Village Card Club
Minutes of the monthly Board of Directors meeting
July 16, 2010

The agenda was amended to add Seed Money for the upcoming Silver Lode tournament. Cathy Irving moved to accept the agenda as amended , the motion was seconded and carried.

Sheila moved to accept the previous meeting minutes, May 2010. The motion was seconded and carried.

Directors Reports:

Annette Bono, Publicity Director, reported that the Voice has been accepting the many articles and pictures that she has been sending and a good working rapport has been achieved with the Voice.

Cathy Irving, Vice President and Director of Education provided an impressive list of completing and ongoing educational opportunities. The very successful 2over1 class has been completed with play and learn workshops to follow. A 7 week intermediate 2over1 is to be scheduled. A bidding class is down the line. Defense class lecture completed, play and learn next for this class. How lucky we are to be in a club with this level of educational opportunity.

Nancy Luehring, Membership Director, reported our total membership is now at 711. We have sent in for a booth at the Community Fair, September 22, 2010.

Shan Merritt, Game Manager, reported that although the actual numbers show a decline in table count from 2009, the club was closed 5 days for a tournament and we are actually up about 125 tables. We are seeking a clarification on what is the proper number range for upper limits on our current games, 99 or 100, 299 or 300, etc. We will address the issue at our August meeting. She also reported that the Tues. evening 0-499 is doing well with no losses of lower strata players.

Sheila Cosby, Treasurer, reported an increase in revenue over last year of 27%. Including a nice increase in education revenue. Our auditors had some questions but not problems with our procedures and Sheila has handled any concerns. A check for $80.00 will be issued to continue Club membership in the Chamber of Commerce.

Vickie Jennings, Player Development Director, reported no luck in finding another time slot for a 0-999 game. Available times do not suit the players. She reported that a number of EZ Bridgers competed in the Little Rock tournament.

Vonna Fisher, Club Manager, reported that the ACBL is changing policy on points awarded for special games. There will now also be a limit on the number of special games the club can host. She also reported that Denny Penticoff recently passed the ACBL tournament assistant test and is now qualified to assist ACBL directors in conducting tournaments. Vicki Jennings has passed the ACBL director test and is qualified to act as a VCC club director.

Correspondence:

Dick reported difficulty with the address for the Boys and Girls Club. Our check had been returned. He found the PO Box they used and solved the problem.

Old Business:

Nancy Luehring moved that we provide $1,000.00 in seed money for the Silver Lode Tournament. The motion was seconded and carried.

It was decided to use the currently working copy machine until it has another problem and then look at our options.

Sheila Cosby moved that the Village Card Club, Inc. grant an annual software allowance of $500.00 to the Webmaster of the Village Card Club, Inc.'s website. Payment will be made to the Webmaster upon receipt of invoices/receipts by the Treasurer. The above to be retroactive to January 1, 2010. Motion seconded and carried.

There will be no changes to the clerks at this time.

The lock box issue is tabled until the box is obtained.

The soft drink machine will not be pursued due to problems and lack of use of the machine we had in previous years.

The By-Law changes need to be included in the Standing Rules. Mary Kay will work with Robbie.

Nancy Luehring moved that the Termination Policy as approved by the board be included in Standing Rule 23 . The motion was approved and carried.

New Business:

Cathy Irving moved that the club sponsor a Bring a Friend to Bridge event. The motion was seconded and carried with date to be determined.

The issue of Want Ads in our newsletter was addressed. After much discussion, including the issue of timeliness—the newsletter is a monthly publication, should we use our website for this, or how about the bulletin board. Nancy Luehring moved that we use a portion of our existing bulletin boards for Want Ad requests only, no For Sale information, and all posting requests be given to Vonna The motion was seconded and carried.

All involved in the Education Standing Rules were advised to get any changes or additions in order to be addressed in more detail at the next meeting.

Sheila Cosby moved to schedule the VCC Team League for the first Friday of each month at 1:00p. Motion seconded and carried.

Next meeting of the VCC BOD will be Friday, August 20, 2010 at 2:15p.

Meeting adjourned at 6:15p.

Respecfully submitted,

Mary Kay Stockford