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April 20th, 2011 Minutes
Minutes 04/20/2011
SHAMOKIN AREA HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Minutes - April 20, 2011
PRESENT: Charmaine Tetkoskie '82, H. Robert Mattis '68, Bill Korbich '54, Jeff Clutcher '78, John Clutcher '74, John Klinger '68, Irvin Liachowitz '42, Helen Jane Murphy '43, James Backes '80, John Schankweiler '53, Mary Anne Pitorak Miller '74, Myron Moskowitz, '42, Susan Kropinski Haas '75, Maxine Howerter-Harvey '83, Nancy Updegrove Price '51, Matthew Heins '96
CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by President Charmaine Tetkoskie who welcomed the group at this end of the planning meeting.
SECRETARY'S REPORT: The secretary's report was approved on motion by Irvin Liachowitz, second by John Clutcher. Members were provided with a copy of the minutes if they had not read them on the website.
TREASURER'S REPORT: Treasurer Bill Korbich reported on the material in the Alumni Newsletter as well as about the financial outlook for the alumni association. Current general fund balance is around 12K. Ticket sales for the upcoming banquet are ongoing and just started. He summarized the deposits in M & T Bank and on motion by John Clutcher, second by Jeff Clutcher, it was decided to move the money where there was a 3% guarantee.
Bill further talked about the different scholarship funds.
- He recommended that the Richard Hilbush scholarship be increased from $300 rather than $200.
- Concerning the Peter J. Malafi award, 4 students (2 male, 2 female) will get $400 each (rather than 2 students at $200 each). Scholarship amounts could increase due to a generous 401K estate contribution. It may increase to $500, but this would need approval and discussion with the superintendent, Dr. Sarafin.
- He asked for input to sell stock for the Gillespie fund - reviewing stock dividends.
- Concerning the Harry Strausser award, qualifications for this award are still TBD. Mrs. Strausser would like to give a $500 bond face value to the recipient.
- Concerning the Leona Adams Trust, the CD is not making money. Bill recommended that we change into the 3% account even with the small penalty to do so.
- The DePiante Fund has two pages of instructions which includes that two students from VoTech receive awards. Candidates will be screened by VoTech and other educators. Bill has the application.
- Mr. Venna has recognized that the school has the money for the Moyer Award totaling $25,000. This is also noted in the current Board meeting minutes. This scholarship is to go to a needy student. The $25,000 from the Moyer estate is being reviewed by the school board to determine criteria and amount for distribution. Dr. Serafin is also involved.
- The awards will be given Monday June 6th, 2011 at the high school.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
a. Afterglow: Irvin Liachowitz reported all is planned and it will be one hour shorter. Vic Boris and his group will be playing for 2 hours.
b. Awards: This will be handled and will be ready for the banquet. Coal Township alumni want winners at their banquet on Sunday the 29th. Susan Kropinski Haas reported that the class pays for the banquet ticket and that this money is given back to the class from the alumni association when they attend the banquet. It was suggested an "all call" from the high school be done prior to testing so more parents would know about the scholarship testing. 34 students took the test this year. The test was given during the school day.
c. Banquet: The 128th banquet is scheduled for May 28th at Mausser's Banquet Hall, starting at 5:45pm. All is planned. Setup is scheduled on the day of the banquet. If you can help - 7am breakfast at Mausser's restaurant, then setup at the hall around 7:30am.
d. ByLaws: Thanks was given to H. Robert Mattis for his and the education committee generating a working ByLaws document. This document is now on the website.
e. Class representatives: Matthew Heins and Kara Yurick Kurtz both of 1996 class are new representatives.
f. Education Fund: We have an opening to fill which was formerlly held by Jim Booth.
g. Entertainment: This is set up, with student performers to be presenting something at the banquet.
h. Invitations: Newsletter has been mailed, with donations and alumni banquet tickets purchasing coming in at this time.
i. Memorabilia: Nothing to report.
j. Nominations: We anticipate having a female VP candidate for the May 2011 meeting. We will need a male for next year, with that discussion still in the planning stage.
k. Program: On motion from John Clutcher and second by Jeff Clutcher, a blurb will appear in the program about the activities surrounding a music reunion on June 18th in Paxinos. Additional details are on the web.
l. Publicity: Nothing to report.
m. Website: The alumni association currently have their web site hosted on the high school server. The high school is moving their website (and server processing) to schoolwire.net. We will migrate (along with the school district web site) later this summer to this new location. The old website name (https://www.indians.k12.pa.us/alumni) will be pointed to the new location when the conversion occurs.
OLD BUSINESS: Make sure all classes are included in the listings.
NEW BUSINESS: Are door prizes available for the banquet? The answer was yes, including some cups and coal related gifts. Bill Korbich said it was recommended by people that the dues be raised to $5. Nothing for now was done to change this amount.
NEXT MEETING: May banquet.
ADJOURNMENT: On motion by Irvin Liachowitz and second by John Schankweiler, the meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Shirley Fisher Jackson '51, Secretary