September 2005 VTAACC Minutes

Attendees: John Glass, Lauren Spahr, Jennifer Jones, Jonathan Mangels, Nikki Alvarez, Randi Allen, Jon Purdy, David Stanley, Derek White, Ted Hessing

No New Attendees: Derek White

Community Service Update

  • Operation Christmas Child - Date has been set for Wednesday, December 7th. Lauren has prepared flyers to hand out at football parties.

Bus Trips

  • Duke Bus Trip was canceled
  • We have four people signed up for the BC Bus Trip so far. Jennifer will check with Henry to see if we can purchase game tickets and offer as a package deal.

Social Update

  • BBQ- Date has been set for Saturday October 22nd at Freedom Park #2
    • Jennifer will check on SAA student coming with Andy and painting faces.
    • Derek is checking with his sister, who is a Hokie Bird, to see if she is available to come down.
    • Les is checking with Red’s on pricing. We were thinking $10 a person.
    • Once all details are confirmed we will send out a local email as well as one from B-burg.
  • Ideas for Socials- We decided that we will hold off on planning socials this fall. We would like to revisit the idea during a slower time of year.

Beer Tasting

  • The event will be held at Green Rice Studio in NoDa on Nov. 12th.
  • Jason Lewis will be our “beer expert” He is a recent VT Grad.
  • Jon is checking on how many linens we have. After we decide how many tables & chairs we need to rent, Jennifer will contact Party Reflections.
  • Beer Tasting was in Mailer, Nikki has had some interest.
  • After Jason gets some info. About what beers we will have, we will send out an email invite to local alumni.

Football Watching Parties- Fox& Hound

  • Jon is going to email the GM of Fox &Hound concerning our recent issues with their ability to accommodate our needs.
  • Jennifer will work on setting up a meeting with Emily, the event planner there. I will at least call her before the game this Saturday.
  • We as a Board Members are going to alternate who coordinates the raffles at Fox&Hound
  • Mangels may be able to go to Fox&Hound for Saturday’s game. If not, Jennifer will work on someone to coordinate the raffle.
  • We decided to post the GA Tech tickets on the website & do an e-bay sort auction.
  • Jon is asking Henry where our two tickets are.

Hurricane Relief Effort

  • We decided to participate in the University’s giving campaign instead of doing a united North Carolina fundraising campaign.
  • We also encourage members to donate thru their employer, since several Charlotte businesses are matching donations.
  • Jennifer informed the other NC Chapters of our decision.

New Member Database

  • Jennifer asked Andy to get us the most up-to-date database of new Charlotte Alumni
  • Once we have the database, Randi and Derek will contact new alumni and invite them out to upcoming events.
  • We would also like to hold 2 “New Alumni Welcome” events a year. One in June and one in January. (after graduation) Randi would head this up.

Next Meeting - TBD