District 19, ACBL, Board Meeting Minutes
Monday, November 6, 2000, Everett, WA
1. The meeting was called to order by President Steve Hosch at 9:10 a.m. He declared a quorum with the following members present: Jennifer Ballantyne, Gordon Bower, Clay Gerstenberger, Dave Grubbs, Steve Hosch, Joe Jabon, Barbara Nist, Gay Parrish, Margaret Pearce, David Schmidt, Larry Spangler, and Angela Taylor. Also present was Dudley Brown, Secretary. Roger Putnam, ACBL Field Representative, was also present during part of the meeting.
2. The Agenda was accepted with the addition of the insertion of
Election of Officers after Item 8, Tournaments.
3. Their being no additions or corrections, the Penticton 2000
minutes were accepted as presented.
4. The following correspondence was reported:
a. Jude Goodwin-Hanson’s letter of resignation
from doing the Gazette and regional bulletin graphics. (New Business)
b. Brad Bart’s letter regarding junior bridge
in the Vancouver, B.C., area. (New Business)
c. Letter from
Calgary players complaining about the late night Zip Swiss at
Penticton. (New Business)
e. Eugene Chan’s letter regarding the location
of the District Finals of the GNT
(Multi-Level Events) and
complaining about the Western Conference StaC.
(Tournaments)
5. The following reports were given:
a. Treasurer:
(1) The Penticton 2000 Regional report showing a net gain
of $22,440 U.S.
(2) The Wenatchee 2000 Regional report showing a net loss
of $1,300 U.S.
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(3) The following bank balances were reported:
U.S. checking account - $19,900 U.S.
Canadian saving
certificates - $33,000 Cdn.
Canadian checking
account - $65,000 Cdn.
Canadian U.S. checking
account - $1,200 U.S.
b. Tournament Oversight:
Spangler stated that the rotation plan presented as
follows had met no opposition
from Board members:
c. Budget and Finance:
(1) Jabon presented graphs and summaries of
income and expenses for the Penticton 2000 and Wenatchee 2000 regionals.
(2) He also presented a budget and graph for the
Spokane 2001 Regional showing an expected net gain of $3,490.
(3) He further requested that DINO Liaisons get
him projections for the rest of the 2001, 2002, and 2003 regionals.
d. ABA
Liaison: Nist reported that 3 May 2001
as the District’s annual ACBL-ABA function and that the ABA national tournament
was scheduled for 14-21 April 2001.
e. District Wide Charity Game and Week: Schmidt reported that the 2000 games were
still being reported to Memphis and that he would endeavor to get Memphis to
publicize next year’s charity week and District Wide Game sooner.
f. Putnam, Field Representative and District
Tournament Coordinator, passed out tournament schedules and discussed items of
concern with the Board.
g. Multi-Level Events:
Hosch presented a report on the NAOP and GNT
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(1) Ballantyne moved and Schmidt seconded to
subsidize $250 to the third place pair in each flight of the North American
Pairs going to the ACBL finals. Motion
carried unanimously
(3) Schmidt moved
and Grubbs seconded to grant each team attending the
ACBL Finals a minimum of
$500 per team or 90% of the net proceeds from the District’s GNT games if
greater. Motion failed with 5 yes and 6 no votes.
(3) Ballantyne moved and Nist seconded to
grant each team attending the ACBL Finals a minimum of $1000 per team or 90 %
of the net proceeds from the District’s
GNT games if greater. Motion failed
with with 4 yes and 6 no votes.
(4) Gerstenberger moved and Taylor seconded
to grant each team attending the ACBL Finals a minimum of $600 per team or 90%
of the net proceeds from the District’s GNT games if greater. Motion passed unanimously.
(5) The consensus of the Board was that further
North American Pair events in the District would be run with club qualifiers
and buy-ins eligible to attend a 4 session play through, stand alone, District
Finals if a ruling could be obtained from ACBL in light of ambiguous wording in
the national conditions of contest. Putnam reported that free weekends in
October through January could be worked out.
(6) The President requested that Nist obtain
information and report on how other Districts run their GNT’s.
(7) The
Multi-level Events Committee made no recommendation to establish State and
Province Championships.
h.
Judiciary and Bylaws: Hosch stated that
the results of the hearing in Victoria resulted in sanctions to two of the
three individuals charged and that the case was reported in the current Gazette.
i. Publications and Public Relations: Grubbs reported that the District Web page
was updated periodically and that he
was working with ACBL to keep their web site current.
j. DINO Board Elections:
(1) Brown reported that Wanda Kellett had won
the election for a Board position for Eastern Washington for 2001 – 2003.
(2) No one
filed against Steve Hosch for vacancy in Western Washington for the same period
and therefor he was elected.
(3) Both Seattle
and Vancouver B.C. Units will be notified that they need to appoint or
reappoint for the same period.
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(4) Gerstenbergr
moved and Spangler seconded that in future DINO Board Elections that candidates
would be furnished the exact unit by unit results and that Unit Presidents
would be notified of the winner and anyone’s right to request detailed results. Motion passed with 9 yes and 2 no votes.
k. Appeals,
Conduct, Discipline and Ethics List:
Ballantyne reported that she had submitted the list for publication at
Penticton and that it would be republished in a current Daily Bulletin.
6. Unfinished Business:
a. Gerstenberger reported that the District
had paid the Vancouver Unit $466.16 in settlement of moneys due that unit for
hosting last year’s NAP District Finals.
b. Hosch wants
the District’s policy on announcements of its ZERO Tolerance
Policy to be followed or
modified. Later he discussed with Chief
Tournament Director Putnam the necessity for the directors making varied, more
positive daily announcements.
7. New Business:
a. Anna Boivin’s name will be submitted by Nist
as a possible member of the WBF Ladies Bridge Committee.
b. Grubbs will get recommendations from Jude
Goodwin-Hanson and also solicit for a replacement for a Gazette
editor/publisher.
c. Pearce moved and Ballantyne seconded to
have Nist make arrangements for supplies for the Vancouver B.C. area junior
bridge activities not to exceed $500 Canadian.
Motion passed unanimously.
d. Jabon moved and Gerstenberger seconded to
have the immediate District Past President serve as District Appeals
Chairman. Motion passed unanimously. President Hosch requested that the secretary
notify ACBL .
e.
Nist stressed the importance of having an Internet connector for each unit. .
f. Nist reported on ACBL’s lack of coordination
in running the EasyBridge accreditation program at this tournament. The President will send a letter to ACBL
stating the District’s position.
g. Schmidt will report later on the cost for
outside ads in the Gazette. Currently the charges are $250 for a full
page and $150 for a half page ad.
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h. Gerstenberger moved and Taylor seconded
to strike ads in the Western Conference Forum. Motion failed with 2 yes and 8 no votes.
i. After discussion on equalizing U.S. and
Canadian regional entry fees, no action was taken and fees remain $9.00 U.S. in
the U.S. and $12.50 Canadian in Canada.
j. Schmidt moved and Ballantyne seconded to
allocate a maximum of $300 U.S. in cash or free plays for volunteers as unit
appreciation to the unit hosting a District regional. Motion passed unanimously.
k. Jabon moved and Spangler seconded to have
the Tournament Committee seriously look at shortening Eastern Washington
regionals by two days for the next two Eastern Washington regionals after
Spokane 2001. Motion passed with 6
yes and 3 no votes. Schmidt and Bower
recorded their no votes.
l. Nist moved and Taylor seconded to
establish District policy to have scoring across multiple sections in District
regionals whenever practicable. Motion
passed unanimously. President Hosch
asked Chief Tournament Director Putnam to prepare an article for the Daily
Bulletin explaining the advantages of scoring across multiple sections.
m. Talylor moved and Ballantyne seconded to
eliminate the Lucy Draw Free Play prize at the late night Zip Swiss. Motion passed with 7 yes and 3 no votes. Spangler and Bower recorded their no votes.
n. Schmidt moved and Taylor seconded to drop
late night Zip Swiss events from future
regionals where not already scheduled. Motion
failed with 2 yes and 9 no votes.
o. Schmidt moved and Jabon seconded to have
a Lucky Drawing for 16 free plays on the final day of each regional from among
players who have played a minimum of 8 sessions during that regional, free
plays to be valid through the end of the year following that year. Motion passed with 5 yes votes, 4 no
votes and 2 abstentions.
p. President Hosch appointed Ole Godefroy as
the new District 19 Recorder.
q. Gordon Bower agreed to consider being the
District 19 Intermediate-Newcomer (IN) Coordinator.
8. The following actions
occurred during reports on tournaments:
a. The dates of the Puget Sound 2001 Regional
are 15-21 October 2001.
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b. Parrish moved and Nist seconded to
approve Leslie Gold and Jennifer Ballantyne as Cochairmen for the Richmond 2001
Regional. Motion passed
unanimously.
9. Election and appointment of Officers:
a. Steve Hosch was unanimously reelected as President for
2001.
b. Clay Gerstenberger was unanimously reelected Treasurer
for 2001.
c. The President appointed Dudley Brown as Secretary for
2001.
10. The next meeting is scheduled for Monday morning at 9:30 a.m., 2
April 2001 at Victoria.
11. There being no further business, the meeting was
adjourned at 5:25 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
/signed/
DUDLEY
BROWN
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