Nomination of officers for NCBC is underway, with elections taking place the last week in March.  Of the present officers and directors, Beverly Tillberry has agreed to run for President; Lois Fortunato has declined to run for Vice President; Annabelle Hills has agreed to run for Treasurer; Mary Ellen Vanzler has declined to run for Secretary; Carol Hargrave, Mary Ann Dufresne and Jim Logan have all agreed to run for the three director spots.

Mary Ellen was appointed to chair the nominating committee.  That committee is nominating Carl McGiffin and Richard Talbott as candidates to fill the Vice President position and Jim Somma and Phyllis Tryon as candidates to fill the Secretary position.  Nomination from the floor will be made at the Friday, February 26, game.  Please feel free to submit any names of persons you feel would do a good job on the board.  All board members work hard to provide players with an enjoyable game.

The minutes of our last board meeting and the 2009 Treasurer's Report can be found on The Daily Recap.  But you must be logged in to see them.  When logged in, click on "Read More" at the end of the front page article; click on "Page 1" and "Page 2" for full information in Treasurer's Report.

The articles are also available under Games->Club Info->NCBC in the "green bar"  menu near the top of some pages.

We will especially remember March 2009 for the union of the two local duplicate bridge clubs — thus the beginning of Nature Coast Bridge Club.  Immediately, the club took off running!   A distinguished board was elected, and an aggressive agenda was formulated.  Accomplishments that have been realized include:  blending the two clubs, accepting and embracing our new site, developing and implementing a strong educational program, offering more games for new players, hosting a successful sectional tournament, and holding Swiss games with special lunches on selected Sundays.   The Daily Recap continued to be a solid asset, always providing information and affording member communications.