If necessary, we can
amend the election procedures at a later date.
MOTION: Barbara moved to approve the DBAA
By-Laws. Judy seconded. Motion
approved. MOTION: Judy moved to approve the Duties and
Procedures for the Election Committee. Motion approved. ACTION
ITEM: Susan will send the By-Laws and election
procedures to the clubs for posting, and Judy will send to Larry to post on the
website. Bridge Classes We have the boards needed for the Martin’s Landing
classes. Jack will get the tables to
Dick. Jack met with the manager of the Senior Citizens
Center in Options for advertising the classes would be the
Northside Neighbor, DBAA website and maybe other local newspapers. MOTION: Susan moved that DBAA set up classes to begin
in January at the Sandy Springs Senior Citizens Center. Motion
approved. DBAA Website Larry has been working on the redesign. Judy will follow-up with him. We would prefer to have the ability to update
the site ourselves. Nicolas purchased
the domain that we can use:
AtlantaBridge.com. Tournaments at Clubs Options were discussed. We could set up the tournament to run at
multiple club sites. Some people have
expressed an interest in this concept.
The tournament would be a three-day event. The issue of tournaments at clubs will be
voted on at the next Unit meeting in Jack indicated that DBAA will make the decisions on
tournaments held in the DBAA geographic area.
DBAA Game – New Year’s Eve Allison coordinates with Miles on the DBAA game
schedule and special games. After discussion
of whether to hold a game on New Year’s Eve, it was decided to let the Atlanta
Duplicate Bridge Club run the game on New Year’s Eve. Meeting
adjourned at 7:20 p.m. Next
meeting: Wednesday, November 5, 2008,
6:15 p.m. at Respectfully
submitted, Judy Fendrick Judy Fendrick, Secretary |