Hello everyone,
It has been a while since we all touched base so I figured I would send
out an email.
First of all, I hope everyone had a good holiday and the New Year has
started off on the right foot.
Second, I wanted to see if anyone (Jason?) had an updates on what was
happening in Geneseo.   I had a "Lisa Dream" last night and felt the
need to make sure all was still going well.
Anyway, I hope everyone is well and I look forward to hearing from you.
Jen

I kind of liked the Corian plaque... I definitely think we should
stay away from the cheesy "brass and polished wood" traditional
little league plaque that Kristen mentioned.   We all know Lisa
would make fun of it : )

The bass compass is cool, but seems like more of an outside type
marker.  Also its not apparent what it's for unless you get up close
and actually read the words around the edge.  Might be hard to do if
its hanging on the wall in the cart lab.  On the other hand, I
really like the concept and symbolism of a compass.

I was thinking something with Lisa's photo on it would be good.

I definitely think whatever we chose, it has to be affixed to the
wall somehow.  A table top plaque would be too easy to misplace or
move or lose.

Anyway, those are my 2 cents.  Thanks for the thank you's Missy,
they look great.  I had a minor thought on those... maybe we should
all try to buy "love" stamps to use when we mail them?

Jason

--- In RememberingLisa@yahoogroups.com, "Carrie Kaufman"
<meeshes2000@...> wrote:
>
> I like examples shown in both the internationalbronze and
memorymarkers
> sites.  This may be a silly question (or maybe I am too much a
geographer),
> but can the markers be hung from an interior wall?  I think of
markers as
> something you see on the ground outside a building, or on the
exterior of a
> building.
>
> Thanks for the preliminary research.
>
> And Missy, thanks for the effort to have those thank you notes
made.  I have
> no problem buying 12 stamps!
>
> -Carrie
>

Missy,

I received the thank you cards today.  They look wonderful!  Thanks
for taking care of that.  Do you need any money for the printing
costs?  Would be happy to contribute.

-Carrie

I like examples shown in both the internationalbronze and memorymarkers
sites.  This may be a silly question (or maybe I am too much a geographer),
but can the markers be hung from an interior wall?  I think of markers as
something you see on the ground outside a building, or on the exterior of a
building.

Thanks for the preliminary research.

And Missy, thanks for the effort to have those thank you notes made.  I have
no problem buying 12 stamps!

-Carrie

I've been looking on-line to see some options for the plaque that will
be displayed in the Cart/GIS lab in Fraser Hall. There are SO many
options!

There are some basic decisions we need to come to a consensus on like:
- type of material (acryllic, wood, bronze, other)
- with or without photo
- wall mounted or tabletop
- engraving

I found prices that ran from as low as $20 to over $600. I think our
initial plan was to spend ~$150?

Here are some examples of what's out there- please share your opinion!

These sites had the most examples of the basic/traditional options:
http://www.cengraving.com/
http://www.internationalbronze.net/picture-galleries/pageone.html
http://www.123-awards.com/walnut-plaques.asp

Here are some other types of plaques I found that are alternatives to
the traditional designs:

This site gives an example of a corian plaque with photo
http://www.engravingstation.com/plaques/indexplaques.html

Check out the compass on this website- (for my 2cents, I like this as a
general idea that could possibly be used as we consider other
customized options)
http://www.memorymarkers-plaques.com/plaques.php?plaqID=11

If you have other ideas, please share!

-jenn

Hi!

Sorry I was so out of touch for a while! Moving was crazy- but I am
finally back in NY and pretty much set up in my parents house on Long
Island.

Thanks to everyone for sending your thank you requests. I have modified
the file and sent a copy to Missy so she can distribute with the actual
notes.
I think I got all of the requests right and then I just randomly
assigned until we each had ~12 names.

I also added some names to the spring contact list. Great idea Jen
about adding names to the list! If anyone has other names/addresses,
please send them to me and I'll add them.  Do you we know when
Kim/Geneseo Fund needs this list?

I'll also start looking into plaque options and will send info along soon.

-Jenn Norton

Ditto... once everyone claims their thank yous, I am very willing to
write more.  Maybe we should pick a deadline and after that Jenn
Norton can assign the unclaimed people who need thank yous?

--- In RememberingLisa@yahoogroups.com, "Laura Sanagursky"
<lms98@...> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
> I put my name next to a couple of more people who were not taken
on the thank-you list.  I don't mind doing many more-I was just
waiting to see if the rest of you really wanted to do the people
that you knew the best. I don't think everyone has seen the list
yet, so after everyone has, I can do many more of the ones that were
unaccounted for.
> Can't wait to see how they turned out.
> Laura
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Melissa
>   To: RememberingLisa@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 3:28 PM
>   Subject: [RememberingLisa]
>
>
>
>   hey guys.  I've finally figured out the thank you note thing.
chuck the magical computer whiz saved the day again.  he helped me
order them online and i just got the sample ones mailed to me.  I
will order the rest this weekend.  they should be here shortly after
labor day.
>
>   to make this go easier, mail jenn norton your updates for the
thank yous...if you don't know anyone and are willing to write
some...let jenn know that too!
>
>   when jenn is done with the list she can mail the final copy to
me...i will send everyone their thank yous to be written and sent.
>
>   ps...jenn norton...i forgot to tell you that i don't want any
name removed for the spring mailings.
>

Just wanted everyone to see the email I got from Ren regarding
changing the name of GEOG 375...

"The geography faculty are grateful for your committee's work on
supporting the field experience course through the Lisa K. fund. We
will start the paperwork for a name change soon. There is a chance
that the dean's office or the undergraduate curriculum committee or
the college senate will not approve this name (LMK Memorial Field
Experience sounds good). If that happens, then we will refer to the
class as LMK... even though it would not appear in the catalog that
way. I hope that it won't come to that, but bureacracy being what it
is, we never know what kind of objections will come along. I just
wanted to let you all cross your fingers on this one."

I offered to present before any committee that is necessary to help
convince them of the name change, if need be.  So should that
happen, anyone, local or national, is welcome to present with me.

Have a great long weekend everyone!

Jason

----- Original Message -----

From: Melissa

To: RememberingLisa@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 3:28 PM

Subject: [RememberingLisa]

hey guys.  I've finally figured out the thank you note thing.  chuck the magical computer whiz saved the day again.  he helped me order them online and i just got the sample ones mailed to me.  I will order the rest this weekend.  they should be here shortly after labor day.

 

to make this go easier, mail jenn norton your updates for the thank yous...if you don't know anyone and are willing to write some...let jenn know that too!

 

when jenn is done with the list she can mail the final copy to me...i will send everyone their thank yous to be written and sent.

 

ps...jenn norton...i forgot to tell you that i don't want any name removed for the spring mailings.

Just a quick note to let you know I've added the recent donor names to
the thank you file and uploaded it to the yahoo site. Please let me
know if you see any names you'd like to sign up for to send personal
thank yous.

As Jason said in his last e-mail, the Geneseo Fund will be sending
another fund raising letter in the Spring. Please take a look at the
file described as Spring contacts and let me know any names that should
be removed from this list (ie, those people who should NOT be
re-contacted in the spring). Please e-mail me at nortonj@email.unc.edu.

I'm getting ready for my move back to Long Island next week, so I'll
have limited access to email between Aug 29-Sept 3.

Thanks,
Jenn

Just a quick note to let you know I've added the recent donor names to
the thank you file and uploaded it to the yahoo site.  Please let me
know if you see any names you'd like to sign up for to send personal
thank yous.

As Jason said in his last e-mail, the Geneseo Fund will be sending
another fund raising letter in the Spring. Please take a look at the
file described as Spring contacts and let me know any names that should
be removed from this list (ie, those people who should NOT be
re-contacted in the spring).  Please e-mail me at nortonj@....

I'm getting ready for my move back to Long Island next week, so I'll
have limited access to email between Aug 29-Sept 3.

Thanks,
Jenn

Okay, I'm going to try to summarize our meeting yesterday:

In attendance: Missy, Heather, Laura, Jenn Norton, Jason H, Ren, Kim

We have raised $15,780 from 136 donors.  63 are friends, 58 alums
(of which 40 are Geography alums), 10 are parents, 3 corporate
(including 1 matching), 1 alum/parent, and 1 faculty.

We agreed to continue fundraising, and Kim asked us to look at the
list of donors to see if there are any people we know (i.e. parents,
family, etc.) who we would not want to be contacted again.  Jenn
Norton is coordinating this list.

At this point we need to tell Kim how much to place in the endowed
account so it can begin earning interest and how much to "keep out"
to use for thank yous, a plaque, and the award given in the Spring
of '07, since the endowed account won't raise enough interest to
give out until a year from now.  We are proposing to tell Kim to put
$14,000 in the endowed account and keep out $1,780.  We can always
put more into the endowed account but cannot ever take out of it.

Kim suggested, and we liked the idea, of a Fall mini-newsletter to
donors to update them on the fund.  It's nice to get something that
tells you what your money is going for.  The Geneseo Foundation can
print and mail this, all we need to do is supply the copy.  We
agreed to keep this separate from the thank you notes we will be
mailing, just to make things easier.

We agreed to continue fundraising and set a goal for next year of
reaching the $20,000-$25,000 mark (I was unclear on where we
settled).  Ultimately, within the next 5 years, we set a goal of
reaching $50,000.

We can give out 5% annually; Kim is looking into whether we can give
out 4% annually and use 1% to put back into the principle, so even
if we reach a point where we no longer do fund raising, the pot
continues to grow.

Ren suggested, and we all reached consensus on, that we use the Lisa
Kuligowski Memorial Award to fund a class rather than give the money
to a single student.  GEOG 375 - Field Experience is a required
class for all Geography majors.  It's a 1 credit class given every
semester in which the faculty choses a location (generally within a
day's drive) and the 10-12 students in the class research geography
topics about this location.  Recent trips have been to the coal
country of northeastern Pennsylvania; when I took the class we went
to Kingston, Ottawa, and Montreal.

Since this is now a required class, the Department can't really ask
the students to pay for it, so the Department pays for
transportation and lodging, generally $1200-$1600 per semester.
Ren's idea, and we all really liked it, was that the Fund would be
used to underwrite this class.  At least initially we can only give
about $500 per year, but if we reach our $50,000 goal, we will be
able to give out $2000-$2500 per year.  Ren would change the name of
the course to recognize Lisa.  We are going to suggest: GEOG 375 -
LMK Memorial Field Experience.  We all really liked the concept of
Lisa's memory being able to touch each and every Geography graduate
at Geneseo (since they all have to take this class), not just one
graduating senior.

The students have to write up their findings from this course and
many do poster sessions.  Ren thought we could have an end-of-the-
school-year reception when students present their research and
family and friends of Lisa can attend.

Also, we would like to have a plaque describing Lisa and this award
in the Cartography Lab in Fraser.

We need to tell Kim how to divide the money by Sept 1.  All the
other details should be finalized by Sept 15, so please post
comments, concerns, questions here.  The 5 of us who attended the
meeting all agreed on this plan, we hope all 10 of us can agree as
well.

Next steps:

Draft language for fall mini-newsletter - Jason H, anyone who is
interested

Look into plaque pricing, prepare list of donors for next year -
Jenn Norton

Finalize and print thank yous - Missy, Jen Nitka Perri

Website updates - Jason H, Missy

I think that's everything....all in all we felt the meeting was very
positive, Kim had wonderful things to say about us all, and we're
all so impressed to have reached $15,000... now lets shoot for
$50,000

----- Original Message -----

From: Jason

To: RememberingLisa@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 2:58 PM

Subject: [RememberingLisa] Meeting - Aug 14

Here's the latest everyone:

We are set to meet on Monday, August 14 at 10AM in Erwin 23. Ren is
able to join us after all, although Kim Faber has to leave by 11, but
said we can continue discussions without her.

I asked about conference call possibilities, and haven't heard back. I
can't guarantee anything, but if people would like give me their phone
numbers, I can try to conference them in Monday morning.

For those who are in Rochester, I'm planning on leaving about 9AM, and
have room for 2 more, so if anyone wants to carpool, let me know.

I think that's about it.

Jason

Here's the latest everyone:

We are set to meet on Monday, August 14 at 10AM in Erwin 23.  Ren is
able to join us after all, although Kim Faber has to leave by 11, but
said we can continue discussions without her.

I asked about conference call possibilities, and haven't heard back. I
can't guarantee anything, but if people would like give me their phone
numbers, I can try to conference them in Monday morning.

For those who are in Rochester, I'm planning on leaving about 9AM, and
have room for 2 more, so if anyone wants to carpool, let me know.

I think that's about it.

Jason

Hi Everyone,

Unfortunately, due to my own last-minute fare-watching and a
definitely-not-my-own foiled terrorist plot, I will not be able to
make it to the meeting on Monday.

I know it's probably not possible to conference in, but I'd love to
hear what happened, and help with what's decided in any way possible.

Again, my apologies.  Hope y'all have a good weekend.

Kristen

Hope you're all having a good summer and not totally melting on the east
coast!

I am looking forward to seeing you on Aug 14.
I took the liberty of summarizing some of the questions/suggestions that
have been expressed on this list serve as a way to prepare for an
efficient meeting with Kim et al.

The attached word document contains the list of ideas/questions to date.
I also included an example of an application that was used in the Dept
of Epidemiology at UNC in memory of an alum. I thought it would provide
an example of how others have used an application process when
considering recipients for an award, if we decide such a process would
be useful for our purpose.

Please keep in mind that I am sharing these a starting point, so please
feel free to edit/add. I just thought it would be helpful for us to
summarize our thoughts ahead of the meeting.

See you soon,
Jenn

Exactly... I'm just throwing ideas out there...I'm totally open to
suggestions, other ideas, etc.  And we'll need Ren and Kim's advice
and agreement.

--- In RememberingLisa@yahoogroups.com, "Carrie Kaufman"
<meeshes2000@...> wrote:
>
> Jason,
>
> The map of donors is a great idea.  Although, some donors may prefer
not to
> have their names publicly listed...  we can talk about this on the
14th as I
> am sure Kim would have some advice on the matter.
>

Jason,

The map of donors is a great idea.  Although, some donors may prefer not to
have their names publicly listed...  we can talk about this on the 14th as I
am sure Kim would have some advice on the matter.

From: Jason

To: RememberingLisa@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 5:23 PM

Subject: [RememberingLisa] August 14 Time and Agenda

Hi everyone,

I talked to Kim today and we were shooting for a 10AM meeting. It
sounds like this will work for most folks.

As for Ren not being there, I emailed her today (no response yet)
about having a meeting sometime before August 14 to get her
thoughts. This was Kim's idea actually, and seems like a good one.
I asked Ren for some dates that work for her and will circulate
those around so that anyone locally who wants to go to that one can
let me know which of those dates will work for them.

As for the Agenda on the 14th, I think we need to finalize the
specifics of the award, how it will be awarded, and the process for
determining recipients. Also, discuss any future fundraising to
increase the award principle. One thought I had, since we already
surpassed our initial goal, is to give out 4% annually to the award
recipients and 1% goes back into the principle. That way, we
continually grow the award even without asking people for money
again. Finally, I think we should think about how we want the
display to look like in Fraser. Ren and Kim had talked about a
plaque and info about Lisa and her life and the award and the
donors. One idea I had, being a geographer, was that the donors
would be listed by hometown, in addition to by name. We could even
have a map showing where all the donors are from. I think Lisa
would have loved it and plus it shows the wide distribution of
people who's lives she touched.

Anyway, that's how things are shaping up for the 14th.

Jason

Hi everyone,

I talked to Kim today and we were shooting for a 10AM meeting.  It
sounds like this will work for most folks.

As for Ren not being there, I emailed her today (no response yet)
about having a meeting sometime before August 14 to get her
thoughts.  This was Kim's idea actually, and seems like a good one.
I asked Ren for some dates that work for her and will circulate
those around so that anyone locally who wants to go to that one can
let me know which of those dates will work for them.

As for the Agenda on the 14th, I think we need to finalize the
specifics of the award, how it will be awarded, and the process for
determining recipients.  Also, discuss any future fundraising to
increase the award principle.  One thought I had, since we already
surpassed our initial goal, is to give out 4% annually to the award
recipients and 1% goes back into the principle.  That way, we
continually grow the award even without asking people for money
again.  Finally, I think we should think about how we want the
display to look like in Fraser.  Ren and Kim had talked about a
plaque and info about Lisa and her life and the award and the
donors.  One idea I had, being a geographer, was that the donors
would be listed by hometown, in addition to by name.  We could even
have a map showing where all the donors are from.  I think Lisa
would have loved it and plus it shows the wide distribution of
people who's lives she touched.

Anyway, that's how things are shaping up for the 14th.

Jason