March 2023

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes ACBL Unit 503

Wednesday, March 8, 2023 via Zoom

Directors Present

David Merenbach, Marc Cervellino, Dianne Giancarlo, Liz Koh, Geraldine MacDonald, John Schwartz, Dan Thatte, Eli Wismer

Others Present During All or Portions of the Meeting

Alan Templeton, Corinne Carter, Kathy Wheeler

M/S/P = Moved/Seconded/Passed

Call to Order

David Merenbach, President of the Board, served as Chair of the meeting, called the meeting to order at 4:00PM and announced that a quorum of the Board members was present and that the meeting, having duly convened, was ready to proceed with business.

Approval of Meeting Minutes

Eli W. announced that the minutes of the February 22, 2022 Board Meeting were approved via email.

Celebrity Lecture Series

Kathy Wheeler gave an update on the next scheduled Celebrity Lecture, Barbara Seagram, April 22.  There are currently 30+ attendees signed up for this class.  This was followed by a discussion regarding resuming F2F lectures at the club.

Partnership Desk

Corinne Carter led a discussion on finding partnerships.  Corinne is in charge of our PABC Partnership Desk.  We discussed how to include the game Directors in this process, as well as the Pianola online partnership request line.  The goal is to make it easier for new and current members to find partners, both temporary and longer term, and how to better create a sense of community among our members.

Finance Update

Marc C. discussed that our F2F play table count is slowly increasing, but we still had a Net Operating Loss and Negative Cash Flow for both February and the first two months of the year. Both were better than budget.

Sectional Update

Marc C. discussed our upcoming Sectional Tournaments at the club.

March 17 – Local NLM Sectional.  Currently 11.5 tables signed up.

March 31-April 2 – Open and NLM Sectional. Approximately 10 tables signed up for each day

NLM Regional

Marc C. reported that we have proposed to District 21 to hold a NLM Regional during the Firecracker Open Sectional in July.  We are awaiting their decision.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:30PM.