August 2025

Board of Director Meeting Minutes ACBL Unit 503
Tuesday, August 12, 2025, via Zoom

Board Members Present

Liz Koh, Marc Cervellino, Stephanie Youngquist, DanThatte, Dana Shelley, H. Paul Davis, John Schwartz, Alex Narasin and Geraldine MacDonald.

Board Members not Present

David Merenbach and Dianne Giancarlo

Also Present

Alan Templeton

M/S/P  = Moved/Seconded/Passed

Call to Order

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

Approval of Meeting Minutes

Liz K. announced that the minutes of the July 15, 2025 Board Meeting were distributed for approval via email.

Financials Update

Marc C. reported that there was a decline of attendance at club games due to NABC nationals and it may continue next month due to upcoming Santa Clara Regional tournament. Unit income for the month of July was healthy due to a successful Firecracker tournament. Nonetheless, the Unit is projected to lose a considerable amount of money in 2025.

Bylaws Amendments 

President Liz Koh reported the following:  A special meeting was held that day at 10:30AM on Aug 12 and announced that a quorum of the Unit members was present.

The purpose of the meeting was to discuss and vote upon the Board’s proposed Amended and Restated Constitution and Bylaws of the Unit. The key changes:

1. Maximum limit for the Board of directors is set to 12.
2. President can serve up to 3 consecutive years, or the term can be extended by a majority vote of the Board.
3. Updates to conform to current circumstances, including ACBL procedures.

The proposal was approved.

New Issues:

It was decided that since we have only 54 bridge mates, we should not exceed that number of tables for tournaments. Having reservations for large tournaments should be continued.

There was a proposal for buying new cards for up to $3000.  It was discussed and approved.

There was a discussion about serving food at the sectionals and in general there was a positive response from the board members.

There was a discussion about broken bidding boxes.  It was decided that an inventory should be taken to determine how many need to be repaired or replaced and a proposal would be made at the next meeting for the expense.

Stephanie Y reported that we are planning to upgrade the bridge center sign and would cost $925 including $300 for installation.  She will check to see if there are any Mountain View city regulations/permit issues regarding signs.

Bob Horowitz will lead the fund-raising effort for the Unit/PBEF.

Dana Shelley and Max Schireson will represent Unit 503 on the D21 board.

Stephanie Y reported continued progress on organizing the Unit’s 50^th anniversary special game on Sept. 30 and the board agreed to fund the expenses which can be granted by the unit president’s authority limit without needing board approval.

Stephanie arranged for Debbie Rosenberg to do the next free lecture on 9/30; H. Paul Davis and Ken Rosenfeld agreed to co-chair and organize the free lecture series.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:54 PM.