Board Meeting Minutes
April 12, 2007 10:00 AM
GLENDALE LIBRARY, AUDITORIUM

B0ARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Victor Childers, Noel Duerden, Jim East, Ron Frank, Joe Hintgen, Bernice Hopp, Jordan Leibman, Sheldon Siegel, Judy Silence, Dottie Swinney, Bill Voos, Harriet Wilkins and Shirley Yegerlehner.

CALL to ORDER: The meeting was called to order by President Jim East at 10:00 A.M. APPROVAL of MINUTES: The minutes of the March 8, 2007, meeting were approved and will be filed.

PRESIDENTS’s REPORT: President Jim East announced the following:
1. On March 19, 2007, Jim sent a congratulatory letter from the Senior Academy to President-elect Michael A. McRobbie of Indiana University. Jim also invited him to attend the Annual Meeting of the Senior Academy. In his reply, President-elect McRobbie expressed his regrets in being unable to attend and extended his best wishes to the Senior Academy.
2. Jim displayed the Bepko Medallion with its inscription. It will be awarded to Jim Morris at the Annual Meeting.
3. Jim circulated copies of the DEMOGRAPHICS, IUPUI Senior Academy. Dottie Swinney worked tirelessly to accumulate this much needed information which provides insight into the diversity of the membership and a foundation for recruitment of Board members. This report identifies members by school or department and whether staff or faculty. Copies are available.
4. SHARED NFORMATION PROGRAM (SIP). At the March 8, 2007. Ed Robbins discussed how members could share good information. Below is Ed’s written proposal.

PROPOSAL TO ORGANIZE A SHARED INFORMATION PROGRAM
Senior Academy members who volunteer to become members of the Shared Information Program (SIP) agree to have their email addresses included on a SIP listserve. Participants may then:
1. Receive emails from other participants requesting information and/or advice on personal questions that they may have.
2. Post requests for information and/or advice they may desire.
Participants receiving request for information and/or advice have three options. They may:
1. Reply with information and/or advice they may have to offer.
2. Reply with a request for clarification and/or additional information.
3. Disregard and delete the request. Participants may request personal advice or information by posting their request on the listserve. Participants may request that their email address be removed from the listserve any time. Discussion followed. The Proposal was moved, seconded and passed unanimously under the condition that someone will be available to maintain the listserve.

TREASURER’s REPORT: Victor Childers, Treasurer, reported the market value of the Senior Academy’s funds at the end of March 2007, is $72,000.00. Vic circulated reports covering all the funds. It was moved and seconded to accept the report. The motion passed unanimously.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

MEMBERSHIP: Harriet Wilkins, Chair reported. Bill Voos and Carlyn Johnson represented Senior Academy in the annual program Human Resources hosts for faculty and staff planning retirement. It was held on Friday, March 30, 2007. Questions were welcomed from the audience. Those in attendance received copies of the SENIOR SENTINEL. Therese Martin sent a letter thanking the Senior Academy for participating and expressing her pleasure in the results. All attendees were greeted and personally invited to join the Senior Academy. Each retiree receives a free one- year membership to the Senior Academy.

PROGRAM : Jordan Leibman, Coordinator reported. On April 17, 2007, a Medicare D program is scheduled. Five Senior Academy members will share their experiences with different drug plans. It will be held at 10:00 A.M. in the Glendale Library Auditorium.
Jordan organized all available email addresses of members. This listing greatly assists all committees in sending information to the membership. Noel was requested to print that Senior Academy addresses are secure and are sent only to members.
Jordan thanked Noel for his informative articles in the MARCH 2007 edition of the SENIOR SENTINEL.

SOCIAL: Ron Frank, member reported. Twenty five members enjoyed a tour of the Chateau Thomas Winery on April 4, 2007. Members were treated to wine samples and a delicious luncheon. The winery plans to market a wine made with Splenda. On May 2, 2007, Ron has arranged a tour of the Stutz Business Center. It is home to artists and small businesses.

AD-HOC COMMITTEE

By-Laws: Bernice Hopp, Chair reported for committee members, Carl Rothe and Sheldon Siegel. Jim East attended the monthly meetings held since January. The Senior Academy began in 1994. This 13th revision of the IUPUI Senior Academy By-Laws was mailed to Board members for review. Additional copies are available today. The Committee resolved in the revision process to produce a working document for the 21st century. We looked to the past for signs of weakness and endeavored to produce a document to provide continuous and strong leadership in the future. This report was written to provide guidance and clarity for operation to Board members and all Academy members. Many emails were exchanged and drafts typed as the revision evolved and was woven together. Carl Rothe and Jim East contributed enormously to this project. Today we are proud to present our labors to you and seek your approval.
Discussion followed. Corrections were made in Article III-Membership and in Article IV-Governance and recorded. A motion was made to accept the revision of the By-Laws. It was seconded. There were 12 votes in favor of the By-Laws and one vote in abstention. The By-Laws passed. Copies of the revised By-Laws of IUPUI Senior Academy will be available at the Annual Meeting.

There was no further Old or New Business.

ADJOURNMENT: It was moved, seconded and unanimous to adjourn the meeting at 11:30 A.M.

Respectfully submitted by Bernice Hopp, Secretary

The next Board Meeting will be held at The Skyline Club on May 17, 2007 at 3:00 P.M. The Annual Meeting will follow.