Alumni Board Meeting Minutes

Semi-Annual Meeting

Friday, May 10, 2002
Harlan Dining Room, The Commons
Mike Conklin '69 - Presiding

Attending:
Michael Conklin '69, President
Lu Ann White '78, President-Elect
Julia Gutz '88 - Immediate Past-President
Shelia Kruse Boyce '85
Bobbi Buckner '01
Joseph Campanelli '69
Jodi Enger '91
Ann Parker Foote '79
John Gilliland '89
Nels Lindquist '71
Michael Mudlaff '88
Lisa Naaktgeboren '90
Allan Ruter '76
Sally Larson Sargent '72
Barbara Schultz '71
John & Ann Loewe Turner '94
Mark Van Etten '76
Ruth Brown Ward '82

Absent:
Richard (Joe) Morton '50
Ann Peiffer '99
Jane Riessen '00
Carol Busch Telling '66
Gary Thompson '60
Ryan Tucker '96

Staff:
Les Garner - President
Terry Gibson '59, Vice President for Alumni and College Advancement
Debbie Green - Director of College Advancement
Ruth Keefe Miller '66 - Alumni Director
Steve Miller '65,
Dee Ann Rexroat '82 - Director of College Communications
Bev Moser, Hon. '80, Alumni Programs Coordinator

President, Mike Conklin called the semi-annual meeting of the Cornell College Alumni Association Board of Directors to order at 9 a.m.

Minutes of the October 19, 2001 meeting were approved as presented.

Alumni Director, Ruth Keefe Miller '66 reported on the activities of the office and alumni events held since the annual meeting in October.

President Les Garner addressed the group.
1. Art Department will move into McWethy Hall in June.
2. Armstrong will close after school is out and renovation will begin. The new Theatre should be available in the fall. Possible theatre production at Homecoming 2002.
3. Armstrong should be ready for occupancy in one year.
4. Construction will begin on the Ped Mall as soon as classes are finished. Will run from College Hall to The Commons. Chapel Garden between Bowman and King Chapel.
5. Record number of applications has been received. Entering freshman class will be 360+.
6. Two new appointments have been made: Jonathan Stroud, Vice President for Admissions, and Tina Hill, Athletic Director. Ray Reasland will replace Steve Miller as head football coach.
7. Self-study for accreditation is being done. Focus is on One Course At A Time. Discussions being held on what we can do to make Cornell the very best.
8. Surveying the class of '99 and staying in contact with them.
9. Cornell will celebrate its Sesquicentennial in the fall of 2003.

Discussion held on the board committee structure. A proposal was made to meet as an entire board, segmenting the meeting time to allow discussions and presentation of new proposals for:
1. Alumni and College Advancement
2. Communications
3. Student Assistance
Each area would retain a chair and college support person.

Dee Ann Rexroat '82 gave a demonstration on the Web and showed the members of the board the alumni page.

Board went into committee meetings.

Board reconvened for lunch. During the luncheon, Carey Downs Gibson, Professor Dick Peters, and Professor Truman Jordan were presented with Honorary membership in the Alumni Association.

Following the luncheon committee reports were given. (See attached reports.)

Following the committee reports the board broke out in Area Club distribution and worked on finding names of alumni in their specific area who will be good supporters and committee members for the upcoming Sesquicentennial events in our seven cities.

Election of Officers
Richard Scott was elected to fill the term of John Lively that will expire in the fall of 2002. Fred Holtz was elected to fill the term of Lynn Luce that will expire in the fall of 2003.

Meeting adjourned at 4:30 p.m.