UW‐Green Bay Retiree Association
Board of Directors’ Meeting
Minutes
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
ES 307
Attendance
Jim Wiersma (president), Tracy Heaser, Frank Madzarevic, George O’Hearn, Pat Przybelski, Chuck Rhyner,
Ron Stieglitz, Roger Vanderperren
Excused: Gary Mach, Lee Schwartz
The meeting was called to order at 9:15 a.m.
Approval of Minutes
The minutes of October 9, 2012, were approved with one minor change.
Annual Banquet Date/Program/Publicity
October 1, 2013, has been set for our next retiree banquet. We have decided on a speaker and Frank will
contact the person regarding availability and willingness to present. We will also add the following on our
website under “Upcoming Events”: “Save the Date” for the annual banquet to be held October 1, 2013.
Scholarship Update and Matching Funds
To date $500,000 of the L.G. Wood Foundation money has already been matched and spoken for. Tracy
said that scholarship dollars received at our golf outing ($95) and annual dinner ($692.50) and added to our
endowment fund would be matched. With the match we added $1575 to our endowment fund.
Our golf outing event had a profit of $523 and the annual banquet had a profit of $201.30 = $724.30. This
money can either go into our endowment fund or special project fund. Tracy said that this money would not
be matched. Our endowment fund is currently at $17,000 and we hope to bring it to $25,000 so that we can
give out a yearly $1000 student scholarship.
Our Retiree Scholarship website page needs some updating, in particular deleting our application form
because Financial Aid now uses their form for our scholarship applications.
Committee Structure and Membership
We need some personal follow up telephone calls to UW-Green Bay employees who retire, telling them
about the Association and encouraging them to become an active member. How do we get people to serve?
We will review the letter Human Resources gives a retiree when he/she leaves employment.
We have four Standing Committees that are responsible to the Board. We need to look at these committees
and see who is currently involved in each and try to recruit new members
A) Service: Jane Rank is chair of the Oral History Project.
B) Program: golf outing, arboretum walk, banquet (Pat chair)
C) Communication: George O’Hearn chair. Need work on our website to keep current
D) Membership: Chuck Rhyner and Lee Schwartz are co-chairs. Recruit new members and contact retirees
via listserve regarding various activities.
ID Status
Chuck and Tracy met to discuss the Retiree ID Card. The cost for the card is $8 and we are hoping the
Chancellor will agree to pay this cost. We discussed the possibility of using the ID card to get discounts at
the Kress Center, A’viands, the theatre, interlibrary loan, and use as pass points. We would also like to be
able to use the ID card to check out a laptop and computer from Media Services. Tracy will ask Beverly
Carmichael to set up a meeting with the Chancellor and to attend the meeting with Tracy and Chuck to
discuss our issues. We would also like to request a free parking pass for retirees.
New Business
We should begin advertising seminars in professional fields that may be of interest for retirees on our
listserve..
The Alumni Association is always looking for volunteers to assist with various activities. Contact Kari
Moody, Director of Alumni Relations.
Meeting adjourned at 10:20 a.m.
Our next meeting is scheduled for December 11, 2012, at 9:15 a.m. in our ES 307. Tracy will e-mail Board
members a parking permit.
Pat Przybelski, Secretary