Fort Collins Duplicate Players Club

Board Meeting Minutes

August 19, 2009

 

Present: Ron Alexander, Dawn Foltz, Beth McGregor, Mark Spaeth, Liz Varra, Doug Watt

 

Mentor games

There have been a few issues around finding partners, but the mentor games have been well attended and C players say that it has improved their game.  Agreed to continue mentor games on the 5th Wednesday.  

 

New Location

Agreed to move the game to the Masonic Temple, 225 W Oak St, and hold our first game there on Oct 14.  Discussed moving earlier, but Dawn is “on vacation” the last 2 weeks of Sept and the first week of October--thought it best to wait until Dawn is back for first game at new location.  An October move will also give us ample time to inform club members and to give sufficient notice to Community of Christ church.  Doug suggested that we try to negotiate a lower price than 4 ½ hours x $20 per night.  Subsequent to the meeting, Iona (contact person for Masonic Temple) agreed to monthly rate of $270 regardless of whether there are 4 or 5 Wednesdays in the month (also means that we pay for a Wednesday that we don’t have a game; e.g., Christmas week). 

 

Follow-up:

Doug: Notify Community of Christ that we plan to move and offer to buy the card table

            cart that they built

Dawn: 1.  Contact Iona/Tom, sign agreement, pay for brighter lights, make a deposit (if

            needed), and relay any information that club members will need to know (e.g.,

            parking restrictions, use of elevator) to John Worley

            2. Notify our insurance rep of our relocation

            3. Make final payment to Community of Christ and check to insure that we have

            not been underpaying them (Doug thought rate had been raised to $55/game and

            Dawn has been paying $50)

John:  Inform club members about the move and ask managers of other games to

            announce the move.

Ron:    1. Bring van to Oct 7 game so that we can remove all of our equipment and

            supplies from the church that night

            2. Ask Bill Stoltey to put a notice on the NorthernColoradoBridge.com website

            about the move, change the calendar to reflect the new location and update our

            club link with new address and map

If the chairs prove to be uncomfortable, Board should consider purchasing new ones; e.g., like the ones at Senior Center.

 

New Board Members

Need to begin thinking about nominations for next year’s Board.

Dinner meetings

In the past, the bridge club (or the Elks?)  picked up the tab for dinner meetings; but for last couple of years, Board members have just paid for their meals.  Agreed that for future dinner meetings, Club should pay for reasonable meal expenses or provide pizza or sandwiches.  

 

 

Action items outstanding from June 17 meeting:

1.     John and Dawn to arrange time to meet at bank (hopefully before Dawn goes on vacation) so that John can be added to account.  John review income and expenses on a ~monthly basis.

2.     John to review penalty for slow play with Directors (one warning and then ¼ board penalty, but Directors use discretion in enforcing.  7 minutes/board is typical time limit)

3.     John to e-mail proposed wording on Zero Tolerance to Board; and after agreement, provide laminated table cards (Will not say Zero Tolerance but will have an intro statement something like “to create a much more pleasant atmosphere at our club and to make the game of bridge more enjoyable for all…” and then list in green the commendable behaviors and list in red unacceptable behaviors)

 

Ron Alexander

Aug 20, 2009