November 2010

Present were Mike Atherton, Elinor Tanck, Phyllis Gaffney, John Mattis, Steve Barasch, Lu Isaacs, Sue Griswold, David Wheeler and Betsy Steele. Also present were Valerie Baldwin, David Crosley, Beverly Nuding, Allen Wolman and Susana Krulevitch.

Report on mold mediation by Mike Atherton – there was a walk-through on October 23rd but a representative from Twisters was not present. It was not possible to access certain spaces. Walk-through was rescheduled for November 2nd. It was determined that the scope of work to be performed could run from $150,000 to $200,000 and would take a minimum of two months. The Board discussed some alternatives and Betsy Steele offered to assist in locating alternative spaces.

John Mattis mentioned some items to be considered when making a temporary move to another building, such as internet connection. Dymond has agreed to a limited use of a portion of their space next door for our computer room, if we have to move to a temporary location and their space if still available.

Last month’s Minutes were approved.

Elinor stated that the next month’s Kibitzer will be six pages. She mentioned that there are extra Kibitzers in the cabinet in case we run out of copies in the open. We should all make sure that there are Kibitzers at all the bridge games.

Will informed the Board that Kathy Harper would like to have a free game on December 14th from 9:00 to 12:30. John Mattis will contact Kathy to discuss the details.

Treasurer’s Report – since this meeting was very early in the month, Sue did not have the table count. The Bridge lost $400 last month. Saturday afternoon attendance was lower. The center has $52,800 in assets. Sue would like to have the meetings later in the month, to have time to complete the financial report. This might complicated the publication of the Kibitzer.

John Mattis mentioned that there was no accounting for the Peninsula Challenge and that the Bridge Center might have lost some money on that event. It was determined that the amount los was not major.

Phyllis reported that the ACBL has allotted us 24 unit games per year and that Eric Mayefsky has resigned from the Board.

Steve Barasch reported on the Firecracker. The day change from the 4th to later in the month and how to promote same, has to be decided by December. Steve made an analysis of the distribution of master points. Out of 1000 players at the tournament, 400 had fewer than 200 master points and half of these had fewer than 50 MPs. Should there be a 49’s game? There may also have to be a change in the KO set-up and a change of time for the KO’s. Steve will submit proposals by e-mail to the Board members.

The December 19th Unit game will be for members of the Unit only, unless we don’t fill all the tables. Members who sign up and don’t show, will be fined $20.00. The date is very close to Christmas for toys for tots. It was suggested to bring more gifts for older kids. Gift cards are always welcome.

It was suggested to prepare a list of helpful information for incoming Board members with suggestions to Sue from present Board members. Lu will assist Sue in this. The question was raised as to how many Board members have read the Constitution and the By-laws. It is important for every member to do that. So members, new and old are requested to read it and ask questions, if any.

The Bridge Center rental policy was brought up. It turns out to be a work in progress.

An age old question of cleaning out the refrigerators and the coat closet was mentioned. John Mattis will ask all the directors to mark their items in the refrigerator. No particular solution was presented.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:30PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Susana Krulevitch
for Terry Lancaster
Secretary