NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
Eastern Michigan University Alumni Association Board of Directors
DATE:
April 16, 2016
TIME:
11:00 a.m. or immediately following the regularly scheduled business meeting
PLACE:
247 McKenny Hall Ypsilanti, MI 48197
AGENDA:
1.
Call to Order & Approval of the Agenda
2.
Roll Call
3.
Approval of Minutes of the April 18, 2015 Annual Meeting – Action
4.
Alumni Association President’s Report – Mr. Barry
5.
Alumni Association President-Elect’s Report – Mr. Thomey
6.
Alumni Association Treasurer’s Report – Mr. Schillack
7.
Board of Directors Election
8.
Officers Election
9.
Recognition of Outgoing Board Members
10.
Announcements (addition approved during meeting)
11.
Adjournment
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Eastern Michigan University Alumni Association
Board of Directors Annual Meeting
EMU Student Center
Saturday, April 16, 2016
Members present: Patricia Andrewes, Patrick Barry, Amanda Bennett, Tom Borg, Ryan Buck, Tom
Charboneau, Linda Edwards-Brown, Randi Glaza, John Godre, Mike Gomez, Ruth Halsey, George Harrison,
Matt Mortier, Chad Newton, Paul Nucci, Don Reichert, Niklaus Schillack, Greg Sheldon, Mauricio Silva,
Marques Thomey, Claudia Young
Members absent: Sarah Fall (excused; voting proxy Mr. Godre), Jasmine Lee (excused), Jenita Moore
(excused; voting proxy Mr. Charboneau), Robert Murkowski
Ex-officio members present: Jill Hunsberger, Don Loppnow
Ex-officio members absent: Steven Cole
Emeritus member present: Bill Malcolm, Fred Roberts, Bud Schimmelpfenneg
Emeritus member absent: Vicki Reaume (excused)
Others present: Lucas Langdon, Tina Lonski, Jessica Nietrzeba, Andre Poplar, Gabriella Salagean, Hilary
Simmet
1. Call to Order & Approval of the Agenda
Mr. Barry called the Annual Meeting to order at 12:38am.
Mr. Buck motioned to add an “Announcements” section. Mr. Charboneau seconded the motion. Motion
approved.
Agenda is approved as modified.
2. Roll Call
Ms. Halsey called roll. The results of the roll call can be found at the top the minutes.
3. Approval of Minutes of the April 18, 2015 Annual Meeting – Action
Ms. Andrewes made a motion to approve the minutes from the April 18, 2015 Annual Meeting. Mr.
Schimmelpfenneg supported the motion. Minutes approved.
4. Alumni Association President’s Report
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Mr. Barry shared a self-assessment with each Board member to use as a tool to review participation throughout
the year. Mr. Barry shared a quote about great leaders and encouraged all to be a great leader.
5. President-Elect Report
Mr. Thomey thanked the Elections Committee for their work and appreciation for all members.
6. Alumni Association Treasurer's Report
Mr. Schillack had no report in addition to the report presented in the prior meeting.
Mr. Barry shared comments on the included Tentative Budget for 2016-2017. Input was received from former
Executive Director Ms. Thompson and Mr. Barry expects some change with the new organization.
Comment: Ms. Hunsberger commented that Advancement will now provide the food for future Board
meetings!
Comment: Mr. Buck suggested that the Board consider approving an actual budget plan at the Annual Meeting.
He also commented that the Board should not be approving a deficit budget.
Comment: Ms. Halsey shared that if each director collects two new license plates, the budget will no longer be
a deficit.
Question: Mr. Reichert asked if the University provides any money to the budget and about the security of the
funds in the Association accounts.
Answer: Ms. Hunsberger commented that some expenses can be combined with other functions of the division
and she believes there can be some savings to the Association.
Comment: Mr. Buck commented that more money should be shifted into the Program Endowment. He suggests
extra money from previous year be automatically allocated to this fund. He has mentioned this for over a year
now.
7. Board of Directors Election
Mr. Thomey reviewed the process for the election of Directors and Officers. Ballots for the election of
Directors were distributed to those who have not voted online.
The ballots were counted and the following were elected to the Board of Directors (alphabetically):
● Linda Edwards-Brown (incumbent)
● John Godre (incumbent)
● Lucas Langdon
● Jasmine Lee (incumbent)
● Matt Mortier (incumbent)
● Jacqueline Page
● Andre Poplar
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Gabriela Salagean
Nik Schillack (incumbent)
8. Officer Elections
There was only one candidate for the open Officer position of Secretary - Matt Mortier. Mr. Schimmelpfenneg
motioned to vote by acclimation. Mr. Reichert seconded the motion. Motion passes.
A unanimous decision was made to elect for Matt Mortier as Secretary. He’s a really good guy.
9. Recognition of Outgoing Board Members
Mr. Barry thanked the outgoing board members: Ms. Andrewes, Mr. Buck, Mr. Murkowski and Mr. Reichert.
They have all given many years of service. Upon receiving a gift, each director spoke briefly and shared parting
thoughts.
10. Announcements
Mr. Charboneau wanted to recognize the Arm of Honor Alumni Association. The Men’s and Women’s swim
team needed money to send students to Olympic Trials. The fraternity began a donation-matching campaign
to raise the money needed to send the students to the trials. Kudos to them!
Mr Barry mentioned the meeting schedule for 2016-2017 that was included in the Board packet.
The meetings are planned as follows:
● September 10, 2016
● November 19, 2016
● February 18, 2017
● April 29, 2017
11. Adjournment
Mr. Reichert made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Ms. Bennett supported the motion and the meeting was
adjourned at 1:25pm.
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