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Harriet E Richards Alumni Association
Executive Board Meeting Minutes
November 1, 2009 11am
Attendees: Marjorie Kettell, President; Zomana Majid, Vice
President; Rebecca Martin,
Database Secretary; Hillary Johnson, Communications Secretary;
Clara Herrero, Treasurer;
Katie Bailey, House President; Ali Roussilhes, House Director;
and Arianna, House
Treasurer.
NEWSLETTER UPDATES:
The Board decided that all content should be emailed to Rebecca
to allow printing andassembly by next HERAA meeting in December.
The Board discussed emailing an electronic
copy of the newsletter to Alumnae in the Database with email
addresses. This would save on
snail mail costs on a large portion of the newsletter. Rebecca
will look into the best financial
options for printing and stapling the newsletter. The budget is
typically $450 or so each year,
but we are always looking for ways to reduce the price.
Rebecca has received most articles from the E-board. Katie will
again request any possible
articles from the current HER women studying abroad. Marjorie
will make some calls to
additional alumnae for possible contributions and will write
something about some fellow
alumnae (Elaine Panaretos (Bowditch)). The deadline will be to
get all articles to Rebecca by
November 22, 2003.
Rebecca will email a copy of the Red Book questionnaire form to
Marjorie to update for this
issue of the newsletter.
Katie will confirm possible dates for the Alumnae Tea with the
House. Suggested Dates are
April 10th or April 17th, 2010. The Valentines Day Tea will be
Sunday, February 7thafter the
HERAA board meeting. (Alumni can help with the planning).
WEBSITE UPDATES:
Zomana sent out a posting on the Alumni Weekend HER Open House.
The Email went out
and there was a listing of events on the website. The open house
went well for advertising the
House to prospective house members as well as visiting
alumnae.
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Zomana will look into website compatibility issues for MAC vs.
PC and certain Browsers.
There is a possibility that some people may be having trouble
viewing the her-house.org
website on certain computers.
The House gave Zomana pictures for the House Holiday Social,
Fall Faculty Wine and
Cheese, and 2009 Alumnae Tea.
Marjorie suggested showing pictures of the Board. Dean Melville
called the Board The
Overseers of the house, so the board posed for a picture to be
put on the website.
RENOVATIONS:
Katie reported that current House Member, Carly, is head of the
renovations committee. She
will bring a list of suggested renovations to the December HERAA
Meeting.
Zomana recommended having a new gentleman, Charles Robinson from
Woburn (781-933-
2950) look into some of the additional items on the renovations
list, as the Board felt Mr.
Tom Johnson was a bit expensive.
Buffet Table: The damaged/missing piece of carving on the front
of the Buffet Table was
located in the drawer and re-attached to the front of the buffet
table. The table is now
repaired.
Bathroom Sink: The House reported that one of the bathroom sinks
was leaking and is
cracked. Marjory advised the house members that the sinks are
generally BUs responsibility
and recommended contacting Dick Steel at Building and Grounds.
The HERAA did purchaseand pay for installing a new sink in the
front foyer bathroom, but that was to preserve some
of the decorative ambiance in the entry way of the house. In
general, the more industrial
sinks in additional bathrooms are owned by BU and the House
should coordinate with B&G.
Kitchen Floor: Repairs to the water-damaged kitchen floor are
still outstanding.
Curtains: Marjorie mentioned looking into a steam cleaner for
cleaning drapes while still on
the rods. The board asked if they possibly need to purchase new
curtains, but decided to
postpone that discussion until after a cleaning.
Television Stand & Sofa: The Board wants to get a new stand
for the Television, as well as a
sofa. Marjorie needs a date when someone from the house can go
shopping with her.
The budget for the Sofa and TV stand was set at $1,000.
TREASURER: Clara and Marjorie will meet to discuss a plan of
action for treasurer issues
and signatures at the bank. Zomana requested that we discuss the
budget for the year in more
