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1. The
meeting was called to order by President Gay Parrish at
2. Ballantyne moved and Taylor-Ferguson
seconded to accept the minutes of the
3. The Agenda was accepted with the addition of “Victoria 2003 Regional Novice Reception” under tournaments.
4. Correspondence from ACBL was presented which showed that Loren Hawkins, Paul McGough, and Linda Mamula have been elected to the Board of Governors to represent the District for 2003 through 2005.
5. The following reports were received:
a. The
b. A District 19
Combined Asset Statement as of
c. Schmidt reported that all of the Charity Games scheduled during the District Charity Week next November would be posted on the District Web Page.
d. Nist presented her “Inside the Board Report” and discussed Canadian issues.
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e. Hosch reported on
participation and income from the various flights of the GNT District Finals
and recommended continuing the current rotation play through the end of next
year at which time evaluation could be made.
He further reported that the District Fianls of the NAOP we4re
sanctioned next for
f. Putnam discussed tournament scheduling and passed out a new 5 years tournament list. He presented a proposed schedule for next year’s Penticton Regional and said that Chairperson Margaret Pearce would have programs available during this tournament.
6. Unfinished business:
a. Nist gave an outline for implementing a District Goodwill Committee and that a concrete proposal will be placed on the agenda for the next meeting.
b. Kris Motoyoshi reported that she had spend over 35 hours preparing and making arrangements for the current Gazette, and that printing costs were $1005 for this 28 page issue.
c. After review of average cost per page for producing the Gazette, the fee structure for outside advertising was left at $50 for a quarter page, $100 for a ½ page, $150 for a full page with a 10% discount if ads are place in multiple issues and paid for in advance.
d. Hosch moved and Ballantyne seconded to make the Gazette editor responsible for placing outside ads for District Regionals in the Western Conference Forum and ACBL Bulletin per policy established by the Board. Motion passed unanimously.
e. Schmidt moved and Ballantyne seconded to place ads in the ACBL Bulletin twice a year, each ad to target a specific regional or regionals but to list all forthcoming District Regionals. Motion passed with 5 yes and 4 no votes and one abstention.
7. New Business:
a. The Easybridge
presenter accreditation program will be offered as scheduled at this tournament
even though ACBL is ending its association with the program
b. Teacher Accreditation Programs (TAP) will continue to be offered periodically at varying District regioanls.
c. Hosch moved and Morrone seconded to redefine Strat C as 0 to 500 master points dropping the provision of excluding life masters. Motion passed with 7 yes and 3 no votes.
d. No action was taken to change the funding given to third place pairs attending the National finals of the NAOP.
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e. Hosch moved and
Ballantyne seconded to increase the unit appreciation grant for the
f. Ballantyne moved and Taylor-Ferguson seconded to authorize an expenditure for a plaque or flowers to be presented to the current Penticton Chairperson Margaret Pearce. Motion passed with 9 yes and 1 no vote.
g. Taylor-Ferguson moved and Ballantyne seconded to authorize Gerstenberger to purchase needed software for a better accounting program which will deal with dual currencies, funding to cover installation and training if necessary. Motion passed unanimously with Gerstenberger abstaining.
8. Tournaments:
a. Taylor-Ferguson
passed out brochures and information on the new convention centre in
b. Spangler got a consensus of the Board as to a schedule for the Wenatchee 2003 four day regional and will have a draft prepared and emailed to the Board.
c.
Hosch fielded questions as to the contract for the Victoria
Convention Centre for the 2003
each day, that water had always been provided and this must be made clear, and that the District could bring in food at least once if it was not catered. Schmidt moved and Taylor-Ferguson seconded to authorize the payment of ½ the cost for an Intermediate/Newcomer Reception up to a maximum of $1250 for the Victoria 2003 Regional. Motion passed unanimously.
d. Hosch moved and Ballantyne seconded to approve Bruce Huntoon as Chairman and Marilyn Hall as Co-chair for the Wenatchee 2003 Regional as Chairperson Pamela Thaut had resigned. Motion passed unanimously.
e. Nist discussed the
possibilities of scheduling a regional again in SeaTac at either the Hilton or
Double Tree now that Hilton owns both.
She will meet with hotel officials after
9. The next meeting
is scheduled for
10. Their being no
further business the President adjourned the meeting at
Respectfully submitted,
Secretary
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