Year End Reporting
July 2005

Greetings from New Haven! The heat of summer has just arrived and campus is buzzing with activity. Summer students have just arrived and are walking around trying to acclimate themselves to the campus. Construction continues on Davenport College, and has just begun on Trumbull College. Silliman College is also receiving a partial facelift this summer. If you thought parking in New Haven was a problem before, you aught to see it now!

I'd like to ask you to take a moment to fill out the Club Presidents Year End Survey in the Club Officers Toolbox.
http://www.aya.yale.edu/clubofficers/yearend/report.htm The information on this survey is very important to us - it lets us know who our new volunteers are, what you are doing with your constituencies, and how we can move forward in a more efficient manner. For those of you old hands, you'll notice a few new questions (just to keep you on your toes).

We're all working on plans for next year. Please remember that it is never too early to let us know that you will be wanting a speaker for the coming year! http://www.aya.yale.edu/clubofficers/speakers/request.htm. As we did last year, we will be surveying the faculty about their availability and travel plans for the coming year, and hope to be able to provide you with some exciting programming. If you are looking for ideas of interesting speakers, please look at the Speakers section in the Toolbox for suggestions http://www.aya.yale.edu/clubofficers/speakers/speakers_topics.htm.

I hope that we will see many of you at Assembly LXV this fall (November
17-19, 2005, 2004 Yale-Harvard Football Weekend). The topic will be "Life
After Yale, or The Yale Degree: Now What?" We will be planning some special sessions for Club Presidents/Officers on the Friday morning of that weekend.
Stay tuned for further details. If you have specific topics you would like raised, please let me know.

As many of you are already aware, Jennifer Hill left us in June to study for an advanced degree that will allow her to teach high school English. Our new Assistant Director, Diane Morrissey, will be starting on July 18th, and will assume all of Jen's territories. Diane comes to us from the Alumni Relations Office at the Yale School of Medicine. She is familiar with all things Yale, and is looking forward to being in contact with all of her Club Presidents.

Rhoda and Allison join me in sending best wishes for a relaxing summer, and we are all looking forward to working with you in the coming year.