Atlanta club board members conference call minutes

1. Membership Mailing - Target date for mailing is the end of March. Tim

will be responsible for getting an estimate from alumnus Paul Bregande's

business to include printing, assembling and bulk postage for mailing.

Kevin suggested offering Paul a 1/4 page ad in the mailing in exchange for a

discount. Chris Kocks will be the person in charge of the executing the

mailing with its various components.

2. UND - Maria Mucha is heading up this event which is set for Sunday

brunch on May 20th @ 10:30AM. Our speaker will be Dave Poulin, head coach

for Notre Dame hockey. Chris Kocks suggested that in addition to reaching

out to local dioceses for marketing of this event in church bulletins that

we consider reaching out to local Thrasher hockey fans/team members in some

way. It was suggested that a personal invitation to UND (on club stationery)

be sent to Jerome Bettis who now resides in Roswell. Additionally it was

proposed that if Jerome was able to attend that he could be asked to

introduce Dave Poulin. Maria Mucha will be asked to approach Dave Poulin

about this possibility. (I sent Maria an email already.) If there is a

positive response from Dave Poulin Bob Splude will contact Jerome Bettis'

business manager whom he has previously contacted about the ND vs. GT events.

It was suggested by Mike Morris that the club offer in exchange to help

procure volunteers if Jerome Bettis decides to launch an event for his non-

profit foundation. Chris Kocks will contact our BA of ND Region 4

representative James Scarborough '03 (email: Region4Director-BAof

ND@alumni.nd.edu) to co-ordinate participation for UND. Possibly also

Hispanic Alumni rep: Giovanni Kotoriy '88 GKotoriy@aol.com & Asian Pacific

Alumni rep: Tricia Sevilla '99 '01 pacesevilla@hotmail.com

3. Peachstate Scholarship Fund Contribution- The efforts of those that

planned our club

GT weekend events paid off in a big way. The club has donated $26,000 to

the Atlanta Club Peachstate Scholarship endowment. The club has already

received a thank you from Fr. Jenkins which Chris Kocks will scan and send

to John Ujda to post on the club web site. Chris will also send a copy to

Chuck Lennon in the Alumni office. Kevin McHugh will write a paragraph

about the contribution to be included in the next club e-newsletter which

will include a link to the letter from Fr. Jenkins. Mike Morris suggested

another link at the end of the

letter directing readers to the online club membership. Kevin McHugh is

having a large ceremonial check printed up; which it was decided will be

presented at the UND celebration, possibly to Dave Poulin as the

representative from the university. This presentation will be a photo

opportunity which we will also post on the web site and additionally send in

to the university for the printed alumni newsletter.

4. St.Patrick's Day Parade - Kevin McHugh is overseeing this event, but

recruited Matt Keown to co-ordinated marchers and "throws". A banner has

been ordered. Rose Carroll was working on bead acquisition and will contact

a car dealership about supplying a courtesy car. Kevin McHugh suggested the

club consider an after parade meeting place. There may be an Irish pub at

Underground Atlanta which we can ask to accommodate our marchers.

5. Non-Profit Leadership The Hospital Support program does not have a

formal coordinator yet; although, we do have volunteers organized for

emergency support.

& Excellence in Teaching - Rochelle Valsaint is

handling the logistics for the new initiative from the ND business school.

The club has approved $1000 toward sponsoring an attendee to this university

event. The club would like this to become a self-sustaining event. Rose

Carroll will contact

Rochelle with ideas about what has worked for the Excellence in Teaching

program including ear-marked funding. We will consider asking sponsored

attendees to cover some of the expenses. Rose Carroll will look into the

registration

fee scholarship for EIT offered my the university admissions office.

Skymiles donations would be very helpful in keeping cost to the club down

significantly for both events.

6. Hospital Support - This is outreach to children of alumni who may be in

Atlanta area hospitals. Pete Campbell is our regional director for senior

alumni, heading the national initiative.

7. Summer Service Intern - The Georgia Justice Project (GJP) will not be

able to host an ND student this summer. The Center for Social Concerns is

willing to pay for a 2nd student because of the demand for the GJP

internship. Rose Carroll will be checking with 3 other similar programs to

find if they have a need for interns. If not she will contact the previous

internship location, The Bridge. We will request a scholarship from the

university to offset our club's share of paying the summer service stipend.

8. The club will ask for prayers and make a contribution to a charity on