CLEVELAND WHIST CLUB
BOARD
MEETING, UNIT 125, WEDNESDAY, August 12, 2009
Present, Bev Carter, Peter Miller, Ellen Miles, Frank Scali,
Ros Sukenik, Cathy Wolford and Kermit Wolford
Absent,
Eva Lefton, Harriet Kitay, Geraldean Jones, Sue Pisanelli, Susan Stark,
Ginny Young, Mary Lou Vermerris,
Wayne Ward
Guests: Pat
Chisholm
Meeting was called to order
at 5:45pm without a quorum present.
Minutes of the March meeting
were approved as submitted
Treasurer’s Report:
Kathy reported that the audit of last year’s books was
completed by Dick Burgess showing a net income of $450 due due
$749 interest income from our CD’s. He
stated the need to issue 1099’s to anyone earning $600 or more. Kathy gave a preliminary report on the August
Sectional showing a table count of 238 and a half tables, far down from our
usual count.
President’s Report:
Peter stated that Rosemary Kleis will be our Mentoring Committee Chair and any requests for mentors or mentees should be submitted to her. A sign-up sheet will be available at the Unit game also.
Bonnie Goodman has volunteered to be Bracket Chair for Vichill league fourth bracket.
Committee Reports:
a.
Scholarships –
Bev Carter recommended that scholarships be awarded at our May Unit Awards Dinner
instead of at the August Sectional since most all the recipients have already
left for college. It was the consensus
of the board that the Scholarship Committee make this
decision.
b.
Vichill – Peter
stated that so far 20 teams are on board and that most of the players from the
western part of the Unit would not be participating. He stated the need that everyone solicit
everywhere for players and teams. A
phone blitz will be held on August 22nd at Susan Stark’s house at
9:00am and that board members should visit local clubs to make announcements
for Vichill teams. Pat Chisholm
reiterated the need for one on one contact to get people to participate stating
that announcements mostly go unheard at the club games. One of the February Vichill dates was inadvertently
omitted from the Whist Club Schedule.
This will be corrected.
c.
Publicity – Frank
Scali had no report
Old Business:
a.
Mentoring –
Rosemary Kleis will chair this committee
b.
Goodwill
Nominations – One nomination was received in the name of Ruth Amon Schaeffer. Due
to lack of quorum, no action was taken.
c.
Master-Future
Master event – Pat Chisholm asked what the Standard American Yellow Card was
used at this event. Since most pairs are
unfamiliar with each other the Board had decided that this card would create an
even field.
New Business:
a.
Tournaments – Eva
and Susan asked Peter to see if we could hold a K.O. team event beginning at
3:00pm on Friday. Cost would be an
additional $50 per hour (appx. 4 hours). 16 teams would be needed to cover expenses No action
taken due to lack of quorum.
b.
Celeste Krejsa
submitted a letter requesting volunteers to help with her middle school
teaching program in Parma. It meets from
3:00-4:30pm on Tuesdays. She also
suggested that anyone who has an “in” with other area schools contact her to
see if programs can be started at other middle schools so that intra-school
“tournaments” could be conducted. Anyone
interested should contact Celeste at 440/826-0678 or 440/724-1415.
c.
Pat Chisholm made
many useful suggestions for improving attendance at our Wednesday Unit Game and
asked that board members support the game by attending. Pat also stated that the bracketed team games
were killing attendance at the Sectionals (A-A-x only had a total of 7 tables)
and said that Akron as well as many others had gone back to the stratified swiss format which proved to be very popular and well
attended. She also asked that Conditions
of Contest and the Schedule for Vichill matches be sent to team captains
prior to the start of the League so that teams could set their line-ups prior
to play.
Meeting was adjourned at
7:10pm
Respectfully submitted,
Beverly Carter
Acting Secretary
The
next meeting will be Wednesday, September 9th at 5:30pm at Solon
Party Center. Bev Carter will provide hospitality