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January 2013
Jerry Gill said that his sweet, strong, and beautiful Dorothy died on Christmas day after 50_ years as a loving wife and mother. After 27 years, the breast cancer finally won. Dorothy Swann Gill, 72, of Roswell, GA passed away on Christmas Day 2012. She was born on Valentine's Day in 1940 to Adolph and Ruby Waller Swann in Roanoke, AL and grew up in Birmingham. After graduating from Auburn University in 1962, she traveled the world for 26 years as an Air Force wife then settled in Roswell. She was active in the Roswell UMC choir family for 23 years. She is survived by her devoted husband of 50 years, Col. Jerry Gill, 3 daughters and their families - Susan & Clay Saunders; Leigh Ann & Jim Kane and Beth & Andy Wren; 8 grandchildren - Hillary, Meredith, Olivia, Trevor, Max, Wesley, Drew, Sarah; and sister - Nancy & her husband, Tom Brechin. Memorial contributions may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project at www.woundedwarriorproject.org in her honor. Neal Westbrook, Mike Rawlins, Jimmy Poole, Johnny Caughman, and Sam Barazzone attended Dorothy's services.
Our class is quite proud of Mark Anderson's recognition by the AOG as a Distinguished Graduate. Congratulations from all of us, Mark. It was well deserved! Mark will receive his 2013 DGA at the Founders' Day Dinner scheduled for Friday, April 5, 2013. It would a wonderful tribute to Mark and his family for as many of his classmates as possible to attend. Please watch for the appropriate AOG e-mails announcing the time and place of the presentation or simply go to www.usafa.org and register yourself and a spouse/guest for this special event.
Terry Storm's Chairman's Journal in this issue of Checkpoints is his last, since his term on the AOG Board of Directors is ending. He greatly appreciates all of the support of our classmates in his efforts to enhance the effectiveness and cost-efficiencies of the AOG. We all thank you for your many efforts on behalf of our AOG and Academy, Terry.
Hector Negroni reports that the Class of 1961 DC Bunch held their November Luncheon at the Springfield Country Club, Springfield, VA. Once again, through the courtesy of Charley Dixon, they were treated royally at his Country Club. After a beautiful prayer by their Chaplain (Twy Williams), they had a status of the DC Bunch report by Lowell Jones and a report by Bill Foster on the activities during the most recent Air Force-Army game. Bill was not able to give them a total description of the tanks that rolled over Air Force during the game, but he said that the Air Force cadets did not know what hit them. During the meal, they discussed the normal litany of ailments and medical problems by our class members. While they seem to be aging gracefully, their visits to the doctors are more frequent. Charley Dixon gave them a scalpel-by scalpel account of his recent eye surgery. He claims that his vision is 20/20, but his hearing has not improved. They took turns yelling into his good ear. For a bunch of 70-year-olds, they are doing pretty well.
Mark Anderson said that Jim Ulm, Bob Wagner, and he are starting to work on a reunion of their Reese pilot training class: 63B. They have never held a reunion and decided if they don't get moving, it will be a small group! Tentative plans are late spring, early summer of 2014 in San Antonio. More info will be forthcoming to those involved.
John Boesch is 3 weeks into the "hip replacement flight." All is well so far. John is also currently serving as "tech advisor" to Frank Kiszley, who is soon to join that flight. John has been sworn in as 1st VP for the local MOAA Chapter, and serves on the Board with (past President) Jerry Lefton.
Stu and Marnie Boyd are struggling with an addiction and need your help. They are addicted to Les Miz. Six stage performances and the movies of course—and they just got the original movie made in 1934, which runs for close to five hours and is in French (subtitles, thankfully). If one of you knows of a good program, let them know.
Because people continue to inquire, Bob Brickey provided a very short update on their granddaughter, MiaBella Brickey. Mia is doing beautifully in every regard. She is enjoying school, ballet lessons, and her Soo Bahk Do martial arts in which she is not allowed to do the sparring. She must always stay away from people who are ill, due to her immunosuppressed body, which keeps her new heart healthy. They are still ever grateful to so many who have expressed concern, prayers, and aid for Mia.
Pat and Marilyn Buckley continue to enjoy their endless summer in Satellite Beach, FL. Pat's hip joint resurfacing is healing well, and he is approaching 3 miles at 6 mph on the elliptical strider as well as enjoying dips in the Atlantic Ocean for some swim exercise. Pat and Marilyn attended an alumni group television session to watch the Air Force/Army game. They had a good time, except the score! Being an optimist, Pat organized a Space Coast Alumni session to watch the Air Force/Rice Armed Forces Bowl game at the local Beef O'Brady's. They and the 30 grads had a good time, except for the score, again! Otherwise, they have had relaxed time at home, except for all the doctor's appointments. Pat and Marilyn will be going to the UK, Italy, and Spain in February and March. They will be at their Spanish home on the Costa del Sol (Velez-Malaga) from 26 Feb to mid March with two empty bedrooms (maybe) if anyone is in southern Spain and wants to visit.
Doug and Dee Cairns report that they are still in Montgomery, AL, enjoying full, uncomplicated retirement. Last year they enjoyed watching their eldest grandson, Chris, graduate, take a real job, get married, and move his bride from Wetumpka, AL, to the big city of San Francisco. That those two kids seem to enjoy living in the strange land of Congresswoman Pelosi is of concern to most of the Cairns family who are retaining their Southern roots. Cathy, Chris's mom, is a nurse who directs a crew of cardiologists in town and maintains a watchful eye on Doug and Dee. Chris's and Jordan's wedding was cause for the other two grandkids to come for a month's visit from their home in Italy. Nathan and Katye are teenagers and attend the DoD Naples American High School. This then became a grand "re-Americanizing" month for the kids since they have been over there for 8+ years, and counting. Rob seems to have become the indispensible man on the staff of CINCNAVEUR, so they may never come home. Doug enjoys monthly golf with Steve Ho, Jimmy Poole, and Ron Jones.
Michele Cowan, AOG Customer Service Supervisor, realized that Trel and Dick Coppock had lost their complete collection of AOG Christmas ornaments in the 26 June wildfire. She sought out a benefactor willing to purchase all she could find in her limited stock of past ornaments and sent them along to the Coppocks. She found a generous spirit who, wishing to remain anonymous, purchased some 10 ornaments, including the Class of 1961 "jewel," and asked that they be sent to Dick and Trel with a simple Merry Christmas. They arrived just as the Coppocks were decorating their tree in the (Saint) Nick of time. The "usual suspects" prevail, and they are so very grateful to both Michele and their very own Santa. The true Christmas spirit was indeed evident to Dick and Trel, and they are touched by such generosity. They wish all classmates and their families all the blessings of the New Year.
In June 2012 Randy Cubero was selected to run another charitable foundation called Parents Challenge, a 501C3, in Colorado Springs. This charity provides low income families with financial assistance in the form of scholarships and grants to move their children to a better performing school or to enhance their child's academic performance in their current school with supplemental materials and programs, like tutoring and purchasing a computer. Parents Challenge is part of the National School Choice Movement, which believes strongly that parents need to be more engaged and empowered in their child's education and that they alone should make the educational choices that will give their child the best chances for success. Randy indicated that it has been a real eye-opener to understand what has happened to our K-12 public education system, especially after so many years of running the Falcon Foundation and dealing with only top tiered academically performing students trying to enter the Air Force Academy.
Dick Davis enjoyed the hospitality of Carl Granberry and his new wife, Lura, a high school chum. Carl has a well-fed herd of horses on his Winona, TX, property. And Heather, Dick's horse, is joining that herd as a guest. They spent the day together, and Carl showed Dick his family's metal-bending plant where they make rings for brooms and mops. He also showed Dick the improvements he has designed into his metal-bending operation. They are formidable accomplishments, demonstrating applications of his education in mechanical engineering and Double E. Very impressive.
Bob Dean said he is into doing a lot of exercises. To exercise his legs, he walks back and forth from the kitchen to the computer room 30 times a day. His bending exercises include bending over 5-6 times a day picking up Golden Retriever puppy poop. To exercise his arms, at 4:30 p.m. every afternoon he lifts a heavy glass of vodka with an olive in it 30-40 times. For some reason, he can't remember what he does after 5:30 p.m.
Tom and Anne Eller spent a couple of weeks starting with Thanksgiving in the UK with son Rob Eller and family (USAFA '96), then hosted their other children and grandchildren in Colorado for Christmas. Tom and Anne plan to spend several weeks in Kauai this winter before going to Atlanta and back to the UK at the end of May to celebrate their 50th with all of their children.
Richard Fairlamb has been Flight Captain of the Order of Daedalians Flight #23/DFW since mid-year 2011. This flight has the same number as the F-4 squadron Richard commanded at Spangdahlem AB, Germany in the late 1970s—23rd Tactical Fighter Squadron. Flight 23 is one of the largest of the 70+ flights in the international Order of Daedalians at 209 members—holding steady over the past few years. The flight hosted the National Convention in October 2011 and has supported two academic university-level scholarships, a CAP cadet solo program, and CFIP high school AFJROTC cadet solo program annually during recent years. Flight 23, under Richard's leadership, was awarded the "2012 Jimmy Doolittle Award" by Daedalian National HQ. This is the second time Flight 23 has received the Doolittle Award, the last time being in 1997. Just to keep out of trouble, and out of local watering holes, Richard continues to generate some revenue as a Business Continuity and Recovery consultant and teacher, and finds a little time to keep VFR and IFR current in his 1957 Cessna 182.
Paul Hinton ran a Half-Marathon at Disneyland with his oldest granddaughter. The thing started at 0500, and they had to be in place at 0430. When he got up, he thought, "Exactly what the devil is it that made you agree to this?" Save for the hour, however, it was a delight. It was grand but what a comment on time.
Highlights from Henry and Peggy Howe are the memories they have of their five-week trip down under last fall. They spent four days aboard the Coral Princess II on the Great Barrier Reef snorkeling some of the loveliest waters they had ever seen. They explored the Daintree National Park by four-wheel tour bus and encountered the salt-water crocodiles and flightless emus. Then they went to Darwin and lived in Karnda National Park with the kangaroos, wallabies, and more crocodiles. They spent a week driving (yes - on the wrong side of the road) through the outback around Alice Springs, Ularu (Ayers Rock), Kings Canyon, and Kata Tjuta. They topped off the Australian adventure with a week in Sydney seeing the local sights and the Blue Mountains. They visited only the North Island in New Zealand, where they spent another week climbing the trails around Mt Ruapehu and rafting on the Tarangi River, then lounging in the hot thermal pools. Their underground adventure took them into the glow-worm caves.
Sometimes Don McCarter feels his and Johnnie's daily activities have become so routine that making a change is a real challenge. They have been blessed to have their kids living close by. They get to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries with everyone in attendance with no long distance travel. It is also convenient for them to participate in grandchildren's activities. Each summer they travel to Hendersonville, NC, for a reunion with Don's brothers and sister and their families. The group size increases every year. Johnnie and Don love the North Carolina mountains. They especially enjoy the trails in the national parks where the trails are blazed to prevent them from getting lost. Don't laugh. A lot of people take the wrong turn in those hills. Walking, tennis, and workouts at the YMCA help to keep the body upright and mobile. John and Kathy Dates and Jim and Judy Tulis visit Florida occasionally, and Don and Johnnie really enjoy the time with them. Don took a master gardening course at the Florida Extension service and has been certified as a Florida Master Gardener. He spends a lot of time coordinating the activities of the community garden sponsored by their church, and he volunteers about seventy hours a year at the Orange County plant clinic. Gardening in Florida is an eye opening and mind-boggling experience.
In January, Sam Barazzone, plus Gwen, and Charlie Neel and Dean Jones wowed the cold-weather skiers and brought Breckenridge slopes to their knees. Lynda Neel and Jo Jones remained grounded.
As is their custom, Hector and Joan Negroni will be spending the winter (Jan-May 2013) at their Bonita Springs, Florida, home.
Al and Becky Nunn said that their daughter, Ashley, was married last October. Her husband, Charlie King, is the father of two children, Sophie, age 10, and Henry, age 7. They were married at "The Quack Shack" in North Carolina's Outer Banks. Becky and Al rented the "shack" for a week for her wedding party and "30 of their closest fiends" to stay during the preliminaries to the festivities. While there, Al was treated to an unexpected and unplanned ride in the Rescue Squad van and admitted to the local hospital after experiencing a period of disassociation. Diagnosis was Transient Global Amnesia, a condition which shows symptoms similar to those of a stroke, but is temporary in nature, with no after-affects, and occurs to perhaps one in 300,000 persons. He was the one this time and was released the next day, following the diagnosis. Wedding went off without a hitch. Ashley lives with her husband and his children in Falls Church, VA, so that's close enough for frequent phone calls and occasional visits. Al's recently resigned from the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross there. Becky continues her activities with theater, having directed four plays for the local theater group, The Lancaster Players. She is currently in rehearsal as director for "How the Other Half Loves," opening March 8.
Nelson and Teri O'Rear had a wonderful Christmas season, starting with spending several days over Christmas with their daughter and her family in Michigan. Then, they enjoyed several days when their younger son's family visited them in Granger, IN, along with their older son's family, who also live in Granger. They also celebrated their sons and daughters-in-law anniversaries with a special evening at a very nice local restaurant. Wrapping it up, on New Year's Eve, their oldest granddaughter and her boyfriend flew from Virginia to spend a couple of days with Nelson and Teri in Granger and Chicago.
Thanks for all who contributed. We hope to hear from you others next time.
Dee and Doug Cairns, Neal and Gwen Westbrook, Jimmy and Susan Poole--Christmas 2004
Warm up prior to Army game, courtesy Brice Jones
Need for Real Cheer Leaders (November 2004)--Communication with Hans Meuh
7th Annual Gray Tag Redneck Riviera
Photos of 7th Annual Gray Tag Redneck Riviera
61 TFS (Mythical) Practice Party
Message to All Hands on Eve of War
2003 Ski Reunion (Click to see)
Randy Cubero and Jim Hinkle visit Marc Anderson and Jim Ulm in San Antonio
1961 Washington DC Area Social, Winter 2003
Seventh Annual Grey Tag "Redneck Rivieria"
My Heart on the Line: A father and his Marine son
Lowell Jones Luncheon, 15 Nov 2002
Thought you would be interested in this photo of classmates attending pilot training
class reunion (63A, Craig AFB, Al '61-'62) held in Washington,D.C. in October 2004.
Pictured left to right are Jack Taylor, Bill Sanzenbacher, John Kohout and Pete Lane.
Vic Apodaca was the fifth member of this class when we graduated and was remembered
throughout the reunion and during our visit to the Vietnam Memorial where his name is inscribed. Jack T.
Dee and Doug Cairns, Neal and Gwen Westbrook, Jimmy and Susan Poole--Christmas 2004
Warm up prior to the Army game
To 61TFS:
You will be pleased to read the message I received from the USAFA Director
of Athletics on the poor job our cadets and our cheerleaders do on cheering.
Nelson and Lowell: I would appreciate if you could disseminate to the Class
of 1961. A message of support to the Hans Mueh is also in order.
From: Mueh Hans J Dr USAFA/AH [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com]
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 8:36 PM
To: Hector Andres Negroni
Subject: RE: We need some real cheerleaders!
You are absolutely right, and you're not the first one to tell me that. In
fact, I use to say the same thing before I got this job. Trust me on this:
next year will be different, less acrobatics and more cheering. I've been
in the receive mode for the three months I've had the job, and that's one of
the things that sticks in my craw. The problem right now is that they don't
know many cheers, so I have to give them some time to get it right. My goal
is to transition them after the football season and before we get into the
conference schedule for basketball. Thanks for the input.
Hans J. Mueh
Dr. Hans J. Mueh
Director of Athletics
2168 Fieldhouse Dr.
USAF Academy, CO 80840
(719) 333-4008
Fax: (719) 333-4009
-----Original Message-----
From: Hector Andres Negroni [mailto:email@example.com]
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 5:56 PM
To: Mueh Hans J Dr USAFA/AH
Subject: We need some real cheerleaders!
I am a 1961 graduate of USAFA and served as Head Cheerleader in 1960 and
1961. I attended the Air Force-Army game this past Saturday and was
dismayed and embarrassed by the poor performance by our so called
"cheerleaders." It seems that all they do is prance around doing dance
steps and admiring their "beautiful bodies." Meanwhile, no one is leading
the Air Force side in cheers. My classmate and former cheerleader Charlie
Neel and I tried to do our best and managed to develop a good response. But
at 67 years of age, I am too old for this effort. I do not plan to attend
any more games but I will let you know when I will and maybe you can
authorize me to teach the Cadet Wing how to cheer and teach the cheerleaders
how to get the Cadet Wing to cheer. I have had several e-mail exchanges
with the OIC of Cheerleaders (Capt Chris Backus) and have be totally
unimpressed by the fact that he and the cheerleaders feel that "cheering and
leading cheers" is not cool because the Cadet Wing is apathetic. I find
that hard to believe.
I am well aware that you have a lot in your plate but developing spirit and
cheers should be one of the things that you should try to buck up. If you
need some help, just let me know.
Hector Negroni
USAFA Class of 1961
PS: It would be nice to go back to the free telephone narration of Falcon
games instituted by your predecessor. I think that a $10.00 fee would be
fair and appropriate but the cost now is exorbitant.
PSS: It would also be nice to restore the Letter Winner pages formerly in
your website.
In light of the recent scandal and the wide spread perception that the AOG did not represent the graduates, I am proposing a return to the practice of having a committee composed of AOG members who are NOT members of the Board nominate several candidates for each vacancy on the Board. This would be followed by a competitive election of new Directors by the AOG Members.
A Proposal for Returning the AOG Board of Directors to a Board Competitively Elected by the Members of the Association of Graduates
Thomas J. Eller, '61
21 January 2004
Organization: This document consists of:
Specific Proposed Changes to the AOG Bylaws
Backup Material:
Observations on the Bylaws
Statistics on the AOG
Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for an Effective Board for the AOG
¨ To be effective for the AOG, the Board of Directors must be composed of good, energetic graduates, must have high quality processes, AND must be perceived as legitimate and representative of the AOG membership.
¨ The size of the staff and the population of the board do not reflect the size and composition of the AOG membership in terms of Active Duty vs. Retired/Separated nor the distribution of members in years since graduation.
¨ The structures of the Board and the EXCOM have changed drastically in the past several years. Portions of the Bylaws related to EXCOM composition, election of the Board, and the method of changing the Bylaws have drifted far from a proper model for a membership association. This has resulted in a Board that is not accountable to the members, an EXCOM that is not a proper subset of the Board, and a Board and Bylaws that do not control policy and practice of the AOG Staff, which is 75% non-graduate.
o Example: 2003 Bylaws Article XV, Amendments Section 1:
The Bylaws will be reviewed biennially during even-numbered years by a temporary committee and revised as necessary to reflect current AOG policies and procedures. [Underlining for emphasis, not underlined in the Bylaws].
§ Observation: Anyone see anything fundamentally wrong here? AOG policies and procedures are supposed to be in conformance with the Bylaws, not the other way around! So much for the Board controlling the Staff. No wonder there is no accountability.
¨ If we believe in the AOG Vision, Mission, and Objectives, it is imperative for the health of the AOG, the Academy, the Air Force, the profession of arms, and the nation that these errors in the AOG organization and practice be corrected immediately. I urge the Board to adopt the following changes to the Bylaws immediately, then transition with urgent speed this year to a Board of Directors competitively elected by the AOG membership.
Proposed revision to the Bylaws of the Association of Graduates of the United States Air Force Academy
¨ Purpose: To restore to the Association of Graduates (AOG) the legitimacy of its Board as representatives of and accountable to the Members of the Association.
¨ Approach: To return the Board of Directors back to a Board that is composed of Directors who have been nominated by non-Board members and competitively elected by the Members of the AOG in a formal election.
¨ Minimum Changes required in the 2003 AOG Bylaws to accomplish this:
¨ Add to Article II:
1. Graduating Class Director: that one director who is selected by the new graduating class from among those members who will be stationed at the Academy immediately following graduation.
¨ Replace Article IV, Section 1 with the following:
1. Directors shall be regular members of the AOG elected to serve four-year terms. There will be twenty (20) directors elected by the membership plus the Graduating Class Director, and the President/CEO.
¨ Replace Article IV, Section 2 with the following:
2. Vacancies that occur among the Directors shall be filled from among the runners-up from the previous election beginning with the runner-up with the most votes and following in that order. Directors appointed to fill a vacancy will serve the remainder of the term of the person whose departure caused the vacancy. If all previous candidates are unavailable, the Board may select a temporary Director to serve until the next election.
¨ Delete Article IV, Section 3 and renumber the remaining Sections as necessary.
¨ Replace Article VIII, Section 1 with the following:
1. Approximately half of the Director positions to serve four (4) year terms will be open for election every two years during odd numbered years. Every Issue of Checkpoints shall carry an item indicating to whom a member of the AOG may make known his/her desire to be considered as candidate for nomination as a Director of the AOG. On or before 15 September of the year preceding an election, the Chair will appoint a Nominating Committee of five members of the Association who are not members of the Board of Directors of the Association. The Chair will advise the membership of the identity and location of this Nominating Committee so that individual members may suggest candidates to the committee. The Chair shall also pass to the Nominating Committee the information that has been received from volunteers since the last election. Nominations by petition signed by at least twenty-five members of the Association that reach the Nominating Committee by 15 February of election year shall be included in the ballot but not identified as such. It shall be the duty of the Nominating Committee to submit to the membership a slate of candidates with at least three nominees for each vacancy. The nominating committee shall select candidates to ensure that the proportion of directors shall reflect the membership as follows:
a. Same ratio of Active Duty to Retired-Separated members as of 30 September prior to the election.
b. Same distribution of AOG members in the various ten-year blocks since graduation.
Such nominations with position statements by the candidates shall be contained in an official ballot published in an official publication of the Association to be mailed to the membership no later than 1 March of an election year. A different Nominating Committee will nominate candidates for the remaining Director positions two years later with election held as outlined above.
¨ Replace Article XI, Section 1a with the following:
1a. Executive Committee: An executive body consisting of the Corporate Officers and such Directors designated by the Chair to perform in accordance with Article IV, Section 6. The composition of this body will be static until modified by the Board of Directors.
¨ Replace Article XV, Section 1 with the following:
1. The Bylaws will be reviewed biennially during even-numbered years by a temporary committee composed of two Board members and three AOG members not on the Board and revised as necessary to reflect changes required by Colorado law or by the needs of the AOG.
Notes: The Graduate Community is currently 41% active duty and 59% retired/separated.
Currently the ten-year blocks are:
Less than ten years: 1994-2003: 6156 AOG Members
Ten to twenty years: 1984-1993: 4053 AOG Members
Twenty to thirty years: 1974-1983: 3721 AOG Members
Thirty to forth years: 1964-1973: 3718 AOG Members
Forty to fifty years: 1959-1963: 1018 AOG Members
These types of constraints do not place an unreasonable burden on the election process. One simply must, when counting ballots, order the vote-getters top to bottom annotated with which groups they fall into. If the raw vote does not automatically satisfy the constraints, then the top names in the restricted group are moved onto the Board and those displaced go to the runners-up list for future use.
Statistical Comparison of the AOG in 1982 vs. the AOG in 2003
*Competitive Election for all Officers and Directors
Observations on differences in the AOG Bylaws between 1982 and 2003
o 1982 Bylaws, Article II, Section 5:
Executive Committee: a subcommittee of the Board of Directors convened in the absence of a quorum of the Board to conduct the business of the Association as outlined in Articles IV, V, and VII. When convened, the Executive Committee has all of the powers of the Board of Directors except those denied by Colorado Law or reserved for the Board.
· Observations: All Directors were competitively elected by the Membership from a list provided by a Nominating Committee composed on non-Director members of the AOG. Ten of the directors were required to be stationed at the Academy. A simple majority of the Board constituted a Quorum and a Board meeting could be called with 24-hours notice. Thus, the leadership of the Board were in intimate contact with the Academy and were fully accountable to the Members.
o Although 2003 Article IV, Section 6 goes into great detail enumerating the powers and authority of the EXCOM vis-à-vis the Board, Article XI Section 1a states:
Executive Committee: An executive body consisting of the Corporate Officers and such Directors, staff, and members designated as necessary by the Chair, to perform in accordance Article IV, Section 5[sic, should be 6].
· Observation: That is an awfully loose definition of a body that has the power of the Board of Directors, given that only the Directors on the EXCOM are elected and they have been in turn selected by a committee of the Board and not the membership. The full board meets only quarterly, leaving the operation of the AOG to the staff and the loosely defined EXCOM, which has no visible accountability to the Members.
o Per the 2003 Bylaws footnote, the Bylaws were implemented and Aug 1977 and went unchanged until Feb 1997. Since then there have been changes in Feb 98, Aug 2000, Feb 2002, Aug 2002, and Aug 2003.
· Observation: First of all, that Change-date list is not accurate, for I know there were changes just prior to the 1982 Register. However, the list of changes made in the last few years is indicative of a very fluid organization.
Reflections On The Dimensions of a Good Board Of Directors of a Membership Organization—Specifically the Association of Graduates
¨ Necessary but not sufficient:
o The Quality of the Decisions and Function of the Board
§ Timely Action
§ Innovative Solutions
§ Appropriate Solutions
§ Value over the long term
· Stability of the organization
· Agility of the organization
· Sustainable processes and progress
· Adaptability of process without total rework
· Predictability of outcomes
§ Efficiency of Board process
§ Control of the Organization and Staff vis-à-vis the mission
§ Control of Finances
§ Control of Fiscal Planning
§ Energy and Participation of the Directors
o These quality factors are probably easier to ensure with an appointed board than an elected one, and the temptation would be strong to head in that direction.
¨ Necessary but not sufficient:
o Perceptions of Legitimacy (Things perceived as real are real in their consequences. John Williams Therefore things perceived as real damn well better be! Tom Eller)
§ Responsiveness to the membership
§ Accessibility to the members
§ Representation of the Membership as seen by the members
§ Representation of the Membership as seen by USAFA, USAF, Congress, Press, the Public
§ Prestige in the view of outsiders
§ Accountability to the membership
§ Obvious focus on the AOG Mission and Objectives
§ Courage of convictions
§ Awareness and sensitivity on the part of Directors
o These perception factors are best achieved by a Board of Directors that has been elected by the members from among several graduates competing for each position.
¨ Necessary AND Sufficient;
The AOG Board must achieve both the quality measures of its own operation as well as the perceptions of legitimacy in order for the AOG and the Academy to prosper. Therefore it is imperative that the AOG Board immediately transition back to a Board competitively elected by the members.
7th Annual Gray Tag Redneck Riviera Beach Weekend (GTRRBW), 10-13 October 2003
Doug and Dee Cairns, Jerry and Dot Gill, Jimmy and Susan Poole, Neal and Gwen Westbrook, and a host of others did an outstanding job of orchestrating a perfect weekend for our many classmates and ladies who attended this mini-reunion in Orange Beach, Alabama. In fact, so many of us accepted their invitation that it nearly overtaxed the available beach rental units in the immediate vicinity. The houses that we shared were great and very conducive to visiting in the common areas, mostly the roomy kitchen area in our case. Six couples shared our unit, a couple of units housed seven, and a few had less. In all, 65 attended: Mark and Ginger Anderson, John and Lydia Boesch, Bob and Jan Brickey, George and Susan Buchner, Lee and Dorene Butler, Doug and Dee Cairns, Jim and Joy Darnauer, Gene and Judy Davis, Bill and Theda Foster, Jerry and Dot Gill, Jim and Peggy Hinkle, Jim and Patty Hourin, Dean and Jo Jones, Lowell and Sandy Jones, Reb and Frances Jones, Wayne and Mary Jones, Bill and Janet Lane, Jerry and Sue Lefton, Bud and Carolyn McCollum, Jack and Diane McDonough, Charlie and Lynda Neel, Hector and Joan Negroni, PB and Mer O'Connor, Nelson and Teri O'Rear, John Payne, Jimmy and Susan Poole, Mike and Ginny Rawlins, Jim Rogers and Linda Cain, Charlie and Sarah Stebbins, Byron and Pat Theurer, Bob and Winnie Wagner, Rees and Pauline Wagner, and Neal and Gwen Westbrook.
Although some arrived as early as Wednesday, most arrived on Friday, with the first major scheduled event that evening. We drank and socialized in one beach house, and then ate the traditional delicious steamed shrimp dinner and socialized in the adjacent beach house—well into the early morning hours for some. The next morning we all had leisurely breakfasts, including homemade grits-egg casseroles, fresh fruits, juices, cereals, bagels, coffee…. (You get the idea. Our southern hosts went well beyond the extra mile to make sure that we had everything we could wish for.) Later, some golfed, some visited the Navy Air Museum at Pensacola, some visited the Shrimp Festival, many ladies lunched and then shopped, and others just hung out at the beach. Saturday evening we all attended the 2nd annual Ed Zompa Memorial Dinner, with more delicious food, this time catered by Gulf Shores Bistro in the same beach houses as the evening before. We again socialized far into the evening. Following leisurely breakfasts in our individual homes, many attended church services nearby, and most ate a wonderful brunch at Zeke's, a very popular spot near the beach. Afterwards, some had to depart early, but most took part in some of the activities of the prior day, plus Theda provided a large puzzle to put together. Additionally, PB was to oversee a kite flying competition, and Rees was to judge sand sculpture competition between the houses. We got back late from golfing, but I don't believe that either competition got under way due to the weather. Although the original plan was to order pizza that evening to go with the leftovers from the prior two nights, there were so many leftovers that we all ate once again in style without the pizza. Following a lot of visiting that evening and some the next morning, those remaining departed Monday morning. Many took pictures during the weekend. Hopefully, some with digital cameras will share shots to be placed on our web site.
In addition to Theda Foster, PB O'Connor, and Rees Wagner, others who organized events included: Jim Hourin (golf); Bob Wagner (fishing, which ended up being canceled because of insufficient fishermen and not very good weather); John Payne (visit to Navy Air Museum); and Dee Cairns, Susan Poole, and Gwen Westbrook (lunch at Lulu's, followed by shopping). My fivesome for golf threatened me if I didn't mention our overwhelming win on the course—was it by one or two strokes? At any rate, Wayne Jones, Jerry Lefton, PB O'Connor, Nelson O'Rear, and Charlie Stebbins won the big money. (Is it true that we lose our amateur status by accepting winnings that won't even pay for a cup of Cappuccino and Starbucks? That's not really a complaint since we didn't realize there was a prize.)
The above is meant to give you a flavor of what happened, but it cannot—nor could any write-up—do justice to the extent of the detailed planning and faultless execution that made this weekend such a success. The food, lodging, and events were absolutely outstanding. The only thing better was being able to visit with everyone. Again, a special thanks to each person who had a hand in making this such a great weekend. Those of us who attended salute you.
61st Tactical Fighter Squadron (Mythical) Practice Party
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Boyds Visit Washington DC
Posted 30 March 2003
From left to right: Stu Boyd, Marnie Boyd, Joan Kohout, Joan Negroni, John Kohout, Ron Muller, Barbara Campbell, Bill Foster, and Theda Foster. Hector Negroni is front and center.
Stu and Marnie Boyd visited Washington DC the last week in March 2003, in conduction with their volunteer work on behalf of the World Figure Skating Championships. Stu and Marnie were in charge of announcing the contestants and playing the music during the preliminary competitions. They demonstrated to the class the clockwork precision and close coordination that they developed during the competition. To celebrate their visit, the Class of 1961 Washington DC bunch got together and hosted a luncheon in honor of Stu and Marnie at the World's famous Hamburger Hamlet, located in the fashionable Crystal City Section of the Nation's Capital. Unfortunately, in recognition of the advanced age and precarious health of many of the members of the class and spouses, most of those attending opted for a salad. Nonetheless, we managed to stay together at the same place for almost three hours catching up with each other's grandchildren and comparing ailments. Enclosed is a photo of those attending. Unfortunately, Mary Francis Koerner left before we could figure out how to work the digital camera.
Major General J. N. Mattis, USMC
In explaining the mission of our soldiers, we can't do any better than Major-General J.N. Mattis, commander of the 1st Marine Division now heading somewhere into Iraq. Here is what he told his troops in his "Message to All Hands" on the eve of war:
Randy Cubero and Jim Hinkle visit Marc Anderson and Jim Ulm in San Antonio
Last month Jim Hinkle and I went down to San Antonio to visit with Marc Anderson and Jim Ulm . We stayed three days and golfed every day at Fair Oaks Ranch where both Marc and Jim live. It is a beautiful community and although it was unseasonably cold we had a great time and vowed to do it again next year. Attached are three pictures of our group and you are free to do with them as you wish. Talk to you soon.
1961 Washington DC Area Social, Winter 2003
John and Joan Kohout kicked off the Class of 1961 Washington DC Area Social Season with an elegant sit down dinner held at their beautiful home in the Mount Vernon area of Virginia. Those in attendance included: Bill and Theda Foster (who arrived late from a church social), Steve Ho and Lynn Funkhouser (Steve is still practicing his investment technique of buying low and selling lower), Lowell and Sandy Jones (back from another "short" road trip around the nation in their camper), Jack and Dianne McDonough (who will be attending the Redneck Riviera Reunion this year), Hector and Joan Negroni (looking great and humble as always), Jim and Linda Rogers (who did not dress up in matching outfits), Bill and Paulette Sanzenbacher (so far...a great addition to the Washington DC crowd), Bill and Rhoda Stackhouse (looking tired after babysitting their new grandchild in between building their new lakeshore home), John and Ellen Sullivan (John cut his hair shorter and trimmed his beard while Ellen continues to be the Class of 1961 youngest spouse), and Karl and Dianne Whitaker (Karl received the most improved award after losing bunches of pounds with Dianne's new cooking technique: when the smoke alarm goes off the food is ready). After a long cocktail hour featuring Joan Kohout's special French hors d'ouvres (which included pheasant tongues on Melba toast etc...) and assorted drinks (featuring miniature cocktails...take one and in a minute you are out) , the guests sat down at three large tables for a repast fit for a King. The piece de resistance was a very delicious Poulet Ragout (Chicken Stew for the uninitiated). The recipe is an old family recipe borrowed from Puerto Rico where the first thing you do is "steal a chicken." Everything was washed down with copious amounts of white and red wines. Entrance to the activity was gained by using the traditional challenge and response pass word of "Fast, Neat, Average.....Friendly, Good, Good." The Form 0-96 for this dinner reflected high accolades. Since most of us are "retired" we agreed that "Work is good, but it's not the most important thing. Money is nice, but you can't take it with you. Statistics show most people don't live to spend all they saved -- some die even before they retire. You've never seen a U-Haul hooked up to the rear of a hearse, have you?" Hey boys and girls, if you do not attend Class of 1961 activities you are depriving yourselves of a great time with a bunch of great people. It is one hell of a support mechanism.
Dates: October 10-11-12-13, 2003
Location: Orange Beach, Alabama
Hello Gray Tags - the 7th annual Gray Tag "Redneck
The Plan:
· Three nights - Friday - Saturday - Sunday with departure on Monday morning. Check-in around 1500 on Friday and depart NLT 1000 on Monday.
· Lodging will be in the same homes as in 2002. These are two separate homes built in 2002 and are side-by-side with deck access between the homes. Each home has 7 bedrooms and 7 baths and both are quite spacious and very nice. They are right on the beach and are about 40 yards from the water. We will house the first 14 couples in these homes and the overflow will go in either nearby homes or in a motel just down the beach (appx ¼ mile)
· Lodging Costs – appx $315 per couple for the three nights. To reserve and "lock-in" the rental homes, I need a commitment ASAP of 7 couples for 1 home, and 14 couples for the 2 homes.
· I will appreciate a response from you by March 15th about this reunion. "Yes" – "Maybe" – "No" - so I can begin the necessary planning. We had a wonderful time last year and look forward to seeing many of you this year.
Thanks – Jimmy Poole (new e-mail address – firstname.lastname@example.com)
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Submitted by Hector Negroni
The 61st Tactical Fighter Squadron (Mythical), founded by Brice Cutrer Jones, held its 41st reunion on the occasion of the Air Force Army Football Game held at the United States Military Academy the weekend of 8-10 November 2002. Squadron activities started with initial sign-in and short arm inspection Friday Night, 8Nov02, at the Squadron Forward Command Post (Residence of Kathleen Kennedy in Upper Saddle River New York) during which copious amount of wine was used to wash down a diverse assortment of rations provided by the Culinary/Class VI Control Officer. Early Saturday Morning, 9Nov02, Squadron members, family, friends, and camp followers met at the Forward Command Post for a roll call, breakfast, and to board a bus for West Point. Upon arrival at West Point we met our escorts, Cadet Privates Monte Jones and Leigh Kosko, sons of squadron members, and members of the USMA Class of 2006. The Squadron marched up the hill in a column of gaggles and occupied a section of the Army Parade Ground bleachers to watch the West Point parade. After grading the parade we tried to debrief the Superintendent but he avoided us. Therefore, squadron members ambled over to the residence of Col. & Mrs. David Allbee (Mrs. Allbee is the sister of Squadron stalwart and Athletic Officer Bob Brickey but thank God she does not look like him). The Allbees hosted at tailgate at their home, which was built in 1826. The structure was still standing after the Squadron left thus attesting to its sound foundation and good building technique. After the tailgate, squadron members walked up the hill (some had to be dragged or pushed) to Michie Stadium where we settled back and watched the Air Force team dismantle the Brave Old Army Team. Following the game, we walked (down hill this time) to the Thayer Hotel where we took over the place, drank, ate, sang Air Force songs and serenaded the entire Hotel. Squadron activities ended Sunday Morning with a chili/Fighter Pilot Stew and Debriefing Function held at the Forward Command Post. I think the following were there: Mark & Ginger Anderson (Morals Officers), Jim Hinkle (Entertainment Director) , Charlie & Lynda Neel (Choirmasters), Rees & Pauline Wagner (Big Apple Reps), Randy & Jan Cubero (Diversity Officers), John & Lydia Bosch (Legal), Old Hector and Young Hector Negroni (Cheeleading), Brice and Susan Porth (Supply Officers), Jim Rogers and Lynda Cain (Dress Inspectors), Tom & Anne Eller (Reporters), Bob & Janice Brickey (Setup and Cleanup Detail), Dean & Jo Jones (Hangers on), John and Nancy McDonough (Decorum), Charley Moores and son (Observers), Jerry and Sue Lefton (Physical Fitness Monitors), and Bob Wagner (Bon Vivant). Additionally a large contingent of "friends of the Class" also attended. They included: Gerry Dawes and Libby Edwards (Limmericks), Jim & Diane Wilter, Bill Charney, Fred & Sue Westerberg, Bill & Mia Rossiter, Steve & Francine Tormey, Kathleen Kennedy (Gracious Hostess), Bill & Betty Kosko (General Oversight) and family members., J. Phelan, B.Strauss, and many others. It will take us at least two years to recover from this one and reports are still coming in about our activities. More to follow! In recognition of their efforts on behalf of the Squadron, Brice Jones and Bill Kosko were presented with slightly used 2002 calendars.
posted Dec 7, 2002
Forwarded by Larry Shewmaker.
I believe that this appeared in the "Chronicle of Higher Education." JTM
My Heart on the Line
Posted 15 Nov 2002
Yesterday's luncheon at Chevy's was the usual success, particularly in being able to get up to date on everyone's activities. Attending were Charley Dixon (thousands of dollars damage to his water plane from a nice storm going through Manassas), Bill Foster (made it to the luncheon despite a late flight getting home from Peru/Bolivia the night prior - and then getting a flu shot before the luncheon), Steve Ho (still keeping us up to date on how to survive the market), Lowell Jones (telling more travel stories and heading to Disney World the last two weeks in November - didn't win a free trip like some do), Jack McDonough (went to the Army game and still one of two present who is working full time), Hector Negroni ( many stories about the Army game - mostly about the great parties, not the game), Jim Rogers (showed great pictures of the Army game - mainly the parties - he's the other one still working full time - wore a tie), Bill Stackhouse (sacrificed home-building time to join us and got us up to date on the mansion by the water), and Karl Whitaker (first time he was late commuting from New Jersey - endured 3 traffic jams through Baltimore and Washington). Excused absences were Pat Buckley (couldn't get out of London), Terry Norris (was on his way to the luncheon but his nearly new car's fuel pump decided to crash), Bill Sanzenbacher ( had his home remodelers decide at the last minute that they could only be at his house on Wednesday), and Charlie Stebbins (who invited us to West Virginia, but didn't provide a Lear Jet to get us there). We had much fun as usual and fortunately didn't have to worry about dodging sniper bullets. Steve Ho was within 2 miles of shootings in Maryland, and the one in Fredericksburg was 3 miles from our home. Beat UNLV!


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Four Lakers scored in double figures, Friday night, leading Boys' Latin to a 67-55 MIAA B Conference basketball victory over St. Paul's, in Brooklandville.
Boys' Latin (20-4, 15-1) overcame a 28-25 St. Paul's lead at the half by outscoring the Crusaders 25-10 in the third quarter.
Blair Brooks led all scorers with 23 points, while Colin Heacock added 13 points and Casey Rees and Brendan Fields each chipped in with 11 for coach Cliff Rees.
Rees said his team was able to get out and run in the second half.
"We got some stops on the defensive end that got us out in transition, and that was really the difference," said the Laker head coach.
Rees also had kind words for St. Paul's and coach Seth Goldberg.
"I give credit to Seth; they're a young team, and they came out and played aggressive and hard, and completely took us out of our game in the first half."
The Lakers continue to lead the B Conference with a 15-1 record and have now clinched a first round bye for the playoffs. Annapolis Area Christian, which upset the Lakers on Monday, lost to Severn on Friday, dropping the Eagles (12-4) out of contention for the top seed. BL need one win in its final two games, or one loss by St. Vincent Pallotti (11-3) to lock up the top seed.
With the playoffs looming, Rees said that his team has to stay hungry and has to finish strong to capture the conference title.
Daniel Wilson paced the Crusaders (11-11, 9-6) with 18 points, freshman Zach Bare added 12, and Jason Tucker had 11. With three regular season games to play, St. Paul's has clinched no worse than a fifth seed for the playoffs.
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This is an interview between Mrs. Gertrude Schwimmer and interviewed by Virginia Stilles on Tuesday, May 29, 1984. She is a member of the League of Women Voters. Do we have your permission Mrs. Schwimmer to use this tape for educational purposes.
(N) Yes, you may use the tape for educational purposes.
(I) When did you move to Teaneck?
(N) We moved here 32 years ago. In fact this summer will be 33 years. And we came because we were looking for good schools for our children. At that time, we had an 11 year old, a 5 year old and one was due in two months. The two older ones immediately entered school, public school, and I think my husband and I were very, very happy with the kind of attention they got. As a matter of fact, one interesting little factor and I'll bring it up just for the fun of it was that our older daughter said she wanted to play an instrument. She wanted to play the cello. And we had no cello and we were going to rent it. At that time, I wasn't driving, didn't know how to drive. And the music director from the high school came over with the cello that we were renting and brought it here which I thought, and stayed for a little talk about the school program, and I thought that was very impressive for a junior high teacher to do. As far as the school system in general, we were really quite pleased with it all the way through. The third child, when he was born, also went; the two older ones are girls. All three children went through the school system from whatever ages they were when they came here and the youngest one from the beginning straight through. In fact, the second one went from the beginning because she entered kindergarten here. She went to Eugene Field. The oldest went to Tom Jefferson and the high school but at that time, the junior high, in fact I don't even remember if it was called Tom Jefferson, but the junior high was in the same building as the high school and they had a slight difference in time of classes so the children didn't interfere with each other. The youngest went to, no I am sorry, the second one went to Longfellow. The youngest went to Eugene Field.
Let's see what else we can tell you about the school system. When the integration problem or should I say when the question of integration came up, I was pretty active in working to have integration in the town and was pleased in spite of various problems that occurred on the way with the way it evolved. I felt that the teachers and the administration tried very hard to do a good job of it and most parents in town, not only accepted it, but I think cooperated with the integration of the Teaneck schools. In fact, I think a lot of us were very proud that we were the first town to integrate voluntarily in this area. I will say one other thing that our children did very well both in the colleges in which, I mean they got into good colleges and they did well in college and they felt their training in Teaneck had been excellent. I thought it was very interesting that recently our son, who is the youngest and who is now a Lawyer practicing in Washington, DC, said in a telephone conversation "Well, I wouldn't have changed a thing about it, about my childhood," and I said, "Well how did you feel about your education?" and he said, "That too, that was good." And I really felt kind of heartened by that because very often when children look back, they don't always have such wonderful memories.
I don't know very much about the schools today except when I learn through various people who have children in the schools but what I do know makes me feel that the schools are still trying to maintain their quality education, to be flexible but not so flexible that they are not creative and useful and maintaining some of the good things from before and I feel we have to support a school system that is trying to do a good job. I can't describe the fine points. When you don't have children in the school, you can only know what you read and what you hear from informed people. But I feel we have to support what we have and give it the best kind of encouragement that we can.
As far as my own activities in town and my husband's, well he has not had very much time to be too active. He's a busy physician who practices in New York and now he is at an age when he might retire and hasn't the vaguest thought of doing it because he is very involved and interested in his work. I've been involved for many, many years in the life of the community in different ways. For quite a number of years, I've been on the Advisory Board on Community Relations. I am now chairwoman of this group and it is a quiet group that works behind the scenes but I think we've done some useful work over the years. Of course we supported and still support integration in the schools. There is no question about that. We also have done many other things to try to encourage understanding between different racial and religious groups and there are so many, I just can't think but in the past we've had conferences where we've had all different groups discussing problems in the town and what could be done to better it and a few years ago, and up to quite recently, we were having dialogue meetings. These were started when Orthodox Jewish people moved into town and there was a certain amount of lack of harmony between them and some of their neighbors and it turned out that we had meetings in different homes where people would volunteer and we would provide a trained moderator or discussion leader, not with an aim to getting any very specific answers but with the idea of encouraging neighbors to understand each other and to speak in a human sort of way rather than not knowing each other, to speak with each other in a very, we hope, neighborly and friendly way in the long run. These meetings were good in many ways because all kinds of different problems came up not only between Orthodox Jewish people who have slightly customs and other people in the various areas of town but all kinds of integration problems, problems with neighbors who were non-cooperative, all kinds of things of that sort and the moderators did their best to try to get people to see each other's points of view. Right now this group is working I was head of that dialogue committee for the Advisory Board on Community Relations. Right now the Advisory Board is working on a community relations award which we are going to start working on it right now in fact which we are going to award next year and or I should say in the coming year and the idea is to recognize and encourage of course good community relations.
I've also been very involved since practically the first year we came here with the Teaneck League of Women Voters and then with the Bergen County League of Women Voters. I've been president of both over the years and still am very much associated with both of them. The Teaneck League is still very much concerned with what goes on in the township, township government, township schools, township day to day life. And we try to keep an eye on things and offer useful suggestions and I feel very much a part of the League here and in the county, of course, we're involved in county issues. Right now I am planning a trip to the Meadowlands for the county League. And this will be a trip in which we are going to see the new Environmental Center, study the solid waste proposals, at least see the sites that are proposed and also have a talk with the planner there about low and moderate income housing.
I've also been involved, well in an awful lot of things. I don't know where to start. Right now I am a vice chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of Bergen Community College and that goes along with my long term interest in education and I'm also head of the Education Committee for the Board of Trustees. This is my off year and it's been a very educational and gratifying experience for me. I hope people in Teaneck will know more about Bergen Community because it is a wonderful school, provides good quality education at very modest rates and can fill a need for many, many students.
Among my other activities have been that I am on the Advisory Board on community Relations to the Superintendent of Schools of Teaneck and we have had a number of different things that we've been following also related to community relations. This is a group of both in school and community people and two of our major foci recently have been (1) the problem of how to handle the very delicate question of teachers who must be rift and the minority teachers, since they were the last employed being the first dismissed. And we are also, have been also concerned with the role of women in the schools, funding for athletic programs for women as well as for men equal funding and the encouragement of life sports in the school in contrast with the very usual process of competitive sports which we know are necessary but we feel life sports are also.
After a while, you begin to feel like an old timer in a town. Certainly as a newcomer, and my husband and I came from New York City, in fact I lived almost all of my life in New York and never knew that I would want to live in a small community and it was really the schools that drew us here. My husband had grown up in a small town in fact in Pennsylvania, in Easton, Pennsylvania and he had always had an idea of living in a house. I'd been in an apartment all my life and never thought I'd like it and my first thought was when we move out to Teaneck, when the children are grown, we will move back to the city. Well, believe it or not, the children are grown a long time and we are still living here. We were not in a rush to leave because we like Teaneck and we are content in our home and even though it is a big house and we don't use all of it most of the time, when the kids come, there is room for them, the kids and their families and their friends, it is a real pleasure to still be here. The town has changed, there is no question about it. It is much more diversified than it ever was. When we first moved here, there were, it was largely a white, WASP type community with a small percentage of black people, very few other groups, and a limited number of Jewish people. Since we have lived here, there are many more Jewish people of all ranges of observance and certainly many more black people and people from different countries. We have Indian and Asian and I think other peoples and I think the development of Fairleigh Dickinson helped bring some more of those other people in as well as the fact that Teaneck welcomes diversity and people feel comfortable here. They feel they can become part of the town and I find this makes Teaneck a more interesting place in which to live and hope to continue to live here for a while.
Among other activities that I was involved in and one that I would like to mention because since you are talking about peoples' backgrounds, it is something that has been a very big part of my life for a number of years, oh I'd say about eight years ago, I was one of the founding members of the Bergen County Commission on the Status of Women. We persuaded at that time the two female freeholders and they persuaded the other freeholders to establish this commission and while it may have been established because they might have felt in some kind of awkward political stance because of law suits, it was to the advantage of women that such a commission was formed. The purpose has been to keep an eye on the rights of women and we published one of the first books on rape and battered women, we did a study on women in government, we've done various studies, an original study on child care and pointed out the needs in all these areas. And some of those needs certainly on rape and battered women have begun to be implemented, child care is still way behind and there are beginning to be pushes for more child care and the objectives of course of the Commission on Women are to improve the rights and the living conditions and the opportunity for women. We recently had a program celebrating Women's History Week. It was held in Englewood with many Teaneck people there. And I am very pleased to say that two of our, let's see, three of our Teaneck people were people I brought in as part of the program and they included Fran Morten who is a relatively new resident of Teaneck, only here several years and she is a management consultant and then it included Rabbi Deborah Prinz who is a female rabbi and it included Robbie Wedeen who is a singer/song writer. The idea of the program was to talk about women who are pioneers among us and, as usual, Teaneck had a good quota of pioneers so I was very pleased to have been part of that and we had a very good Teaneck representation at that county-wide celebration in Englewood.
I've been involved with a lot of different drives over the years but that is not what I felt has been my major interest in town. My major interest has been good government and women's issues and housing and oh, I've also been on various committees for the Housing Authority of Bergen County. Again with an interest in low and moderate income housing for people in need and worked for affordable houses both in Teaneck and other places.
I could talk on and on because Teaneck is one of my favorite subjects but I am not sure of how much more you want to hear on this because you've got a lot of other people you got to interview. And if there are any special questions, I'll be very glad to answer them in the future. Teaneck has been our home for close to 33 years and both my husband, Dr. David Schwimmer and I rather like the place. Hope it is going to continue to be as fine a town as it has been. That's not to say that it is perfect. I don't want anyone to think that I am the kind of booster who goes around and says everything's perfect. We know there is room for improvement and I think keeping an eye on things is everybody's job in the town and I think as long as a lot of us are doing that and encouraging the government, pointing out things that need improvement and saying yes to the things that are going well, we will have the kind of town that we want to live in.
(I) I think you've covered just about everything but if you care to say anything more about how it feels to live in Teaneck now that Teaneck is a suburb with a changing population and growth that is going on ...
(N) Well I guess I said a little bit about that before but I can add some more. Our block is an example of how Teaneck changes. When we moved here, it is a short block, Carroll Place is I guess you'd say it is one long block or the equivalent of two short blocks and the houses were filled mostly because they are fairly big houses with older couples when we were here. There were only about two families with young children when we came. Well, we've seen a generation and a half come, young children come and go, and we've seen changes in the composition of the area. There are just one, I think there is one other person who was here before we moved in, one person left. All the houses have changed hands since then. Most of them not too many times, some of them twice, one or two three times. But only one who is here before we were. There are now white and black children playing together on our streets. Playing baseball in the streets. That wasn't true when we first moved here. There were only white children. We have two black neighbors, one almost directly opposite us and one half way down the block. I must say that we all are very private people but when there is a need, people are there and I can remember one particular incident when we had a terrible snowstorm and our cars were blocked in and we couldn't get any body and I must say, the young men in the area, the younger householders pitched in and it didn't matter white or black, everybody gave a hand, to everybody else so it is a neighborly block without being cozy and perhaps that is because the people are of all different ages here now. Young, medium, old and now, of course, a lot more people are out at business all day so there are very few people who are home during the day. I am one of the few old timers who made community activity my major field of interest and I feel if you are giving something to your community that is really useful, it is a very worthwhile way of spending one's time. And I've been fortunate enough to be able to do It. But many, many of the people are, many of the women are out during the day so the neighborhood's very quiet. We do kind of keep an eye on each other's homes without any formal kind of arrangement. We keep an eye on each other's homes. And certainly neighbor to neighbor, we are all quite watchful. So that is among the kind of changes you see in town. And I think they will all be good changes if people can continue to keep a positive attitude about newness and differentness.
(I) Is there anything else that you would like to say that you would like to see done in Teaneck or anything before we close the interview?
(N) Well I am trying to think of what I would like to see done. There are always small things one wants to see done. I am trying to think of big things. I think our council is pretty responsive to what goes on in town. One thing I would like to see is that people run as individuals rather than on slates. I think while there are some benefits to running on a slate, certainly there is a benefit to the candidate, I feel that one has more choice and not only more choice, one always has the choice, but less confusion of issues when people don't run as a slate. Now that may be an impractical kind of thing but it is the kind of thing I'd like to see. I hope the government would remain responsive. I still think we have in general the type of government where the city manager and councilmen that we, the best kind that I think one can have and I am very pleased that it is non-partisan from a party point of view. In fact, I don't even know what party most of the council people are.
I'd like to see attention given to maintaining Cedar Lane and Teaneck Road and I think the project now on North Teaneck Road is a good one. I'd like to see some results and see if they are going to work out as well as they sound. As far as Cedar Lane, I think eternal vigilance is the word. Keep up the town look and don't let things get shabby or shoddy and be positive about new business people who are going to move in. I am not sure I like the idea of this big Pathmark that's proposed. I question whether it is going to be an asset to the town and certainly if the traffic that people think may come, will come, it is going to be a real detriment. That's all I can think about at the moment. I would like to see good policing of the stores as far as cleanliness goes. I think that there is a chance for that but that's one of the smaller things. It is one of many small things we always think can be improved.
(I) Mrs. Schwimmer, I thank you so much for this interview. It has been very enlightening and it was really a pleasure to meet you and to learn of your activities since you've lived in Teaneck. Your very worthwhile activities. And I am glad that they are going to go down in our records.
(N) Thanks for coming Mrs. Stilles. I'll tell you one thing, it is good to talk about Teaneck to someone who is interested in the good aspects of the town because this is a town that is worth celebrating.
(I) Thank you very much.
(N) You know, when you listen to the thing replayed, you think of about a dozen other things you wanted to say and it sort of refreshes a lot of your thoughts that were kind of tucked in the background. One of the things I'd like to say about the Commission on Women and that relates to Teaneck is that we're having a breakfast in a short time to celebrate, as a matter of fact very short time, to not only celebrate but to discuss with women, elected women officeholders, the kind of jobs they do and the barriers they had to overcome and the problems of becoming a woman elected representative and when we were sending out invitations, we certainly remembered that Teaneck has good representation of women still not half and half but we are waiting for that. But we're one of the towns that has always had, or at least not always but for a long time, had a councilwoman and now we have two councilwomen and we are very pleased about that and we've had a lot of women on our board of ed and we are very proud of that. And I think a lot of people have been working to see that women get the same kind of opportunity that men have and that's part of the kind of thing I've been doing. We will be very happy to see our council people and our board of ed people there.
I just want to mention in passing a couple of other things very quickly. When you were talking to me, Mrs. Stilles, you asked what sort of things was I involved in and I didn't mention at the time that I've been involved for quite a while with keeping an eye on community development funds and working on, from the county level, from the overall and broader level on how community development funds are being spent. I've been a member of the Community Development Coalition which is a coalition of countywide coalition of non-profit and of non-profit groups that monitors spending of community development funds and now I am also, have been for a number of years, a member of the Community Housing Resource Board of Southern Bergen County and that's a board that works with realtors to open up southern Bergen County to integrated housing. The effort is to see that realtors understand the law and many different methods are used to help encourage opening up this southern Bergen County area which also should have an effect on Teaneck because we believe that opening up the entire county is the best way to maintain integration throughout.
One more thing I'd like to mention and that is I said that my husband has not been very active in Teaneck affairs because he has been a very busy practicing physician and a professor of medicine in New York City. But one thing I'd like to put down is that even though he hasn't been active, he has kept informed and I must say that he reads beforehand and finds out what he can about people who are running for office and what issues there are in the town and has been a regular voter and so he feels like a part of the town too even though he can't participate in local community activities the way I can. I do it for both of us. But he is certainly very much a part of Teaneck. So I thought that little bit ought to be added.
Our three children are distributed, one in California, one in West Virginia and one in Washington, DC but they do come home to Teaneck and still have some of their friends who grew up here.
(I) Thank you very much Mrs. Schwimmer.
(N) Mrs. Stilles and I were just talking and another little interesting facet of the Schwimmer background came out. I mentioned to her and she said well maybe I'd want to put it on the tape the fact that one of our children went through our oldest as a matter of fact who went through the school system here from the junior high on became friendly with one of the teachers. In fact, it was a teacher in a field in which she was very much interested and that teacher who was starting her teaching career then and is only about ten years older than my daughter is now a good friend of my daughters and this friendship has been maintained over the years. Quite a number of years as a matter of fact and even though the teacher lives nearby and my daughter is down in West Virginia, whenever she comes up, there is a real warm friendly get together and of course a correspondence between them. It is a real friendship, not so much a teacher/student friendship as the friend/friend friendship and I thought it was an interesting kind of thing that that kind of thing can arise from the interest of the teacher and a student which then develops into a warm human relationship.
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naruto3336 7 years ago#1
I was thinking about how a player can have his own profile. His profile would give general info. For eg, there would be the player's character standing on the left side, with their screen name on the top, and Friend Code directly below. Extra Info could include things like Accuracy, Kills, Death, Wins, Losses. You can view this profile right before you start a game to see how everyone in your team, or the other team is. You can also search players using a search option and view their profiles that way. You can set an option to let everyone view your profile, or just friends.
This game is going to have Achievements for sure. Now why not use those achievements in your profile to show how good you are. For every Achievement you earn, depending on how hard the difficulty of that Achievement was, you get points. These points accumulate giving you your "Pro Score" or whatever they want to call it.This profile could also show the number of times this player has got banned, and other stuff. This profile would have a "Rival" option or a "Friend Option". If you click on Friend option, you can simply drag the FC that is already written on their profile to the box where you need to put it, and click on Send Request.
This is really good for people that want to fight new people that they think are a good competition and for people to avoid others. This also adds to a competitive side to online playing as people can say how their profile is better than others.
Side Note: Their could 2 be 2 profiles, one for Co-op and one for competitive or they could both be in one depending on if the Achievements are combined in Competitive and Co-op or not. BTW, it has been confirmed that Achievements are their in multiplayer in the interview they just had on Nintendo Life.
XxCarbagexX1120 7 years ago#2
Ease up on the suggestions man
See those X's in my username? Its where I hide all my booty.
CHAINMAILLEKID 7 years ago#3
Topics don't need a 'ATTENTION TONY' on them for him to read them.
If its a good idea, people will talk about it, and it will probably be on the first page plenty long enough for tony to read it.
HVS greatly appreciates your enthusiasm with this game and your efforts to make it the best possible. However, realize that overspamming the same idea won't increase the chances of it being in.
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Kirby_Pwns_All 7 years ago#5
I'm pretty sure that this has been suggested multiple times. Also, keep in mind that HVSTony has said numerous times that they want to make the best online experience they can, and that they play games with great online systems in them, so I'm sure that this idea has at least crossed their minds. I support it 100% though.
incognito3 7 years ago#6
i agree with everyone above, spamming wont help you, but, i still think this is a great idea.
Are you picking up what i am putting down?The official hammer user.
Call me Incognito, Incognito3, Martian, Pwnage, or THE ranter, if you would please. Inb4
naruto3336 (Topic Creator)7 years ago#7
There is a very good reason why I had to recreate the topic. Without the HVS Tony, the older topic did not attract his attention despite getting tons of people to like the idea. I simply did it to tell him that the topic was directed towards him just as much as others. Sorry if I did anything that you guys may not have liked.
Let me Clarify:
We are used to systems like Steam and Xbox live so we know what a full featured online system is. (clan support, friend joining, matchmaking, advanced voice, etc)
Where the challenge lies is fitting what we can into Nintendo's online structure. Pretty much everything that's been suggested to us about online has already been thought of already and we are trying our best to get what we can into online.
I'm just as excited as you are that someone from the team is actually interacting with us but the thing is we can't just go flagging him down every time we think we have a great idea. He goes through these boards and reads what people have to say, take the Lock-On or even your Player Profile thread for instance. With the amount of people reacting to it, it's obviously something people feel strongly about and he'll be drawn to it because he see's there's something going on there. He'll read what people have to say, and then convey any recurring thoughts to the rest of the team.
Personally, I like to think of him with sort of a "lurker" status. I'm relatively sure he's going to read all the great ideas floating around even a lot of the ones that don't get many responses. We should just keep on having discussions and banters amongst ourselves. HVS has already shown us that they care about what we think, so even though you may not get a response from Tony, chances are he will read it.
CHAINMAILLEKID 7 years ago#9
This is definitely correct.
I have a little experience getting feedback from online forums, and 90% of the suggestions are pretty much ALL the same, and not anything we hadn't already thought of.
I find that Discussion is FAR more beneficial than the actual presentation of ideas.
With discussion you actually get to see peoples reaction to ideas, you get to see what people Really want, and you're able to take discussions, and breed ideas from them.
For instance, the Lock On topic has developed into something particularly interesting.
We have two sides making their argument.
People that want Lock on Removed, and people who feel it should be kept.
Now, if its just people presenting Ideas. Like HVS getting flooded with emails.
"I think Lock On should be removed"
How many emails are they getting "DONT INCLUDE LOCK ON!" Probably not very much, because its kinda implied that its there.
Not only does discussion cover both sides more evenly, but it also reveals underlying motives.
People do want lock on because it introduces A to the game.
People don't like Lock on, because it introduces B.
From that, devs can look at the situation and go "OK, how can we get rid of B without getting rid of A"
So, yeah. Discussion is like what really should be happening to help Con2.
naruto3336 (Topic Creator)7 years ago#10
forgot_it posted...
Well the only reason why I want him to reply to this is because I want to know if this idea is possible at all. With no reply, I will keep thinking it is possible and be disappointed when I find out it is not in the game. (Omission of this idea does not mean it will impact on whether I will buy this game or not) I just want to see if this idea could be implemented or is something that is just not possible with the Nintendo's online structure.
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I have noticed my battery life is also been draining rather quickly on the I4 since the os 5 update. Anyone else notice this?
Nope. But do you run battery intensive apps like skype, yahoo or anything that uses location services a lot? I noticed iOS 5 uses location a lot more than 4X did.
Been running 5.0.1 on my 4S since last night and I have definitely seen a improvement in battery life with half a days use.
Will this be a OTA update
Originally Posted by Mlitz69
Will this be a OTA update
Once it is released to the public it probably will be.
I hope it fixes the Safari crashing bug. Safari on my iPad after the 5.0 upgrade crashes constantly. Web searches show I am far from alone on this one. While I believe battery life is paramount, stability is as well.
Will we need to download the whole file or OTA?
And will it break the existing tethered jailbreak on 5.0?
Originally Posted by TheOrioles33
Anyone experiencing lag when opening the camera roll after taking a picture or modifying a picture using an app? Hangs for several seconds. Hopefully it's a bug and the fix is in there.
Yes, freezes for 5 or so seconds. I had a lot of pictures, 5k, I dropped that down to 1k, seems to run smoother now, but it ran perfect in 4.0 with ALL the pictures.


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Thread: Ability Speed Testing
Ability Speed Testing
For a long time, I've wondered about how much the abilites that speed you up, like Swoop or Ride the Lightning, actually speed you up. Today, I finally ran some tests.
Test course: Northern LA waypoint to Marriner's Fort Gate, stop there and run the same thing back. Meaning I get two times. The way is long enough so all abilities can be used multiple times, and I think it's the longest "friendly" way possible that's near a straight line.
Test conditions: No speed buffs, no traits, paid attention to not get any accidental speed buffs. Tried to run the course the same time every time (which is near impossible). Time in the format M:SS
Times run: Twice. It's boring.
Statistical viability: Low. Not only due to the low number of times run, also due to the fact it's impossible to run the same way every time. The time format is not optimal either, but this was just some preliminary testing.
Unfortunately, I only have a ranger and ele to run the tests, thief would be interesting as well.
On to abilities!
Time to walk the course is 1:21
This time would mean that regular speed buffs with sigils or swiftness would give these times:
25% - 1:01
33% - 0:54
1. Greatsword - Swoop
CD: 12 seconds (however, CD starts while you use the ability, bringing it to effectively 11 seconds)
Time 1: 1:11
Time 2: 1:10
=> 10,5% speed buff
2. Sword - Hornet Sting + Monarch's Leap
CD: 4 seconds after Monarch's Leap
Way used: turn around, use Hornet sting to evade towards "finish", turn around again to leap. Thus potentially saving time.
Time 1: 1:20
Time 2: 1:18
=> 2% speed buff
Caveat: As you can see, the two times differ by more than a second. This is due to the fact that jumps can be optimized as well as turn rate. While this won't be as fast as Swoop, I believe a better time could be found here
3. Utility - Lightning Reflexes
CD: 40 seconds
Way used: Turn around, use LR to evade towards finish, turn around to continue towards goal.
Time 1: 1:21
Time 2: 1:21
=> no speed buff
Caveat: Same problems as Sword considering turn rate.
1. Dagger / Air - Ride the Lightning
CD: 40 seconds (starts after you finish riding)
Time 1: 1:16
Time 2: 1:16
=> 5% speed buff
2. Dagger / Fire - Burning Speed
CD: 15 seconds
Time 1: 1:18
Time 2: 1:17
=> 3,5% speed buff
3. Utility - Lightning Flash
CD: 45 seconds
Time 1: 1:17
(no second test due to getting swiftness twice and then giving up)
=> 4% speed buff
Caveat: Might not always hit perfect range.
I did not test whether, and if so how much, speed buffs influence the abilites' range. Stay tuned for that!
Edit: Found a better route, DR Dwayna to Grenth WP should allow for less margin of error.
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Hey Labbes, thanks for the free science, much appreciated. I was wondering if there were some official numbers on this. The wiki says that normal movement speed is 300 units/second.
Taking Ride the Lightning as an example, the wiki entry for that skill says that it moves you 600 u/s, which would be 200% movement speed for 2 seconds (or 100% increase, x 2 since 2 seconds for the effective increase). Given the 40s cooldown of the skill I would assume that the formula for effective movement speed would be 200/40=5%.
Which is exactly what you have calculated. Mind, I am really bad at maths and logical thinking, so there is some room for failure here (although the result seems to be correct, and that is all that counts, right?).
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South 135, North 116 (South wins gold) West 136, East 125 (West earns bronze)
Game Recaps:
Gold Medal Game: The South's top four big men combined for 76 points and 37 rebounds. The combination of Mike Williams and D.J. White was too much for the North as they fell behind early and had to play catch-up the entire game. Joe Crawford and Malik Hairston combined for 56 points in the loss. The North's Shaun Livingston was unable to play due to an ankle injury.
Bronze Medal: J.R. Smith's 37 points were a camp-high, but the East was unable to get it done against a determined West squad. DeMarcus Nelson pumped in 27 points to go with 8 assists and Jordan Farmar had 18 and 8 assists to keep it rolling for the West. Dayshaun Wright was able to once again get on the glass and get things done as he posted 24 points and 17 rebounds.
2004 Checklist
South Senior Frontline: Mike Williams was a max effort guy all week long and his determination was a key reason for the gold medal. D.J. White's face-up game and rebounds were always there and Randolph Morris turned in a sensational final two games. Throw in junior Richard Hendrix and the strength of the South's frontline was the reason why they took home the gold.
North Wings: High school teammates Joe Crawford and Malik Hairston did work in the title game. Crawford pumped in 32 points while Hairston dropped 24 and 13 rebounds. These guys were a great duo all week long.
Jordan Farmar, PG, West: We had to leave before the final stats were done but it's entirely possible that he led the camp in assists and 3-point field goal percentage. The way he ran his team was terrific. He's poised for a big July!
Dorell Wright, SF, West: He had 21 at the break for the West. He finished with 29 points. He was a little slow out of the gates here but his athletic tools are something to marvel at.
Scout's Perspective
Steven Hill is going to be a big time shot blocker in college. He doesn't seem to chase shots, rather lets the action come to him and is disciplined and patient. … Thumbs up to Randolph Morris who had a great second half of camp. He's best when he goes right into his move instead of waiting or dribbling to create offense. …
Josh Duncan had a solid week for the North. He's got a nice touch from the outside and prefers to face the basket. … Richard Hendrix has been working on his offense and you could tell. The jumphook he got off in the title game was quick, smooth and accurate. … Kalen Grimes was successful today when he used his quick spin move on the blocks to get himself some looks. …
News & Notes
Missing in action from the medal games with injuries were Shaun Livingston (ankle), Marvin Williams (ankle), Robert Swift (unknown), Matt Hagen (unknown) and Josh Heytvelt (unknown). … In news outside of camp, Lorenzo Mata made an official visit to New Mexico this weekend. … Bryce Taylor is down to Southern Cal, Oregon, Indiana and UCLA. The Bruins have not offered but man does he play well with Farmar. …
Inside The Numbers
Jason Horton did not score for the South in the gold medal game but he did have 7 assists. … Richard Hendrix had 13 rebounds today. … Mike Williams had a double-double every game he played in Colorado Springs! … Darius Washington was quiet in the title game with 9 points. … Steven Hill had 5 blocks against the North. … Drew Neitzel had five assists for the North today. … Maarty Leunen had 14 rebounds in the bronze medal game. ...


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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) _ Bills that would stop a planned toll on the Sakonnet River Bridge did not make it into the budget approved by the House Finance Committee, but opponents say they're not giving up.
The committee approved the budget plan Tuesday.
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Bill sponsor Sen. Louis DiPalma, who represents Middletown, says the bill is still in play. He says he expects to meet with legislative leaders this week about it.
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Georgia employees can sue their employers for sexual harassment, no matter how small the organization. A recent appellate decision says workers can bring sexual harassment allegations by suing for intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Recent case: Concepción Orquiola sued National City Mortgage for intentional infliction of emotional distress under Georgia state law. She alleged that her boss made a pass at her, asked her to engage in a sexual relationship and then conspired to fire her when she refused.
The company's defense: It wasn't liable because Georgia statutes contain no reference to sexual harassment.
Not so, ruled the appeals court. Even though no statute uses the words "sexual harassment," employees can sue instead for intentional infliction of emotional distress, along with a host of other claims such as negligent supervision. (Concepción Orquiola v. National City Mortgage Co., No. 1:05-CV-0783, ND GA, 2007)
Final note: The case opens up a new avenue for clever attorneys who are eager to sue employers for sexual harassment but either can't use Title VII because the employer doesn't meet the 15-employee threshold or they missed the strict EEOC filing deadlines.