DISTRICT 6 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
21 October 2000
The District 6 Board of Directors meeting was called to order by the President at 10:30 AM at Ocean City, MD. Present: President: James Hooven Vice President: Bill Cole Secretary: Bette Dudka Unit Presidents: Geoff Mallette (231), Jim Callas (135), Marvin Weger (109), Margot Hennings (218), Jennifer Christman (146) Representatives: Patricia Wilson (135), Darwin & Kay Afdahl, Gloria Brown (146), Rae Dethlefsen, Marge Wilson, Michael Carroad (147), Dianne Morton (110), Andre L'Heureux (Past President) District 6 Rep to National Board: Nadine Wood District 6 Coordinator: Millard Nachtwey Guests: Jean McKenney, Eldon Clayman 1. Minutes: The minutes of 26 August 2000 were approved as presented. 2. Treasurer's Report: In Mr. Robinson's absence, Michael Carroad distributed a written Treasurer's Report to the Board indicating a balance of $3448.92. Mr. Robinson plans to request that the MABC give District 6 an advance prior to the July distribution for the monies due from Alexandria, Hunt Valley and Ocean City. 3. District Coordinator's Report: Millard Nachtwey said 2001 was pretty much in place. Richmond still has a couple of dates to be confirmed. We need to start doing some preliminary thinking about 2002 dates. Kay Afdahl asked if our 2001 dates were checked with the ABA calendar. Mr. Nachtwey said they had been contacted but that he had not heard from them yet. 4. Finance Committee Report: Andre L'Heureux reported that the Committee had met with Rae Dethlefsen (GNT Coordinator) to discuss GNT revenues. The Finance Committee has two proposals for Board consideration. Proposal 1: Entry fee at the District level per player, per session be raised from $9 to $11. Bill Cole stated the reason for this was the addition of a 4th flight, and the additional playing site required. We have to be sure we can cover the reimbursement of the players who win, and we're not sure what is going to happen with the new flight, but we want to be sure that the event pays for itself. Marvin Weger made a motion that the entry fee be raised to $11.00, Darwin Afdahl seconded the motion. Motion carried. Proposal 2: Reimbursement to the teams -- for a team of 4, we would keep the reimbursement at $2400.00, team of 5 would receive $2750.00, team of 6 would be dropped from $3600.00 to a maximum of $3000.00. Mr. L'Heureux put this recommendation forward as a motion. Motion seconded. Kay Afdahl amended the motion to read that each team, regardless of the number of players on the team, receive the same amount of reimbursement ($2400.00). The motion was seconded. The President stated he thought that a block amount of money should be given to the Captain of the team along with the responsibility for dividing it up between team members. A vote was taken on the amendment -- 6 for, 5 against. Nadine Wood made a motion that weighted votes be used since the outcome was so close. Weighted votes were taken, a tie vote occurred, and the President voted against the amendment to break the tie. The Finance Committee's recommendation passed. The Finance Committee proposed having a StaC at the District level and asked for Board support and approval. This will be revenue sharing StaC between the District and the clubs, half of the proceeds to the District and the other half to the clubs on a per table basis. Andre L'Heureux so moved, Geoff Mallette seconded the motion. Motion carried. 5. GNTeams Coordinator's Report: Rae Dethlefsen had nothing new to report. 6. NAPs Coordinator's Report:. The 2000 NAP District finals will be held at the Quality Inn in Arlington, VA, on December 2 and 3, 2000. 7. District Director's Report: Nadine Wood said her appointments to the Good Will Committee for this year were: Sam Coleman, Jennifer Christman, and Geoff Mallette. Charity Committee appointments (now a lifetime appointment): Joan Lewis and Bob Levey. Ms. Wood said that the Board of Directors has reinstated the Collegiate Team Championships and letters have been sent to all the colleges and Education liaisons. If anyone has a contact with a college or university that still has a game on campus to let her know. The final 15 participants will have their way paid to Toronto next summer. 8. Charity Report: Gloria Brown reported that the 2001 District-wide charity will be held on Wednesday, April 4 (AM) and Thursday, April 5 (PM). OLD BUSINESS; Nationals StaC: Michael Carroad reported that communications for the December 11-17 StaC will go out in a few days, with all of Districts 6, 7, and 10 participating. NEW BUSINESS: Appointments to MABC Board: The Secretary informed the Board that since all incumbent Board of Governors members were re-elected, that left 3 representative seats to the MABC Board to be filled. Jerry Keller who was originally a candidate said he was no longer interested in serving. Marge Wilson who was also a candidate agreed to serve. This left 2 seats to be filled. The Secretary said that Jack Diskin had expressed an interest to serve. Andre L'Heureux nominated Cecily Kohler, Bill Cole seconded the motion. Darwin Afdahl nominated Dianne Morton, Gloria Brown seconded. The nominations were closed and Cecily Kohler and Dianne Morton were declared elected. The President advised that all representatives to the MABC Board were invited to attend the District 6 Board meeting. Hunt Valley Advertising and Contract Issues: Patricia Wilson informed the Board that last year and this year the Hunt Valley Regional ad was not listed in the June Bulletin -- Atlanta (September) was listed, but Hunt Valley (August) was not. Ms. Wilson felt that Hunt Valley should be listed in the May, June and July Bulletins even if it cost more money because players make their vacation plans. Ms. Wilson stated she received numerous phone calls asking if there was going to be a Hunt Valley Regional. Nadine Wood said the Bulletin scheduling committee was meeting today and the problem would be resolved. Ms. Wilson informed the Board at the August meeting that the 2004 Hunt Valley contract had not been signed. She met with Jim Hooven, Darwin Afdahl, and Millard Nachtwey after the District 6 meeting to try to solve the problem. She received a call last week from Bob White (Chairman, Contracts Committee) saying that the 2004 HV contract would not be signed unless the "cancellation clause" was removed. Patricia Wilson said this clause had been in the contract for the past 13 years and it was a standard clause put in all contracts. The 2003 contract was signed with the clause. The President advised Ms. Wilson that this was an MABC issue and would be resolved at the MABC meeting this evening. Secretary's Comments: Bette Dudka said she had sent an e-mail to all Unit Presidents advising them that it was time to appoint a new Appellate Committee. Each Unit President appoints three people to this Committee, one to serve a 3-year term, and two to serve a 1-year term. She asked the Presidents to comply. Peter Boyd is Chairman of the Appellate Committee. Ms. Dudka asked that if members did not receive the minutes in readable form to please notify her. She also informed the Board that she had ordered the mini-McKenney medallions for all Units according to District 6 policy. The President congratulated Jean McKenney and her staff for hosting a very enjoyable Ocean City Regional. Date of Next District 6 Meeting: The next meeting will be at the Richmond VA Memorial Day Regional in May 2001. See the Daily Bulletin for more details. There being no further business, Geoff Mallette moved that the meeting be adjourned. Bill Cole seconded. The meeting stood adjourned at 11:45 AM. Respectfully submitted, BETTE DUDKA District 6 Secretary