CHARLOTTE BRIDGE ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MINUTES
DECEMBER 3, 2014
The meeting was called to order by Bill Underwood, President. Members in attendance were Mark
Helikson, Don Lassiter, Jenny Widmer, Jean Davis, Susan Lohr, Lisa Pharr, Becky Efird, Pam Barry and Bill
Underwood. Also attending were Bruce Bedient, Treasurer and Janet Case.
Minutes from the previous meeting , which was held on November 5, 2014, were approved. A copy of
the minutes will be posted on the Club News bulletin board and viewed on line on the CBA website.
FINANCE COMMITTEE:
Bruce Bedient, Treasurer, gave a detailed financial report of the CBA. A copy will be placed on
the bulletin board in the playing room. He reported that the final cost of the renovations and
improvements was approximately $205,000. Bruce will give a financial report at the Annual Meeting on
December 6, 2014.
FACILITIES COMMITTEE:
Jenny Widmer, Facilities chairman, gave the following report.
Regular maintenance for the building has been an ongoing problem since the summer. The County
changed maintenance companies. The outgoing company gave us low priority their last months of the
contract. Then the new company has been slow to start up. Jenny and Mark met with a manager of the
new company, but they are still slow to fix our problems.
The roofing project is proceeding. They completed repairs to the cracks and holes in the mortar. They
started the roofing work on November 10. They will also replace the door at the north end of the
building and will make a sloping concrete entrance there to force water away from the building. Finally
they will regrade the yard at the rear of the building.
The telephone line issue concerning the monitoring system has not been resolved yet. Jenny will speak
to the architect to do that. The maintenance contract with the sprinkler system has been signed and will
be sent to them. The maintenance contract with the HVAC company has also been signed, so they will
come to inspect and make repairs to the units and ductwork.
The punch list work about the paint and carpet is still on hold waiting on the maintenance company to
do their long list of items.
It was decided to sell snacks ourselves by placing them in a basket in the break room. Mark will call the
vending machine company to have that machine removed.
Mark Helikson reported that the cabinets in the break room and in the bathrooms had been installed. A
discussion followed regarding the need for a clean up day to organize the kitchen and educate people on
where supplies are kept and how they are organized.
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE:
Pam Barry, Publicity chairman, announced that photos of the board candidates would by placed
on the “Upcoming” Bulletin Board. Volunteers to take charge of the bulletin boards will be discussed
again if the need arises.
SOCIAL COMMITTEE:
Lisa Pharr, social chairman, reported that the Social Bridge Game was a great success. She has
contacted everyone who played. All comments were very positive and some players would like to have
another social game before playing in a sanctioned game at the bridge center.
NON LIFE MASTER SECTIONAL:
Lisa Pharr will chair the NonLife Master Sectional. Lisa announced that the Co-Chairs for the
sectional will be Diane Seymour, Dave Sutterlin and Alice Gallagher. They have scheduled a meeting
with Judy Biggs, the previous chairman. Bill Underwood will give this information to Arnold Hoffman.
ANNUAL MEETING:
Lisa has ordered box lunches from Honey Baked Ham. Lunch will be served from 11:45 until
12:30. The annual meeting will begin at 12:30 followed by a game at 1:00. Leftover lunches will be
taken to the homeless shelter.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS:
Bruce will print the ballots and have them available for voting after the annual meeting. Janet
will provide a list of all members who are eligible to vote. Names will be checked off as members vote.
Beginning next year a system will be in place for absentee voting.
Board members have signed up to monitor the voting times. They will be available 30 minutes prior to
and after the games.
Jean Davis, Jenny Widmer and Elise Menaker have been asked to count votes. Bill will assist in
contacting the nominees when counting is complete.
OLD BUSINESS:
Bruce will compile information regarding the ACBL rules re Master Points earned in
Open/Limited Games and send to Pam to be included in the next Eblast.
Lisa and Jenny will continue to look for someone who can make a duplicate key for the
suggestion box.
Jean announced that she had spoken with a NLM who was playing in the open game. The
member indicated that they did not like playing in the open game because the competition was very
tough, not that behavior of the players was an issue. However, unsolicited teaching at the table was
mentioned as a problem.
NEW BUSINESS:
The board received a request from Debo to start a Friday morning game at the bridge center.
Players would be limited to 0-20 master points, 12 boards would be played and the game would begin at
9:30 and end at 11:30. Discussion followed regarding having the proprietor of the morning and
afternoon be the same person. A motion was passed to give Debo permission to start the Friday
morning game and that there would be no rent charged to him as proprietor for the first two months.
A request was received for a separate time clock for the 299 Section. A motion was passed to
give Bruce permission to purchase an inexpensive laptop to use as a clock. The existing software will be
used.
A request was also received for a microphone. Bruce will work with Joe Grill to determine if the
existing microphones will work.
A copy of a General Convention Card will be posted in the playing room. Joe Grill will be asked
to enlarge the card.
A request was made that a sugar substitute, specifically Stevia, be placed in the kitchen. Bruce
will handle purchasing this.
The CBA Board has received a letter from Kim Martin stating that she will no longer be in charge
of the Mentor/Mentee game. A replacement is needed and will be discussed at the January meeting.
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned. The next board meeting will be held on
January 7, 2014 at 4:00 at the bridge center.
Respectfully submitted,
Becky Efird, Secretary.