ALPHA THETA CHAPTER OF
			  SIGMA CHI FRATERNITY, INC.

  Alpha Theta Chapter                                          M.I.T.
     founded 1882                                           founded 1861
				      
			      November 14, 1999

Minutes of the meeting of the Corporate Board, held September 29, 1999.

The meeting was called to order at 7:16 PM in the Chapter House Library.

Present: Mark Curtiss (Board), Herb Mower (Board), Jay Krone (Board), Tom
	 Faust (Board), Ben Hellweg, Richard Yeh (Quaestor, Board), Vik Gottam
	 (Pro-Consul), Nick Cohen, Nick Hernandez (Spring Board Rep.), Paul
	 Shay, Sam Towell (Consul, Board), Rich Obert (R.A.), Josh Littlefield
	 (Board), Mitch Hesley.
Absent:	 Karl Buttner (Board), Jason Poff (House Mgr, Board), Dusty DeQuine
	 (Fall Board Rep.), Gene Pyo (G.Z., Board).

Minutes of the May 5, 1999, meeting were accepted as distributed.

CHAPTER REPORTS

Quaestor Report - Richard Yeh
1. The Chapter is doing well financially.  Accounts Payable are down to $8K
   (but the oldest of these are 10 years old).
2. Now that Boston Edison is correctly billing for electric usage, the bill is
   running ~$1100/month.
3. The Chapter is spending a lot on maintenance.  Many plumbing issues have
   arisen.  The Corporation will reimburse for many of these expenses, so the
   Quaestor will work with the Treasurer on these expenses.
4. The Chapter currently owes the Corporation ~27K in rent, less reimbursement
   for Work Week expenses.

Consul Report - Sam Towell
1. Work Week and Rush went well.  The goal for Rush was eleven, which was
   dropped to ten in order to leave room for an undergrad returning in the
   spring.  The Chapter ended up with nine pledges after one mysterious
   de-pledge (in less than 24 hours).  The house now has 28 paid beds (out of
   30 available), with one more coming in the spring.
2. The Chapter held a community service event.
3. Sam attended a feedback forum for the Residence System Steering Committee
   on 9/28.  He reported on some of the recommendations.  Among them is a plan
   to kick rising sophomores out of their dorm rooms as an encouragement to
   ILG residency.  The residence system will continue to depend on ILGs to
   take a large percentage of sophomores and upper classmen.  They are
   recommending a non-resident pledging situation, with bids going out as
   early as November 1.  This would clearly change the entire rush and pledge
   training process.
4. There has been no campus reaction to the recent deaths at East Campus.
5. The Chapter is appealing its Peterson non-award (again).  This time the
   scoring wasn't so blatantly wrong, but they are still hopeful for the
   appeal.
6. Paul Shay has been selected as the new Chapter Advisor.
7. Alex d'Arbeloff will be dining at the house later this fall.
8. The Chapter is considering hosting an alumni weekend in the spring.
9. The Boston Alumni Chapter has expressed interest in meeting in the house
   bar.  They would take responsibility for supplying their own alcohol, etc.

CORPORATE REPORTS

President Report - Mark Curtiss
1. Mark learned at the AIFC meeting that Egress Permits are now required for
   rooming houses.  Many houses are having trouble obtaining these.  The
   actives indicated we have gotten the basic permit, but need to arrange for
   fire department approval.

Treasurer Report - Tom Faust
1. The Corporation has about $66K in the bank, and is current on all
   obligations.
2. Income is expected soon from outstanding Chapter rent.

Risk Management Report - Herb Mower
1. The Chapter participated in an IMPACT leadership retreat sponsored by the
   IFC.  The Chapter sent two representatives and provided two of the seven
   facilitators at the event.  They discussed leadership, direction, dealing
   with residence changes in 2001, house interaction and cooperation.  Many
   good ideas were generated, including ways to improve greek visibility in a
   positive way.
2. There was a mandatory freshman alcohol orientation session hosted by Mike
   Green during R/O week.

Annual Fund Report - Herb Mower
1. We're doing well with pledges this year.  A year prior we had ~$8K in
   pledges, this year we have ~$10K.  It may be a good time to raise the
   recommended contributions again if people are feeling flush.

BUSINESS

Work Week - Mitch Hesley
1. Mitch circulated a detailed report of Work Week expenses.  Many successful
   projects were completed.
2. Repair of the sliding doors was not attempted.  Mitch talked to an expert
   who felt the walls would need to be opened, and that repair might be very
   expensive, so he decided to wait.
3. Locking cabinets were purchased to house the power tools purchased during
   Work Week.
4. The expensive items were the tile for the zero floor, two shop vacs, a
   carpet vac, and two chandeliers.
5. The first floor ceiling required major repair due to leaks from the second
   floor head.  Unfortunately, new water stains are already visible.
6. Repairs to the back staircase (zero to first floor) were not attempted.
   The dryer vent was repaired over the summer.
7. Fire alarms went off frequently during work week.  It is no longer possible
   to disable the system when repair work is going on.  The Chapter may be
   billed for false alarms.
8. The Board approved a motion authorizing payment of $5588 for Work Week
   expenses.

Fundraising/House Renovation - Mark Curtiss
1. Mark has been in contact with nine houses who've undergone renovations in
   excess of $50K in recent years.  All were willing to talk with us, make
   recommendations, etc.  He obtained lots of information about each
   renovation, including contacts, cost, financing, etc.  In his discussions
   so far, he found that planning was very important, and that timing of
   renovations can be very tricky.
2. Mark would like to form a Capital Assessment Committee by the next meeting.
   He invited interested people to contact him.  This committee will begin a
   process of talking to the undergraduates, talking with other houses, and
   attempting to assess our capital needs.

Miscellaneous
1. Peter Hadley resigned his Corporate Board membership at the end of the last
   meeting.  The sense of the Board was to leave this position open until the
   annual meeting, when the term expires, rather than fill it for such a short
   period.
2. Ben Hellweg suggested we re-initiate an alumni big brother program for
   pledges.  Ben will coordinate this effort.

The date of the annual meeting was set for Wednesday, October 27. [This
   meeting date has since been changed to November 18. -ed.]

The meeting adjourned at 9:10 PM.

Respectfully submitted,
Joshua B. Littlefield
Corporate Clerk