VILLAGE CARD CLUB
SEMI ANNUAL MEETING
June 7, 2007

The meeting opened with a presentation by Diana Podawiltz to the VFW of the monies collected at the charity game for the Gold Star Program, which the Village VFW operates for the entire state of Arkansas. $178 was donated and the representatives from the VFW told us that would finance the program for the rest of this year. They were most appreciative.

Teri Jackson representing the Village POA gave a presentation on the two proposed changes to the Village Declaration (this is the legal foundation of the village) that owners will be voting on.

The business meeting was called to order by President Irving at 12:39 PM.
There were 107 in attendance.

Dick Banks moved to accept the minutes of the Dec 6, 2006 semi annual meeting as written. Passed.

The posted agenda was accepted.

Officer Reports:
Ned announced that Vickie Jennings had resigned from the board as Player Development Director. He thanked her for her service the past 1 1/2 years.

Marilyn reported that the VCC had had exposure in both the Lions Club publication and the Arkansas Gazette this year. A new brochure has been put out. The sectional resulted in a $4000 profit for the club. The 2008 sectional will be held Feb 15-17 and Dick Condon will be in charge of this.

Diana reported the significant drop in our table count in all games except the novice games. Overall it is down 10% Jan. to present.

John reported good response to the education program and the summer session sign up has begun. The fall orientation will be September 4. He is working with the education committee.

Teri reported 726 members to date which is about the same as last year. This number includes all groups that play at the club.

Betty reported that expenses are down.

Fran and Vonna were thanked for stepping forward to help the club out as Club Manager and Director in charge. Vonna announced that we need more directors.

Andy was absent but Ned reported that our net assets are down $4000 from last year with $39,000 in reserve. It is expected that the asset value will go down gradually each year unless a big increase in table count occurs to offset the increase in rent.

Ned urged people to volunteer to run for board positions and to serve on committees in the coming year. There is a defibrillator located in the office and the staff is trained to use it in the event we have an emergency that requires it. The evening and Sat games are not covered as there is no staff on at those times.

New Business:
Constitution and Bylaws changes—Cindy Devish moved to suspend the rule which requires taking individual action on each recommended change of the Constitution and Bylaws Report, allowing the membership to vote only once on the entirety of the report, with the exception of change #3-Article IV. Seconded by Pam Harris. Discussion was held with some objection. Passed by majority vote.

Both the changes recommended by the C&B committee for #3 and the amendment posted by Diana Podawiltz were read. Discussion was held. Vote was 83 for the C&B recommended change and 8 for the change posted by Diana. The C&B recommended amendment passed.

Cindy read #1-8 of the recommended changes. Discussion was presented by Frank Matthews on #8 which required 3 past presidents to be appointed to the C&B committee if possible. He recommended non approval in that it is an unnecessary change and that other members are equally or more qualified as the past Presidents. He also read some concerns presented to him by members.
A vote was taken on this amendment, separate of the others and did not receive a 2/3 majority vote so was defeated. It now reverts back to how it is presently.
Frank also presented discussion on #9 suggesting some changes for the future but did not recommend non approval. These suggestions will be reviewed by the C&B committee. Joe Fischer expressed the feeling that our Constitution and Bylaws are too long.

Vonna Fischer moved the reading of the rest of the changes be eliminated and that we vote on the rest of the changes without reading any more of them. Passed by majority vote.

Vote was taken on approval of the remainder of the changes and passed by a unanimous vote.

Meeting was adjourned at 1:27 PM.

Submitted by Lois Schoenrock, Secretary subject to board and membership approval

Constitution and Bylaws Changes attached: