October 2021

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes ACBL Unit 503
Monday, Oct. 11, 2021 4 p.m. via zoom

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

Others Present During All or Portions of the Meeting
Diane Giancarlo

Lisa Koh
Alan Templeton
Paul Davis

Call to Order

Gerry, President of the Board, served as Chair of the meeting. Gerry called the meeting to order a 4 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 Sept. 9, 2021 meeting were approved via email.

Financial Update

Marc presented a comprehensive review of our financials to-date. We continue to project losses for the last 3 months of the year.  We looked at some comparison charts analyzing our PABC games and competitive games in our area. Many alternatives to increase participation both for online and F2F play were discuss. Unit games and sectionals are helping the club finances. 

A motion to ask PBEF to cover the 2021 Q4 shortfall was made, seconded and passed. 

A motion was made to institute a rental fee to PBEF for the library space utilization. Seconded and passed. 

A motion was made to change the fee charged to PBEF, both online and for F2F lectures at the Bridge Center, seconded and passed.

Non-Life Master Update

We are looking forward to the next Non Life Master Sectional scheduled for Feb 2022. A big thank you to Diane and Liz for running the Sept. sectional and agreeing to run the Feb. one as well.

The Nominating committee reported that we have a slate of candidate running for 2022. The new slate is: Diane Giancarlo, Marc Cervellino, Eli Wismer, Geraldine MacDonald and Dan Thatte. Elections will be held in Nov. of 2021.

GNT Event

We have agreed to support the District hosting two of the GNT events during Feb.and May. The District will pay $400 for the use of facility each weekend.

Holiday Party Stephanie Youngquist is looking into options for a holiday party in December. More information to follow.

Celebrity Lecture Series Kathy Wheeler is researching speakers for future celebrity lectures in 2022. 

The next meeting date is Monday  Nov. 8, at 4 p.m.

A motion was made, seconded and passed to adjourn. The meeting was adjourned at 5:27 pm.