Phi Delta Theta - University of Georgia

GEORGIA ALPHAN THE NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF GEORGIA ALPHA CHAPTER OF PHI DELTA THETA FRATERNITY AT UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA - FALL 2018 g a a l p h a . c o m Chapter Advisory Board Update Brothers of Georgia Alpha, On behalf of the Chapter Advisory Board (CAB), I am pleased to report that Georgia Alpha concluded another successful year in 2017-18. The chapter ended the spring semester with 120 actives and achieved an overall GPA of 3.39, which ranked in the top 25% of all IFC chapters. Additionally, the chapter hosted numerous social events, including the annual Bowery Ball as well as being involved in numerous campus activities and philanthropy events. Please see the chapter report by Secretary Alex Richman #2405 for more information. Recently at the biannual convention, the chapter was awarded the following: • Gold Star • Excellence in Recruitment/Initiation • Excellence in Scholarship • Biggers Award The first Georgia Alpha Annual Fund concluded this spring, reaching our goal of $25,000. The purpose of the annual fund is to support periodic improvements as needed at the chapter house. UGA has a responsibility to maintain the house per our lease agreement and the university has exceeded our expectations during our 10 years of occupancy at 130 Greek Circle. However, the interior furnishings remain our responsibility. This spring, we added a set of trophy cabinets in the living room and replaced some refrigeration in our kitchen. We elected to build out an operable kitchen when the house was constructed 10 years ago. A local chef prepares meals here for the chapter as well as several others. This expense was not anticipated and having these funds available as to not drain the chapter's operating budget is so important. We are in the process of identifying projects for the coming year and are kicking off the 2018-19 Georgia Alpha Annual Fund with this newsletter. To contribute, please visit gaalpha.com and click on the "Support the Campaign" button or complete and return the pledge form on page 4. We appreciate all of you who supported us this past year and hope we can increase both our participation and funds this coming year. The CAB and chapter held the annual Founders Day and Golden Legion ceremony on March 21 at the Capital City Club hosted by John McGoogan #1485. Over 120 alumni and actives attended and witnessed 15 brothers inducted into the Golden Legion. The ceremony was conducted by Chief Operating Officer of Phi Delta Theta Sean Wagner. Sean later gave an update about things going on nationally, not only with our fraternity but within the entire Greek system. The dominant topic remains alcohol abuse and hazing. Both the university and Headquarters conduct numerous seminars and training to address the risk in these areas and have now mandated that all chapters initiate within six weeks of pledging. The fall 2018 pledge class totaled 30 young men and is listed within. Congratulations to Recruitment Chairman Will McDaniel #2451 and his team for doing an excellent job. Hopefully many of you will be in Athens at some time during the fall, whether at a football game or another event. Please take the opportunity to drop by the chapter house (130 Greek Circle) as our actives enjoy meeting alumni. Additionally, the CAB and chapter are hosting an alumni event in Atlanta at Miller Brothers (3207 Paces Ferry Place) from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, October 4. Robby Miller #1780 is graciously hosting us once again at his recently remodeled store. Please do not hesitate to contact me or Robby (robby@millerbothers.com) about this event. We hope you will be able to join us. As always, the CAB and chapter appreciate your feedback and input. We continue to attempt to increase our communication efficiency. We are only reaching roughly half of our alumni via email, which is our primary form of communication, with about 65% by mail. If you received this newsletter, then we have your information, but there are others that you may communicate with regularly that do not receive either. We use our alumni website, gaalpha.com, to maintain these records. Our communication vendor, Pennington & Company, hosts and updates this site. While alumni can update their information under the alumni tab, they can also contact me directly to pass it on. Thanks for your continued support and hope to see you at one of our events soon. Yours in the Bond, Mark B. Chandler #1686 Alumni Chairman, Chapter Advisory Board markc@hpiinc.net | (404) 358-7904 Chairman Ashley Dillard #2108 stad10@yahoo.com Treasurer Howard Guest #2119 hguest3@yahoo.com Housing Corporation Chairman David Boohaker #2092 david.boohaker@gmail.com Alumni/Rush Chairman Mark Chandler #1686 markc@hpiinc.net Housing Corporation President John McGoogan #1485 jmc@prestwickcapital.com Chapter Advisory Board

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