Unit 441 Board Meeting Minutes 2-7-10

Present:  Helen Miller. Fay Bronson, Greg Trautman, Ralph Wilhelmi, David Fallen, Alex Rajala, Phil Clark, and Nancy Sjoblom.

Absent:  Jim Remy

Vice President Ralph Wilhelmi called the meeting to order.

1. Election results:  President – Alex Rajala, Vice President – David Fallen, Treasurer – Greg Trautman, and Secretary – Nancy Sjoblom

2.  Pow Wow – Greg will call Kim to make sure the deposits were paid.  We need to make sure Sheila is still interested in being in charge of the Pow Wow.  Alex will ask Sheila about flyers.  (UPDATE:  The deposits were paid and Sheila is not interested in being in charge of the Pow Wow.)

3. Treasurer report:  Brad has not billed for Easy Bridge yet.  We had committed to $1000.00.  Kim got the paperwork for our non-profit status for taxes.  Greg will be checking with her.  (UPDATE:  the following is from the minutes from our July 14, 2009 Board meeting:  Motion was passed to pay $1800.00 for easy bridge advertising with the provision that the club will get the $750.00 back from ACBL.)

4. Unit game administration:  Duties were split between the board members.  Dave will send out an email announcement of the games.  Phil will set up.  Alex is in charge of supplies.  Helen will do take down.  Phil will be standby at the games.  Nancy will get the sanctions for the year.

5. July 4^th game will be a regular unit game.

6. Discussion:  Bylaws need to be rewritten to match current practices.  No conclusion or plan was determined.

7. Discussion:  Whether recipients of the Mini-McKinney should be active participants in unit or club games.  The board agreed the award should go to the highest ranking member who participates in unit or club games.

8. Discussion:  Promoting unit games.  Recommended we ask Brad to promote the unit games and see about flyers or a postcard.

Respectfully submitted by Nancy Sjoblom