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 May 9, 2015.

1. President
Robert
Maher,
Jr.
called
the
Saturday,
May
9th,
2015
meeting
to
order
at
3:04
p.m.
at
the
Board
Room
of
WPSD.
Larry
Hast,
Peggy
Patterson,
Greg
Sebastian,
and
Paul
Wojton
were
absent
(EXCUSED).
The
minutes
of
March
7th
,
2015
was
approved
as
read.
TREASURER'
REPORT
PREVIOUS
BALANCE:
______________
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
–
got
an
e-­‐mail
from
Adonia
K.
Smith
asking
for
information
about
these
people/items
listed
on
a
sheet
(a
total
of
28
items
needed).
OFFICER'S
REPORTS
President
Robert
Maher,
Jr.
‘s
report
–
-­‐
Museum
will
be
open
on
May
Day,
TIME
=
8
to
10:30
a.m.
-­‐
Unveil
Ceremony
for
John
Noschese
(name
plate
posted
on
the
Presidents
of
the
Alumni
Association
under
the
scoreboard
on
Teegarden
Field)
on
May
Day
-­‐
Pavilion
–
decided
not
to
put
fence
up
-­‐
11
bricks
has
been
ordered
-­‐
October
9th,
2015
–
WPSD
Gala
-­‐
need
to
vote
for
the
Alumni
of
the
Year
-­‐
vote
on
Alumni
Scholarship
-­‐
Rebranding
of
WPSD
-­‐
WPSD
for
Life

2. -­‐
donations
from
many
foundations
(for
new
dorm
and
other
things)
-­‐
got
thank
you
notes
from
some
Alumni
for
the
postings
of
the
minutes
of
our
meetings
First
Vice-­‐President
David
Fulmer’s
report
-­‐ posted
5
meeting
minutes
on
website
-­‐ 2
choices
–
checks
or
PayPal
-­‐ thanked
Charles
Fisher
for
the
yearbooks
–
posted
them
up
(need
1953
and
1954)
-­‐ web
hosting
–
maybe
change
due
to
cost
Treasurer
Todd
Langer’s
report
-­‐ tax
filled
out
to
IRS
501
C3
-­‐ need
replacement
for
Michelle
Vigliotti
and
David
Tasselli
(for
next
Saturday’s
Parliamentary
Procedure
Workshop)
NECROLOGY
Joseph
Lonetti
(’59)
–
4/1/15
Kathleen
Womer
(’92)
–
5/2/15
We
said
a
prayer
for
these
deceased
Alumni.
COMMITTEE
REPORTS
Michelle
Vigliotti,
Museum
Curator,
gave
her
report.
Paul
Blahut,
WPSD
Cup
Chairperson,
gave
his
report
and
the
date
for
our
next
golf
outing
will
be
on
September
12th,
2015
at
North
Park
Golf
Course.
John
Noschese,
Fund-­‐Raising
Chairperson,
gave
his
report.
OLD
BUSINESS
There
were
no
old
business.

3.
NEW
BUSINESS
EB
2015-­‐11
Thomas
DeFazio
(seconded)
moved
that
we
open
the
nomination
for
the
Alumni
of
the
Year.
CARRIED
NOMINEES
are:
Paul
Blahut;
Robert
Maher,
Jr.;
Danah
Richter;
David
Tasselli;
and
Michelle
Vigliotti.
The
winner
is
Robert
Maher,
Jr.
EB
2015-­‐12
Thomas
DeFazio
(seconded)
moved
that
we
discuss
and
vote
on
a
deserving
Senior
for
our
WPSD
Alumni
Scholarship.
CARRIED
SENIOR
NOMINEES
are:
Sarah
Bender,
Justin
Cristina,
Hannah
Fisher,
Megan
Majocha,
and
Michael
Weber
The
winner
is
Michael
Weber.
We
closed
the
new
business.
The
next
meeting
will
be
sometimes
in
the
fall
at
3:00
p.m.
The
meeting
was
adjourned
at
4:05
p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Valentine
J.
Wojton,
III;
Recording
Secretary