Business Meeting at the Faculty Club Cabin

June 26, 2016, 2:30 pm

 

Present: Mohammed Mirfakhrai, Maddy Oritt, Dave Morrison, Judith Warner,

Eleanor Divver, Gillian Tufts

Ex-Officio: John Burton, David Pendell, Art Lipman

Excused: Ashok Tuteja, Pat Shea, Xan Johnson, Alison Crum

 

Judith Warner presiding; meeting began 2:30p

Board Business

• Introductions:
  • Administrative support: Maddy Oritt
  • New member: Mohammed Mirfakhrai (Marriott Library)
• Discussed board roles for upcoming year
  • Administrative support for Faculty Club update
    • Maddy has now joined
    • She is redoing the brochure
    • She is updating the website
  • President: Judith Warner
  • Vice-present/present-elect: Mohammed Mirfakhrai is willing
  • Treasurer: Dave Morrison
  • Secretary: Gillian Tufts
  • Social director: Eleanor will to stay on as social director! Thank you Eleanor
• Recruitment for Faculty Club
  • New faculty
    • Plan to attend the new faculty orientation, with brochures
  • Emeritus faculty
    • Maddy will send out an email to previous Emeritus faculty club members
    • She can check list for new Emeriti faculty
    • Art and John can attend Emeritus meetings to promote
    • Fee is $50 per year, but if joins after January, then $25

 

Faculty Club Cabin

• Meeting being held at the Cabin during summer opening bash
• Reviewed use
  • Currently not overnight use, not ADA compliant
  • Rates
    • $50 for Faculty Club events
    • $100 for University of Utah events
    • $200 for non University of Utah events

 

Faculty club social Events

• First everyone thanked Judith and Eleanor for their work on the several successful social events over this past fiscal year
• Friday night social
  • Marriott Hotel update
    • Under new management
    • Will continue with the Marriott membership, $49 for rooms 1^st Friday of each month (except September)
    • Service charge still waived
    • No tax
  • Next social is September 9^th
    • Planning for croquet game, was successful last year
    • We do need an outside ref, there was a dispute over scoring last year
    • Planning to move to outside tent for November meeting only (has heaters in cold weather), board is ok with this
    • Both rooms in Allies to be used, will experiment with bar in one room, or straddling rooms – have attendees sitting in second room – trying to make all feel included in the event.
  • Planning upcoming events
    • Pat was thinking of planning Red Butte event, hike to introduce or/and encourage the use of Red Butte
    • Need to begin planning the Christmas events at the September meeting
      • Few ideas discussed: Café Molise, Town Club
    • Wine tasting in January suggested

 

Treasurer’s Report by Dave Morrison

• June is end of fiscal year 2015-2016
  • Balance ~ $14, 071.58
  • Spent $709 on BBQ for Faculty Club Cabin bash, 6/25/2016
  • Assuming University will provider $10,000 at beginning of next fiscal year

 

Meeting adjourned at 3:08 pm