Greater Chicago Chapter Board Minutes

Saturday, June 17, 2000
American Heart Association, Westmont, IL

Present: Dennis McLaughlin, Peter Tully, Cindy Elliot, Charlie Carter, Marty Egna, Heather Gaw, Phil Gresh, Dave Hart, John DeWolf, Emmett Moore Charlie Carter called the meeting to order at 9:30. Minutes from the previous meeting were approved as written.

AAAO - Reported by Emmett Moore

• Emmett is working on getting a committee meeting together at the Garden Party. The National Chapter is having the same problem in getting everyone together for a meeting. The National Chapter is working on possibly starting an endowment.
• Emmett added that Penn State is moving closer to giving alums lifetime e-mail addresses.

AAC - reported by Charlie Carter for Gina Razum

• The Prospect Reception went very well. Mitch Kirsh hosted and approximately 50 people attended the event.

COMMUNICATIONS - reported by Heather and Marty

• Heather reported very little activity in the mail.
• Marty reported that activity was increasing on the Website. These are people possibly looking for events and football tickets.
• Heather noted that, with Membership picking up the mail from the P.O. box, the Chapter needs to look into the role of the Communications Chair further. This will include developing the role and possibly forming an actual committee.

COMMUNITY SERVICE - No Report

Membership - reported by Cindy Elliot

• No change to the membership tallies have occurred since the May 13 meeting.

Parent/Student Interaction - No Report

Scholarship - reported by John DeWolf

• Additional thank-you notes from students receiving scholarships from the Chapter were shared among the Board Members and will be posted on the Website.
• Phil volunteered that we should continue to build our scholarship fund. He compared this to what he has seen with what the University of Wisconsin’s chapter has done with theirs.
• An additional discussion took place as to how we communicate (or don’t communicate) where our scholarship money goes. Phil agreed to write a paragraph for the upcoming newsletter.

Social Programming - reported by Charlie Carter for Robyn Young

• The Air/Water Show will be on August 19. Invitations have been mailed out to Chapter members.
• The Garden Party will be held at Rolling Knolls Country Club in Elgin on July 29. Games & Social time will be from 2 till 5 pm, with Dinner and meeting from 5 till 8 pm. Jill Siegel and Kristen Whitehead are working on the invitations, and Peter Schallmoser & Jerry Utt are working on the party itself. Emmett Moore informed us that Allstate has agreed to underwrite a portion of the Garden Party once again this year with the same level of support ($1,500) as last year. We are inviting current students and incoming freshmen. Proceeds from this event will go into the scholarship fund and then on to PSU to the Endowment. Cost will be $25/person for non-students.
• A good time was had by all at the Cubs game on May 4. All 40 tickets were sold, and there were a number of people who were not able to get tickets.

Sports Programming - reported by Dave Hart

• The Chapter has received 40 tickets for the Indiana game on October 28. It will be a night game and cost will be $120/person for an overnight bus trip. The trip will not include food, but there will be plenty of room on the bus for each person to have his/her own cooler. The bus will leave at 11 a.m. on Saturday and will be back by 2 p.m. on Sunday. The cost is based on 35 people. Dave is working on upgrading the bus. There will be a September 16 deadline for this game.
• Penn State has TV schedules for 7 of 12 games, and Indiana won’t be televised.

• Potential new candidates for the Board are on the attached page. Charlie will follow up with individuals and verify the candidates. Phil proposed that the slate of officers be accepted, and the Board unanimously accepted.

• Peter will get in touch with Bob Evans to find out where Bob left things after the Directory was published. Phil gave Peter an extra copy of a Directory.

• Peter would like to send out a survey to the general membership.

• Concern was expressed that the Chapter would be job-matching. Board members reinforced that this would serve as a networking function only.

• It was pointed out that this service would be of value to members because of the low unemployment we’re encountering.

• Peter will put a proposal together and present it to the Board.

A. Past president - no report

B. Treasurer - no report

C. Secretary - no report

D. President - Charlie Carter

Next meeting: Saturday, September 9 or September 16 at 9:00 AM. Charlie will poll the Board. If held on September 9, the meeting will be at ITW Hi-Cone office in Itasca; if held on September 16, the meeting will be at the American Heart Association office in Westmont.

Meeting adjourned at 11:10.

Submitted by: Cindy Elliot