2017-2018 Officers: President: Connor Bostedt ’16; Vice-President: Vic Caricato ’78 Secretary: Orin Rehorst ‘73 Treasurer: Chuck Hvala ‘73
2017-2018 Board: Connor
Bostedt ’16 Vic Caricato ’78; Chuck Hvala ’73; Ed Kelly ’72; Randy Moore
‘13, Dennis O’Connell ’78, Orin Rehorst ‘73 Tom Stern ’72, and Jake
Winters ‘15.
Alumni Present: Connor Bostedt ’16; Vic Caricato
’78, John Bokum '72, Ed Kelly ’72, Chuck Hvala ’73; Orin Rehorst ’73;
Tom Stern ’72; Terry Austin '69, Ralph Hinkle ‘70
Active Members Present: Jake Batusich, Ryan Green
via teleconference
Special thanks to
brother Tom Stern and his wife Micki for
hosting the meeting.
TOPIC
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DISCUSSION
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ACTION/FOLLOW-UP
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Alumni Board
President Connor Bostedt opened the meeting at 12 PM
November 11, 2018
The minutes of
the November 11 2018 board meeting were read and approved.
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Active Chapter
Report
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Ryan Green, active chapter president
Ryan said that we
have nine initiates activated this semester for a total
of 46 brothers.
Our next alumni board meeting is to be held in Macomb. |
Ryan, Jake Batusich and Connor will work on a good date for the next board meeting, to be scheduled for this April. |
Scholarship report
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Vic Caricato
Vic reported that WIU has changed
the scholarship procedures. All scholarships for the year must be submitted
once. Previously, submissions were twice, one time per semester.
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A motion passed to
use our current WIU scholarship balance of $3,000 for three $1,000
scholarships for the fall of 2019. Applications must be made this
April.
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Finance Report
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Chuck Hvala
· Chuck
presented a 2018 Cash Flow Report on the house. We had a positive cash flow
for the year. He also reported the current balances for our three accounts
(checking, remodeling, and investment).
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House Report
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Terry Austin ‘69
· 1580 Riverview is now zoned to be a fraternity house
· Brother Brad Thompson was contacted for local assistance
but did not respond
· A water heater failed and was replaced with an existing
water heater, saving money
· The house is in good shape
· Current resident leases end May 31
· We have 20 brothers signed to leases with some paperwork
needing correction
· Brothers leasing have chosen the rooms they want
· Terry will modify the leases to improve them
· Active Jake Gustavson moved into the house to serve as
“Keeper of the Castle.” He will serve as eyes and ears in the
house this semester.
Furniture
Four bids on furniture were
received. Terry recommends the vendor “New England.”
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The
board agreed that room deposits will be $350 for all rooms, double or single.
The
active chapter will collect $25 per brother per month for those
not living in the house. It is called “house dues.” The active chapter will
present one check monthly to the alumni board.
The
selection of furniture vendor will depend in large part to how much funds we
raise for the house.
It
was recommended that we provide another announcement regarding the house for
publication in The Rattle.
Active chapter president Ryan Green will canvas the actives. He will find out if any plan to attend summer school this year. It would be nice to have brothers in the house and have some rent income this summer. |
Fundraising |
John Bokum '72
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Training for Actives
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Connor recommended we fund training for our active president at
the AFLV conference.
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We
approved spending $500 to send active president Ryan Green to the AFLV
training.
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Elections
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We have three board positions up
for election.
· Vic Caricato
· Seat vacated by Bill Kotzum
· Seat vacated by Dennis
O’Connell
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Vic
indicated he will run for reelection.
Past
Active Chapter President Jake Batusich is slated for a vacant seat.
Connor
and Jake Batusich will make a recommendation for the other open seat. At that
time we will approach the alumni to vote via SurveyMonkey.
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House Liaisons
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The team of Bob
Schumaker, Jake Winters, and Terry Austin signed up 20 actives to populate
the house in August.
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Next Meeting
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TBD, in April in Macomb
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End of Minutes
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Meeting adjourned
3:05 PM
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