With the 2012 election behind us, it’s time to focus on “The road to 2015…” and our 25th reunion! As preparations are well under way and our class officers hard at work, this column is devoted to submissions from our class president, Tim Cleary, and treasurer, David Greenberg, respectively—with a few bits of news at the end. 


Tim reports that, “This year, our class had its largest contingent at Class Officers Weekend in quite a few years” with David Greenberg, Emily Hill, Dewey Winebrenner and Lucinda Welch joining him for the weekend. “It was great to get together to do some in-person planning and socializing (sad news: 5 Olde is no more).” They came away from the weekend with lots of ideas on how to reach out to the class and, they hope, increase participation including the extension of a social media presence through LinkedIn or Facebook or holding mini- and even micro-reunions around the country. Tim encourages any of you to contact him (or any of the class officers) with ideas for class activities that the class could support such as micro-reunion ideas or “really just about anything.” You can reach him at cleary90@gmail.com.


David “spent much of the weekend gathering ideas and best practices from Blunt and other class treasurers so the ramp up (to the reunion) will be as smooth as possible.” Apparently, the class finances are in good hands: “The weekend was a good opportunity to compare our class financial situation to other classes. I can say that our fiscal situation is stable and good. Our bank account is solid and dues collections are just a little short of average.” Echoing Tim, there may be some funding available for those class-oriented, “just about anything” ideas of yours! 


In personal news, David wrote that he traveled to Lake Tahoe, California, in August 2012 to compete in the National Summer Biathlon Championships. Summer biathlon is a combination of running and marksmanship, similar to the Olympic sport of cross-country skiing and marksmanship. He had a very good weekend and finished sixth, his highest finish yet. Unlike some of us, David reports that he “seems to be getting faster as I get older, which has me very fired up for next year.” 


The National Association of Urban Debate Leagues is a national movement to create policy-debate-oriented opportunities for at-risk, urban populations that is supported by many Dartmouth alumni, including our own Rob Harris, who is the chairman of the board of the league in Nashville, Tennsessee.


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