MEETING NOTES

WNUR Alumni Organization

Provisional Executive Council

Minutes of Meeting - October 23, 2000

In attendance:

• Stephen B. Rudolph, President

• Norm Benedict

• Scott Case

• Linda Dillman

• Kevan Harris, student program director

• Don Jacobson

• Jonathan Lehrer

• Bob Rodenkirk

• Neal Sabin

• Rick Morris, Ex-Officio

Those present called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. 

Election Results

Rick Morris reported 4,500 living WNUR alumni. The e-mail list has 450.

The election ballot was sent to the e-mail list. 

Bob Rodenkirk reported that about 120 votes were cast in the election of officers. The vote was unanimously in favor of the proposed slate. We now officially have a board of directors. 

Although the Board formally has been elected, additional volunteers are welcome. 

President's Comments

Steve reported on his desire to grant an annual prize of $500 to an outstanding student every year, to be called the "Bill Butler Leadership Award."

Committee Updates

Bob Rodenkirk, who runs the "Job Bank" for the Chicago Headline Club, will be using that information as a job base for WNUR alums. Eventually, this will appear on the WNUR Alumni Organization website. Bob is co-chair of the Job Development Committee.

Jonathan Lehrer, co-chair of the Internet and New Media Committee, reported that his committee will be using the website as a primary means of communications for the organization. All committees should provide him with info for the website.

Jonathan will add a page to the website on which alums can register as members of the Alumni Organization, if they haven't already done so. We'll need their name, school and class.

How will we facilitate the work of committees whose chairs aren't in Chicago?

Steve will send an e-mail to the committee chairs asking them to submit a one-paragraph description of what they hope to accomplish this year. This should be due before the next meeting.

Ideas for Activities

Jonathan suggested that we focus on some concrete activities in the near future, such as a dinner and tour of a media facility. This should be assigned to the appropriate committee. There was general support for planning something.

It might be possible to have one or more of our members prepare a brief, but interesting presentation to help draw interest to the board meetings, including the December meetings.

Staying in Touch

Steve reported that you can send an e-mail to the governing board at the following address:

alumni-board@wnur.org

A listserve for the full membership of the WNUR Alumni Organization will be developed in the coming months.

Next Meeting

Next meeting is Monday, Dec. 11 at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in Annie Mae Swift Hall, Room 100 on the Northwestern University Campus. Dinner will be included.

[Schedule of meetings is found here.] 

Respectfully submitted,

Jonathan Lehrer, WNUR Alumni Webmaster