Minutes of the Village Card Club Board Meeting
April 9, 2010

The meeting of the Board of Directors of the Village Card Club was called to order by the President, Dick Condon, at 2:02 PM on Friday the 9th of April. In attendance were Nancy Luehring, Vicki Jennings, Vonna Fischer, Cathy Irving. Shan Merritt, Chuck Stofer, Sheila Cosby and Parlimentarian Pat Bertnolli. Visitors attending were Annette Bono and Terry LaBove. Mary Kay Stockford, and Peg Birzer were absent.

The Agenda was amended to include a discussion of the purchase of a camera and a vacuum cleaner. Vicki Jennings moved to accept the agenda as amended. The motion was seconded and passed.

Cathy Irving moved to accept the March meeting’s minutes as posted. The motion was seconded and passed.

Director Reports:

Shan Merritt, Game Manager, reported that the GNT game consisted of 17 teams for two sessions and netted the VCC $742.52. The game count for March was down 45 tables due to sectional. Jan – March saw an increase of 2 ¼ tables mostly due to Better Bridgers.

Vicki Jennings, Player Development, reported that she has sold 20.00 free passes. She has numbered them and is keeping a record of who bought the passes

Cathy Irving, Vice President and Director of Education, reported that the play of the hand class had been completed. The defense class will begin on the fourth of May and will be taught by Ray Banks and Greg Bono. Denny Penticoff will start an advanced class soon. On May 8th a joint teachers workshop will be held. Hot Springs, Little Rock and Village Card Club will attend. Lunch will be served and there will be a stay and play event. Expenses will be met by the Unit.

Teachers, ask Marilyn Biegler for the reimbursement forms if you have an expense related to VCC business. When filled out the forms will be sent to Dick Heil who will forward them to Unit or District treasurer for approval.

Nancy Luehring, Membership Chairman, reported that we currently have 696 members. It has not been possible to give an exit interview to most members leaving ACBL as they are deceased.

Vonna Fischer, Club Manager, reported that the new director schedule was working well.

Annette Bono presented the Publicity report for Peg Birzer. Brochures were delivered to the POA, Realtors and the Chamber of Commerce. They will also be available at the Newcomers Coffee. There was one response from the request for article writers. Annette will contact her. We need to apply for a grant from ACBL “Cap” program for help with the expense of our brochures as they carry the ACBL logo.

Webmaster report. Robbie reported that the VCC bridge pads will not be used at the Regional tournament in May. He would like a log kept of computer glitches and which directors are having problems. He also reported that in our membership we have 500 active duplicate players.

Correspondence. There was no significant correspondence.

Old Business.

Termination Policy: The committee chaired by Nancy Luehring presented the termination policy. A few minor changes were made. Chuck Stofer moved the policy be passed with the changes. The motion was seconded and passed. The policy will be presented to the Membership at the June meeting for approval.

Dick Condon reported that the Spring Fling showed a net profit of $5,950, with $21,892 total receipts.

Nancy Luehring moved that the board accept the amended report on criteria for Memorial Events. The motion was seconded and passed.

Cathy Irving moved that we purchase a camera and two memory cards for less than $200.00 to be retained at the club. The motion was seconded and passed.

Vice President, Director of Education split of duties was discussed and it was decided to have a meeting on April 26, at 9:00 am. devoted to this change in duties.

The VCC Interclub Team League was discussed and will most likely be held on a Friday morning. Sign up sheets will be posted and names will be drawn by the team captains.

New Business: The Webmaster stipend of $50.00 per month was discussed and it was decided to make this retroactive to the 1st. of April 2010. Mr. Robertson has also agreed to transfer the copyright from his name to the VCC. A motion was made by Sheila Cosby to approve this expenditure. The motion was seconded and passed.

The decision was made not to pursue the purchase of a vacuum cleaner.

Chuck Stofer stated that there were some unusual expenses due to an ordering error, but they have been corrected. The purchasing agent was requested to become a member of the Facilities committee.

Sheila Cosby made a motion for adjournment. It was seconded and passed.

Respectfully submitted by Pat Bertnolli, acting Secretary