PRESENT:
Tom Horst - President
Jim Bergen - Vice President
Tom Phillips - Secretary
Norm Blahuta - Treasurer
Dan Ludwig - Historian
Jack Campbell - ISO
Rich Cardillo - Chair, Memorial Articles Committee
ABSENT:
Jim Ryan - Scribe
The 14 November 2017 teleconference of the USMA Class of 1955 Executive Committee was called to order by President Tom Horst at 2:00PM EST. There being six (6) members present, a quorum was obtained.
MINUTES: it was moved and seconded to waive the reading of the draft minutes of the last Executive Committee (EXCOM) , dated 28 June 2017, and that they be approved as submitted.
ACTION: Horst to issue final approved version for posting.
CLASS FUNDS: The Treasurer's Report had been submitted previously to the EXCOM by email. The summary of balances follows:
AOG Memory Pages $23, 500
Memorial Fund 50, 671
Memorial Terrace Fund 97, 721
Gift Fund 127, 382
Administrative Fund 88, 069
All Class funds are in good shape, and appear to be more than adequate for their intended uses.
CLASS ENDOWMENTS: Ludwig presented information relative to two endowments, Memorial Terrace and the Intercollegiate College Athletic Endowment (ICAE). After much discussion, it was decided to seek information from the AOG relative to the status of ICAE.
ACTION: Horst to draft a letter to AOG, copied to ODIA, identifying the issues and requesting explanations.
MEMORIAL TERRACE REPAIRS: Horst reported that he had negotiated a deal whereby AOG would contract to repair the damaged tiles on the terrace and power wash the wall for $5000, ILO their original proposal to replace all the tiles for $25,000.
WIDOWS' COMMITTEE CHAIR REPLACEMENT: Horst reported that Dick Wargowsky, who has been the National Chair and Mid Atlantic Chair of the Widows Committee for the last ten (10) years, is retiring from that position, and that he believes that Marcia Cathey, who has been co-chairing the above positions, also wants to retire. Wargowsky nominated Dick Baker, who has been serving as Central Chair and has also developed the spread sheet, as his successor. EXCOM approved.
ACTION: Horst to seek Baker's agreement, and have the spread sheet posted on the Class website.
2018 MINI REUNION: Bergen reported that sixteen (16) classmates (total of 30 passengers) have now signed up for the Seabourn cruise in the fall of 2018. All appears to be progressing well.
'LOST' CLASSMATES: Between the telephone calls and letters being made by EXCOM members, all classmates who have neither email addresses nor telephone numbers on file with the Class are being contacted. No further action in the form of a Class survey was deemed necessary.
MEMORIAL ARTICLES: Cardillo reported the following status of Memorial articles:
18 To be published in next issue of 'TAPS"
6 Approved
10 In approval process
17 In work
He thanked all those who have helped to get this effort going, and again requested that all classmates create their own.
MINUTES APPROVAL PROCESS: It was confirmed that the process for approval of the minutes is a three step process, as follows:
1. Secretary drafts a rough draft version and circulates it to the EXCOM for corrections/changes
2. Secretary incorporates all corrections/changes, and publishes a draft version, which the ISO posts on the Class website
3. After the EXCOM votes final approval of the draft version, which is usually at the next EXCOM teleconference, the Secretary publishes the approved version, which the ISO posts on the Class website.
There being no further business, the teleconference was adjourned at 3:10 PM EST.
Respectfully submitted,
Tom Phillips
Secretary
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