January 2022

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes ACBL Unit 503

Wednesday, January 12, 2022 4:00PM via Zoom

Directors Present

David Merenbach, Marc Cervellino, Dianne Giancarlo, Gerry MacDonald, Jon Rayden, John Schwartz, Dan Thatte, Eli Wismer, Stephanie Youngquist

Other Present During All or Portions of the Meeting

Paul Davis, Liz Koh, Alan Templeton, 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 Wismer announced that the minutes of the December 7, 2021 Board Meeting and the minutes of the January 2, 2022 Special Board Meeting were approved via email.

Non-Life Master Sectional

Dianne Giancarlo and Liz Koh reported on the status of the NLM Sectional to be held February 19 and 20.  There are currently 11 signups for the Saturday session, including 4 in the Newcomers Group. There are 4 signups for the Sunday morning session, but none for the afternoon Swiss Game.  We have also received over $1000 value in donations to be given away at the Sectional as prizes. Thanks to Carl Baeuerlen who has sent out an email blast to North Bay ACBL members, and will send another blast to all District 21 Members before the end of the month.

Celebrity Lecture Series

Kathy Wheeler reported on the status of the Celebrity Lecture Series for 2022.  Over 40 participants have already signed up for the first Gavin Wolpert Lesson on January 29.  Gavin has agreed to add the second lesson in this subject on February 12.  Future speakers have been lined up for April 2 (Robert Todd), October 1 (Adam Parish), and tentatively for June or July (Donna Compton).  Thanks to Carl Baeuerlen who has sent one email blast for the Gavin Wolpert series to our Unit 503 members, and will send another to other Peninsula Units pending approval to expand the audience by Gavin.  Thanks to Alan Templeton who has added these lectures to our website.

Financial Update

Marc Cervellino presented an update on our financials through December 2021.  Table counts have steadily declined since the STaC in early December, due to the holidays.  We experienced a net operating loss in December, but thanks to a PBEF grant, it resulted in no net loss for the month.  For the full year of 2021, thanks to large PBEF grants, we had a modest net gain. To close out the year, Alan Templeton has volunteered to review our bank account with Marc.  This is required to be done by an additional person who is not a member of the Board of Directors.

2022 Operating Plan

Marc presented an Operating Plan developed by Marc, Jon Rayden and David Merenbach. The plan for 2022 once again calls for expenses to exceed revenue.  A motion was made to accept this budget.  M/S/P.

2022 Funding Request to PBEF

Marc will prepare a request for PBEF funding for presentation at our February Board Meeting.

Covid Reopening after 2 Week Closure

A motion was made to extend our current temporary suspension of F2F play at the Center until January 30 to give people more time to get Booster shots.  M/S/P.

Interim Table Rent Adjustment

David requested that the Club Owners present a proposal for an interim table rent adjustment to the Board.

2022 Board Meeting Schedule

It was agreed to hold regularly scheduled Board Meetings on the second Monday of each month at 4:00PM.  The next meeting will be on February 14, 2022 at 4:00PM.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:12PM.