Members Present  Joe Bilello, Diana Brenner, Karen Courtney, Michelle Harrell, Dean Illingworth, Teresa Jeter-Newburn, Tina Jones, Ernie Krug, Jamie Lake, Pat Quinn, Kate Webber and Dan Woodfin.

President Jamie Lake called the meeting to order at 12:15 p.m.

Minutes
After a brief review of the January 27, 2005 minutes, Teresa Jeter-Newburn made a motion to accept the minutes, Tina Jones seconded the motion, and the minutes were approved by voice vote.

Alumni Council Update
Jamie Lake reported on his first Alumni Council meeting.  After hearing other council members speak about the Alumnus magazine, he realizes there is possibly a broader group of alumni that can be reached with articles in the magazine.  E-mails would still be the best way to reach CAP alumni.

He suggested putting into motion the tracking of CAP events.  Kate Webber will design a sign-in sheet to be used at CAP events.  Ernie Krug suggested collecting business cards which is another way to track alumni.  The sign-in sheet from the birthday party on March 23 can also be used as a coding tool. It was discussed that the sign-in sheet should include class year and e-mail address.

Lake learned that NREM and FCS alumni groups have successful mentor programs in place and that they could be a helpful resource. Jamie gave this information to Tina for her use in further development of the Mentoring Program.

College Updates
Ernie Krug attended both CAP job fairs in February.  The Alumni Association has coded the number of people who attended.

Pat reported that the banner for the 40^th anniversary is hanging on the building and the pins have been received.  Jamie suggested that the pins be advertised in the Cardinal Corner portion of the Alumnus Magazine to reach a broader group of people and to get the word out for the 40^th Anniversary. Ernie to coordinate this advertisement with Pat.

Joe Bilello reported on the lecture series.  Rod Underwood, Chris Palladino, and Les Smith recently gave lectures with Dick Moke, Rose Scovel, and German Cruz introducing each speaker respectively.

Karen Courtney volunteered to introduce Craig Mullins on February 28.  Other upcoming lectures include an Urban Planning forum and Women in Design and Planning lecture which Diana Brenner will be among the guest lecturers.

MentorProgram
Tina Jones outlined a proposed mentoring program to the board which was based on the University of Minnesota's program.  UM has forms available online along with a list of activities.  Webber will send Jones information about NREM and FCS alumni mentor programs that are in place.

Program suggestions include:

1. Second year students and above can apply for the program.
2. Announce the program at the lunch on March 23 and launch the program at Alumni Day. The March 23 event would be used to solicit involvement from both students and alumni.
3. Bonding activity could be the breakfast at Alumni Day.  Mentor to pay for student's meal.
4. Program would be for school calendar year.
5. Work with student groups to help promote involvement from the students. These groups would be responsible for ongoing solicitation and advertisement, as well as coordination of events.
6. One alumni board member from each discipline to work to coordinate program forms and match alumni with students.
7. Mentor and student should touch base every two weeks.
8. Potential activities include attending professional organization events, exhibits and lectures.
9. Mentors will have to know what time they have to offer.  Criteria of what is expected of the mentors would be helpful.
10. Mentors would need to make the initial call to the students.
11. Contact professional organizations of all 3 disciplines to further promote involvement in the program.
12. Contact the education member of the AIA Indiana to help promote the program.

Dean Illingworth made a motion to launch the mentoring program on March 23, 2005 with the program starting on Alumni Day, Jones second the motion and approved the motion by voice vote.

Bilello will give a copy of Jones' program outline to the student organizations for their suggestions.

There will be a section on the agenda for the March 23 meeting where students can discuss their needs for a mentor program.

CAP Birthday Party; March 23
Lake reported that he developed letters to each of the former Deans and to President Gora on behalf of the Board. Pat Quinn mailed these letters of invitation on Lake's behalf. The student leaders of the student organizations and the former Deans should all be invited to attend our next meeting on March 23. Joe will contact all for the invitation to attend.

Bilello gave a suggested agenda for the day:

11:00 a.m.	CAP Alumni Board of Directors meeting.
12:00 p.m.	Charlie Sappenfield to speak followed by a performance by a musical group to help call people to lunch.
1:00 p.m.	Open the gallery to view the jpeg exhibits.
4:00 p.m.	Dean's forum on their perspective of the college during the past 40 years.
	Bilello will take the deans to dinner.

Exhibitions
Quinn reported she has received 140 – 150 jpegs to be used for exhibitions.  More than two-thirds of the award winners have submitted their materials and the materials for their displays have been ordered.

A list of alumni that submitted jpegs will be in the next eCAP.

Monographs
German Cruz is working on the monograph. Cruz and Diana Brenner will meet to discuss the monograph outline. The Monograph is scheduled to be completed by December and include documentation of the Anniversary year's events, as well as information from or about each of the alumni.

Special Events
Quinn will send out the general letter requesting award nominations.  Bilello asked that every member on the CAP Alumni Board of Directors nominate someone.  Lake asked each board member to have a name for nomination by the March 23 meeting. Lake has already contacted the professors at the College and requested nominations from each.

Quinn will send the award criteria and list of past award recipients to each board member.  Nominations can be e-mailed to Quinn anytime before the next meeting.

Lake will send a request to CAP faculty asking them to submit nominations.

Communications
Lake asked Karen Courtney to take over Doug Reddington's work on communication efforts which include eCAP, ReCAP, Alumnus, e-mails and Web sites.  Courtney volunteered to develop a communication plan.  She will contact Quinn and Brad Beaubien for any questions or assistance she may have.

Logo Contest
Two student logos where chosen.  The logos will be discussed with the Board and student leaders to determine a winner, or if any modifications are needed. The winning design will receive $100 and be used on a promotional item directed to the students.  Lake suggested Frisbees with the logo printed atop to be given to the students during the school year to promote Alumni Day.

Other Business
Illingworth mentioned to the board that all Indiana AIA members should be aware of legislative bills that will have a negative effect on our profession. The first is the design-build bill for public schools, which the AIA is against because the schools lose the design professionals as an advocate for the Owner. The second is a bill allowing interior designers to stamp plans as professionals, which the AIA is against because it allows those with little training and no structural experience to be equal to design professionals already recognized by the Professional Licensing Agency, and bypasses this agency completely for approval.

Lake stated that once the Anniversary events are completed this year, the focus of the next calendar year will more than likely be on the mentoring program and the improvement of communications. Work for the development of both programs needs to begin this year in order to be developed to a point for next year when the Board will be under Jennifer's leadership and direction.

Next Meeting
Agenda for the next meeting will include mentoring program, Alumni Day, Marvin Rosenman and Tony Costello's May 5 retirement dinner, and logo contest.

The next meeting will be March 23 on-campus at the CAP building at 11:00 a.m.

Adjourned
The meeting adjourned at 1:45 p.m.