MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS –DISTRICT 9
HYATT DOWNTOWN TAMPA HOTEL
DIRECTORS PRESENT WERE:
Muriel Altus (128), Roberta Birdt (243), Carol Clifford (128), Bette Cohn (102), Bud Dean (128), Harriet Eaton (128), Martha Easter (128), Betty Grandoff (128), Phyllis Heller (243), Nancy Hagerty (240), Marshall Hall (128), Jim La Force (219), Janet Laudenslager (128), Arnie Malasky (102), Sterling Odom (128), Bob Parlin (128), Phyllis Kaplan Ranagan (128), Mark Smith (128), Jayne Thomas (128), Jim Tully (240), Virginia Waterfield (219) and Jeff Overby, President, District 9.
ADVISORS PRESENT WERE:
Shirley Seals, District 9 Director, Ellie Hanlon, Disciplinary Chair, Steve Warner, Recorder, and Patty Johnson, Director-in-charge.
The meeting of the Board of Directors of District 9 was
called to order by President, Jeff Overby at
APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM
Minutes were approved with one correction. The spelling of Dennis McGarry’s name.
CDs held by the District 9 for the past eight years for the specific purpose of funding future NABCs in the amount of $37,000 were cashed to be used for the NABC Orlando 2004.
Motion made to accept Treasurer’s Report.
The tournament is down 8.3% over past years following an
NABC in
No other problems have occurred.
NABC 2004
The budget was $180,000 and $175,000 was spent. Jayne complimented
her Committee Chairs and Co-Chair Carolyn Raphaelson. The Operating
Account has a balance of approximately $35,000. A
motion was made by Jayne Thomas, seconded by Muriel Altus, to transfer these
funds to the
An additional $80,000 which was
raised for NABCs are in CDs and will be held by the
District to be used for the NABC 2010
No recorder problems have occurred at this Regional, to date.
SUNSHINE BRIDGE NEWS:
Muriel Altus recommended that a specific person be named to oversee the publication and this person should make a written list of duties to be performed by the Editor. Problems with unsatisfactory “fuzzy” pages warrants the need to start a search for a different printer from our current Allied Printing Company. Another problem has arisen with tournament ads and articles not being sent to the Editor on schedule and many contain incorrect information. Patty Johnson volunteered to check each tournament ad to be printed in the publication and the Editor should send ads to Patty to be proofed.
A motion was made to appoint Muriel to be the Chairperson of the Editorial Board with the responsibility of outlining the duties of the Editor and coordinating the work done by the Liaison persons from each Unit. Motion carried.
APPROVAL OF 2006 DISTRICT 9 TOURNAMENT CALENDAR:
Patty Johnson presented the 2006 tournament to the board. Several corrections were made and a corrected calendar will be sent to all Board Members.
Motion made to approve 2006 with corrections.
NEW BUSINESS:
A question was raised by Nancy Hagerty
regarding the policy of compensating one Unit when a Regional is held in an
area outside the home Unit.
The question was directed specifically to Unit 128 and the fact
that the Southeastern in April 2005 will be held in
Any further questions regarding this matter should be taken up with the Unit 128 President who will be elected tomorrow at the Unit board meeting.
A request was made by Virginia Waterfield
(Unit 219) that the NAP and GNT finals be moved to a more central location and
away from the current
Arnie Malasky,
President of Unit 102, has asked the District board to consider his Unit having
their 2006 tournament outside the Unit 102 area at the
Motion made to allow Unit 102 to explore the possibility of moving the Sarasota 2006 Regional to Manatee or another location outside the Unit with financial arrangements to be worked out with Unit 128. Motion carried.
Jayne Thomas made a motion that
Muriel Altus be compensated for her work as Coordinator of the
Motion carried.
Jeff Overby thanked the board, and in particular, Bette
Cohn, his Vice President for their support over the past three years. He commended the
board for their willingness to work through some very complex problems over the
past years. The
new Sunshine Bridge News, our first District 9 publication, is an
accomplishment that the board can be proud of. Jeff cited the incredible NABC that we
had in
ELECTION OF OFFICERS:
The following Officers were elected for a two (2) year term.
President: Bette Cohn
Vice President: Martha Easter
Recording and Corresponding Secretary: Shirley Seals
The board agreed to compensation of $500 per month, plus three free nights at the tournament hotel.
Treasurer: Shirley Seals
The next District Board meeting will be at the Southeastern
in
Shirley Seals, Recording Secretary