INDIANA CHAPTER, DINFOS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

P. O. BOX 269295

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46216-6200

(317) 546-1743   -   E-mail:  jrubak@aol.com

A meeting of the Executive Council of the DINFOS Alumni Association was held on December 3, 2005 at The Golden Corral Restaurant, 7920 N. Shadeland Avenue, at 9:00 AM.  Present were:

Jack Rubak, President

Bob Foster

Tom Conrad

Mike Davis

Marina Griner

Helen Stritt

The President opened the meeting, and the following items were discussed.

The first order of business was a report on establishing a Memorial for the deceased members of the DINFOS Alumni Association.  Rubak said that Colonel Hiram Bell, the current DINFOS Commandant, is refurbishing the entrance to the lobby at the school and special plaques may be added to include the deceased Alumni Association members as well as a listing of the Life Members.

To keep our members and those on our current mailing list up-to-date, the President will prepare a letter informing them of the status of the Alumni Association and reminding them if they haven’t done so, to be sure and visit our website.  Also, we’ll want to include in this letter that the Alumni Association is donating some of its funds for books for the DINFOS Library at Ft. Meade.  A copy of this letter will be forwarded to Bob Foster who will, in turn, post this letter on the DINFOS website.

Bob Foster asked for the following:

      -     A history of the DINFOS Alumni Association to add to the website.

            (Helen Stritt and Mike Davis will work on preparing this history.)

_       Help with alphabetizing the listing of DINFOS graduates/associates on his Micro-soft Excel** website. (Helen Stritt will contact her nephew, a computer expert, to see if he can be of assistance.)
 

-        When the DINFOS Alumni Association becomes a not-for-profit organization from the state of Indiana, he would like to add Pay-Pal so memberships can be paid on-line.

It is time to vote for new officers of the Alumni Association.  The Treasurer, Craig Ito, has resigned, and the term of office has expired for the current 2^nd Vice President for Memberships, Dave Mossbarger.  A slate of new officers will be prepared and submitted at the next meeting to include the length of the term of office for each position as listed in the By-Laws.  These names were proposed to serve on the Executive Council  -- Frank Tilton, Dave Zolle, Perry Brandt and Dave Rook. Other nominees will be solicited.

Hall of Fame nominations were solicited.  Dick Cassin has submitted his nomination, with the necessary papers attached.  Two other nominations were received – Les Payne nominated by Rod Hargo and Tommie Tompkins nominated by Dave Terry.  Hall of Fame Nomination forms were sent to Rod Hargo and Dave Terry, but as yet, no substantiating papers have been received.

In our Christmas newsletter, we’ll include Hall of Fame nomination forms and ask that nominees with the necessary paperwork be submitted by the end of January 2006.  Three nominations were proposed at this meeting – Colonel Hiram Bell, Colonel Ronald Grubb, USA-Ret, and LTC Chuck Ricks, USA-Ret.  A Hall of Fame Selection Committee will then be convened to review all nomination forms received.   This Committee will consist of Tom Conrad and Mike Davis as Co-Chairman.  John Brady, Frank Tilton and Dave Zolle will be contacted to see if they would be interested in serving on the Committee.  The criteria for selection are listed on the Hall of Fame Nomination Form.

We will consider holding our next meeting sometime in the spring – possibly March.  Possible speakers are Colonel Hiram Bell, Chuck Ricks, Mike Ahearn, and Tom Brokaw. 

As to starting a DINFOS Alumni Association Chapter at Ft. Meade, Rubak will contact Mike Gannon at DINFOS to find out the status.

Respectfully submitted,

 Jack Rubak, President

 Helen C. Stritt, Secretary