Minutes of The Supreme Council Meeting
October 23, 2000
Present (online): Grand President Paul Lindner, Executive Secretary Derek Troy, Eastern Province Councilor Mike Votaw, Central Province Councilor Chris Perez, Western Province Councilor Kevin Oldknow, Merchandising Chairman Mike Stelzner, Edmund Gin, Keith Daegele
CALL TO ORDER: Grand President Lindner called the Supreme Council to order at 6:06 PM PDT on Monday September 25, 2000 on the Internet, in the #SigmaPhiDelta chat-room of the DalNet Internet Relay Chat network. Five members of the Supreme Council were present, and thus a virtual quorum was present.
- NATIONAL DIRECTOR POSITION: Application has been sent out to the SC for review and will be put online, and sent out in the Star. Application deadline will be December 31, 2000.
- NATIONAL RUSH CHAIRMAN: Paul Lindner is still waiting to hear from Scott Everett to see if he is interested in this position.
- THE STAR: Paul Lindner will be writing the Star and expects it to be in the mail in about 4 weeks.
- CASTLE: Final copy is being reviewed and should be printed an mailed in two weeks.
- RIP OFF TROPHY: Motion to require each chapter to build a rip-off trophy that will be the only item that is allowed to be taken from chapters by a visiting chapter. The trophy shall be obvious and shall be able to be taken without damage. Chris Perez will give the information the Derek Troy to be distributed in the next newsletter. Motion Passed.
- DAMAGE AT DELTA CHAPTER: Kappa chapter caused some damage while stealing items from the Delta Chapter house. The SC sanctions Kappa chapter to build a permanent Master Rip-Off Trophy. Mike Votaw will work with the chapter to determine what will be appropriate. Kappa is to pay for any damage to the Delta Chapter House.
- ONLINE FORMS PROJECT: Keith Daegele has made some sample forms for review. The forms committee has met to discuss the system that has to be in place for this project to work. Keith and Ed will draft a proposal for the forms and submit it at the next meeting.
- INTERNSHIP: Derek will update the internship application and we will post it to the website. Keith will fill one out and it will be discussed at the next meeting. We will appoint the internship at the next meeting.
- STATUS OF CHAPTERS: Province Councilors are to send a status of their chapters out to the SC. Forms are very light this year from most chapters. We need to encourage chapters to get their forms sent in for their own benefit.
- FRATERNITY CREDIT CARD FOR EXPANSION: Ed is working on it.
- CHAPTER VISIT SCHEDULE: Make sure there is good communication when visiting chapters and let the SC know before you go. There have been several visits that were poorly coordinated.
- SIGPHI.ORG FUNDRAISING PROPOSAL: A draft of the fundraising proposal has been submitted to the SC for review. We will need to have a policy to keep addresses within the Code of Ethics of the Fraternity. We will have the right to cancel any webhosting that is against our ideals. Motion to pass the proposal with the stipulations that there is a terms of service. Motion Passed
- MERCHANDISE REDUCTION: Motion to get rid of the middle badge and let our stock sell out of that item. Motion Passed.
- Next meeting is November 20, 2000 at 6:00 PM PDT
Meeting ended at 7:36 PM PDT October 23, 2000.
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