This document was created by Valentine Wojton, III Recording Secretary. This document is about meeting minutes that was recorded at board room in Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf on March 7, 2015.

1. President
Robert
Maher,
Jr.
called
the
Saturday,
March
7th,
2015
meeting
to
order
at
4:13
p.m.
at
the
Board
Room
of
WPSD.
Paul
Blahut
and
Irene
Hearn
were
absent
(EXCUSED).
The
minutes
of
December
6th,
2014
was
approved
as
read.
TREASURER'
REPORT
PREVIOUS
BALANCE:
$
18
CURRENT
BALANCE:
$
18
CHECKING
ACCOUNT
=
$
18
JOHN
HAST
TECHNOLOGY
=
$
18
PAVILION
FUND
=
$
18
2014
REUNION
=
$
18
MUSEUM
=
$
18
6-­‐year
Trustee
Michelle
Vigliotti
checked
the
book
and
found
it
to
be
in
good
order.
COMMUNICATION
President
Robert
Maher,
Jr.
1) received
WPSD
Annual
Report
book
2) received
a
flyer:
Pittsburgh
Chapter
of
PSAD
is
hosting
a
Parliamentary
Procedure
Workshop
(given
by
our
own
Alumnus,
Ms.
Libby
Pollard)
on
Saturday,
May
16th
OFFICER'S
REPORTS
President
Robert
Maher,
Jr.
‘s
report
–
-­‐ Marybeth
Lauderdale
asked
him
to
host
a
Pizza
Party
for
the
Seniors
again
this
year
-­‐ Campus
Safety
Director
–
Michael
Del
Cimmuto
-­‐ 2
items
for
the
Museum
discus
and
2
sets
of
det….???
-­‐ WPSD
for
Life
(gave
presentation
last
Thursday
night
and
will
send
to
David
Fulmer
to
post
on
website)

2. -­‐ Alumni
Scholarship
-­‐ Facebook
issues
-­‐ Rebranding
of
WPSD
-­‐ Booster
Club
-­‐ Alumni
Night
(got
positive
comments
about
that)
-­‐ Need
to
have
one
fund-­‐raising
project
this
year
-­‐ Will
get
Brad
Scheidmantel
to
take
care
of
the
bricks
as
soon
as
the
weather
calms
down
-­‐ Online
donations
–
is
it
possible?
-­‐ Landmarks
plus
Museum
First
Vice-­‐President
David
Fulmer’s
report
-­‐ BNY-­‐Mellon
will
donate
only
$250.00
not
$500
(2
different
organizations
so
split
the
$500).
NECROLOGY
Frank
Sobina,
Sr.
(’51)
–
12/21/14
Virginia
Silva
(’50)
–
1/2/15
Jean
(Letunik)
Salopek
(’48)
–
2/16/15
We
said
a
prayer
for
these
deceased
Alumni.
COMMITTEE
REPORTS
Michelle
Vigliotti,
Museum
Curator,
gave
her
report
and
asked
us
for
help.
Lawrence
Hast,
Alumni
Night
Chairperson,
gave
his
report
and
our
net
profit
for
that
night
was
$728.20
John
Noschese,
Fund-­‐Raising
Chairperson,
gave
his
report.
OLD
BUSINESS
There
were
no
old
business.

3. NEW
BUSINESS
EB
2015-­‐01
Valentine
Wojton,
III
(seconded)
moved
that
we
ask
our
members
how
many
of
us
would
like
to
go
to
the
Parliamentary
Procedure
Workshop
given
by
our
Alumnus
Ms.
Elizabeth
“Libby”
Pollard,
on
Saturday,
May
16th,
2015.
CARRIED
Todd
Langer,
Michelle
Vigliotti,
Jamie
Kitchen,
Tracy
Marchese,
Thomas
DeFazio,
John
Noschese,
David
Tasselli,
and
David
Strait
are
interested
in
participating
in
this
workshop.
EB
2015-­‐02
David
Fulmer
(seconded)
moved
that
we
set
up
a
“Pay
Pal”
donation
weblink
on
our
Alumni
website
so
people
can
donate
money
online.
CARRIED
EB
2015-­‐03
John
Noschese
(seconded)
moved
that
we,
the
Alumni,
take
care
of
the
Parliamentary
Procedure
Workshop
fee
for
8
of
the
Alumni
Board
Members.
Valentine
Wojton,
III
(seconded)
amended
that
we
replace
the
wording,
“8”
with
“7”.
CARRIED
AS
AMENDED
Valentine
Wojton,
III
(seconded)
amended
by
adding
these
names
to
that
motion,
Michelle
Vigliotti,
Jamie
Kitchen,
Tracy
Marchese,
Thomas
DeFazio,
John
Noschese,
David
Tasselli,
and
David
Strait.
CARRIED
AS
AMENDED
(on
a
side
note:
Todd
Langer
will
be
covered
by
the
Pittsburgh
Association
of
the
Deaf
in
their
monthly
meeting)
EB
2015-­‐04
Valentine
Wojton,
III
(seconded)
moved
that
we
do
the
5-­‐window
tips
and
sell
each
two
bucks
($2.00)
each
ticket
every
three
months,
starting
in
May,
2015.
CARRIED
EB
2015-­‐05
Thomas
DeFazio
(seconded)
moved
that
we
host
one
of
the
ASL
Films
called,
“Beyond
the
Embers,
Volume
1”.
CARRIED
EB
2015-­‐06
Lawrence
Hast
(seconded)
moved
that
we
have
a
“Clean
Up
Day”
on
March
28th,
2015
at
10:00
a.m.
CARRIED
EB
2015-­‐07
David
Fulmer
(seconded)
moved
that
the
minutes
of
the
Alumni
General
and
Executive
Board
meetings
be
publicly
posted
on
our
Alumni
website.
CARRIED
(with
understanding
that
the
treasury
report
be
removed
for
security
purposes).
EB
2015-­‐08
Todd
Langer
(seconded)
moved
that
we
add
the
contact
information
of
our
President
and
Treasurer
on
our
Alumni
website.
CARRIED

4. EB
2015-­‐09
David
Fulmer
(seconded)
moved
that
we
set
up
a
new
contact
form
on
our
Alumni
website.
CARRIED
EB
2015-­‐10
John
Noschese
(seconded)
moved
that
we
hot
a
Pizza
Party
for
the
WPSD
Seniors
and
Prep
For
Success
(PFS)
students
on
one
of
the
school
nights
before
the
end
of
the
school
year.
CARRIED
We
closed
the
new
business.
The
next
meeting
will
be
on
Saturday,
May
9th,
2015
at
3:00
p.m.
The
meeting
was
adjourned
at
5:43
p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Valentine
J.
Wojton,
III;
Recording
Secretary