Call to order

• Meeting was called to order at 10:30 Central time by Ande Croll.

Election of Executive and At-large Cabinet Members

• Ande introduced Doug Pratt, elections chair.
• Nominees present were introduced and given a chance to make a brief statement.
• Paper ballots were distributed.

Report of the IAA President

IAA Year in Review

Highlights of this year:

• thank you to the people of Illinois
• resurrection of regional clubs
  • multiple events with 75+ people
  • events in major cities (Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, etc.)
• Intersession
• 28 official coordinators for Intersession 2007
• creation of Facebook and LinkedIn communities

Things we're working on:

• coordination with IMSA student council
• university hosts program

Budget and fundraising

• used quite a bit of money to subsidize the regional events
• used more of our budget this year
• budget is roughly $14K this year, $16K next year
• costs for IMSAlum mailings are increasing; roughly $6200 this past year. We will be considering alternative distribution means.

Comments from Cathy Veal, IMSA Vice President of Strategy and Results

• IMSA has developed a new strategic plan
• presidential transition; Max McGee as new president
• introduced Suzyn Price, new VP for Advancement
• BOT requested that the Fund Board consider starting an endowment
  • smaller endowments for special purposes
  • Stephanice Pace Marshall fund for general advancement of IMSA beyond state mandate
• formal collaboration with UIUC
• at commencement, there was an alumnus from each class to welcome the new alumni and illustrate the results of imsa so far
• first child of two alumni was admitted to start in the fall!

Comments from Jennifer Spuehler, IMSA Director of Development

• we've reached $1M in dollars in donations from alumni. Hopefully next year at around this time, we will dedicate 1503 as Alumni Hall.

Comments from Suzyn Price, IMSA Pice President of Advancement

• assurance that IMSA views alumni as great treasures, not just money sources :)
• strategic plan
• conference calls this summer with Suzyn Price and perhaps Dr. McGee for alumni discussion
  • 13 July
  • 20 July
  • 10 August
• IMSA will be joining the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce

Announcement of Election Results

President

Ande Croll '97

Vice-President

Matthew Knisley '01

Secretary

Tony Nuval '98

Treasurer

Ryan Armour '99

At-Large Representatives

Mindy Brown '04

Kevin Colby '94/'95

Neal Groothuis '97

Joanna Messer '97

Timothy Meyer '92

Tarun Nagpal '93

Scott Swanson '90

Mark Czynski '04

Annelise Li '94

Open Floor

• question about purpose of university hosts
• comment asserting lack of presence of IAA on campus for students

Adjournment

Meeting adjourned at 1158 Central.