Minutes
WBL Board Meeting
In attendance: Barbara Doran,
Steve Robinson, Barbara Shaw, Ben Laden, Fred King, Don Berman, Wei Bao, Dave Ruderman,
Lee Jensen, Dick Wegman, and Bulletin Editor Donna Rogall.
The meeting was called to order
by President Barbara Doran at
The Minutes were approved
unanimously.
Treasurer Steve Robinson
submitted his complete report via E-Mail. The balance in our checking account
is $8464.52. The detailed report is attached to the minutes. The report was approved
unanimously.
Old Business:
Steve Robinson reviewed changes
to the WBL Policies which will be re-reviewed and updated at the next meeting.
The 2002 Policies will be distributed once the Board has approved the final
changes. Fred King suggested that a list of the Standing Committees be included
in the Policies.
Donna Rogall
reported on the membership survey which we wish to conduct. She and Don Berman
met Tuesday night August 6 and discussed the possible content of the survey.
The following suggestions were proposed. Name, ACBL#.
How often do you play? How many sectionals do you attend and what flight? Both
Fred King and Steve Robinson suggested E-Mailing the survey to the Board for
comments. Donna asked about including Pros & Cons about certain issues with
the survey. Lee Jensen warned against slanting the survey. King and Ruderman were concerned about presenting biased opinions.
Ben Laden proposed allowing people to include comments if they wished with
their vote. Donna wanted the following question included. How important are
these issues to you or how much do you care about these issues? The deadline
for the next bulletin is September 5th. Fred King asked if there could be a
mini-lesson Ad in the next Bulletin. And it was suggested that we have a column
perhaps called "Focus on Volunteers".
Don Berman again discussed the
possibility of sending our bulletin by E-Mail. He said that the NVBA uses
E-Mail and the Adobe Acrobat Reader is free. Don also mentioned that the area
clubs, particularly the
Lee Jensen reported about
Nationals. Bridge At Schools did receive an additional
$80,000 from the Educational Fund. The Caddy room worked well. Fred King said
that each caddy paid $5.00 per night to stay in the room. We had 14,656 tables.
Dick Wegman thanked everyone who worked on or at the
tournament. They all did a great job.
New Business:
Ben Laden reported that there
will be a C&E Committee hearing on July 11. Kathy Kruskal
will be the chairperson. Bob Bell, Ben Laden, Lee Jensen and Andrew Kaufman
will be on this Committee. Laden said that he needs a written referral which
provides the official charges. The defendant is Leo LaSota.
He also said that he and Dick Wegman attended a seminar at Nationals. He reported that
there will be revised guidelines after the next Nationals concerning the
sanction of private reprimands.
Dave Ruderman
said that he contacted both Giant and Safeway about providing Subs for lunches
on Sunday at our Sectionals. They will need a 2 day notice and will provide
them at a reduced price. Dave feels that the logistics are workable. This issue
has been tabled and will be included on the membership survey.
Ben Laden suggested that we have
a trophy pairs game at both the October and March
Sectionals for the 0-49 game. He will talk to Bill Cole about adding this to
the Sectional Bulletin Ad. The Board OKd this unanimously. He will also
talk to the Novice Chairman about announcing this game at the Unit games and in
area clubs. It was also suggested that Ben call Ron Kral
from the NVBA about announcing this game at his
Fred King said that he went to a
seminar at the Nationals about how to increase local membership in the ACBL.
There is ACBL money to help increase Unit size. We can receive $450.00 which is
$.25 per member (1790 members) from the ACBL. We need to work with membership
and advertising to achieve this goal. Lee Jensen thought that this was not
viable right now. Perhaps in 4-5 years.
Fred King said that there will no
The Board decided to contribute
$50.00 to the American Diabetes Association in honor of Jeanne Stenger.
Steve Robinson reported that the
KO phase of the WBL Round Robin has begun.
Barbara Doran thanked Fred King
for hosting the meeting. The next meeting will be Wednesday, September 18th at
Dick Wegmans. The October meeting on the 16th
will be at Lee Jensens.
The meeting was adjourned at
Respectfully submitted,
Barbara Shaw, Recording Secretary