Present : Grand President Paul Lindner, Grand Vice President Keith Hileman, Executive Secretary Derek Troy, Western Province Councilor Kevin Oldknow, , Central Province Counselor Mike Stelzner, Eastern Province Councilor Mike Votaw,

CALL TO ORDER: Grand President Lindner called the Supreme Council to order at 7:23 PM PST on April 6, 2001 at the La Quinta Inn in Schaumberg, IL. Six members of the Supreme Council were present, and thus a quorum was present.

1. SUPREME COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA: The SC discussed the items on the agenda for the weekends meetings, including approximate times for the Executive Director Interviews.
2. CHAPTER STATUS: Each Province Counselor briefly went over the status of each chapter in their province.
1. Alpha - 5 Pledges, 5 Actives. Need a local advisor and there is a lack of communication with National
2. Delta - 24 Actives, 5 Pledges. There is a lack of a written rush plan. The chapter needs more members.
3. Epsilon - 27 Actives, 5 Pledges, 3 Graduating. Got actively involved with expansion. They are comfortable with 35 members.
4. Eta - 18 Actives, 10 Pledges. The university owns the house and is causing problems, renegotiating their lease. The chapter is ignoring local alumni.
5. Theta - 20 Actives, 5 Pledges. Generally doing well. Delinquent in Dues. Helping with expansion.
6. Kappa - 42 Actives. House is full. Chapter doing well.
7. Phi - Still has issues with the university
8. Chi - 6-8 Actives, 13 total. Recently put together a non traditional rush plan.
9. Psi - 1 Motivated active. The chapter needs a lot of help.
10. Omega - Need to motivate new leaders to help transition to the next generation.
3. CHAPTER VISITS: National Officers need to reinforce what National does. Emphasize rush and getting the best members, not the most. Reinforce that we are looking for the best engineers. Respect for the Chapter, Officers, Brothers and Personal responsibility.
4. CONVENTION: Convention is set for July 19-22. The SC will be meeting on the morning of the 19^th with the General Convention starting in the afternoon. Most Chapters are expecting to drive due to the location. The best airport is Ft. Wayne, IN. Arrangements must be made with the convention coordinator for travel to and from the airport. We must stress Business casual dress for all official activities, anybody not in business casual will not be allowed at the general convention sessions. The following tutorials are being prepared, we will narrow the list later, Rush/Written Plan (Paul Lindner), Personal Experience (Keith Hileman), Financial (Mike Votaw), Code of Ethics (Kevin Oldknow), Executive Director (TBA), Risk Reduction (Kappa Chapter), Chapter Health (Derek Troy/ED). All Chapters who have other chapters property are to bring it to convention to be returned. All chapters are to bring their rip off trophy to convention as well.
5. PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE: Derek Troy will head a committee of Mike Votaw and Keith Hileman to look at incorporating more how-to information into the pledge manual and the MOP.
6. CLOSED SESSION: Closed session meeting to discuss the criteria for selecting the Executive Director.
7. VCU COLONY: Motion by Keith Hileman to initiate Virginia Commonwealth University as a Colony of Sigma Phi Delta. Seconded by Derek Troy. Tabled until April 7, 2001 for review of petition.

Meeting adjourned for the evening

Meeting Reconvened at 8:00 AM CDT, Saturday April 7, 2001

8. INTERVIEW: Interview of Russell Shephard for the position of Executive Director.
9. VCU COLONY: Motion to vote on colony Status: Passed Unanimously
10. ALPHA 4-3 QUERY: Motion to send a letter to Alpha and member who contacted national regarding the 4-3 of Brian Emord. If the local chapter overturned the suspension, then that is the end of the issue. Motion by Kevin Oldknow, seconded by Derek Troy. Passed Unanimously
11. BUDGET RENT A CAR PROBLEM: Motion to have National submit a letter of concern to Budget Rental Car as it relates to the Incident in North Dakota by Keith Hileman, seconded by Mike Votaw. Passed Unanimously

Meeting ended at 11:10 CDT AM PST April 8, 2001

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