April 2025

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes ACBL Unit 503
Tuesday, April 8, 2025, via Zoom

Directors Present

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

Directors not Present

Alex Narasin and David Merenbach

Also Present

Allen Simon

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. Dianne Giancarlo served as Secretary of the meeting.

Approval of Meeting Minutes

Dianne G.. announced that the minutes of the March 11, 2025 Board Meeting were approved via email.

Proposed new club reservation system 

Allen Simon, club member and director of Wednesday evening games, has created a new club reservation system which could be used to replace our current system. Allen S. has shown his new system to all the game directors and received positive feedback. His new system looks very user-friendly and it does not come with the current price tag of $2200 annually that the Unit pays for our current system. Allen can probably adapt it to be used for Unit 503 tournaments as well as games. It is also possible that the system could be integrated into the Unit’s website. Allen S. said that the system will be ready for beta testing in about a week and that the system could possibly be ready to be used before this year’s annual renewal of the current system.  The Board was appreciative and thanked Allen for his efforts to create an easier reservation system.

Financials Update

Marc C. reported that table counts at weekly F2F games have declined slightly recently but continue to be strong. The St Patrick’s Day game was well attended and this and other special games such as the Valentine’s Day game make a big difference in our revenues. We are currently operating at a loss, and expect to incur a loss for the year.  

Status with IFES

Discussions with the IFES are ongoing.  

The Board meeting adjourned at 5:40 pm.