Board Minutes May 10, 2011
Present were board members Mike Atherton, Valerie Baldwin, Steve Barash, Sue Barkley, David Crosley, Keith Burnett, Sue Griswold, Lu Isaacs, John Matthis, Bev Nuding, and Allen Wolman. Also attending were Lori Spaeth, Eleanor Tanck and Alan Templeton.
New Building Mike reported that the lease has been signed. Steve Krong is working on the drawings and Mike and Bob Lawrence have filed the application for the building permit. June 22 is the tentative date for the hearing before the zoning director. The City of Mountain View insists that Mike and Bob meet with the neighbors and IFES reps regarding noise concerns.
Lori and all but the EZGame directors have seen the building and like the new location. Alan Templeton reported that IFES has City approval of the building permit. At this point they have come to agreement with Duane Coleman that he will not be the general contractor but will be acting as the coordinator with the subs.
The bulding is gutted. The stud walls and a lot of the electrical work are done. The renovations should be finished in the time required. John Mattis thinks there is less lighting than we need. We probably need more conduits with fluorescent lighting instead of the existing can lights. Alan T said Duane is aware of these problems, but we can’t add to the IFES costs. The remaining changes will be completed by us.
Sue stated that we no longer need a big capital campaign but we should establish a wish list for items such as chairs, commercial refrigerator, etc. Lori will collect wish list information. John M. suggested Dyson hand dryers which cost approximately $1200. each but cost only $35. per year to operate.
The April board minutes were approved with the amendment that there will be a cost of living adjustment to the lease after ten years.
Kibitzer Eleanor reported that Marion will take her place at the June board meeting and all Kibitzer articles should be sent to her. David Crosley has an article for the Kibitzer regarding the history from the flood to the new lease.
Keith will take care of printing and distributing the flyers for the June 19 Unit Pairs and also posting the flyer and signup on the Bridge Center bulletin board.
Treasurer’s Report Bev reported that the Bridge Center balance sheet shows equity of $127,127. and the Education Fund shows equity of $3823.
Sue noted that we and the District have been delinquent on filing IRS Form 990. The San Jose member who agreed to file for us will do all this for the previously quoted $500. We will need to look at the 1099 form for people directing unit games.
Firecracker Steve has modified the back side of the Firecracker flyer to show places for Second Harvest donations and has cleared this project with the Convention Center.
Allen Wolman said that the District will be having another meeting Saturday morning at the Sacramento tournament. David will attend. Lori and Sue will also be there.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:22 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Sue Barkley, Secretary