A.E. GATOR TALES E-VERSION OF THE PI KAPP GATOR
Spring 2018 | Alumni Relations Ofce | 2015 Ayrsley Town Boulevard, Suite 200, Charlotte, NC 28273 | kbaker@pikapp.org
FOUNDERS DAY
2018 ALUMNIWeekend A WORD FROM THE
CHAIRMAN Dear Brothers: This past February 23/24th Alpha Epsilon held our most recent…and what I believe to be…most successful Annual Alumni Meeting at the Gainesville Hilton. With over 210 alumni and guests in attendance, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who was able to join us, for helping to make this event as successful as it was. It was also great to see the growing number of “new” older alumni who were able to join us this year for the first time. We have done our best to capture the highlights of that weekend and fold them into this edition of our E – Newsletter: Gator Tales. Our hope is that we can stir the interests of those who have not had the opportunity to join us in years past to make plans to join us in February of 2019 when we gather to dedicate our new Chapter House. Aside from a review of the weekend events, there are three rather significant initiatives highlighted in this publication which I would like to call your continued page 2
Our chapters Annual Meeting was held in Gainesville on Saturday February 24. President Mike Sullivan welcomed over 210 alumni and friends. The first order of business was to elect the coming years Trustees. Bert Luer, Immediate Past President nominated Mike Hill; Craig Morrison; Tim Rurey; Gregg LaRoche and Ken Purcell for 1-year terms; and Bill Charland; Rick Riisma; Don Morrison and Mark Thurn for 3-year terms. No other nominations were received from the floor and all those nominated were voted on as presented. The Officers for the coming year are Mike Sullivan, President; Bob Halcrow, Vice President; Mark Montgomery, Treasurer and Don Morrison, Secretary. Bill Charland gave a wonderful presentation on the status of the new chapter house and its' unique features. Included in the presentation were pictures of the furnishings and interior design elements. In summary, the house will be professionally finished and is scheduled for completion on time and within budget at 5.2 million. Mike Sullivan was able to secure a donation of material for moldings and trim that had a value in excess of $50,000. Bill also noted that the only items salvaged from the old house were solid wood planks from the stairway and challenged the brotherhood to come up with a way in which the salvaged planks could be incorporated into the new house. Additionally, Bob Halcrow announced the re-establishment of the AE Gator Club. Moving forward, outright donations and the subscription fees collected through the AE Gator Club will be the only sources of revenue generated that our Board of Trustees can use to drive our organization forward. In order for this group to continue the good work which has been done in the areas of: AE Scholarship Awards, Alumni Communication Campaign, Recognition Awards for the Chapters Executive Committee for Leadership as well as the Annual Alumni Meeting, we need to support a budget of $25,000 per year. We continue to receive tremendous feedback with regards to the alumni website, the Pi Kapp Gator, as well as the AE Gator Tales electronic newsletter which was launched last year. Our hope is that everyone sees the value of these efforts to keep us all connected and that this initiative will be supported by ALL ALUMNI for the annual fee of $100. See more about the AE Gator Club in a separate article. Most of the other items discussed during the meeting are detailed throughout this issue of Gator Tales.
Don Morrison Spring ‘70 AE 924