DISTRICT 16 UNIT 207 SECRETARY’S REPORT FEBRUARY 3, 2007

Board Members Present: Linda Anthony, Laura Delfeld, Hal DeShong, Mary Anne Laier, Pat Long,

Mark McAllister, Diana Rogers and Phyllis Tate.

Chairmen Present: Larry Davis and Jim Wueste.

Mary Anne, President brought the meeting to order at 1 PM and a quorum of board members was established.

Mary Anne thanked leaving board members Laura and Hal for their hard work during their time on the board.

Secretary’s Report: Diana Rogers read the Minutes from the January 9 meeting. There was a corrections of the

amount of money paid to the caddies at tournaments: the caddy’s salary from changed from $25 to $35 per session and Ruben’s from $40 to $55. The Minutes were accepted as read.

Treasurer’s Report: Mary Anne summarized Robert Donathan’s report that the unit netted around $4000 for the year with $8000 made at the Regional and $2400 for the January Sectional.

Membership Chairman: Mark McAllister said the total for our unit was 746 members, second in growth for the district. #1 was Mexico. We are the 2^nd youngest to Dallas. He mentioned that there is a new directory which will be on the web or he can e-mail you the list directly. Also, there is a printed version.

Business Manager: Joe Black mentioned that there are 16 unit games for the year.

Supply Chairman: Jim Wueste spent $180 for new bidding box inserts and replaced the cards in 12 board sets and two sets of table guide cards. He has a request of the board to purchase 56 new tables and 12 sets of duplicate boards.

Old Business: January Sectional:

Mary Anne congratulated Laura Delfeld and Diana Rogers for the success of the January Sectional Tournament.

New Business: May Sectional:

Phyllis Tate and Karen Snyder are the chairmen for the May Sectional with Brenda Tranchon as the Partnership Chairman, which will be held at the Clarion Hotel.

Board Election:

There are 9 board members who when elected serve 3 years. Every year, 3 members go off the board having served their 3 years and 3 members are elected out of slate of 6 people. If elected, one may serve a total of 2 terms or 6 years unless one has been appointed for someone who has left the board prematurely (making it longer than 6 years). Ballots will be mailed out this week The slate for the election is as follows:

Charles Aufill

Sandra Harris

Mary Anne Laier

Leonard McCormick

Wylie McMinn

Marilyn Sharratt

Goodwill Awards:

Two deserving members, Orpha Gips and Madeline Randolph were awarded pins for these awards and congratulated by the members present.

The meeting adjourned at 1:30 PM.

Respectfully Submitted by,

Diana Rogers, Secretary