MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ...

Penn and West Virginia. The committee has some resources from the Rutgers University
Federation available to fund these trips. Mr. Marchetta informed the group that a survey will be
prepared to ascertain what alumni would like to see in an alumni center. The alumni centers are
also going to be a priority in the current campaign.
Directors Desk:
Ms. Thornton spent several minutes showing the Board the Directors Desk application. It is the
new software program that all the Boards (including the Board of Governors, Board of Trustees
and Board of Overseers) will use for their meetings and it takes the place of Sakai. She informed
the Board members that they all should have received an email invitation to join Directors Desk.
The University has only 300 licenses for the software, so not all of the RUAA committees
members will have access at the same time. There is support offered 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week and when you contact them, they will get back to you within a half hour.
The process to choose a new application was convened by the Secretary’s office. The committee
looked at six different groups. Fortunately, the use of this software will not be charged to the
Alumni Relations budget.
CONSENT AGENDA:
The consent agenda for the September 16, 2010 meeting of the Board were circulated in advance
of the meeting. The consent agenda was unanimously approved upon a motion (Griffin) duly
seconded (Marchetta).
ACTION ITEMS:
Resolution to Approve the Recipients of the 2011 Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni Award
Mr. Farrow reported that the HDA (Hall of Distinguished Alumni) Selection Committee is
presenting the Resolution to Approve the Recipients of the 2011 Rutgers Hall of Distinguished
Alumni Award. Mr. Farrow commented that the Committee had a very difficult decision in
choosing from the 45 nominations. The HDA Selection Committee was very well balanced with
people who were new to the committee and veteran committee members. The recommended
recipients include James Cusumano RC’64, GSNB’68, Mark Fields RC’83, Jules Plangere, Jr.
RC’44, Joan Snyder DC’62, MGSA’66, Terry Stewart ENG’69, and Elizabeth Warren
NLAW’76. The Committee has also chosen alternatesshould it be necessary to go to an
alternates list. There was a motion to approve the Resolution (Rears), duly seconded (Marchetta),
with an opportunity for discussion. The Resolution was adopted unanimously upon a voice vote
of all voting members present. A copy of the Resolution shall be filed with the minutes.
Resolution to Designate the Rutgers Club of North Jersey as a Chartered Alumni Organization
Mr. Griffin reported that the Committee recommended that chartered status be granted to one
new applicant, the Rutgers Club of North Jersey and forwarded to the RUAA Board the
recommended resolution. The Resolution was posted to Directors Desk in advance of the
meeting. Mr. Griffin presented the resolution and asked for comments from the Board. There
was a motion to approve the Resolution (Rears), duly second (Farrow), with an opportunity for
discussion. The Resolution was adopted unanimously upon a voice vote of all voting members
present. A copy of the Resolution shall be filed with the minutes.
Resolution to Adopt 2010-2011 RUAA Board Goals