July Board Meeting Minutes 07/12/2010
Attendees: Shane Guilliams, Erica Brooks, Larry Harris, Lisa Amato, Adrianna Amato, Ray Leppien, Rozanne Hird, Amy Grimes Meeting was called to order: 6:06 pm by our president, Shane Guilliams Minutes: Electronically approved when emailed Treasurer’s Report: Current balance $ 542.18—will have $ 848 after our expenses are reimbursed from our Columbia account Old Business A. Student Recognition event – Great picnic, got football books assembled. Note for next year, hold earlier so more students can attend. B. Big 12 Update: 1. SVdP service – 7/31 @ kitchen, 8/8 Henry Unger Dining room 2. DBacks game – 8/21 3. Picnic 11/7 – no silent auction, self grilled hamburgers and hotdogs instead of catered meal like in past years. C. Football books – Starting to sell, send money and book stubs to Jill New Business A. Goals Review: 1. Endowment letter – add a page to our website w/ Paypal link or send payment directly to Mizzou. Erica will ask Jayson. 2. Student Recruitment activity – Lisa will check with Jayson for training to be a recruiter for local college night. 3. Membership: Goal is10 4. Contacting High School newspapers – Per Lisa, the schools never called her back –Reinvestigate? 5. Relationship with Kim Covington – Now friends with Jill on Facebook 6. Mizzou magazine ¼ submissions- They don’t take submissions anymore 7. Website redesign - done B. Scholarship Topics – Limit our scholarships so we can add to endowment? Jill suggested we keep our money to give local scholarships. Ray suggested a second fundraiser like a bowling event C. Football watch parties – Definitely for Ill game 9/4 Shane will contact George D. Website update for minutes – How long should we keep the minutes on the website? We all agreed 6 months only. E. 50 year graduates event –Sunday, Oct 10. 1-4 PM Reservation at Marie Callendars, 4573 E Cactus Rd. Lisa suggested we get 3 entrees, Meatloaf, turkey and grilled chicken. Jayson is coming, & has presentation and medals. We will discuss next years’ ASU game here & tailgate party. Do Tiger Tidbits (table topics to get people talking to each other). Our grant was approved for $500. We are estimating 25-30 guests. Guests will be free, ½ price for guest of alums. Ask Jayson if he will stay over until Monday and give us a board orientation. Lisa will do follow up thank you notes. F. Adrianna was on Mizzou website G. Leaders’ weekend –Sept 17th-19th - Shane and Jill are going Board comments: none The meeting was adjourned at 7:06 pm. Next Board meeting- Monday, Aug 9, 2010 Larry’s office 6245 N 24th Parkway , Ste 201, Phoenix, AZ 85016 Respectfully submitted, Rozanne Hird Secretary June Board Meeting Minutes 06/14/2010
Attendees: Erica Brooks, Larry Harris, Lisa Amato, Jill Waldrop, Rozanne Hird, Shane Guilliams, Amy Grimes Meeting was called to order: 6:42 pm by our president, Erica Brooks after dinner at California Pizza Kitchen Minutes: Approved in abstentia Treasurer’s Report: Current balance $ 749.65-- $ 1500 match for endowment sent and $1000 sent for 2 scholarships for Ben and Parker. One check for $100 is outstanding for Tigers for Tigers fund. Old Business A. Big 12 Update: a. Golf Tourney 6/12 Legacy – 60 golfers, Jill only 1 from Mizzou b. Picnic 11/7 – no silent auction, self grilled hamburgers and hotdogs instead of catered meal like in past years. B. Columns update: We achieved Capstone status again! C. Student Recognition event Sept 27 @ 3pm @ Ray’s house 1101 E Warner RD, #139. Ray will get the food, to be reimbursed from our account at Mizzou. Lisa will make the certificates for the students, and Erica will order gift bags from Jayson and make football books. The program will be to assemble the football books, present the certificates, and then BBQ D. 50 year graduates event Sunday, Oct 10. Reservation at Marie Callendars, 4573 E Cactus Rd. E. Goals Review: 1. Membership: Goal is10- Currently have 6. Consider goal done for the year. New Business A. Remaining funds We have $330 in our Columbia account. Part we spent on dinner for the board members, the rest will be used for food and supplies for the student BBQ on the 27th. B. Board Elections – Erica reviewed the board positions as follows: President – Shane Guilliams President Elect – Secretary – Rozanne Hird Treasurer – Ray Leppien Scholarship Chair – Amy Grimes or Donna Lucchesi Recruiting Chair – Lisa Amato Online Social Media Chair – Erica Brooks Online Website Chair Steve Sliker Big 12 Rep – Jill Waldrop Columns Chair – Larry Harris After discussion, Amy volunteered to be President- Elect and let Donna be Scholarship Chair. Larry moved and motion passed that we accept the slate as presented. Congratulations to the new board Board comments: Rozanne presented the Rozanne Hird Award to Shane Guilliams. Erica was also presented the President’s Award for her term in office. The meeting was adjourned at 7:22 pm. Next Board meeting- Monday, July 12, 2010 Larry’s office 6245 N 24th Parkway , Ste 201, Phoenix, AZ 85016 Respectfully submitted, Rozanne Hird Secretary May Board Meeting Minutes 05/10/2010
Attendees: Erica Brooks, Larry Harris, Lisa Amato, Jill Waldrop, Ray Leppien, Jim Davis, Rozanne Hird, Shane Guilliams (by phone) Meeting was called to order: 6:00 pm by our president, Erica Brooks Minutes: Approved Treasurer’s Report: $ 3348.65 Everything disbursed for the yr except $ 1500 match for endowment. Jill moved and motion passed that we send this in before yr end. Old Business – A. Big 12 Update: a. Cruiser Crawl – 5/820 participants, 1 from Mizzou (Jill) good time b. Golf Tourney 6/12 Legacy – invitations sent this past week c. Picnic 11/7 (tent) B. Columns update: Done except Responsibility – Maintain website and donate to a Mizzou program. Larry moved and motion passed that we send $100 to Tigers for Tigers C. Student Recognition event Sept 27 @ 3pm @ Ray’s house 1101 E Warner RD, #139. Ray will get the food, to be reimbursed from our account at Mizzou. Lisa will make the certificates for the students, and Erica will order gift bags from Jayson and make football books. The program will be to assemble the football books, present the certificates, and then BBQ D. 50 year graduates event Sept 25th will not work for Shane. He suggested Sunday, Oct 10. He will coordinate with Jayson, and let the rest of us know. Then Rozanne will change the reservation at Marie Callendars. E. Goals Review: a. Membership: Goal is10- Currently have 6. Consider goal done for the year. F. Scholarship applicants update Eliza will not be attending Mizzou after all. Natalie has been notified she is our Capstone scholarship recipient. After much discussion, Larry moved and motion passed that we give $500/semester to Parker, and $500/semester to Ben Owens. Ray abstained from voting. New Business A. Remaining funds Ray advised we have only spent $128.37 this year, for which we can be reimbursed from Mizzou fund. We discussed expenses for the BBQ, including food and nice gifts to be given to the students attending. Ray to pick up what he feels is appropriate during his trip to Columbia later this month. B. Board Elections – Board positions spoken for are as follows: President – Shane Guilliams President Elect – Secretary – Rozanne Hird Treasurer – Ray Leppien Scholarship Chair – Amy Grimes Recruiting Chair – Lisa Amato Online Chair – Erica or Donna Lucchesi Big 12 Rep – Jill Waldrop Larry moved and motion passed that we email again requesting for additional members and have elections at June Board meeting. C. Endowment Thank you cards – Lisa will write the cards based on narrative provided by Erica. Board comments: We discussed our funds at Columbia, and since we have money left, we are planning a strategic planning board retreat for next month. Erica will research locations and let us know where. We received an email regarding the University Parents Assoc. The meeting was adjourned at 7:19 pm. Next Board meeting- Monday, June 14, 2010 Location TBA Respectfully submitted, Rozanne Hird Secretary April Board Meeting Minutes 04/12/2010
Attendees: Erica Brooks, Larry Harris, Amy Grimes, Jill Waldrop, Ray Leppien, Shane Guilliams, Rozanne Hird, Lisa Amato (by phone) Meeting was called to order: 6:07 pm by our president, Erica Brooks Minutes: Approved Treasurer’s Report: $ 3372.08 Balance, plus $76 Erica turned in from the last watch party. This includes the $50 outstanding check from the football books that was confirmed donated back to our scholarship fund. Old Business – A. Past & upcoming events: 1. NCAA Tournament MU vs WVa - 28 attendees including John Lawrence, head of Diversity committee B. Big 12 Update: 1. Royals Spring training 3/14 Papago Park – attendees unknow 2. Softball Tourney 4/10 – 15 attendees plus Truman, the dog 3. Golf Touney 6/12 Legacy – invitations coming this month 4. Cruiser Crawl –5/8 tentatively Big 12 meeting 4/13, Jill will learn more about all of the below then 5. Picnic 11/7 (tent) 6. Volunteer days @ SVdP date TBA- 1 day @ dining room, 1 @ Watkins in the kitchen preparing food 7. DBacks date TBA 8. Volunteer day w/ dogs- working w/ a no-kill shelter to raise money for pupp adoptions. Date TBA 9. Logo – working on our own VOTS Big 12 Logo C. Columns update: No changes D. Alumni Legacy Award - Jill read the award submission for Don Prater E. Tertulia trip to 12 news tv station– 30 kids, 6 adults including 2 teachers, everyone had a good time, pictures will be posted on the website. F. Student Recognition event – Erica reviewed the pros and cons of combining this with the 50 yr graduates event. After some discussion, we decided to have 2 events. Student event will be Sunday, June 27 @ Ray’s house. Jayson to send a “save the date” email a month ahead, followed by written invitations. G. 50 year graduates event – Sept 25th, 2 pm @ Marie Callenders was the place to have this event, since they will provide the room for free, and have a reasonably priced menu. Rozanne to get reservation to them, and ask cost to add a third entrée to their buffet. Invitations will be sent a month in advance. H. Goals Review: 1. Membership: Goal is10 Currently at 5 plus processing 1 for friend of Don Prater, Dr Rich Schooler (?), and Moe. 2. Contacting high school newspapers: Nothing has been done. Larry tabled until next year. 3. Relationship with Kim Covington: Done I. Scholarship applicants update – Eliza may not be attending Mizzou after all. If not, Natalie will get our Capstone scholarship, and next month we will discuss our local funds distribution. New Business A. Board Elections – Everyone think about your position, if you want to stay, nominate someone else, etc and let Erica know. Board comments: We discussed our funds at Columbia, and have approximately $600. Ray will assemble all of our receipts for the year, to submit to them, and then whatever money is left, he will go shopping at the Bookstore when in Columbia next month to get good stuff for raffle prizes for the coming year. The meeting was adjourned at 7:17 pm. Next Board meeting- Monday, May 10, 2010 @ Larry’s office Respectfully submitted, Rozanne Hird Secretary March 2010 Board Meeting Minutes 03/08/2010
Attendees: Erica Brooks, Larry Harris, Amy Grimes, Jill Waldrop, Rozanne Hird Meeting was called to order: 6:04 pm by our president, Erica Brooks Minutes: Approved Treasurer’s Report: $ 3262.08 Balance. There is a $50 outstanding check from the football books that might be donated back to our scholarship fund. Erica will check. Old Business – A. Past & upcoming events: 1. Feb 13 Founders Day, year of the Tiger dinner 15 people attended 2. Watch party: March 6 for KU game 24 attendees, we raised $60 from raffle tickets 3. March 13 –Big 12 Championship game – Erica will be out of town. 4. NCAA Tournament – wing it as games come up B. Big 12 Update: 1. Royals Spring training 3/14 Papago Park - tickets $8 2. Softball Tourney 4/10 – Kiwanis Park $15/person 3. Golf Touney 6/12 Legacy – invitations coming this month 4. Cruiser Crawl – was to be 5/1, looking for a new date 5. Picnic 11/7 (tent) 6. Volunteer days @ SVdP date TBA- 1 day @ dining room, 1 @ Watkins in the kitchen preparing food 7. DBacks date TBA 8. Volunteer day w/ dogs- working w/ a no-kill shelter to raise money for pupp adoptions. Date TBA 9. Logo – working on our own VOTS Big 12 Logo C. Columns update: Tradition done, only need Pride. Larry moved that Gary Link receive the Lighting the Way Award. Motion passed unanimously. Rozanne will order it along with the Rozanne Hird award. D. Alumni Legacy Award Jill working on for Don Prater- will need recommendation letters from some of the board members to complete it E. Tertulia trip Thought it was on, but received email from school after this board meeting that they can’t afford the trip this year. F. 50 year graduates event April 10/11 were the only dates that Shane and Jayson could both attend. We all agreed this is too soon to get invitations printed and sent. Lengthy discussion followed, and Larry moved we move the event to July or Aug. Motion carried. Next month we will discuss if this event is to be on its own, or combined with board picnic with students and families, and have dates available for over the summer. Everyone agreed Marie Callenders was the place to have this event, since they will provide the room for free, and have a reasonably priced menu. G. Goals Review: 1. Membership: Goal is10 Currently at 5 plus processing 1 for friend of Don Prater, Dr Rich Schooler (?), and Moe. 2. Contacting high school newspapers: Nothing has been done. Larry tabled until next year. 3. Relationship with Kim Covington: Jill still working to firm up a date New Business A. Scholarship applicants update Natalie and Eliza’s apps reviewed. Larry moved that our Capstone scholarship go to Eliza, and we give Parker $1000, $500 to Natalie and $500 to Ben (if he reapplies) from our local funds. Half of these monies to be paid by 5/1, the rest after Aug (and sale of football books). This is all subject to our meeting with Eliza, which is tentatively scheduled for March 20th at 10AM at La Grande Orange. B. June Student recognition BBQ – tabled until next month Board comments: A letter was received from Mizzou about endowments, that they can use 1% of our funds for student recruitment, etc. This doesn’t affect us per Larry and Jill, since our money is not officially endowed yet. The meeting was adjourned at 7:22 pm. Next Board meeting- Monday, April 12, 2010 @ Larry’s office Respectfully submitted, Rozanne Hird Secretary February 2010 Board Meeting Minutes 02/08/2010
Attendees: Erica Brooks, Larry Harris, Amy Grimes, Ray Leppien and Shane Guilliams, Lisa Amato, Jill Waldrop by phone, Rozanne Hird Meeting was called to order: 6:09 pm by our president, Erica Brooks Minutes: Approved Treasurer’s Report: $ 3292.02 Balance. We will have a new expense of $29.94 for domain name/new website hosting every six months. Old Business – A. Past & upcoming events: 1. Watch party: Jan 30 vs OSU 15 people attended- we won 2. Feb 13 Founders Day, year of the Tiger dinner – Amy to bring signed True Sons book, we should have about 15 people, Jayson sending goody bags, Mizzou fortune cookies. Larry Wade very concerned this is not a watch party & will pay for showing the game if we do it earlier. We voted to leave as is. 3. Upcoming watch party: March 6 for KU game @ noon B. Big 12 Update: 1. Feb 18 Happy Hour @ Arcadia Tavern 2. Feb 26 Suns game – No RSVPs recd C. Columns update: We have 5 members, will get Pride @ Founders Day and Tradition when we do nomination . We are on target. D. Goals Review: 1. Membership: Currently at 5. Goal is10. Recruit @ watch parties & Golden Grad party. Lisa said parent membership is cheaper when sent in with student, will check on current parents and let us know if they have joined. 2. Contacting high school newspapers: Nothing has been done. Larry tabled until next year. 3. Relationship with Kim Covington: Relationship is still being nurtured. Tertulia teacher sent a couple of available dates to Jill who forwarded to Kim. Hasn’t heard back yet. E. Tertulia trip Diversity Grant app has been submitted. 2/24 is their next meeting. F. 50 Year Graduate Event: 1. When – Checking with Jayson for a day in May 2. Where – Rozanne checking on Marie Callenders, Erica to contact the Koppenbrinks 3. Program – Jayson will bring projector and medals & Mizzou will pay for his trip 4. Mizzou will comp printing, we only need to pay for postage of ~ $100 to send to 260 people, room and food. 5. Shane will submit grant request before 2/15 6. To Do – Secure date and location before next board meeting New Business A. Award submission – Due by 5/1 Tiger Pride or G.O.L.D. or new Alumni Legacy for lifetime achievement – Don Prater was nominated and unanimously passed Board comments: Jill - Collegiate week on Jeopardy and a Mizzou girl won her round. What will we do to honor our students when they come back in June? Adrianna was selected as a member of summer welcome committee. Parker selected J school tour guide. Next Board meeting- Monday, March 8, 2010 @ Larry’s office The meeting was adjourned at 7:13 pm. Respectfully submitted, Rozanne Hird, Secretary January 2010 Board Meeting Minutes 01/11/2010
Attendees: Erica Brooks, Larry Harris, Amy Grimes, Jill Waldrop, Ray Leppien and Shane Guilliams by phone Meeting was called to order: 6:13 pm by our president, Erica Brooks Minutes: Approved Treasurer’s Report: Not available. Ray is still transitioning into position and getting access to bank account. However, $125 and $136 was deposited. Approximate balance: $3792. Old Business – A. Scholarship Fundraiser update: So far, we have received $5635 in donations in addition to our previous balance of $3146.87. There is a pending match for $1500 plus our chapter donation of $1500. We should exceed our $10,000 by end of this fiscal year. B. Past & upcoming events: 1. Texas Bowl game: Dec 31, 85 attended 2. Student Recruitment event: Jan 5 at Corona del Sol with Parker, Adrianna, Ben and Erica; additional recruitment days at Seton by Adrianna and at Chandler by Moe. About 75 students were reached in total; Arrangements made by Amy Grimes. 3. Mizzou vs KSU watch party: Jan 9, 5 attended. Nice win! 4. Upcoming watch party: Jan 30 vs OSU 5. Upcoming watch party: March 6 for kU game C. Big 12 Update: Suns game on Dec 18, 4 Tigers attended D. Columns update: No update available E. Website redesign: New site was launched this week and it looks great! Additional pix will be added later this month as well as a Pay Pal button for easy access. F. Goals Review: 1. Student recruitment activity: Done! 2. Membership: Currently at 4 but 1 more is in the works. Goal is10. 3. Contacting high school newspapers: Lisa to do? No update 4. Relationship with Kim Covington: Relationship is still being nurtured 5. Website redesign: Done! G. Diversity Grants: Amy is working on the Tertulia trip and Shane is working on the 50 yr alumni event New Business A. 50 Year Graduate Event: Shane is working on demographics so we can decide on a location as well as a date. Jayson is getting us medals to present to attendees. Erica suggested a “Then and Now” presentation with DVD’s from Mizzou to show. We would like to present info on our scholars, the endowment, St. Vinny’s, Tertulia, watch parties and our other events and give them an opportunity to get to know our chapter and what we do. B. Year of the Tiger/Founder’s Day event: Feb 14, 2010 marks the Year of the Metal Tiger in the Chinese New Year. Jim Telle suggested we try to incorporate this into an event and Founder’s Day is at that time. Erica is looking into decs for this occasion like masks, coloring books, fortune cookies, etc. We are considering dates for this event and may try to have it with a watch party. The Baylor game is closest to the date but game being televised is unknown. The Texas A&M game, Nebraska, ISU and Texas are also being considered. Board comments: Next Board meeting- Monday, Feb 8, 2010 @ Larry’s office The meeting was adjourned at 7:20 pm. Respectfully submitted, Jill Waldrop, substitute for Rozanne who was out ill. We wish her well in overcoming her sickness! Get better soon, Rozanne! December 2009 Board Meeting Minutes 12/14/2009
Attendees: Erica Brooks, Larry Harris, Shane Guilliams, Josh Gilmore, Amy Grimes, Jill Waldrop, Don Prater, Rozanne Hird Meeting was called to order @ 6:05 pm, by our president, Erica Brooks Introduction of new board members – Minutes – Approved Treasurer’s Report ending balance is $ 3,531.02, plus $136 to deposit from raffle tickets. Approved Old Business Scholarship Fundraiser update $3885 processed so far, plus a matching gift for $ 1500, total of $5385 Past & upcoming events 1. Texas Bowl game 12/31 tailgate starts at noon, need setup help 2. Illinois Bragging Rights Basketball 12/23 7:30 tipoff, no official watch party 3. Basketball watch parties discusses & decided KSU on 1/9 and OK 1/30 for sure Big 12 Update – Suns game 1/8, 7 pm, resevations due Dec 18, $45: We may have another picnic in Nov Columns update – We have 5 new members, so Responsibility is done, Tradition is Founders day, Respect is student recruitment to be done over Christmas break, Pride is our spring nomination, so we are in good shape for this early in the year. Website redesign – Website looking good. She and Steve are having trouble getting the domain named transferred to Weebly. Steve has created a Twitter account. For the about us page Erica is asking for contributions from board members and tips for going to school @ Mizzou and wants 1-2 sentence bios about Tiger Biz Network sponsors Goals Review 1. Endowment letter update – Done (see above) 2. Student recruitment activity – To be done over Christmas break 3. Membership – Currently @ 5, Josh needs to renew & we can sponsor Moe. 4. Contacting high school newspapers – Lisa to do? No update 5. Relationship with Kim Covington – Done. Jill met with Kim at the alumni cocktail party last week 6. Mizzou magazine ¼ submission – We will do a submission for our website launch & Tertulia trip – mag is structured differently than in the past. 7. Website redesign – (see above) New Business Don resigning as Treasurer as of 1/1/10 - Ray Leppien elected unanimously Diversity grant for 50 yr graduate event - Mizzou used to have 50 yr medals that they would present, but now want the local chapters to do the honors. Next deadline for the grant is Feb 15 for events held by 6/1. Shane will analyze the locations of graduates around the valley and scope out possible locations to hold the event and costs. Further discussion next month. Amy will apply for the Tertulia grant. Board comments Very nice reception last week for the Dean of Student Affairs Next Board meeting- Monday, 1/11/10 @ Larry’s office The meeting was adjourned at 7:37 pm. Respectfully submitted, Rozanne Hird November 2009 Minutes 11/18/2009
Attendees: Erica Brooks, Larry Harris, Shane Guilliams, Ray Leppien Rozanne Hird Meeting was called to order @ 6:02 pm, by our president, Erica Brooks Introduction of new board members – Minutes – Approved Treasurer’s Report ending balance is $ 3,731.02, $1500 due for endowment by year end and rest of lottery winners to be paid. Should have ~ $1500 at year end left in the bank. Approved Old Business –
E. Website redesign – Erica hasn’t connected with Steve, and hasn’t completed banner for top of home page. If Steve doesn’t have time to work on website now, Erica suggested Weebly as an alternative. It is free, easy web development tool. Bad tech support, which we don’t use anyway. There are limited templates for the free version, but can connect to Google calendar, can do forms, e-commerce. A motion passed for Erica to try to get in touch with Steve, but if not she will do a Weebly website
New Business A. Don resigning as Treasurer as of 1/1/10 B. Diversity grant for 50 yr graduate event – Erica will ask Jayson how many graduates before 1960 and location w/in the valley Board comments None of us attended the Madcap Theater Mizzou movie Sat night. Next Board meeting- Monday, 12/14 @ Larry’s office The meeting was adjourned at 6:55 pm. Respectfully submitted, Rozanne Hird October Board Meeting Minutes 10/19/2009
Attendees: Jill Waldrop, Rozanne Hird, Erica Brooks, Amy Grimes, Don Prater, Ray Leppien Meeting was called to order @ 6:04 pm, by our president, Erica Brooks Introduction of new board members – Minutes – Approved Treasurer’s Report ending balance is $ 3,083.27, Erica turned in raffle tickets money and Jill turned in more money from sale of football books. Parker scholarship second half has been paid. Approved Old Business –
New Business
Board comments Jill said a diversity grant needs to be written for 2010, for some event, maybe a party for graduates from more than 50 years ago. She can not do it since she is now on the committee that would approve our submission. Next Board meeting- Monday, 11/9 @ Larry’s office The meeting was adjourned at 7:16 pm. Respectfully submitted, Rozanne Hird | AboutThe Valley of the Sun Mizzou Alumni Board meets the second Monday of each month to plan events and programs for Phoenix-area alumni. Any alumni in the Valley are welcome to join! ArchivesJuly 2010 Categories |
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