1. Galloway presented developments in our 50^th Reunion gift to the Academy. The library is moving to a Summer completion with final outfitting in the Fall. We gifted $650,000 for naming rights to the coffee bar on the library first floor and the construction of the Honor Kiosk on the third. The Class has no responsibilities for the furnishings of the coffee bar, but we do for the kiosk. Planning there is progressing, albeit slowly. Plans are expected to be given for review soon, and Ray Bell is closely monitoring. We expect to have a presentation ceremony early in the Fall, perhaps on a football weekend, with all of ‘57 invited.

2. Galloway discussed some complications regarding "gift memorialization", i.e., how the gifting classes are to be recognized in their areas of the library. Initially, the Academy proposed a standard verbiage for all, which met with little favor from the class representatives. Meanwhile, an internal AOG staff shuffling is ongoing which has delayed progress toward resolution of this issue. Galloway noted that the Board had previously discussed having a crest and a small plaque in the coffee shop and the kiosk identifying them as ‘57 territory, and that the Board had discarded the idea of remembering our fallen since we did that in the Honor Plaza. Remembering the Academy’s Museum and Memorialization Committee’s intense scrutiny of every word on the Plaza, we can expect more of the same.

3. Stephenson presented final financial results of the 50^th reunion gift fund drive and the status of the gift fund account. The balance at the start of the drive and the contributions of the drive itself, less the $650,000 presented to West Point as our 50^th Reunion gift, result in a balance of approximately $122,000. He proposed that in the next months to a year the Board present to the Class information in brochure form showing what we have gifted in the past and explaining the conditions associated with the gift account. The goal of this effort is to commence a dialogue within the Class about how to dispose of the account. Galloway stated that there are opportunities for the gifting of amounts at the level of our current balance, and that other senior classes have used their residual funds for such purposes as enhancing their previous gifts. He suggest that classmates visiting West Point in the near future inspect our past gifts with that in mind. It was pointed out that classmates should understand the AOG is the final beneficiary of all remaining class accounts.

4. Galloway announced that nominations for AOG directorships, Distinguished Graduate and the Thayer Award will be accepted soon. After discussion, it was determined not to pursue further representation in the AOG hierarchy until next year. Although any graduate, society, or class can nominate a Thayer candidate, he opined that such a nomination is more in the purview of a society. He appointed a committee to research potential DG candidates and a Thayer Award candidate.

4. Schwehm proposed that we look to securing a facilitator for our 55^th Reunion and suggested that we seek out Mrs. Emmer, who provided those services in 2007, for the task. Galloway agreed to contact her and make a mutually agreeable tentative arrangement.

The meeting adjourned at 2149 EDT.