p;-ii GAM'«A DPlXa iT-Nr.-iAir'. TP.-.SEK T OUT I HE LfiSI' FiWm'Or CVCftY ?-! From Left to Right: Mark Trenton, Jimmy Vaiopoulos, Jeff Erasmus, Pat Valdls, Byron Alfaro, Vlad Shubert, Wll Witkowsky Colony Brothers along with Mark Trenton at the SS"* Annual FIJI Academy In St. Louis! President's Message This Month at a Glance: 1. Recruitment: Among the major developments this month was the successful recruitment efforts of the entire Lambda Omega colony, led by Brent Kennish our Recruitment Chairmen. Thanks to his dedication 2. and hard work, we successfully generated a 7-person pledge class for second semester. Website: The fully operational FIJI website is now up and running thanks to the effort of Santiago Campp (Website Chairman), who created the entire site over the Christmas break. A special thanks goes to Andrew Crook who kindly donated the funds to pay for the domain name. To visit the website, please go to www.fiiiuwo.com Looking Forward: J. Winter Campout for Mental Health: Pat Valdis (Winter Campout Chairman) has been working diligently on FIJI'S major philanthropy event that will be taking place this March in Victoria Park. 75% of proceeds will be going to the Canadian Mental Health Association and 25% to funding our chartering weekend. The event is being held in honour of our fallen brother Austen Berlet who tragically lost his life this past summer. He is missed greatly by all those who were graced by his presence. More information below, 2. Petitioning for Charter at Ekklesia: The final major piece of news to share is that this July, the Lambda Omega Colony will be traveling with approximately 15 of its brothers to Phoenix Arizona for Ekkjesia. While there, we will be petitioning for pur charter and extend the invite to any, and all of the graduates who can find the time to make it down for this monumental weekend. Jeff Erasmus, President 2plQ. \r\nNew Cabinet for the 2010 Year: President: Jeff Erasmus (jerasmus@uwo.ca) Treasurer: Mike Payton (michael.payton1@gmail.com) Recording Secretary: Wil Witkowsky (witkowskywil@gmail.com) Corresponding Secretary: Byron Alfaro (balfaro@uwo.ca) Historian: Alan Neal (aneal23 @uwo.ca) Fil Academy: On January 8-10, 2010 six brothers of the Lambda Omega colony along with Graduate Brother Mark Trenton traveled to St. Louis, Missouri to attend the 35th annual FUJI Academy. While there, the brothers experienced extensive training on their cabinet positions, recruitment, risk management and got the opportunity to network with Phi Gam's from all over North America. They had the opportunity to meet with International Headquarters staff and had the chance to demonstrate to them what the Lambda Omega Colony has been doing for the past year. Pig Dinner This is the first year that our Colony has the privilege of planning and organizing the Frank Norris Pig Dinner. It will be held on Saturday February 6", 2010 at Waldo’s Bistro & Wine Bar. Prior to this year, Graduate Brother Mark Trenton had kept the Frank Norris Pig Dinner tradition alive, and we hope to keep up the phenomenal work he has been doing since the closing down in 2004. We are all excited to meet and hear stories about the old Chapter and to let you know everything that is happening with the colony at the current time. If you have not yet reserved your spot, please do so by February 1%, by e-mailing Byron Alfaro at balfaro@uwo.ca. CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE WWW.FIJIUWO.COM FOR REGULAR UPDATES ON OUR COLONY! \r\nSocial: | am pleased to report that all social events thus far have been a success with our Fraternity and all of the Sororities involved. Although some events are still being planned for the remainder of the semester, the majority of events have been successfully planed with every sorority on campus, which fulfills our goal of increasing our exposure within the Greek community at Western. We anticipate the upcoming events and look forward to them being successes such as the previous ones. -Andrew Marfleet, Social Chairman FRIENDSHIP, THE SWEETEST INFLUENCE CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION CANADENNE POURLA SANTE MENTALE Philanthropy: The Lambda Omega Colony has recently begun work on organizing our largest philanthropic/fundraising event of the year. For this event, the brothers will be camping out in Victoria Park for 24-hours on Friday March 5” 2010, in the hopes of gaining major attention from the community and raising money for charity. The charity that will be receiving the majority of the event's proceeds will be the Canadian Mental Health Association. This event means a lot to the brothers as it will be held in honour of Austen Berlet, a beloved brother of the colony who passed away last summer. Our hopes are to raise upwards of $20,000 with this event, and to continue this event each year in order to properly honour Austen. Any graduate help for this event is welcome and greatly appreciated, including: donations, event setup, or even just coming out to support the brothers on the event day. If you would like to make a donation to this event or are interested in receiving more information, please contact Patrick Valdis at pat_valdis@yahoo.ca or by phone at 519-860-1232. \r\nPledging from a Pledge’s eyes: On December 6" 2009, the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta officially welcomed Michael Donavan, Andrew Marfleet, Andy Noens, Kyle Diotte, Jeff McAllister, Patrick Duncan, Chris Bacik, Alex Kruzyk, Luke Kikot and |, Simon Ho as Colony Initiated Brothers. The fall 2009 pledge class brings a lot of diversity to our group. It is composed of brothers of different ages, nationalities, programs and of course, personalities. The Beta Class represents everything that Fiji stands for, as each — member of my pledge class has the qualities required to be a Fil gentlemen. Through the pledging process, we have gotten to know each other and have bonded through the many social and philanthropic events we attended, as well as our weekly education meetings. We had our pinning ceremony in early September and the months we were pledges was a very fulfilling experience. Although not everyone that was pinned became a fully initiated colony brother, we had what was in my opinion, an amazing pledge class. Personally, | believe the pledging process has helped make me a better person as | have learned invaluable life skills, one of which was teamwork. | hope the Graduate Brothers of Lambda Omega can join me in applauding the efforts of my pledge class for our efforts and dedication during the pledging process. Also, I'd like to thank the Lambda Omega Colony brothers for their prudence and good judgement in choosing such outstanding gentlemen to the become part of the Phi Gamma Delta family. The colony is now looking ahead to find the next pledge class and | wish them an amazing experience — just like the one | had. -Simon Ho, Fall 2009 Pledge Class. Final Message/ Call to Actio We found this photo of the old FUI house online, and would like to hear stories from anyone about their time in Phi Gamma Delta or the FUJI house. Have anything to share that you would like in February's edition of the Lambda Omega E- Newsletter? Know any brother who recently got married? Is anybody's Birthday coming up? Want to send a shout-out to a long lost brother? If so, let us know and we will try to make it happen. E-mail me at balfaro@uwo.ca. Lastly, please send us any group pictures you may have with you and any of the Graduate Brothers from your time in Phi Gamma Delta. | hope yau all enjoyed this edition of the e-newsletter, check back the last Friday of next month for the third edition! PRESS ON! Byron Alfaro — Corresponding Secretary 2010 NOT FOR COLL GE DAYS ALONE