MINUTES OF THE UNIT 195, WESTERN MICHIGAN, ACBL BOARD MEETING
at 429 E. Circle Dr., North Muskegon on Saturday, July 29, 2006
The meeting was called to order by President Dennis Carman at 6:00 PM.
Present were:
President Dennis Carman
district 1 - Duane Little, Joe Manhart and Lynn Larson
district 2 - Joanne Molt, Dave Kamm and Dennis Blodgett
district 3 - Eugene Kales and Jackie Oman
district 4 - Alan Bau, Judy Euler and Allen Schwenk
district 5 - Brenda Walz and Pete Fleming
and guests.
Board Member absent: - Nancy Yarbrough, Roger Anderson, Tom Eadie, and Marian Vyverman
After considerable discussion about the bylaws and the appropriate time for appointment of a successor following the
resignation of Paul Christ whose term ran through 2008, the Board proceeded to appoint a replacement. Alice Hill, Sally
Spalsbury and Hugh Mallory were nominated and Sally Spalsbury was elected on
the first ballot.
The Minutes of the Board Meeting at Jackson, January 7, 2006 were approved.
DISTRICT INFORMATION
Dennis reported that at the last District 12 Board meeting, September 17 2006
was selected for the District Final of the NAP. There will be no Unit Finals this year.
Details are on the District web site. The GNT details will be decided at the October meeting.
Bill Arlinghaus, the District 12 National Director, announced that there is a new insurance policy for Unit and
District officers paid by ACBL. Dennis has already sent in
our agreement to participate and has received confirmation that it was received.
Bill said that the national board, or a committee thereof, is working on possible adjustments in the master point
program, discussing the numerous points available in
KO’s, special club games and On Line games.
Bill then addressed the Detroit NABC in March 2008. The committee is working
on plans to provide transportation from the Detroit suburbs and maybe from west Michigan. Other expenses include food
after evening games, entertainment during the tournament, registration packages, section top prizes, etc. They have
received commitments from the Detroit Units of $25,000 each and would like Unit 195 to provide $15,000. ACBL will give the
committee $105,000 and Compuware is paying to be
the Name Sponsor. All Regionals in the District are charging an extra $1 per person
per session for Detroit 2008. Event names are being sold and other fund raising is
going on like the August club games which pay $4 per table. Our Board will discuss
this further at the Jackson meeting in January.
The Financial Report was presented by Joe Manhart. The Unit treaasury is
down about $3100 from the end of 2005 as shown. He stated that the tournaments so
far have produced a profit to the Unit of $38, whereas those tournaments yielded
$1579 in 2005, but lost $100 in 2004. Gene Kales stated that he is getting a refund of $200 because of an incorrect charge
from the facility. This changes the year to date tournament profit to $238. Financial results of tournaments held this
year are shown under Tournaments Results included in the handouts. The report was approved.
TOURNAMENT RESULTS:
The table count in Jackson was 70.5 and the profit up $18. The black ice
decreased the attendance.
The Lansing Spring NLM had 22.5 tables and netted $144
Grand Rapids was down 25.5 tables and lost $126.
Kalamazoo was up 12.5 tables and made $314
The Lansing Sectional had an attractive new location, a new date, drew 65.5
tables and lost $115.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULING:
The St. Joseph Sectional will be played at 3275 Lincoln Avenue, October 6-8
The Regional will be in Grand Rapids through 2008
There will be no NAP Unit Finals this year. The District Final will be in Lansing
on Sunday, September 17, 2006
Dennis requested that all 2007 tournaments be sanctioned before the October District Board meeting
COMMUNICATIONS
Dennis had a letter from ACBL asking if we had a candidate to recommend for “Goodwill member of the Year”. There were
no nominations.
NEW BUSINESS:
It was moved and seconded to increase the game fees at Unit 195 Sectionals
to $8 starting January, 2008. The motion was approved.
It wos moved and seconded to send new members of ACBL and Unit 195 a welcoming letter and two free plays for Unit 195
Sectionals. The motion was approved. Judy Euler stated that she would like to add a NLM or similar section at the
St. Joseph Sectional. After many viewpoints were expressed the consensus was to go for it, but get publicity through the
web site and by word of mouth in the area including Kalamazoo and South Bend. Joe reported that he had talked to
Ken Van Cleve who said he could add a limited section without a sanction change provided enough tables showed up. Any
number from five up should be OK.
Alan Bau stated that the address of the District web site is “distict12bridge.org”
It was changed to provide more space than the old site had. He asked that club game changes be reported to him so that he
could keep the information accurate. Also, we should publicize the web site as a source of information about bridge and
events.
The next Board Meeting will be January 7, 2006 in Jackson.
The Meeting was adjourned at 8:00 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Joe Manhart
Notes:
Eugene Kales was reelected to the Board for a 4 year term. Alice Hill was elected
Alternate for a 2 year term.
The Grand Rapids Regional made $5463 for the unit treasury. We collected $2476
for the Detroit 2008 NABC and $664 for District 12.
I mailed welcoming letters and free play certificates to the six new members who
joined between 07/01 and 08/01 and the two who joined between 8/01 and 9/01