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Parade: Our Active guys did a fine job, as usual, in representing us to the campus and community. They build an elaborate pirate ship, which hearkens back to the “good old days”… all the way back to 2003 (or 2004?). The float was built on that same rusty flatbed we’ve been using for years (whose is that, anyways?) and was pulled by Alumni Advisor Nick Miller ’07 and his gigantic landscaping truck. Our Alumni Brothers were seen all over campus watching the parade.
Alumni Meeting: It was a very productive meeting! Todd Thomas ’10, President of the Active chapter, reported to us that Sphinx is the Fraternity of the Year again for the 3rd consecutive year (and running) and he’s expecting a large, healthy pledge class coming soon in Winter quarter. On the Alumni side, we recapped the year’s events (2008 Homecoming and Long Island Iced Tea Party, Sphinxgiving, Sphinx Social Night, Fire Drill, The Land, Sphinx Card Night, Golf Outing, New Year Welcome Back and the Active vs Alumni Ratathon), discussed important updates like bank accounts, a credit line for active housing expenses, our EIN, and 501(c)7 application, and our communications and media across our website, forum, blog, flickr, facebook, twitter and email list. And, of course, we discussed donations which can now be made online either as a one time or recurring gift.
The heart of the meeting was the discussion of goals for our organization. We laid out aggressive, achievable 1 year, 5 year and 10 year goals. The latter of which will come to fruition in 2019, our 100th anniversary, so we’ve dubbed them our Centennial Goals. There is too much to cover here, so click here to read more about goals.
And we wrapped up the meeting with the elections. The new Executive Council will be President Casey Parsons ’05, Vice President Kayne Kirby ’02, Treasurer Andrew Gernert ’07, Secretary Andy Hall ’89, Immediate Past President Scott Humphrey ’85/’91, Member at Large Eric Fletcher ’92, and Member at Large Aaron Loskota ’08. Other Brothers are needed to help to continue or positive growth, so please contact us to get involved.
Game: Otterbein beats Capital by one point! Click here to read about it at Westerville News & Public Opinion paper.
Dinner: We had a grand time at Wendell’s Pub, just north of campus. The crowd was an eclectic mix of younger and not-so-young alumni and their families. Everyone mingled well and generally had a jovial time. Did you like this new event? Please let us know what you thought.
Long Island Iced Tea Party: As always, the highlight of the weekend! The actives tended bar while us old fellas plopped down dollar after dollar for the strongest long islands I’ve ever tasted. The actives and alumni really had a chance to bond at this event, and new friendships were made where a brotherhood already stood. Do not miss this one next year!