VILLAGE CARD CLUB BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
                                                           FEBRUARY 17, 2006

Meeting was called to order by President Irving at 2:15 PM.

Attending: Ned Irving, Lois Schoenrock, Dick Condon, Teri LaBove, Andy Cosby, Vicki Jennings, Allan Walker, Betty Schultz, Marilyn Biegler, Mabel Serpa and Robbie Robertson.

The agenda was approved with the addition of purchase of a copier for the club.

The minutes of the Jan. 11 meeting were approved with no corrections or additions.

Correspondence:
 Letter from The Chamber of Commerce. Marilyn was requested to research and bring a proposal for better signage at the entrance to Casa de Carta including display of the sticker from the chamber.                                                      
    
Officer Reports:
Treasurer: A report and balance sheet were distributed. It was requested that these items be distributed several days in advance of the meeting. There was one correction: the $750  deposited for the Swiss Team Marathon is to be credited to their year end party not the Christmas party.    
                                                         
Membership
Teri reported that we now have 661 paid members with 42 new members.

Purchasing:
Betty has been researching the possible need to purchase a copier for the club. It was decided to track copier usage for Feb and Mar to better evaluate the need. It will be brought back for discussion by all board members after these numbers are reported to Betty and she presents her recommendations.

Old Business
The loaner program discussion which was tabled from last month was put on hold until a later date.

New Business:
Andy moved that the standing rules for Men’s Duplicate Bridge be accepted as presented, seconded by Betty. Motion passed

Discussion was held on the financial loss in the Mon night game due to low attendance. Dick moved that this be looked at again at the half year point. Seconded by Teri. Motion passed.

Andy moved that the standing rules for Game Director be approved as amended and restated. Seconded by Allan. Motion passed. The changes mainly deal with better clarification of duties.

Andy moved that the standing rules for Game Clerk be approved as amended and restated. Seconded by Lois. Motion passed. The changes mainly deal with better clarification of duties.

Andy moved that the appeals policy be approved as amended and restated. Seconded by Dick. Motion passed. The key changes are:

1. The committee list is broken into certified directors and players.
2. The chair of the appeals committee is to be a certified director, so chair is expected to have more than a superficial knowledge of the Law. The two members may be players or one each, director and player.
3. The membership of the committee is not subject to challenge.

The appointment list for the standing appeals committee was presented by Ned. Andy moved to accept, seconded by Betty. Motion passed.
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The next meeting will be March 10 at 2:00 PM.

Motion to adjourn and passed.

Lois Schoenrock, Secretary    Subject to Board approval