Pitt Chapter of Triangle Fraternity
Corporation Board Meeting
Alumni Organization Meeting
March 3, 2000

Present (voting members bolded):
Patrick Azouri 	- Corp. President
Robert Petrick 	- Corp. Treasurer
Jason Vining 	- Corp. Vice-president
Jeff Graeber 	- Alumni Representative at-large
Brian Spencer 	- Active Representative at-large
Brian <???> 	- Acting Corp. Asst. Treasurer

Kurt Over (alumnus)					John Correll (active)
Brett Branscum (alumnus)					Chris Scott (active)

Called to Order:  6:27 pm
Oath

Business - Housing

Petrick - Changes since the vote in January
•	Move out date for the chapter will become Sept. 2000
•	Price paid for property increased to $250,000 - extra 25,000 to offset additional housing expense
•	A contract has not been signed with Howard Hanna yet.  It is still under review
•	Talks with Pitt about securing on-campus housing have led to the following options:
a.	Top floor of Delta Sigma Delta house (12 places) @$1726 per term - no common area or kitchen available.  Working on getting a waiver on the meal plan requirement
b.	Suites in McCormick Hall (quad occup.) @$1755 per term - openings must occur for this option to be taken
c.	Bouquet Gardens Apts. (quad occup.) @$500/month - Card swipe security, kitchen, wired, some common space.
•	Negotiations have been with Eli Shorak; and Triangle is not getting any breaks or special deals at all.

Suggests that the $25,000 extra offered by Howard Hanna would be used to subsidize those living in on-campus housing over the next two years while construction would be occurring.  For 12 persons this would work out to approximately $100/month towards paying the rent.

Parking in campus lots will still cost $560 for the Sept-Apr period.

Discussion between the chapter's lawyer (Julian Gray) and Mark Wise of Howard Hanna have commenced.

Mark Wise is also searching for an off-campus residence that the chapter could possibly rent as a stop-gap as well.  Probable locations are apartments in the area of North Neville, Baum Blvd, and Craig St. (approx. 3-4 blocks further away from campus than the current chapter property.)

Azouri - How many are willing to live on campus next year.
(Answer from actives present: 3.  And that was assuming comparable rent.  These options will all be too expensive.)

Question from floor:  How about asking Howard Hanna to pay more money for the property that could work towards a higher subsidy?
Answer from Petrick:  Our lawyer has been instructed to push for a higher purchase price within reason.

Q:  Is the move-out date a done deal?
A (Petrick):  If we sign the documents for the purchase option, and the option is taken by Howard Hanna, then the Sept. 30, 2000 move out date is set in stone.

Q:  What is the due date with Howard Hanna?
A (Petrick):  A decision on the option needs to be made by the end of March.  The closing on an actual purchase would occur by the end of August or September.  The Corp. Board can back out of the deal until the closing date.  A lot depends on getting further details on the on-campus projects with Pitt.  A lot of faith is being placed with them.

Vining:  The Corp. Board needs to decide whether to proceed.

[A fairly lengthy and somewhat circular discussion/argument ensues on whether the recent changes (move date moved up a year and/or more money from Howard Hanna) nullifies the results of the vote in January.  It goes legalistic, representational, and eventually conciliatory by parts.

The essentials appear to be:
a.	The actives still support the sale of the current property as the best solution given the options.
b.	The alumni still support the sale of the current property as the best solution given the options.
c.	The actives oppose a temporary move into on-campus housing as being too expensive, requiring food plans purchased from the university, and lacking sufficient common space for meetings and activities.
d.	The actives prefer getting temporary off-campus housing for the interim period.
e.	The actives support the continued investigation of building a new residence on-campus given that the agreement can be reviewed and voted on by the Corporation previous to its signing.
f.	The alumni support the continued investigation of building a new residence on-campus, and expect that the agreement would be reviewed previously to being signed.
g.	If the deal with the university fell through the chapter would continue in off-campus rented/leased housing and at that point consider purchasing off-campus housing.
h.	The actives will take an active role in searching for off-campus housing opportunities immediately.

MOTION:  Graeber/Petrick

Pursuant to recent information the Corporation Board resolves to do the following:
i.	Continue with the sale of the current property,
ii.	Continue pursuit of new on-campus housing with the university; said agreement will be subject to further review
iii.	If an on-campus option fails, permanent off-campus housing will be pursued.

Passes 6-0
ID#:	C_1999-00.001			

Q: (Branscum)  What do we do right now?

A:  Petrick and Graeber to continue as they are doing now.
	Petrick to continue working with Mark Wise (HH) about off-campus locations.
	Vining to coordinate actives to also look at available locations

Some discussion about whether a lease would be multiple individual leases or a single lease between the landlord and the fraternity.  Not resolved since it is still a hypothetical.

Adjourn 7:51 pm

Alumni Organization Meeting Called to Order 7:52 pm

Officer Reports:

Treasurer (Petrick)
Current Alumni Balance: $2200
~$1200 in city and county taxes owed in March

Active Books:
Current Active Balance: $3200
Owes:
•	$2200 to the National Office
•	$5332 to the Corporation (4 months rent)
•	$400-500 in unpaid utility bills

Owed:
•	Through February ~$9400 in unpaid rent, dues, and other fees

A trustworthy active is needed to serve out promissory notes.

VP - Physical Plant (Graeber)
The asbestos in the basement has been encapsulated as we were advised to.  Cost $38.08

Old Business

1.	Officer Transition and Training
Date moved to April 1, 2000 from 1 to 5 pm (Sat)
Training manual and information to be reviewed at next meeting

2.	Founders Day
April 15, 2000.  Location still not set.  Looking at a Banquet Hall in West Mifflin next week.

3.	Chapter Picnic
June 10, 2000.  Further details and location to be looked at next meeting.

4.	Next Meeting
March 26, 2000 @ 6pm (Wed).
Agenda items are:
a.	Officer Training
b.	Housing Update
c.	Chapter Picnic 

Adjourn 8:12 pm

Minutes recorded and transcribed by Kurt Over.