Alumni Chapter Minutes 10/4/07 & 10/13/07
Attendance:
(10/4/07)
Craig Coolidge, Clyde Perkins, Kevin Murphy, Rick Haney, Jeff Charette, Steve Doucette, Peter Madden, Robert Akerley, Ron Milley
Thursday’s meeting was held at Thatchers in Portland.
(10/13/07) Ritualistic Meeting
Craig Coolidge, Rick Haney, Andrew Fitzpatrick, Clyde Perkins, Nate Staples, Rich Veilleux, Ryan Parsons, Ben Hauck, Brian Fanning, Jason Mclaughlin (active), Neal Spillane (active)
Saturday Ritualistic Meeting was held at the Sigma Chi Heritage house chapter room in Orono.
Next meeting will be held THURSDAY NOVEMBER 8 at Thatchers in Portland starting at 7pm.
National Headquarters & Other Correspondence
New Grand Consul (Bob Jones) – 5 Step Plan to improve Sigma Chi (Leadership, Expansion, Housing, Unite, and Clean governing laws)
Includes improvements to chapter housing situations, looking to raise $50 million in funds for housing improvements
Nationals to provide free setup service for professional quality alumni chapter websites, nationals has been notified of our interest, should have things going shortly!
Business:
UMO Homecoming 2007
Homecoming, great time had by all attended. Cocktail hour at the house was a success. Softball game, Alumni Chapter was victorious over the Active Chapter in a 54 to 38 victory in 9 innings played!
Ritualistic meeting held at 10 am Saturday morning.
University of Maine Greek Housing
Verbal report made available by brother Pat Maiorino; the University of Maine is considering plans to construct a new “Greek Village” which will consist of land “lots” provided by the University, for development by outside investors/developers, in
which the constructed building shells would then be furnished/finished by a prospective Greek house corporation representing their respective organization. Plans for this development are still preliminary, however, it appears evident that the
University of Maine is strongly considering new construction as the primary method for improving the “degrading Greek housing situation” inplace of renovation/improvements to the existing Greek houses.
Fall Social Event – Booze Cruise
Booze cruise was a success. Approximately 40 plus in attendance, great time had by all. End balance came up slightly short by $300. Slight improvement in next years attendance and/or slight increase in cover charge should cover costs and allow
for a yearly mainstay social event sponsored by the Alumni Chapter.
Website
Sigma Chi nationals recently announced it will provide technical services to build and help host professional quality websites to all Alumni Chapters, free of charge. We have contacted nationals and are in the process to having our website
completed shortly!
New Years Party 2007/2008
Annual New Years party is now going to be held at a private VIP room at The Stadium in Portland, please plan ahead! Always a great event! Details will follow shortly!
2008 Officer Nominations
Just a reminder that officer nominations for 2008 will be made at the November 8 meeting. Voting will occur at the December chapter meeting and elected officers will assume positions at the start of the 2008 calendar change.
Closure
In closing, I would just thank the guys that were able to attend the past couple of very productive meetings. The ritualistic meeting was a great experience that I hope many will plan to attend in 2008. The new years party is just around the
corner and its now time to focus on our objectives for 2008, so the next couple of meetings will be very important! Please feel free to email or call with any question or comments.
In Hoc,
Craig Coolidge
Alumni Chapter President
318-7761
