VILLAGE CARD CLUB BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
March 10, 2006

Meeting was called to order by President Irving at 2:28 PM.

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

The agenda was approved with several items being added by motion and passed.
1 .Ethics Committee Report
2. Resignation of Game Director
3. Appeals Policy
4. Game Director standing rules

The minutes of the Feb.17 meeting were approved with no corrections or additions.
It should be noted that at the Feb. meeting Mabel Serpa presented Ned Irving, president, with a gavel. This is to be handed down to succeeding presidents.

John Wild, representative of the Conduct and Ethics Committee presented the report from the committee and answered questions asked by board members.
After his departure the board had discussion and voted to accept the recommendations of the committee by a unanimous vote.
Allan moved that a statement be placed on the bulletin board reporting the action taken. Seconded by Marilyn. Motion passed with 1 nay vote.

Correspondence:
No correspondence

A letter of resignation from Andy Cosby effective 3-7-06 was presented by Ned. Motion made by Lois, seconded by Marilyn that the resignation be accepted. Motion passed.
Ned presented a resolution to be posted for the club asking the members to join the board to recognize and thank Andy for his contributions. Motion made by Lois to accept the resolution as amended, seconded by Marilyn. Motion passed. A notice to the membership will be posted.

Officer Reports:
Treasurer: A report was distributed. February showed a net gain of $1400 with most of it coming from the teaching program. Members should be aware that this profit helps offset club expenses.
The net equity the end of Feb. was $34,000.
Marilyn asked for an explanation of the line item amount stated as seed money for the sectional. Allan will research this.

Membership
Teri reported that we now have 679 paid members with 45 new members.
Newcomers to the Village who state an interest in bridge will be sent a welcome letter and brochure from the club.

Purchasing:
Betty presented the lettering for the door of Casa de Carta which will be done before the sectional. This has been approved by the front office. There was discussion on letterhead stationary changes and Betty will order a supply with these changes.

Education:
Dick reported that 1500 brochures have been ordered and will be here the 15th, in time for the sectional.
He thanked Cindy Devish and Peg Birzer for the quick response to setting up the Team Game education session. Concern was expressed as to having it at the same time as the 999 game.
Dick read an item listing the education offerings coming up which will go into the spring and summer newsletters. There will also be a teacher accreditation program given by the ACBL at the regional and this will be in the spring newsletter.
Cost of the education classes has been submitted to the unit for reimbursement.

Member at Large:
Marilyn reported that the newsletter is ready and will be out by the 20th. Both the Voice and the Sentinel will be taking pictures at the sectional tournament.
Plans for the sectional are all in order.

Club Manager:
Robbie will be taking over the duties of the Game Manager until the board appoints someone to this position.
Robbie asked for a committee that he can ask for input during this time and Betty and Vicki volunteered to serve on this.

Old Business
The loaner program which was tabled last month had no action taken and will be left as it is.

Lois made a motion to approve the Wed .999 game as a regular game. Seconded, motion passed. The test period is now ended.

New Business:
Motion was made to change # 13 of the general standing rules to: The VCC Appeals Policy, amended and restated Feb. 17, 2006, is incorporated into the standing rules of the club and defines the process to be followed for all appeals of a Game Director’s rulings. Motion seconded and passed. This provides for implementation of the policy.

Motion was made by Alan, seconded by Betty that the card club pay for the dinners for the directors and Charlie McCracken, District 10 Director-in-Charge, scheduled at the Balboa Club March 16.This will be a working meeting.Motion passed with 4 yays, 2 nays and 1 abstention.

The charity game is scheduled for April 10. The input committee will work out the details with Robbie.

Vickie reported that free plays are no longer given when a player reaches 200 points since the game was raised to 300 points. The word master points has been crossed out on the free plays, as one only gets master points if they are an ACBL member. She will be listing master points and club points separately on her posted report of accomplishments by members. When someone joins the card club they are given a letter of advantages from joining ACBL and an application. Another letter and application are sent to those who have earned 5 and 20 points. A letter is sent when they reach 50 points.

Motion made by Betty, seconded by Dick to change the standing rules for the Director to: Shall select the game movement best suited for the players registering, giving special emphasis to lower strata in terms of seeding and balancing the field. In the case of multiple sections, the boards must be duplicated for premium events such as Club Championships. Follow the ACBL guidelines for Stratifying Your Club Games. If boards are not duplicated for multiple sections, only sections awards will be awarded.

The next meeting will be April14 at 2:00 PM.

Meeting adjourned.

Lois Schoenrock, Secretary Subject to Board approval