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Friday, May 15, 2020
87th ISUAA ANNUAL MEETING *denotes items to be voted on by the membership 1. CALL TO ORDER
Thomas A. Connop (’76 History) (L, SD) 2019-2020 ISUAA Board of Directors Chair
2. APPROVAL OF MAY 17, 2019 MINUTES* Connop
3. APPROVAL OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION* Connop
4. GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE REPORT & DESTRUCTION OF BALLOTS* Kathy A. Sullivan Peterson (’95 Speech Communication) (L) 2020-2021 ISUAA Board of Directors Chair
5. INTRODUCTION OF 2020-2021 OFFICERS Connop
6. GAVEL EXCHANGE 7. ADJOURNMENT* 8. SPECIAL INFORMATION
Membership Abbreviations
A - Annual Member L - Life Member SD - 2019 Sustaining Donor as of 12/31/2019 S - Student Member
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87th ISUAA ANNUAL MEETING *denotes items to be voted on by the membership Membership Abbreviations
A - Annual Member L - Life Member SD - 2019 Sustaining Donor as of 12/31/2019 S - Student Member
1. CALL TO ORDER
Thomas A. Connop (’76 History) (L, SD) 2019-2020 ISUAA Board of Directors Chair
2. APPROVAL OF MAY 17, 2019 MINUTES* Connop
BOARD OF DIRECTORS ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES Lawrence C. Cunningham called the 86th Annual Meeting of the Iowa State University Alumni Association to order Friday, May 17, 2019 at 4:50 p.m. The minutes of the May 18, 2018 meeting were approved as written. Chair-Elect Thomas A. Connop reported on behalf of the Tellers Committee that the five new members elected to the Iowa State University Alumni Association Board of Directors for four-year terms are: Kelli Ann Cameron (’02 Agriculture Education) (L) Taylor Davis (’17 Supply Chain Management) (A) Chad Harris (‘01 Political Science) (L) Cathy Schmidt (’88 Marketing) (L, SD) Martha Smith (’04 Agricultural Business) (L) RESOLVED: That the 2019 board election is official and the ballots are to be destroyed. Cunningham recognized the FY19 Executive Committee members: Thomas A. Connop, chair-elect; Nicole M. (Bell) Schmidt, immediate past chair; Timothy R. Quick, vice chair of finance; Kathy A. (Sullivan) Peterson, vice chair of records; Joan K. Piscitello, treasurer; and Jeffery W. Johnson, Talbot Endowed president and CEO of the ISU Alumni Association. He thanked them for their year of service.
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Cunningham also recognized outgoing board members: Wendell L. Davis, Blake Heitman, Kari A. (Ditsworth) Hensen, Erin Herbold-Swalwell, Deborah Renee (Verschoor) Stearns, and Kurt Alan Tjaden. She thanked them for their many years of service to the Alumni Association. Cunningham presented the officers for FY20; Thomas A. Connop, chair; Kathy A. (Sullivan) Peterson,chairelect; Timothy R. Quick, vice chair of finance; Marc Mores, vice chair of records; Joan K. Piscitello, treasurer; Jeffery W. Johnson, Talbot Endowed president and CEO of the ISU Alumni Association; and himself as immediate past chair. Cunningham then introduced Thomas A. Connop, the FY20 chair of the Alumni Association Board of Directors. Connop thanked Cunningham for his leadership during the past year and adjourned the meeting at 5:20 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Kathy A. (Sullivan) Peterson, Vice Chair of Records
3. APPROVAL OF THE CHANGES TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION* Connop
BACKGROUND The Iowa State University Alumni Association (ISUAA) is an Iowa public benefit corporation. The ISUAA last filed its Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (Articles) with the Iowa Secretary of State on June 20, 2006. Subsequently, the ISUAA’s Articles had been amended by the ISUAA Board of Directors (Board) to add a new category of members – annual business members. The amendment for the new category of members was approved by the Board on May 29, 2009; however, this addition wa not officially approved by the members of the ISUAA.
ISSUE In addition to board approval, Iowa Code 504.1003 specifies that amendments to the Articles of a corporation must receive member approval. As this writing, the Board is requesting members’ approval of the Board’s decision to add “Annual business members” as an eligible group for membership in the ISUAA. Annual Business Members officially began being recognized as ISUAA members in May 2009. The Association’s Board, when amending the Articles to properly recognize this new member category pursuant to Iowa Code 504.1003, failed to send the approved amendment to the members. The Board also seeks member approval to amend the Acknowledgment paragraph of the Articles. This change recognized that all prior changes to the Articles have been consolidated into this amendment and that the necessary approvals for the Board and members have been obtained.
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REQUESTED ACTION 1. To read the ISUAA’s Third Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, please go to www.isualum.org/articlesofincorporation. 2. During the ISUAA Board of Directors Annual Meeting, scheduled for Friday, May 15 at 4:50 p.m. at the ISU Alumni Center, members present will be asked to approve the following three items related to the ISUAA’s Articles – (1) formatting changes; (2) amendment of the Acknowledgment paragraph; and (3) the addition of annual business members as an eligible category of membership in the ISUAA.
4. GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE REPORT & DESTRUCTION OF BALLOTS* Kathy A. Sullivan Peterson (’95 Speech Communication) (L) 2020-2021 ISUAA Board of Directors Chair
NEWLY ELECTED ISUAA BOARD OF DIRECTORS* Scott Bauer (’85 Business Management) (L) Marvin DeJear (’00 business management, MBA ’03, PhD ’16 educational leadership) (L) Anthony Jones (’98 exercise and sport science, PhD ’10 educational leadership) (A) Darius Potts (’89 telecommunicative arts) (A) Dawn Refsell (’01 agronomy, ’03 MS crop production and physiology) (L)
NEWLY DESIGNATED ISUAA BOARD OF DIRECTOR Lauren Sincebaugh (S) Senior, Hospitality Management and Business Management SALC Representative Plymouth, Minnesota
NEWLY APPOINTED ISUAA BOARD OF DIRECTOR Bradley G. Lewis (L) Non-alumni Representative Bondurant, Iowa
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5. INTRODUCTION OF 2020-2021 OFFICERS Connop
2020-2021 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS Kathy A. (Sullivan) Peterson (L) Chair ’95 Speech Communication Alta, Iowa
Dana (Willig) Wilkinson (L) Vice Chair of Records ’78 Interior Design Bettendorf, Iowa
Thomas A. Connop (L, SD) Immediate Past Chair ’76 History Dallas, Texas
Joan K. Piscitello (L, SD) University Treasurer ’98 Business Administration Ex-officio/Voting Ames, Iowa
Timothy R. Quick (L, SD) Chair-elect ’01 Marketing / International Business Clive, Iowa
Jeffery W. Johnson (L, SD) Talbot Endowed President and CEO PhD ’14 Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Ex-officio/Non-voting Ames, Iowa
Marc Mores (L, SD) Vice Chair of Finance ’95 Exercise and Sport Science Parker, Colorado
6. GAVEL EXCHANGE 7. ADJOURNMENT*
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8. SPECIAL INFORMATION 2019-2020 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS
2019-2020 ELECTED DIRECTORS
Thomas A. Connop (L, SD) Chair ’76 History Dallas, Texas
TERMS EXPIRE 2020 Daniel A. Buhr (L, SD) ’95 Electrical Engineering Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Kathy A. (Sullivan) Peterson (L) Chair-elect ’95 Speech Communication Alta, Iowa
Thomas A. Connop (L, SD) ’76 History Dallas, Texas
Lawrence C. Cunningham (L) Immediate Past Chair ’02 Liberal Studies Ames, Iowa
Duane M. Fisher (L, SD) ’73 Agricultural Education, MS ‘80 Mt. Auburn, Iowa Marvin DeJear (L) ’00 business management, MBA ’03, PhD ’16 educational leadership) Des Moines, Iowa
Timothy R. Quick (L, SD) Vice Chair of Finance ’01 Marketing / International Business Clive, Iowa
Kathy A. (Sullivan) Peterson (L) ’95 Speech Communication Aurelia, Iowa
Marc Mores (L, SD) Vice Chair of Records ’95 Exercise and Sport Science Parker, Colorado
TERMS EXPIRE 2021
Joan K. Piscitello (L, SD) University Treasurer ’98 Business Administration Ex-officio/Voting Ames, Iowa
Heather L. (Reid) Duncan (L, SD) ’06 Public Service & Administration in Agriculture Kansas City, Missouri Donald A. Hoy (L, SD) ’63 Agricultural Business Weatherby Lake, Missouri
Jeffery W. Johnson (L, SD) Talbot Endowed President and CEO PhD ’14 Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Ex-officio/Non-voting Ames, Iowa
Timothy R. Quick (L, SD) ’01 Marketing / International Business Clive, Iowa Dana (Willig) Wilkinson (L) ’78 Interior Design Bettendorf, Iowa
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Suzanne J. Wyckoff (L, SD) ’70 English Riverside, Missouri
Martha Smith (L, SD) ’04 Agricultural Business St. Louis, Missouri
TERMS EXPIRE 2022
2019-2020 DESIGNATED DIRECTORS
Marc Mores (L, SD) ’95 Exercise and Sport Science Parker, Colorado
Sophia Ann Magill (L) ISU President’s Designee ’05 Political Science Ames, Iowa
Larry Charles Pithan (L) ’73 Mechanical Engineering Andalusia, Illinois
Andrew Larson (S) (Senior, Forestry) SALC representative LeRoy, Illinois Term expires 2020
Gregory Todd Smith (L, SD) ’91 Occupational Safety, MPA ’10 Public Admin Marion, Iowa
2019-2020 APPOINTED DIRECTORS
Amy (Burrough) Tetmeyer (L, SD) ’91 Accounting Johnston, Iowa
Michele Appelgate (A) ’88 Journalism & Mass Communication College representative Ames, Iowa Term expires 2022
Eric Wayne Wittrock (L, SD) ’92 Mechanical Engineering Urbandale, Iowa
Phyllis M. Fevold (L) Non-alum representative Ames, Iowa Term expires 2020
TERMS EXPIRE 2023 Kelli Ann Cameron (L, SD) ’02 Agriculture Education Janesville, Wisconsin Taylor Davis (L) ’17 Supply Chain Management Las Vegas, Nevada Chad Harris (L) ‘01 Political Science Kansas City, Missouri Cathy Schmidt (L, SD) ’88 Marketing Plymouth, Minnesota
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