A Meeting of the Antioch Boston Alumni Leadership Team was held at Mike Brower’s House in the evening of Tuesday, February 15, 2011.  Attendees were Mike Brower, Jim White, David Parker, Jan Nicholson, Barbara Walraff, Andrew Oswald, Nick Peterson and Joel Hariton.

The meeting started with reflection on the sad news of the passing of Masha Etkin, an Alumni active in our activities and loved by all.  We will miss her and her contribution.  A memorial for Masha will be scheduled in the Spring.

Nick announced that Antioch College President will be in Boston on March 27th, and we have been asked to arrange a venue.  Our favorite location of Dudley Hall at Harvard may not be big enough.  Oz suggested that he may be able to get an auditorium style classroom at MIT, and back ups of the Cambridge YMCA and Unitarian Church were discussed.  The actual location will be finalized at our next meeting when Oz reports back.  Meanwhile, Nick with check with Everett Mendohlson about the availability of Dudley Hall.

Mike reported that Reunion this year appears to be a popular event already as overnight accomodations in Yellow Springs are quickly being booked up.  There will be another Alumni Board meeting on March 4th, and Mike will report back to us on developments at our next local meeting.

Mike floated the idea of an effort to raise $50-100 million as an endowment in the Coretta Scott King Center, with obvious knock on positive affect for Antioch College.  It would allow the college to have another angle on fundraising from different sources.

The college is still recruiting highly skilled and adventurous candidates for the opening class for this fall term.  An anonomous donor has contributed full tuition for the four years for every one of the students that are accepted into the first class.  This is particularly valuable because financial aid will be difficult to obtain for Antioch College before it becomes accredited.  Nominations for qualified students who are interested are being sought, and applications must be in within the next two to three weeks.

The next meeting will be at Mike Brower’s house on Wednesday, March 9th starting at 7PM. Those who want to come early can arrive at 6PM with something to eat for some socializing.

Respectfully submitted by Joel Hariton

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