interfraternity council
kansas state university
IFC Minutes
September 14th, 2009
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2.
Call to Order
Roll Call
Not Present Last Meeting:
Kappa Sigma
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Not Present This Meeting
Delta Upsilon
Phi Gamma Delta
*Reminder:
According to the KSU Bylaws (103) of IFC, “After the third time a Member chapter is absent
from an official IFC or Council of President’s meeting, then that chapter shall lose their voting rights in
IFC for the next meeting. After the fourth absence from a meeting, a fine of $200 shall be imposed on the
chapter. After the fifth absence the chapter shall be placed on social probation for the remainder of the
semester or a minimum of one month”
3.
Approval of Minutes
Minutes were approved
4.
Speakers
1.) Ashley Guenther – KSU Student Ambassador: 1 male and 1 female to be elected
during homecoming, start thinking and recommending some potential candidates.
2.) Nate Warren – Women’s Volleyball “Greek Night” September 23rd against Texas Tech
Wear your Greek letters! The house with the highest percentage in attendance will receive a $100
donation to their philanthropy from KSU Athlectics. Questions, contact Nate Warren at (785)5327932 or email at nwwarren@kstatesports.com
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Officer Reports
Retention: Matt Rosentreter (mrosentr@ksu.edu)
- National Hazing Prevention Week September 21-25.
- Daily Emails – will send out an email everyday of Hazing Prevention Week
- "Where Do You Draw The Line?" Posters
Community & Internal Relations: Lee Van Loenen (leev@ksu.edu)
- Submit Spring Service Hours, have received electronic files from Pike, Triangle, Beta
- Lee School – looking for part-time help, pays $7.25/hour. Would supervise during mornings
and lunch/playground time. Interested call Dr. Nancy Kole at (785)587-2052.
- B.I.G. Bring In the Greeks – Have started to organize, more info next meeting.
- Children’s Carnival, September 26th, Homecoming Pairings to run games for kids. Also, 8
volunteers are needed to run the bounce house. Your philanthropy chairmen need to contact
your homecoming paring this week to plan out the game of your choosing.
- Flint Hills Community Clinic – Need volunteers to help greet patients at the door. If
interested, call Meghan C Finnegan at (785)323-4351.
- ACS Night of Hope – Need volunteers to help run the event which is the Friday, September
18th, at the Houston Street Ballroom. Also, would like to have 3 or 4 volunteers to be
auctioned off to help raise money for the American Cancer Society. Would complete 2 to 3
VISION: People will recognize our contributions as essential to the Kansas State University
Community and can see us live our organizational and community values through our daily
actions. With these values as our foundation, members will maintain membership in their
organization past the undergraduate experience and through their lifetime.
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hours of community service for winning bidder. If interested, call Dan Myers at (785)7767199 or (785)317-1145.
- Adopt-A-School – Deadline for area teachers is this Wednesday, will send out what is
available for students by Friday or next Monday. Will need to return what members have
chosen to help with by September 25th. Expect to have your members in the schools by
October 1st
Interfraternal Relations: Jimmy Kelley (jkelley@ksu.edu)
- Homecoming is the week of October 18-24. This week is also Mid-Terms for the University,
so be sure to remind your members to plan ahead accordingly.
- I have still not received all the contact information for some of the fraternity homecoming
chairs. This information needs to be sent to me ASAP at jkelley@ksu.edu.
- There is a mandatory meeting for all homecoming chairs September 15 at 6:30 in the Alumni
Center.
Public Relations: Reed Pankratz (rpank@ksu.edu)
- Press-Releases
- Upcoming Events/Pictures
o Anything you would like free publicity on, let Reed know and he can distribute
it through NewsGreek.
Recruitment: Andy Patton (apatton@ksu.edu)
- Mike Slaughter from Delta Tau Delta will be leading a recruitment workshop on Tuesday,
September 15 at 7 pm at FarmHouse. This will be a tremendous opportunity to learn, so
please be there. Especially encourage men who may be your future chapter leaders to attend.
- Some chapters have new men living in their house who are not registered on ICS. You need
to get your guys on ICS, because when they register they accept mandatory hazing and
grade-release agreements. Please get this done.
Risk Management: Theo Brooks (theo@ksu.edu)
- All events with alcohol must be registered with IFC by Tuesday at 5pm. I will not be
accepting ANY late forms, there have been too many chapters taking advantage of my
leniency on this issue and it has become a problem. Please plan ahead and get your forms in
on time.
Judicial Affairs: Travis Stuewe (tcstuewe@ksu.edu)
- Look forward to discussion surrounding the topic of “Out-of-House” members and how IFC
policies apply to all Greek members.
Vice President: Nick Kenney (nbkenney@ksu.edu)
- Greek Leads – Thank You to all who participate
President: Brandon Harder (bharder@ksu.edu)
- Presidents council 7 pm Monday Sept 21 ... @ Lambda Chi Alpha (Hard alcohol discussion)
- Check list with RCPD – Trying to establish more cooperation with RCPD surrounding social
responsibility
- IFC applications due October 7th @ 5pm in Greek Affairs
Advisor’s Report: Brandon Cutler (bcutler@ksu.edu
- Chapter Invoices: Fees are due to Greek Affairs by October 15th, 2009 at 5 pm.
- Find a way to get involved – Community Service, Chapter Leadership or on Campus!
o Check out K-State Volunteer Center of Manhattan or call email Lee Van Loenen for
ideas on community service (leev@ksu.edu).
- Fire Safety Inspections: All inspections needed to be scheduled by Friday Sept. 11th. If you
have not done so already, please contact the MFD at 587-4504 and have the secretary set up a
time for the inspection.
VISION: People will recognize our contributions as essential to the Kansas State University
Community and can see us live our organizational and community values through our daily
actions. With these values as our foundation, members will maintain membership in their
organization past the undergraduate experience and through their lifetime.
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- Please refer members in your house who
would make good IFC Exec candidates into Greek Affairs. GO online to
Thanks for getting your rosters in!
Chapter President Meetings….Please let me know if you’d like to meet at: bcutler@ksu.edu
Old Business
New Business
FTGOTO/Announcements
Up-Til-Dawn – Please get your members involved this year to put KSU back in the top 3 of
schools who raise the most money.
Greek-of-the-Month – Submit any candidate, reward and recognize your members who go above
and beyond their duties as a Greek member.
Show your support and please attend the  ceremony this Friday, at 7pm, in the Stateroom of
the Union (Food Court area).
If you know about the vandalism incident at , please contact Justin Bastin at (785)819-0603.
Look for information on “Movember” at us.movember.com
VISION: People will recognize our contributions as essential to the Kansas State University
Community and can see us live our organizational and community values through our daily
actions. With these values as our foundation, members will maintain membership in their
organization past the undergraduate experience and through their lifetime.