Dabney

Organization and Governance

The organization is administered by elected Officers and an Executive Committee. The officers and committee chairs for 2009-2010 are listed below. Specific members can be reached at the indicated e-mail addresses and phone numbers:

OFFICERS

President	Art Cooper	awcooper@earthlink.net	787-9075
Vice President & Program Chair	Frank Abrams	frank_abrams@ncsu.edu	567-9024
Treasurer & Archivist	Ann Elleman	Ann_Elleman@ncsu.edu	782-6685
Secretary	Walter Heck	wheck001@nc.rr.com	787-9058
Past President	Harold Swaisgood	Harold_Swaisgood@ncsu.edu	787-8236

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Special Projects	Tom Elleman	elleman@eos.ncsu.edu	782-6685
Emeriti Center	Art Cooper	awcooper@earthlink.net	787-9075
Membership	Murray Downs	mdowns1885@earthlink.net	651-9470
Publicity
Wellness and Memorials	John Cudd	jcudd@nc.rr.com

ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Perry Grady	2007-2010	perry_grady@ncsu.edu	787-4786
Denis Jackson	2008-2011	denis_jackson@ncsu.edu	567-0179
Kerry Havner	2007-2010	havner@eos.ncsu.edu	782-1103
Jud Mock	2007-2010	jemock@earthlink.net	848-0034
Alan Donaldson	2008-2011	alan_donaldson@ncsu.edu	848-0530
Charles Stuber	2009-2012	cstuber2@aol.com
Nina Allen	2009-2012	nina_allen@ncsu.edu
Wendell Gilliam	2009-2012	wendell_gilliam@ncsu.edu	851-0364
Jean M. Porter	2009-2011	ncbadgerfan@aol.com	832-2221

NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Charles McPherson

cwmaclam@aol.com

781-0469

WEBMASTER

Ernest Burniston

eburniston@gmail.com

332-3378

PROVOST’S OFFICE LIAISON

Betsy Brown

bebrown2@gw.fis.ncsu.edu

515-7741

Committees

Advocacy: [Ad Hoc] The classes of cause that ARF might advocate are: 1) programs calling for increased involvement of the University in support of retired faculty, 2) programs calling for increased support of the University by local, state and federal entities, 3) University policies and practices involving academic freedom, faculty participation in university governance, publication rights, etc., and 4) the promotion of education at all levels and conservation very broadly conceived.

Benefits: [Has] responsibility for maintaining purview of the retirement benefits available and potentially available to faculty retirees and the dissemination of this information to the membership as appropriate.

Membership: [Has] responsibility for recruiting new members, promoting renewal of annual memberships, and maintaining an accurate listing of both active and inactive members.

Program: [Has] responsibility for planning and organizing the programs for the meetings of the Association, including the annual meeting, in collaboration with the President

Publicity: Has] responsibility for the ARF Newsletter and for placing information on meetings and other Association activities in appropriate media outlets

Projects: [Has] responsibility for planning and implementing projects/programs to be carried out by the Association. Such projects/programs

could include social, educational, service, and recreational activities of interest to the Association membership. [Currently two long-term projects on the agenda: a University continuing care retirement community and an emeritus center]

Wellness and Memorials: [Has] responsibility for collecting and disseminating information on the state of health and well being of the Association membership. This includes gathering information on deaths of NCSU retirees