Wow. KU alumni have their stuff together.....
>From: "Don Raidt" <
draidt@...>
>Subject: Directors Meeting
>Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 15:23:34 -0400
>
>Brothers,
>
>Let me start by welcoming the new directors elected at the Annual
>Meeting on April 21, 2007. They are Richard Eklund, Howard Forsythe,
>David Heuermann, Steve Moon, and Ben Schrader.
>
>I apologize for the late notice, but we need to have a Board of
>Directors meeting at 12:00 p.m. at the chapter house on May 26, 2007.
>
>In that meeting we will describe the pledge class which has been
>recruited at that date; I will give a brief description of the
>incredible young men who are looking forward to moving into the chapter
>house on August 7, 2007. We have been doing tremendously well,
>competing, not only with the top Greek houses on the K. U. campus, but
>with the University of Kansas itself. Some of the men who have signed
>pledge cards were later offered dormitory scholarships by K. U., but to
>date we have managed to hang on to these top scholars. We still need
>scholarship funds, as we have a few kids in the wings who are clearly
>scholarship kids, but all of our available scholarship funds are
>presently committed. I personally believe that this pledge class will
>be the best pledge class ever assembled on the K. U. campus by anybody.
>One of our prominent alums who recommended a young man replied, when I
>told him that we had signed his recommendation, said that if the
>restoration of Nu Chapter of Sigma Nu could be compared to draft day in
>the NFL, we had just signed Peyton Manning. In fact, I can count at
>least four high-scholarship Peyton Mannings in this class.
>
>It will be pretty clear how many will be living in the house by this
>meeting, and we will need to have details of how we are going to survive
>financially until the numbers can be brought to a level where we can
>begin paying down our debt.
>
>We have organized an event for Saturday afternoon June 16, 2007, (the
>day before father's day), during which time all new pledges will get to
>meet all of their pledge brothers for the first time, and go through
>their dressed up Fraternity house, and see it in detail for the first
>time; the parents can meet each other and learn about parent activities,
>and house functions at football games in the fall; the mothers can form
>a mother's club, and so on. This will be a kick-off event for the fall,
>and while there may be a committed but unsigned pledge or two who show
>up with their parents, this event will not be a major recruiting event.
>It is for the parents, and for the kids that have joined. There will be
>a barbecue and soft drinks. At the moment the plan is to start this is
>planned to start at 1:00 p.m. in the afternoon. We need to stimulate a
>lot of alumni participation.
>
>In the week following this event, I intend to take our list of everyone
>who will be living in the house to University of Kansas officials in
>order to regain our status on the hill. After that I will determine
>with National Fraternity a date certain when our charter will be
>returned. Although I have been working with National Chapter, no one
>from National Chapter has been able to visit the campus since Jon
>Sprenger was promoted, so our colony training has gotten behind
>schedule. Since Nu Chapter is one of the most important of the Sigma Nu Chapters in the country, I am considering asking the Executive
>Director of National Sigma Nu, Brad Beacham to come and make a few brief
>remarks.
>
>I have also attached a brief form which we used when we met new
>candidates. I ask that you fill it our to give me your latest email
>addresses, phone numbers, and mailing addresses so that I can maintain
>an up-to-date database of our Directors. Please send it to P. O. Box
>4024, Lawrence, KS 66044
>
>Our work is not finished. More than ever before, we need your
>participation and help. If you have any new candidates, please forward
>their complete information immediately, and be prepared to visit the new
>candidate and his parents yourself. From your initial visit we can take
>it from there.
>
>Fraternally,
>
>Don Raidt
>
>Our restored chapter does not allow any hazing.
>We expect the house occupants to socialize responsibly.
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