Village Card Club Board of Directors
February 19, 2010 Meeting

The meeting was called to order by Dick Condon at 2:15p. Present were Dick Condon, Pat Bertnolli, Peg Birzer, Vicki Jennings, Cathy Irving, Sheila Cosby, Mary Kay Stockford, Chuck Stofer, Shan Merritt, and Nancy Luehring. Absent was Vonna Fischer. Guests were Lillian Estes and Teri Labove.

Nancy Luehring moved to accept the agenda as amended, was seconded and motion passed.

CORRESPONDENCE: Solicitation letters were received and no action taken. A letter was received from Mr. and Mrs. Richard Robertson politely declining life membership and enclosing a check for this year’s membership. During discussion following this, it was decided to address the issue of life membership at the June general meeting. A letter was received from Frank Matthews regarding a proposed inter-club team game. It will be considered along with further information on this subject.

OFFICER REPORTS: Game Mgr. Shan reported a 7% decrease in table numbers in Jan. 2010, from Jan 2009. Total table count 806.25. A meeting has been held to see if there is interest in establishing an inter-club team event. Logistics, such as time, day, how to set up the teams and ACBL status are under investigation. Ned Irving, Dick Condon and Shan Merritt are working together on these issues. Teri LaBove offered that the mentoring class now going forward includes 30 students.

Chuck Stofer reports no problems with purchasing and $30.00 software purchase previously ok’d by the board will be made. Cathy Irving questioned our used cartridges and Chuck advised that he has a place to recycle them. A surge protector for the copy machine will be purchased and installed.

Peg Birzer reported lots of activity in publicity. The first monthly news letter was received with great response. Our info for the Lions Club book is going in tomorrow. We are still trying to get more space in the POA recreation book--Go Peg! Thanks to Teri LaBove banners will be made for our 25th anniv. Celebration. The card club participation in the Village 40th anniv. Will continue as planned--an open house with refreshments--all will be encouraged to bring a first time guest and introduce them to duplicate bridge. Andy Cosby’s 5 min. radio spot promoting EZ bridge was very successful and we are looking at that venue to support other upcoming projects and classes.

Nancy Luehring’s membership report included 630 members at the time of the book printing with 24 new members since. We have a total membership at this time of 660. The total cost of the book was $787.87 or approx $1.21 per book. Great job Nancy.

Vicki Jennings’ player development report included player interest in adding another 0-999 game. She will be checking into available time slots. She also will be attending New Comer coffees to add a personal invitation to answer questions and tour our facility. She is going to follow up with 299ers to determine their level of interest in the proposed new team game.

Cathy Irving for education reported that her “Little Red Schoolhouse” had already received 4 suggestions. Her committee is working hard to develop a road map of classes and perhaps a booklet to provide information on what we have available. Team teaching is proving to be very effective. Space and time issues continue cause headaches.

Sheila for treasury reported a positive $747 bal. for Jan. We are signed up for electronic federal tax payments. Our budget will only reflect ordinary income from this year forward. The board has authorized renting extra bridge pads for the next tournament for $.50 ea. A total cost of $30-$40 is projected.

OLD BUSINESS: Lillian Estes presented the beautiful Jan Farnsworth memorial plaque. 39 members donated $430 for this plaque. The cost of the plaque was approx. $130.00. There are 24 name plates encompassing 3 strata. This plaque will be good for 8 yrs. Money has been set aside for engraving in the amount of $120.00. The board will determine where to donate the balance of the donated money. Cancer Research and the Humane Society are two possible recipients.

Nancy Luehring reported that Standing Rule #6 applies to naming games after deceased members. The board will continue work on this issue.

NEW BUSINESS: Sheila Cosby moved we remove the by-law regarding life membership at the June meeting. It was seconded and passed.

Cathy Irving moved we buy Smiley Faces to add to bidding boxes(used to gently remind offenders of our zero tolerance policy) in conjunction with our Unit purchasing them. The motion was seconded and passed.

Peg Birzer stated her committee was working fine as is and no changes will be made at this time. Dick Condon will talk to the publisher of the Voice to see if we can get more space for our club news before making any changes to the format we have in place now.

Dick Condon will talk with Vonna Fischer regarding two board games. Is it the best way to handle the games in question.