Rhode Island Bridge Association,
Inc
Minutes of Unit 145 Board Meeting
February 24, 2010
Present: Sue Erwin, Lois DeBlois, Kathy Thornton,
Brenda Iemma, Joe Brouillard,
Excused: Chris Del Sesto, Dave Prentiss
Absent: Danuta Lamparski, Nancy O’Donnell
Special
Circumstances: Judy Biegner
President Sue Erwin called
the meeting to order at 5:54 p.m.
Secretary’s Report
Sue Erwin’s report of the
December board meeting was reviewed and accepted by the BOD.
Treasurer’s Report
Brenda Iemma presented the
12/01/2009-02/20/10 report, which was accepted by the BOD.
Tournament Manager’s
Report
January Sectional
Joe Brouillard stated that
the January sectional went well. We were
close to the maximum number of tables on Saturday and on Sunday there were a
record number of teams at 41 teams. The
tournament made a profit.
Joe will approach the
senior center again to see if they can free up the exercise room.
We have plenty of tables
and bidding boxes.
There have been complaints
by players about the mess left behind by other players. Joe plans to make an announcement at the
beginning of the day asking that people help by cleaning up.
Joe and Lois stated that
the new coffee pot and the extra caddy did help. However, having an extra caddy at the March
sectional will provide a more complete picture.
Kevin Griffin expressed
concern regarding overwork with the larger numbers of attendees.
March Sectional
Joe does not see the need
for a third director. The January sectional
has been the best attended sectional for the past three years running. We were forced to have a third director last
year for the March sectional based upon the January turnout, and the third
director proved to be unnecessary for March.
The expense of the third director caused the March sectional to run at a
financial loss. Joe would consider
canceling the March sectional if we are to be forced to have a third director.
Bill Lang states that we
have three caddies lined up for March.
Lois requests help for
hospitality for the March sectional due to her increased work commitments that
week. Members of the BOD volunteered to
provide items for hospitality.
The possibility of
reinstating the “bridge bucks” was raised which it is anticipated will increase
donations. We should have a scale of “bucks”
awarded for the contributions.
Lois suggested that a
sign-up list for contributions could be posted at the clubs, and she will take
care of e-mailing the club directors.
Old Business
Sue Erwin announced that
the District Delegates are: Sue, Lois,
Kathy and Joe.
Sue thanked everyone for
our responses on the district bylaws issue.
New Business
Sue will contact Judy Biegner for suggestions for charities for this year’s
donation.
Joe asked about the
possibility of a Christmas donation, possibly for children. This was unanimously approved by the
board. Judy will be contacted about
this. Any suggestions for designations
for the donation can be brought to Judy’s attention and she will investigate.
Bill Shockley raised a
question about the absence of a January STaC. We are usually piggybacked with EMBA.
The next meeting of the
Board of Directors will be in May.
The meeting was adjourned
at 6:35 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Thornton
Secretary, Unit 145