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Dartmouth Hall, Oct. 17, 1998
1. Vice President Roger McArt called the
meeting to order about 9:15 a.m. (the start having been delayed for President
Wrights talk)
2. Award for Frost Statue
Bob Conn reported on class activities, and emphasized the receipt on Leadership
Weekend of the 1998 Special Recognition Award by the class: "The Robert Frost statue
that you generously donated to the College is but one example of your longtime devotion to
your fellow classmates and to Dartmouth. The College is grateful to you for all you have
done and is honored to present you with the 1998 Special Recognition." He told about
how President Oscar Arslanian particularly cited former project chairman Mike Murphy and
former president Art Kelton Jr. for bulling the project through. He said the class has to
be proud of that achievement and that the class is now being acknowledged by the college
for the gift.
3. Finance and Constitution Committees, Provisional Constitution Approved
Roger McArt summarized other actions of the executive committee on Leadership Weekend.
He described the proposed formation of the finance committee, which would propose class
dues policy and analyze the financial implications of spending proposals made at class
meetings, and make final recommendations. The proposal was moved, seconded and unanimously
approved. [President Arslanian had indicated at the Executive Committee meeting in
September that if the committee was endorsed by the class, the initial membership would be
Art Johnson, Pete Bleyler, Ivar Jozus and Roger McArt.]
The second committee proposed by the Executive Committee is a constitution committee.
The College has proposed a model constitution, which is required for the class to continue
under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The class needs to adopt this constitution
as soon as possible. In the discussion of the proposed constitution, amendments were
proposed for several provisions. In Article IV, Section 2, instead of stating that
"one-tenth of the living members of the class shall constitute a quorum," it was
proposed to state that "a quorum shall be a majority of those present at a duly
called class meeting." In Article VIII, Officers, section 1 shall be modified to
state that the class shall elect (rather than the executive committee) and shall enumerate
specifically two vice presidents (none are listed) and shall add the webmaster to the list
of officers to be appointed by the president. Since the College wants the class to have a
constitution as soon as possible, and since further modifications probably will be needed,
it was moved and seconded and unanimously approved that the constitution of the class of
1961 be provisionally adopted with the modifications as noted above, and that a
constitution committee be appointed to study the constitution and recommend any other
changes at future class meetings. [Again, in anticipation of such approval, President
Arslanian has appointed a constitution committee of Roger McArt, Bob Conn, Ivar Jozus and
former President Dave Prewitt.]
4. Conflict of Interest
The meeting of the class of 1961 was then temporarily recessed, and a meeting of the
1961 executive committee was called to order by Vice President McArt to consider the
adoption of a conflict of interest policy that meets New Hampshire legal requirements. The
conflict of interest policy as prepared by the College was read and discussed. It was
moved, seconded and unanimously adopted by the executive committee, and Class Secretary
Robert Conn was instructed to submit the policy to the College, if possible, on Oct. 17,
1998. The meeting of the executive committee was then adjourned and the meeting of the
class of 1961 was again called to order.
5. Treasurers Report
Ivar reported that during 1997-98, the class took in $15,413.37 of which $14,950 was
from dues) and spent $17,102.42, of which $8,307.16 was for the Alumni Magazine
subscription for the class, $590.24 was for the dues campaign, $3,367.13 was for
newsletters, $381.15 were for other communications, $2,768.12 was for cost overruns on
reunions, and $1,500 was for class projects.
Ivar has set aside a $25,000 certificate of
deposit, which generates interest. Including that CD, the balance on hand as of June 30
was $34,746.01. Since then, we have taken in $13.71 in interest and spent $539.10, mostly
for the minireunion letter, leaving a current balance of $34,220.62. Dues letters will be
going out shortly. Asked about filing a report to the government, Ivar replied that we
dont have to file a report so long as our three year average for expenditures is
less that $25,000.
6. 60th birthday reunion.
The weekend originally had been scheduled for the May 6-9, but since May 9 is
Mothers Day, several members of the class said they could not come. So the executive
committee in September had switched the dates to May 13-16. Several classmates present
including immediate past president Art Kelton said they could not come on
the May 13-16. Discussion ensued. Bob Conn said the new date already was in the Dartmouth
Alumni Magazine columns that were in the hopper and that he believed Tom Conger already
had included the dates in a forthcoming newsletter. The final adjudication of the date was
referred to President Oscar Arslanian for a decision before the end of October. [Oscar
reported by e-mail subsequent to the meeting that the date was firm: San Francisco is May
13-16. Art Keltons meeting has been changed and he will join us in San Francisco.]
7. 40th Reunion.
The executive committee, after careful deliberation, recommended that the 40th reunion be
at midweek. We would plan for events both before and after the reunion, to include
Saturday nights for those flying in by air, and we would make every effort to augment
attendance. With the 2001 dates locked in, people could put it on the schedules and plan
vacation around it.
A motion was made to ratify the action of the executive committee. It was seconded and
ratified unanimously.
8. Alumni Fund report
Pete Bleyler reported that the class exceeded its goal of $155,000, raising $161,000.
The goal for next year likely will be $175,000. Overall the campaign is walking up to a
goal of $20 million by the year 2000, with the 1999 goal being $19.5 million. We need to
raise class participation and leadership giving. Last year, there were 49 leadership gifts
more than $1000; a total of 331 people contributed. The so-called 1769 Society,
which had been for those giving more than $1,769, will be $2,500 or more next year. People
who give $15,000 or more will actually sponsor a designated student; 77 of the recipients
of those scholarships and 38 of the sponsors attended a special dinner.
The class of 1961 tends to be lost in the overall rankings on Alumni Fund giving. He said
he was considering summarizing Wrights approach to update non-giving classmates, in
the hopes of encouraging them to resume giving to the College.
9. Class Projects.
The class once again recognized the efforts of Mike Murphy and Art Kelton on the statue,
and voted unanimously to accept the resignation of Mike Murphy with thanks for a job well
done Work is proceeding on the Performing Arts Endowment.
10. Web Site
Bob Conn mentioned the class web site and urged people to add their E-mail addresses
to the directory.
11. The meeting was adjourned for the
brunch in the Fayerweathers.
Respectfully submitted,
Bob Conn, Secretary.
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