03/29/2011 Third Annual Alumni Reunion

Hello All,
Hope the winter has treated you well. We are currently planning our Spring and Summer events for our Alumni Association. On the drawing board is our Third Annual Alumni Reunion tentatively planned for early June and the possibility of another alumni "outing" for late August. We'd love to hear from you, if you have any ideas for our next event...i.e. location, event type, etc. Please feel free to respond to this post. Look forward to hearing from you!!  
Chi Once!  
Your Alumni Association 
www.chialumni.com
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06/07/2011 Second Annual Alumni Reunion

Dear Sigma Theta Chi Alumni,

The Alumni Association would like to send out a big thank you to all the attendees of the reunion this past Saturday. It was a very successful outing of catching up with old friends, make new ones and sharing some war stories along the way. Events such as these is what will help reconnect and grow our alumni association. As per everyone's request we are planning another similar get together later on in the summer to say good by to summer and hello to hopefully new faces!

Thank again to everyone and CHI ONCE!

Sincerely
Stefano Gaetano

05/17/2011 THREE WEEKS LEFT till the Second Annual Chi Alumni Reunion JUNE 4th 2011

Hope your all excited to see fellow brothers from years past.

Bar-A will be providing DJ entertainment and as much BBQ food as you can eat. Drink Specials will be available so come prepared to have yourself a great time...

Entry: $10.00

Time: 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM

There are several hotels/motels/Holiday Inns (lol) in the area and judging form the performance of several of last years attendees it would be extremely beneficial to book one for the night. Recommend Belmar Inn, Belmar Motor lodge Or The Mayfair Hotel. Message me for additional details

***NOTE*** If your an active brother or near the age of 21 bring two forms of ID with a picture, Bar-A is notorious for turning away any suspect ID's. It would be a shame to miss the fun simply because your stupid..(JK) but it would be a shame...***NOTE***

RSVP ON FACEBOOK HERE

Any questions just call.
Chi Once!
Bob

04/17/2011 Upcoming May Meeting

Hello Gentlemen,

I just wanted to give everyone a heads up, May 12th at 8pm is the date of our next Alumni Association meeting. All members are invited to attend and we encourage all of you to do so. Attending meetings are the most efficient and productive way to have your ideas become reality. 

Alumni Committee Meeting 15

Date: 05/12/2011 Time: 8 PM
Location: 821 Jersey Ave. Elizabeth, NJ

We are currently in our "busy season" with several exciting events coming up. YOU can be a part of the decision making of how these events will take place. Please come and voice your opinion to help further our organization.

Topics to be covered:

1. 2011 Scholarship Award & Annual Induction Dinner
2. Event A (tba within weeks)
3. Second Annual Alumni Reunion - June 4, 2011 Bar Anticipation Lake Como, NJ
4. Summer Boat Fundraiser (Late July - August)

If you would like to attend or have any ideas or questions please email us a Secretary@chialumni.com or contact any officers directly. All officer email addresses are listed at the following link http://chialumni.com/officers.html

Look forward to hearing from you!

Chi Once!

www.chialumni.com

www.sigmathetachi.org

04/02/2011 Meeting Agenda, Minutes & Financials

Hello All,

One of the most important aspects of any relationship is trust; we realize this and keep this in mind when serving our membership - Alumni E-Board

 What we are referring to when we speak of trust is the opportunity to know what goes on "behind the scenes", we want to give all members the opportunity to see into the inner workings of  our alumni association. This way you can better prepare for future events. The better informed you are the more motivated you'll be when a event of interest comes up.

The first of three options to help our member is the new online meeting archives. We plan to stream all upcoming meeting live at www.ustream.tv/channel/chi-alumni-meeting and make archives available for review. This will give each of you eyes into the inner working of the alumni association.

A second option and also extremely important, each month we publish our financial statements online in a secure, password protected page for all members to view. We do this to give you the opportunity to see how all of our funds are collected and spent in order to operate the alumni association. This is our safety net to make sure all money is spent prudently.

One the easily overlooked ideas, but very simple tool that you will find useful at keeping you informed is that all meeting agenda's and meeting minutes are posted online as well. These documents offer our members the ability to keep up to date on activities and future events even when their schedules restrict them from attending. Why do this? Chi is truly an organization owned by its membership. “It is what we put into it” and it only continues to exist because of the efforts of the brotherhood that supports it. We encourage all of you to offer your experiences to help further our organization.

We do all of this to provoke interest and encourage involvement, this will truly help grow our organization and help to create a more diverse group of professional involvement. For more information on how you can help out or if you would like to attend our next alumni meeting on May 12th, 2011 please contact us at Secretary@chialumni.com

Agendas & Minutes: http://chialumni.com/phpBB3/minutes.php
Financial Statements: http://chialumni.com/phpBB3/financial.php

Chi Once!
Your Alumni Executive Board
www.chialumni.com
www.sigmathetachi.org
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04/07/2011 Alumni Meeting 8PM View Archive online here!

View Archived video online here

03/29/2011 MDA Summer Camp Volunteers needed

Dear Alumni & Active Brothers,

I thought I would pass on some interesting information. If any of you are looking to bulk up your resume (all you teachers) or just want to help out at the MDA summer camp this August let me know…

If you know some people that would be interested.  We are in need of MALE counselors this year, simply because our male campers, ages 10+ need to be paired with only male counselors.  

Our camp takes place on Saturday, August 20^th - Friday, August 26^th at Camp Visions in Spring Valley, NY.  It’s a week long, sleep away camp and all counselors are 100% volunteer, so there will be no compensation.  They would need to stay the entire week and care for a child with a disability.  This person would need to basically be the arms and legs of this child and each child is different.  There are some campers that have severe needs, while others are still able to walk and function normally.  In some cases, a counselor can be paired with a camper and they may have to feed, bathe, toilet and possibly turn them in the middle of the night.  It’s a great experience and these counselors feel ‘different’ after they leave camp.  It’s exhausting, both physically and mentally, but the feeling they will have once they leave is something that they will take with them forever.  

I’ve attached a fact sheet to give a little more insight regarding this volunteer opportunity.  Each person interested would need to come into my office for a face to face interview, fill out an application, and we need to conduct a background check.

Any way that you can help is greatly appreciated. Thanks so much!

Muscular Dystrophy Association

03/23/2011 Chi B-Ball Jersey Orders

Good Morning All,

By popular demand we have decided to place a second order for Basketball Jerseys! (Must be all the March madness fever) If you would like to order a jersey they are $25 per jersey +$2 S&H. The turn around time on these is about two weeks and will be shipped to you directly. Orders can be placed by doing any of the following:

(1) Go to: http://chialumni.com/donation.html click on the "Donate" button and enter $27.00 on the paypal page. (if you don't have paypal it's OK, there is an option to pay without an account)

(2) Emailing: Events@Chialumni.com Include Size and Number/Name. A paypal request for $$ will be sent to you, once $$ is received we will process your order and email you a confirmation.

(3) Phone/Mail: 201-481-9954 I can place the order for you and I'll give you the address to mail a check to.

Please don't wait, we will be ordering by March  27th. 

Thanks,

Bob

03/18/2011 Welcome

Hello and welcome! This week marks a new milestone for the our alumni association. We are very excited to announce that we have added one more arrow in our quiver with the Chi Alumni Blog....

Question: What is this? 

Answer: Simple question, we've always operated with face-to-face contact and now we have this blog. A blog is simply an internet site that we can continually update with relative ease compared to a website which requires specific commands and codes to operate and be updated. We will be posting all email communications, event announcement, and general information on this blog so that we have a written record for each of you to look to for updates. 

Question: How can it help me?

Answer: This site is a quick and easy way to keep up-to-date on whats been going on with your alumni association. If you receive an email about an event but then can't find the email, you will have this site to fall back on. If your looking for updates on the active fraternity or an alumni Vs. active football game...check this site and you'll have all the information you need. For continual updates subscribe to our blog feed at: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ChiAlumni

Question: What makes this different from Facebook or www.Chialumni.com

Answer: In addition to being one of several resources that the alumni association plans to take advantage of, this site offers up a voice from ANY alumni. We are looking to create several reoccurring blog topics. If your an alumni interested in contributing to help further our organization but don't have the time to offer or possibly the location your currently living in isn't ideal then "blogging" can offer you an outlet.

Question: How can I contribute?

Answer: We are looking for alumni who want to offer their expertise on issues that can help the alumni association and/Or the active brotherhood. If you have some experiences please feel free to put together a post and email it to Secretary@chialumni.com When we receive your emails we will post it here for all to read. This can help if you have real world experiences you want to share...from a great vacation spot you've recently visited to some hard life lessons you've lived through and care to help others avoid falling victim to. Please don't hold back...

Question: I'm not a great writer but still want to help. What can I do?

Answer: The alumni association focuses on building a concrete foundation that will help excel our organization for many decades. We are still in the early stages of our growth and to continue to create a better alumni association we require help. Please click the paypal link and pay your dues for 2011. The cost is $25 dollars per year and ALL of the money goes to promote events, promote the alumni association and help build something we can all be proud to be a part of. Support your association and pay 2011 dues...http://chialumni.com/dues.html

03/13/2011 MDA Walk Success & Upcoming Events:

Hello ALL,

Hope everyone is enjoying a little bit of warm weather and sunshine! Thank you to all Alumni & Active brothers of Sigma Theta Chi that participated in the MDA Walk. We raised over $1325.00 which all went to help benefit the kids of Muscular Dystrophy. This event marks a great success of our Alumni Association. Active brothers alone raised over $300.00...and alumni did their part to make up the difference. This truly is a successful event for Sigma Theta Chi and is just the beginning.

A special Thank You to Anthony Veiga, Justin Jankow, Mike Nitto, Jorge Vasquez, Rich Slowik, Damiano Gaetano, Nelson Pires, Nelson Cardoso, Stefano Gaetano, Nader Nassif, and ALL of our friends & family who contributed to MDA....

Update on CHI activities:

Active: The active are going into Greek Olympics in a few weeks. A schedule of events has yet to be solidified and once done we will be posting the information on facebook along with our regular email blast.

           The brothers have been hard at work at planning this years Annual Induction Dinner. It will be held on June 3rd @ the White Sands Resort in Point Pleasant, NJ. If you are interested in attending, bids will be $75.00 and can be paid via pay-pal, check or cash PRIOR to the event. Bids paid the day of will be $100.00.

        If your interested in participating in any/all of these events or are looking for further detail, please respond to this email or contact Anthony Veiga or Victor Oliveira directly (both CCed on this email).

Formal Room Reservations:

The White Sands Oceanfront Spa & Resort
1205 Ocean Avenue
Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey 08742
Toll Free: 888-558-8958
Tel: 732-899-3370 • Fax: 732-899-2993
E-mail: info@thewhitesands.com Website: www.thewhitesands.com

Alumni: We will be having our monthly Alumni Meeting this Thursday at 8pm. The location will be 821 Jersey Ave. Elizabeth, NJ. We will be discussing future fund-raising events and the Second Annual Alumni Reunion tentatively planned for **SAVE THE DATE**June 4th @ Bar-A, Lake Como, NJ. **SAVE THE DATE**.

Regards,

Your Alumni Association

www.chialumni.com

www.sigmathetachi.org

03/09/2011 Reminder MDA Walk this Saturday:

Hi guys,
As of last night, and due to the efforts of our alumni & active brothers hard work, we've raised over $750 dollars and we're still going strong! Our goal is set at $1000.00 please help us exceed our goals and the goal
of having a successful event.

This is a reminder that it's not to late to help out! The walk is this Saturday at the Prudential Arena in Newark, we will all be meeting there at 11am. We will have designated areas so just ask one of the volunteers from MDA for the team location. Please bring all donation money and paperwork..after the walk at 2pm we will be meeting just down the street at Iberia Restaurant on Ferry Street for some well deserved
refreshments...

If you can't make it out Saturday that's no problem, you can still contribute and log in donations from co-workers, friends an family at the link below. Please help out a great cause!!

https://www.joinmda.org/MyWalkHub/MyTeamHomepage/tabid/190479/Team/chialumnicom/Default.aspx

Chi Once!
Your Alumni Association
www.chialumni.com
www.sigmathetachi.org

02/26/2011 Congrats to two fellow alumni

Congratulations to

Richard Slowik & Frank Del Vecchio

on their recent engagement

*not to each other*

For those of you have not had the pleasure of knowing either Rich or Frank, the alumni association will introduce...

Rich Slowik joined Sigma Theta Chi in the Spring of 2003 in a class by himself, literally, he went through the new member process by himself which as we all know is one of the most "interesting" ways to enter our organization. Not only was his character shown with this act but he also joined when our organization was at it's lowest. We did not have a house and there were fewer than 6 brothers active. During his years he earned the nickname of "Floppy" because of his long flowing (and somewhat girl-like) hair that flopped during an alumni vs active football game. You will all be happy to know Rich and his silky locks have parted ways circa 2005. In his free time Rich enjoys spending time with friends, snowboarding, drinking, and fixing up his new casa in Ocean twp, NJ. He also likes to weld, enjoy a cocktail or two, and in the summer months surf... Luckily for Rich and humanity, he met Natalie Castagno who will now enjoy keeping Rich out of jail.....

Francesco Del Vecchio or more widely known as Frank "the tank" entered his active years in the Fall of 2004. He has held several fraternal positions during his years, none more notably important than President during the Fall06 - Spring07 academic year, where Sigma Theta Chi was at it's largest it has been in the past 10 years. During his years attending glorious Kean University, Frank held the fraternity record for most fried bread sandwiches eaten in 24 hour period of time. This feat is one of Franks most cherished and closely held accomplishments and only was made possible from the strength and mental toughness during his training for his attempt at the world record for longest "World of Warcraft" marathon. Frank and Melissa Pontecorvo (Theta Phi Alpha Alum) met at Kean and currently reside together in wonderful town of Maple Shade, New Jersey on the Pennsylvania border.

Good luck!!

Sincerely,

Your Alumni Association

www.chialumni.com

www.sigmathetachi.org

02/24/2011 Chi B-ball Jersey order:

Hi guys,

The actives asked me to pass on a little information. They are ordering reversible mesh jerseys for this years greek olympics. The jerseys will be black on one side and gold on the reverse, w/ Chi logo on both sides. If you are interested in ordering they run $20.00 for the base jersey w/logo's & $2 per number on the back. Just get in touch with myself or Anthony Veiga (Active President).

Orders can be placed by emailing events@chialumni.com You will be receive a paypal request for $$ and your order will be placed once payment has been confirmed.

NOTE **Once you've placed your order just respond to this email with your size and if you would like a specific number it's $2.00 extra per number...Jerseys will be shipped to you

Paypal info:

Base jersey w/ Logo - $20 +$3 S&H = Total $23

Jersey w/ 1 Number - $22 +$3 S&H = Total $25

Jersey w/ 2 numbers - $24+$3 S&H = Total $27

02/12/2011 Special Alumni Meeting February 15, 2011 8pm:

CALLING ALL ALUMNUS,

The following is an email we sent to each active brother earlier today....The issue prevails that the fraternity, as well as they are doing, has done a poor job in preserving our beliefs. They need a refresher on what it is to be a chi brother and what this fraternity has stood for in the past 74 years. We need to instill our beliefs of courage, character, integrity & principle into each brother this Tuesday, February 15th. Your alumni association will be present to pass this message to these fine brothers. We invite each and every one of you to join in the passing on of our message. Every brother has a voice and each of you have earned that right. Please join us in continuing what is our life blood....We need your help! See you Tuesday....

Good morning,

Several of you know but I'm sure there are a few of you who haven't heard but the Alumni are calling a special meeting of the brotherhood for this Tuesday February 15th @ 8PM. I know some of you have plans of holding a meet and greet on campus but it seems to several Alumni that we have bigger issues that need to be addressed. Please plan accordingly as this meeting may take several hours. A few ground rules:

(1) If your on the active E-board please be at the house ASAP @ approx 8pm.

(2) If you are active but not on E-board please be at the house no later than 8:30pm (Exception Grecco 9pm)

(3) If ANYONE shows up even slightly out of it don't even bother showing up. Your actions will reflect your attitude and character.

See everyone Tuesday night and if you have any questions feel free to contact me directly.

Chi Once!

www.chialumni.com

www.sigmathetachi.org

02/03/2011 Alumni Meeting February 10, 2011

Hi Guys,

Just wanted to shoot everyone an update for next week’s alumni meeting. The location has been changed from Dami’s condo (821 Jersey Ave.) to Kean University Center room 334. We will be starting at 8pm so please arrive 10-15 minutes early. Also an important note we will be having E-board appointments so please make your best effort to attend and voice your opinion. Look forward to seeing everyone next Thursday.

Any questions or concerns feel free to contact me.

Location: Kean University Center Room 334

Date/Time: 02-10-11 @ 8PM

Details: See attached agenda

Questions: Contact Bob Howe

Regards,

Bob Howe
www.chialumni.com
www.sigmathetachi.org

01/28/2011 Reminder Alumni Meeting:

Happy Friday,

As as spoke about at our annual meeting back in October we encourage all alumni to help out as they can. We want to present the opportunity to get involved in being part of the leadership of the alumni association. This means participating in the decision process for the direction of the organization and helping to exceed the goals for the upcoming months.

We've been working hard all year long to make sure that each of us have a great alumni association which can offer many benefits to it's membership. If you would like to get involved or are just curious about what's going on behind the scenes feel free to get in touch with me.

I've listed the date and location of our next meeting. Hope to see many
of you at our upcoming events...

February 10th 8pm - 10pm Location: 821 Jersey Ave. Elizabeth, NJ
Details: BYOB...all are welcome (as long as you BYOB jk but not really)..otherwise F off...plz arrive on time.

Any questions contact me

Bob
www.chialumni.com
www.sigmathetachi.org

01/23/2011 Alumni Contact Update:

Hello everyone,

As we celebrate the one year anniversary of creating the newly organized Sigma Theta Chi Alumni association we have accumulated over 100+ contacts from all different generations. In good fashion we still feel that we can do better and we need your help.

If you have any information on alumni who might be interested in receiving updates on the Alumni Association please respond to this post or email secretary@chialumni.com If it's a phone number, name, email, address, etc. We really would appreciate any help you can provide. We thank you for your help and look forward to receiving your feedback!

Chi Once!....Go Jets!!

01/05/2011 Meeting Update:

Hello all,

I wanted to give everyone a heads up that we'll be meeting on the first Thursday of each month through out the winter months. Our next meeting is tomorrow night and the actives have been kind enough to let us hold it at the fraternity house 559 Morris ave. Elizabeth, NJ.

If your interested in participating please don't hesitate to stop in. The meeting starts promptly at 8pm, please arrive 10-15 minutes early if you plan on coming. Any questions feel free to call me.

Thanks,
Bob

01/04/2011 Best Wishes:

Dear Alumnus,

Happy New Year to each an everyone of you! Hope you enjoyed the holidays and we look forward to seeing all of our valued alumni at our upcoming events! Keep an eye out for details to come...Chi Once!

Regards,
Chi Alumni Association

11/11/2010 Events Update:

Hi Guys,

Just wanted to send out a reminder of two events coming up in the very near future.

Chi Vs. Tau Football

Date: NOVEMBER 14th (this Sunday)

Location: Union HS

Time: 12pm - 2pm

Contact: Dan Singson & Anthony Veiga

Details: Meet at 559 Morris Ave. early to get a little practice in. Following the game we will all be getting together to watch the giants beat up on the Cowboys! Come out and enjoy the afternoon after we beat up on Tau!!

Chi Thanksgiving

Date: November 17th (Wednesday)

Location: 559 Morris Ave. Elizabeth, NJ

Time: 7PM

Contact: Victor Oliveira Or Anthony Veiga

Details: Feel free to bring food, drinks And/Or guests. Seating will be tight so please come early...

Chi Once!

Bob