DISTRICT 6 BOARD OF
DIRECTORS MEETING
21 August
1999
The District 6 Board of Governors meeting was called to order by the
President at 5:45 PM at Hunt Valley, MD.
Present: President:
Andre L’Heureux
Vice President: Jim
Hooven
Treasurer:
Steve Robinson
Secretary
Bette Dudka
Unit
Presidents:
Geoff Mallette (231), Margot
Hennings (218), Jim Callas (135),
Jim Allen (147), Stu Kleiman (109)
Representatives: Jerry
Keller, Donna Bowser, Patricia Wilson (135), Gloria Brown,
Darwin Afdahl (146), Marge Wilson, Jim Wood, Rae
Dethlefsen,
Barbara Doran, Bill Cole, Michael Carroad, (147)
Guests: Kathryn Rossman
(218), Don Berman (147), Pat Seiler (160)
District 6
Representative: Nadine
Wood
District 6
Coordinator:
Millard Nachtwey
1. Minutes: The minutes of 3 July 1999 were approved
as presented.
2. Treasurer’s Report: Steve Robinson reported we
had $5,758.46 in the treasury, this included $1811.17 profit from the GNTs and
NAPs. We saved some money this year
since one Flt A GNT member did not participate and ACBL inadvertently paid for two NAPs.
3. District Coordinator’s Report:
Millard Nachtwey advised the board that
it was time to start thinking about 2001.
3. Finance Committee
Report: Jim Hooven reported that the Finance
Committee addressed two items. One
dealt with the NAP and the Committee recommended that the host of the NAP
District Finals be reimbursed for any expenses incurred for hosting the
Finals. Second, GNT policy will remain as presently
stated: Two hotel nights and the
cheapest airfare available for a 4-person team.
4. GNTeams Coordinator’s
Report: Rae Dethlefsen said she had nothing to
report other than ACBL has raised the table fee requirements from $1.00 per team
per session to $1.25 per team per session.
Despite the ACBL increase, Ms. Dethlefsen recommended District 6 not
increase table fees this year
since we had done so last year.
Next year when we go to a different format with four flights, we can
revisit the issue.
5. NAPs Coordinator’s Report: Nothing to report -- everything
fine.
6. District Director’s
Report: Nadine Wood said in the future she would
E-Mail her report, but if anyone wanted a “hard” copy to advise her and she
would send them one. She also
wanted to discuss the differential entry fee which the ACBL Board just passed
effective with the San Antonio NABC.
Mr. Nachtwey offered some current data here at Hunt Valley, stating that
$40, a dollar at a time, was collected, and that 9 $27 LM renewals and 5 new
memberships, mostly from the novices, had been collected. Ms. Wood stated that foreign players,
mostly at Nationals, were readily applying for ACBL membership. LMs always get the MPs restored, but
non-LMs have until 31 August 1999 to re-apply and get MPs recorded by ACBL
restored. After that date, they
will have to pay for restored MPs.
Ms. Wood asked that names be
submitted for Goodwill Committee members and also Charity Committee members (an
honorary recognition). She asked
members to advise her of their nominations. Darwin Afdahl asked that a District 6
Goodwill membership list be published.
Nadine Wood said she would send the Secretary a list for
publication.
7. Charity Committee
Report: Gloria Brown reported that the
1999 District-Wide Charity Game had 251 tables in play and raised $1,520 for
charity. No dates have been
selected for 2000. Ms. Brown said
she had received a request from a man whose child had diabetes asking that the
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation be named as our charity for this year. The Board decided that requests of this
nature could not be handled by the District and Ms. Brown will notify the man
accordingly.
8. Education Committee
Report: In Kay Afdahl’s absence, there was no
report. However, Jim Allen asked on
behalf of club owners that an educational policy on reimbursement be estab- lished so that clubs know what their
position is. The President said he
would ask Kay Afdahl to have a written policy ready for presentation in Virginia
Beach.
9. I/N Program: Donna Bowser reported that Hunt Valley
had been averaging 16 tables in the afternoon -- and of those 16 tables, 7 have
been EasyBridge. A lot of
discussion ensued on if EasyBridge was working and what the retention rate
is. Bob Boggs, the MABC tracking
person, has produced no results so far.
Clubs are not reporting information. Now that ACBL is taking over and it’s a
ACBL-wide program, we should start receiving data. Donna Bowser said that reimbursement
does not include rental of space or cost of directors -- just the materials and
start-up costs.
10. Supplement Committee
Report: A final report was distributed to Board
members. Nadine Wood stated that
nothing was changed since the Alexandria meeting, only the report had been
refined for final approval.
The President asked the Board for approval of the report and the report
was accepted for implementation.
11. StaC Report: Michael Carroad reported that
invitations to clubs would be mailed around the end of September. Districts 6/7, Delaware, and possibly
Alabama and Florida would partici-pate.
The President appointed two other members to the StaC Committee other
than himself and Michael Carroad (the Coordinators) -- Stu Kleiman and Geoff
Mallette. He is also asking for
volunteers from District 7 (Len Case, Mike Kovacich) to assure monies are
disbursed appropriately.
OLD
BUSINESS;
District 6 Hall of
Fame: Jim Allen reported that a
good while ago, Nancy Witschey
appointed a Committee (Chair: Jim Allen - Nadine Wood, Harry Yockey,
Jennifer Christman, Barb Doran, Andre L’Heureux) to look into the possibility of
having a District 6 Hall of Fame.
Mr. Allen circulated a proposal and
stated he would like to postpone discussion until Va Beach so that everyone
would have an opportunity to read it over, then the Committee could answer
questions. He stated that the
majority of the Board would have to be in favor of doing it before the Committee
started working because, if
passed, it would require a lot of
work. The proposal would have to be
re-written incorporating all ideas from the Board. Who votes? That’s an important consideration and
has to be thought out very carefully.
My goal is to ask the Board: Do we want to have a Hall of Fame? Subject tabled until Virginia
Beach.
Regional
Replacement: Millard
Nachtwey stated that The Hotel Roanoke was under new management and we should
explore the possibility of returning there, possibility in 2003. They should be able to get a package
together for our consideration.
The President thanked
Patricia Wilson and her staff for another GREAT! Regional. Michael Carroad added that figures show
that this will be the largest District 6 Regional ever, right at 3,000
tables.
Date of Next District 6
Meeting: The next meeting will be a breakfast
meeting on Saturday, 23 October 1999, 10 AM, at the Virginia Beach
Regional. Please advise the
Secretary if you plan to attend.
There being no further
business, Bette Dudka moved that the meeting be adjourned. Jim
Allen seconded. The meeting stood adjourned at
7:05 PM.
Respectfully
submitted,
BETTE
DUDKA
District 6 Secretary
New Unit 218
President
Margot
Hennings
3440 Joan
Court
Falls Church VA
22042-3513
703-560-0245 B: 703-610-2060
mhenning@mitretek.org