Minutes from February 10th, 2008 VT Antioch Alumni Chapter Meeting

Greetings!
Our February 10th Montpelier meeting was attended by 10 alumni, with representation from every decade from the 50s to the 00s.  We met for about 2 hours at the Montpelier Unitarian Universalist Church.  For 6 of the alums present, it was their first alumni event since the June Board decision.

We began the meeting with each alum sharing about their Antioch experience and Antioch’s significance to them.  Some of the things alums mentioned were: the way co-ops exposed them to the world; how academically strong Antioch was in the 50s, including the very thoughtful and “marvelous” ways of teaching that were employed; participation in and being surrounded by social action; strong relationships with faculty who were focused on teaching rather than research; significant generational and familial connections to Antioch that are held by several alums; fun campus life; great study abroad experiences; the fact that Antioch has produced so many great scholars; and students having a voice.
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From: Ina Frank

To: L.A. Antioch College Alumni Chapter

FYI –

Kristen & Aimee have actively collaborated in setting up a Los Angeles Chapter informational meeting to occur on Saturday, February 9 at 3 p.m. at the home of alums David Hall and Rascha (Labovitz) Hall.  I will be representing the CRF and providing the latest news, based on a briefing call that I’m scheduling for Friday with Rick Daily.

Kristen will be out of town for the event; I am coordinating local RSVPs with the hosts and Chapter Co-chair.

Hello VT Alumni and Friends!

Our first VT Antioch Alumni event in Montpelier is going to be held next Sunday, February 10th from 1:00 - 3:30 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Montpelier.

The college is still in a perilous position, yet it is currently looking more hopeful that Antioch College will remain open. A group of Alumni from around the country have formed the Antioch College Continuation Corporation (ACCC or AC3), and they are diligently working on becoming the initial governing board for the college as an independent entity.

We may be listening to part of a recording of the Community Meeting that was held on campus on January 26th with members of the ACCC. Listening to meetings like these is a great way to connect with the conversations happening on campus and to directly hear from those centrally involved with unfolding developments.

This is also a wonderful opportunity to connect/meet and talk with other Vermont alumni from various years, share our experiences, and to learn about and discuss the status of the College, efforts to save it, and what we can do to help.

There will be light refreshments. Please feel free to bring something to share if you’d like.

Please RSVP to Jami and Chris Robertson (both ‘85) at 802-223-0564 or robertsj.

Directions:
Unitarian Universalist Church
130 Main Street

I-89 Exit 8, Montpelier
Left at 4th light onto Main St.
Through light at State St.
UU Church is on left at 2nd corner, after light,
directly across from the Library

On street parking is free on weekends.
Jami & Christopher’s cell phone numbers: 802-279-4159 & 4160

Also, Amanda Calder ‘07 is organizing a carpool from Burlington, leaving at 12:00 noon so if you live near Burlington and want to go, call her at 802-985-8926 or email jazzypanda.

If you haven’t made it to an alumni event yet, now’s your chance! Alums who have gotten involved since the Board of Trustee decision last summer have found it worthwhile and exciting to reconnect with other Antiochians. Whether you’ve been keeping up with what’s going on or not, we urge you to come out! It should be informative and a lot of fun.

Update on our Charlotte Meeting
At our gathering in Charlotte on the 26th we actually ended up listening to the recording of a Jan. 15th meeting of the NYC Alumni Chapter with members of the AC3 because the recording of the Jan 26th meeting hadn’t been uploaded to the website yet. It was really good and brought us all up to speed, and then we discussed things among ourselves afterwards. Jill, Amanda, Janet Kahn, and Elizabeth Skarie attended, and all of us said that it felt good to be together and to hear more about what is going on, etc. Amanda will be writing up some more detailed notes about the meeting soon.

We can’t wait to meet you all!

Be ashamed to let it die!

-Jami and Christopher Robertson ‘85 and Amanda Calder ‘07

P.S. See http://recordonline.org/ or www.antiochians.org for more on the AC3. For those who can’t make it or who want to get a head start, both recordings mentioned here (from 1/15 and 1/26) can be found at http://listen.antiochians.org.