The Meeting commenced at 1400EST. Absent was Stephenson. Class Trustee Hatch also attended.

1. The agenda was approved as presented: Additional agenda items were approved (see item 8). Minutes of the 12 February meeting were noted has having been previously approved electronically.

2. Status of trustee nomination: A 21 January letter from the AOG COO was presented. In it, Hudgins rescinds his request for Trustee-at Large nominations. It is contemplated that the AOG will no longer have a Board of Trustees but will instead consist of a Board of Directors (BOD) and an Advisory Council (AC) to be elected by the membership. He asks for nominations for Chair and Vice Chair by 15 March. Voorhees will search for prospective candidates for these positions, and for members of the BOD and AC, as we expect an eventual request for nominations to these bodies.

The discussion turned to AOG governance: Hatch reminded the Board that comments on the draft bylaws must be received by the Governance Committee NLT 4 March. He provided his proposed comments to the Board and asked that all provide feedback by 28 February. Hatch and Galloway will consult to develop a combined response. Hatch noted that thus far, only two comments from ‘57 had been sent to the Governance Committee. Perhaps most have a sense of detachment from the AOG way of governance or, alternatively, believe that any change to the status quo is for the better.

3. 50-year book proposal: Kovel provided more details on content. Board consensus favored a relatively modest product of some 200 pages including personal entries of two or three individuals to a page, old and current West Point views, pictures from cadet days and past reunions and a short description of the part we played in our 50-year period of our nation’s history. Kovel will prepare a survey sheet to the Class to explain the project and gauge interest.

4. Class gift: Numerous gift options were presented and discussed. The Board agreed to seek a room (conference, seminar or reading) in the new library, subject to more specific discussions with the Academy and more details on the absolute cost. Such a gift would again be a very visible ‘57 project in that the decorations would be Class of 1957 related, poop deck announcements of meetings there would use the name, etc. Kehoe and Kovel provided statistics on the 2002 gift fund raising project as related to Stephenson’s analysis of various alternative approaches in fund raising. Preliminary information will go to the Class about the gift proposal in the very near future

5 and 6. 50^th Reunion: Galloway reported his satisfaction with the group sales agreement provided by the Westchester Marriott and is prepared to enter into a contract. McNeil will arrange the required initial payment. The worth of utilizing a paid facilitator was again favorably discussed. Galloway presented a proposed letter intended to the Class announcing known details accompanied by a tentative schedule of events and initial interest survey sheets regarding both reunion participation and the 50-year book proposal (see item 3 above).

7. Financial matters: Galloway reported a gift fund total of approximately $306,000, increased by a recent $10,000 donation. Board members inquired if maintenance expenditures on our previous gifts, the fountain, the gym foyer and the honor plaza come from that fund. It is commonly understood that such future costs were provided for in the original payment. Galloway will confirm. He anticipates receiving an annual financial report on our gift fund soon and will make it available to the Board.

8. Other business, additional agenda items:

Galloway presented correspondence from Tony Ferraiuolo regarding application for associate membership in the AOG by Cosmo Barone (former cadet ‘57 ). Barone left the Academy in 1954 under honorable circumstances and is a retired Army Major. His application is sponsored by classmates Ruder and Voorhees. The Board agreed to present no objection to his AOG membership. Voorhees will so inform Ferraiuolo and additionally tell Barone that our Constitution makes provision for associate membership in the Class. The Board noted that the proposed AOG bylaws are silent as to classes’ authority over AOG associate memberships granted to ex-cadets. Ferraiuolo routinely consults as he did with us in this instance. Hatch will pursue formalizing the practice within the by-laws.

Schwehm reported that Golden is making progress in forming a Far West Regional Group and electing a representative. Nothing has been heard recently from Gadd or Barrett. Hatch announced that a Washington Regional Group is forming. All were reminded of the requirement to identify to the Board those classmates making up the Regional Group so as to avoid duplicate membership. We view with pleasure this additional membership to the Executive Board.