The University of South Dakota

At our Farber Fund meetings on the day before D-Days, the Executive Board approved a revision of the bylaws, discussed priorities for funding student programs of study, and heard from students who had participated in several of last year's domestic and international programs. The members then approved the slate of Administrative Committee officers proposed by the Nominating Committee:

• Jerad G. Seurer, Dusty Johnson and Julie Johnson begin new two-year terms;
• Mike Koehler, Drake Olson, and Jamie Rounds have one year remaining in their current terms;
• Dick Brown, the current Chair-Elect, rotates into the Chair position; and
• Stephen Wilson begins a two-year term as the new Chair-Elect.

The meeting also included discussion about the requirements for membership on the Executive Board. The language of the bylaws remains unchanged regarding such membership:

2.1 Membership…

1. Life Board Members. All persons who have contributed a total of $5,000 or more to the Funds since their inception.
2. Active Board Members. All persons who have contributed at least $1,000 to the Funds since their inception, who have also contributed at least $300 to the Funds during the preceding three years, and who are not Life Board Members. If no contribution has been received from a member during a three-year period, the member will be considered inactive, but may be reinstated to active status upon the contribution of $300.
3. Junior Board Members. All persons under the age of 35 who have contributed at least $300 to the Funds during the preceding year and who are not either Life Board Members or Active Board Members.

Recently letters went out to those current members who may no longer qualify for active status under the bylaws. It is hoped that all of them will choose to remain active rather than to become inactive members.

Our current newsletter is once again replete with stories about the accomplishments and activities of our students, faculty and alumni. I trust that our many friends will get almost as much enjoyment from reading about these events as the students did in experiencing them! If anyone has questions about any of them, please do not hesitate to contact me at 605-677-5242 or William.Richardson@usd.edu.

As always, please also take a moment or two every once in a while to see the many activities of the Department that are regularly posted to our Political Science and Farber Fund Web pages.

William D. Richardson, Chair
Department of Political Science