Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity
3/23/2003
v Call to Order
v Pledge of Allegiance
v Roll Call
v Outside Correspondence
v Officer Reports
Ø HJP, Brother Behrmann
§ Boltwood needs to be cleaned up by Tuesday or you will be fined
§ If you want to we can take the charges out of your security deposit
§ If you have any information on the two wholes on the third floor let Peter know
§ They are working on the lights, the electrician has been out twice already
Ø HE, Brother Geerts
§ Pay your dues:
· Cobb
· DeMarco
· Eastman
· Farness
· Fortier
· Geerts
· Lopez
· Petty
· Scrace
· Smith
· Wiltz
· Wells-Reid
· Zinser
§ Dues are due by this Friday
Ø HS, Brother Gaffney
Ø HA, Brother Farness
§ Mar 25th – Study Tables 6:00pm – 8:00pm @ Niemeyer
Ø HP, Brother Betts
§ Mar 29th – Parent dinner was canceled
· May have a brotherhood event that night instead
· 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Ø Service Chairman, Brother Reichhold
§ Apr 18th – E-Quest
· Leave from Boltwood @ 4:00pm
§ Mar 26th – Nursing Home
· 6:30pm
§ Apr 25th – Paint Boomers kid’s playground
· 12:00pm
Ø Philanthropy Chairman, Brother Sharland
Ø Social Chairman, Brother Wells-Reid / Brother Wiltz
§ Trying to reschedule Basketball game with Sig Eps
Ø Chapter Relations Chairman, Brother Baldwin
§ Show up to all Greek week events
§ Wear letters all week!
Ø Public Relations Chairman, Brother Cobb
§ No report as usual
Ø New Member Educator, Brother Kettlewell
Ø Recruitment Chairman, Brother Fortier
Ø Risk Management, Brother Kettlewell
§ Mar 29th – Party
· Need two more party monitors
Ø Any Other Officers
§ Greek Week Rock Chair, Brother Reichhold
· We need Brothers to keep the rock painted all week
§ Lavaliere Catharine at Formal Chair, Brother Reichhold
· You can lavaliere Catharine
§ Historian, Brother Betts
· If you have pictures for the slide show at formal I need them soon
§ Greek Week Chair, Brother Alt
· Greek God
¨ Phil
Ø Won Greek God
¨ Baldwin
¨ Place
¨ Brendan
· Lip Sync is on Saturday
· Get excited for Greek Week
§ Formal Chair, Brother Cobb
· Find the awards that you have to hand out
§ Tau Class, Brother Kelly
· Service event coming up
Ø Advisor’s Report, Brother Mansilla
§ Thank you to the Brothers who help out with Chapter of Excellence
Ø HSP, Brother Hendricks
§ IFC Report
· Apr 15th and 16th – IFC Expansion Meeting @ 8:30pm
¨ Place TBD
§ Presidents Council
· Apr 10th – Recognition Banquet – 7:00PM Grand River Room
§ Headquarters Report
§ Mar 30th – Fired Up Production – 3:00pm – 7:00pm
· Everyone needs to be there
· Place TBD
v Old Business
Ø None
v New Business
Ø Loyalty Prayer
§ Brought by Joe Betts
· Brother Betts would like to say the loyalty prayer at the beginning of meeting after the pledge of allegiance
§ Discussion
· It’s a really good idea and it brings some sort of ritual to meeting
· Need some changes to make it more meaningful and poetic
· Agreement, should have an actual ritual before meeting
· It’s a good idea but it should be open to the entire Fraternity to create one
· Other chapters have something similar and it sounds good the way it is
· We can change it as time goes on
· We should vote it in it’s a good idea
§ Vote – Open Vote
· Yes – 23, No – 4, Abstain – 0
· Passes
Ø Motion: Prudential (Brother Kelly)
§ The planners of the event should not be at risk of losing their money
§ Discussion
· It’s a really good idea
· There are ways to get pre-approval and there should be no need to front money
· Sometimes it just has to be done
· Do we have the funds sitting aside to front money for events
· I don’t see it as a problem of not having the funds to do it
§ Tabled by the bringer of the motion
Ø Motion: Service Hours (Brother Gole)
§ Vote – Secret Ballet
· Yes – 12, No – 12, Abstain – 5
· Does not pass
Ø Motion: Dues (Brother Gole)
§ Raise dues from $185 a semester to $200 and remove the $45 pledge fee
§ Vote – Secret Ballet
· Yes – 21, No – 5, Abstain – 3
v Thought’s for the GOOD of society