Board of
Director’s Meeting
June 12,
2006
CALL
TO ORDER: President
John Killian called the meeting to order at 6:05 pm. Members present were: John Killian, Carol Murakoshi, Frank
Bartlett, Irma Johnson, Marshall Pelle, Steve Sulzby, Merlin Hansen, Frank
Seipp Jr. and Rosemary Ford. Excused
members were: Donna Wenberg, Barbara
Balowitz, Morris Lorber and Jan Wagner.
MINUTES: Merlin Hansen made a motion to approve
the minutes as read. Frank Seipp Jr.
seconded. Motion carried.
TREASURER’S
REPORT: The current total assets as of May 31, 2006
was $5,866.63 that reflected a negative change of $990.06 from last year
at this time. The net income as of May
31, 2006 was negative $1,954.50. Frank Bartlett made a motion to accept the Treasurer’s
report and Steve Sulzby seconded. Motion
carried.
HOSPITALITY/CHARITY: In Barbara Balowitz’s absence, Carol
Murakoshi reported that Barbara collected $24.00 from both the book and
donation boxes. Sympathy cards were sent
to the families of Frieda Kenigson and Dale Nelson.
The tournament committee said that they
would not approve of a donation box for the Long Beach Women’s Shelter be
placed at the Long Beach July Regional.
SANCTIONS: No report.
REFRESHMENTS: Jan Wagner will not be able to
coordinate the luncheon at the unit game in June. Frank Bartlett and Merlin Hansen volunteered
to take Jan’s place. Marshall Pelle and
Rosemary Ford will be in charge of the July Unit Game luncheon.
PUBLICITY: Rosemary Ford will create a banner for
the “Christmas in July” project for the Women’s Shelter. It will be placed in a visible location on
the wall above the shelves.
EDUCATION,
AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIP: No
reports.
IN/COORDINATOR: Frank Bartlett has been substituting for Steve
Sulzby on Tuesday afternoons. The
lectures for the NLM players have been going well and attendance is good. There will be no class on July 4th
and Steve Sulzby will resume classes on July 11th. After a brief discussion, Steve made a motion
to end our policy of giving free plays to NLM players if there is not a NLM
section at the monthly unit games.
Merlin Hansen seconded. Motion
carried.
MEMBERSHIP
REPORT: Irma
Johnson reported the latest In & Out stats from ACBL for the period 4-30-06
through 6-1-06.
Total Members: 467
Members
receiving Bulletin 410
Rookie 35
Junior
Master 37
Club
Master 45
Sectional
Master 74
Regional
Master 73
NABC
Master 40
Life
Master 27
Bronze
Life Master 65
Silver
Life Master 53
Gold
Life Master 15
Diamond
Life Master 3
There was one new member this period
and two transfers in to whom Irma will send welcoming letters. There was one relevant change of status this
period: Al Lum made Bronze Life
Master.
OLD
BUSINESS: Irma
Johnson circulated a copy of the ad placed in the “Grunion” soliciting bridge
players to come and play at the Long
Bridge Center. To date, no one has shown
interest or made a call to the center.
NEW
BUSINESS: A discussion was held as to whether Unit 557
should withdraw our support for the ACBL Scholarship Committee. Unit 557 usually contributes $600.00 to the
committe towards college scholarships for the year at various intervals. The unit board members decided to table this
discussion and give it some thought. A
decision will be made at the next meeting in July.
John Killian scanned a photo of Frieda
Kenigson and added the obituary from the
L.B. Press Telegram. It is posted on
bulletin board
Frank Bartlett volunteered to conduct a
lecture/discussion session for interested players from 12:45 – 1:15 pm starting
in July at every unit game.
ADJOURNMENT: Merlin Hansen moved and Steve Sulzby
seconded to adjourn the meeting. Motion
carried. The meeting was adjourned at
6:48 pm. The next monthly meeting will
be on Monday, July 10, 2006 at 6:00 pm.
Secretary