At a club meeting in February and in the February bridge column, it was announced by Vice-President and Nominating Chair, Tim Whiteis that nominations were open for open positions on the Board for the March election. We have received seven nominations for the seven Board positions. In a late development, Lynne Birdt has announced that she will no longer be able to serve on the Board for next season since she is moving from the Landings, thus creating a new opening among At-Large members. Thanks, Lynne, for your longstanding service on the Board over the past several years! Currently, we have six Board members who are running to return to their positions. They are as follows: Bill Ferris, President; Tim Whiteis, Vice-President; Sue Wotton, Treasurer; Pam Dahlberg, Secretary; and Barb Coneys, Registration Desk/Partnership, Party and other such At-Large duties as required. Jerry Poisson will be running unopposed for the final seat at the Board table for 2025-26.
Returning to recent results at the tables, 17 different LDBC members played at least one day of Tournament bridge in the Southwestern Florida Regional Tournament repositioned to February from its hurricane-delayed status this past October earning over 207 masterpoints. No one has previously been keeping an exact score, but to our knowledge here at home, this is the highest number of tournament points earned in one tournament by our club members in years. Members winning masterpoints included the following in alphabetical order: Ron Bailer, Jan Baysden, Barb Coneys, Leela Dandekar, Heather Duncan, Bill Ferris, Wanda Jacobs, Marina Kotch, Ted Levy, Cheryle Luchene, Dennis Nahnsen, Jerry Poisson, Deb Root, Bill Rush, Miles Thomson, Pat Tylander, and Sue Wotton. Two of the above are new to the Landings membership rolls—congratulations, Ted Levy and Miles Thomson.
A special birthday cake for club members with February birthdays was shared at the end of play on February 17. It was nice to see former Board member, Diane Reed, paying us a visit on that day.
with the special birthday cake.
