College of Business and Public Management Alumni Council Meeting Minutes
Monday, October 13, 2014, 7:00 p.m.
Hanawalt House
WebEx Conference Call #: 1-855-244-8681
Host access code: 758 180 63 (Host PIN: 4450)
Attendee access code: 731 542 74 * NOTE – Phone was not provided tonight. *
I & II. Welcome and Call to Order
Jerry called meeting to order at 7:02PM. There is a quorum present (3 of 3 Board of Directors
are present) * NOTE – AAB Bylaws will be in effect replacing the CBPM AA’s previous
governance documents.
III. Call to order
Present: Hoang Dinh, Alfred Magallanes, Jerry Gonzalez, Carrie Hasse, Renee Deming, Ebony
Williams, Monika Moore, Elizabeth Tabita.
Present via conference call: None.
IV. Agenda
Motioned, seconded, and passed.
V. Minutes
Motioned, seconded, and passed.
VI. Executive and Chair Reports & Housekeeping
A. President (Jerry) Report:
1. Review of the CBPMAA Networking/Football Event from Sat. September 13th.
a. Met the goal of the attendance number, approximately 30 in attendance.
b. Game was streamed on the Internet from the start to end. Leos won 47-33 over
George Fox.
c. Thank you followup email sent to those in attendance. Alfred mentioned to
Ebony that there were no responses back to the Thank you email.
d. Carrie suggested next time that the Dean introduce those Faculty members who
were in attendance for interest purposes to Students and Alumni. Also she
suggested for those who wanted to share their personal highlights.
e. Ebony asked if the registration event link could be broken down to indicate
which Faculty members will be attending in advance. Monika mentioned that
B.
C.
D.
E.
The Spot isn’t setup this way, only to take name information, but then she’ll talk
to the Webmaster.
f. Carrie commented on the food catering, where there could have been a mixture
next time. Ebony suggested we can have the menu input for the type of event
with Carrie M. and Bon Appetit.
2. Update on events scheduled by Rick Hasse (Rick emailed report to Hoang today).
a. CBPM Alumni tailgate on Sat. November 8th for the game vs. Pomona-Pitzer is
on. Announcement will be made at the Homecoming Reception and in flyers to
Alumni.
i. Tailgating area in the Parking Lot D. Monika suggests reading the
University’s Policy on Tailgating.
b. Wed. November 19th reception in Orange County with Mr. Willard Caddell is still
a tentative. Trouble with scheduling (stay tuned).
c. Sat. February 14th, 2015 Hockey Night in Ontario is on. Reign vs. Alaska. Ticket
request and announcement to go out on November 1st.
d. Encourage CBPM Alumni to attend the Homecoming Reception and Dinner on
Fri. October 24th. Faculty awards will be given for Outstanding Adjunct and Full
Time Faculty. Need your support!
i. Alumni Relations Office will be sending out reminder emails this week.
e. AN idea for our Holiday Reception, we send out a poll question to Alumni: “Who
was your favorite Professor at ULV?” We tabulate the poll and invite those
Professors to the reception to recognize them and get Alumni to come out and
network with their favorite Professors. Good way of getting Faculty involved.
Vice President (Renee) Report:
1. Homecoming Weekend (Fri. October 24th and Sat. October 25th).
a. Table has been reserved with CAB. Setup begins at 8:15AM and done by
9:45AM. Fair starts at 10:00AM. Tear down ends at 1:00PM. The theme is
“The ‘90s”.
i. Carrie M. should have the CBPM canopy and tablecloth for
decoration.
ii. Hoang can help Renee with the booth setup but cannot staff the
table. Elizabeth will be helping for an hour.
b. Survey results – winner was the bean bag toss.
i. Prizes: 1 in hole – raffle ticket (interest cards used) for 5 prizes worth
$25 each. Suggested gifts include wine baskets or gift cards –
example dinner, movie, ULV store, Starbucks; 2 in hole – candy; 3 in
hole – postgame tickets or TBD.
ii. Alumni Association literature included with the gifts.
iii. Renee mentioned her son recently became a father, Lucas Scott was
born and she is now a grandmother! Everyone congratulated Renee!
Secretary (Hoang) Report:
1. Previous month’s meeting minutes submitted.
Outreach Chair (Vacant) Report:
1. Report reviewed under President’s report.
Events Chair (Vacant) Report:
1. Report reviewed under President’s report.
a. Elizabeth mentioned that she may be interested in covering one of the two
vacant positions and asked about the roles & responsibilities. Hoang will
email Elizabeth the copy of the old Constitution.
F. Marketing Chair (Ebony) Report:
1. Marketing / Promotional materials for Homecoming.
a. The larger poster board picture and general marketing materials with pens
(blue ink with green barrel)
b. 250 pens ordered (Paragon - LPG).
c. Bookmarkers will be ordered.
d. Ebony to meet with Alfred later on about communications.
e. Suggestions to have Abe or others attending the Reception to speak on behalf of the
f.
Alumni Association.
Monika mentioned that Dr. Devorah Lieberman will make her last appearance at the
CBPM Reception.
G. Burbank Chapter President (Joe) Report:
1. Not present, no report.
H. Alumni Advisory Board Representative (Raymond) Report:
1. Not present, but Hoang also attended the Sun. September 21st meeting.
a. Affinity Group bylaws for amendment to be voted upon soon.
b. Hoang will also submit the AAB’s meeting minutes when he emails the group
for submitting the minutes for the record.
c. Conversation about the yearly budget of $750 from the Alumni Relations
Office. Monika mentioned that no moneys were asked for from this group.
In the past, Abe has generally supported the group’s expenditures on an
event by event basis. Jerry gives Ebony the okay for her to talk with Abe to
work on the budget plan.
VII. Alumni Relations Office (Monika/Alfred)
A. Homecoming Weekend is pretty much Monika’s focus.
B. “Count Me In” fundraising campaign. An anonymous Alumnus donor has pledged
$100,000 to the University by challenging to acquire 376 new donors (monetary value
does not matter) and retention of current donors by June 30 th, 2015. Ran out of the
Annual Fund Team, launching on Wed. October 15th during the State of the University
Address.
a. Donations are tax deductible.
VIII. Old Business
A. None.
IX. New Business
A. Graduation Fair for Winter 2015 Commencement on Sat. November 22 nd 10:00AM2:00PM in Abraham Campus Center 3rd Floor.
a. Carrie suggested having enough Marketing materials made to include for this
event. Ebony already has considered this for the Nov. 8th Tailgate and
Graduation Fair.
b. Reservation forms were included in Carrie’s email to Hoang. Hoang will include
this in the minutes.
c. Monika mentioned that banners are made for Affinity Groups that walk in the
parade.
B. Holiday mixer/networking event scheduled for Fri. December 5th at Hanawalt House.
Time set for 7:00PM-10:00PM.
a. Carrie suggested that perhaps have this tied in with the Sun. December 7th event
at Morgan Auditorium. Discussion that possibly that we didn’t attend the
“Sundays at the Morgan” event last year. Or tie in with a future event in the
Spring semester.
b. Referred back to Rick’s report, point #5. A poll question can be setup on the
website. An email will have the link to the website when it is sent out.
Suggested that we can have it setup at the Homecoming Booth, as well as the
Nov. 8th Tailgate. Abe can also notify this promotion to Faculty.
c. Decorations are up to Marisol’s department (Civic & Community Engagement
and the La Verne Experience), Campus Center doesn’t do this. CBPM AA can
bring decorations. Monika will talk with Marisol about this. Alfred brought up
the idea if we can have Christmas Carolers come up to the Hanawalt House and
sing. Monika mentioned to be careful to be inclusive of all faiths here on the
campus. Invitations to be sent out typically 6 weeks out, reminder 3 weeks. Also
families are welcome to the event.
d. Table this to November’s meeting under Old Business.
C. WebEx Conference Call phone # reservation.
a. Hoang will followup with Carrie M. on the phone number setup for recurring.
X. Announcements
A. November Projected Agenda Discussions and Open Announcements.
XI. Adjournment of Meeting with next Meeting Confirmation
A. Jerry adjourned the meeting at 8:54PM (112 minutes total).
B. Next scheduled meeting is set for Mon. November 10th, 2014 7:00PM at Hanawalt
House.
/S/ Hoang V. Dinh (’01, ’13), Secretary