As most of you know by now, we are the proud owners of a new fraternity house. The past 2 years have been spent researching property, working with our partners, renovating and moving into our new location. This is a huge accomplishment for us as a corporation. We have ensured that future members of the active chapter have a state of the art facility to be a part of. All of the major work is done, but there are some minor things to address, which we will talk about later.

Now that the house situation is solved, we need to get back to some of the other business of the corporation. At this point, we have 350+ members in our ranks. We grow from 10-15 each year. This is not a large number compared to other chapters, but it is large for us. Our focus needs to shift to our members, and what their needs are. We need to improve our communication efforts.

Our three goals as your alumni officers for the next year are as follows:

1. Communicate with members of the alumni association
2. Determine what the University of Findlay has in store for the Greek system
3. Plan events that include ALL of our Alumni brothers, wives, and children.

The first goal may seem simple, but it is not. We need to strive to reach our membership and communicate what is taking place. It does not seem that brothers are always informed as to what is happening with the corporation. It has improved in the past few years, but it can be better.

The second goal is a must. The university is changing at a rapid pace. We need to change along with it. Many of the policies and procedures have changed in the past few years. The university is our partner. Without them, the active chapter cannot exist. Our goal is to work with the university in establishing a plan that ensures the survival of the Greek system on the University of Findlay’s campus. With such a plan, we can plan and build accordingly.

The third goal addresses our membership as a whole. We need to plan events that can involve as many of our members as possible. To do this, we need to establish dates far in advance to allow people to adjust their schedules so that they can attend. We need to plan events that cater not only to the brothers, but their wives and children as well, because family is a very important part of everyone’s lives. Everyone needs to feel welcome and enjoy their time while they visit.

Finally, I’d like to say that if you have any questions, concerns, ideas, thoughts, etc about the future of our organization, please do not hesitate to contact any of the alumni corporation officers at the following numbers.

Kevin Sweeney – (419) 634-6561 Louis Kuhnle – (937) 644-9023

Mike Stack – (614) 554-5086 Jonathan Zimmerman – (419) 423-7101

Fraternally,

Kevin Sweeney 97

If you don’t have a partner we will find one for you.

Return bottom portion with a $70(or more) check by August 1, 2000 to Lou Kuhnle for Theta Chi Golf to the following address. (Lou Kuhnle, 205 West 7^th St. Marysville, OH 43040)

**Please, send the money to me ahead of time, because I pay the greens fees the day of the tournament.

****If you can’t attend but would like to make a donation or sponsor a hole please send it to Lou Kuhnle for Scholarship Award. This money will be credited to your Century Club Donations.

Thank you for your Participation!

The fraternity fiscal year begins at Homecoming weekend 2000. Currently, dues are $40/year to be a corporation member. A Scholarship Fund has been started for undergraduate brothers. Currently, there is room for 3 more funds to be started for any necessary project. There will be a dues letter going out in August for the 2000-Fall & 2000-Spring Year. If you would like to send in any dues/donations early...here is the fill in the blank format for dues/donations:

A tentative date for this upcoming formal has been set for April 21st, 2001. Brian Treece is heading up the effort to nail down the details by the actives. Brian would like to put together a slide show and asks for anybody who would like to submit a picture for the slide show to send them to him at: