September 10 Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the Westchester Alumni Association on Sept.10, 2007

In attendance were the following: President, Ralph Devine; Vice President, Ross Underhill; Secretary, Nancy Mullikin Adamo; Treasurer; Pamela Conlan, board members and guests; Jaime Tharpe, Mark Horner, Andy Cook, Chuck Cook, Deal Moore, David West, Reed Brown, Jeff Martin class of ‘71

Treasury report was given by Pamela Conlan. Please see the attachment for the updated information.

Board nominations were addressed by Ralph. The association is looking for four officers and seven board members. The new term starts on Jan. 1 for a year term. Nominations need to be e-mailed to Ralph as soon as possible.

Membership was addressed by Ross. WE NEED MORE MEMBERS. Those new members who sign up from now until Dec. will be in effect for the 2008 year. Membership is from Jan. - Dec. We are hoping to recruit new members at the Homecoming event on Nov. 10. The website data base will only be available for paying members.

Calendar activities were addressed by David. There are events happening at Westchester Academy that we are looking into to participate to solicit scholarship funds. One is on Oct. 25, to coincide with the parents Back to school night for the parents. One other is a ’85 Westchester graduate that has a business refurbishing cell phones and computers. We are talking with him about donating a percentage of his profits for the scholarship fund. We also discussed who would be able to attend the Board retreat on Oct. 6 at Lisa Bays Galveston home. Tentatively we have: Deal chuck, Pam, Jamie, Ralph, Nancy and Jeff maybe.

Website update is still being updated by Andy. We need to change out the pictures and maybe put in some highlights of Westchester graduates and current students who are in the news.

Homecoming was addressed by Jaime. The WAA wants to provide appetizers at Clay’s for the after game get together and have drink tickets for members. The board passed spending a maximum of $1000.00 for this event.

Scholarships- David is meeting with Pam Butler in regard to this and for other updates please see the attachment that is in this e-mail.
Meeting adjourned at 7:45.