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BOARD MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 19, 2009.
The November 19thAlumni Association Meeting was attended by Colette Papageorge, Holly Martin, Jim Zilvitis, Sarah Marggraff, Pete Yanok, Patricia Martin, and Kathy Chapman. Holly Martin called the meeting to order at 6:13pm. Sarah Marggraff made a motion to accept the minutes of the September 23rd meeting. Jim Zilvitis 2nd. All were in favor. The following items were discussed: Update on Phone-a-thon The Alumni Association held a Phone-a-thon in October for the purpose of collecting membership dues. The following people attended: Kathy Chapman, Holly Martin, Colette Papageorge, Pete Yanok, Sarah Zordan, and Sarah Marggraff. We received several response & dues payments via mail. We are planning a 2nd Phone-a-thon in the spring semester, most likely in January. Treasurer’s Report Cyndie Phillips reported a balance of $1,900.00 on November 2, 2009. Website Sarah Marggraff met with Duc Tinh, the NCCC web manager, about the Alumni Association website. The College is planning a total redesign of the NCCC website in order to meet the American’s with Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines. Alumni members agreed to wait until these guidelines have been made clear to proceed with the redesign of the Alumni page. In the meantime, Sarah Marggraff will work on a Photo Gallery and minor additions to the current page. Newsletter Sarah Marggraff will get started on a winter newsletter. The group discussed items to be included in this issue. Fundraisers The group agreed to focus on the membership for funds. Holly will look into additional fundraising ideas after the holidays. Social Events NCCC Alumni Night @ P.Sam’s Bar & Grill, DTBA The group decided on an informal, FUN night out at P. Sam’s Bar & Grill in Torrington. Pete Yanok and Colette Papageorge will contact the owner to discuss details. DTBA (date will be after the holidays, most likely in January). The group is planning to hold their next meeting at P.Sam’s to become familiar with the establishment. Next Meeting The next Alumni Association meeting will be held on Thursday, January 7th at 6:00pm at P. Sam’s Bar & Grill, 1301 Torringford West St, Torrington. Pete Yanok made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Sarah Marggraff 2nd. The meeting adjourned at 7:10pm. Respectfully submitted, Sarah Marggraff NCCC Alumni Association Secretary NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT 2008/2009 The Alumni Association had a very productive year with a beautiful newsletter being produced and an increase in membership. We currently have 48 paid members (102 names on our database), and our treasury account has $2,100.00*. Our first task was to work on our database. Jack Tesell and Sarah Marggraff have worked diligently putting together a database that lists the name, mailing address, and email address of any individual who has ever paid dues. They are now working on putting unique identifiers into the system. Colette Papageorge worked on updating the website to enhance the existing site. She has worked with Duc and Sarah to make the website more attractive and user friendly. She also has made sure announcements on our social events went into the newspaper and cable channels. Our biggest accomplishment was publishing our first newsletter. We mailed it to all the paying members of the organization. We had so much wonderful news about our alumni graduates doing such great things for the community that we couldn’t fit it all in. So look for another newsletter in the fall. We agreed to do one newsletter mailing a year and others will be posted on the website. Our Alumni Chair, Holly Martin awarded the Alumni Associations $500.00 scholarship to Barbara Faulkner from Torrington at the award ceremony. She received her associate’s degree in Early Childhood Education and will be moving on to get her BGS degree from UCONN in the fall. Please note that the scholarship fund was increased from $300.00 to $500.00. Holly Martin gave a little speech at commencement about the Alumni Association to the new graduates. She also presented the Alumni Award (a plaque) to Chris Hanley from Norfolk. This award is given annually to an outstanding alumnus of NCCC. Sarah and Colette handed out congratulations cards and alumni pins to the incoming graduates. The Alumni Association has a group page on Facebook and has accumulated 97 members. Any pertinent information will be posted on this site. Facebook has a discussion board for members to post ideas that can be shared with the group. Fundraising events have been good enough to allow us to increase our scholarship amount. We did a flower fundraiser raising $1145.00 with a profit of 572.50 and the Rada Knives fundraiser which raised $323.90 Our second annual Potluck dinner was in November. Attendance was lower than expected but those in attendance had a great time. We currently have 122 graduates as Honorary Members for the 09/10 academic year. *ADDENDUM: 10/5/09 - Treasurer’s report indicates a balance of $2,100.00. The $500.00 Alumni Scholarship was presented to Barbara Faulkner bringing the new balance to $1,600.00 Respectfully submitted, Sarah Marggraff NCCC Alumni Association Secretary
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