January 15 & 26; February 16; & March 9, 2010

The Executive Council met by web and teleconference in four separate occasions.

The Council voted a TBP Distinguished Service Award to retiring District 2 Director Andrea Pinkus , NY D ' 97 . Major Jammie L.H. Jamieson, C O Z '00 , was re-appointed to the Fellowship Board for a term ending July 31, 2013. Matthew T. Pittard, UT B ' 01 , was appointed as District 13 Director to a term ending June 2012.

Councillor Jason A. Huggins reported on meeting of the District Program Planning Committee in Atlanta on January 16. The 2009 Convention held in October in East Brunswick, NJ, and Rutgers University was reviewed and judged to have been successful, and the Council reviewed recommendations presented during the annual meeting and revised plans for the 2010 Convention. In compliance with a recommendation from the 2009 Convention, the invitation of the Kentucky Alpha Chapter to host the 2012 meeting in Lexington was accepted. The Council modified a policy to limit either on-site or full reimbursement of advisors to one per chapter in 2010.
[DDs must identify a maximum of one advisor at full reimbursement per District by May 31.]

Vice President Solange C. Dao was appointed Installing Deputy for the Kentucky Gamma installation on Feb. 27 and Councillor Norman Pih as Installing Deputy for the Idaho Gamma installation on March 13.

Dr. Philip M. Gerhart, IN B '68 , was appointed Chair of and Drs. Robert J. Marley, MT A '83 , and Cheryl B. Schrader , IN D '84 , were appointed to the National Outstanding Advisor Selection Committee. District Directors B.A. Kramer, J.A. Hester, and C. Gomulinski were appointed to the Laureate Selection Committee.

A schedule of Spring District Conferences was reviewed, and assignments were made for national-official representation at all 16 Districts. The Council established a policy to pay for the conference expenses of representatives whose institutions had been granted charters by the previous Convention.

Executive Director J.D. Froula reported on the status of the 2009 Alumnus Giving Program, on expense cost savings realized during 2009-10, on the status of the multi-state charitable-organization registration project, and on the various information-technology improvements; his first-quarter and second-quarter financial reports of the fiscal year had been sent to the Council and were accepted; GEICO contributed $14,000 in December for seven TBP-GEICO Scholarships; and a $460,000 bequest from the estate of Charles O. Forge, CA G ' 56, was received . His draft of the TBP Trust Investment Policy was received. A contract had been signed with Professional Publications Inc. to provide discounts on professional licensing exam review materials to all members for three years . The Council accepted the auditor's management letter and directed Mr. Froula to determine of TBP internal controls and financial practices are similar to those of similarly sized honor societies.

President L.A. Simonson reported on his visits with alumni in Virginia and plans for future visits on behalf of the Financial Development Committee.

Councillor J.F.K. Earle reported on recent progress in the TBP K-12 MindSET Program. A grant of $50,000 was received in December 2009 for MindSET from the Stephen Bechtel Fund. David E. Dale, NY Pi ' 06 , was appointed to the MindSET National Management Committee and Ashish Myles, FL A ' 02 , to the Region 2 Management Committee for terms ending June 2012.

Project grants with cash awards were given under the MindSET Program to the Florida Delta and New Hampshire Alpha Chapters and under the GIG Program to the Ohio Iota Chapter, and the local projects will be reported in later issues of THE BENT.