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UM, THIS IS OUR ANNUAL MEETING AND AS A 5 0 1 C3, WE'RE REQUIRED BY LAW HOLD AN ANNUAL MEETING.
SO, UH, PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE DO IS, UH, I GO THROUGH WHAT WE'VE DONE, UH, WHERE WE STAND AS AN ORGANIZATION, AND THEN OPEN IT UP.
AT THE VERY END, WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE BOARD OR ANY MEMBERS HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS, UM, JOIN THE BOARD OR HELP US OUT.
UH, SO, UH, THE FIRST THING, YOU KNOW, INTRODUCTION OF BOARD MEMBERS.
I'M STAN MEIDA, MARK CALLAHAN, JOHN CHANG, AARON BERRY, ALAN FINE.
PATTY ZA, NANCY MOKA, LORRAINE CHER, AND MY VICE PRESIDENT.
UH, AND BEHIND THE CAMERA, OH, BEHIND THE CAMERA WRAP, BEN'S GAGLIARDI AND LINDA KAISER, WHO IS OUR, UH, BEST REP REPRESENTATIVE COURT.
WE GOTTA WRITE EVERYTHING FOR HIM.
UH, SO AFTER THAT, UH, THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE, UH, MINUTES FROM THE 2024, UH, ANNUAL MEETING.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST TO GO OVER A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS, UH, FROM THAT MEETING, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE NEW BYLAWS THAT WERE IN PLACE THAT WE HAD WRITTEN THAT, UH, ARE IN, UH, UM, NEW YORK STATE REQUIREMENTS.
UH, OUR OLD BYLAWS WERE, UM, WRITTEN WHEN, WHEN WE WERE FIRST INCORPORATED.
AND, UH, THEY, THEY NEEDED TO BE UPDATED.
UM, AND, AND WE CHANGED, UH, AROUND, UH, AND I'LL BRING THIS UP A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT WE'LL GET TO THE VOTING OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, WE WOULD TAKE ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS AND BOTH THEM IN ALL AT ONCE, UH, FOR THAT, UH, FOR THAT YEAR.
SO IF THERE WERE 14 MEMBERS AND 14 MEMBERS WOULD BE VOTED IN.
UH, AND THEN WE WOULD ALSO DO, UH, ELECTION OF OFFICERS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING.
UH, WE'VE DIVIDED UP THE, UH, BOARD INTO THREE GROUPS OF THREE YEAR TERMS. AND, UH, THE BOARD THEN AT THE NEXT MEETING WILL VOTE FOR THE OFFICERS.
UM, THOSE ARE PRETTY MUCH THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THOSE MINUTES.
SO I JUST NEED A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE 2024 ANNUAL MEETING.
YOU KNOW, THE RAIN HAD HER HAND UP FIRST.
NOTED, NOTED THERE WAS A FIGHT.
UH, NEXT IS THE FINANCE REPORT.
DON'T WE HAVE TO ALL IN FAVOR? YES.
UM, THIS YEAR WE MOVED, UH, SOME OF OUR MONEY FROM, UH, THE CITI BANK SAVING ACCOUNT THAT WE HAD, CHECKING INTO A HIGH YIELD, UH, ACCOUNT, WHICH IS, UH, HELPING US GET A LITTLE MORE FOR OUR, UM, MONEY THAT WE HAVE IN CASH FLOW.
UM, IT'S A BANK CALLED LIVE OAK.
AND, UH, CURRENTLY IN THAT ACCOUNT WE HAVE $37,513 AND 18 CENTS.
UM, IN OUR CITI BANK ACCOUNT, WHICH IS OUR CHECKING, UH, ACCOUNT, WE HAVE $5,760 AND 20 CENTS.
UM, THE ENDOWMENT HAS BEEN DOING BETTER, UH, THANKS TO THE MARKET.
UH, WE'RE ALSO, UM, REVIEWING DOING, UH, THE, THE FINANCE COMPANY THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH ON, UH, THE ENDOWMENT, UH, LOOKING AT SOME OTHER PROPOSALS TO SEE IF WE CAN GET, UH, A HIGHER YIELD.
THEY, THEY, THE ONE WE'RE WITH, HAD NOT BEEN THAT, UH, THAT GOOD IN GETTING BACK TO, WELL, THEY GET BACKWARDS WHEN THEY HAVE A QUESTION, BUT THEY'RE NOT PROACTIVE.
AND WE WANT TO HAVE A, A LITTLE MORE, UH, INPUT FROM OUR,
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UH, FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.HOW MUCH MONEY IS IN THERE? UH, $223,852.
WELL, THEY WOULD BE GIVING YOU ON A SPECIAL RIDGE.
THEY, THEY, THEY ARE, THEY, THEY'RE GIVING YOU NINE.
UH, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT, WELL, WE'RE IN A VERY CONSERVATIVE, UH, PLAN.
SO THAT'S WHY WE WON'T WANT TO LOOK AT THIS.
YOU, THEIR, THEIR FEES, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT, THEIR FEES COME OUT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SHOULD BE DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
SO WE, WE'VE LISTENED TO A COUPLE PROPOSALS.
WE JUST HAVE TO CIRCLE AROUND AND, AND TRY TO GET THAT MONEY.
UH, EITHER BETTER PLAN FROM THE ONE WE'RE WITH NOW, OR, UH, MOVE THE MONEY.
COMPOUND INTEREST MEANS A LOT.
UM, BUT THE HIGH YIELD ACCOUNT WAS A GOOD MOVE.
'CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF CASH COMING IN DURING THE YEAR AND, UH, THAT'S BEEN PAYING OFF WELL.
UM, SO WITH THAT, OH, UM, AND, AND ALSO LAST NIGHT, UH, AT, UH, AT THE OIL PLANTS REUNION, WE MADE, UH, $962.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE PROFIT, THE PROFIT THAT WAS, YEAH.
WITH THE MEMBERSHIPS AND EVERYTHING.
YOU NOTE THAT SUSAN RYAN RETURNED THE 50 50 THAT SHE WANTED.
WHY SUSAN RYAN RETURNED THE 50 50.
MEETING A GOOD TIME NEXT NIGHT.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO GET A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, TO APPROVE THE FINANCE REPORT.
WE'LL, IT, JOHN, HOW ABOUT YOU SECOND IT, GARY? SURE.
I WAS POINTING FOR SOMETHING ELSE SECOND.
AND I ASSUME NO, UH, NO OPPOSE OR ABSTENTIONS.
I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO, UH, PATTY.
UH, GIVE US A SCHOLARSHIP REPORT.
CAN, CAN I JUST, DO YOU HAVE FACTS AND FIGURES OR NUMBERS FOR THAT MEMBERSHIP REPORT? I, I'M JUST USING WHAT WE HAD, UM, FROM, FROM THE LAST MEETING, WHICH ABOUT 320.
SO LET, LET ME JUST, YOU, YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED BETWEEN THE WEBSITE AND THE WAY THAT YOU NOW ONLINE PAY, ET CETERA, WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO GOING THROUGH REVISIONS TO OUR DATABASE FOR A LOT OF OUR TECHNOLOGY IS BEING IN THE PROCESS OF BEING UPDATED.
AND OF COURSE, AS ANTHONY AND WRAP WELL KNOWN, YOU'VE GOT CONNECT ALL OF THESE THINGS.
SO, UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE ARE, WE ARE TRACKING, AND THIS IS, THIS I THINK IS A WONDERFUL NUMBER AT THIS POINT.
345 PAID MEMBERS, WHICH IS WOW, THAT'S FANTASTIC.
SO I'VE GOT, AND THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE THOSE WHO SIGNED UP LAST NIGHT MIGHT BE NEW.
SO, UM, SO IT IS, SO IT'S, IT'S VERY GOOD.
I MEAN, THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD NUMBER.
I'M HOPING THAT IT'S NOT A TECHNOLOGICAL FLEDGE.
IT SHOULD, BUT WE'LL BE OPTIMISTIC THIS MORNING.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S MEMBERSHIP SCHOLARSHIPS.
UM, SO THIS YEAR WE AWARDED 20 SCHOLARSHIPS TO 19 STUDENTS.
WE HAD ONE STUDENT, UM, WHO WAS AWARDED TWO SCHOLARSHIPS, WHICH WE TRY NOT TO LET HAPPEN.
BUT ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY HAD, UM, ONLY HAD TWO PEOPLE SUBMIT, UM, AN APPLICATION.
AND IT WAS A, A, A RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT OF A SCHOLARSHIP.
AND THE PERS THE, THE, THE PEOPLE WHO SPONSORED THE SCHOLARSHIP REALLY WANTED HER TO WIN IT.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE, SO 20 SCHOLARSHIPS, 19 STUDENTS, $29,750.
AND WHEN WE TELL PEOPLE HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH MONEY WE GIVE OUT, THEY'RE JUST, THEY ARE ASTOUNDED.
EVEN THE FIRST TIME I MET THE PRINCIPAL, HE COULDN'T BELIEVE, AND LAST I THINK WAS $30,000.
HE SAID, YOU GET HOW MUCH MONEY
UM, NEXT YEAR THAT WILL BE MORE 'CAUSE WE'LL HAVE THAT OTHER SCHOLAR.
YES, WE DO HAVE, WE HAVE ONE MORE SCHOLARSHIP.
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UM, SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW HIM, OTHERS NOT.GARY MILLER, WHO WAS AN ADMINISTRATOR HERE, AND HE WAS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FROM HERE.
HE WAS, UM, PASSED AWAY THIS YEAR AND HIS DAUGHTER WAS SET, HAS SET UP A SCHOLARSHIP, UM, IN HIS MEMORY, WHICH WE WILL BE AWARDED NEXT YEAR.
IT'LL BE A $5,000 SCHOLARSHIP.
UM, SO ONE THING, AND ONE THING THAT I REALLY LIKE TO DO IS JUST TO GIVE A SENSE OF HOW APPRECIATIVE SO THESE STUDENTS ARE.
AND SO I JUST READ LITTLE BITS FROM SOME OF THE THANK YOU NOTES, SO BEAR WITH ME BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS THE PART OF MY JOB THAT I ABSOLUTELY LOVE WHEN THE, WHEN THE KIDS COMMUNICATE BACK AND LET US KNOW THAT THIS WAS MEANINGFUL.
SO, UM, THIS IS FROM JAMES DOHERTY, WHO WRITES TO THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY SPONSORS, SCHOLARSHIP SPONSORS.
I'M HONORED TO HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THE JAMES B. HARMON COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
THIS AWARD MEANS A LOT TO ME AS IT REPRESENTS THAT THE TIME I HAVE GIVEN TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY IS RECOGNIZED AND APPRECIATED, AND IT WILL HELP ME MOVE FORWARD WITH MY EDUCATION AND EVENTUALLY MY CAREER.
HASTINGS IS A WONDERFUL PLACE, AND I'M GLAD THAT I HAVE CONTRIBUTED MEANINGFULLY TO THE COMMUNITY IN MY OWN WAY.
I'M WRITING FROM LEHIGH UNIVERSITY, WHERE I HAVE JUST COMPLETED MY FIRST WEEK OF CLASSES IN THE PC ROSEN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES.
I, I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT YOUR SUPPORT IS GREAT, GREATLY APPRECIATED BY ME AND ALL OF MY FELLOW SCHOLARS.
THANK YOU FOR SPONSORING THIS AWARD.
JAMES DOUGHERTY, LEHIGH UNIVERSITY 2029.
PATTY, I, I'M IGNORING JUDGE BECAUSE I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT THE KIDS HAVE WRITTEN IT.
UH, ONE OTHER THING WITH THE SCHOLARSHIPS, UM, LAST NIGHT, UH, AT, AT THE, UH, REUNION, UH, MARK AND I WERE TALKING TO ANDY ZIMMERMAN, WHO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL CLASS OF 73, AND WE GAVE OUT A SCHOLARSHIP.
UM, THE, THE YOUNG MAN THAT WE GAVE THE SCHOLARSHIP TO, UH, LIVES ON ANDY STREET.
AND ANDY SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, HE'S JUST A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL FAMILY.
UM, AND THAT, UH, 73 SCHOLARSHIP WAS, UH, DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE NOT GOING INTO THE FOUR YEAR LIBERAL ARTS, UH, TYPE SCHOLARSHIP, YOU KNOW, VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, UH, NURSING IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, CULINARY.
UH, AND, AND ANDY SAID HE, HE'S DOING VERY WELL OVER AT ROCKLAND COMMUNITY.
UH, COLLEGE IN AUTO MECHANICS.
AND BECAUSE OF HIS TRAINING AT BOCES, HE'S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A HEAD START ON THE REST OF HIS CLASS.
SO, UM, YEAH, HE WAS, UM, HE WAS AN INDIVI.
YOU KNOW, WE DO A SCHOLARSHIP FEE FAIR HERE IN JANUARY, AND HE CAME BOTH OF HIS PARENTS WHO WERE, WHO WERE VERY LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKERS.
BUT THEY CAME UP TO THE TABLE AND WE WERE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT, AND THE, UH, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, VOCATIONAL TRAINING.
WHAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE FOR, 'CAUSE HE SAID HE WANTED TO GO INTO AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN AND MECHANICS.
AND, UM, AND IT WAS JUST SO GREAT WHEN HIS APPLICATION CAME, CAME IN THAT WE COULD AWARD IT TO HIM.
IT, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, AND NOT TO TELL TALES OUTTA SCHOOL, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HIS, HIS MOTHER IS A HOUSE CLEANER.
AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE SCHOLARSHIP MEANS A LOT TO HIM.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, HASTINGS ISN'T EVERY, ALL EVERYBODY ON THE HILL.
SO I DO, I DO JUST WANNA ADD ONE MORE QUICK, THIS IS A QUICK ONE.
UH, THIS IS FROM VALENTINA DIM DINETTE, WHO WAS AWARDED THE, UM, THE K FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP FOR CHEMISTRY IN, IN MEMORY OF MR. PRESLEY.
IF WE REMEMBER MR. PRESLEY, THEY, THEY STARTED, THEY STARTED THE COL, ANDY AND NANCY COL STARTED A SCHOLARSHIP FOR, AND THIS SCHOLARSHIP IS ACTUALLY THE, THE, THE RECIPIENT IS SELECTED BY THE PEOPLE IN THE CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT.
AND IN ADDITION TO, UM, THEM DOING THE SELECTION AND LETTING US KNOW, UM, THE COLS HAVE ALSO, UM, ALLOWED FOR $250 DONATION TO THE SCIENCE FOUNDATION OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THEY, THE SCHOOL GETS $250 EVERY YEAR, AND THEY GIVE A THOUSAND DOLLARS OUT FOR A STUDENT SELECTED BY THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT.
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COLD FAMILY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR AWARDING ME WITH YOUR NAMESAKE, NAMESAKE CHEMISTRY SCHOLARSHIP.WITHOUT THIS AWARD, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FUND MY COLLEGE EDUCATION AND PURSUED MY DREAM OF BEING A PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENTIST AS EASILY AS I NOW CAN.
I CANNOT EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE IN WORDS, BUT KNOW THAT I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND A THANK YOU TO THE TEACHERS IN THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT WHO RECOMMENDED ME.
WITH ALL OF THIS HELP, I AM ABLE TO TAKE ONE STEP CLOSER TO MY DREAM OF HELPING PEOPLE WHO STRUGGLE WITH DISEASE, INFECTION, MENTAL HEALTH, AND OTHER, OTHER PHYSICAL ELEMENTS.
SO THAT MR. PRESIDENT IS OUR REPORT.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD TO THAT REPORT, THE CLASS OF 1980 OH YES.
IS HAVING OUR 45TH REUNION THIS EVENING.
WE ARE SPONSORING A SCHOLARSHIP FOR THIS YEAR, JUST AS WE DID ON OUR 60TH BIRTHDAY YEAR SINCE WE, UH, MISSED OUR 40TH ANNIVERSARY, UH, YEAR WITH, UH, COVID.
AND TO DATE IN ADVANCE OF OUR REUNION THIS EVENING, WE HAVE $505 RAISED SO FAR.
SO WE'RE, IF OUR GOALS HAVE BEEN A LITTLE A THOUSAND DOLLARS, WE'RE, WE'RE HALFWAY THERE.
I EXPECT WE'LL EASILY GET THE REST OF IT THIS EVENING.
ALSO, I HAVE FROM GRADUATION, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, IT LISTS ALL OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS.
I'D LIKE TO THANK PATTY FOR ALL THE HARD WORK SHE DOES PUT INTO THIS.
CAN I SAY ONE THING ABOUT SCHOLARSHIP? SURE.
I, YOU KNOW, FOR 35 YEARS, I'VE BEEN OUR CLASS REP, AND I THINK THE THREE, FIVE YEARS, OUR CLASS OF 1963 HAS OUT DONE THE REST OF THE CLASSES YEAR TO YEAR, EXCEPT MAYBE THIS LAST YEAR.
UH, BUT I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK ONE GUY, JACK MCALLEN.
NOW HE GAVE 50,000 FOR $5,000 SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
AND ALSO LAST YEAR, UH, STEVE ZO GAVE 5,000.
HIS MOTHER WAS, UH, CHARLOTTE FEL, WHO WAS A FAMOUS WRITER WALKER.
AND, UH, HIS FATHER ACTUALLY, UH, WAS A PRETTY GOOD WRITER TOO.
HE DID THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF MARILYN MONROE.
UM, AND THE OTHER GUY WAS ANTI COPE.
HE DONATED $8,000 LAST YEAR FOR ME, DIVIDED OVER, UH, EIGHT YEARS FOR A THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS YEAR HOW OUR CLASS IS DOING, BUT AFTER THIS MEETING, I'LL BE SENDING OUT A NOTE TO EVERYBODY IN OUR CLASS TO HAVE PAY UP
YOUR CLASS IS RIGHT UP THERE, AND IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME.
AND, AND THE MCCALLUM FOUNDATION HAS GIVEN US MORE THAN 50,000 YEAH.
HE GAVE US PROBABLY ANOTHER 35,000 ON TOP OF THAT.
WELL, JACK IS A MEMBER OF, UH, A GROUP OF SIX OF US THAT GET TOGETHER EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
HE WAS A NEUROSURGEON, UH, RETIRED AT SIX TWO.
UM, AND THEN HE STARTED A COUPLE OF INSURANCE COMPANIES, AND HE AND HIS PARTNER HAVE DONE VERY WELL.
HE HAS HIS OWN JET GOES ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I MEAN, HE, HE PICKS UP HIS, HE DAUGHTER A COLLEGE, YOU KNOW, THE JET.
I'VE BEEN ON THIS JET A COUPLE OF TIMES.
I MEAN, IT, IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY A PIECE OF WORK.
BUT HE'S A SUPER GUY AND HE, UH, ONLY WENT TO HASTINGS FOR TWO YEARS.
UH, HE CAME IN NOW, HE WAS A PRETTY BRASH GUY, BUT VERY NICE GUY.
UH, AND THE FIRST THING HE DID WAS SAY, I WANT TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE GO
HE BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE GO.
THIS KIND OF ATTITUDE HAS FOLLOWED HIM HIS WHOLE LIFE, BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AND VERY, VERY GOOD.
I JUST NEED A MOTION TO ACCRUE THAT.
UM, I THINK I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FROM MEMBERSHIP AND SCHOLARSHIP REPORT.
I DON'T THINK WE DID MEMBERSHIP.
NEXT IS, UM, THE PRESIDENT REPORT.
UH, SO TH THIS IS JUST, UH, A QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR.
UM, BUT I GUESS THE BIGGEST THING THAT'S, UH, CONSUMED US OVER THE LAST YEAR IS THE FACT THAT, UH, WE ARE NOW,
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UH, 25 YEARS SINCE OUR INCORPORATION, UH, AS, AS A NONPROFIT.AND, UH, TO CELEBRATE THAT ON, UM, UH, NOVEMBER 8TH, UH, WE'RE HAVING A GALA CELEBRATION AT, UH, THE CROP FOUNDATION.
UM, CROP HAS, UH, GENEROUSLY DONATED THE USE OF THE FACILITIES AND THE FOOD, AND, UH, THEY HAVE CAPACITY OF A HUNDRED PEOPLE.
UM, AND, UH, THE DINNERS ARE, ARE A HUNDRED DOLLARS A PIECE.
SO THIS IS ENSURING THAT A LOT OF, UH, THAT MONEY WILL GO TOWARDS, UH, OUR SCHOLARSHIPS.
UH, WE'RE ALSO DOING A RAFFLE, UH, OF DONATED, UH, PRIZES FROM MERCHANTS, GIFT BASKETS, THINGS LIKE THAT, AS WELL AS A SILENT AUCTION.
SO, UM, THIS HAS BEEN, THIS WILL BE A BIG FUNDRAISER FOR US.
AND, AND THE FIRST REALLY, SINCE, UH, WE HAD THE, UH, THE CHALLENGE, UH, DID YOU MENTION THE JOURNAL? OH, YES.
THE, THE JOURNAL, UM, UH, WE'LL HAVE A PRINTED JOURNAL AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN SELLING ADS.
JOHN AND NANCY AND LORRAINE I KNOW HAVE BEEN GOING OUT.
AND NANCY
THEY NEVER HEARD OF HAZING, SO THEY
UM, SO, SO THAT, THAT'S COMING UP IN NOVEMBER.
I, SORRY, CAN I INTERRUPT YOU? SURE, SURE.
WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 41 PEOPLE WHO PAY TO COME.
SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN COMING BY TICKETS, RIGHT.
AND I THINK ANDY AND ANDY AND NANCY ARE PLANNING TO, TO COME.
THEY'VE ALREADY, YEAH, THEY ALREADY ALREADY RESPONDED.
ALSO, UM, FROM THE LAST, UH, ANNUAL MEETING, UH, WE ADDED, UH, AMY RO TO THE BOARD.
UM, AND JOHN CHANG, UH, WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, BUT HE TOLD ME AFTERWARDS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD.
UH, SO JOHN HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US ON THE BOARD AND WE'LL, UM, TODAY, UH, ALSO DURING THE YEAR, UM, WE PARTICIPATED WITH, UM, THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT, UH, WHO RETIRED THE UNIFORM OF ONE OF THE GIRLS' BASKETBALL PLAYERS, TARA FLAHERTY.
AND, UH, DREW, DREW WENDELL, WHO'S THE, UH, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.
HE'S BEEN VERY, VERY ACTIVE IN TRYING TO BRING, UH, HISTORY OF HASTINGS SPORTS, UH, TO THE FOREFRONT.
UH, DOWNSTAIRS, HE'S TRYING TO SET UP A LITTLE MUSEUM OF ARTIFACTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE GOT RECOGNITION DURING THE, UH, UM, UNIFORM RETIREMENT CEREMONY.
AND TARA IS ALSO A MEMBER OF OUR HALL
TO HAVE HER NUMBER RETIRED AT BURKE, UH, WAS THE FIRST.
UM, THERE WAS, THERE WAS SOME ISSUES WITH THAT BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAD FORGOTTEN YEARS AGO THAT HIS UNIFORM NUMBER HAD BEEN RETIRED, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMEBODY'S WEARING NUMBER 24.
AND PETER CAPANO PICKED UP ON THAT AND SAID, NO, NO, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RETIRED.
SO, AND WE HAD A FORMAL CEREMONY LAST YEAR FOR PAT RETIRING HIS, HIS UNIFORM AGAIN.
BUT NOW IT'S OFFICIAL BECAUSE DREW IS MAKING SURE THE RECORDS, UH, STAY.
UH, WE'VE ALSO SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND THE EFFORT IN UPDATING OUR, UM, UH, TECHNOLOGY.
UH, WE'VE, WE'VE CHANGED OVER, UH, TO A PROGRAM CALLED ZEPI THAT, UH, IS, IS HOW YOU CAN PAY ONLINE FOR DUES AND, UM, UH, ANY EVENTS.
UM, WE, WE'VE NOW PUTTING THINGS, UH, INTO THE CLOUD SO THAT, UH, THERE'S A CENTRAL LOCATION FOR A LOT OF OUR DOCUMENTS RATHER THAN ON PEOPLE'S PERSONAL COMPUTERS, WHICH IS THE WAY IT'S BEEN DONE.
UM, RALPH AND ANTHONY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS QUITE A BIT WITH GARY'S, UH, ASSISTANCE ON, ON THE WEBSITE.
WELL, WELL, AND, AND WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT, AT THE WEBSITE TOO.
WE HAVE TO STILL BRING THAT UP.
IT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE A LOT OF CHANGES TO THE WEBSITE RIGHT AWAY, BUT IT'LL COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO DO.
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IF WE COULD GET A GRANT FOR THAT, THAT THAT WOULD BE GREAT.UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE TAKE FIVE TO $10,000 TO UPDATE THE WEBSITE, THAT'S COMING OUT OF SCHOLARSHIPS.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE NEED THE WEBSITE THAT WE WANT THE MONEY FOR THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS.
UM, WE ONLY PARTICIPATED IN A COUPLE OF, UM, THINGS OUTSIDE OF, UH, WHAT WE NORMALLY DO HERE.
AND THAT WAS, UH, MEMORIAL DAY.
THAT WAS REALLY THE ONLY THING THOUGH.
WE DID DO, UM, IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE HALLOWEENS, UH, TRICK OR TRUNK TRUNK OR TRUNK TRUNK, TRUNK OR TREAT OR WHATEVER, UM, DRUNK OR TREAT.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT WE TRIED TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF OUTREACH, UH, OR, YOU KNOW, JUST SOMETHING FOR OUR ALUMNI WAS WE DID A, UM, CASINO TRIP OUT TO, UH, CASINO IN, UH, PENNSYLVANIA, WIND CREEK.
AND, UM, YEAH, THAT WAS JUST REALLY THE IDEA WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, ADDED VALUE FOR THE ALUMNI.
AND UNFORTUNATELY IT DIDN'T DO TOO WELL.
UH, WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, YES, US TO DEATH THAT THEY WOULD BE, UH, GOING.
AND WHEN TIME CAME TO PAY, YOU KNOW, FOR THE TRIP, THEN THEY, THEY DIDN'T DO IT.
SO, UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY, UM, SO WHO REALLY TOOK EXAMPLE? YEAH.
WHAT WE DID, WE TESTED IT OUT AND, UM, WE, WE HAD A CANCELLATION DATE, BUT WITH SO MANY PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GO, UH, WE, WE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'LL FILL THE BUS.
SO WE TRIED IT AGAIN, UH, IN APRIL.
UH, BUT THIS TIME WE WERE MORE COGNIZANT OF THE, UH, CANCELLATION DATE AND IT WAS JUST VERY LITTLE INTEREST.
SO, UM, IT, WELL, THIS TIME COULD GO TO ATLANTIC CITY AND PEOPLE MIGHT LIKE TO DO THAT WALK BOARDWALK.
SO I MEAN, IT, IT WAS SOMETHING WE TRIED, UM, AND, AND WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO TRY TO COME UP WITH THINGS THAT WE CAN DO FOR THE ALUMNI.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S LIKE LITTLE FUNDRAISING TYPE THINGS, JUST GET TOGETHER BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE THE, THE FALL, UH, ALL CLASS REUNION, SO IT'D BE NICE TO DO SOME OTHER THINGS.
UM, WE ALSO WORKED WITH A COMPANY CALLED, UH, GC PROMOTIONS.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE IN THE PAST SAY THAT, UH, THEY'D LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE MORE, UH, LICENSED PRODUCTS FROM HASTINGS, UH, LOGOS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO, UH, GC PROMOTIONS CAME IN AND GAVE US A, A PROPOSAL, AND IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD PROPOSAL THAT WE'D HAVE TO ONLY COMMIT TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ITEMS. THEY WOULD DO ALL FULFILLMENT, WHICH WAS A BIG PLUS FOR US, BECAUSE, UH, FULFILLMENT IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE WE, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE STORAGE SPACE.
UM, BUT WE HAD, I THINK JUST A COUPLE OF SALES THROUGH THAT.
AND I THINK WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED, UM, IS, UH, WE STARTED TO WORK WITH THEM AS, UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH TARIFFS MM-HMM
SO IT, IT SEEMED LIKE MAYBE THEIR PRICES ON THEIR ITEMS WENT UP A BIT TO COVER FOR, YOU KNOW, ANY TARIFFS THAT THEY'D HAVE TO PAY, UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SHIPPING COSTS THAT THEY HAD A FLAT SHIPPING COST, AND, UM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF COMPANIES DO, BUT, UH, I THINK IT WAS LIKE $10 TO SHIP A BABY BIB OR SOMETHING.
SO A BABY WAS 20 YEARS OLD NOW,
WE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT, UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE WORKING WITH THEM ANY LONGER.
UM, IT, IT, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD DO IT ECONOMICALLY AND BE ABLE TO SHIP OURSELVES OR WHATEVER, UM, IF WE HAD TO, UH, AT OUR SHIPPING COSTS, BUT, UM, AND IT JUST, JUST WASN'T WORKING.
UM, UH, THE WHOLE OF EXCELLENCE, UH, IS TONIGHT AND WE HAVE NINE INDUCTEE, AND WE HAD A TOTAL OF 13 NOMINATIONS, NO, 15, 15, 15 NOMINATIONS.
SO, UH, THAT WAS THE MOST WE'VE
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EVER HAD.AND, UH, THE NINE PEOPLE WE ARE PUTTING IN TONIGHT ARE THE MOST WE EVER HAD.
UM, AND IN THE COMING YEAR, UM, WE WILL BE WORKING ON A LOT OF POLICIES, UM, BECAUSE NOW THAT WE HAVE A CLOUD SITUATION WHERE WE CAN PUT THESE THINGS AND PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO THEM, UM, WE NEED TO TAKE A LOT OF POLICIES, PUT 'EM IN WRITING, AND GET THEM IN A, A SAFE SPOT WHERE, UH, THEY CAN BE REFERRED, UH, TO THE FUTURE.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE HAVE COMING UP, UH, WE CHANGED THE WAY, UH, THE WAY WE DID, UM, THE WHOLE OF EXCELLENCE THIS YEAR.
WE JUST, ABOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS WAS THE SAME AS BEFORE WHEN MYRNA KULISH, UH, WAS DOING IT.
UM, BUT, BUT THERE WERE SOME CHANGES AND, UM, WE DO HAVE TO DISCUSS THAT AT A BOARD MEETING, DEBATE IT, UM, AND, UH, GET THE APPROVAL, UH, THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE BOARD, AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT, WE'LL BRING THAT IN OTHER POLICIES TO THE MEETING NEXT YEAR, UH, TO PUT INTO PLACE.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BOTTOM LINE IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR HELP.
UM, EITHER A BOARD MEMBER OR JUST SOMEBODY WHO CAN HELP OUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST LITTLE, LITTLE TESTS, WHATEVER.
UM, YESTERDAY WHEN, WHEN WE SET UP, UM, UH, THE HARMON CENTER, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALWAYS DO.
AND, AND THERE WAS JUST A HANDFUL OF OF US THAT COULD, COULD MAKE IT.
THEN WE WENT OFF TO THE SOUTH SIDE CLUB, SET THAT UP, AND, UH, THE SOUTH OUTSIDE CLUB BEEN GOOD IN THE PAST IN SETTING THINGS UP.
THEY DIDN'T SET IT UP AS A YEAR.
SO ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAD TO DO THE TABLES AND CHAIRS AND WE WOULD GO DOWN THERE AND DO THE WHITE STUFF LIKE, UH, PUTTING TABLE, SET THE TABLE TABLES.
UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN COME, THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, HELP WITH ONE OR TWO TASKS DURING THE YEAR, AND, AND THAT KIND OF FREES THE BOARD MEMBERS UP TO DO OTHER THINGS.
UM, SO THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE FOR, UM, MY PRESIDENT'S REPORT.
SO IF WE, UM, CAN GET A, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT.
NEXT IS, UH, THE ELECTION OF BOARD MEMBERS.
AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE MARK CALLAHAN, ANTHONY, CONSTANTINE, ALAN FINE, NANCY GAGLIARDI, AND JESS BLACK.
UH, AND ALSO, UH, IT, THAT'LL BE THE ONE CLASS IN JOHN CHANG.
UH, WE JUST NEED TO CONFIRM HIS, UH, MEMBERSHIP ON THE BOARD.
SO JUST NEED A NOMINATION FROM THE FLOOR TO ACCEPT THE, TO ACCEPT THE SLATE MOTION A PATTY'S GOT IT.
ALL OPPOSED? I DON'T SEE YOUR HAND GOING.
HAS IT ON? DO WE HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT AMY? NOT, UH, YEAH.
UH, AND AMY, WHO JOINED THE BOARD LAST YEAR, UH, WITH ALL GOOD INTENTIONS, UM, SHE'S HAD A LOT OF SCHEDULING CONFLICTS OVER THE LAST YEAR AND SHE RESIGNED FROM THE BOARD, UM, AND TWO WEEKS AGO.
UM, SO IT, IT WAS JUST, UH, YEAH.
PART OF THE PROBLEM IS WE, WE DO OUR MEETINGS ON SATURDAY MORNING AND LAST NIGHT WE WERE TALKING TO SOME PEOPLE AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'D LIKE TO MAYBE COME OUT AND HELP AND, AND BE A PART OF OUR, OUR BOARD OR DO THINGS.
AND THEY SAID, OH, SATURDAY MORNING AT 11 O'CLOCK IS NOT GONNA WORK.
SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO RETHINK THAT.
IT'S GONNA BE ON THE NEXT MEETING.
ACTUALLY WE NEED, UH, YOUNGER, YOUNGER MEMBERS.
WELL, I'LL, I'LL SET UP
I THOUGHT MARK WAS THE YOUNG ONE.
AND THEN LAST NIGHT HE GOES, YEAH, I WAS CLASS OF 70.
YOU WERE YOUNGER THAN ME, FOR SAKE.
WE'RE LIKE THE YOUNG, WELL, WE'VE GOT GARY AND GARY AND ANTHONY, GARY, ANTHONY AND JESS.
VERY YOUNG ONES, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY WORK
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LEAN A FEW MOREI MEAN, AGAIN, IF, IF PEOPLE JUST COME OUT ON, IF THEY HELP WITH ONE TASK, THAT'S ALL.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, LAST NIGHT, LINDA, UM, CAPANO SIMMONS WAS SAYING NIKKI, HER DAUGHTER.
NIKKI, NICOLE, SHE THOUGHT, YEAH.
SHE'D GO I THREE KIDS AND THEY DON'T PAY THEIR DUES, BUT I THINK NIKKI WOULD BE GOOD.
SOMEBODY SAID, WHERE ARE YOUR CHILDREN? LIKE OUR CHIL I DON'T HAVE ANY CHILDREN, BUT TAPPING INTO, SO YEAH.
NEXT ITEM ON THE, UM, AGENDA IS JUST, UM, OLD BUSINESS.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE HAVE FROM LAST YEAR.
WELL, OF COURSE JOHN IS HERE AND I, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT SAYING ANYTHING LAST NIGHT.
BUT, UH, JOHN, WE, WE WILL JOHN TONIGHT THOUGH.
SO JOHN'S GOT HIS BOOK AND, UH, DID YOU SELL ANY LAST NIGHT? UH, I THINK, UH, 12.
THAT, BUT THEN THERE WERE TWO OTHER FACTIONS.
SOME PEOPLE CAME IN AND SAID, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALREADY BOUGHT THE BOOK, I'M JUST ABOUT TO START IT.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME IN AND SAID, WHO ARE YOU? WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON THIS TABLE?
THAT'S WHEN I GOT MY NAME TAG.
THAT DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING EITHER, SO.
UM, SO THE ACTIVITIES, SAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S OPEN 1130 TODAY.
UH, THE FOOTBALL GAME'S AT ONE 30 AND WE HAVE THE HALL OF EXCELLENCE AT SIX O'CLOCK.
UM, SO OPEN IT UP TO THE FLOOR.
CAN I JUST ADD THAT FOR, FOR OTHER ACTIVITIES? THE, UM, THE FARMER'S MARKET IS DOWN AT THE RAILROAD STATION FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO GO AND WANDER.
IT'S, IT IS A VERY EXTENSIVE FARMER'S MARKET.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN, THEY'VE GOT MUSIC AND EVERYTHING.
AND ALSO TODAY IS AQUAFEST ON THE, ON THE CRO AND AQUEDUCT IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS ALONG THE AQUEDUCT.
THEY'RE HAVING MUSIC AND ACTIVITIES AND SUCH, SO THE LIBRARY.
AND THE, THE HASTINGS LIBRARY IS HAVING ITS ANNUAL BOOK SALE.
AND TODAY AND TOMORROW FOR $5, YOU FILL A BAG WITH BOOKS AND THERE ARE LOTS OF BOOKS.
I DONATED ALL THE 20 YEARS OF MOVIE SWAG.
SO THERE ARE BOOKS IN THERE LIKE THE MAKING OF THIS MOVIE AND THAT MOVIE.
IT'S JOHN'S BOOK IN THE LIBRARY UP HERE IN OUR BOOKCASE.
AND THEY HAVE A PAPERBACK VERSION AT THE LIBRARY, YET.
THE HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY HAS GOT, UH, UH, THE ALUMNI SECTION.
UM, THERE'S ALSO A CANCER FUNDRAISER TODAY IN DON FERRY.
ONE ALUM DOES TWO ANNUAL FUNDRAISERS FOR THE KIDS AT MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING.
ALL THE PROCEEDS GO TO HOSTING HALLOWEEN AND CHRISTMAS FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL STUCK IN THE WARD.
SO THAT'S AT LIKE ONE TO FOUR TODAY, DOWN TO DOUBLE DAYS.
AND BOBS, YOU CAN CATCH THE ALPHABET ON THE ONE, RIGHT? YEAH.
THE ZUI IS A DOCTOR, MEDICAL DOCTOR AND A RESEARCHER, A GRADUATE OF HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL, PART OF OUR BOARD WHO WORKS AT MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING AND DOES THIS AND SPONSOR TO A SCHOLARSHIP FOR PEOPLE GOING INTO MEDICINE OR CANCER RESEARCH.
PATTY, WHO SHOULD I GIVE? I'M GOING TO GO DOWN AND GET A HARD COPY OF MY BOOK FOR THE LIBRARY.
WHO SHOULD I GIVE THAT TO? OH, OH, YOU CAN GET ANYONE.
WE'LL GET, YEAH, YOU DO YOU WANT TAKE IT AND YOU CAN BRING IT TO SCHOOL, NANCY.
YEAH, YOU GO GET ALL OF REST OF OUR CHECKS.
OH, THE OTHER THING IS WE OWE THE SCHOOL MONEY FOR THE, THEY PAID OUR INSURANCE.
I TOLD THEM WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
OH, THEY HAVE THE BILL DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS OURS.
I'M GONNA CHECK WITH BILLY TO SEE IF HE'S PAID IT.
UH, WELL, I, I WILL CHECK WITH THE, THE INSURANCE COMPANY, UH, AGENT ON MONDAY DUE TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE AND IF THEY HAVE PAYMENT BECAUSE I, I KNOW I SENT SOMETHING OFF TO BILLY, SO WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE YES.
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WE'LL THEN, UH, A MOTION TO, UH, ADJOURN.MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN ALL DAY.
WE'RE NOT GONNA BE AT THE FOOTBALL GAME TODAY.