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Club Board Minutes - July 2007
Bemidji Curling Club
Board of Directors Meeting
July 10, 2007
Call to Order: The meeting was called
to order at 6:05 p.m. by President Keith Hunt.
Present: Bob Fenson, Dave Chandler, Keith
Hunt, Mary Israelson, Chase Jackson, Dave Lundberg, Chase Schmitt,
Aaron Stodgell, Doug Underthun, Randy Westhoff
Absent:
Guests: Mary Simon, Steve Fogelson
Approve Prior Minutes: A motion to approve
minutes as written was made by Mary Israelson, seconded by Chase
Jackson. The motion carried.
Presentations by Guests
Finance:
Dave Lundberg motioned, seconded by Mary Israelson, that
- Dave Lundberg the main signer with Bob Fenson and Keith Hunt
as backups on the club’s regular checking account
- Dave Lundberg be the main signer with Keith Hunt as backup
on the club’s junior checking account; and
- Chase Schmitt and Mary Simon be the main signers with Bob
Fenson and Dave Lundberg as backups for the bar checking account.
The motion carried. All officers signed forms from the bank to
authorize the accounts.
Dave reviewed the year-end financial report. The club has approximately
$17,000 more than we had at this time last year with a checkbook
balance of $27,113.41.
The Finance Committee met and is recommending we have Wayne Ward
handle the book keeping and payroll for the club currently done
by Bemidji Secretarial. He charges $50 per hour. Dave Lundberg
will send a letter to Bemidji Secretarial explaining the decision.
A motion to approve the financial report was made by Randy Westhoff
and seconded by Dave Chandler. The motion carried.
Old Business:
- Steve Fogelson was present to discuss the online bonspiel
registration problems last winter and how they could be solved.
Steve will look into an auto-response system to verify registrations.
Adding online merchandise sales and dues payment to the website
was discussed. Ben Hunt will work with Steve to get additional
league and other information posted on the website.
- Bob Fenson ordered new hacks and an exhaust fan for the bathroom.
Mike Schmitt will install the fan. Bob discussed replacing 60-70
of the chairs in the bar area. He is looking into getting new
carpet for the home end of the arena.
- Kitchen Upgrade: Bob Fenson recommended we replace the stove,
leave the griddle, install a hand sink, eliminate the deep fat
fryer and other outdated equipment and purchase new small appliances
as needed. Mary Israelson moved, seconded by Dave Chandler,
that we authorize up to $2,000 for these upgrades. Motion carried.
- Locker Rooms: Bob has a commitment from 91 members to purchase
lockers. He has a bid of $4650 to move the bathroom in the men’s
locker room. The total cost of remodeling the men’s locker
room should be between $8,000 and $10,000 excluding the cost
of the lockers. The city will reimburse us for this next year.
Bob would like to order 132 lockers for the men’s locker
room and 49 for the women’s. Doug Underthun moved, seconded
by Chase Jackson) that we move ahead with the project contingent
upon the development of a finance plan. Motion carried. Keith
Hunt and Dave Lundberg will develop the finance plan and the
board will meet next Tuesday, July 17 at 6:00 to act on it.
Committee Reports
Bar: Chase Schmitt presented a quote of $3158.30
from Bernick for a new kegging system. He will try to get another
quote
Juniors: No Report.
Senior Nationals: No report.
General Manager’s Report: •
Bob Fenson applied for early ice funds. No word back yet. The
club is rented for a wedding on July 28. Bob distributed a proposed
league schedule.
New Business:
- Ice Ads: Dave Chandler moved, seconded by Chase Schmitt,
that we leave ice ad pricing the same as last year except raise
the scoreboard/medallion prices from $275 to $300. Motion carried.
- Dues schedule: Dave Lundberg distributed last year’s
dues schedule . This will be a topic of discussion next month.
Next Meeting and Adjournment: The
next regular meeting will be Tuesday, August 14 at 6:00 p.m..
The meeting adjourned at 8:55.
Respectfully submitted,
Randy Westhoff |
