2017 Homecoming Minutes
Call to Order: 10:07 AM, Nov. 12, 2017
Alumni Brothers In attendance: K. Trippel, A. Speagle, J. Damcott
Undergraduate Reports:
President:
- 2 new members for Fall 2017
- Aware that recruitment is an issue
- LEC visit went well but identified two items for improvement
- Recruitment. Set goal of 20 new members for Spring 2018.
- Condition of chapter house
- Recruitment. Set goal of 20 new members for Spring 2018.
- rd place Overall for Homecoming 2017
- Highest GPA among fraternities
Treasurer:
- Finances holding for now, concerned about upcoming insurance bill due to low undergraduate membership numbers
- Requests discussion audience with Alumni Treasurer for path forward
Other Concerns
- In-house wifi is not performing at acceptable levels, need assistance to support repair/replacement.
- Recruitment concerns & rule changes
- New members must be Sophomores or higher (24 credits)
- Discussed methods of informal recruitment. Befriend freshmen, and suggest for recruitment as sophomores and beyond
- Discussed that recruitment is the responsibility of the entire chapter
- Payments no longer going through bursar, discuss switching to OmegaFi
New Business:
Alumni Executive Board Elections:
- Br. Trippel stepping down as Alumni President
- Br. Damcott stepping down as Alumni Advisor
- New alumni executive board has been selected by voting Alumni members
- Chris Burke ‘93, Paul Kirkegaard ‘92, Jason Jonas ‘15, Ian Maxwell ‘13, Aaron Speagle ‘12 and David Stoltzfus ‘13
New board will select roles at a date TBD
New board begins the 3-3 stagger, three of the members will choose to serve a 1 year term, and return to 2-year terms fall 2019. Each year 3 board members will be elected/re-elected.
Alumni Advisory Boar
- New Alumni Executive board will be reaching out to other alumni to chair and sit on a chapter advisory board to increase frequency of communications between undergraduates and alumni.
Greek Life Sanctions/Challenges
- Discussion of ongoing challenges faced by recent rule/regulation changes made by the university and the borough with respect to greek organizations
- Discussed need to tread very lightly moving forward to remain operational.
- Discussed finding ways to be more frequent with communication between alumni and undergraduates.
Have undergraduate executive board meet with alumni board
Have members of alumni advisory board or exec board call into or videoconference at undergraduate chapter meeting
Actions:
- Issue/Distribute Omegaphone
- Close/Finalize Capital Campaign Reporting
- Send/Distribute Fundraiser Mailers
- Centre County Fire Code Report
- Insurance from National
- Alumni Advisory board
- Repair House Wifi
Meeting adjourned 11:00am ED