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George Washington Alumni Association
Annual Meeting April 23^rd, 2016 Minutes

Compiled by Donna ENNIS Teter, Secretary (Class of 1965)

Location:  Franconia Moose Lodge # 1076, 7701 Beulah Street, Alexandria, Va.  22310

Meeting called to order at 12:15 p.m. by Martin Johnson, having a quorum present.

President Johnson stated that according to our by-laws that there has to be an annual meeting of the membership and he then had all present stand for the pledge of allegiance.

Martin Johnson, President, introduced himself and thanked the Board by for their time and energy.  Present:  Donna ENNIS Teter (Secretary); Burt Bostwick (Treasurer); Roxann ONTKO Patrick (Vice-President); Jane COLEMAN Foster; Bud Mayo; Dave Beach; Sue O’DRISCOLL Cox; Janet HEWETT George; Frank Scheer and newly elected Randy WOODS McKlveen.  Not present was Jim Dooley.  Martin introduced the Committee Chairs that were present; Frank Fannan (Membership); John Teter (Nominations) Debby PALMER-Mills (Benevolence).  Dave Tong, Randy WOODS McKlveen and Dave Beach were mentioned as being past Presidents.

Treasurers Report:           Burt Bostwick

The Association has $20,000.00 in the bank with all expenses paid.  We now have 23 Life Memberships.

Membership Report:      Frank Fannan

A paper was passed around for those who wished to have a moment of silence for a classmate hospitalized or very ill.  The following were mentioned: 

Maggie PURVIS Bolten         (Class of 1940)
Sheila YANCEY Hunter         (Class of 1959)
Dorothy Wanda Johnson     (Class of 1947)

Nominations were opened with nominations from the floor.  Jon Miller was nominated, and he thanked the membership, but declined to run.

The votes for the open Board positions were tabulated by John Teter (Chairperson) with results as follows:                 Jim Dooley (Class of 1967);  BurtBostwick (Class of 1959);  Donna ENNIS Teter (Class of 1965)

had agreed to rerun with Randy WOODS McKlveen being a new Board member.

The minutes from the Annual Meeting of 5/09/2015 were posted on the GWAA website and hard copies were distributed at the beginning of the meeting. 

Motion was made to accept the Annual minutes from May 9th, 2015.

Martin thanked all for support during his term of office as President.

The floor was then opened to the membership for comments:

               Lots of discussion regarding several Lunch and Dinner get togethers with locations:

First Wednesday Night Social 
   
Contact Randy Woods McKlveen (class of 1972)  (randymcklveen@yahoo.com)
as this group goes to several different restaurants

The Golden Friends Lunch Bunch

Odd months - 3rd Tue's        at Ryan’s  Buffet Restaurant            Fredericksburg, Va.  22401

Even months - 3rd Tue's      at Old Country Buffet                         Dale City, Va.  22192

Casual Lunch Gatherings

Lunch a few times  a year.  Contact Jean RISHERT Weaver (class of 1964) vjeanweaver@verizon.net

               All classes are welcome at any of these events.

The 2016 meeting was adjourned around 12:30 P.M. with a buffet lunch following with BBQ chicken, salad, chicken wings, potato salad, coleslaw, vegetable platter and cookies.

LAST YEAR'S Annual Meeting Minutes  - May 9, 2015
George Washington Alumni Association
Annual Meeting Minutes  - May 9, 2015

Compiled by: GWAA Secretary, Donna ENNIS Teter '65

Location:  Franconia Moose Lodge # 1076, 7701 Beulah Street, Alexandria, Va.  22310

Meeting called to order at 12:00 p.m. by Martin Johnson, having a quorum present.

President Johnson stated that according to our By-laws that there has to be an annual meeting of membership and had all present stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.

Martin Johnson, President, introduced himself and thanked the Board by name for their time and energy.  Present:  Donna Ennis Teter (Secretary); Burt Bostwick (Treasurer); Jane Foster; Bud Mayo and newly elected Board member Frank Scheer.  Not Present:  Dave Beach (Vice-President); Sue Cox; Roxann Patrick; Jim Dooley; Janet George.  Also introduced Committee Chairs:  Present:  John Teter (Nominations Committee):  Not Present: Frank Fannan (Membership); Debbie Palmer-Mills (Benevolence).

Minutes:  As there was no actual written document, President Johnson recalled last year’s meeting at the Green Olive Restaurant stating that a motion was made by Wilda Armstrong to elect Roxann Patrick to fill the one open Board position.  This motion was passed with the members that were present.  A motion was made that the oral minutes be approved by Dan Foxwell.  Burt Bostwick seconded.  Motion passed.

Treasurer’s Report:  Burt Bostwick

          The association is in good shape with a little over $18,000 in bank with all expenses paid.

The GWAA Board has approved a change in anniversary dates.  Presently, each member renews for 1, 3, or 5 years on the anniversary date they signed up.  This requires our membership chair to monitor, maintain and mail out renewal notices up to 12 times a year.  The change approved by the Board now establishes January and July as membership renewal dates.  Henceforth, all new members will have a renewal date of the closest forward date of the receipt of their application.  Motion by Bobby Morris; second by Bud Mayo to accept change in billing for membership.

As a complement to the new anniversary date policy, the Board has also authorized a new dues category.  “Lifetime” or “Paid Up”.  Beginning July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016 only, members will have the opportunity to sign up for this new category.  The new dues category will cost $100.00 and will be pro-rated for those that will still have time remaining on their existing memberships.
 

Membership Report:  Martin Johnson went over membership count by years. 956 Total members.

Martin also stated that the association would now be offering lifetime membership.
 

Nominations:  John Teter

Stated Roxann ONTKO Patrick, Jane COLEMAN Foster, Sue O’DRISCOLL Cox had agreed to rerun with Frank Scheer being a new Board member.

President’s State of the Association:  Martin talked about the newsletter, providing more online access and the need for membership and website volunteers.  The Association has CD’s of yearbooks for sale at $15.00 each.
 

Memorabilia:  Bud Mayo stated that the Association has been in contact with the Board of Alexandria Schools.  GWHSAA wants to find a place to display/store the memorabilia that has been collected by the association.  Once a secured place can be agreed upon, the Alumni Association will be asking for donations to defer costs.

The floor was opened to the membership for comments.

          Those attending really liked the location of the meeting.  They also liked having an annual meeting and being able to participate.  They think that the newsletter should continue, but add to the address label the membership date.  Contact prior teachers to attend picnic and annual meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:45 p.m. with a buffet lunch following with BBQ, chicken salad, chicken wings, rolls, potato salad, coleslaw, vegetable platter, and cookies.

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