September 10 2007 Board Meeting

Westchester Alumni Association
September 10, 2007


Treasury Report for September 10, 2007 Board meeting
Submitted by Pamela Mudd Conlan, Treasurer

As of August 31, 2007, we have $11,998 in cash and Certificate of Deposits in Washington Mutual Bank. This includes $3,188 in Wranglerette restricted funds in a CD, $1,434 in Class of 1976 restricted funds in a CD, $3,111 in restricted Student Scholarship funds, and $4,265 in discretionary Alumni funds.

As of August 31, 2007, we need another 7 shirts with $40 donations collected for each shirt to cover our costs. There are 21 shirts remaining. These shirts should be marketed through the website. After reaching our break-even point, the remaining shirts can be marketed that a portion of the price is earmarked for the scholarship fund. Every effort should be made by all board members and officers to encourage donations at homecoming to reduce the polo shirt inventory.


Scholarship Committee Report

Diligent fundraising efforts for donations for the Class of 2008 scholarships have commenced. David West agreed to be our Scholarship Fundraising chairman. David is in the process of contacting various vendors for Westchester and SBISD. A meeting at WAIS with Beverly Martin was held on Friday August 31st at 2 p.m. with David West and Ralph Devine in attendance. Headway was made during this meeting. There are two Saturday events at the school, one in Oct and the other in spring, that are carnival type situations that WAA can participate. Beverly is going to contact the President of the Westchester PTA so we can hopefully get acquainted. The PTA’s fundraising is not for scholarships so there will not be a competitive situation. There is also a lady at the SBISD Admin Bldg that handles community affairs that Beverly recommended we contact. We will have to involve Pam Butler, Principal of WAIS, when we want to interact with the parents so perhaps we should contact her soon about this October event to get invited to participate.

Our goal is to double the number of scholarship recipients for Class of 2008. We have 8 months to raise $12,000. We strongly urge all Westchester alums to make their tax-deductible donation now. Please remember that 100% of each dollar donated to the scholarship fund goes directly to scholarships. Any administrative costs are paid through membership dues and other fundraising monies.

We’ve collected $560.00 in scholarship funds from individual alumni, plus $50 from the WAIS counselor and $1,600.00 from lifetime memberships in 2007. Collections at homecoming are essential in raising the remainder of the funds needed to reach our $12,000 goal for Class of 2008.

Membership Committee Report

The membership count through August 31, 2007 is as follows:

Lifetime @ $250 7
Lifetime–joint @ $450 1 couple
Members @ $15 19
Members @ $20 15
Joint @ $25 1 couple

Total members 45

Each class team leader is encouraged to contact their individual class with a copy of the new membership form and their personal words about membership and scholarship fundraising efforts.

We have 7 lifetime memberships individual and 1 joint lifetime memberships received through August 31, 2007, which is an additional $1,600 for scholarship fund. Lifetime members are the way to go if we want to build a nest egg for perpetuity.


Class Directory Committee Report

Ralph Devine is diligently working on combining each of our class databases into one on Microsoft Access. If you have contact information on any Westchester classmates, please send it to: Westchester@Wranglerettes.com.

Thank you Ralph for taking on this difficult and challenging project. The completion of this project will be instrumental in communicating with all classes.

Class by class scholarship Challenge from April 1 through August 31, 2007

by year amount by amount year
1968 $510 $510 1968
1969 $300 $480 1973
1970 $ 10 $430 1975
1971 $ 10 $300 1969
1973 $480 $250 1976
1975 $430 $ 50 1980
1976 $250 $ 35 1982
1980 $ 50 $ 20 2007

1982 $ 35 $ 10 1970
2007 $ 20 $ 10 1971


Westchester Alumni Association
Student Scholarship Fund
Class of 2008
Challenge

The Class of 1972 raised almost $4,000 in scholarship money for the Class of 2007. Individuals from Classes 1968 to 1985 brought our total scholarship fund to over $7000. The Class of 1972 was mentioned as sponsoring 3 of the six scholarships awarded. This mention was published in area papers and in the Class of 2007 commencement graduation program. We awarded $1,000 to six students on April 9, 2007 from the Westchester graduating Class of 2007.

Here’s the challenge:
For the Class of 2008 we challenge each class (1968-1985 and 2004-2007) to raise the most scholarship monies for upcoming graduating class of 2008. Beginning April 1, 2007 through March 31, 2008 all scholarship donations will be tallied by class and individual and sponsor. Check with your employer for matching donations and double your contribution for your class.
Our goal is for each class to sponsor at least one $1,000 scholarship for a total of 22 graduating Westchester students in the Class of 2008.
Submitted by Pamela Mudd Conlan, Treasurer

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