WPI Class of 1996 Board of Directors
Alumni Leadership Conference Meeting
Minutes of September 9, 2000

Attendees: Marc Lefevbre, K.T. Daly, Cathy Connelly, Kristen
Brouillette, Rachel Butland, Cyndi Fusco.  Also attending were Dave
Koelle '97 and Jami Walsh '97, as well as Kirsten from the WPI Development
Office.

1. Reunion Gift
   Kirsten stressed the importance of having a Reunion Gift
   chairperson.  Our class participation rate last year was only 12%,
   totalling $8-10,000.  In the absence of a chair, Cyndi Fusco was
   asked to sign a letter being sent out to our classmates, asking
   them to give to the reunion gift.  Kirsten also encouraged us to
   set both a monetary and particpation goal for the gift, which we
   set at 25% participation and a total of $25,000.  A gift
   chairperson is still needed, as well as volunteers to call
   classmates.  The board recommended some good people to Kirsten.

2. 5th Year Reunion
   It's time to start planning our 5th Year Reunion, which will be
   September 22, 2001.  The board appointed Marc Lefevbre as Reunion
   Chair.  He will be responsible for organizing a committee to plan
   the event.  Several members of the board volunteered, and other
   names of people who might be willing to help out were recommended
   to Marc.  Some ideas that were tossed around included having
   the reunion off-campus and being the first class to host their 5th
   reunion outside or inside the new campus center.  Marc will contact
   Donna in the Alumni Office to start the planning process, and
   promised to update the board at our next meeting on November 4th.

3. Gossip
   Various news of our classmates was discussed and given to Amy for
   the website.  One idea that was mentioned was a list of "missing"
   classmates, which we could post on the site.  A particularly funny
   idea involved a milk carton with photos of the missing peole from
   the yearbook or freshman record.

4. Campus News
   Amy updated the board on some campus news, including the campus
   center and academic building/parking garage construction projects.
   The campus center will open in March 2001, if construction
   continues to go as scheduled.  The new academic building and
   parking garage project is on hold indefinitely.

5. Newsletter
   The board decided to send out a newsletter, either for or just
   after the holiday season.  Amy, K.T., and Cathy will work on the
   articles and get back to the board.  Ideas include:
   - save the date for reunion
   - campus news from Tech News (formerly Newspeak)
   - form to update alumni information
   - holiday greetings