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Here’s a suggestion: Next time you have some news about yourself or classmates, shoot me a quick e-mail at the address below. Input’s been a bit sparse lately.

Norm Sylvester, after his first Alumni Council meeting as our representative, reported its 89-1 vote nominating Morton Kondracke ’60 and John Replogle ’88 for the two open alumni seats on the board of trustees. There will probably be petition candidates as well for the March 10-April 7 election. Urges Norm: “Regardless of the candidates you support, it’s critical that everyone vote. Historically, a measly 30 percent of alumni vote in trustee elections, and that’s simply not acceptable.”

Keep up with election developments, including candidate statements, on Andy Thomas’ Web site, which he updates once a month or oftener. Andy’s also spearheading the project to provide the Town of Hanover with a street clock from the class of 1958, which was approved by a near-unanimous vote at October’s class meeting. Andy says, “The town accepted our offer with gratitude and as 2010 began was pondering the best site for it, subject to final approval by the class, with installation targeted prior to 2010 graduation.”

Word comes from the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) in Colorado Springs that Tryg Myhren has been named to the nine-member search committee to find a new CEO for the USOC. Among Tryg’s qualifications is his work on behalf of the U.S. adaptive ski team and Paralympic team. Speaking of skiing, Nick Stevens says that the Dartmouth Ski Project’s book, A Passion for Skiing, should be in print by February. It will include no fewer than 20 members of our class, which voted support for the project in October.

Howls over the Marriott’s high room rates and substandard dinner last October have led to a change of venue for this year’s October 8-10 mini, which will include the Harvard football game. Frank Gould has arranged for accommodations and class dinner at Breakfast on the Connecticut in Lyme, where many ’58s have enjoyed staying and Peter Williamson has hosted gatherings of Bugatti aficionados. Another change: The class meeting at the mini will convene Friday afternoon instead of Saturday morning—freeing more time for pregame socializing, shopping or sleeping in.

Check out the joint letter on the ’58 Web site from Pete Kelsey and Gersh Abraham seeking local mentors around the country for the students working on three-month internships under the Dartmouth Partners in Community Service (DPCS) program. Our class supports the DPCS as well. If you want to volunteer or learn more, you can click on the URL following their letter.

Online you can also get the complete low-down on President Jim Yong Kim’s long-and near-term strategies to strengthen the College’s finances after the 23 percent bear market endowment decline. At http://budget.dartmouth.edu you’ll find of a video of his December 1 presentation and a downloadable PDF of the text with his PowerPoint slides. His next financial report to the trustees will be in February.

http://budget.dartmouth.edu

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