Minutes of the Washington Bridge League Annual Meeting

May 17, 2007

The meeting was called to order by President Fred King at 7:00 PM.

Fred expressed thanks to the volunteers who contributed to the production and set-up of the dinner and meeting: Nadine Wood, Dana Wood, Kitty Gottfried, Millard Nachtwey, Barbara Doran, Barbara Shaw, Matt Czecha, Audrey Marbach, Gloria Schulstad, Steve Robinson, Ellen Cherniavsky, Frances Burke, Audrey Stern, Shlomit Rind and Eileen Houghton.

The minutes from last year’s meeting were approved by the membership.

The Treasurer’s report was presented by Treasurer Steve Robinson, and approved by the membership.

Fred turned the meeting over to Jim Allen, Election Chair, who conducted the election of unit officers and directors. Dick Wegman moved (Barbara Doran seconded) that the policy of open one-year terms for Unit Directors going to the lowest vote getter(s) be suspended as Linda Marshall had volunteered to take the open one year term. The motion was approved. As no position was opposed, both slates were elected by acclamation. The new officers are: President Fred King, Vice President Don Berman, Secretary Richard Ferrin and Treasurer Steve Robinson. The new Unit Directors are: Ellen Rosenthal, Clyde Kruskal, Carole Banks and Linda Marshall (one-year term). Jim turned the meeting back to Fred.

Fred gave thanks to the many volunteers who make the WBL run so smoothly. He made special mention of the fantastic hospitality provided by Nadine Wood and Kitty Gottfried, the tireless work of the directing staff headed by Ted Ying, the hard work of the caddies, with a special mention for Alan Crank for his work setting up the playing area and duplicating the boards, the wonderful work Steve and Sandy Forsythe do with our new players, the efforts of Jim Geist in helping with set up and tear down, Lee Jensen for the repair and maintenance of the duplicating machine and the Barbara Doran for her work on the Partnership Desk and Guaranteed Partner program. He then presented the President’s Award for Exceptional Service to the WBL to Barbara Shaw for the many and varied jobs she has taken on during the year, many on her own initiative.

Fred then presented the Mini-McKenny and Ace of Clubs awards, assisted by Charity Sack.

Jim Storms moved (Fred Steinberg seconded) to adjourn the meeting. The motion was approved and the meeting was adjourned at 7:18.