The document summarizes the minutes of a meeting of the WPSD Alumni Executive Board. It provides details of attendees, approval of previous meeting minutes with corrections, officer reports on recent activities and upcoming events, recognition of deceased alumni, and discussion of old and new business items including committee reports and votes on motions. Key topics included a successful alumni reunion, expansion of the alumni museum, and selection of new members-at-large.

1. President
Robert
Maher,
Jr.
called
the
Saturday,
September
13th,
2014
meeting
to
order
at
3:06
p.m.
at
the
Board
Room
of
WPSD.
John
and
Rosie
Noschese
were
absent
(ALL
EXCUSED).
The
minutes
of
May
17th,
2014
was
approved
with
many
corrections.
spelling
errors:
absented
–
absent
execuse
–
excuse
Marcere
–
Maucere
Pahners
–
PAHrtners
Neologist
–
Necrology
ADD:
May
17th,
2014
and
add
President
John
Noschese
called
the
meeting
to
order
at
3:05
p.m.
on
Saturday,
May
17th,
2014
at
the
WPSD
Board
Room.
Change
GPRID
to
GPCCD
change
“three”
to
“two”
in
application
for
WPSD’s
scholarship
At&T
to
AT&T
add
Stockdill
to
Jeannie
Boak
-­‐
Jeannie
(Boak)
Stockdill
add
“second”
to
all
the
motions
listed
in
new
business
need
to
spell
out
SEDGA
(SouthEastern
Deaf
Golfers
Association)
and
GPCCD
(Greater
Pittsburgh
Community
Center
for
the
Deaf)
add
“3-­‐Year
Trustee”
and
“good”
to
Larry
Hast
stated
the
balance
is
in
order.
3-­‐Year
Trustee
Larry
Hast
stated
that
the
balance
is
in
good
order.
The
6/21/14
General
Meeting
minutes
is
approved
as
read.
TREASURER'
REPORT
PREVIOUS
BALANCE:
25,694.40

2. CURRENT
BALANCE:
___________
CHECKING
ACCOUNT
=
$___________
JOHN
HAST
TECHNOLOGY
=
$___________
PAVILION
FUND
=
$___________
2014
REUNION
=
(-­‐$___________)
MUSEUM
=
$___________
3-­‐year
Trustee
Paul
Blahut
checked
the
book
and
found
it
to
be
in
good
order.
COMMUNICATION
President
Robert
Maher,
Jr.
received
a
letter
from
WPSD
about
the
Fall-­‐In
Gala
on
10/24/14.
Met
with
Matt
Campion
to
discuss
the
Alumni
Giving
Tree
Got
a
letter
from
WPSD
Director
Marybeth
Lauderdale
stating
that
the
letter
that
our
Museum
Curator
Michelle
Vigliotti
sent
to
WPSD
asking
for
expansion
of
our
Museum
was
rejected
because
it
was
not
done
properly
and
without
the
Alumni
Executive
Board’s
approval
prior
to
sending.
OFFICER'S
REPORTS
President
John
Robert
Maher,
Jr.
‘s
report
–
ALUMNI
REUNION
–
WOW!!!
Getting
many
POSITIVE
COMMENTS!
-­‐ focus
on
Teamwork
-­‐ work
with
WPSD
-­‐ this
Friday,
will
have
VIP
Access
Party
(for
the
new
dormitory)
-­‐ Officer’s
Duties
-­‐ If
you
want
to
send
out
letters,
using
our
letterhead,
we
need
to
approve
the
letter
before
it
goes
out
-­‐ have
7
interested
Alumni
to
serve
as
a
Member-­‐at-­‐Large
-­‐ BRICKS
–
6
ordered
and
right
now
we
have
a
total
of
11
bricks
that
needed
to
be
ordered

3.
First
Vice-­‐President
David
Fulmer’s
report
-­‐ explained
that
he
got
hit
by
a
car
–
his
fault
-­‐ Alumni
web/Facebook
Alumni.org
-­‐ 1962-­‐68
WPAN
(Graduation
pictures)
borrowed
these
from
Trinity
Lutheran
Church
and
scanned
them…
and
they
all
are
posted
under
“YEARBOOK”
in
our
site
-­‐ will
work
on
our
webpage
-­‐ any
Alumni
news,
let
him
know
and
he’ll
post
it
Second
Vice-­‐President
Thomas
DeFazio
stated
that
any
ideas
abourt
Reunion,
please
let
him
and
David
Fulmer
know.
Recording
Secretary
Valentine
Wojton,
III
reported
that
the
“No
Ordinary
Hero,
The
SuperDeafy
Movie”
is
now
on
sale
but
you
have
to
order
tickets
online.
Go
to
www.tugg.com
to
do
that!
NECROLOGY
Charles
Smith
(’75)
–
8/1/14
Robert
Zatko,
Jr.
(’62)
–
8/28/14
We
said
a
prayer
for
both
deceased
Alumni.
COMMITTEE
REPORTS
WPSD
CUP
Paul
Blahut
reported
that
he
will
host
it
in
2015.
MUSEUM
CURATOR
Michelle
Vigliotti
gave
her
report
and
wants
to
expand
the
museum.
OLD
BUSINESS
Thomas
DeFazio
moved
that
we
“kill”
the
General
Meeting
Motion
#2014-­‐05
“2014-05 Robert Maher, Jr. (seconded) moved that we reduce the number of Members-At-Large
from 9 to 6. CARRIED”
CARRIED

4.
The
seven
interested
Alumni
are:
Jesse
Barkey
(0
votes)
Tony
Dumblosky
(1
vote)
Tracey
Marchese
(4
votes)
Greg
Sebastian
(9
votes)
David
Strait
(6
votes)
David
Tasselli
(9
votes)
Paul
Wojton
(8
votes)
NEW
BUSINESS
EB
2014-­‐01
Phillip
Wismer
(seconded)
moved
that
we
have
our
Executive
Board
meetings
be
held
in
the
mornings.
FAILED
EB
2014-­‐02
Michelle
Vigliotti
(seconded)
moved
that
we
accept
her
letter
of
having
our
Museum
take
over
the
PAWS
SHOP
room
when
it
becomes
available.
CARRIED
EB
2014-­‐03
Valentine
Wojton,
III
(seconded)
moved
that
we
sponsor
the
WPSD’s
Fall-­‐In
Gala,
using
the
BRONZE
SPONSOR
fee
of
$1,500.00.
CARRIED
(It
was
agreed
that
the
Executive
Board
members
take
their
turns
going
to
the
Fall-­‐In
Gala
and
for
this
year,
they
are:
Michelle
Vigliotti
with
Tom
Halik;
Todd
Langer
with
Michelle
Wolf;
Thomas
DeFazio;
and
Peggy
Patterson)
EB
2014-­‐04
Michelle
Vigliotti
moved
that
the
Alumni
order
blue
and
yellow
cupcakes
for
WPSD’s
birthday
on
September
26th
or
27th,
2014.
THIS
MOTION
DIED
DUE
TO
NO
SECOND
The
next
meeting
will
be
on
Saturday,
December
6th,
2014
at
3:00
p.m.
The
meeting
was
adjourned
at
4:44
p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Valentine
J.
Wojton,
III;
Recording
Secretary