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Meeting Minutes January 3, 2006
ATTENDANCE: Joan Birch
'51, Kay Clark '46, Charlie Fischer '64, Pete French '53, Paul
Hundredmark '64 (by phone), Sabina Hunter '74, Scott Miller '54, Ryan
Pacatte BCSD, Mary Louise Riter '52, Kay Salerno '56, Ruth Thaler-Carter
'71, Paul Tracy '85, Pete Heinrich '55, Bill Gerling '56, Steve Gaudioso
'63
MINUTES FROM DECEMBER 7, 2005: Correction
- Hall of Fame - third paragraph should read "Public announcement of the
project will follow when the project is vetted and accepted by the BCSD
Board of Education." Minutes corrected and approved.
TREASURER'S REPORT: Pete
French reported the balance of the treasury is $11,506.32 after the
purchase of the computer.
PROJECTS:
MARQUEE: The caps have been
installed, and the project is complete.
COURTYARD GARDEN: Scott Miller
expects to meet shortly with Mr. Vandermeer who will have the design
plan ready for the February BSAA meeting. The information about the
purchase and sale price of the bricks will also be available at the
February meeting. There will be walkways leading to the three doorways
opening onto the courtyard. It is hoped that the hallways around these
doors will improve in appearance. The budget for the courtyard is
expected soon.
HALL OF FAME: Nancy Hackett
and Chris Manaseri presented the plans for the Hall of Fame and the
names of the Selection Committee to the Board of Education. The project
and selection committee were approved enthusiastically. Members of the
Hall of Fame Committee are developing nomination forms, plans and costs
and coordinating with the school. The Selection Committee will meet
before the next Board meeting. The nomination forms for recommendation
of honorees will be available at our websites: bhsalumni.net
and brightonalumni.org, and Paul Hundredmark will
send them out in a special blast e-mail. Ruth Thaler-Carter submitted an
article to June Vigor to be included in the February Brighton Schools
Newsletter, and plans articles in Messenger Newspapers and the D &
C. There will be some "fine tuning" on the timeline, but February 20th
will probably be the due date for nominations in order to notify
honorees so that they can make plans to be available for the
presentation at the BHS Awards ceremony on June 2, 2006, and also to
verify information submitted by the nominator. A Hall of Fame event,
either a dinner the night before, or a luncheon following the June 2
Awards ceremony is also being planned.
ALUMNI RESOURCE CENTER: Steve
Gaudioso and Paul Tracy completed the installation of the Dell
computer! Reunion photographs, class pictures, etc., need to be added.
E-mail just for BSAA will be set up. There is a need for a couple of
volunteers to work as a team to keep the computer updated. Voicemail has
been added to the Alumni Resource Center phone: (585) 442 - 6055.
Kay Clark is checking voicemail weekly. She proposed forming an alumni
volunteer group to help "man" (woman? person?) the ARC and assist with
archiving and other activities.
VIDEO CONFERENCE/WEBCAST:
Paul Tracy is working on the necessary equipment and working with the
district to have a Webcast of a BSAA Board meeting in the near
future. He also provided information about appropriate webcams that will
enable us to produce our own video conferences in the Alumni Resource
Center. Quality, costs and our requirements were discussed. The Board
approved the purchase and gave Paul a general price range and the
responsibility to buy the webcam.
WEBSITE: Paul Tracy and
Ruth Thaler-Carter discussed changes and improvements that are being
done to the website to provide easier use, i.e.: posting the BSAA
Minutes, creating a separate archive for the minutes, posting the
agenda. Paul Tracy plans to talk to Paul Hundredmark about data
storage. Ruth Thaler-Carter wants to provide information on how to post
reunion pictures. It is important to keep the number of
photos manageable - ten to twelve pictures per event was suggested and
the use of a J-album format. Ruth also reported that she has been
updating the site fairly regularly, needs more pictures, and that the
Reunion Kit is nearly ready.
MARKETING & PUBLICITY: Ruth
Thaler-Carter suggested that the BSAA address should be printed on the
stationary as well as on the minutes. Publicity is going fairly well
with announcements of meetings regularly in papers and on both websites,
and upcoming publicity featuring the Hall of Fame.
STRATEGIES AND LONG RANGE PLAN:
A copy of the report was distributed to all members to be read
before the next meeting. This report on Vision, Mission and Strategic
Plan builds upon previous presentation of suggestions and discussions at
BSAA Board meetings. Pete French and Pete Heinrich met with Nancy
Hackett and Dr. Manaseri and want to share this with them. All Board
members are asked to read this report and provide written feedback
before the February meeting.
OLD AND NEW BUSINESS:
Plans for the "Homecoming Concert" remain on
hold until we hear from Richard Kaplan about the decisions of the
Chamber, Town and School.
Ryan Pacette announced the selection
Jordana Gilman, a Freshman student, to represent the
Student Council on the BSAA Board. Ryan will provide an e-mail address
so we can add her to the BSAA distribution list.
Kay Clark reminded the Board that it is time to make
plans for the annual Alumni Picnic, choose a date and reserve a cabin at
Ellison Park.
Meeting dates: the July meeting will be the picnic. The
September 5 meeting has been changed to September 12.
NEXT MEETING: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2006
Alumni
Resource Center - 7 p.m.
UPDATED E-MAIL ADDRESSES:
Nancy Hackett Nancy_Hackett@bcsd.org (underline
between "Nancy" & "Hackett")
Chris Manaseri Chris_Manaseri@bcsd.org (underline between "Chris" & "Manaseri")
Harv Peris hperis@rochester.rr.com
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