Monthly Archives: August 2009

Formal Charter Presentation Announcement

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Fraters,

I have just been given some incredible news from Frater Tony Clemens, the President of the Capital Area TKE Alumni Association.

Frater Gary Reed, the President of the TKE Educational Foundation will personally be formally presenting our TKE Mu-Omega Alumni Association with our Official Charter, as part of the 25th Anniversary Gala Banquet for the Capital Area TKE Alumni Association.

This will truly be a special occasion, as Alumni Associations are not usually formally presented with their Charters.
We are ALL invited to attend the Gala Banguet being held Friday, October 9th at the Sheraton Hotel in Arlington. I would love for you all to join me to be a part of this historic occasion!

If you are interested in attending, please RSVP using the form on their website here. http://www.dcteke.org/25th
The Facebook invite can be found here, please RSVP here as well if you have FB and the event will be tracked on your calendar.

Details of the Event:
What – DCAA 25th Anniversary Gala Banquet
When – Friday, October 9, 2009
Where – Sheraton Arlington Hotel (discounted rooms available at http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/booking/reservation?id=0907102005&key=1EAF8)
Dress – Black-tie optional
Cost – $75 per person, cash bar; includes complimentary champagne toast; buffet dinner, assorted desserts, coffee/teas; souvenir program and commemorative giveaways
Time – Cocktail reception, 7-8:00pm, Stars Room; Dinner Buffet & Program, 8-11:00pm, Galaxy Ballroom; TBA 11:00pm+

Payment for the event can be made via the paypal link on their site, http://www.dcteke.org/ (at the bottom)  or by sending a check to:

Washington, DC TKE Alumni Association
9630 Milestone Way, Ste. 4057
College Park, MD 20740

My date and I have already RSVP’d to attend, and I hope you all will be able to join me in this historic celebration!

Please let me know if you have any questions.

YITB,
Chris Hall
Mu-Omega #651

Fall Rush Shirt Design

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Hello all,

The chapter is having rush shirts made this semester and wanted to make them available to alums if you would like one.  If you’re interested, please email Robbie Houser (robbiefresh.739@gmail.com) and include the number of shirts you want and the sizes you want. The recommended donation amount is $20-$25 per shirt going directly to the chapter to support their recruitment efforts. If you are not local to GMU, donations can be made via our paypal link and I’ll make sure they get fwd’d to the chapter. We’ll also work out the best way to ship you a shirt if necessary.

Here is the design, pick up a couple for you and your kids!

Upcoming Meeting Reminder and Request

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Hey Fraters,

I hope you’re all enjoying your summers. I wanted to let you all know that I made it back safely from Conclave down in New Orleans. I’m so thankful to have been a part of such an incredible event.

I was able to witness the initiation of Tau Kappa Epsilon’s 250,000th frater in the bond: Forbes Magazine’s own Mr. Steve Forbes. I met fraters from all corners of our great country, and even a few that were our neighbors to the north from Canada. One of the heights of the trip was when nearly a thousand TKEs literally shut down city streets as we paraded through the french quarter.

I attended an Alumni Association development workshop, to learn what makes a successful group of alumni fraters who strive to contribute back to their fraternity. The panel was made up of the Presidents of Alumni Associations that had been around for decades, and also a few who had just started brand new associations of their own. I was able to take away a ton of ideas for how to help establish and sustain our group of men, and also how to achieve our ultimate goal:

To bring to new men the successes that TKE has brought us, through our support of each other and our active fraters in the bond.

In our pursuit of this goal, I’m looking forward to doing my best to help you all find the right level of contribution and activity in this effort. Since you were all man enough to step up and take our bond in this fraternity for life, I will be man enough to tell you all what we need and ask you for your support.

I am asking for each of you to:

  • contribute twenty five dollars for annual membership dues, and to donate more if you are able. This will help us pay for our fees and build a good size financial fund with which we can contribute to philanthropies and chapter support. Payments can be made online or via check to our treasurer, and will be accepted at the annual meeting prior to opening new business. http://muomegatke.com is our website, payments can be made via the paypal links at the top right.

  • attend the business meeting at Brion’s Grille at 7pm on September 15th, or attend by phone (conference call info will be sent out), or vote by email proxy on all motions be sent out. Your feedback will ensure that we operate to a level that is expected of us.

  • reach out to any fraters you are still in contact with that are not yet members and ask them to join us.

I will be sending out a few more reminders as the meeting approaches, specifically detailing the chapter’s planned fall rush activities and ways that we can help contribute to their recruitment success. Scott our secretary, will also be sending out a list of propositions to be voted on via proxy in case anyone is unable to attend the meeting…

Oh and one more thing… Initiation. Some of you haven’t participated in a TKE ritual in over 20+ years, and I want this to be the spark to reignite the TKE flame in all of us. Scheduling the Fraternity for Life Ritual to act as the initiation ceremony to our Alumni Association will do just that, and reward your renewed commitment to our bond by unveiling the final secret of Tau Kappa Epsilon. Putting this event on our Fall calendar will be a part of New Business at our Annual Meeting.

Please let me know if you have any questions at all, and thanks in advance for all your help and contributions.

Yours In The Bond,
Chris Hall
#651

New Business

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Fraters:

We are six weeks away from the Annual Meeting of the TKE Mu Omega Alumni Association. One of the agenda items will be to elect Board members for the coming year. I am writing to ask for nominations for the Board of Directors. The current board seats are filled as follows:

President: Chris Hall
Vice Pres: Kevin Geist
Treasurer: Steve Cheek
Secretary: Scott Kazem
At Large: Eric Mauthe and Billy Reilly

All seats are open and the current Board may be re-elected. Any member in good standing who has paid his annual dues may run for any seat. Yes, you may nominate yourself. If you are interested, please send an email either to me at skazem@kazemlaw.com or to Chris Hall at christopherwilliamhall@gmail.com by August 18. For those who will be unable to attend the meeting I will be sending out a proxy ballot by the end of August.

Thank you all for your continued interest and support of the association.

YITB,
Scott Kazem #369