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October 18, 2003
- Voting Delegates
- Epsilon Zeta - Alyssa Pasquale, Kevin Ly
- Theta Kappa - Gene Cumm, Joe Pianella
- Kappa Phi - Dan Tomson, Heidi Sourwine
- Mu Omicron - Nicole Schwartz, Mike Hitsman
- Xi Rho - Kerry Annesi, Brian Kirchein
- Alpha Beta Chi - Justin Elmendorf, June Neacosia
- Alpha Gamma Delta - <absent>
- Alpha Delta Eta - Eric Dombroski, Becca Ward
- Chair: Michael "Spreeeeeee" Haber
- Paperwork
- Chapter of Excellence award: fill in all the paper work and meet all the criteria you enter to win
- Section Staff duties and expectations worksheet
- To all brothers: please look over and give feedback
- Section Leadership Team Contact Sheet
- Treasurer: Kristen Lopez (not present-Spreee filled in)
- Treasury’s main use is seed money for Conferences
- Other uses: Section projects and Petitioning events
- We have in our Section account around $4,000
- Ideas for the money:
- Leadership Institute Scholarship Fund
- 1 brother, per chapter, per year
- Comments:
- Rory (staff)- Interested in finding out how quickly the money had amassed.
- Chair explained we would roughly use at most $400 a year.
- SIDETRACK: Dues are $2.00 per brother per semester making sure money will continue to flow through the section.
- Motion
- Motion was made for the section to promote the aforementioned scholarship fund as a Section by Eric from ADH, SUNYA; Second from Becca (also from ADH)
- Favor: Unanimous
- Opposed: None
- Newsletter Editor: Shannon Grant (not present-Spreee filled in)
- Plea to chapters to submit materials for newsletter
- Alumni: Katrina LaDuke
- Implementing a new contact database.
- Urges all President and/or Voting Delegates to fill out form.
- Database is a means to promote relations throughout the different chapters and bridge gaps between alumni and brothers.
- Plans to load database onto the website.
- Website: Webmaster Alyssa Pasquale (RPI student)
- Lots of good information at www.apo88.org
- Updated regularly
- Listserv sign ups are there as well
- Will have page to add your info to section contact list.
- Leadership Development Coordinator: Sabrina Metzner
- Brand new position
- Please contact Sabrina when you are interested in starting any kind of leadership workshop including LAUNCH.
- Sabrina can also help spread the word to other chapters about your workshop.
- She also has the responsibility of informing you when she hears of any new events around your area.
- Fellowship Coordinator: Rich REV Vehlow
- REV gave us an update on the annual summer picnic
- There were 40+ brothers
- Lots of active Brothers, but would like to make it possible for more to go this summer.
- REV is looking to place the picnic in a location that better fit the needs of active brothers such as downstate.
- REV will be soliciting for ideas and comments – send ides for summer fellowship to REV
- Comments
- COURTNEY (staff): Agrees that downstate will have the more brothers during the summer season.
- KAT (alumni): concerned that might burden our northern NY brothers
- SPREEE: assures us this is just ideas and our only job is to go back and to talk to our chapters and give us back feedback.
- BECCA (active ADH brother): advises us to look at state parks throughout the NY area.
- SPREEE (chair): Expresses his undying love for the Capital Region area but willing to go where the people are.
- Service Coordinator: Ed Pollack
- National Service Week (Nov 3-9)
- Theme: Building a Sound Mind
- Check website for info- Simple form to fill out
- Section Service project
- November 15 from 4-7pm
- Hosted by Plattsburgh ABX: cooking dinner for spaghetti dinner fundraiser for a charity that helps children from homes with domestic violence.
- There were no service workshops this weekend so in case you if have any questions or comments please let Ed know.
- Comments:
- Mike Jablon (active ADH brother): wanted to take the time out and thank Alyssa Pasquale (Active EZ brother) for organizing service projects during the summer.
- ALYSSA ROCKS
- CHAPTER UPDATES
- Mu Omicron - Clarkson University
- Celebrated their 45th Anniversary as a chapter
- Pledge class of 8
- Paintball was a positive rush event
- Alpha Delta Eta - SUNY Albany
- 10th Anniversary is coming up
- Hosting LAUNCH in the near future
- Pledge class of 8
- Theta Kappa - Binghamton
- Pledge class of 26
- Lots of Service being done
- Alpha Beta Chi - SUNY Plattsburgh
- Chapter is working well this semester.
- Has covered a variety of projects this semester covering all four fields of service
- Especially proud of their LFS weekend encompassing all three in one weekend including a leadership workshop
- Pledge class of 11
- Xi Rho - Oneonta
- Hosting conference next fall
- Excited about their service for this semester
- Hosting a Halloween Party next Saturday the 25th-Contact immediately if interested
- Kappa Phi - St Lawrence
- Pledge class of 22 with only 14 brothers
- Focusing on the pledges this semester
- Each Pledge has come up with one Service idea to implement
- Epsilon Zeta - RPI
- Thanks everyone for coming to their Sectionals
- Pledge class of 11
- Alpha Gamma Delta - New Paltz
- We all need to work together to help bring New Paltz out of all their difficulties.
- Staff will update you on upcoming events concerning their chapter.
- Additional Comments:
- Courtney Clark (staff)
- She will be helping with Siena group
- Set up listserv for Siena
- Integrate LFS with chapters close by
- Oneonta, RPI and SUNYA should alert Courtney about events
- Christine Rossman (staff)
- Helping with Marist interest group
- Marist needs 10 undergrad interested before we can be official
***SPREEEE (chair): Quote of the Day: “Extension efforts take effort!”***
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