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OSU Emeriti Council Meeting Minutes

Monday, March 25, 2019 1:30 p.m.,

Emeriti Council Room, Alumni Center

Executive Committee Members Present: Mike Lorenz, Faye Ann Presnal, Kay Keys, Ron Elliott

  

Council Members Present: Dolores Willett, Jack Dillwith, Doug Aichele, Bob Wetteman, Gladeen Allred, Barbara Miller, Jim Halligan

 

Committee Chairs Present: Glade Presnal

 

Agenda: In Sharon’s absence due to illness, the meeting was called to order by President-elect Mike Lorenz.

 

Council Minutes: The February minutes were approved as distributed.

  

Treasurer’s Report: The treasurer’s report was received as presented. Ron noted that last month’s decision to transfer $1,455 from the cash portion of the general endowment fund (#20-72400) to the checking account would be reflected in next month’s report. He has the check from the Foundation and will deposit it promptly.

Reports and Updates

President-elect Update

Mike reported that letters had been sent to all new retirees and that we had added one new life member. He also noted that Lee Bird would join at the end of May, after completing EMT training.

 

Vice-president Activities Update

Faye Ann reported the following:

  

  • Arrangements for the April 1 dinner and program are complete. Guests will include student performers, Theater faculty, New York- based Guest Director Ann Cooley, and Anne Greenwood, who has agreed to come back in the future to do a program. There will be table decorations on all tables. Faye Ann moved that she be reimbursed $30 for the cost of the decorations, some of which can be reused at future dinners. Jim seconded the motion, and the motion carried.

  • Cathy Shuffield, OSU graduate and full-time OSU employee has taken training from the travel company previously used by the Stouts and is interested in planning future trips. It was moved (Faye Ann) and seconded (Gladeen) that Cathy and her husband be invited to join the Emeriti Association and take over the planning of future excursions. The motion passed.

  • Due to weather concerns and uncertainty regarding access to the room at the Botanic Garden, the June 3 dinner will be held in the usual location at the Alumni Center.

  • Faye Ann will submit pictures and articles about the dinner programs to the NewsPress.

 

Faculty Council

Barbara reported the following:

 

  • The new Tested Experience Exception Form has made no movement through OSU channels as the necessary software is not yet in use. The OSU Library has purchased new software to be used in certifying that all who teach are qualified either by degree or experience. Princeton and Texas A & M are currently using the same program. Training will be provided for faculty.

  • A new company, Anthony, will now be handling all travel arrangements for OSU employees (and spouses if they accompany employees).

  • According to President Hargis, no guns will be allowed in classrooms despite passage of the new law.

  • Retention rate to graduation for concurrently enrolled students is currently 82%. A more cost-effective education could be provided if that rate were increased to 85%.

  • Jr. college students are told which courses taken at the jr. college level count toward graduation at OSU. If students transfer to OSU after only one year and complete the necessary courses, OSU notifies the jr. colleges of courses taken here so that they can claim those degrees.

  • Faculty Council is working toward identifying a single clicker to be used campus wide and provide consistency.

  • A working group has been established to develop procedures to guide faculty in their consideration of less expensive on-line books.

Other

2019 Directory Update

Directories should be ready to go to print.

 

Authorized Signatures for the Foundation

In checking with the Credit Union, Ron discovered that he was the only signatory. He moved that the treasurer and the president be the authorized signatories on the account. Barbara seconded the motion, and the motion passed.

 

Historian/Archivist Report

After considerable discussion, it was moved (Barbara) and seconded (Gladeen) that the Association keep a paper copy of on-line items (constitution, by-laws, and newsletter) for the archives and that the archivist be responsible for these copies. It was also agreed that the bylaws not be published in the directory.

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 2:15.

  

Respectfully submitted,

Kay W. Keys, Secretary

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