Silicon Valley Alumni Club Meeting Minutes
May 21, 2002

Meeting called to Order at 8:00pm by Fra John Paine, Prior.

Reading of previous Minutes were waived.

Present: John Paine, Vince Contreras, Jeff Kuch and Jacob Kuch (SAMMY class of 2022), Mike Barko, Keith Barna, Jeff Zell, and Siatuu (STU) Lavatai.

I. Old Business:

  1. Golf Scramble Tourney (as per Fra John Paine)
    1. Twenty-eight (28) golfers attended the Golf Tournament. Twenty SAMMIES and eight Non-SAMMIES played. The best score was 62, Par was 72, and worst was 82. The best scores were made by Non-SAMMIES.
  2. Cyber Groups (as per Fra John Paine)
    1. John Paine and Fra Jeff Zell designed a SAMMY website on Yahoo Groups. You are invited to POST and READ messages from other brothers throughout the world. (URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleysammies)
      1. Read about current alumni news, the referral network, job vacancies, upcoming brotherhood and social events and much more.
      2. If you have any questions about the NEW website, please send all questions to the Group Moderators, via Email, John Paine (japaine1@aol.com) OR Jeff Zell (jeff@asinine.com).
      3. Presently, we have 151 members and 27 registered. If you have been trying to post messages or view the SVACoSAM Yahoo website, you may have to register for a Yahoo account.
  3. Annual Appeal and Alumni Donations (as per Fra Mike Barko)
    1. We received a ($43.00) donation within the month of May. All alumni letters and mailings have been sent out.
      1. All alumni are encouraged to donate to SVACoSAM, since we do not require membership dues. Donations support our administrative, mailing and other alumni club expenses.
      2. If you would like to make donations to SVACoSAM, please contact the  Prior, John Paine: japaine1@aol.com.

II. Reports

  1. Recorder Report (as per Stu Lavatai)
    1. Still Posting SAMMY Emails to the SAMMY directory.
  2. Exchequer Report ( as per Jeff Kuch)
    1. Here are the following details for our SVACoSAM account:
                                Previous  Balance:    $2702.66
                                              Checking:         501.44
                                                         CD:         554.66
                                           Grand Total:    $3758.76
    2. Note: ($810.00- goes to Fra Paine for Golf Tourney);  ($893.00 still in-transit and needs to be recorded to the account); ($765.00 needs to be deposited).
  3. Vice Prior Report. (as per Stu Lavatai)
    1. No report.
  4. Prior Report (as per Fra John Paine)
    1. No report.
  5. Octagon Counsel (as per Fra Vince Contreras)
    1. Nationals has ($1 million) for its annual budget.
    2. San Jose State University (Beta Delta) and University of Washington (Sigma Nu) have been approved, through the Octagon Council, for RUSH efforts by National field representatives during Fall 2002.
      1. SVACoSAM will cost share and support National Field Reps visiting SJSU.

III. New Business:

  1. SVACoSAM Committees (as per Fra John Paine)
    1. Beta Delta 40th Reunion
      1. Awaiting to hear news about hotel reservations and costs from Committee Chairman: Fra Mark Sanchez. (Tabled until next meeting).
    2. Reinstatement of Beta Delta
      1. Awaiting to hear from Fra Tim Burke. (Tabled until next meeting).
  2. Scholarships
    1. Fra Paine will contact Fra Terry Speizer to draft a Scholarship Proposal.
  3. Social/Brotherhood Events
    1. San Jose Giants (as per Fra Jeff Kuch)- Team is away during May and he will gather information concerning their home game schedule and report at a future meeting.
    2. Annual summer pool/BBQ party (as per Fra Keith Barna)- He will check with pool staff on facility availability. He will report his findings at a future meeting.
    3. Charter Fishing trip- If there are any brothers who are members of a local fishing club or know where we might be able to get a discount for a SAMMY fishing charter trip, please send your information to the Vice Prior's Email: (sammystu@hotmail.com).

IV. Announcements:

  1. SAMMY Convention 2002 is scheduled to be held (in Pittsburgh, PA) on August 9-11, 2002.
    1. Since SAMMY Regional Leadership Conferences will be held around the nation, the Octagon Counsel have decided to reduce the number of days, for the annual SAMMY Convention, to ONLY three days.
  2. If you are interested in attending a trip to Lake Pilsbury this summer (the weekend of August 2nd) then, contact Fra Jim Ketchum via Email:     (jim@ketchumfinancial.com).

NOTE: The next SVACoSAM meeting is OUR Quarterly Social which is scheduled for Tuesday (June 18, 2002). Please monitor your Emails for exact location and start time.

V. Good & Welfare.

VI. Meeting Adjourned


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