MANITOBA CONTRACT BRIDGE LEAGUE
MINUTES OF MEETING FEBRUARY 27,2018

Present: Unit 181 Board Members: Shirley Galler, Barry Wolk, John Hindle, Marielle Brentnall,, Ray Hornby, , Dave West, Deloris Ankrom, Marlene Pontifex , Doug Fisher
Also in attendance Carolyn Douglas, Jenna Tichon

1. Adoption of the agenda: Moved Doug Fisher seconded by Deloris Ankrom Carried.

2. Minutes of Meeting January 16,2018 approved as printed. Moved by Dave West, Seconded Doug Fisher Carried.

3. Business arising out of the minutes went over progress of the to do list
1. Blue Book Ray to issue listing of telephone numbers to Leigh Anne who will incorporate email address and will be available for publishing Spring of 2018 LEIGH ANNE COMPLETED INCORPORATION NEEDS TO BE FORMATTED AND THEN WILL BE READY FOR PUBLISHING TIMELINE EARLY SPRING 2018
2. Acknowledge Donations. Marielle will complete list with assistance of Treasurer these will be posted on Web Site. March 2018 IN PROGRESS
3. SWCC up date on status. Dave West will contact Councillor for update LAND HAS BEEN EXPROPRIATED FOR A 19 ACRE SITE TIME LINE 3-6 YEARS
4. Telephoning Committee will be taken over by Membership Committee
5. Document Unit 181 History on hold
6. Budget 2018 will circulate copy next Board Meeting Treasurer READY FOR MARCH MEETING
7.Long Term Planning on Agenda ON AGENDA
8. Partnerrship Co-ordinator On hold
9. Update on Lease Dispute on Agenda ON AGENDA
10.Charitable Status Need to locate a Bridge Unit in Canada that has this status Marielle/Dave DISCUSSING WITH CALGARY BRIDGE C LUB
11.GST filing complete next meeting Ray ON AGENDA

4. Correspondence:
District 2 update on Regional Schedule board decided they preferred Option 2 which has a 2 year rotation. Unit 181 next scheduled Regional will be in 2021.
CBF re Zoomer’s recognizing volunteers. Board decision not to participate leave to individual members
Banking resolution to be ratified. An email was circulated with the changes to the signing authorities for Unit 181. This was agreed.

Motion: That the signing officers of Manitoba Contract Bridge League be any 2 of the following individuals:
Marielle Decelles-Brentnall President
Ray Hornby Treasurer
Shirley Galler Secretary
Doug Fisher Past President
Moved by Deloris Ankrom, Seconded by Marlene Pontifex Carried.

LBIAD 11 tables attended. Well received very good feedback. One draw back was it was held in the open area and there was activity in the Gym which caused some noise. Membership Committee will follow up with the attendees to assist them in further progress to participate in either supervised play or regular novice games
Carolyn Douglas on a Volunteer basis will organize and maintain order of our supplies etc and will also update our calendar etc

5. Club Owners Report. No report

6 Facility Operations No. Report

7. Special Events
2018 Regional will be held commencing either October 16, 2018 at Soul Sanctuary Program in progress
January 2018 Winter Tournament was held to moderate success
April Sectional April 26-29 2018 schedule is out and available at the club or on the web site
CNTC qualifying games will be held 2 on Saturday Afternoon and 2 Wednesday Evening dates to be announced
NAP qualifying games at club level June to August. Dates to be announced. Final in November
Event Calendar will be produced by Carolyn Douglas.to be posted on web site

8. Treasurer’s Report
Ray in progress of setting up a new reporting system
GST ready for filing

9. Membership No Report

10.Long Term Planning No report.

11.Fund Raising Committee have held meetings plans in progress for two campaigns one internal to inform our members, one external.

12. AGM will be held Saturday May 12, 2018 at the Soul Sanctuary
11.30 AM Lunch
12.00 Noon Saturday Team Game
3.00PM AGM
Doug Fisher and Shirley Galler will co-chair the Nominating Committee for 2018 Unit 181 Board Members info will be posted on web site.

13. Lease Dispute at old remises is in progress further report next meeting

Next Unit 181 Board Meeting Tuesday March 27, 2018 5.30 P.M at the New Facility Soul Sanctuary.
Meeting adjourned at 7.00 PM

To Do List all comments on this is in the Business arising from the last minutes. Will leave list on until items are completed.
1. Blue book
2. Acknowledge Donations.
3. SWCC update on status Dave
4. Volunteer list for telephoning
5. Document Unit 181 History
6. Budget 2018
7. Long Term Planning
8. Partnership co-ordinator
9. Update on Lease Dispute
10. Charitable Status
11. GST filing

Shirley Galler
Secretary