MINUTES

Central High (School) Alumni Association Annual Meeting

February 23, 2004; 7 p.m.

(CHS Library)

Item #	Description	Action
1	Call to order	Chuck Sankey
	The meeting was called to order at 7PM. Chuck Sankey welcomed the attendees. Bruce Moody (’63) and Kathy Steinbach (’63) treated the group to a presentation, 40 Year Reunion: Walk Down Memory Lane Class of ’63, that captured the early days of Central High School and its students.
1-A	Roll Call Roll Call was by acting chairman recognizing those planning committee members in attendance.	Acting Secretary not available
	An attendance roster was circulated.
1-B	Acting Chairman’s and Principal’s welcome	Chuck Sankey Nancy Kloss, Principal (absent)
	Chuck Sankey acknowledged Betty Fairfax a 55-year employee of Phoenix Union and dedicated volunteer at Central High School. The current student government president, Megan Pusch, addressed the group. She spoke about the value of working together in the future. The group seconded and approved a request to sanction an agenda change. The change allowed the group to conduct the election proceedings prior to the Treasurer’s Report.
1-C	Minutes for 1-15-04 meeting	Tabled/Not available
1-D	Treasurer’s Report (Deferred to below) (Includes January ’04 and 2003 roll-up financial report and status of 501©3 papers prep)	Post-election business Steve Rhue, Treasurer-designate

2	Old Business
2-A	Brief Review of Association’s Business	Chuck Sankey
	Chuck Sankey referred the members to the agenda booklet and the summary of the association to date. He highlighted the draft goals and strategic initiatives. He encouraged the creation of a Membership Committee. He also talked about the value of tradition. He enumerated the benefits of establishing and maintaining historical archives. He showed an example of a poster highlighting famous Central graduates. He suggested that the group consider further research into how many former graduates are teachers. This was tabled as a topic for future discussion.
3	New Business
3-A	Introduction of Election Procedures and Nominees	Chuck Sankey & David Lujan
3-B	Conduct of Elections President, Vice-Presidents (2), Secretary and Treasurer	David Lujan
	David Lujan asked the group to give special recognition to the work of Chuck Sankey on behalf of the membership during this start-up phase. The group responded by applause. David Lujan turned to the group for nominations. He read the slate of officers for the 2004 Central High School Alumni Association: - President – Jim Perry (’67) - 1^st Vice-President – Richard Elardo (’60) - 2^nd Vice President – Chuck Sankey (’63) - Treasurer – Steve Rhue (’76) - Secretary – Mary Ann Barden (FCHAA) David Lujan asked for a vote on the above slate of officers. Members moved and seconded his request. The members present voted to approve the slate of officers as read. The newly elected president, Jim Perry, took the podium.
3-C	Installation of new Officers Deferred to next scheduled meeting	David Lujan

3-D	Membership Report	Mike Ball
	Stephan Ahearn (’76) distributed the membership report. The association has 108 members. Registration has come both from the website and in-person (from word-of-mouth). He indicated a need to create rosters for classes earlier than 1970. Betty Fairfax has all the graduation programs for those years; however, it appears that those names do not exist in the district in electronic form. Membership Dev-elopment was one of the strategic initiatives (draft status) presented to the group.
3-E	Treasurer’s Report	Steve Rhue
	A copy of the Treasurer’s Report was distributed. The ending balance in the account as of the time of the report is $3,585.66. Steve Rhue suggested that more detailed accounting practices be adopted. He said that the group has applied for 501c3 status and that appears to be progressing towards approval. Currently 2 names (Steve Rhue and Chuck Sankey) are on the bank accounts.
3-F	Website Status Report The website is working. Stephen Ahearn reported that current web services are “simple but adequate, as well as expandable at a current date.” Usage statistics were distributed as a handout. Individual classes are advised to have a link from this site to their individual site. Several classes have done this already. A question was asked about the possibility of editing comments made from web visitors. The members were told that was possible; however, the current editing was complex. The group recognized Mr. Ahearn’s efforts with applause. http://www.centralhighalumni.org/	Stephan Ahearn
3-G	Call for Volunteers (general) Tim Hogan (’69) made a request for general volunteers. He also suggested that the group has to grow and organize before it can move into the volunteer arena with success. He indicated a need for Class Contacts (people willing to act as the “chair” for their year).	Tim Hogan

3-H	Call for volunteers—April 17All Alumni Ice Cream Social and Homecoming 2004	Dianna Krauss
	Chuck Sankey told the group about the preliminary planning of an April 17, 2004 Ice Cream Social. The campus had approved the date. Dianna Krauss said that she would be unable to chair that event for this spring. Jim Perry and Chuck Sankey agreed to do further research on this and make a determination on the feasibility of going forward. Megan Pusch requested that the decision be made rather quickly because the student government would need to plan for their involvement. Student, Claudia Tarango, presented a plan for an April 9, 2004 Career Day sponsored by the National Vocational Honor Society. Claudia asked the group to consider volunteering to represent their career field or to help the NVHS in organizing and hosting the event. Volunteers can contact the teacher advisor, Tiffannie Barden, at 602-405-1164 for more information or to arrange to be a part of the event.
3-G	Next meeting date Tentatively scheduled for March 15, 2004	Jim Perry
4	Adjournment	Jim Perry
	The meeting was adjourned at 8:20 PM.

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