Charlotte Bridge Association

Minutes of the  April 4, 2007 Board Meeting

The Board of Directors of the Charlotte Bridge Association met on Wednesday April 4, 2007 at 4:30 at 510 East Park Avenue.

All members were present except Martha Jean Marshall.  Janet Case and Carol Winecoff were also present at the meeting.

The meeting was called to order by the President.

The Minutes of the March 2007 meeting were approved.

TREASURERS Report:  Jerry Pontius gave the Treasurer's report.  Jerry reviewed expenses and purchases 

and provided a financial document with details. His report was approved.

OLD BUSINESS

LATTA CENTER  Some discussion was held on general housekeeping for the new Latta Center.  Items to discuss in the future-flat screen monitor for the computer/ redoing the small bathroom by the teaching room. After the contracters have completed their work the Board will review what improvements are needed.

MOVE:  The move to the Latta Center on Thursday, March 15th went very smoothly.  One problem-a large number of the CBA bidding boxes did not make it to the new building.  New bidding boxes were purchased to replace them. The first bridge game at

the Latta Center was held on Thursday night, March 15th.  The teaching room is being used for games, with overflow in the hallway. All members are cooperating with the inconvenience and are looking forward to completion of the work to allow the games to be moved into the large room.

LATTA REC CENTER UPDATE:  Jerry provided an update on LATTA.  Work will proceed rapidly when approval is final.  The walls will be added, heating and airconditioning, ceiling and light work, then carpeting.  We are using the teaching room now for games and that is working fine. 

Sectional Tournament  May 31-June3rd    Sue and Bruce Bedient are Co-Chairmen for the Sectional tournament. Sue has posted lists at the Latta Center asking for members to sign up to volunteer to help in various ways. We will purchase food from Sams/Costco for snacks.  We will have a hot dog lunch on Saturday. Harold and Carol will get the softdrinks and ice. Don is looking into valet parking or hiring staff to help direct the parking for this tournament.

Janet is passing out flyers for the tournament and flyers have gone to Shelby, Fort Mill and  Eldon and Craig Poplin.

Help will be needed in setting up tables, food, meals, and clean up.  Gene Manion is in charge of caddies. Sue is still working with nearby hotels trying to find the best rates.

 NLM tournament will be August 23th-26, 2007

Up Coming Regional  10-/22-10/28 2007

Policy and Procedures for Use of CBA Facilities.  Gretchen Smith Chair, Carol Winecoff; Len Case, Ross Andresen, Betty Wilton, Gene Manion and Jerry Helms are the committee. A further draft policy, dated April 4th was issued and provided to the Board. The document was discussed further by the Board. Gretchen will add some final updates and the document will then be offered to the Board for approval.

NEW BUSINESS

ACBL RETENTION REPORT: There was a report provided by ACBL on retention of existing members and growth provided by new members. CBA's ranking has improved in the last four years in all catagories,new members, retention and lower losses of members leaving. The Unit now has 459 active members.

LIBRARY: Celia Johnson suggested we provide an online Catalog for our Bridge books library. We will check with Anne Allen and see if she still wants to be in charge of this. It will also be discussed with the Directors. This tracking would give us much better control of retaining the library. We believe the membership would be more likely to donate books and build the library, knowing the items will be tracked, and stay part of the Library.

1927 Club   Four members of our Club are turning 80 this year and want to sponsor a Bridge event to celebrate, This will be a Sunday afternoon Charity game with proceeds going to the Loaves and Fishes organization.   Felix  Germuth is the contact from the 1927 Club, and Jean Davis is the Board contact. The party will be Sunday afternoon July 8th or July 15th. Their families are sponsoring a catered lunch. The Board will help with set-up and cleanup.

 Awards Day will be Saturday June 30th, 2007.  Jane Smith is in charge of this event. She will also  have the wall plaques updated. 

Discplinary Matter Discussed.  Sue Bedient is the Chair of the Committe. Her committee is Barbara Dellinger, Jean Davis and Harold Winecoff.

Dilworth Jubilee    2nd Sat May and 2nd Sat in August. This will be a busy time around the Latta Center. We will decide if we want to cancel the games those days.

District 7 Representatives    Harold resigned from this position.  The two representatives now are Sue Bedient and Dave Smith.  They will attend District 7 meetings at Regionals and vote, representing our Unit.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:15

The next meeting will be at the Latta Center, May 2nd at 4:30pm

Respectfully submitted,

Jean Davis, Secretary