VILLAGE CARD CLUB BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
                                                            JUNE 9, 2006

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

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

Dick moved to add several items to the agenda: computer purchase, Village Voice change in policy, playing card and board replacement, Friday morning 99er game and handling of player recognition. Seconded and passed
The agenda was approved as amended.

The minutes of the May 12 meeting were approved as written.
The minutes of the May 22 special meeting were approved as written.

Correspondence:
Ned presented what he had received.

Officer Reports:
Treasurer: Net equity the end of May is $38,342.

Education:
Dick stated that the ACBL had reimbursed the club for 75% of the cost of the brochures.

Club Manager:
Robbie made mention of the possible need for a new computer in the near future.

Membership:
Teri reported the membership number is presently 695 members.

Old Business:
Liability Insurance—tabled until next month

Chair cleaning—the cleaning staff at the Casa de Carta will spot clean the chairs, a few at a time, on an ongoing basis.

Monday night game review—
Teri moved to make the second Monday night game of each month a LM/NLM Mixer. Seconded and passed.
Dick moved to suspend the open Monday night game effective June 19. Special games may be scheduled for Monday nights. Seconded and passed.
The open Wednesday night game will continue and be revisited in September.

New Business:
Arkansas minimum wage law—more information is needed on this issue. Ned and Allan will work on this. Tabled until July.

Mens duplicate awards—only clarification was needed on this item.

Ned requested that Lois go over the impact of the constitution and bylaws changes on the standing rules and bring this information back to the board at the July meeting.

Betty moved to accept the changes in the club manager and game manager job descriptions with the following changes:
Club Manager:
Delete coordinate the annual application for Star status (no longer applicable)
Delete item on player achievement (this will be handled totally by the player development director).
Delete item on bidding boxes, duplicate boards and replacement of playing cards (this will be handled by the purchasing director).
Motion seconded and passed.

Ned reported on the unit meeting he attended. We need to lobby to get stronger representation on their board from the Village.

Vicki moved to change the Friday morning game from 0-49 to 0-99 effective June 16.      Seconded and passed.

Lois moved to authorize Robbie to spend up to $1000 to purchase a new computer if and when it is warranted. Seconded and passed.

Village Voice change in policy was discussed (they no longer will put the game results in their paper). Ned will talk again with people at the Voice. Marilyn will speak with those at the Sentinel Record to see what they will put in their paper. She will continue the articles and pictures in the Voice.

The next meeting will be July 14 at 2:00 PM.

Meeting adjourned at 4:45 PM

Lois Schoenrock, Secretary    Subject to Board approval