February 2007 Board Minutes

February 2007 Board Minutes Wick Alumni Center

Members Present: Delivee Wright, Jim Kendrick, Dick Boohar, Rose Marie Tondl, Bob Fuller, Max Clegg, Dan Lutz, Walter Mientka
President Howard Ottoson called the meeting to order at 12:30 p.m.

Approval of January 9, 2007 board meeting minutes: Moved by Fuller, seconded by Kendrick, carried.

Approval of January 16, 2007 membership meeting minutes (recorded by assistant secretary Anita Leininger) – moved by Fuller, seconded by Kendrick, carried. Minutes will be place on the website.

Acceptance of treasurer’s report compiled by Mientka: moved by Mientka, seconded by Fuller, carried. Copies of the Association’s planned 2007 budget were distributed. After brief discussion, moved by Fuller, seconded by Boohar, to accept the budget as presented; carried.

A list of newly-designated UNL Emeriti was distributed. It was recommended that the Emeriti Association sponsor an appreciation luncheon for this group, to be held at the Champions Club March 8. Moved by Kendrick, seconded by Boohar to proceed, with the president, vice president and chair of the Member Relations Committee taking the lead on this project; carried. It was recommended that a board member act as a host/hostess at each table. President Ottoson would sign a letter of invitation to be mailed to the new Emeriti, along with a return reservation card It was recommended that Ed Paquette,

UNL Alumni Assn. executive director, and UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman be invited to the luncheon.

Alumni Association items on the agenda—affiliation of the Emeriti Assn. with the Alumni Association; availability of the Alumni Assn. magazine to Emeriti Assn. members; and office/storage space for the Emeriti Assn. in the Wick Center. Ottoson said he had filled out a form making the occupancy official. A question was raised as to the availability of the Alumni Assn. magazine to Emeriti. The next issue of the magazine will be out March 15. Emeriti will be placed on the mailing list, with new members added on a staggered basis. As many names as possible will be submitted by February 12. Office and file space for the Emeriti Assn. president, secretary and treasurer have been designated in the lower level of the Wick Center.

Ottoson announced that a bus would be provided to transport UNL Emeriti and spouses to Omaha to attend the NU President’s luncheon for retirees set for May 23.

Vacancy - chairperson of Member Relations Committee: Ottoson said a number of contacts have been made, with no “takers.” The search will continue.

Correspondence: Letters to Emeriti who have not paid 2007 dues will be sent out shortly.

Lutz introduced the subject relating to possible creation of Digital Archives, which would incorporate many of the Emeriti Association’s paper records and other materials now filed in the traditional manner.

The suggestion was made by Emeriti Association member Dick Fleming. Paul Royster of UNL Libraries, who is in charge of Digital Archives, is willing to meet with Emeriti Assn. officers to discuss setting up a site for Association Digital Archives Moved by Fuller, seconded by Tondl, to contact Royster, carried. An ad hoc Archives Committee was appointed, with Lutz as chair, along with Mientka and Clegg, to follow through in contacting Royster.

Emeriti Association representation at UNL Faculty Senate meetings: Omtvedt has indicated a heavy schedule prevents him from regular attendance. A contact will be made with Jim McShane and past Emeriti Association president Don Edwards.

Plans are firm for the Emeriti Association membership meeting Tuesday, February 20, at the East Campus Union; speaker: John Janovy, Jr., Varner Professor of Biological Sciences, on the topic: “A View From the Trenches.” An expanded biographical sketch of Janovy and an abstract of his topic are available on the Emeriti Assn. website. Time schedule for the meeting as usual: snack and chat, 11:30 a.m.; presentation, 12:00 noon, business meeting to follow. Lutz was requested to arrange for a postcard reminder to be mailed to Emeriti Assn. members in the greater Lincoln area.

Fuller brought a supply of the new Emeriti Assn. brochure. A supply of 700 copies is available to distribute to new and prospective Emeriti Assn. members.

Reports and action recommendations from standing committees:

Benefits—John Goebel, chair. No report.

Membership: Dick Boohar, chair: A number of postcards were returned with out-of-date addresses and some undeliverable; changes will be made as soon as possible Also, the list of UNL retirees, eligible Emeriti, will be incorporated into the master membership roster. These changes will be made as soon as possible to enable invitations to be sent to attend the Appreciation Luncheon in March..

Member Relations— represented by Fuller. No formal report. Committee takes the lead in planning the Appreciation Luncheon.

Website committee—Jim Kendrick, January report posted on Website.

There being no further old, unfinished or new business, it was moved by Fuller, seconded by Wright, to adjourn the meeting at 2 p.m. carried.

Submitted By: Dan B. Lutz, Secretary