ALPHA THETA CHAPTER OF
                          SIGMA CHI FRATERNITY, INC.

  Alpha Theta Chapter                                          M.I.T.
     founded 1882                                           founded 1861

                               October 9, 2000

Minutes of the meeting of the Corporate Board, held April 25, 2000.

The meeting was called to order at 7:09 PM in the Chapter House Library.

Present: Mark Curtiss (Board), Herb Mower (Board), Jay Krone (Board), Richard
         Yeh (Consul, Board), Nick Cohen (Spring Board Rep.), Sam Towell
         (G.Z., Board), Josh Littlefield (Board), Ian Sigalow, Criswell Choi
         (Quaestor, Board), P. K. Hadley, Mike DeLaus, Jason Poff (Asst. Work
         Week Mgr), Dan Craig (House Mgr, Board).
Absent:  Karl Buttner (Board), Tom Faust (Board), Ben Hellweg (Board), Dusty
         DeQuine (Fall Board Rep.).

Minutes of the March 2, 2000, meeting were accepted as distributed.

CHAPTER REPORTS

Consul Report - Richard Yeh
1. In the wake of recent problems with the Cambridge Licensing Board relating
   to parties, ATO has expelled a brother.  Kappa Sig, which has been banned
   from in-house rush this fall, is trying to get the IFC to fund an alternate
   rush site through the efforts of the IFC Rush Chair (a Kappa Sig brother).
2. During Campus Preview Weekend, the Chapter held a non-alcoholic party,
   which was shut down by the Boston Police on bogus charges.  They wrongly
   suspected someone at the party had thrown a bottle from the roof at a bus.
   The officer would not give his badge number.  No citation was issued.
3. Province Conference was recently held at Dalhousie.
4. The recent Rush Retreat went well.
5. The Chapter participated in the Harvard Derby Days, and did well, but let
   Harvard win.
6. Alumni Day is scheduled for Sunday, April 30.  The Corporation is
   contributing to cover expenses, either paying for the food, or splitting
   overall costs.
7. The Chapter held a hazing seminar as part of their response to the hazing
   charges brought recently.  About 17 houses attended the seminar, presented
   by Ed King.
8. A hearing on the dumpster citations is scheduled for Friday morning, April
   28.  The Chapter is planning to ask for residential fines instead of the
   commercial fines specified on the citation.  The Chapter will contact the
   inspector and try to work things through before the hearing.  The two
   2-yard dumpsters will probably be replaced by one 6-yard dumpster.
9. The Chapter has pulled out of Spring rush at the last minute.  Only three
   people showed up at the pre-rush midway, so it was judged to be not worth
   the effort.

Quaestor Report - Criswell Choi
1. The balances in the Chapter accounts are good.
2. The Chapter will be seeking reimbursement for property tax, Music Room
   mantle materials, Library couches, heating/plumbing repair, Ed King
   speaking fee (hazing seminar).  Regarding this last expense, $800, there
   was debate as to whether the Chapter should incur the entire expense, as it
   was part of a hazing punishment, or should be reimbursed in part or in
   full.

CORPORATE REPORTS

Treasurer Report
1. No treasurer report was given due to the absence of the treasurer.

Building Needs Committee - Mike DeLaus
1. Danny Craig has been hired as the renovation coordinator.
2. The committee met on April 18.  Ten of the fifteen people on the committee
   were in attendance, including five actives.
3. An ILG tour was held to investigate other renovations.  The tour included
   five ILGs and the recent renovations at Baker House.
4. The next step is to hire an architect.  The MIT- (AIFC) retained architect
   is a strong candidate due to his experience with this type of work.
5. The committee also needs to produce a report on the physical state of the
   house.
6. A major focus of the renovation will be de-crowding.  There are many
   possibilities at this point.  A possible outcome might be a 5th floor, with
   no quads, housing 32 residents.

BUSINESS

Work Week - Jason Poff (for Jon Coe)
1. Jason circulated a proposal.  Jon's father (a contractor) helped with the
   estimates.  Most of the items are painting, floor finishing, wallpapering
   and repairs, with some jobs where professional help is expected.
2. There was discussion of the proposed window replacement in 3LB & 2LB, in
   light of the planned renovation.  The need is quite pronounced, so it was
   suggested to employ a cheap, short-term solution rather than expensive
   window replacement.  The same was suggested for the wallpapering of the
   Library, and new curtains in the Music and Dining Rooms.
3. The Board approved a motion approving the Work Week budget at approximately
   $7600, plus the cost of new mattresses.

Fundraising Committee - Mark Curtiss
1. Mark is not prepared to make a formal proposal for the formation of this
   committee yet.  He expressed the need for broad participation across
   classes.  The chairs need to be identified first.  While the Phi Kaps had
   good success with fundraising, not all houses have fared as well.
2. Coordination of the 120th reunion with the middle of the renovation will be
   valuable.
3. The Phi Kaps has almost 50% of gross square footage covered by 501(c)(3)
   for tax advantages.  They coordinated this through MIT, who hosted a fund
   for this. MIT's involvement gave it more legitimacy.  MIT is now
   comfortable with this type of arrangement.
4. Mark suggested considering a position for an active to help with the
   fundraising coordination.  He is looking for committee candidates, and will
   spend the summer putting together the committee, with the goal of producing
   a marketing plan in the fall.

The Senior Dinner is being planned for the week of May 22, perhaps Tuesday,
May 23.

The meeting adjourned at 8:50 PM.

Respectfully submitted,
Joshua B. Littlefield
Corporate Clerk