Newsletter & Information Updates

Yeah, there is finally a comment. Someone is reading this. Now that I know I have an audience (Good afternoon, Blake), I am even more excited.

Newsletter will be in the mail this week(end). Got them hot off the presses yesterday.

Earlier this week, nationals sent a letter to all brothers asking to update their information. I responded to their letter saying "hey, why doesn't nationals let alumni and undergrads access their chapter's brother info to keep all the data in one place?" I even stated an annual fee to access this service should cover the costs. Say $10 per 500 or 1000 brothers. As of today, I have received no response.

I am not going to ramble about data integrity and islands of information to make me feel better about the student loans I am still paying, but here is the cliff note version:
"Keeping data in more than one place almost always results in disagreeing data"

So, since IHQ will not acknowledge my existence, here you go:

Email Address & Information Updates to TTTUKappaSigma@Gmail.com. Then go to IHQ's site, enter brother services and update your information there as well.

Leadership Conference - Conclave Light

Perusing the national website, I saw the registration area for this year's Leadership Conference. While it does not have the glitz or formality of the Biennial Conclaves, it can still be a great time of fellowship, leadership and best of all ROAD TRIP. I mean, a great time to prepare for the upcoming semester (...and ROAD TRIP).

The year before the Memphis Conclave, the Leadership Conference was held at the University of Illinois - Champaign campus. Thanks to Patrick Brown-nosing, we managed commandeer a TTU van for the weekend. Though we had a great time hanging out and spending time with brothers throughout our district, Leadership Conference serves a bigger purpose (but the ROAD TRIP is still awesome).

That bigger purpose is getting back into the fraternity management frame of mind. Recruitment, dues, filling the house up, getting back into classes (oh yeah, scholarship), etc. Leadership Conference is a few days to get you excited and revitalized about how to approach the coming year, network with area brothers and get access and prepped for the upcoming recruitment season.

Recruitment is 365 days a year...but everything ebbs and flows. Leadership Conference is a great way to get positive momentum towards another great fall rush.

FORE!!! - 11th Annual KSAA Tournament - 1st Inidvidual

Wow, has it been 11 years? I would not know because I was not there until fall of 1999, but I will take your word for it. Kevin and Beast have done it again. This year will also mark the first year of an individual tournament to be played on Friday June 27th. Keep looking here for details. All brothers that used to be good can show up on Saturday and say they could not get off work but assure us how good they would have done. I plan to be there and play horribly. I am sure handicap will be taken into account (I propose Handicap + 1 stroke/beer. With an 18 handicap and a 12 pack, I could shoot in the ...I'd probably still could not break 90).

Ok, kids...I am going to turn off comment moderation.

Tell us about your memories from the golf tournament and/or what you are looking forward to.

Here are things I ask that you remember

• We want people to be able to check this at work and home - stay away from cursing
• No personal bashes - keep it above the belt
• We are not "frat boys" - we are FRATERNITY MEN - DON'T BE THE STEREOTYPE!
  

Great. I sound like Marty.

Kappa Sigma Ink

I was initiated January 15, 2000. A year later when the fall 2000 class was initiated, I went to Lone Wolf on 21st Ave with Patrick Brown and had the artist place the Star and Crescent where I would see it everyday. It is still the only tat I have. Though I have never said I would get another one, I will never have one that means as much as this one. It has served as a "Hey, man are you a Kappa Sig?" to uncomfortable looks (I assume the pentagram bothers ignorant people), but most importantly it reminds me daily of how I should live my life.

It is not for everyone, but I know a few I followed and more that came after me.

Here it is in HD

















If you want to get ideas of just see what other brothers got, check this site out. There is an email to send in pics as well.

For the Fall Newsletter, I'd like to do a Kappa Mu Tattoo story/pictorial. Send in your pics of your finest KS ink, and I will ink it in the newsletter. Speaking of the spring newsletter...it should be in the mail within a week or so.

Alumni Skeet Shooting Tournament

Brothers,

The chapter will be hosting the first Alumni Skeet Shooting event April the 12 as a fund raiser. Lunch will be served at eleven o'clock at the house then we will head out to Bend of the River where the tournament will be held. There is a twenty dollar entry fee. Be sure to bring your own gun, shells, earplugs, and shooting glasses. We hope this will give everyone a chance to meet the newly initiated brothers.

Please get in contact with me by phone or email and let me know if you will be able to make it or not so we have an idea of how many people to expect. Also, if you have any questions concerning the tournament, do not hesitate to call me.

Adam Poe
Atpoe21@tntech.edu
901-581-2118

January 2007 - Alumni Association Meeting

The Alumni Association held the annual meeting at the chapter house on 1-26-08.


Meeting Highlights:

• Any newsletter news is due April 1. Send to EJ
• Board Members Elected
  
• Jonathan Ward
• Brandon Olinger
  
• Golf Tournament
• June 28th
• Kevin Harmon and Greg Overby will be chairing the event again this year
  
• Capital Campaign
• Long term capital campaign committee discovery process started

**The Annual Meeting is tentatively scheduled for the week before the Super Bowl. The idea is everyone knows when the Super Bowl is, so just come to Cookeville the week before.

That's all for now.

Meeting Minutes

As always: If you need to update your address information, email it to ttukappasigma@gmail.com

Newsletter & Homecoming

I said I was going to post this on the alumni website, but this is to make sure you guys are checking out the links.

Craig Morrow -
Full Story

It is great to hear about our alumni doing great things. If you have a link or a story, email it to Alumni Secretary - ttukappasigma@gmail.com or leave it in the comments. It would be great for this to be a two way street. This is all new to us too, so bear with but feel free to play along. Comments are moderated

If you notice at the bottom of each post, there are "tags" like this one is newsletter and events. Have any requests...let me know. I have one for Hogan...post pictures of things going on around the house. That is what we all miss. We go to homecoming to talk about the day to day at the house. Big events are only thrown so people can get together and talk about the little things that made college so great.

Now is the time to let you know if you did not get a newsletter that homecoming is October 6. Agenda of events to follow as they become available. Or, you can start posting comments and YOU decide what you want to do this year.

IF you have not been receiving the newsletters, here ya go:

FALL 2007 Newsletter - Now with pictures (Right Click and use Save as if you have a slower connection)
SPRING 2007 Newsletter

See you at homecoming. Hope to hear from you soon.

OCTOBER 6 - VS. AUSTIN PEAY More Info

Does anyone use linkedIN or any other sites they like for networking? Have any events in you area...come on people, work with me.

ej