HAWKEYE BRIDGE ASSOCIATION

The Board of Directors of Hawkeye Bridge Association, Unit 216, met on Saturday, January 9, 2010, between sessions.  At 1:50 p.m.the meeting was called to order by President, Dee Wilson and those present were Stan Gustafson, Margie Brennan, Mary Lou Agocs, Peter Wityk, John Gustafson, Harry Swanson, Charlene Hendryx, Rod Burnett  and Richard Newell.  Absent were Kathi Kellen and Bob Smith.

Dee Wilson welcomed the two new board members, Peter Wityk and Rich Newell.

The minutes from the previous meeting were read and, after the change (we were to close the Smith Barney account and combine the money from that account with the $7000 in the checking account and re-invest the total) that Rod Burnett noted, he made a motion to approve the minutes as amended, seconded by Charlene Hendryx and approved by all.

Margie Brennan distributed copies of the Treasurer’s Report to everyone and, after review and discussion, a motion was made by John Gustafson, seconded by Peter Wityk and approved by all to accept the report as stated.

OLD BUSINESS: 

Dee Wilson informed the Board that the bidding boxes are on back-order.

NEW BUSINESS:

It was brought up for discussion by Dee Wilson that an Instant Matchpoint Game is being offered by ACBL and that we should consider having this game on the Thursday of our September Cornbelt Tournament.  No vote was taken at this time and further discussion will take place at the April, 20l0 meeting.

Dee Wilson would like for the Unit, rather than the Corporation, to put together the telephone directory.  There was some discussion about including emergency information and what other data needs to be gathered.  Dee will appoint a committee to handle this.  Margie Brennan made a motion that this committee should be responsible for the data gathering and for what information be included in the directory.  This motion was seconded by Charlene Hendryx and approved by all.

Dee Wilson informed the Board that the Unit has been allotted the usual 24 games for 2010 to be disbursed as we choose.  After discussion, it was decided that we should allocate these games as we have done in the past (12 games used for the mentoring program, 3 games each to each of the 3 club owners and 3 games for special Unit games,  like to holiday party, the medallion party and the game held for the annual election meeting).  John Gustafson made a motion to allocate the 24 games as stated.  The motion was seconded by Mary Lou Agocs and approved by all.

There was some discussion about the rest of the Unit members ( Ames , Marshalltown , Pella and Oskaloosa).  Dee Wilson said he has reached out to ask what we in Des Moines can to for them to assist in helping them feel included in the Unit, but he got no response.

Rod Burnett made a motion to continue with the Board Officers as they are:  Dee Wilson, President, Stan Gustafson, Vice-President, Margie Brennan, Treasurer, Mary Lou Agocs, Secretary and Kathi Kellen, Past President.  This motion was seconded by Harry Swanson and approved by all.

There was some discussion about the letter from Joan Anderson and, after this discussion, it was decided to pay her the remaining one-half of her expenses for the bidding boxes.  Joan’s letter is on file with the secretary of the Unit.

Peter Wityk made a motion, seconded by Charlene Hendryx and approved by all to adjourn the meeting at 2:45 p.m.

                                                                            Mary Lou Agocs

                                                                            Secretary, Unit 216