Board Meeting Minutes
May 17, 2007
THE SKYLINE CLUB
ONE AMERICA SQUARE, 36th FLOOR

B0ARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Victor Childers, Noel Duerden, Jim East, Joe Hintgen, Bernice Hopp, Jordan Leibman, Carl Rothe, Sheldon Siegel, Don Schultheis, Judy Silence, Dottie Swinney, Bill Voos and Harriet Wilkins.

COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN PRESENT: Communication, Walt Linne

CALL to ORDER: The meeting was called to order by President Jim East at 3:00 P.M.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the April 12, 2007 meeting were approved and will be filed.

PRESIDENTS’s REPORT: President Jim East asked Vice- President Bill Voos to report on Faculty Recognition Programs.
Bill Voos attended the Faculty Recognition Luncheon held on May 7, 2007. Bill Plater started the event one year ago. It was held in the Conference Center Ballroom. The Senior Academy was also represented at the program hosted by Human Resources on March 30th. Staff were recognized with pins denoting years of service. Catalogs were available for the individual retiree to choose a remembrance. Bill attended the IU Bloomington Faculty Recognition Reception and Program on April 18th. This event included families. These events will be further reviewed to plan meaningful celebrations for retirees, staff and faculty, in Indianapolis.

TREASURER’s REPORT: Victor Childers, Treasurer. Reported the market value of the Senior Academy’s funds at the end of April 2007, is $73,562.04. Vic circulated reports covering all the funds. It was moved and seconded to accept the report. The motion passed unanimously. The process has begun to combine accounts for scholarship distribution. Unknown donors of funds were thanked.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

COMMUNICATION: Walt Linne, Chair reported. Walt summarized the activities of the committee for the year. Job Descriptions are being developed. Judy Silence has served expertly as the Webmaster. She is retiring from the Senior Academy Board; a replacement is needed to maintain the Website which had 8,000 hits last year. Noel Duerden has published the SENIOR SENTINEL for four years. He also designs the flyers. Possibly an intern will assist him in the future. The Senior Academy Brochure is being updated. This committee will assist with the newly implemented Shared Information Program. Mike Maxwell will assist with listserve technology. Walt thanked his committee members: Noel Duerden, Carl Rothe and Judy Silence for their work and contributions.
MEMBERSHIP: Harriet Wilkins, Chair, reported. Harriet highlighted the activities of the committee during the year. The committee actively participated in the Human Resources program on March 30th. Senior Academy members served as panelists resulting in multi questions followed with meaningful answers. Plans are to repeat the program in 2008. The committee is working to update communication with members. Also, it is planned to explore why persons do not renew membership following the first year of retirement.
Harriet thanked her committee members : Cy Behroozi, Joe Hingtgen and Dottie Swinney.
PROGRAM: Jordan Leibman, Coordinator, reported. Jordan stated the goal of the committee is to plan and direct Tuesday AM programs at the Glendale Branch of the Indianapolis Public Library.
On January 30th Clarke Miller presented a program on end of life issues. On April 17th a Medicare D program was scheduled. Programs displaying hobbies of retirees are scheduled. To increase attendance an e-mail list was developed by Jordan. This was an enormous project and is proving very beneficial to other committees. Jordan thanked his committee members: Marv Ebbert, Ray Koleski, Kent Sharp, Carlyn Johnson and Vic Childers.
SOCIAL COMMITTEE: Ron Frank, member was traveling. Jim East reported that Ron had arranged for a tour of the Stutz Building. It is home to artists and small businesses.

OLD BUSINESS: President East proudly announced that the goal of the Senior Academy to raise $25,000.00 for the IUPUI Campus Center had been reached!

ADJOURNMENT: It was moved, seconded and unanimous to adjourn the meeting prior to the Annual Meeting.

Respectfully submitted by Bernice Hopp, Secretary.

The next meeting will be held in the Glendale Library Auditorium on June 14, 2007, at 10:00 A.M. I will be on vacation in June and would appreciate someone recording minutes.