NEWCASTLE BRIDGE CLUB

 

COMMITTEE MEETING:               9th November 2011

 

Meeting opened at 8.30am

 

Attendees: B.Atkins,R.Broughton, J.Hill, S.Marton, P.McGrath, W.Morgan, T.Wagstaff

 

Apologies: D.Miller, G.Rummey, K.Wilks

 

Minutes:  A motion was moved by Rosalie and seconded by Tony that the minutes be accepted as a true record of the meeting.  Unanimous agreement.  Bernie signed the minutes.

 

Carry over items:

 

1.           Emergency evacuation procedure:  No action.  Graham to report to the next meeting.  GR

2.           Men’s urinals:  No action. Bernie having trouble contacting the plumber.  BA

3.           Air conditioning airflow:  No action. GR

4.           Strategic Plan Sub-committee:  No action.  Bernie will approach Roy Hardy to see if he will chair the sub-committee.  BA

5.           Club sub-committees:  Have been finalised.  Bernie to notify members.

6.           Club championship event regulations:  Pairs are to be run as outlined in previous minutes.  Teams are to be a seeded knockout event with entries to be in by March 31st. Paul is to finalise the arrangements. PMcG

 

Correspondence:

 

In:          Letter of resignation from Allan Goodwin.

 

Out:       Letter of acceptance for cleaning services.

 

Treasurer’s Reports:

 

Tony tabled the performance report for October.  This showed a surplus of $9,867, ahead of budget and ahead of last year.  Tony moved that the report be accepted.  It was seconded by Rosalie and passed unanimously.  Tony also reported that the ANZ Saver Account was now in operation.

 

General Business:

 

1.           Christmas Party Arrangements:  These are in hand – Rosalie, Sharon and Janet to liaise.  Bruce to be approached to supervise the decorations.  Janet to decide the date for Saturday.  JH

2.           Membership Numbers and Promotion:  Wayne reported that the numbers of bridge players in Australia is declining, particularly in NSW.  Our numbers are holding up well relative to the rest of the state but he still feels we should be doing more to publicise our club.  He has liaised with John Redfearn at the Central Coast where they have conducted an extensive publicity campaign but seem to have had little success.  Despite this Wayne has suggested:

(i)           taking ads in the Newcastle Herald “Learning for Life” section.  He is to go ahead with this (4 ads for $41) just prior to the next set of lessons.

(ii)          participating in the upcoming ABF campaign to publicise bridge at the universities –the club will be advised about this

(iii)         contacting Rotary with a view to obtaining publicity.  Wayne to keep us posted. WM

3.           Beginners:  There has been a poor response from beginners to the proposed Monday night session.  Several have requested that they come along and play social bridge so Wayne will investigate this.  They would be encouraged to sit in on some of the regular play.

4.           Directors Course:  Tony Howe has agreed to run a directors course and a tentative date has been set for Sunday 12th February.  Janet is to contact other clubs in the region and also drum up local participation.  The course will cost the club $300 but will be free to local members.  A charge of $50 will be made for those from other clubs.  JH

5.           Cheque Signatories:  It was agreed that Janet Hill and Rosalie Broughton would be added to the General Account and the Term Deposit Account and that Jim Fallance and Bruce Webster are to be deleted.  The authorised signatories to these accounts are now to be any two of Bernie Atkins, Anthony Wagstaff, Graham Rummey, Janet Hill and Rosalie Broughton.

 

 

Next Meeting     Wednesday 7th December 2011

 

Bernie Atkins

7 December 2011