Meeting Minutes – Oct 18, 2009

Attending: B. Anderson, T. Barnes, J. Bliss, R. Brown, R. Casey, R. Corriveau, A. Dawson, T. DeMarco, M. DiPietro, D. Fedorenko, J. Fox, Jr, J. Jost, J. Khushalani, B. Kurtich, G. LeMoine, P. Levitan, T. Miller, A. Moffett, K. Neyhart, D. Nokes, D. Paquette, M. Pearson, A. Sandakli, J. Slocum, K. Sugumaran, A. Venooker.

Absent: J. Descheneaux, R. Gilmore, J. Hanks, P. Holly, M. Holmes, Z. Lamb, J. Lees, M. Schoenberg, S. Siddiqi, C. Silvia, B. St. Germain, J. Trzpit, O. Van Houtte, R. Vasquez, J. Villegas, M. Williams.

PiKapp of the Week: Billy Anderson

Brother Bio: Joe Bliss

New Member Education Retreat

• Sign up sheet going around
• Moffett needs to know attendance for bedding situation
• Activities being planned
• Maintainers at Camp Hemlocks need help – both over 60

Tailgate/Homecoming

• Yesterday
• Lots of food leftover – will use for NME retreat
• Thanks for coming!

Shelter Sunday

• $510 raised for Pikapp team
• Many people said would mail in check – most money actually comes this way

Elections

• Sunday before thanksgiving
• Intent due first weekend in November
• Let rob know to come to exec council meeting
• Go from spring to fall

Dues

• Last installment of dues, $100, due by next week
• See Greg before Sunday as their will be no chapter

Expansion

• Nationals need names for new expansion schools
• UNH, SUNY Binghamton, WPI
• Especially WPI – need men to petition IFC to let them expand
• Email DiPietro with any leads

Initiation

• Alumni initiate process – email Pearson with name and why they should be initiated
• Exec council has to discuss

Acapella Concert

• This is our big fall Push event!
• Groups coming:
  • The Mount Holyoke V-8s
  • The Northampton High School Hamptones
  • Doo-Wop Shop
  • Vocal Suspects
  • The Smith College Noteables
  • The Stony Brook High C’s

• Need brothers to help set up, spread word, other misc. jobs
• Need brothers to spread the word!
• Can’t bring tickets around and sell, have to be bought at Tix Unlimited
• Maybe reception after? So don’t have to buy campus center food for performers
• ANDERSON to send out email about jobs
• SLOCUM to design advertisements
• Can’t get t-shirts donated from Silver Screen Printshop – lost contract with UMass

Race

• No 5k race/walk this year!
• Working on bike race to mirror Little 500 in Indiana
• Has historically raised 1.5 million for scholarship
• 200 lap race
• Maybe in front of stadium?
• Maybe FAC horseshoe?
• Presented to SDT – might be doing autism awareness race and can’t commit to help
• Takes everyone’s involvement!