Minutes of the January 9,2008
Board meeting
The Board of Directors of the
Charlotte Bridge Association met on Wednesday,January 9,2008, at 4:15 P.M. at the
Don Lassiter called the meeting to
order. The minutes of the December meeting were approved as corrected,with a
slight change in the hours of the Sectional tournament.in June.
The following officers were elected :
Ross Andresen ,President
Craig Poplin ,Vice-president
Sue Young ,Secretary
Jerry Pontius ,Treasurer
Ross conducted the rest of
the meeting.
TREASURER’S REPORT
Jerry distributed the
treasurer’s report,which was accepted and approved.
OLD BUSINESS
Jean Davis will present the NLM
Report at Hilton Head
The directory should be
finished very soon,perhaps tomorrow.
Facility Update
Jerry will order a site plan,
costing $2800 , to be made for the parking pad. There will be room for 10
cars,and the construction cost would be about 14 or 15 thousand dollars,
Nothing can be done before the neighborhood committees approve the site plan.
There’s a possibility the city would make more vertical parking spots across
the street.
The bids are back for the
party room and the remodeling will come to about $6255.The Board voted to go
ahead with it. The low bid for cleaning the carpet was $688 submitted by Metro
Steamway,and Jerry will have it done shortly before the open house.Jerry will
look into recycling bins from the park commission.
Jane Smith will be the new
facility manager,and Jerry will provide her with all the information he has
collected.
NEW BUSINESS
Gretchen Smith’s committee
has selected Jerry Pontius as the winner of the Unit 153 Goodwill Award.This
was approved by all.
Carol and Harold Winecoff
will be asked to chair the NLM tournament. Pat Bradshaw will be partnership
chairman.There will be an open game in the small room scheduled for a later
hour.
Jean Davis and John Glover
will work together on publicity.
Gene Manion will chair the November Sectional.Jackie
Key will be in charge of food.
Gene wants to use cabinets in
a back room to store boards for Jerry .The Board approved.
Ross will look into acquiring
a defibrillator,and the problems of an inexperienced person using it.
LindaWesterfield will make
welcoming packages for newcomers,adding a coupon for one free play.
Coffee urns were discussed
with no decision arrived at.
Craig and Debo will be
chairmen of Awards day in June,Craig in charge of plaques,Debo in charge of
food.
Craig will work on a mentor
program with John Sharpe.
The
Grand Opening of the
A
charity game was discussed,to be determined later.
Next
meeting will be February 6 at 4 P.M.
The
meeting was adjourned at 5:30 P.M.
Respectfully
submitted,
Susan
Young,Secretary