Membership Report – Bill Clarkson

MS. FORD: I'd like to ask Bill Clarkson, who is the head of the Westminster Schools, if he will make his membership report.

MR. CLARKSON: Good afternoon. I'm pleased to make this membership report as of February 2009. Our organization has 18 honorary members, and if there are any honorary members in the audience, I would like you to please stand now so we can recognize you.

And I should add, after seeing them stand, distinguished honorary members.

We have as of this date 229 second members from our member schools and we have 71 affiliate members. In the category of new schools, they are listed on your program. New last year, but attending this meeting for the first time is Chris Taylor from the Episcopal School of Acadiana in Louisiana.

Not attending this year amongst the new schools are the Buckley School in California, Larry Dougherty; the Sage School, in Massachusetts, Tim Monroe; the Village School in New York, Eve Kleger; and Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, Ty Tingley.

Among those new schools attending with the head of school present, Chestnut Hill School in Massachusetts, Stephen Tobolsky. Canterbury School of Florida, Tony Paulus. Institute of Notre Dame in Maryland, Charisse Wernecke, and the Worcester School in Connecticut, Tim Golding.

The attending second member is present at this meeting from the Ashbury College, Ontario, Canada, Tam Matthews, head, but attending, Kendal Young.

Would all of you please stand and let us welcome and recognize you?

That is the report.