DISTRICT 6 BOARD OF DIRECTORS ANNUAL MEETING
The District 6 Board of Directors Annual meeting was called to order by
the President at
Present: President:
Bill Cole
Secretary:
Bette Dudka
Unit
Presidents: Lynn Rattinger (231), Ethel Klavens
(135), Mike Fine (109)
Barbara Doran (147). Bruce Culmer (218), Jim Vroom (Proxy Kay
Afdahl), Kathleen Ritchie (Proxy Ginger Cordle)
Representatives:
Gloria Brown, Anne Duty,
Guests: Ron Kral, Wyatt Mapp, Charity Sack,
Don Berman
1. Minutes: The minutes of
2. Treasurer’s Report: On
behalf of Mr. Robinson, Michael Carroad distributed a written Treasurer’s
Report to the Board indicating a checking account balance of $9,938.29.
3. District Coordinator’s Report: No report.
4. Finance Committee Report: Andre L’Heureux
stated he had received a proposal (not to exceed $500) from Ron Kral requesting money for Easybridge!
programs in
5. GNTs
Coordinator’s Report: Rae Dethlefsen
reported that one pair of the winning team of one of the flights of the District GNT
competition did not play enough boards according to the CofC
to qualify for reimbursement for the national competition. They asked that the District Board vote to
set aside the rules and give them the same compensation as the other District representatives.
Rae Dethlefsen said she was not in favor of
this. The rules have been in place for
many years and team captains who had members of a team who might be faced with
the possibility of not being able to play some sessions had spoken to her about
the rules and were aware of them. She
did not feel that this pair should be accorded any special dispensation. After minimal discussion, Andre L’Heureux moved that the Board not reimburse. Bette Dudka seconded.
Motion carried.
Ms. Dethlefsen
stated the Club qualification period would again run from October 15 – April
15. For District Finals we only have one
site for the unlimited game which will be the weekend of 15-16 February 2003
and the final weekend is set for April 5-6. At this time, our intention is to
hold Flight B and C in the north on February 1-2. March 29-30 for X, B, and C
in a southern site. She noted
that we were gong to try to have a southern site for the 0-5000 flight, but
only if 5 teams pre-registered for the event.
May 17-18 – 0-5000 – northern site. May 31- June 1 – 0-5000
second weekend OR June 7-8.
6. NAPairs
Coordinator’s Report: In Barbara Doran’s absence, Bill Cole said at
the last meeting we passed a motion which said we were going to follow the ACBL
guidelines on reimbursement. However,
the ACBL guidelines go over $600 per person, and the District has always had a
policy not to reimburse over $600 per person.
We need a motion that states we will follow the ACBL guidelines but cap
off reimbursement at $600 for any one player. Mike Fine so moved, Andre L’Heureux seconded.
Motion carried.
7. District Director’s Report: In
the absence of Nadine Wood, there was no report.
8. Charity Report:
Gloria Brown stated the District-wide charity game is tentatively set
for March 26 (AM) and March 27 (PM). Mr.
Nachtwey said he would look at the 2003 calendar for
other possible dates.
9. STaC Report:
Michael Carroad stated the StaC which is run
for the benefit of the District and the Clubs didn’t make enough money to make
the income exactly even, so we gave the clubs $2.00 a table and kept the rest. We actually gave the Club StaC
more money ($2091.00) and the District ($1738.86).
OLD BUSINESS:
Election of Officers and MABC Representatives: The President called upon the Elections
Committee for their report: Andre L’Heureux, Chairman. Barbara Doran and
Gloria Brown, members. The
nominations of officers for the District are:
Bill Cole, President; Kay Afdahl, Vice
President; Steve Robinson, Treasurer; Bette Dudka,
Secretary. Since there was no
opposition, the officers were elected by acclamation. The candidates for MABC Representa-
atives are:
Jennifer Christman, Margot Hennings,
Charity Sack, Wyatt Mapp, Kathryn Kiley,
Anne Duty, Lynn Rattinger, Barbara Moomy, Pat Wilson, Kay Afdahl,
Jim Hooven, and Dianne Morton. Each candidate present gave a short speech
as to why they wanted to serve in this position. Bruce Culmer called
for weighted votes. The Secretary
announced how many votes each Unit had.
After tallying the votes, the following candidates were selected to
serve: Margot Hennings,
Charity Sack, Wyatt Mapp, Kathryn Kiley,
Anne Duty, Pat Wilson, Lynn Rattinger, Barbara Moomy,
and Kay Afdahl. There was a tie vote between Jennifer Christman and Jim Hooven. Jennifer Christman
won the tie. Jim Hooven
was designated
alternate.
NEW BUSINESS:
District 6 Magazine: Bill
Cole stated that in January 2003, the ACBL would no longer publish a Bulletin in its present
form. They are publishing a
magazine-type bulletin, and we are going to have to fend for ourselves for
advertising our Sectionals and Regionals. A committee has been appointed to format our
magazine, but we haven’t decided on a final size. Probably 5 ½ x 8 ½ with 32
pages. We are distributing a
survey to everyone so that they can express their opinion. We hope to have more information and a final
format at
Easybridge! Program: Ron Kral stated he
had run the Easybridge! Program for over two years very
successfully, but it was not an easy program to run. Finding presenters is very difficult so he
has been doing all the presenting himself.
He has a database of 600 names, 400 of which are e-mails. Easybridge! is a not a teaching program, it is a marketing program. Mr. Kral gave the
Board a briefing of how he ran his program and the cost of running the program.
Mike Fine stated
that
The President stated the reason he invited Ron Kral
and Mike Fine to
make presentations because he would
like to begin a start-up program with written guidelines and
accountability. It doesn’t have to be Easybridge!, but some kind of a
start-up program to generate more bridge-playing members. We will try to come up with ideas on programs
and how much money they would cost since, at the present time, ACBL is
not funding any start-up programs. We
would like to have some ideas to present at
District 6 Web Site: Don Berman, District 6 Webmaster, informed
the Board that at the present time, he had a lot of free space on the District 6 Web
Site.. He invited Units and Clubs to
avail themselves of this space for advertising their
games. Contact Don
Berman via e-mail at districtsix.org for more information.
District 6 Foundation: Andre L’Heureux
informed the Board that Steve Robinson and Joe Weintraub
established the 501c3 foundation for District 6. The name of the foundation is ACBL District
No. 6 Foundation. The initial Board of
Directors are Steve Robinson, William Cole, Bette Dudka, Andre L’Heureux, Mike
Fine, Barbara Doran, Juanita Strawn, Ethel Klavens,
Bruce Culmer, Lynn Rattinger,
Ed Tomlinson, and Jim Vroom. Mr. L’Heureux said he was officially notifying the members of
the Board of Directors that a meeting would be held in
Funding for Future NABCs: Bruce Culmer stated that the cost
for hosting a NABC is astronomical and it is very difficult to raise
money. He said that
Margot Hennings distributed a proposal for District 6 and MABC
which would assess Sectionals (25 cents) and Regionals
(50 cents), with no cost to the players, to build up a treasury. Funding is a very controversial subject and
an early resolution is not expected – but we should get something started.
The President
thanked Margot Hennings, her staff, and many
volunteers for putting on a great Nationals. The hard work and dedication showed
throughout the tournament.
District 6 Bylaws: Andre L’Heureux
stated that in his capacity as Elections Chairman, he noticed a gaping hole in
the District 6 Bylaws. We do not have a
process for choosing or voting for our MABC representatives. He asked the President to appoint a Committee
to study the Bylaws to see if anything needed to be modified or changed.
Past District 6 Presidents: Mr. L’Heureux recommended that all Past Presidents be invited
to the Annual Meeting each year if they wished to attend. They all worked very hard during their reign
and it would be a nice gesture.
The President thanked and congratulated
Patricia Wilson and her hard-working staff for their great hospitality and for
hosting another BIG, successful Hunt Valley Regional.
Date of Next District 6
Meeting: The next meeting will be a breakfast meeting at the
Virginia Beach VA Regional on
There being no further business, Andre L’Heureux moved that the meeting be adjourned. Kay Afdahl
seconded. The meeting stood adjourned
at
Respectfully submitted,
BETTE DUDKA
District 6 Secretary