In attendance: Dick Wegman, Barbara Shaw, Steve Robinson, Don Berman, Steve Forsythe, Barbara Summers, Barbara Doran, and non-voting members Michael Carroad, Donna Rogall, Charity Sack, and Nadine Wood.

The meeting was called to order by President Dick Wegman at 7:58 P.M.

The Minutes were approved.

Treasurer, Steve Robinson, reported that we have $8789.03 in our checking account and just under $20,000.00 in our money market.

Old Business:

The directory will be ready for the May membership meeting.

Donna Rogall said that the results of survey questions 14 - 16 will be published in the next bulletin if she has room. She also suggested that we put the advertising for the WBC Sectionally rated Club Tournament in the Club section of the bulletin. The board agreed. Charity Sack said that she would talk to Jim Allen about purchasing advertising for his tournament in the bulletin. The WBC Sectionally rated Club Tournament will be held May 21^st - May 23^rd.

The next WBL Sectional will be held the end of July. Nadine Wood suggested that we change the start times to 11:00 A.M. and 3:30 P.M. on Friday and Saturday. Her reasoning being that the morning games are always small and the evening games even smaller. The afternoon games are large especially on Saturday afternoon. She thought it would be better to have two large sessions. Steve Robinson moved and Barbara Doran seconded that we change the start times on Friday and Saturday to 11:00 and 3:30. The motion passed with 5 in favor and 2 abstaining. Donna will print the new start times in the bulletin. Friday night will be the roast for Mark Shaw who became a Grand Life Master at the Reno Nationals. We had 345 tables at the March Sectional. Dick Wegman will check into the Kensington Armory as a possible site for future sectionals. Nadine Wood and Michael Carroad will check into the Silver Spring Convention Center also. The December refund is credited to the July Sectional. Steve Robinson will check with Montgomery County Schools to find out why we were charged $427.00 for the July Sectional when it should be free. Perhaps it can be used as a deposit for the October Sectional. Steve Forsythe said that the Instant Bridge Program was a huge success. He had 33 people attend on March 6^th. He had only 6 tables in January. We collected $635.00 in registration fees. Our expenses were $1555.00. But our net cost was only $170.00 since we receive an advertising reimbursement from the ACBL. Some people came on Thursday night who could not attend on Saturday. He suggests that we do it again at the October Sectional. He also reported that we have 5 tables at the Thursday night novice game and 20 or so people have joined the ACBL as a result.

Michael Carroad asked if we would change the strata for the 0-200 game to 0-300. He said that the game does not exist anymore since most of the members have started playing in the B game. Steve Robinson moved and Barbara Doran seconded that we change the strata of the Novice game to 0-300. The motion passed with 7 in favor.

Publicity Chairperson, Charity Sack, said that she needed volunteers for the Bedford Game on April 10^th.

New Business:

Dick Wegman announced that Michael Chelst wants to give financial support to the WBL. He is going to contribute $2000.00. Dick suggested that we name the team game at the July Sectional the Fidelity Trophy Team Game. Barbara Shaw will work with Michael Chelst to purchase an appropriate trophies for the event.

We need to select a charity for our annual charity game coming up. Barbara Shaw moved that we select the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation this year since we have so many female members of the WBL who have been recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Dick Wegman seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.

The Alexandria Regional needs volunteers.

Donna Rogall said that she needs biographies and pictures of all people running for the board this year. Barbara Shaw was asked to contact Winston Edwards to get his information.

Dick thanked Barbara Summers for hosting this meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:10 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

Barbara A. Shaw, Recording Secretary