MINUTES

CLEVELAND WHIST CLUB

 BOARD MEETING, UNIT 125, SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2008

 

Present:  Barb Bacon, Bev Carter, Eva Lefton,  Geraldean Jones, Peter Miller, Sue Pisanelli, Ken Resnick, Susan Stark, Helene Weiss, Cathy Wolford, Kermit Wolford                          

Absent:   Gary Montain, Gary Sikon, Wayne Ward, , Ginny Young

 

Guests:    Sharon Fairchild and Donna Largent

 

Meeting was called to order at 9:40am with a quorum present.

 

Minutes of the 5/28/08 meeting were approved as read.

 

Treasurer’s Report: 

            Cathy Wolford presented the financial statement for the period ending May 31, 2008.  Jack Knudson will audit the Unit books.  His findings will be presented at the August board meeting.  The Unit ended its fiscal year with a loss of appx. $1179.

 

President’s Report:

            Barb Bacon presented a request from Kathy Sulgrove  regarding a request for funds to take a webmaster course of appx. 20 hours to learn more about maintaining our website.  In return she would maintain the site for the next 5 years.  The board asked for more information regarding cost before approving this request.

            Barb presented an ACBL report pertaining to our Unit in comparison to others..  We rank very low in retention, etc.

            She then asked Peter Miller to explain the regulations pertaining to hiring caddies.  According to government specifications they need to be paid minimum wage and are not permitted to work past 9pm during the months of June through September and 7pm the other months.  They could be subject to worker’s compensation and unemployment regulations also.  Peter made a motion to pay minimum wage as of the August tournament, second by Eva Lefton.                                                            Motion passed unanimously

            Barb asked for Tournament Chairs for the 2009 Sectionals.  They are:

·         Sue Pisanelli and Peter Miller – April 3-5th

·         Barb Bacon and Kathy Wolford – August 7-9th

·         Eva Lefton and Susan Stark – November 6-8th

Representatives are needed to attend the District Board Meeting at the Pittsburgh Regional in September.  Sue Pisanelli and Barb Bacon volunteered.

            The format for the November Sectional has been changed to eliminate the Women’s Pair event due to lack of attendance and add a handicapped/bracketed Knock Out Team event.  Masterpoint limit for flight B in all events has been changed to 2000.

 

Committee Reports:

            Peter Miller and Donna Largent reviewed the proposed changes in the Conditions of Contest for Vichill League.  After much discussion, a motion was made by Eva Lefton, second by Bev Carter to:

  • Change to a handicap system approved by ACBL for all brackets
  • Cancel the event if bad weather closes the Independence and or Brecksville School systems
  • A team having 12,000 or more master points would receive no handicap

If there is an 8 team bracket, the first 2 matches would be round robins

                                                                                                            Motion passed unanimously

 

Unit Good Will Committee.  Not discussed due to time constraints

 

Old Business:

a.        no action on Novice/299’r funding from District 5 due to time constraints

 

 

The next meeting will be Wednesday, August 6th 5:30pm at St. Michael’s Woodside

Hospitality by:  Barb Bacon

 

 

Peter Miller moved to adjourn, second by Bev Carter.  Meeting adjourned at 11:00am.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Beverly Carter

Secretary