Meeting Minutes from February 11, 2001

I. Meeting Opening - Meeting Called to Order at 9:00PM.

II. Roll Call

III. Old Business

- Recap on Carlson Leadership Academy - Feb. 9-10: East Brunswick, NJ NY Phi Winner of 4 Awards: Scholarship Excellence, SigEp Dean's List, 2000 Winners Circle, Manpower Excellence Awards. Congrats!

IV. New Business

- Decision on who will live in the house during the summer and next academic year (tentative deadline for latter issue Feb. 18). Non E-board brothers interested in House single: Alperovitch, Pelligrini, Agrawal, Hwang, Lora, Wolf, Sicular, Hoffstetter Brothers Volunteer(s) for doubles: Brian Pelligrini. Further decisions to be made @ Feb. 18 meeting.

V. Chapter Counselor's Report/Alumni Board Report - John Beisler

- Congratulated chapter on Awards at CLA
- Next meeting, Tuesday Feb. 20rd @ 8 pm

VI. House Manager's Report - Brother Teklu

- New House Manager - Brother Agrawal
- Ken Martino is doing a good job with providing us with new supplies and repairs.

VII. IGC Report - Brothers Hoffstetter, Jelenko

- Dance Marathon & Carnival Recaps
- Jalenko: Dance marathon raised $103,000 for AIDS foundation. Lora did not attend, but Garland did represent us.
- Hoffstetter: Awards banquet coming up soon. Wants two to three awards to be won by brothers in the chapter. There are three individual awards that require nominations: 1) Outstanding Senior; 2) Greek Man of the Year; 3) Outstanding Young Leader. Deadline is March 19th and needs to be completed A.S.A.P. Steve will distribute the nomination sheets.
- Applications for Judicial Board were given out at IGC meeting.

VII. VP Reports

A. VP - Programming - Nigel Pretty
- Valentine's Day Formal: Thursday, Feb 15th at 10 pm. Closed party and need volunteers to set up. Contact Nigel to help set up. Black tie optional.
- Retreat set for March 23rd and is mandatory. Camping trip will serve as the semester "Road Trip."
Intramural Chair: Rick Thompson
- Recap of CoEd Indoor Soccer Final Victory- Won 10-0 and Ricky pissed girls off
- IM Soccer Team Lineup & Practice Info.- Practices 11 AM every Tues. and Thurs at Levien Gym. Season starts after Spring break.
- 3-on-3 B-ball will be coordinated by Hwang. Will send e-mail with info.
Community Service Chair: Tom Huth
- No report
Social Chair: Luis Lora
- No report

B. VP - Finance - Tom Huth
- Collection of dues for Spring Semester
Fundraising Chair: Mike Alperovich
- No report

C. VP - Recruitment - Chris Parker
- Objectives for Semester. Will start Recruitment Committee. Volunteers: Pelligrini, Hoffstetter, Toolan, D. Parker, Agrawal, Gulko, Wall, Shaker, Cheung, Lora
- Upcoming Recruitment Events: West End Party at end of month? No go. Will check SoHa to reserve space.
- New brother: Matt Glasco

D. VP - Development - Gordon Christopher
- Hooters recap - Funny story with Big Mike, "Warm Milk"�
- Bowling trip this Saturday - 3 pm
- Upcoming events / suggestions for events Challenge forms distributed during meeting. Challenge coordinators will now take attendance at their meetings.
- TIPS training (finally!) held on February ___. Will possible take place in March.
- Challenge Coordinator Reports
Sigma: Brother Toolan
- English and Glasco need to be on Sigma e-mail list. Gulko will set up freshmen dinner at JJ Dining Hall.
Phi: Brother Lowe
- Bad attendance at last meeting (4 present). Will set up Phi project to help with Valentine's formal.
Epsilon & Brother Mentor: Brother D. Parker
- Next meeting Friday at 9 pm.
Academic Chair: Brother Jelenko
- No report.

E. VP - Communications - Joel Teklu
- Check e-mail for events list for February & updated phone list
- Keep sending e-mails about events you are participating in
- Alumni newsletter in the works
- Chapter log to be compiled to include all brothers from the beginning

F. Chaplain - Rick Thompson
- Dates of Phi Rites of Passage: Group I: Feb 23rd @ 8 pm. Group II: March 2nd @ 8 pm
- Standards Board Meeting - Feb. 16th @ 8 pm

IX. President's Report - Chris Fidyk
- Thoughts - Peter Belk is participating in Peace Games. Donations collected. SigEp scholarships due March 1st. Talk to Fidyk to get applications. Concerned about apathy growing in the chapter. May start making some more events mandatory. ----- Report interrupted by Sicular's request for Housing Special Exception. After speech given, voted 22-6 in favor of Sicular. Vote tally by Beisler. (32 brothers present) Hoffstetter wants S.E. voting next meeting -----
- Competition on SigEp trivia - Won by ??. "Prize" awarded.
- Letter to headquarters submitted regarding funds on house improvement - Not discussed.

X. Gavel Pass

XI. Meeting Closing - Meeting adjourned at 10:11 p.m.