September 2021

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes ACBL Unit 503
Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021 3:30 p. m, via zoom

Directors Present

Geraldine(Gerry) MacDonald, President
Marc Cervellino via phone
Charlene Friedman
Jon Rayden
John Schwartz
Dan Thatte
Stephanie Youngquist
Eli Wismer
David Merenbach

Others Present During All or Portions of the Meeting
Diane Giancarlo
Lisa Koh
Will Watson
Paul Davis

Call to Order
Gerry, President of the Board, served as Chair of the meeting. Gerry called the meeting to order at 3:30 pm and announced that a quorum of the Board members was present and that the meeting, having been duly convened, was ready to proceed with business. Gerry confirmed that all participants could hear one another.

Approval of Meeting Minutes
Gerry announced that the minutes of the Aug. 12, 2021 meeting were approved via email.

Financial Update
Marc presented an extensive comprehensive review of our financials to-date. We continue to project losses through the year.  There was considerable discussion about our website and possible content changes to help promote our Unit and club games. Gerry and David are going to follow-up on this with some recommendations for the website.

Many alternatives to increase participation both for online and F2F play were discuss. Marc will be convening a small group to review and recommend possibilities.

Non-Life Master Update
We are proceeding with the Non Life Master Sectional scheduled for Sept. 18-19. Confirming emails will be sent to attendees, reminding them of their participation and the need to provide proof of vaccinations and wear a face mask.

Unit 503 NAP game
We are trying to schedule a round two NAP event for our unit. Players can player in any round two event in the district but can only play in one wherever they choose to participate. We have a tentative date of Nov. 7 and Will Watson will direct. The San Jose unit has asked if we would like to combine our NAP events. A motion was made to combine the two events and ask the Treasurers of each unit to work out the financials. Motion made, seconded and carried. The San Jose unit will have their board meeting the week of Sept. 13th.

GNT Event
We have been contacted by Grant Vance regarding hosting two of the GNT events during Feb., March and April of 2022. The District will pay $400 for the use of facility. Motion was made to support this request. Motion made, seconded and carried.

Annual Meeting
We will hold our required annual meeting at 9 am prior to the lecture being offered on Oct. 19th. Members will be informed via email.

The next meeting date is Mon. Oct. 11 at 4 p.m.

A motion was made, seconded and passed to adjourn. The meeting was adjourned at 4:45 pm.