Board Meeting Highlights

Sunday, January 29, 2017

12:00 – Milton Township Hall, Wheaton, Illinois

Your new alumni board president Connor Bostedt ’16 conducted the meeting.

The next scheduled board meeting:

When:   Saturday, April 29, 2017

Where:  Macomb, IL

* A block of rooms will be reserved at the Macomb Hampton Inn.

* A schedule of events will be posted soon.

* All alumni are invited to attend.

2017 Reunion

Date:  Saturday, July 29, 2017

Time:  11:00 am – 04:00 pm

Where:   Hawthorne’s Backyard

              1200 West Hawthorne

              West Chicago, IL 60185

Cost:      $35 per person/$60 per couple

Menu:  Pulled pork, sides, desert, beer, wine, soft drinks.

RSVP: Tom Stern

stng64@aol.com

(630) 436-8288

To pay using Paypal, go to paypal.com and pay to hvalacpa@aol.com.Those wishing to make donations, please use Paypal.

Old Timer’s Event

Date:  Friday, July 28, 2917

Time:  6:00 pm

Place: Tom Stern’s House

           423 West Thomas Road

           Wheaton, IL

Menu: TBD

Golf Event – To Be Determined

Roster: We have about 850 alumni brothers. We only have about 275 email addresses and 650 good mailing addresses. Tom Stern reported he has found 40 good mailing addresses to update our roster using the White Pages website. Please volunteer to help find contact info for brothers.

Jake Batusich, the current Chapter President, attended the meeting and gave a Chapter update.

• ·       Current Chapter membership is 28 with 3 members expected to graduate this semester.
• ·       Spring Rush (Recruitment) is currently in progress. Brother Batusich expects 6 -10 new members will pledge.
• ·       There were 12 pledges in the Fall 2016 semester. Brother Batusich stated the most pledges a fraternity recruited was 16.
• ·       The Chapter discussed the number of members they would like to have and feel 40 is a good number. They are working diligently to obtain and sustain this number.
• ·       The Chapter obtained a 2.965 GPA during Fall Semester 2016. This was slightly below the all men’s average (3.01).
• ·       Brothers not maintaining a 2.50 GPA are suspended for the semester and a mentorship program is initiated to assist the Brother with his studies so he may increase his GPA and return to active status.
• ·       Brothers are majoring in Law Enforcement Administration (LEA), Micro Biology, Fire Science, and others.
• ·       The Active Chapter recently initiated a system of fines for such things as not attending Chapter meetings.
• ·       Brother Batusich attended the Theta Chi National Leadership Conference where presentations were given on how to run individual chapters, the Resolute Man Program, and financial responsibilities.
• ·       Two Brothers attended the Recruitment Boot Camp and are actively recruiting members.
• ·       Two fraternities are no longer on campus; Delta Sigma Phi (Nards) and Pi Kappa Alpha (Pikes).
• ·       One new fraternity was granted permission to begin recruiting during the Fall 2017 semester.
• ·       Pledge Initiation will take place on Saturday, April 22, 2017.

Brothers will be on the lookout for a house to rent. The target size of the house will be about 10 brothers.

Thanks to Steve Stapleton for preparing these minutes. Click on the link to the right for the complete minutes.

New Theta Chi Alumni Board Officers and Reunion July 29 2017

Save the Date:  Our reunion is scheduled for July 29, 2017. Details TBA.

Changes To Your Alumni Board

Watch the video: Link

Congratulations to your newly elected board members:

Austin Cinotto '16

Chuck Hvala '73

Ed Kelly '72

Randy Moore '13

Tom Stern '72

The following men will remain on the board:

Connor W. Bostedt '16

Vic Caricato ’78

Bill Kotzum '69'

Dennis O’Connell ’78;

Steve Stapleton ’79 & ’80 

Your new officers are:

President:            Connor Bostedt '16

Vice President:    Austin Cinotto '16

Treasurer:            Chuck Hvala '73

Secretary:             Steve Stapleton '79 and '80

Many thanks the men who served you well and are leaving the board.

Rob Bialk ’78

John Bokum ’72

Jim Carter '76

Randy Fritz '72

Ralph Hinkle ’70

                              Lou Scudere '77

News from chairman Connor Bostedt:

The Chapter is continuing to make great strides on the Western Campus. Earlier this month they initiated 12 new members bringing the active roster to the mid thirties, a very healthy size. With Chapter elections in the books we gave a new chapter President, Jake Batusich (class of 2019). According to Jake the chapter is looking at hosting a Philanthropy event (Rock your SΘΧ off) in early December and the chapter is already off to a great start for their spring rush. The future of the chapter is looking very bright.

Connor also said, at the board meeting, that the chapter now has a good mix of all four classes; freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

Vote For New Board Members

Brothers, it's time to vote on new board members for your Theta Chi WIU alumni board. The slate of board candidates follows, in alphabetical order.

Austin Cinotto '16
Chuck Hvala '73
Ed Kelly '72
Randy Moore '13
Tom Stern '72

Your vote must be received by October 31 of this year.

Please contact Steve Stapleton for instructions on how to vote. Send an email to steve.stapleton@live.com.

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FYI, here are the brothers who will remain on the board:

Connor W. Bostedt

Victor Caricato

William Kotzum

Dennis O’Connell

Stephen Stapleton

2016 Banquet and Golf Event

A great time was had August 13, 2016 at St. Andrews CC, West Chicago

Join in on the fun and camaraderie at our reunion next summer. Details to be announced.

 

Three Theta Chi sophomores attended.

Here are brothers Dave Gish, Ed Kelly, Mike Wagner, John Bokum and Tom Elwood in Pittsburgh the weekend of August 13. The event was wedding of Ed's son. Mike played 10 years for the Steelers, recorded 36 career interceptions and 12 fumble recoveries, and has 4 super bowl rings.

Banquet and Golf Event:

St. Andrews Golf Course - 2241 IL-59, West Chicago, IL 60185

Saturday, August 13, 2016

Banquet at 6 PM.

Cocktail hour at 5 PM.

Dinner will be a buffet.

Cash bar during the banquet.

We have the room until Midnight.

Banquet only $30.00

Golf at 12:00 noon.

Brothers will be placed in foursomes and will play on both courses.

Golf includes a Beer/drink and brat after 9 holes.

Golf and Banquet $ 110.00

Golf only $ 75.00 (golf, cart, and lunch)

Payment:

Use Paypal to send your amount to: vcaricato@aol.com, or mail check to: Vic Caricato, 1806 Ronzheimer Ave St. Charles, IL., 60174

Brothers please sign up now and remit your payment. The banquet room holds only 50.

Board Meeting Minutes May 15, 2016

Zeta Psi Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity

Alumni Board Meeting

Sunday, May 15, 2016

14:00 – Milton Township Hall, Wheaton, Illinois

2015-2016 Officers: President: Dennis O’Connell ‘78, Vice-President: Vic Caricato ‘78, Secretary: Steve Stapleton ’79 & ‘80, Treasurer: Bill Kotzum ‘69

2015-2016 Board: Rob Bialk, ’78; John Bokum, ’72; Connor Bostedt '16, Vic Caricato, ’78, Jim Carter, '76; Ralph Hinkle, ’70; Bill Kotzum, '69',  Dennis O’Connell, ’78; Orin Rehorst, ‘73; Lou Scudere ’76 (phone) Steve Stapleton, ’79 & ’80, Tom Stern ‘72
           

Topic	Discussion	Action/Follow-up
Agenda	Motion to accept the agenda	Motion passed
Minutes	Deferred
President's Report	Deferred
Secretary’s Report	None
Treasurer’s Report	Dennis O'Connell gave a brief financial report in Bill Kotzum's absence	Bill Kotzum will continue to monitor our financial interests.
Membership Report	Tom Stern updated the deceased brother’s list	Tom will continue to maintain the membership list.
Scholarship Program	Vic Caricato announced the 5 2016-2017 Scholarship Awardees 1. Ryan Smith 2. Dennis Jang 3. Robert Cormier 4. Anthony Clarke 5. Alex Brewer	Each scholarship recipient receives $1,000.00 for the 2016-2017 academic year
Social Events	Banquet and Golf Outing - Saturday, August 13, 2016 - St. Andrews Golf Course - West Chicago, Illinois -  Banquet at 6 PM. - 12:00 noon: tee times   ● Brothers will be placed in foursomes and will play on both courses   ● Golf includes a Beer/drink and brat after 9 holes. - Prices   ●  Banquet only $30.00 Golf and Banquet $ 105.00   ● Golf only $ 75.00 - Dinner will be a buffet - Cash bar during the banquet. - We have the room until Midnight.   Dave Gish and John Bokum will promote another Northwester football game-tailgate on November 5th. Times TBD.   WIU is playing NIU in DeKalb on 09-24-16.   Our next reunion is scheduled for the summer of 2017 on a Saturday.	Orin Rehorst will send out an announcement. Brothers are to pay in advance Active Chapter members are invited and encouraged to attend! Contact Dave Gish or John Bokum for further details. Watch for announcements from WIU regrading social activities and game tickets.
Newsletter	Orin Rehorst discussed the usefulness of a newsletter. This was John Bokum’s idea. 1. Plans are to have a newsletter mailed every 6 months. Lou recommended the use of over-size double-sided cards for the newsletter. 2. We plan to add a field to the roster for experience. The goal is to help job seekers find contacts in their field of interest.	Orin will draft the first newsletter for the board to approve and send out to the brotherhood.
New Business	Orin Rehorst moved we accept the slate of brothers for the upcoming board elections. 1. Austin Cinotto 2. Daniel Moore 3. Ed Kelly 4. Chuck Hvala 5. Tom Stern	The board unanimously approved the slate of candidates. The slate of candidates will be sent to the membership for ratification.
	Bylaw revisions Lou Scudere discussed the revisions to the bylaws (draft copies given to all present at the meeting).	Lou Scudere will update the bylaws based on the discussion at the meeting. Copies will be sent to the board members for review. Upon board approval the bylaws will be available for the membership to review before adoption.
For the Good of the Fraternity		All in attendance engaged in several conversations about various topics
Adjournment	Vic Caricato moved to adjourn the meeting	Meeting was adjourned at 2:00 p.m.
	Respectfully Submitted, Steve Stapleton 2015-2016 Secretary