NCSSM Alumni Association Board Meeting Minutes

Last updated 22 January 1997

18 October 1996

In attendance: Jeff Cherry, Brian Morin, Henry Kuo, Sarah Krigman.

A quorum was not present. The attending Board members chose to discuss the following issues.

Minutes
The minutes were not approved.
Committees and Update on Positions
Jeff Cherry reported the vacatn positions of the Board. The Recorder position has recently been vacated. Mary Pat Campbell has moved to NY. Sarah Krigman '82 has assumed the duties of membership chairman. Brian Morin '85 is the new Communications Chair.
Alumni Day
Jeff has requested the Board to seek Alumni Coordinators for the '82, '87, and '92 reunions. Henry Kuo provided numerous contacts for Therese Taxis. Jeff would like Alumni Day recaps for the Watts' Line publication.
Membership
Sarah suggested ideas for Alumni participation growth.
  1. Phonathon in February -- presently being planned by Therese Taxis.
  2. Have Watts' Line available to all alums.
  3. Continue to cultivate participation on every level.
  4. Provide Board with alums in the local areas of their communities.
Fundraising
Therese Taxis updated the members with the current status of the Educational Technology complex. Requested that total giving be reported in the Watts' Line. Report the numbers of alums within class year who actively participate in the Association. Welcome the idea of a phonathon. Need numerous volunteers to effectively contact 3000 alums. Henry Kuo suggested end of year ask to all alums.
Watts' Line
Brian Morin reported he is reformatting the Watts' Line. Tentative completion date is mid-November.
Special Events
Jeff Cherry and Henry Kuo requested to meet with Rita Ware to discuss Development issues. Henry Kuo is contacting local alums requesting assistance for planning of Alumni Day.
Tentative Calendar of Events
Positions open for Nominations
Fundraising, Vice President, Treasurer, Three At-Large Members

3 March 1996

In attendance: Brock Winslow, Kimberly Turk, Valerie Iatridi, Gina Norman, Mary Pat Campbell, Robert Chang, Brian Morin, Anne Lincoln.

The meeting was called to order at 12:45 pm.

Reunions

Alumni Day

Tentative schedule for Alumni Day, 8 June 1996 


9:30 Registration and visit with faculty.

10:30 Alumni Association general meeting

11:30  Introduction to the Web presentation -- Sharon, Gina (MP in reserve)

11:30-1:30 Lunch

1:30  Class of 1986 slide show
      Current events presentation by Jackie Meadows

2:00  Class of 1991 meeting
      Chaos theory -- Sam Cohn (or Bartkovich)

2:30  Class of 1991 slide show
      Ice cream in a bag -- Anne 
      Campus Tours -- Kim

2:45  Class of 1986 meeting

3:30  Class of 1986 picture

4:00  Class of 1991 picture

Mural -- Noon - 2:30 -- Gina

Everyone needs to get stuff done/planned/confirmed by Monday, 18 March. Call Gina with confirmations. This needs to go in the newsletter.

People's responsibilities:

Web/email stuff

Trying to get Alumni Assoc. on NCSSM's web server, contact person Pete Goldberg.

Alumni association email mailing list (set up by Sharon):
ncssmaa@athanatos.mit.edu
(Robert Chang is to test this out)

Alumni association web page:
http://web.mit.edu/belville/www/aancssm.html

Send copies of pertinent alumni info to Sharon (belville@mit.edu), so she can put it on the web page.

Newsletter

Logistics

Stuff needs to get done sooner! Our last newsletter was months late. Minutes were also late. From now on, Mary Pat will copy and send directly.

Also, people should put together committees (such as newsletter committees, etc.) made up of non-board members, so that work is spread out a bit more.

Elections

Anne needs to call Therese to determine which offices are still open for nomination, which offices have multiple nominations; contact nominees to see if they want to switch to run for an office with no nominations. Get statements from all nominees. Need to have a full ballot for the next newsletter -- 26 March.

Meeting ended at 2ish.

Minutes taken by Mary Pat Campbell '92

17 December 1995

In attendance: Sharon Belville, Jeff Cherry, Valerie Iatridi, Anne Lincoln, Brian Morin, Gina Norman, Kimberly Turk

The meeting was called to order around 3pm with Gina Norman presiding.

Minutes

Minutes should take one to two weeks to type up from meetings and will be sent via e-mail to those board members that have e-mail. Mark, Andrea, and Brock will need hard copies of the minutes.

Minutes should be emailed to Sharon. She will post the minutes on the Web.

Electronic Communication

There was discussion of setting up a listserv. A stable site is needed to house NCSSMAA WWW pages. A site that moves constantly would be impractical for people to keep updated on alumni information. Gina will contact Pete Goldberg to request space on the NCSSM server. Since the meeting, Sharon Belville has set up a list for NCSSMAA Board email.

Project

Set up a Web site for alumni to seek out other alums. Send to NCSSM, Therese Taxis, name, class, university(ies), major(s), current address, phone number, and email. Have a listing of codes for different fields. Alums on the net could search for someone who went to the same university or is in the same field. Robert Chang heads up this project.

Things to do

Submit alumni news to Frank Wrenn.

Calendar of events

Positions open for nomination

Progress reports

Committees need to report to Frank Wrenn by March 3

Ideas for Alumni Day in June

Selling -- there was discussion of selling T-shirts to help fund the alumni association. Gina will investigate if the sales affect our non-profit status.

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