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Alumni News Homecoming 2007 Details Brothers, Sept. 19, 2007 - First I would like to say what a great game this past Friday night. Beating Oklahoma State. Also a big thanks to the active zeta for the evening. The band was awesome. Here are the events planned for Homecoming Weekend Friday October 19 • Golf Tournament • Cocktail Party at the home of Doug and Christa
Kitchens Cost is 7.50 a person. This helps with food. If you are willing to help please let me know. I am also asking brothers that will contribute to the cocktails to contact me. • 10-2 a.m. - Party continues at the LXA House on Pell Avenue Saturday October 20 • 10 a.m. - Alumni Meeting at the house • 12 noon - Tailgating under the tent on Shackleford
Quad • 6:30 p.m. - Dinner at the fraternity House. This will be held to give us a chance to all be together. Plate cost is $7.50. The reason we are charging is we have asked the whole chapter and their dates, also the parents of the brothers and associates. I think that with such a great rush this will be a great showing of us. Please try to come to all these things. • 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. - Band Party ... Paul Patterson has got the band for us to play this year out of Mobile. Order Your Commemorative T-shirt Also, their will be T-shirts for you to order. The cost is $15 a shirt. I need to know if you want one by Oct. 5. For me to order, I need your check, The shirts are white with "Lambda Chi Alpha" on the front and on the back a picture of the old house on Three Notch Street. These are being done by our alumni Shannon Collins of ScreenTech in Dothan. I think that covers it all. Please read and let me know
as soon as possible what you will do with us that weekend. Always in ZAX, Woods Culpepper Lambda Chi Alpha Chapter, House & Homecoming Update Brothers: Aug. 14, 2007 - Here is an update on the following semester at Troy. The house renovation is just about complete. The women's bathroom, men's bathroom, and furniture for the rooms are complete. The deck has to be stained, the bar for the kitchen delivered and the wall divisions are being put in today or tomorrow. The house is full with 12 brothers. This
marks the first time in years the house has been full. For older alumni,
the house capacity was 11. The chapter went to It should be a good rush for fall. The goal of 25 associates set by the chapter will be met and they will go past that number. My hat's off to Josh Sowell and the alumni who sent recommendations for the guys. Also, the actives have done a great job helping. Homecoming is Oct. 20. I am in the middle of getting all the information out to you about that weekend. The preliminary Homecoming information is as follows: Friday, Oct. 19 Saturday, Oct. 20 All the associates and active brothers parents are being invited for all activities. Also, parents of brothers who have passed away, former Lambda Chi Alpha little sisters, advisors and house moms will be invited to be a part of this celebration. 11:30 a.m. - Tailgating under the fraternity tent on the Pace Quad. This will be a BBQ. 2 p.m. - Football game then the game vs. North Texas. Efforts will be made to secure a block of seats in Movie Gallery Veterans Stadium. If you are interested in buying seats in a block, please e-mail Bob Markey at BMarkey@PalmsWestPress.com. 6 p.m. - After the game, the time will be set for all to return to the house for dinner. We need you to be apart of this - a show of unity for the chapter. We will have a meeting for a few minutes to answer questions and also show the plans for the new living accommodations. I have got the invitations ordered. I am just waiting to get all the last-minute detail tied up so they can go to print. There will be Homecoming T-shirt. Cost is $15. It must be ordered by Oct. 5. Thank you for the support - not only the e-mails but those that have given financially, and also of their time. If ever our chapter has made a turn for the best, it has been now. Thank you for your belief in Lambda Chi Alpha and us the alumni who have worked hands on here. Please know that we take the money you send and are good stewards of this. We also have a good hands-on working with the active chapter. We are not backing away. To answer questions of how we are spending the money, please call me at 334-318-6027. Please email me back if you have any questions or suggestions. Yours in ZAX, Sigma Tau Zeta Alumni Association Members Listed By Woods Culpepper I have been getting e-mails from brothers on who has joined, how many have joined, "Have you gotten my check?" Here is the list of the brothers who have
received checks from so far as of today May 8, 2007. These brothers have
been written down in the active alumni rolls. I know more of you are
sending your checks. As soon as I receive them, you Thank you to all who have given and all who are going to give. If you see a name missing, please contact them and tell them about our Sigma Tau Zeta Alumni Association. Total count is 104. Always in ZAX, Sigma Tau
Zeta Alumni Association
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January |
February |
March |
Total |
% of Total |
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Sigma Tau 1-100 |
$435 |
$1890 |
$945 |
$3270 |
31% |
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Sigma Tau 101-200 |
$400 |
$2300 |
$1661 |
$4361 |
41% |
|
Sigma Tau 201-300 |
$250 |
$880 |
$440 |
$1570 |
15% |
|
Sigma Tau 301-400 |
$0 |
$160 |
$140 |
$300 |
3% |
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Sigma Tau 401-500 |
$10 |
$520 |
$95 |
$625 |
6% |
|
Sigma Tau 501-600 |
$30 |
$110 |
$280 |
$420 |
4% |
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Total |
$1125 |
$5860 |
$3561 |
$10,546 |
100% |
Monthly Revenue based on Annual contributions split up over 12 months and represent total received for January thru March.
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Monthly Contribution |
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Sigma Tau 1-100 |
$1808 |
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Sigma Tau 101-200 |
$1323 |
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Sigma Tau 201-300 |
$393 |
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Sigma Tau 301-400 |
$120 |
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Sigma Tau 401-500 |
$265 |
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Sigma Tau 501-600 |
$165 |
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Total |
$4074 |
The following is the % of brothers within each Zeta Range who have contributed
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Sigma Tau 1-100 |
22% |
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Sigma Tau 101-200 |
28% |
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Sigma Tau 201-300 |
10% |
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Sigma Tau 301-400 |
4% |
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Sigma Tau 401-500 |
10% |
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Sigma Tau 501-600 |
6% |
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The following Brothers have contributed to the Association:
Brother Zeta Range
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Bill Novick |
001-100 |
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Bill Stephenson |
001-100 |
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Bob Cauthen |
001-100 |
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Bob Powell |
001-100 |
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Charlie Adams |
001-100 |
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Charlie Driggers |
001-100 |
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Doug Lavender |
001-100 |
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E.T. Fernandez |
001-100 |
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Eddie Starkie |
001-100 |
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Gary Miller |
001-100 |
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Hiram Davis |
001-100 |
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Jeff Annis |
001-100 |
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Jim Parks |
001-100 |
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Keith Roling |
001-100 |
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Kevin Steele |
001-100 |
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Paul Richardson |
001-100 |
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Robert Young |
001-100 |
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Steve Straughn |
001-100 |
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Ted HIcks |
001-100 |
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Tommy Hendrix |
001-100 |
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Woods Culpepper |
001-100 |
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Bill McClellan |
101-200 |
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Bob Markey |
101-200 |
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Butch Howard |
101-200 |
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David Baldwin |
101-200 |
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Don Aplin |
101-200 |
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Doug Kitchens |
101-200 |
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Gil McKenzie |
101-200 |
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Jack Golson |
101-200 |
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Jay Reeves |
101-200 |
|
Jimmy Harris |
101-200 |
|
Joe Harrell |
101-200 |
|
Keith Combee |
101-200 |
|
Ken Bailey |
101-200 |
|
Kenny Jessen |
101-200 |
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Kit Smith |
101-200 |
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Kurt Schirad |
101-200 |
|
Lance Neven |
101-200 |
|
Lee Schneider |
101-200 |
|
Mike Torres |
101-200 |
|
Otto Espada |
101-200 |
|
Rex Lewis |
101-200 |
|
Rodney Ballard |
101-200 |
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Ronnie Crozier |
101-200 |
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Scott Geraldine |
101-200 |
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Scott Schumacher |
101-200 |
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Steve Bedsole |
101-200 |
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Tad Dillard |
101-200 |
|
Tommy Bedsole |
101-200 |
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David Young |
201-300 |
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Keith Weeks |
201-300 |
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Mike Campbell |
201-300 |
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Randy Mauldin |
201-300 |
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Richard Shera |
201-300 |
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Sam Kitchens |
201-300 |
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Shannon Collins |
201-300 |
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Terry Riley |
201-300 |
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Tim Norris |
201-300 |
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Tim Smith |
201-300 |
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Andrew Fleener |
301-400 |
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Don McGee |
301-400 |
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Greg Heyn |
301-400 |
|
Kevin Nicol |
301-400 |
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Andrew Hicks |
401-500 |
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Chris Arnette |
401-500 |
|
Jay Ogburn |
401-500 |
|
Jeff Randa |
401-500 |
|
Justin Knox |
401-500 |
|
Kris Frymire |
401-500 |
|
Larry Ingram |
401-500 |
|
Matt Dial |
401-500 |
|
Michael Babb |
401-500 |
|
Spencer Ross |
401-500 |
|
Brad Robinson |
501-600 |
|
Brandon Donaldson |
501-600 |
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Jordan Medeiros |
501-600 |
|
Mike Carty |
501-600 |
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Nathan Warner |
501-600 |
|
Todd Powell |
501-600 |
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The following is a chart on how the money is to be allocated. This is for January thru March.
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We have agreed to subsidize the chapter through the end of this year for the mortgage up to our 40% of contributions limit, however, it is also agreed that the active chapter MUST have no less than 10 persons living in the house beginning in the fall. This rule was relaxed several years ago, which has caused for a severe shortfall. Excess funds may be necessary to assist in Rush next year. This will come from the housing funds since the income from the brothers living in the house will fund the mortgage. The Active brothers will be instructed that money cannot be committed for bands or extraordinary expenses unless they have the excess money to fund this. The Alumni Association will stop all funding if chapter income is not first used for fixed obligations to operate the fraternity. OK, now some incredible news. To start, Troy is thinking about NOT building a new fraternity row, and realizes that money would be better spent by Troy and the Fraternities if they stay where they are. The land behind the current house could be used for new construction and possibly adding on to the current house. This has not been determined yet, but is certainly preferred. Woody Culpepper had a meeting with Troy last week to discuss our plans to refurbish the house to make it more livable. He was told they were so impressed with the way our Alumni have stepped in to re-build our chapter and to pay off back debts that they too would like to help us with our endeavor. Although not finalized yet, the following has been verbally agreed too: Troy will perform and pay for the following:
During the summer, many of us will be helping with other projects around the house including new landscaping, painting etc. Brothers, had it not been for your efforts, we would not have this opportunity to breath new life into our chapter. Woody has spent a great deal of time and effort working on this project and to him I am grateful. We only have 13% of our Alumni who have made this a reality. Our next effort is to be able to build a new house or add on to the current house in the next few years, but we need more Alumni to step up and make their contributions. For those of you contributing monthly, please don’t forget to make that payment. Please make reservation for homecoming next year, it will no doubt be the one NOT to miss after all of these efforts. If you’re not sure if you can come yet, at least make hotel reservation that can be cancelled, or used by someone else. |
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Your in ZAX, Jeff
Annis |
Chapter House Update:
We Made it, But Money Needs Continue
Please read the latest information
2004 - Thanks to great financial support from a relatively small number of alumni, Sigma Tau Zeta has paid off its more than 20-year-old, $38,000 debt to Troy University (housing payments), incurred mostly by long-gone alumni.
A small group of alumni instantly halved that debt with a donation of $19,000. The remaining money was raised in only a few weeks, thanks to the coordination of Housing Corporation Chairman David Baldwin.
If the debt had not been paid, Troy University officials might have initiated foreclosure proceedings and a legal fight might have ensued.
The chapter and alumni continue to ask for the support - no matter how small - of the other several hundred alumni in ensuring that repairs can be made to the current house and that the new house on the new fraternity row can be built and properly furnished.
Can you spare $10, $50, $100, $1000 or even $10,000? Many of our alumni have done just that, including one brother who donated his entire house down payment savings ($5,000) and another who is unemployed but managed to come up with $20.
Please do your part to help the chapter stay in the black and rebuild its membership. The chapter will have approximately $68,000 in equity in the existing house, which can be turned into a down payment on a new house. The alumni will then be expected to help properly furnish the new house.
These donations are tax-deductible. Please e-mail Housing Corp. Chairman David Baldwin at David@TheBaldwinAgency.com and let him know how much you can send. Please do it today!
Send donations to:
TSU Foundation
Write "Lambda Chi Alpha" in the memo
line of the check
c/o David Baldwin
266 Edgewood Drive
Americus, GA 31709
The active chapter has made great strides in keeping current with payments and catching up on much of the debt. Some of that debt was incurred by many of us - the alumni. It is up to us now to finally help get the chapter back in its financial feet. Its members have already made great sacrifices in paying high dues, cutting back on social events and putting off needed house improvements. Yet, the fraternity is growing and making us proud by improving its grade point average and winning this year's Greek Week competition. The brotherhood is strong and growing and it is up to the established alumni to provide a financial push to get the chapter solvent once and for all.
Chapter House Update: Looks Like We Made it, But Money Needs Continue
Thanks to the extraordinary efforts of 81 of our Alumni brothers, the house at 404 Pell Avenue is safely in our hands and the Pi Kapps, while not very happy about it, are having to look elsewhere. We have paid off the back debt to Troy University and are off and running.
We are the envy of every Fraternity on the Troy University campus. They just cannot believe what YOU have accomplished. Most of the Administration had written our Chapter off, thinking that there would be no way we could accomplish this goal. "They just can't see, what we can see."
The Chapter is busy preparing for what will be a great Homecoming, in more ways than one. We have a lot to celebrate. TSU has provided, free of charge, the materials to re-deck the Alumni hangout (Front Deck) and Dr. Hoyt and the guys are going to have it ready for HC. Ceiling tiles are being replaced and a roof will be built over the bar area. Very soon, the University will be having the parking lot and curbs re-done. Rotten fascia is being replaced and the house and grounds cleaned up.
The next phase of the Donation Challenge will center on the Alumni who have not yet given to the effort. Bob Markey is working to update the website with address corrections for our next mailing. Please take some time to look over the list and give Bob corrections as needed. We really need your help on this. Many of our Alumni are not even aware of what's been happening over the last three weeks or so. We owe them the favor of letting them know what's happened, what we have done about it, and to give them the opportunity to participate.
If you haven't made a donation yet, now is the time. We are actively looking to move on the new house and will need your financial assistance to make it happen.
David Baldwin
Sigma Tau 193
Housing Corp.
David@TheBaldwinAgency.com
Mail checks to:
David Baldwin
266 Edgewood Drive
Americus, GA 31709
Chapter Needs $38,000 Now Or Faces Eviction
Sept. 7, 2004 - As I write this letter, there are two desperate situations that need our immediate attention. First, Hurricane Frances is bearing down on Florida and we have a large number of our brothers, sisters, and their families in its path. There is not much we can do for them at this point but pray that God grants them safe passage thru this storm and offer our support to them after it’s over.
The other situation is also desperate, but we can do something about it. We are about to loose our Chapter’s house. We are still $38,000 in arrears to TSU and our fundraising efforts have had dismal results. The last letter that I sent to you only raised about $3,000. While a few of you did contribute to our efforts, most did not.
The Sigma Tau house account has been under serious scrutiny by the State Auditors because we are so far behind and have been in default for s