November 2012

Palo Alto Unit 503
November 6, 2012

The meeting was called to order at 3:51 PM by Susan Griswold, President.

Present were Board members Susan Griswold, David Crosley, Bev Nuding, Margot Livenspargar, Steve Barasch, Kevin O’Leary, Valerie Baldwin, Alan Wolman, and Henryk Szejnwald. Also attending: Elinor Tanck, Kibitzer, and other Unit members.

The November minutes were approved after a motion by Allen.

The next Kibitzer will be six pages, Elinor reported.

The Treasurer’s report showed $94,217 in the Unit account and $342 in the Education Fund. More money is due the Unit from the ACBL for the Education Fund

Unit Game Chairman Keith commented on the November potluck to be held Sunday November 11. Bev will provide turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, and gravy. Nancy Kehl will provide decorations.

A discussion of the Sunday game owned by Claire Coleman and Will Watson occurred. Claire and Will may not wish to continue that game.

The Holiday Unit game will be held December 16. The game will begin at 1 PM with dinner afterwards. Only Unit members will be allowed to attend this game. There will be no cost for Unit members for the game or dinner. Attendees are asked to donate a toy. Valerie moved that approximately $2500 be approved for the Holiday dinner. Passed. Bev Nuding will check into Chef Chus and Mings for dinners.

The audio-visual equipment will be installed when the club is closed during the San Francisco Nationals.

Roy Robinson is chairman of the election committee. He and his committee will count the ballots November 7. Observers may attend the counting if they contact Roy. No Board members may attend. The results will be made available as soon as the ballots are counted, by email to the Board and on the Unit website for the members.

A request was made for funds for a new faucet in the kitchen. David moved that up to $800 be allocated for this. Motion passed.

John Mattis submitted a request for $1200 to provide runners for the entryway and the area around the food table to be provided by and maintained by Aramark. Allen moved to allocate money for the months from November to April.

The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held on December 4 at 3:45 PM. The newly elected Board Directors will be invited to this meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 5:02 PM.

Respectfully submitted,
Margot Livenspargar, Secretary