District 19, ACBL, Board Meeting Minutes
Monday, October
11, 2004, SeaTac, WA
1. The
meeting was called to order by President Angela Taylor-Ferguson at
9:45 a.m. She declared a quorum with the following
members present: Jennifer Ballantyne, Dave Grubbs, Tom Hansen, Steve
Hosch, Stuart Iedema, Dave Morrone, Kris Motoyoshi, Barbara Nist,
Gay Parrish, and Angela Taylor-Ferguson.
Margaret Pearce and David Schmidt were absent. Also present were Dudley Brown, Secretary; Clay Gerstenberger,
Treasurer; and for part of the meeting Sam Asai, District 20 Board
Member; Roger Putnam, District Tournament Coordinator; and Matt Smith,
ACBL Field Supervisor.
2. There
were no additions to the agenda.
3. Ballantyne
moved and Nist seconded to approve the minutes of the June 14, 2004
Penticton meeting as presented.
Motion passed unanimously.
4. Nist
Moved and Grubbs seconded to ratify the action taken between meetings
reimbursing Dee Berry, District 19 Educational Liaison, for expenses
attending the Seaside, Oregon, meeting.
Motion passed unanimously.
5. Secretary
Brown reported the receipt of an ACBL Email message indicating that
Stephen Hosch and Don Mamula have been elected First and Second Alternate
Directors for District 19 for 2005 through 2007.
6. The
following reports were received:
a. Treasurer Gerstenberger passed out a Nanaimo 2004 Regional
Report showing a $3,984 U.S. equivalent profit.
b. The Treasurer reported that in the Canadian checking account
the District has approximately $78,000 Canadian and in the U.S. checking
account approximately $8,500.
He will transfer funds to the American account shortly as the
exchange rate is favorable currently and most bills need to be paid
in U.S. funds.
c. In the absence of Schmidt, Charity Chairman, the District Wide
Charity Week scheduled for the week ending October 30, 2004, was discussed.
Schmidt is requested to coordinate with the District Tournament
Coordinator to see if in 2005 the District Charity Week could be concurrent
with the ACBL wide Charity Week in April.
d. Hansen, Multi-Level Event
Coordinator reported that the District Finals for the NAP will be
during the Tacoma Sectional December 4, 2004.
The GNT District Finals will be April 2 and 3, 2005, at the
Vancouver B.C. Bridge Centre.
e. Hosch stated that there are no current judiciary cases or appeals
in the District.
f. Grubbs reported that the District Web site is open for units
to place unit information.
g. Morrone, District IN Coordinator, reported that he is still
working with Gordon Bower to have a Free Play Promotion for members
that have not attended a regional lately.
h. Brown, Elections Chairman, reported the following actions regarding
District Board positions for 2005 through 2007:
(1) Angela Taylor-Ferguson
was elected for the Vancouver Island position and David Morrone was
elected for the Alaska position. Ballantyne moved and Motoyoshi
seconded to ratify the election of Taylor-Ferguson and David Morrone.
Motion passed unanimously.
(2) An election is being held by mail ballot
for the B.C. at large position.
Candidates are Margaret Pearce and Carol-Ann Halliday.
i. Roger Putnam, Tournament Coordinator, presented a new list
of future tournament dates.
6. Unfinished
Business:
a. Grubbs
moved and Hosch seconded to establish District policy that the CBF
could hold a regional in District 19 according to ACBL policy as long
as it was not within two months of a District Regional or within six
months of a regional in the same metropolitan area, subject to coordination
with the District 19 Tournament coordinator, Roger Putnam. Motion
passed unanimously. The Secretary was requested to send this information
to all the CBF Board members.
b. Hosch led a discussion on the status of a new contract with
PDI Bridge Supplies for tournament supplies. He was authorized to
extend the current contract if necessary until a new contract is in
place.
c. Hosch stated that there has been no action taken on a letter
of support regarding Larry Chow's border crossing problem as Chow
has not furnished contact information.
d. A phone message from ACBL told that the rider to the ACBL liability
insurance policy had a limit of $2 million U.S. per incident and $1
million per person. Ballantyne will let the Secretary know if this
meets the requirements set by the site for Vancouver B.C. sectionals.
e. The Tournament Oversight Committee
will meet and make any recommended changes to the Regional Rotation
Plan, which will be acted upon by email with ratification at the next
board meeting.
f. Motoyoshi moved and Grubbs
seconded to subsidize on a one time basis $50 U.S. to a new TAP teacher
who teaches a class of at least 8 students. Motion
passed unanimously.
8. New
Business:
a. Hosch moved
and Ballantyne seconded to allow Parrish to sell the excess District
bought playing cards at $2.25 a deck with the proceeds to go to the
District. Motion
passed unanimously.
b. Hosch moved
and Motoyoshi seconded to notify the League that the $1,000 Charity
Foundation grant for 2004 should go to the Salvation Army. Motion passed with 7 yes
votes, 2 no votes and 1 abstention.
c. The sponsorship of Regional games is left to the discretion
of each tournament organizing committee.
d. Sam Asai, District 20, requested that District 19 set up a
Liaison Committee to meet with District 20 representatives at the
Reno and Portland regionals to discuss mutual problems and possible
joint ventures such as sharing advertising in each others publication
and on pencils. Taylor-Ferguson and Hosch will meet with District
20 in Reno. Jude Goodwin-Hanson will be requested to send Sue Kroning a
list of District 19 regional dates for including in District 20Ős
new publication. Nist reported to Asai that the cost of pencils is
23 cents each for 10,000, 20 cents each for 20,000 and 19 cents each
for 25,000.
e. Hosch moved and Nist seconded to accept the proposal for
Audrey Grant to conduct a program at the Spokane 2005 Regional. The District involvement is not to exceed
$1,000 U.S. Motion passed unanimously.
f. The Secretary was requested to write a letter to the Western
Conference restating the District policy on having Western Conference
STaCs in District 19.
g. Ballantyne moved and Motoyoshi seconded to grant 16 free
plays to each District 19 Regional to Educational Liaison, Dee Berry.
Motion passed unanimously.
9. The
Board was in executive session from 2:25 p.m. until 2:45 p.m.
10.The following action occurred regarding regionals:
a. Iedema moved and Ballantyne seconded
to approve Joan Ball as Chairperson for the 2006 Yakima Regional. Motion
passed unanimously.
b. The following DINO Liaison and Tournament Chairpersons are
listed:
Tournament Dates
Liaison
Chair Persons
Victoria
2-8 May 05
Taylor-Ferguson Buchanan
Penticton 13-19
Jun 05
Pearce
Tony Ferguson
Puget Sound
22-28 Aug 05
Grubbs
Parrish
Spokane
17-23 Oct 05
Motoyoshi
Wimett/Hols
Richmond 9-15 Jan 06
Ballantyne
Ballantyne
Penticton 12-18
Jun 06
Pearce
Ferguson
Puget Sound
21-17 Aug 06
Hansen
Yakima
9-15 Oct 06
Iedema
Ball
11. Angela Taylor-Ferguson was unanimously elected
President for 2005. She
appointed David Schmidt as Treasurer for 2005 and Dudley Brown as
Secretary for 2005. Hosch moved and Ballantyne seconded to ratify
these appointments. Motion
passed unanimously.
12. The
next meeting will be at 9:30 a.m., May 2, 2005, in Victoria.
13. There
being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 2:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
DUDLEY BROWN
Secretary
