Rhode Island Bridge Association,
Inc
Minutes of Unit 145 Board Meeting
President Bob Erwin called the meeting to order at
The minutes from the last meeting were presented
and accepted as written.
Joe Brouillard presented the Treasurer’s report.
The June sectional had a profit of around $500. The report was accepted.
Bob Erwin the Tournament Manager gave a report with
a schedule of upcoming tournaments. All tournaments for 2006 and 2007 are
sanctioned at this time.
Bridge bits were brought to the meeting by Bob and
they were assembled along with the October Gala Flyers and mailed out to the
members.
Judy Beigner gave a report on the By Laws committee
progress. Recommended changes were approved unanimously. It was decided to keep
unit policies, such as zero tolerance, outside of the By Laws content so that
they could be changed more easily, if necessary.
Maureen
gave an update on the gala status. The gala will be held on October 28th. Bill
Niemi and Joe Gallagher volunteered to be in charge
of moving the tables to the gala location. It was decided that we would charge
$20 for members and $25 for non- members.
Bob asked for suggestions on a nomination for the
Larry Weiss Award for New England Unit 25. Walter Fontaine was suggested and
unanimously approved. Joe Gallagher offered to get a bio on him to present to
Unit 25 at the Nashua Regional.
Bill Niemi reported on the Mentoring program. He has
been working with Joan O’Connell to have a mentoring game every 6 weeks in
Peacedale.
Joe Brouillard gave a report on our tax status. We
received our incorporation papers from the state and are awaiting approval of
our non profit status with the IRS.
Dave Prentiss talked about the Nomination
Committee. In order to make it an official committee, the committee needs to
have 3 non- board members. Sue Erwin suggested they meet at the
Bob Erwin gave a status report on the upcoming
September Sectional. Cathie Sallar and
Maureen will coordinate hospitality. The board decided to make a concerted effort
to collect members e-mail addresses at the upcoming sectional.
Bob Erwin thanked us all for coming and the meeting
was adjourned at
Respectfully
Submitted,
Secretary