Board Minutes: June 28, 2018
/Board meeting minutes 6/28/18
Introductions
· Alden Community Service Award: The Nation’s Capital Chapter won the Alden Community Service Award at the Alumni Leadership Conference this year! (attach picture of Lauren and John)
Ohiou.org web page update
· General update
· Next payment is due in September
· New Secretary will coordinate with Amanda on how to access this and other accounts.
Transfer of Funds from Operating Account to Scholarship Fund ?
- Transfer funds to scholarship fund
- Rob: in past only kept a couple thousand in the account for down payments
- Move to transfer $8,000k to scholarship fund and keep remainder in operating
- Why not $10k? Balance with potential budget impact of other events like the bus trip
- Cushion for new events/something we haven't tried before
Recent events
· DC Area Reception for Admitted Students
· 6 or 7 students came and met with folks from OU- finance, housing
· Lauren, John, Olivia are the alumni who attended.
· Thoughts about moving it to MD or metro accessible? Know that it is planned by Admissions
· Earth Day “Bobcats Go Green ‘18”
· Fun event for cleaning up your local neighborhood
· 5 or 6 signed up
· Two Trains Running at Arena Stage
· 12 alumni attended
· Bobcats go to the theatre was super fun
· Great play, easy to coordinate with Arena Stage and great to support OU alumnus.
· Golf Scramble
· 13th year hosting
· Had 28 players
· Raised $1,250 to transfer to scholarship fund
· Haven't seen the invoice yet, Tyler will keep an eye out for it
· Lost the Acura sponsorship, thinking about bringing it back next year
o May help bump up the numbers to previous years (40 players or so)
· 1804 Party
· In Crystal City (Highline RxR)
o Picked it to make it easy for interns, but they did not attend
· 10 alumni attended
· Softball update
· Team is 7-3
· Have 4 games left in the season before the tournament
· Have had trouble getting folks out because of location, but numbers are about the same (weekends have about 20 people attending)
· 2nd in division so in it for the tournament
· Won the Ohio Cup!
Upcoming events/calendar planning
· Brews for Bobcats (July 28)
· Rocket Frog brewery in Sterling
· Brand new, opened about a month ago
· Will be opening for us at 11AM
· Between 11AM-12PM will have a tasting and will be able to select a brew for a full glass (to keep!) and do tour of brewery.
· $20 for this event
· At some point, we will get the Burrito Buggy out here but didn't pan out for this event
· Will be a food truck so bring additional funds
· Will have 50/50 raffle (which will include an Athens brick)
· Bring cash!
· Sexual harassment speaker (Jenny Hall-Jones, Dean of Students; to be rescheduled)
· Possibly rename--call it a #MeToo discussion
· Group on campus that started a task force to combat sexual harassment in internships
· Dr. Bob Stewart started it (he sent folks to Matt Lauer for an internship)
· Jenny Hall Jones is still interested in participating
· Fall Crawl on The Mall (September-October)
· Planning for late Sept/early Oct
· Can't use the word shuffle on marketing
· Need to call it a "Pub Tour"
· Neighborhood: Capitol Hill
· Plan to hit up 6-ish bars
· Travis can help figure out where to get the best deals
· Baltimore Aquarium
· Been hanging for a while
· #WhereIsJustin?
· Want to get a package together, group rate
· Family friendly and can subsidize (tier or operational funds)
· Should we plan it for when it is cold? February/March
· Nationals vs. Reds (August 5, 60 tickets reserved; pre-game meet @ Bardo)
· Sunday afternoon game, 1:35
· Reserved 60 seats, will share on July 1st
· Tickets paid through Tier funds and available for purchase for $10
· If we sell out, we can get more
o Have sold as many as 75 in the past
· Ohio football game/Bobcat Bash at Virginia (September 15)
· 3:00PM game
· Planning to have a Bobcat bash at 12:30 at stadium
· Considering reserving a bus for 50 people
· Either Franconia/Vienna metro or Mall as the pick up point
· Will need to leave at around 9:30am
o Do a Survey Monkey to gauge interest in the bus--will adjust the size of the bus
· National Cathedral “Gargoyle Tour” (August 25, 2:00, $22; one-hour tour) Saturday
· 20 tickets for the Gargoyle Tour at the National Cathedral
· Lots of folks were interested
· $22 for adult
· Have a small café, with lots of restaurants around
· Can do a post-tour food for those who want to join
· Tier funds can pay for it
· One of alums works in DC United
· New stadium in SW DC near the Wharf
· Would we be interested in doing a DC United Game? YES!
· Will look into it!
Election
· Nominees
· Vice President
o 2 year commitment, but then will assume role of President at the end of the 2 year term
o Tyler will work with new board to best fill this role
o John will serve as the interim VP
o If you know anyone who are interested in filling this role, please let us know!
· Secretary
o Morgan Stanley, grad 2015, masters in Polic sci in 2017
o Axios media, HR
o Started Biotech start up with other OU alum
o Excited to get more involved in the group
o John moves, Shara, second, elected!
· Treasurer
o Travis Wolf, grad in 2015, Chief of Staff and Producer in DC
o Did Masters at AU
o Runs events at university
o John moves, Heidi second, elected!
Schedule next meeting (end of September?)
Wednesday, September 26th at 6:30PM
Will pick a place in Chinatown