BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Margaret
Applegate, Theodore Cutshall, Noel Duerden, Jim East, Mark Grove,
Mary Grove, Joseph Hingtgen, Bernice Hopp, Jordan Leibman, Don Schultheis,
Sheldon Siegel, Dottie Swinney, William Voos and Harriet Wilkins.
COMMITTEE CHAIR PRESENT: Communication,
Chair, Walt Linne.
CALL to ORDER:
The meeting was called to order by President Jim East at 10:10 A.M.
APPROVAL of MINUTES:
Correction to Senior Academy Campus Center Design Planning: In the
paragraph of the minutes that ends”-and reviewed each consideration”
add: He requested and received approval from the Board to submit
the committee proposals to Campus Center Chairman, Dan Maxwell,
for his approval to move ahead with the project.” It was moved,
seconded and unanimous to file the minutes as corrected.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT:
Jim East circulated copies of IUPUI 2007 PERFORMANCE REPORT. He
highlighted statistics reported on page 15.
After the January Board Meeting, a picture of Senior Academy presidents
was taken. The handsome Picture of Presidents was framed, presented
to the Board and will hang in the Senior Academy Room in the Student
Center. A second framed copy is also available.
Jim East e-mailed Board members regarding meeting on campus. It
was concluded for the time being the meetings would remain at Glendale.
The new brochure for the Senior Academy made its debut. Jim thanked
Harriet Wilkins, Walt Linne and Noel Duerden for their work in producing
this informative and attractive brochure.
Jim prepared an inclusive listing of SENIOR ACADEMY FUNCTIONS, SPRING
2008. Copies were circulated.
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN. Fund raising in 2007 focused on the Senior Academy
Room in the Student Center. The Senior Academy is again asked to
participate in the 2008 Capital Campaign. Discussion followed. It
was concluded to dedicate funds raised to the Returning Student
Scholarship Endowment. It was moved, seconded and passed unanimously.
NOMINATIONS FOR BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS for 2008-09. According
to the By-Laws, a slate of board members to be elected is to be
sent out by March 15, 2008. The following persons will be leaving
the Board after serving the allowed two terms of two years: Bernice
Hopp, Jordan Leibman, Don Schultheis and Dottie Swinney.Three officers
will be stepping down: Bernice Hopp (secretary) and Don Schultheis
(treasurer) and Jim East from the presidency but will remain on
the Board. Jim requested Board members review the DEMOGRAPHICS REPORT
prepared by Dottie Swinney, May, 2007, to nominate candidates.
GOALS for 2008-09. Jim East and members of the Executive Board met
in the AO Building on Thursday, February 7, 2008. (Note: the meeting
room is comfortable and available for scheduling by the Senior Academy.
A beverage bar is available). The Goals submitted during the January
Board Meeting were ranked. Jim tabulated them for further consideration.
During the February Board Meeting, participation by all Board members
was discussed. This can be achieved by assigning the member to an
appropriate committee. Presently there are 2 members not serving
on a committee. A motion was made to assign all members to a committee.
Discussion followed. At the time a retiree applies for membership,
a form is completed which includes a check list of interests. The
Membership Committee receives this information and can forward it
to the Chair of the checked Committee. The Committee Chair should
then contact the new member and discuss workings of the Committee.
This can be done by phone or e-mail. It is recommended the Chair
not leave messages, rather speak to the new member directly. Motion:
Senior Academy Secretary will notify the Committee Chair who will
contact the new member. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
There was further discussion of Goals. A motion was made to approve
in general the list of Goals and at the end of the year to revisit
and realign them. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
See attachment. Subject: Senior Academy Executive Committee Ranking
of 2008 Goals.
Consideration was directed on how to reach members outside of Indianapolis.
The website is a tool to inform persons living away. The Shared
Information Program is another service. A column could be designed
in the SENIOR SENTINEL focusing on the lives of these members.
TREASURER’s REPORT:
Don Schultheis, Treasurer, reported. He circulated copies of his
report. The Scholarship Office requests funds for the academic year
2007-2008. It was moved to transfer $6,000.00 from the Senior Academy
Fund 38P000052. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
COMMUNICATION. Committee Chair, Walt Linne, prepared
the following report. Mike Maxwell, Mark Grove and I met with Scott
Chevalier, AO, to discuss updating the SA Website. Scott is currently
working with the University to make several transparent updates
to the overall website system. He will work with us to make changes
to our particular Website. We also have added Dick Patterson to
our working committee. We want to spruce up the website and the
following changes have been suggested. 1. Add a teaser line. 2.
Change the link buttons by changing Board to read Leadership and
adding a News link (newsletter, events and discussion items). 3.
Add more bulletins…may include with the teaser. 4. Delete
the counter…may be counter productive i.e.low count. 5. New
mission statement. 6. Add committee descriptions to Leadership link.
7. Add scholarship info to website. 8. Add a section that would
keep us posted on members who live outside the central Indiana area.
We hope to setup a pseudo SA Website which will allow us to make
changes and refinement before posting to the actual SA Website.
At our next meeting we will outline the changes we want to make.
Once changes have been made we will submit them to the SB Board
for review.
SOCIAL. Committee member, Bernice Hopp, reported.
There are three remaining events scheduled for Spring, 2008. The
dates include March 5, 2008, Luncheon and tour of IMCPL Central
Library. The flyer was mailed and reservations are due by Tuesday,
February 26, 2008.
The Cincinnati Social Event on April 16, 2008 includes a tour of
the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and tour of the
Cincinnati Art Museum. Carolyn Tungate chairs this event.
May 14-15, 2008. Overnight at Spring Mill State Park. Mary Grove
presented a detailed program during the December 13, 2007 Board
of Directors Meeting.
PROGRAM. Jim East reported. Presently 25 persons
have reserved for Hearing Concerns for the Elderly scheduled for
April 15, 2008. Nineteen plan to lunch in the Faculty Club. It was
recommended the Senior Academy address ways to broaden the scope
across campus to increase attendance.
AD HOC COMMITTEE REPORTS
The Last Lecture. Mark Grove reported and kindly
prepared the following:
The Last Lecture Committee met on February 13, 2008. The members
came prepared and the work of the committee moved along quickly,
endorsing the concept and then developing a working model for the
event.
The Chancellor’s Honors Convocation, recognizing student and
faculty achievement, is held every April. The group recommended
approaching the Chancellor with a proposal of holding the Last Lecture
immediately preceding the Honors Convocation. A tentative schedule
would be holding the lecture at 4:00 pm, followed by the Honors
Convocation reception at 5:00 pm, and the convocation proper at
6:00 pm. Guests could attend one or both events. The combined events
would provide a continuum of professional service by featuring someone
at the end of his or her career (Last Lecture), colleagues in the
mid-career (faculty recognition), and outstanding students just
beginning the professional lives. The IU Foundation has agreed to
provide a stipend of $1,500. for the lecturer. An alternate (or
additional) form of recognition might be awarding the Chancellor’s
Medal to the lecturer. This is a campus-based honor that is awarded
from time –to-time at the discretion of the Chancellor.
Board discussion followed. Nominations for the candidate to give
the Last Lecture should be solicited through the Schools. At other
institutions with a Final Lecture program it is common that students
submit nominations. Current and retired faculty would be eligible
to be nominated. Jim East will keep the Senior Academy Board informed
and seek approval of all actions before submitting the proposal
to Chancellor Bantz’s office. Should the Chancellor agree,
the target date for the initial Last Lecture would be April, 2009.
Jim East added the following to this report. Bill Plater, Chairman
of the Senior Academy’s ad hoc Exploratory Committee to Consider
a Distinguished Lecture Series: “The Last Lecture,”
transmitted the committee’s final report with the statement,
the work of the Exploratory Committee is concluded,” since
the committee determined unanimously that it is a good fit.
See attachment from William M Plater. Subject: Final Version of
Last Lecture Report.
See attachment from James East. Subject- Report of the Exploratory
Committee to Consider a Senior Academy Distinguished Lecture: “The
Last Lecture”
See attachment from James East. Subject: Results of E-mail Balloting-Final
Committee Report, The Last Lecture.
By e-mail balloting on February 25, the Senior Academy’s Board
of Directors approved the report of the Exploratory Committee on
the Last Lecture by a vote of 14-l.
CAMPUS CENTER ROOM DESIGN PLANNING COMMITTEE.
Committee Chair, Bill Voos presented the attached report from his
committee.
OLD BUSINESS:
Following the discussion about the Academy’s Mission Statement
at the January 2008 meeting, Jim East brought the Board up-to-date
on the subject. The organization’s new brochure does not include
the Mission Statement. Eight months ago, the Senior Academy Board
of Directors approved revised By-Laws with a MISSION STATEMENT which
is composed of three parts which describe what the Senior Academy
now does and which is the official Mission Statement.
NEW BUSINESS:
There was not any New Business.
ADJOURNMENT:
It was moved, seconded and unanimous to adjourn at 11:30 A.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Bernice Hopp, Secretary
Next meeting: April 10th in the Glendale Library Auditorium at 10:00
A.M.
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