Minutes

CLEVELAND WHIST CLUB

Board Meeting, Unit 125, Wednesday, October 7, 2009

 

Present:  Virginia Young, Peter Miller, Sue Pisanelli, Bev Carter, Frank Scali, Kermit Wolford, Cathy Wolford, Ellen Miles, Roz Sukenik, Susan Stark, Geraldean Jones, Mary Lou Vermerris, Wayne Ward, Harriet Kitay, Eva Lefton.

 

Guest:  Bob Bartko

 

The meeting was called to order by the president at 5:40PM with a quorum present.

 

The minutes of the last meeting on September 9, 2009, were approved as written and distributed following a motion by Ellen Miles.

 

Treasurer’s Report: Cathy Wolford presented the budget for 2009-2010. 

President’s Report:

          a. Tournament Chairpersons are needed for the sectionals in 2010.  Chairpersons      volunteered and were assigned as follows:

                    Ohio Masters – April 9 thru 11, 2010 -- Sue Pisanelli and Roz Sukenik

                    Silver Bowl – August 6 thru 8, 2010 – Wayne Ward and Frank Scali

                    Nonlife Master Sectional (or 299’r) – October 16 thru 17, 2010 -- Mary Lou Vermerris,                                       Ginny Young and Susan Stark

                    Buckeye State -- November 5 thru 7, 2010 – Ellen Miles and Harriet Kitay

         

          B. Jim Stahl has applied for a sanction for a Sunday Club at the Solon Party Center.  The board           approved this sanction.

 

Committee Reports:

          a. Vichill – Peter Miller reports that there are 36 teams for the league.  A questionnaire is      coming for the Vichill League.

          b. Other:  The 0-299’er Tournament is all ready.  The issue of lunch for the side game participants was raised.  The board decided to offer the lunch to the side game participants for a        donation.

 

New Business:

 

          A. Youth Bridge – Patty Tucker, ACBL Youth Coordinator – Youth4Bridge, will be at the         Cleveland Regional on January 15 and 16, 2010 to present information on Youth Bridge.  The    thrust of her discussions will be two fold;  1)  How to set up successful youth bridge programs     (she presents to anyone interested) and 2) How to fund Youth Bridge programs (she presents       this area to the district board members, unit board members and educational directors).  She will also make herself available for individual consultation.  This is available at no cost to the    district or units.

          Celeste and Gene Krejsa have started their second year at Hillside Middle School.  They have a       new group of 7th graders that Celeste works with and Gene is continuing with 4 of their first          group who continue to be interested.  They average 21 members in their group.  Doug     Henderson visited their club last week.  He is interested in starting a club in the Cleveland School          System.  Harvey Bernstein will visit next week.  He has expressed interest in starting a new          club/group within the school systems.  Sue Pisanelli started her group last week at Greenbriar Middle          School.  There were 5 interested students.  Celeste and Gene Krejsa, Sue Craney and Elayne Rupert were on hand to support Sue.

 

          B. Susan Stark discussed the Wednesday Unit Game at the Solon Party Center.  The game is doing very poorly.  There are only 2 to 3 tables.  The Unit Bylaws call for a weekly Unit Game.     What can we do to improve the attendance for this game?  What should we as a Board do about this game?    There were several suggestions.  We could try having a lecture prior to the game;    work on the mentoring program to support the attendance and interest of nonlife masters; have   special events prior to the game.  Bob Bartko has volunteered to donate a Spaghetti Dinner for     one of the games.

 

          After consideration, the board by consensus decided to try the following schedule of events for           December.  After that time the board will again consider the future of the Wednesday Unit     Game.

                   December 2, 2009 --- Spaghetti Dinner prior to Unit Game

                   December 9, 2009 --- StaC Game

                   December 16, 2009 – Holiday Party – Pot Luck

                   December 23, 2009 – No game

                   December 30, 2009 – No game

 

          c.   There will be no Regular December Unit Board Meeting.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 6:32 PM following a motion by Harriet Kitay and seconded by Eva Lefton.

Respectfully submitted,

Sue Pisanelli, Secretary

          The next board will be held on November 11, 2009 at the Solon Party Center.  Hospitality will be provided by Harriet Kitay.