Board Meeting Minutes For October – Akron East High Alumni

Akron East High Alumni Association

Board Meeting Minutes – Thursday, October 1, 2026

Attending: M. Anderson, Larry Bond, Marsha Bond, Chuck Hayes, Sharon Kerechanin, Ken Larson, Marcia Martz, Mike Oliver

Absent: Rochelle Henderson, David Hoff, Paul Mostyn, Michelle Sibbio, Janet Stanley, Donald Young

President: M. Oliver called the meeting at 5:05 p.m.

Secretary’s Report: M. Oliver, President, asked for acceptance of September minutes.

M. Bond so moved and M. Martz seconded, accepting the September minutes as written and submitted.

Treasurer’s Report: L. Bond

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Communications: M.Oliver

Lunch will be served on October 2, 2026 at noon at the East High’s Dragon Den and the Akron East High Alumni Association board members are invited.
M.Oliver will mail to the board the Thursday night board meeting schedule which will be held again at Akron East High beginning in November.
Akron East’s Community Showcase will be on Friday, October 9, 2026 at the school from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. M. Oliver posted the flyer on the website.
The September “Spirit Wins” recognizes Fred and Barb Silvey for their extraordinary work on planning and organizing The John Stanley Memorial Golf Outing held on

August 22nd at Mayfair Country Club.

M.Oliver posted information on the website about William Bell, 1928 East High graduate, who was an All American and Ohio State graduate.
K. Larson will investigate further about William Bell’s East High legacy for future.
Dan Minier, Class of 1966, had posted on Akron East’s Alumni Facebook page about a “Special 1966 Class Reunion” at Houston Hall in Norton, Ohio on

October 28, 2026 from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Reverse Raffle: S. Kerechanin

S. Kerechanin announced the Reverse Raffle is on Thursday, March 4, 2027 at the Guys Party Center. She distributed the tentative menu to the board. We will have the hot hor d’oeuvres again, plus adding the meatballs to make it a more substantial meal for attendees. Everyone agreed and the meatballs will be added to the menu.
S. Kerechanin brought up an idea about having a guest East High Alumnus invited to the Reverse Raffle.
The Board discussed the idea and felt it would be a better place for a former Hall of Fame member, to be invited as a guest at the Hall of Fame Ceremony. We could start a tradition by inviting a former Hall of Fame member as a guest of honor each year.
S. Kerechanin requested if the board knows of anyone who would want to donate a gift for the Reverse Raffle Silent Auction prizes, please let her know.

Scholarships: M. Bond

Eight (8) of the Thirteen (13) 2026 scholarship recipients have followed through with the process to receive the scholarship funds.
Four (4) of the recipients of the $3500 scholarship had followed through with the process.
2027 renewals are expected in January 2027 to be submitted from former recipients.
M. Bond will be speaking with Janice Weaver at East to inform her that we also want to encourage staff to seek students who may be following more of a vocational/trade school track, so we can give them the opportunity for scholarships.

60+ Reunion: M. Bond

M. Bond spoke to Kitty Softsick, the planner and organizer for the very first 60+ Reunion which was held in 2009. Kitty graduated from East High in 1949. M. Bond gathered information about the first 60+ Reunion for M. Anderson, who was organizing a Meet and Greet for the 1967 East High class on September 23, 2026. The 1967 class will be honored at the 60+ Reunion next year. M. Anderson wanted to explain to the 1967 graduates about the 60+ Reunion and to encourage them and other 1967 grads to attend the event.
L. Bond sent a copy of the 60+Reunion 1951 75th class photograph to an EHS alumnus in the state of Washington.
A son of a 1929 EHS graduate is photographing the 1929 yearbook for us to post on the website.

Hall of Fame: M.Sibbio

M. Sibbio was not present at the meeting.
No new information for the 2027 Hall of Fame Ceremony.
Discussion was held about the 2027 Hall of Fame Ceremony. M. Oliver will contact M. Sibbio about an update and status of nominations, details, and upcoming committee meetings for 2027 Hall of Fame Ceremony.

Memberships: M. Anderson

No new memberships in the month of September.
The Meet and Greet for 1967 local East High graduates was held on September 23, 2026 at The New Era Restaurant in Akron. Eighteen (18) alumni attended. Discussion of the 60+ Reunion and an idea for the 10-minute program for the 1967 class portion of the 60+ Reunion was presented to receive comments and any other ideas for the program.
The attendees were asked to give names and addresses of any other 1967 graduates they may have information on where they can be located. From the attendees we received ten (10) additional names and addresses. Those additional names are greatly appreciated.
Another Meet and Greet will be held In February or March 2027 to invite more 1967 graduates and encourage attendance at the 60+ Reunion.

Recruitment/Memberships: M. Oliver

No new report at this time.
East High’s Community Showcase is Friday, October 9, 2026.
The Alumni Association will be present to sell yearbooks, the Don Drumm Chang key chains and pendants.

Golf Outing: L.Bond/K.Larson

Total EHS Golf Outing Expenses – Total 5,944
Total EHS Golf Outing Income – $8,859
Total EHS Golf Outing Profit – $2,915
L. Bond met with the Golf Outing Committee, K. Larson, M. Oliver and Fred Silvey. He explained some changes discussed for the 2027 Golf Outing, such as costs on play; 50/50 raffle; board members who do not play golf to show up closer to the end of the golf match to help with the prizes and selling more 50/50 tickets and golf ball guesses.

Memorabilia Posting to Website: L. Bond

L. Bond received a call from a woman in Indiana who wanted us to honor an East High graduate from the class of 1929.
L.Bond posted the clipping of the Caravan on the website from that year about Scott Glaze, who was the classmate.

Other Business:

K. Larson found information about the beginning of the East High Motto “Spirit Wins”.
The motto was adopted in the year 1926, so it is 100 years old this year.

With no further business, the motion to adjourn was made by K. Larson and seconded by

C. Hayes. The meeting was adjourned at 6:28 pm.

The next meeting is scheduled for November 5, 2026 at 5:00 pm in the East High Library.