Board of Trustees Update
At our most recent reunion at Dartmouth in May of 2003 we collected $300.00 in dues. Our treasurer, Hermano Ernesto, will be sending this money to Hermano Omar who will be opening up our bank account soon in accordance with our 501(3)(c) status fund. Hermano Omar says he will soon have this up and running and from there, through his connections at the Duke Law School, will be incorporating our organization in accordance with our mission. We also hope to be collecting more dues at our next alumni reunion, tentatively planned for May of 2004. Once we have enough money to get all of the logistics up and running we should be able to fund raise as an organization much more smoothly.
Vice President Hermano Fernando reports that he and President Hermano Danny have been in touch with national LUL including Hermano Jason Torres, Hermano Ivan Rosado, and Hermano Jessie Mejia about our national recognition. Soon after we adopted our constitution and list of officers, Dartmouth Alumni Affairs filed them in their office and allowed us the use of the 'Dartmouth' name, giving us full recognition as an alumni organization with all the privileges that come with it. This recognition has strongly boosted our case as an organization that has existed for so many years now, and we are hoping this momentum will push us right through nationals. In fact, we all have high hopes of making our full integration with Nationals a speedy and efective process.
This semester/Dartmouth quarter is lightest of the year for on-campus events. Tentative plans are being made to get as many bros up to GALA as possible with a possible trek up to the Alma Mater.
Hermanos Brian Delgado '04 and Robert Baca
'04 are expecting to graduate this June and become the newest members of
our group. Good luck and everyone stay tuned for updates on them!
National LUL
Psi had a delegation at this year's National Convetion that recieved the news that Nationals officially proposed full integration of Alumni groups, with ours as the prototype model, into the national structure. Though we are still waiting on Hermano Jesse Mejia for an official proposal outlining all the details, we are all very excited about the passage of this very important step.
The 22nd annual GALA is scheduled for February 21, 2004 at New York City's Altman Building. All undergraduate and graduate Hermanos are encouraged to attend and bring friends and interest. For more info, please refer to the LUL National website.
Reunion 2004
Our next reunion is set for the weekend of May 8, 2004, at Dartmouth. We plan for our reunion to coincide with Pow Wow at Dartmouth as many of the alumni have very fond memories of the Native American aspect of Latino life at Dartmouth. All alumni who can attend are encouraged to contact Hermano Ali Rashid with ideas of agenda items for the reunion. Possible ideas include off-campus retreats and fraternity dinner/lunch. Those Hermanos who will be able to stay into the next week or else make it before the weekend will be organizing a visit with the director of Alumni Affairs at Dartmouth, the Advisor to Latino Students, and possibly the president of Dartmouth whose office hours are on Monday.