Joan kettering The Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta newsletter Alpha Gamma Link RECEIVED JUN 12 June 7, 2000 Spring 2000 Newsletter Recruitment Report Recruitment for new brothers over the past two Brothers. Due to extenuating circumstances school terms has had mixed results. Interfrater- with some of the prospects, we only received 'Brotherhood Infor- nal Council (IFC) recently changed the rules for four of the eight bids. Next term, our house will mation: recruiting prospective Brothers. Because of be up to eleven members, and possibly two live- these rule changes, the old way of rushing had to ins. Ryan Wiles is getting be completely revamped. The house was forced married to Laura I would like to thank all of the Brothers for their Marie Vandeweir on to recruit prospective individuals in a non- support over the past two terms. Without their July 15, 2000 formal rush atmosphere. This means that the help, this rush would not have been as success- The next Pig Dinner is Fraternities on campus were not allowed to pub- ful as it was. If you have any questions, com- on May 5, 2001 licly display any events that were taking place. ments, or concerns, please feel free to contact Word of mouth, and knocking on doors were Jason Vinsonhaler is me at the house or email me at engaged to be married our only tools to get individuals out to the kiel1897@kettering.edu in Summer 2001 house. Fraternally Yours, Maurice Collins is This term, IFC allowed one week of "Formal" now engaged to Laura rush, followed by one designated day to handout Edward J. Kiell '02 Marie Nicholson. bids to prospective brothers. This setup by IFC Recruitment Chairman A-Section Graduate proved to be completely backwards. A meeting Dinner for Rush is Fri- has already taken place between the Presidents day August 11, 2000 and Recruitment Chairs of the Fraternities on campus. The main topic is what went wrong with rush the past two years and how we can improve our situation. Our house handed out eight bids to prospective President's Report Inside this issue: Well it has been a long time since you have re- We had the Frank Norris Pig Dinner on May ceived something from us. I apologize for the 6th, 2000. A good time was had by all that were Treasurer's Report 2 lack of communication on our part. We have able to attend. I would like to encourage every currently 11 Brothers in the household and will Brother to attend next year, on May 5, 2001. State of the House 2 continue to grow. Fraternally, Pledge Education 3 The house has been going under a social change. Matthew Fletcher We have had several successful events with So- President '02 Alumni Weekend 3 rorities from Kettering and from U of M-Flint. 2001 Earlier this term, we had the First Annual FIJI- Graduate Informa- 4 Olympics, which was a great rush tool. tion Pictures of this event and other events are on our website. Treasurer's Report Graduate Relations Finances for the house over the past year have been rela- tively tight, due to low membership, and a number unex- I have been receiving e-mails and phone calls from a pub- pected bills. Thanks to assistance from graduate Brother lisher that wants to put together a phone directory for our Paul Petruska, we were able to negate two large fees from grads. This directory will be sent out to all the grads and the IRS. In order to keep our heads above water this semes- kept up with through this company. They will do all the ter, all of the Brothers have had to make sacrifices, including mailing free but all they ask for are donations. I will be get- $1600 house bills, and not having Linda here to cook for us. ting together with A-section to see if this is something that Things are looking up for the future though, as the treasury they would like to do also. system has been cleaned up, significantly reducing the occur- rence of late fees, as well as the promise of new members Fraternally, living in the house next semester. Steven Vogt '02 Graduate Relations Fraternally, Eldon Down '02 Graduate Information Treasurer This is a new section devoted to the Graduate Brothers of State of the House Phi Gamma Delta. We are beginning this section in hopes that Graduate Brothers will send their comments or an- Over the past term, we have completed several projects. The nouncements to the house. We will be posting many new primary focus of this past term has been to clean the house things such as new addresses (house and email), weddings, inside and out for rush. We also have passed our fire inspec- and any thing else you may want to announce. If you have tion from International Headquarters. We still have many any questions or comments about this section please feel other major projects to complete. There is only one project that has not been fully addressed and that is the plumbing free to email or call us. Also if you change your address or through out the house. This project has to include both the get a new email address feel free to share it with us SO we plumbing and drainage system of the house. This project is can keep you in touch with the rest of the Graduate Broth- a cost intensive one for the simple fact that the concrete ers. needs to be torn up and replaced. Fraternally, I invite all graduate brothers to come out and walk around Bob Burgess '02 the house to see what improvements have been made since their last visit. Also, I would like to thank all the graduate Corresponding Secretary brothers for their assistance, and look forward to meeting you in the near future. Graduate Announcements Form Fraternally, Stan Bloecker '00 Name House Manager B-Section Email Address: Social Graduation Year: Last term we had a party at the International Institute. This Announcement to be placed in the next Alpha Gamma Link: party was hosted not only by FIJI but by two sororities on campus (AEA and BE). This term no parties have been planned do to our busy schedule. We have, however, had from U of M over for a Rush event, and we are trying to set up a volleyball game with the Beta Sig's. Recently we have been working on new ideas for events to hold that will attract people social and for rush. Fraternally, Steve Vogt '02 Social Chairman Page 2 Alpha Gamma Link Pledge Education Report Alumni Weekend 2001 The current RUSH process handed down from IFC for the The alumni weekend 2000 has come and passed us in this '99 - '00 school year yielded 3 pledges for us. The pledges year but we would like to start planning for next year. Some were Ryan Joseph Bineau, James Keith Councell, and Nicho- events that have been proposed to us are a golf outing, a las Wayne Woodall. Ryan is from Rochester Hills, Michigan cookout/luncheon with the brothers at the house, and a for- and works for TRW, while James is from good ol' Flint, Michigan and is currently employed by NewCor- Rochester mal dinner at the school. If you have any ideas please email Gear. Nick is from Grandville, Michigan and works at Rapis- burg5566@kettering.edu or call the house and ask for Bob tan Systems. Burgess. We are very excited about this chance to become Since we inducted the pledges back at the end of the second closer with our Graduate Brothers. We also would like to week, Ed and I have held bi-weekly meetings in an attempt to remind the graduates that the Pig Dinner 2000 will be on reduce the amount of new knowledge to be learned for the May 5, 2001. We also would like any ideas or comments next meeting and in an attempt to foster closer ties more about the pig dinner. We are looking for a place to hold the quickly with the pledges. We have had half the house attend Pig Dinner next year. Please feel free to contact us at any each of the pledge meetings so that the pledges realize how important their progress is to us and so that the members are time. If there is a graduate out there who wishes to help co- more involved and aware of the progress of the pledges. organize this event, please call the house or contact Bob With the dedication of the members and the persistence of the Burgess over email. pledges, we have added four more brothers to the brother- Fraternally, hood of PHI GAMMA DELTA. Robert Burgess '02 Fraternally, Corresponding Secretary John J. Beardsley Jr '00 Edward J. Kiell '02 Pledge Educator Asst. Pledge Educator From L to R: Back Row John Beardsley, Maurice Collins, Ed Kiell, Rick Brade, Bob Burgess, Stan Bloecker, Steve Vogt, Middle Row Keith Councell, Matt Smith, James Sharpe, Nick Woodall, Matt Fletcher, Dan Bartz. Front row Eldon Down, Ryan Bineau, Steve Wichmann June 7, 2000 Page 3 PLINT PM 184 00 JUN 2000 The Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta 1702 Flushing Rd Flint, Mi 48504 Phone: 810-232-9174 Email: burg5566@kettering.edu www.kettering. edu/ phigamde/ Bill Martin P.O. Box 4599 Lexington, KY 40544-4599 40544X4533 PIG DINNER May 6, 2000 The undergraduates would like to thank the graduates who at- Kip Brown, Canice Boran, Rob Baker, Steve Woodward, Randy tended this year's Pig Dinner 2000. Everyone who attended was Palinski, and Mike Kaczmar, helped to raise another $1000 to- treated to an enjoyable evening filled with memories provided by wards the bathroom project. It was great seeing everyone that the grads complete with a reading from "Emily Post's Etiquette" attended and we look forward to seeing even more next year! In by Colm Boran. The evening began with a reception and the fact, you can once again mark your calendar for the first Saturday usual tour and stories by the graduates as they toured the house. in May (May 5, 2001), which will be the date for next years Frank For dinner, Rob Baker served as MC with Colm Boran giving the Keynote Address complete with "microphone" provided by his Norris Pig Dinner. Hope to see you there. brother Canice. One of the highlights of the evening was the 200 Fraternally, pound swine brought in by some of the newest initiated A section members and the kisses it received on it's forehead and back side. The Brothers of Phi Gamma Delta Afterwards, some brothers proceeded to Bubba's grill to close out the evening. When all was said and done, the graduates; Colm Boran,