Triangle – Pitt Chapter
Homecoming Corporation Meeting – October 2, 1999

Attendance:	Alumni:	Bob Petrick – Alumni President / Treasurer
				Kurt Over – National Councilman
				Pat Azouri
Brett Branscum
				Tim Fisher				
Jeff Graeber
Eugene Hendricks (Spock)
				Harlan Wood

		Actives:	Jason Vining (Nugget) – Active President
				Brian Dunn (Weasel II) 
				Adam Griffith (Meat) – Chapter Editor
				Travis Mensch (Ox) 
				Eli Dicken		
				Matt Moniger (Gruff)										Brian Spense (Goober)
				Chris Scott (Mole)
				John Correll (Brillo)

		Pledges:	Ed Drake (Chunk)		

Meeting called to Order: 10:17 AM

Recitation of Oath				

Officer Reports:
	Active President - (Jason Vining)
•	Introduction of new Pledges in attendance (Ed Drake)
•	Rush Results
Four men have accepted bids, which balances the four seniors graduating this year.
•	Regional on October 23, 1999
An Education and Leadership Consultant (ELC) is scheduled to come in to the Chapter before Regional to speak with the officers and give two talks.  For ease, the new Alumni officers will be scheduled in half hour blocks on the same night.
•	Game Room
The pool table was removed by BDH and the following people have donated materials:
	Tim Fisher – Foosball Table
	Adam Griffith’s Mother - Electronic Dart Board
A TV and VCR will be set up in the room at some time in the future.  Other donations include:
	Matt Moniger – Tables and Chairs for the basement
•	Landscaping
The bushes in front of the house will be torn out due to the fact that that the rats were hiding under them.
Note: This was taken care of immediately after the meeting.
Br. Vining – “Rats are evil.”
•	Dr. Cugini  
New faculty advisor canidate, who will be given the advisor manual as soon as it comes in for him.  The paperwork will be filled out soon.
•	Pledge Education
The pledge education will begin either on 10/3/99 or 10/10/99 and will follow the pledge education curriculum that was developed over the past year.
•	Thank You notes will be sent out for the previously mentioned donation on an official letterhead.

Chapter Editor – (Adam Griffith)
•	People are working articles on.
•	The issue will be out before Halloween.

Alumni Treasurer – (Robert Petrick)
•	No donations have been made since the last report.
•	Insurance was paid on September 10, 1999 (paid ~$3000)
•	The Active Organization is 2 to 3 months behind in rent.
•	Current Active (Alumni) balance is $950; not counting the personal funds that the treasurer placed in the account to prevent overdraws.

OLD BUSINESS
Housing Issue:
•	Brothers Petrick and Vining met with representatives of Pitt (Joe Cavella and Dennis Donham) but did not get much more information concerning Pitt’s plan.  
•	Pitt stadium is scheduled to be torn down beginning immediately after the Notre Dame game.
•	The current impression of the deal is that Pitt would own both the land and the house and we would have a lease on the house.
•	The question was raised as to whether the Building Loan Fund would contribute to the project if the Chapter didn’t own the house.  This needs to be investigated.
•	Pitt would pay the taxes and utilities on the building but both the Chapter and Pitt would share the liability and the Chapter would pay the utilities.
•	Pitt would charge between $50 and $150 per month to maintain the outside of the new house, but the Chapter would be responsible for the maintenance of the interior.
•	While Pitt has promised that the architecture of the house would be flexible, within certain limits, more details on this were not forthcoming.
•	In order to fill beds, Pitt is willing to find people however, the Chapter will be able to “rent” to students on a per term basis before Pitt places people in the beds.
•	There will be an Ethernet connection to the Pitt network in all bedrooms of the new house.
•	Kitchen and laundry facilities will be available in the new house, but it is up to the Chapter if they are to be installed.
•	The campus police will provide security but their patrol will include the common areas of the house.
•	Summer housing will be available for those students who need to take summer classes due to co-op or other factors.
•	Pitt is also willing to help with the sale of the current house.
•	Pitt has not given out any firm numbers for the new construction.
•	According to Howard Hanna, if the house were to be sold to them after January 1, 2000, the Chapter would still be able to live there until August of 2001.
•	Pitt’s goal of having the housing available by September of 2001 is not firm.
•	At the moment, the answer to Howard Hanna would have to be that the Chapter is not going to sell due to the lack of commitment on Pitt’s part.
•	Brother Graeber, upon doing research with his father, has found that new construction on the site of 268 North Bellefield, using commercial construction, would cost ~$325,000 , including the cost of demolition.
•	Brother Vining stated that he got the impression that the Chapter will own the house and that the police would not be allowed into the common rooms from the meeting with the Pitt representatives.
•	Brother Vining also reported that the contractor he has been trying to get an estimate out of has gotten back to him.  The contractor was asked to provide a breakdown of the estimate and to include safety issues, but there has been no contact in the past week.  Al Evon will also be mailed a copy of the estimate to see if the Chapter can qualify for a safety grant to help with the renovations for the current house.
•	The question arose as to what needed to be done to the current house in order to make it livable and safe.  This discussion was tabled until more information about the costs can be obtained.
Goober becomes obsessed with chapter getting two deep fryers….

A Corporate Board Meeting has been scheduled for Friday November 5, 1999 at 6PM to discuss the housing issue.
Br Graeber - “Friday night means I can come straight from work and it gets me the hell away from the wife.”

Web Page:
•	The Chapter web site is up and running.  A membership page will show the pictures of the Active membership and will have information about the Brothers.  A link to an Alumni web site can be established is that is desired.

Recess:
•	Meeting recessed for 5 minutes at 11:18 AM.

Alumni Meeting:
•	Convened at 11:29 AM for the purpose of electing Alumni officers.
•	Elected officer include:
Pat Azouri – President
Jeff Graeber - Vice-President of Physical Plant
Bob Petrick – Vice-President of Finance
Eugene Hendricks – Vice-President of Communications
•	VP’s of Alumni and Active Affairs were left open.  If any Alumnus would like to take either position, they should talk to the new President.
•	Adjourned at 11:36 AM

Reconvened:
•	Corporation meeting reconvened at 11:36AM.

Active Treasurer Report – Reported by Active President due to absence of Active Treasurer.  (Zachary Krage [absent] – report by Jason Vining)
•	A debt policy has been adopted by the Active organization and includes the following points:
1.	All Brothers who fall behind in their accounts must sign a promissory note.
2.	If no promissory not is signed then an interest rate of 15% is applied to the unpaid balance after 1 year.
3.	If a promissory note is signed and the end of the time limit is reached and the Brother has not paid at least 60% of it, an interest rate of 6% is applied to the unpaid balance.
4.	If a promissory note is signed and the end of the time limit is reached and the Brother has paid at least 60% of it, no interest is imposed.
5.	Another promissory note can be signed at the end of the time limit in all cases.
6.	All of the above is at the Active Treasure’s discretion.
7.	The Active Executive Board governs the Active Treasurer, with respect to this policy.
8.	The Executive Board can withhold social privileges if a Brother fails to make two consecutive payments.

Installation of Alumni Officers:
•	Past President Kurt Over swore in the newly elected officers.

Meeting Adjourned at 11:44 AM