Charity Foundation
Board of Trustees
St. Louis, MO
March 9, 2007

Present: Georgia Heth, President, Jerry Fleming, Vice-President, Shirley Seals, Secretary/Treasurer; Marsha Bernstein and Sharon Fairchild, Trustees.

Also Present: Kelley McGuire

Georgia Heth called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, March 9, 2007.

Minutes

The minutes of the November 17, 2006 meeting in Honolulu, HI are approved.

Carried unanimously.

Treasurer's Report

Shirley Seals presented the Treasurer's report. Exhibit 1

Carried unanimously.

Grant

A. Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is denied.

Carried unanimously.

B. United Cerebral Palsy is award $5,000 for the Camp LivitUp program.

Carried unanimously.

Old Business

A. Web site Ð A discussion was held on the Foundation's web site and the lack thereof. Jerry Fleming will review the site and make changes that would include grants made for the year and the Foundation's financial reports.

B. Revisit of charity check distribution policy - It was noted that the letter sent to the charity has been changed to reflect both the ACBL Charity Foundation and the person who has requested the checks to receive acknowledgements. The current check policy will stay in place.

New Business

In St. Louis, MO the Foundation awarded the The Backstoppers, Inc. $5,000 which was selected as the local NABC charity.

A. Unit Charity Rebate program:

It was moved and seconded that the Unit charity rebate program is eliminated.

Effective January 1, 2007.

Carried unanimously.

B. District-wide charity game hand analysis:

It was moved and seconded that the hand analysis for the district-wide charity games will be eliminated.

Carried unanimously.

C. Grant discussions:

It was moved and seconded that charity discretionary grants would be reviewed and distributed at the Fall meeting only.

Carried unanimously.

D. Director Officers insurance.

Shirley Seals will look into getting D/O insurance for the officers of the Charity Foundation and will report back.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:00 a.m.