February Minutes
Minutes from
LCH Alumni Council Meeting
February 26, 2008
Present:
Sandy Devers, Mark Hinkel, Susie Morton, Todd Myers, Pam Schneider
Absent: Frank Gettler, Beth Muncy, Tom O’Brien, Kathleen Quigley
Sandy led the Council in an opening prayer.
Todd passed out the agenda
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Alumni Day at Keeneland – Friday, April 25th, 2008
Event time – 11 am to 1 pm, tents set up on your left, just inside the main entrance to the racecourse
Class Reunion participants – Class of 1968 and 1982, possibly 1978
Beer, wine, soft drinks and hot dogs, chips and dessert provided free of charge
- Spring Fling – Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Event time – 8 to midnight
$15.00 per person in advance, $20/person at the door
Music provided by “Swing Street”
Open bar and snacks provided
Pam will mail out postcards around April 5th, 2008. We’ll also contact church bulletins and utilize the community calendars at local stations. The magazine will now mail after spring break.
- Principal’s Cup Golf Tournament – Monday, May 12th, 2008
Event time – lunch provided at noon, tee off at 1pm
$125.00/person, includes lunch, green fees, cart, prizes, beer and beverages
Proceeds benefit Tuition Assistance Program at LCH
Pam asked the Council for prize ideas and encouraged Council members to think about hole sponsorships and other prizes. Some suggestions were made and Sandy will take care of securing donations from Keeneland for prizes. Pam also presented a mock up of the brochure that will be sent out. When it’s finalized, she’ll send it to Council members so they might send it onto interested persons.
- Career Day – Pam reported that we will remain with the Junior/Senior participant agenda, but we will be having it earlier in the school year. Currently, it is on the school calendar for September, 2009. Susie Morton and Kathleen Quigley, both current Council members, will continue to co-chair this event.
- Alumni Business lunches – due to lack of interest and/or participation, the Council voted to discontinue this event at this time.
- Mid-Knight Stakes – Pam reported this event to be a huge success. Both live and silent auction numbers were up this year. The food was well received, as was the band. The only notable disappointment seemed to be the selection of beer.
- Another topic for discussion was how to generate other interested alumni into joining the Council or, better yet, how to reach out to the Alumni in general. All members in attendance expressed and discussed the issue and all agreed it would be nice to have some younger alumni on the Council to add a different perspective to the mix. But, how to make the alumni care enough to come back and be a part of this great tradition seems to be a stumbling block. Susie Morton noted the irony that so many alumni believe in the school enough to send their children here, but don’t see the need to continue to participate in the school’s continuing development for the future after their children graduate.
- Final order of business was to elect a new Vice Chair. The Council asked Mark Hinkel if he would step into the position. He agreed and was voted in unanimously.
With old and new business discussed, the meeting was adjourned. Next meeting to be announced.
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