MACA Board Meeting Minutes of February 12, 2001
Approved
Minutes
Note: The information for these minutes was provided by Treasurer Robert Messenger.
The meeting was called to order at 7:45 p.m. by Vice
President Mark Kaprielian at the Kennedy Senior Center in Natick. The members present were (alpha list) Steven
Frymer, Michael Hoffpauir, Mark Kaprielian, Robert King, Peter Lee and Robert
Messenger, who acted as Clerk.
After Vice President Mark Kaprielian’s opening remarks, the
Board agreed to bring up the agenda item regarding the coming election. Board member Gilbert Gosselin joined the
meeting at 8:17 p.m.
Motion 0145: (Messenger
moved, Gosselin seconded) The motion to
suspend the rules and extend the deadline for nominations to February 28, 2001
was passed without dissent (Frymer abstained).
Motion 0146: (Messenger
moved, Gosselin seconded) The motion to
appoint Michael Hoffpauir as chairman of the Election Commission, with the
authority to appoint the remaining members of the commission, was passed
without dissent.
Motion 147: (Messenger
moved, Lee seconded) The motion to
allow the expenditure of up to $350. on the election was passed without
dissent.
Motion 148: (Messenger
moved, Gosselin seconded) The motion to
allow each candidate for an officer position to make a 200-word statement to
appear with the ballots, and each candidate for Director to make a 100-word
statement; a candidate shall make no
more than one statement. The motion was
passed without dissent.
The following candidates were nominated:
Harvey Reed for President and Director
Robert King for President and Director
Steven Frymer for Vice President and Director
Robert Messenger for Treasurer
Mark Kaprielian for Clerk and Director
Larry Eldridge for Director
Gilbert Gosselin for Director
Peter Lee as Director
The Board reviewed the minutes for the previous three
meetings. Motion 0149; (Lee moved, Gosselin seconded) The motion to accept the minutes for the
meeting of November 27, 2000 was passed without dissent ( (Frymer and Messenger
abstained).
The following additions were made to the minutes of the
meeting on December 18, 2000:
Motion 0143: The Board
appointed a Budget Committee, consisting of Steven Frymer, Robert Messenger and
Peter Lee.
Motion 0144:(Frymer moved, Gosselin
seconded) The motion to cancel MACA’s
liability insurance policy was not approved, with 1 in favor (Frymer) and 6
opposed (Kaprielian, Hoffpauir, King, Lee, Messenger, Gosselin).
Peter Lee said that he would investigate the possibility of
finding less expensive insurance coverage.
The wording that “Geoffrey Polizoti reported that he had
obtained a $500. donation” was changed to “obtained a pledge of a $500.
donation”.
Harvey Reed reported that he had been contacted by a medical
research group, asking for volunteers to participate in a study of aging. The Board voted to ask Harvey to obtain more
information about this study.
Motion 0150: (Lee
moved, Gosselin seconded) The motion to
accept the December meeting minutes, as amended, passed without dissent (Frymer
abstained).
Motion 0151: (Messenger
moved, Gosselin seconded) The motion to
accept the minutes for the meeting on
January 3, 2001 was passed without dissent (Frymer abstained).
Motion 0152: (Lee
moved, Kaprielian seconded) The motion
to adopt as a standing rule that “MACA Board meetings shall be held at 7:30
p.m. on the second Monday of each month, with the exception of the July
meeting, which shall be held on the third Monday, unless the Board shall
designate an alternate date or time for a meeting” was passed without dissent (Frymer abstained).
Robert Messenger presented a Treasurer’s report, which
included reports for July, 1999 to June, 2000, July, 2000 to December, 2000,
and for January, 2001, and made recommendations to the Board, which he then
offered as motions.
Motion 0153: (Messenger moved, Gosselin
seconded) The motion to transfer all
cash from the Capital Equipment Fund to the General Fund was passed without
dissent.
Motion 0154: (Messenger
moved, Gosselin seconded) The motion to
transfer $12,000. from the Life Membership Fund to the General Fund, to be
repaid at the rate of $100. per month was passed with 6 in favor (Kaprielian,
Hoffpauir, King, Messenger, Gosselin, Frymer)
and 1 opposed (Lee).
The possibility of MACA obtaining the ability to accept
payments by credit card was discussed.
Michael Hoffpauir agreed to research the possibility of accepting such
payments on the Web.
Steven Frymer left the meeting at 10:15 p.m.
Michael Hoffpauir reported on MACA’s recent Scholastics
tournaments. There was a discussion of
the Fineman Memorial Tournament in Harwich, to be directed by Mark Donlan, and
open only to Junior players living in the towns of Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans,
Brewster, Harwich and Chatham.
Motion 0155: (Messenger
moved, Gosselin seconded) The motion to
inform Mark Donlan that MACA declines to sponsor the Fineman Memorial
Tournament, because it is restricted to players in a geographic area, was
passed without dissent.
Motion 0156: (Messenger
moved, Gosselin seconded) The motion to
amend Motion 0142, which was passed at the January 3, 2001 meeting, as
follows: Resolved, that the Treasurer
shall establish a Prison Chess Fund.
All prison chess donations received since July 1, 2000 or received in
the future, and all interest earned by money in the Prison Chess Fund, shall go
into the Fund. All money spent on
prison chess since July 1, 2000 or in the future shall be taken from the Prison
Chess Fund. In addition, the Prison
Chess Fund shall be charged $4. per year for each prison chess subscription to
Chess Horizons, starting in December, 2000, provided that such subscriptions
have been approved by the Prison Chess Coordinator, was passed with 3 in favor
(Kaprielian, Messenger, Gosselin), 2 opposed (King, Hoffpauir) and 1 abstaining
(Lee).
The meeting was adjourned at 11:00 p.m. The next meeting will be held on Monday,
March 12, 2001 at 7:30 p.m. at the Kennedy Senior Center in Natick.
William R. Gennert
Clerk