Noon NYC time November 15, 2017 Discussion Topics Recent Class - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

CLASS ACTIVITY REPORT Q1 FY 2018 VIA CONFERENCE CALL AND ON-LINE MEETING

Noon – NYC time November 15, 2017

Discussion Topics

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• Recent Class activities
• Calendar for rest of year
• Financial update
• BTS and charitable gift annuities
• Issues

Executive Committee Meeting July 2017

• Attending -- Dan W, Mike G, George W, Hank A, Bill W, Jim G, Roger H
• Written newsletter stopped
• To be called “planning meeting” in 2018

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Class Officers Weekend September 2017

• Attending – Mike G, Bill W, Hank A, Betsy G, Jane W, George W, Joel S, Barbara S –

photo by Jim G

• Also in town – Dave Busch, Ted Bracken
• Emphasized role of wives
• Communication, communication, communication

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Micro Mini Reunions Hanover and FL

• Monthly in Hanover at Skinny Pancake – 4 this year
• Regulars pictured above -- Duffy, Griffiths, Gonnerman, McConnaughey, Frederick,

Murphy, Sheingorn

• Hanover group to discuss inviting wives at next Hanover meeting
• Bob to develop a program of winter 2017/2018 meetings for FL

ADD PHOTO

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Homecoming -- Hanover Mini October 5-8

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• Thursday morning – Hanover micro mini
• Thursday evening – MRL reception, dinner, sleepover
• Friday morning – 5 hiked up Mt. M
• Friday night -- Jim and Debbie Griffiths’
• Saturday morning – tailgate at Sphinx – with 1964’s
• Saturday afternoon – football game
• Saturday evening – Pierce’s, with 1964’s
• Sunday morning – Class meeting at Pierce’s

Homecoming Class of 1965 Conference Rm. Dinner, Overnight, Hike

• Dedicated October 2017
• $300k+ funding drive led by Ed Keible and Stu Keiller
• 39 1965 Classmates, partners and friends attended dinner
• 13 spent night in 1965 cabin
• 5 hiked Mt. M – Hank Amon, Dick/Sally Avery. Rich Beams, Dave Beattie

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Homecoming Football game – vs. Yale

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Calendar Through July 2018

• July 11

 Executive Committee meeting and conference call

• September 15 - 16

 COW

• October 5 - 9

 MRL room dedication, Fall mini, Class meeting

• October 26 - 28

 Alumni Council

• November 15

Conference call

• February 12 – 14 **

1965 Cabin trip

• February 20

Class activity report conference call

• March ???

??? CarniVail

• March ???

??? Spring training game – Detroit

• May 15

Class activity report conference call

• May 17 - 19

Alumni Council

• June 17 - 24

Out of Hanover mini reunion – Italy

• July 10

Planning meeting in CT and activity report conference call

• Monthly

Hanover Skinny Pancake meetings

• Winter months

FL meetings

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Proposed OOH Mini Italian Cooking School

• June 17 – 24
• Abruzzi Mountains, east of Rome (near Adriatic)
• 8 days / 7 nights
• Accommodations at the Palazzo Tour d’Eau
• Cooking classes and guided area tours daily
• Cost ~ $2,300/person -- includes food, wine,

transportation and tours -- excl. air fare

• For info and to reserve – contact:

kenneth.mcgruther@comcast.net

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Financial -- Cash Balance

($ Thousands)

$0 $10 $20 $30 $40 $50 $60 $70 $80 June 17 Sept 17 Dec 17 Mar 18 Jun 18 Unrestricted Ski project

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Financial -- Cash Flow

($ Thousands) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Collections Dues $9 $ - $ - $ - Contributions 3 -

• Mini fees

1 13 -

• Spending

Contributions 7 Cash flow 6 -

• Beginning balance

64 -

• Ending balance

$70 $ - $ - $ - 12

Financial – Q1 Contributions

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Program Amount Winter Trips From 1965 Cabin $2,500 MRL Conference Room 1,800 Athletic trips 1,000 First year trips 1,000 Friends of Dartmouth Library 500 Native American Program 500 Total $7,300

Bartlett Tower Society

40 50 60 70 80 June 17 Sept 17 Dec 17 Mar 18 Jun 18 Goal 2020

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BTS -- Charitable Gift Annuity

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BTS -- Charitable Gift Annuity

1. Fund annuity with a minimum of $10,000 in cash or appreciated securities; 2. Become a member of the Bartlett Tower Society; 3. Collect fixed payments for life, with the annual payout rate determined by your age; 4. Receive an income tax deduction in the year the annuity is established; 5. The value is removed from your estate for estate and gift tax purposes; and, 6. After your lifetime, the remaining assets are transferred to Dartmouth.

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Class of 1965 Scholars

• Thank you letters received from 3 of our 4

scholars

– Madison Hazard ’20 – attended Pierce’s dinner 2016 and 2017 – Amanda Nee ’21 – attended 2017 dinner – Adina Harri ’18 – attended 2016 dinner

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Communication Plan

• Quarterly – Class activity conference calls
• Quarterly – before the call -- announcement

emailed

• Quarterly – before the call -- announcement

snail-mailed to Classmates for whom we do not have email addresses

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Class of 1965 Store

• Boot and Beanie logo above can be put on

Lands’ End apparel

• Go to Class www site to order --

biggreen65.com

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Letters Sent Separately

• Class scholar thank you letters
• Contribution acknowledgements

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Other Issues

• Wives’ roles
• Open – 55th reunion chair
• 2018 Hanover mini –

– Will include dinner at MRL, cabin overnight, hike, reception at local alum’s house, tailgate, f/b game, Pierce’s, Class meeting – Which w/e ?

• Homecoming – Harvard – Oct 25-28
• Not Homecoming – Sacred Heart – Oct 11 - 14
• Class using PowerPoint slides for Class Activity Report
• Minutes of Homecoming Class meeting -- biggreen65.com

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In Memoria -- 2017

• Dan Corbett
• Ed Keible
• Maxim Koslow
• Norm Leach
• Bill Mackey

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To Join The Meeting

• To dial into the conference

– Dial-in number US = (641) 715 3580 – Dial-in number International = https://www.freeconferencecall.com/wall/michael4496/#international – Access code = 905681

• To join the on-line meeting

– Online Meeting Link: https://join.freeconferencecall.com/michael4496 – Online Meeting ID: michael4496

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