Minnesota Bridge

A New Year - And ...

Already Unit 178 is busy organizing more excellent bridge opportunities for us!

Marv Riedesel, president of Unit 178, requested that I post the agenda for their next board meeting.  It will be Saturday, January 9th, at the Twin Cities Bridge Center.  As always, members are welcome to come by and visit, if they have interest.  Or, contact a board member to express your own views.

Thanks to the hard working board members - and - welcome to the New Year!

Unit 178 Board Meeting for November

Unit 178 President Marv Riedesel has requested that the agenda for Unit 178's next board meeting be posted.  That meeting will be next Saturday, November 21.  Feel free to review the upcoming agenda.

Unit 178 Minutes - August

Your Unit board is hard at work!  Here are the minutes from their August meeting.

Working for You

Unit 178 President Marv Reidesel sent me the latest minutes from their Board of Directors meeting.  Our thanks to all the folks who work hard on our behalf!

Working for You

Our unit board members work diligently to bring you the best possible bridge experiences in Minnesota.

Marv Riedesel, president of Unit 178, sent me this upcoming agenda for the August 22, 2009 meeting.  As always, board members are interested in your input and want you to be informed!

Unit 178 Board Meeting

The board members of 178 are once again hard at work for its members!  Here are their most recent minutes from June 13th.  Take a look to see what they've been up to.

I'm sure they'd like to hear your appreciation for their efforts - and hear your own ideas about bridge in the greater Minneapolis area!

Unit 178 Board Meeting

The Unit 178 Board is having a meeting this coming Saturday, July 18, 11:00AM at the Twin City Bridge Center.  An agenda for this meeting is posted below.

Remember; Unit 178 members are welcome to attend and listen if they so choose!

Unit 178 Minutes

For those who like to keep up with the inner workings of their Unit board - here are the minutes from Unit 178's May board meeting.

Thanks from Unit 178 President Marv Riedesel

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

Wow, A very sincere thank you to all of you who contributed to our charity efforts this year. Our goal was to exceed the $2020 donated last year to our selected charity. 52 individuals donated 110 items to our silent auction –

THANK YOU! 16 players volunteered to be auctioned off as expert players –

THANK YOU! 37 players made purchases at the silent auction –

THANK YOU! 18 players made cash contributions –

THANK YOU! 68 players played in the charity game on Saturday evening –

THANK YOU! 30 players bought a ticket in our raffle –

THANK YOU! 6 players contributed 22 items for the bake sale –

THANK YOU! Larry Oakey volunteered his directing services of the game -

THANK YOU! Chip & Teri Blu, owners of the TCBC, donated 80% of the entry fees for the game plus a set of lessons for 4 to our silent auction –

THANK YOU! Our charity committee worked tirelessly collecting items, contacting players, publicizing the event, preparing food, and carrying out the many other activities necessary to run a successful event – Sharon Anderson, Roger Anderson, Vicky Smith, Verda Gould, Mary Johnson, & Harold Dodson –

A HUGE THANK YOU TO EACH OF YOU. To each of you who read this - Please extend your gratitude to Chip, Teri, Larry, and the members of the committee for a tremendous effort.

We did it! – We are sending a check in the amount of $3000 to our selected charity this year - the Minneapolis Chapter of MAD DADS.

Additional details may be found in the minutes of the Unit 178 Executive Board meeting posted later on the blog and the bulletin board at the TCBC.

Membership Meeting - Gopher Regional

Unit 178 will hold its Annual General Membership Meeting on Friday, May 22nd at the Gopher Regional.  The meeting will be held in the playing room immediately following the Friday afternoon session.  Please try to attend; we welcome all members to participate in activities for your bridge organization!

Here is the agenda for this meeting:

1.            Call to Order

2.            2008 Financial Report of Unit 178

3.            Approval of a change in the Constitution by-laws Article X regarding elections to the Unit Board.  (Changes & rationale appear in a separate document.)

4.            New Business

5.            Adjournment

In addition, please read through this proposed change for Unit 178's by-laws.

April 178 Minutes

Please find below the line Unit 178's minutes for April.  See what is in store for the unit and how hard your board members are working for you!

Unit 178 Biz

For those contemplating attendance at the May 2nd Unit 178 board meeting, the agenda for same is posted below.

Unit 178 Membership Meeting

President Marv Riedesel of Unit 178 has a "head's up" for all 178 members.  During the Gopher Regional on Friday, May 22nd, a general membership meeting will be held.  The meeting is scheduled following the afternoon game at the playing site.

Unit 178 bylaws require that a meeting is held once a year, and that notice of this meeting is delivered a month prior to the meeting.

After Unit 178's May 2nd board meeting, Marv will send us a complete agenda for the membership meeting that will be posted at Minnesota Bridge.  Thanks, Marv!

March Madness

Actually - I am playing a tardy April Fool's joke on you with my heading.  This is not really March Madness whatsoever.  It is March's hard work from Unit 178's board of directors!

President Marv Riedesel and the board believe in Unit 178's constituents knowing what is happening with their governance.  So - you can read what happened at the March 14th meeting below the line.

Thanks to the board for their efforts and excellent reporting!  We should all be so mad!

Bravo!

Awards.  Recognition.  Fabulous turnout.  Bountiful & beautiful buffet.  Duplicate game.  Smiles.  Applause.  Laughs.  Tough bridge hands!

All this and more were on stage at the Twin City Bridge Club Saturday night as Unit 178 celebrated and feted those honored with Mini-McKenney and Ace-of-Clubs awards.  Marv Riedesel, President of Unit 178, began the evening with an introduction of Roger Anderson, Master of Ceremonies.  Roger has done a magnificent job for many years now, introducing award winners and recognizing those with fine accomplishments for the past year. 

Along with dapper Roger, Sharon Anderson has also been instrumental in the special evening at the TCBC.  This year was no different; festivities included a wonderful buffet that never ended, all organized and prepared by the amazing and elegant Sharon.  Of course, now Sharon is also the director representing our District 14 - for which we are quite grateful.

As award winners received a handshake from Marv and congratulations from Roger, they were a blur of motion.  Then, it was on to the two section local duplicate game, where all those who had accomplished so much in 2008 were able to dazzle their partners.

Many thanks to the many who contributed to the fine evening, including TCBC owners Chip and Teri Blu, the amazing TGLO (THE great Larry Oakey), Unit 178 board members - and, of course, all of you who showed up to participate!

One person was not at the party last night.  Nevertheless, he was remembered fondly and warmly.  Jim Hall, the Minnesotan who earned more masterpoints than any other in our history, died just about a year ago in March.  As Jim had bravely played some in the last few months of his life, he was on the list of those who achieved in 2008.  Actually - Jim had been achieving for decades at our game, setting the standard for both technique and accomplishment.  Not having Jim in our events any longer is an enormous loss.  Still - we remember him both as our friend and as "the guy to catch" in so many ways.

Please enjoy more photos from Unit 178's fun awards celebration!

Unit 178 April Board Meeting

Unit 178 President Marv Riedesel requested that I post this coming Saturday's agenda.  Those interested should note that Unit 178's board will meet at the Twin City Bridge Center, 9:30AM on April 11, 2009.

Thanks for supplying us with the agenda, Marv!

The Race is On!

Now that we're ensconced in April, Minnesota Bridge has switched from our 2008 Ace of Clubs and Mini McKenney races to the 2009 version.  Check out the links on the left under "Masterpoint Races" to see how you and your fellow compatriots are faring this year.

Please note that most of District 14's tournaments don't get scheduled until our weather moves from grotesque to tolerable.  So, another month or two, and we should see more Minnesotans adding to their Mini McKenney totals. 

Of course, our great clubs throughout the state are open winter, spring, summer and fall.  So - feel free to drop in and pump up your Ace of Clubs totals frequently!

UPDATE:  Sorry, folks.  Apparently the links to our Unit races are not functioning from ACBL.org's site at present.  When they are up and running again, we will reload the links so you can check them out.

Unit 178 Minutes

Your Unit 178 Board of Directors is hard at work!  Here are the minutes to their February 7th meeting.

Charity Begins at Home

Many organizations support worthy charities.  Our bridge world is no different.

Unit 178 will hold its annual Charity Game on June 6, 2009.   Unit members are invited to propose a charity worthy to be 2009's recipient. 

To submit a propose for your favority charity, please include this information:

1. Your name.
2. Name of your charity (it must be a qualified 501 (c)(3) organization)
3. A brief explanation of the worthiness of the charity.
4. Willingness of charity representatives to attend the charity game.
5. Your ability to help with the silent auction and other aspects of the event.

Please submit proposals by April 8th to Marv Riedesel, Sue Jackson (sjackson@smumn.edu) or Verda Gould.

 

 

 

 

Board 178 Meeting

Unit 178's President, Marv Riedesel, alerted me to the unit's board meeting on March 14th, 9:30AM, at the Twin City Bridge Center.

A tentative agenda.  Marv wants Unit 178 members to know that they are welcome to attend, if they so choose.  Familiarity with the agenda should also help folks to know what your board members are doing to improve bridge in Minneapolis!