The Village Card Club Board of Directors Meeting
May 14, 2010

The meeting was called to order by President Dick Condon at 2:10p.
Attending: Richard Condon, Annette Bono, Cathy Irving, Mary Kay Stockford, Chuck Stofer, Shan Merritt, Sheila Cosby, Vonna Fischer, Nancy Luehring.

Absent: Pat Bernolli,Vicki Jennings.

Guests: Andy Cosby, Teri LaBove

Agenda Approval: Nancy Luehring moved to accept the agenda as amended. This was seconded and approved.

Previous Month’s Minutes: Sheila Cosby moved to accept the previous month’s minutes. This was seconded and approved.

Correspondence: Peg Birzer’s letter of resignation as Director of Publicity was received and accepted with regrets. She will continue with the Monthly Newsletter which has proved wildly successful in its electronic format. .

A proposal for a new to the club copier was received from Data Max in Hot Springs. The cost to the club would be approximately $562 per year for 3 yrs. It was decided by the board to make no more repairs to the existing copier and look at this proposal at such time as we have another problem with the copier.

Directors Reports: Shan Merritt reported that the total table count for April was 832.25 reflecting a 12.5% increase over 2009.

Annette Bono acting for Peg ,reported ongoing problems with the Voice wanting to limit our space for game winner’s names. She and Dick Condon will make an appointment and visit with C.Penny at the Voice to see if this can be resolved. She also has several ideas regarding feature articles with some of our outstanding new and existing players. It was suggested that Dick recognize the Wednesday night Better Bridgers and the fabulous hand that was featured in the paper.

Cathy Irving reported that the Defense class is proceeding with 18 students and the 2-over-1 class has 19 enrollees. She also mentioned that while we are one of the largest clubs in the country our teaching materials belong in a one-room schoolhouse. We need to begin thinking of adding more up-to-date equipment for our really fine teachers to use. A teachers’ workshop with Little Rock teachers was well received and the next one will be held in Little Rock.

Sheila Cosby reported total liabilities and equity of $42,951.47. She also received a thank you from Cathy Harris for our contribution from the Jan Farnsworth fund to the Rose Memorial garden.

Vonna Fisher reported that 2 people have taken the teaching assistant tests and 2 players are studying for the directors tests.

Chuck Stofer reported purchasing a camera and 2 memory cards as previously directed. He will develop a form to use as a “check-out” when people are using the camera.

Old Business: Cathy Irving moved and was seconded that Annette Bono become the new publicity director. The motion was carried unanimously. Welcome Annette!

By-Law Changes: All proposed changes to existing by-laws have been completed except for the Life Member changes. Dick will write them up per the March meeting. Then all will be posted on the web and the bulletin board no later than May 27, 2010 to be voted upon at the June 10 meeting.

New Business: The General Meeting has been scheduled for June 10, 2010.

Shan Merritt moved and was seconded that the existing Tues. night game 0-30o be changed to 0-500. This was approved.

The board will still be watching the marginal games but no changes will be made at this time.

There will be no change in the number or status of clerks at this time.

Sheila Cosby moved and was seconded that we purchase a lock box. This was approved. Chuck Stofer will do the purchasing.

The next BOD meeting will be Thurs. June 17 at 6:00pm.

Sheila Cosby moved and was seconded that we allow Teri Labove to provide donation jars for contributions to Oil Spill Cleanup. This was approved.

This year’s Charity Club Championship games were discussed. Sheila Cosby moved and was seconded that the recipient this year will be the Garland County Boys and Girls Club. There will also be an extra donation jar available on that day only.

A request for an upgrade to our computer software has been received from Richard Robertson. It was tabled for more information.

The meeting was unanimously adjourned at 5:15.

Respectfully submitted, Mary Kay Stockford, Secretary