October 2011 Board Minutes Wick Alumni Center
Members Present: Agnes Adams, Nancy Aden, Jim Carr, Jack Goebel, Herb Howe, Jim Kendrick, Bob Kuzelka, Tice Miller, Mel Thornton, Stan Vasa, Dan Wheeler, Delivee Wright, Doug Zatechka
1. 1:00 pm. Meeting was called to order by Dan Wheeler, President.
2. Memory Moments. None were noted for this month.
3. Minutes of the May 3, 2011, Board Meeting were distributed by e-mail and posted on the website. Del Wright reported one grammatical change. Jack Goebel moved, and Stan Vasa seconded that the Minutes be approved as corrected. Approved.
4. Agnes Adams, Treasurer, reported on income and expenses for September. In these minutes, and in the future, the full Treasurer’s Report will be appended to the minutes of the Board. Herb Howe moved, and Jack Goebel seconded acceptance of the Treasurer’s Report.
OLD BUSINESS
1. Officer Nominations. Herb Howe reported that the Nominations committee has presented nominations to the membership at the September 20, 2011 meeting. No additional nominations have been made, but this can be done at the October 19, 2011, Member Meeting.
2. Retirement Brochure. Dan Wheeler reported the proposed “Steps to Retirement Brochure” is not yet completed.
3. International Discussion Group. Dan Wheeler reported that one meeting has been held with approximately a dozen people indicating interest. Darrell Watts will organize the next meeting and Peter Levitov, International Affairs, will review the present scope of activities for international students.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Dan Wheeler raised the question of how the content on the listserve is determined. Stan Vasa moved and Bob Kuzelka seconded a motion that: “The President and either the President-elect or the Past President determine the content to be placed on our listserve.”
2. Dan reported one idea from the Big Ten Conference was to include a person from Human Resources on the Emeriti Board. It was agreed that Human Resources personnel should be invited when pertinent topics/questions arise.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
1. Benefits: Doug Zatechka, Chair, reported that he and Jim McShane will do some rewrites.
Consideration of various discounts for Emeriti Association members was discussed, with no action at this time.
2. Membership: Mel Thornton, Chair, reported:
164 Annual Members;
184 Life Members;
22 new 2011 members;
84 new 2012 members;
140 surviving spouse members;
292 non-active emeriti
3. Member Relations: Bob Kuzelka, Chair, reported the tour of the Spring Creek Prairie in September with twelve people went well. He will take over the Coffee Chats organization from Kay Rockwell.
4. Oral History Project. Tice Miller, Chair, reported lights had been purchased to facilitate the videotaping of Emeriti. Also a new Chair needs to be found for this project. He requested Board Members volunteer to do some of the interviews, and that individuals be identified we would like to interview. He will send a list of those who have been interviewed including several that Lowell Moser has done in IANR. A suggested public interview was for Jack Goebel to interview Herb Howe. Resumes are helpful to supplement these. Tice also reported that he needs new photos for the brochure for the January 2012 distribution. He has the software for producing it and will make it available for future use.
4. UNL Senate: No Report. A letter from Linda Pratt, Vice-President for Academic Affairs regarding the role of Emeriti will be distributed and has been sent to the Faculty Senate.
5. Website: Jim Kendrick, Chair, reported changes to our web page. He has added a link to: the Big Ten Retired Persons Association Web Page, and “UNL Today.” He eliminated the “Scarlet” link, the Web Site Report, and the Treasurer’s Report (now addendum to minutes).
6. Wisherd Committee: Al Seagren, Chair, was not present but sent a report that three applications for Wisherd Funds had been received.
The next Emeriti Board Meeting will be Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 1:00 pm at the Wick Alumni Center.
The next Luncheon meeting of the UNL Emeriti Association will be 11:30 am, October 19, 2011, at the East Campus Union.
Meeting adjourned at 2:30 pm.
Submitted By: Delivee L. Wright, Secretary
UNL EMERITI ASSOCIATION TREASURER'S REPORT Wednesday, August 31, 2011 to Friday, September 30, 2011
Wisherd Fund
Book Value: 55,266.83
Spendable: 27,708.07
Market Value: 142,448.44
Emeriti Assn. Fund: 4,873.00
Estimate of Annual Income: 6,881.00
Wells Fargo Checking Account
Aug. 31 Checkbook Balance: 1,107.71
Received: 4,360.00 *
Expenditures: 1,464.58 **
September 30 Balance: 4,003.13
Explanation of income and expenditures
Income
$4,000 transfer from Wisherd Fund approved at Sept. Board Meeting
Cash from Sept. luncheon, misc. NEC, Howe
**Expenditures
Sept. Bursar's invoice: Mail services, information services, copy center
Lights for History project
Seagren Big 10 mtg. $689.03