CSU Alumni Council Quarterly Meeting
Westin Long Beach
Tokyo/Vancouver Room (3rd Floor)
January 12,2008
BUSINESS MEETING

Saturday, January 12, 2008 @ 9:30 a.m.
Westin Long Beach

1. Call to Order
a. 9:30AM

Valerie Vuicich

2. Roll Call
a.Passed around, quorum established

Heather Manley

3. Approval of Minutes (ACTION)
   1. September 15, 2007 (1)
   2. Moved by Tim Colbie, 2nd by Francine (Northridge), passed unanimously

Valerie Vuicich

4. Officers Reports
   
   1. President
   1. Trustee evaluation due by June. Need 2 paid staff and 2 volunteers to join review committee. Please email Valerie if interested.
   2. Valerie will represent Council on Honorary Degree recipient committee.
   3. Valerie will present Council report at future Academic Senate meeting.
   2. Treasurer
      1. Financial Report – Handout provided
      2. Moved – CJ, 2nd Paul (SJSU), passed unanimously

Valerie Vuicich
Guy Heston

5. Liaisons Reports
   
   1. Alumni Trustee
      1. Handout provided
   2. Alumni Directors' Rep
      1. E-advocacy discussion about how often messages will be sent out. Concerns from directors regarding frequency and impact on alumni and increase in opting out of messages. Peter Smits will take issue to next VP meeting for further discussion. In the meantime, no decision was made on what was required by campuses.
      2. Discussion regarding pooling numbers so that campuses could negotiate best deal with online communities.
      3. SB 569 standards and reporting. Peter Smits and small committee will flush out gray areas and establish standard definitions.
      4. Welcome to new Directors: Paul (SJSU, Lori (CSUSM), Diana (CSUF).
      5. Goodbye to Directors: Stephanie (CSUMB) and Heather (CSUSM).
   3. Academic Senate
      1. Thank you to alumni for participation in Access to Excellence
      2. John attended first CSSA meeting and had most fun he has had in a long time because of interaction with students.
      3. Resolutions passed:
         1. Textbook affordability
         2. Against Prop 92
         3. Affirm process when vote of no confidence
         4. support campus autonomy and individuality
      4. Resolutions pending:
         1. Drops/withdrawals/incompletes/repeats
         2. support academic freedom
         3. remediation – campus discretion
         4. oppose graduate business fee
      5. Continued discussion:
         1. workload issues
         2. affinity group around General education
         3. LDTP – Lower Division Transfer Prep
         4. Patents and intellectual property
   4. Vice Presidents for Advancement   Peter Smits
      1. VPs discussed Access to Excellence at last meeting
      2. Discussed reporting from campuses to CO (Expenditure report)
      3. Accountability and how to communicate
      4. Campus plans for ’08-’09 are due January 14, Smits will encourage VPs to include Alumni directors in process
      5. Further research is needed to devise strategy for SB 69 gray areas
      6. Budget sustainability in Advancement Programs
         1. how do we use endowment fees to supplement budget
      7. CSU endowment is currently at $876 million, likely to reach $1 billion in 2-3 years
   5. CSSA Student Representative TBD
      1. No one in attendance
   6. System Office Report Karen Y. Zamarripa
      1. Handouts provided

6. Committee Reports
   1. Finance and Development    
      1. Focus on sponsorship. Long way to go to get to stratch goal of $40K and only 2 meetings left. Passed around list to identify potential sponsors and those with connections.
      2. Survey regarding vendors will be re-sent. Please respond so that we can begin to leverage our numbers for better deals
   2. Government Relations     
      1. Updated group on charge of committee
      2. Reminded that there will be no alumni reception at Legislative Day
   3. Programs     
      1. Michele will be emailing survey for yesterday’s program
      2. April program is communication strategy and opinion management. Still working on details.
      3. June will be centered on discussion of student alumni fee
      4. September conference format will be revamped to reflect feedback from 1st conference
         1. Gannon requested info as soon as possible so that accommodations can be made for the SLO meeting

7. Old Business
   1. None

Valerie Vuicich

8. New Business
   1. Proposition 92 Resolution (2)
      1. Colbie presented resolution passed by Governement Relations Committee in opposition to Prop 92
      2. Moved to approve by CJ, 2nd by Doug Yavinian
      3. Discussion:
         1. Francine (Northridge) would like to include language stating that CSU supports community colleges
         2. Jimmie (Dominguez Hills) expressed opinion that Prop 92 is not the answer to funding issues
      4. No changes were made to resolution as presented. Vote called, passed
         1. Gary Davis and Francine (Northridge) abstained from vote
   2. Nomination to replace secretary
      1. Nomination of Craig Tortorici
      2. Moved by Doug Yavinian, 2nd by CJ Klug, passed unanimously

9. Public Comment
   1. Council members should consider open invitation to Academic Senate meetings (John Tarjan)

10. Adjournment
    1. Next Meeting: April 27, 2008 Sheraton Grand, Sacramento
       
       1. Info forthcoming in next weeks
       2. June meeting will be held at East Bay
       3. Move to adjourn Jeanie (Sac State), 2nd by John (Sonoma), passed unanimously
          1. Adjourned at ???