President Glenda Calkins called the meeting to order at 9:37 A. M. Board members in attendance were:

Minutes of May 4th, 2002 were corrected by e-mail. Elaine made a motion to accept minutes as corrected, Lee seconded it and it was unanimously passed. PRESIDENT'S REPORT
Glenda asked that anyone who has not signed up with Marilyn for time at the Hospitality desk or Pairing desk in Secaucus, please do so today. Glenda told the Board about the nice letter that came from the new CEO of the ACBL in reference to the article that was in the Town Journal.

TREASURERS' REPORT
-- Delayed until later in meeting to allow copies to be made.

ADMINSTRATIVE SECRETARY'S REPORT
---Penny reported nothing at this time.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Tournaments
Betty and Marilyn opened up a discussion about the Sunday Brunch/Lunch stating that they feel that they have become a catering service. This matter must be addressed. They have thought of many different solutions, including having it catered or eliminating the lunch entirely. A very lengthy discussion ensued. A motion was made by to go back to 8 rounds and a dinner break. After some discussion, an amendment to the motion was made to make Sunday's Swiss Teams 7 rounds with a dinner break. Discussion occurred about the dinner break whether it should be after 4 rounds or 5 rounds. A suggestion from Glenda was to talk to Solly, our Tournament Director, about the better time to take the dinner break. Vote on the motion took place and was approved 15 to 3. Marilyn will be advertising the November tournament that Brunch is served at 11:30 and there will be a dinner break. An announcement will be made at the September tournament about the newly instituted dinner break.

At the Executive Board meeting on Thursday, Jerry said that tournament chairpersons got free entries to the respective tournaments. Marilyn and Glenda both indicated that they never heard of it. Jerry decided to do some research and he found the motion from January 1985 that was passed to give free entries to the tournament chairman. Andy L. indicated that the free entries were rescinded when the association had less money. Helen made a motion to give tournament chairpersons free entries and seconded by Lee. Discussion was about the constant interruptions during play and the responsibility for the catering and serving of food during tournaments. It was unanimously approved.

Caddies---No problems

STAC---Lee reported that everything was good for STAC week.

NAOP---Andy Muenz has taken a new job in Philadelphia but will finish out his term. He is not running for reelection. The Unit final for NAOP is on Sunday October 6, 2002 in Rockland and Jackie will be doing the lunch. The District final is the following Sat. Oct. 12, 2002 in Mahwah.

Reitman---Tod reported that there are two undefeated teams and four teams each with one loss. It's moving along.

Unit-Wide---Lee reported that Tuesday September 10th there would be another Unit-Wide event that would be the 4th and final one for the year.

Bob Johnke---Tod reported that the final match has not yet been played.

Treasurer's Report---Frank that the finances are normal for this time of the year because we generally lose money later in the year from the Annual Dinner. Our position on the Balance Sheet is excellent and cash on hand is $ 11563.16. We are in good shape and we do not owe anybody anything.

Annual Dinner---Betty requested the information by the 20th of August on the Annual Dinner for the October newsletter with signup sheets for the January 5th date. Glenda explained to Harris that we could not get the former hotel for the annual dinner due to complex schedules of the different bridge tournaments such as the NABC that is later than normal and the fact that it was getting too close to Christmas. Glenda refreshed the memory of the board members that there was a meeting to vote on the new place for the annual dinner in the hall of the hotel at the past annual dinner because we already knew there was a problem with the date with the hotel that we were in.

Pro-Am---Elaine thanked Betty for the posters and Frank for copies of flyers which he made. We can buy a set of the hand records and analysis for $17 for the pro-am and make additional copies.

Newsletter---Betty indicated that some newsletters that were sent were missing a page. It seems like there was a collating problem.

Webmaster--- Arnie tries to preserve the newsletter for archives. He enters the important data on the web. He created some software for the Unit-Wide results and produced a web page within 24 hours. He said that he did not get the information on the next sectional from the tournament chairpersons, he got it from the newsletter. Armie reiterated that all the information should go directly to the Webmaster in a timely fashion.

Charity--- Helen said that our first charity event that the ACBL requires would be August 16th Friday afternoon. This is not a player of the year event. The Saturday evening event at Allendale will be part of the player of the year. Helen is approximating 50 tables, supplying pre-printed pencils, continuing to promote it and planning the exceptional desserts. Glenda suggested a poster to put up on the different bridge clubs bulletin boards. Amy volunteered to lay out a poster for Helen.

Novice Promotion---Amy has nothing to report. Glenda showed us a pamphlet that came from the Nationals last year in Texas. It comes from a unit in Houston. Amy thought maybe we could duplicate it or amend it and get it out to newcomer's organizations or realtors or even the Welcome Wagon. It gives a lot of information on bridge and on the different clubs in the area. The Board was asked to pass this around and be ready to discuss later in the meeting.

Player of the Year---Lee has nothing to report

Conduct and Ethics---Richard reported that he has everything on file.

Membership---Kay was not here, however she sent an email to everyone and Glenda made a hard copy of the email. Membership is a very big job. Kay's committee makes calls to new members welcoming them and they call people who have not paid their dues. If they cannot reach a person by phone, then they write a note.

OLD BUSINESS
Special Committee Reports---The Committee for directing and scoring special events who consists of Andy M., Tod, Mary, Lee, Marilyn, Betty P. (by request) and Arnie unanimously recommended that a tournament director be hired for both the Bob Johnke and Annual Dinner, in order for information to be relayed properly following the events. After discussion of the costs and various options, the motion was defeated seven to five.

Tokens of Appreciation---Glenda asked Frank to pass out the information on previous years Tokens of Appreciation. Andy explained that most of the board doing certain jobs spends a lot of money. They do not ask for reimbursement such as telephone calls or postage for letters sent to members. It was agreed to give a small amount as a stipend to reimburse these board members and to limit the total stipend to $800. Jerry made one correction to the statement by Andy L. that any big expense was reimbursed. Lee made a motion to continue the present policy with the Tokens of Appreciation. Penny seconded. Discussion continued. Lee's motion was passed.

Johnke Scoring---Tod reported that the committee consists of Mary, Arnie, Betty, Kay, Mike and himself. The committee did not have a meeting but plan a meeting in the future. Discussion followed with a general consensus that the event should be flighted or stratiflighted. Tod made a motion for the committee to come back in October to the Board with some recommendations for a new format for the Johnke. Jerry seconded. It was passed unanimously.

NEW BUSINESS
Election---There are 3 people who are not running for re-election. They are Andy M, Arnie and Helen. Glenda asked if everyone notified the nomination committee of his/hers intentions as to whether or not they are staying.

Brochure---Glenda asked how the board liked the pamphlet called "Do You Play?" It was well received. Betty made a motion to research doing a brochure like that and appoint a chairman. It was seconded and Amy was appointed chairman.

The meeting was adjourned at 12 noon.

Respectfully submitted,

Penny Paikin,
Administrative/Recording Secretary

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