Daemen College/Rosary Hill Alumni Association Buffalo Chapter
Chapter Council Meeting Minutes -Special Meeting
April 24, 2006
Attendance: Council members in Attendance: Linda Carter, Treasurer; Mary Haberman, Member-at-large (via telephone); Kathleen McCarthy, Secretary; and Judy Weidemann, President. Council Members Absent: Ray Graf, Member-at-Large; Joshua Siemens, Vice-President, and Young Alumni chair and Kathleen Pawlowski, Member-at-Large. Also in attendance: Shawn Schilfke, Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Relations and Lauren Metzger, Assistant Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Relations.
Meeting of the Chapter Council Called to Order: 7:10 PM by Judy Wiedemann.
Purpose of the meeting: This was a special meeting called to discuss making changes to the Chapter By-Laws.
Discussion: Judy reported that the Nominating Committee chaired by Cindy Karcher, had preliminary recommendations for a slate of candidates: President, Judy Weidemann; Vice-President, Brendan Gannon; Secretary, Kathleen McCarthy; At-Large, Mary Haberman and Kathy Pawlowski. Tara Vogel will be approached about the 3rd At-Large position. In anticipation of changes to the By-Laws, there was no nomination for the position of Treasurer, and Andrew Wheeler will be proposed for the new position of Young Alumni representative.
There was further discussion about changing the structure of the Executive Committee to assure better transition of leadership. Different models were discussed such as staggering the terms of officers and at-large members so that all positions were not vacant at the same time; and eliminating the position of Vice-President and replacing with the position of President-Elect.
Action: It was proposed that the slate of candidates be elected for a term of one year rather than for two years. That would allow time to study the best way to organize and within the next year, make additional changes to the By-Laws. The officers present, and Mary Haberman, on the phone, agreed to limit the term for the incoming officers to one year. All the candidates for upcoming election will be informed of this change.
Kathleen will draft up a proposed amendment to the By-Laws to eliminate the position of Treasurer. This change will be submitted to the membership, along with the proposed amendment to add the position of Young Alumni Representative to the Chapter Council. Shawn and Lauren will publish these proposed changes on the website along with the slate of candidates.
Kathleen agreed to chair a committee next term to review By-Laws and to make recommendations on restructuring the Chapter Council.
Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 8:10 PM
Next Meeting: May 11 at 7 P.M.
- The current by-laws
- The proposed changes to the by-laws
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