Housing Corporation Reports & Pictures

This page was created to showcase the amount of improvements that have been made to the house located at 814 S. Main in Mt. Pleasant.

This page also contains several reports from the Housing Corporation that have appeared in the monthly E-Newsletter.

This page is under construction and will be re-organized soon.

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Meeting Minutes - February 2, 2008
Flagpole Installed at 814 S. Main
EGHC Update Fall 2007
New Interior Blinds for the House
EGHC Meeting & Minutes - Aug 12, 2006
EGHC Meeting - Feb. 4, 2006
Final Renovations Pictures
Work Weekend Pics- August 20
EGHC Meeting - August 20
In Case You Missed It
EGHC Conference Call Minutes April 2005
EGHC Financial Report March 2005
EGHC Meeting January 2005
814 S. Main Renovations
EGHC Archives
Links to EGHC By-laws and Strategic Planning Initiative

March 9, 2008

EG Housing Corporation Meeting Minutes

By Scott Nadeau `89, EGHC communications director

The EGHC Corporation met  Saturday, February 2, 2008 at the Law Office of Jonathan B. Eadie, `93 in Farmington Hills. It was the largest EGHC meeting that I've attended in a long time. Thanks to everyone that showed up to participate, it was a great meeting!

After a thorough update from Colony President Robby Hunter, the board engaged in several discussions involving property management, leasing for 2008-09, summer renovations, finances, activities and our Capital Fundraising Initiative collections process.

We also discussed the transition that's going to take place this summer when Tom Olver steps down from his position as president, a position he's held for the past eight years.

Here's some noteworthy items from the colony report that may interest everyone:

• The colony is working toward getting a getting a Knox Award this summer at convention in addition to the restoration of the charter.
• As of Saturday, the colony had given out 13 bids for Spring recruitment. 12 men have accepted and there's a possibility the more bids will be given out this week. The average pledge class size for any fraternity at CMU during the Spring semester is about 7 or 8 men.
• The colony is working on three philanthropic events for Spring semester.
• The house is on track to hold 9 - 13 members next year, 8 have already signed leases.
• The colony is looking to hold an Alumni/Active get together at a Tigers game this summer. The tentative date for the event is August 30th.
• Eight members from the colony's E-board and cabinet will be attending the Keystone Regional Leadership Conference February 15-17 in Des Moines, Iowa. Chapter Counselor Greg Compton `86 and I will also be making the trip.

You can download the minutes by clicking the link below:

EGHC Meeting Minutes - February 2, 2008

Financial reports are posted separate from the minutes in the password-protected area of this web site. You must have a password on file to read this document.

EGHC Financial Report - February 2, 2008

November 5, 2007

Flagpole Installed at 814 S. Main

By Tom Olver `98, EGHC president

Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous alumni donor, a brand-new, 25 ft. flagpole has been installed in front of the chapter house. The flagpole will be dedicated in memory of Christopher David Baker ’96 (EG 197), and a bronze plaque will be installed in the coming months to mark that dedication at the base of the flagpole. The American flag will be proudly flown in recognition and honor of those Epsilon Gamma alumni who serve or have served in the U.S. armed forces. Special thanks to Paul “Bubba” Koehn (EG 241) for managing the installation process this fall.

September 23, 2007

Housing Corporation Update - Fall 2007

By Scott Nadeau `89, EGHC communications director

The Epsilon Gamma Housing Corporation gathered on August 11, 2007 in Mt. Pleasant for their annual meeting and work weekend.

First, we debated, discussed and approved a budget for 2007-08.

Second, we expanded the Board from nine directors to 12 (keeping our quorum at five); Jon Eadie, Mike Wharton, Matt Brauer and Will Hilliker have accepted three-year terms. Charles Parker concluded his three-year term. To keep the terms staggered, Steve Grenus was placed in the two-year spot and I took the one-year spot. I’ll continue to serve as president (looking to transition out of that role next summer), Scott Sawyer will continue as vice president and Scott Nadeau will serve as Communications director. We agreed to leave the treasurer position open for now, with hopes that one of our new directors will have time/ability to step into that role.

Finally, we agreed to implement a voluntary alumni dues program that will be led by Bob Hempton and Marty Kaiser. The $30 annual contributions will help to defray costs associated with our communications program and fund the undergraduate initiation incentive program.

Meeting Minutes - August 11, 2007 EGHC 2007-08 Budget

Following the meeting we took some time to do a few small projects around the house.

EGHC Work Weekend Pictures - August 2007

Tom Olver presented a certificate to Charles Parker `90 for his service on the board	The mantle in the fireside room. The flags were recently donated by Norm Andersen	The fireside room with new furniture and an new CMU flag	Looking from the fireside room through the dining room into Wooglin's Den
Brandyn Lawson `09, Tom Olver `98, Todd Wood `09, and Chris Saylor `09		A new light was installed in the 1st floor bathroom	The kitchen is still in good shape two years after the remodel
New furniture in Wooglin's Den	The side of the house facing Delta Zeta was cleaned for the first time in 10 years	This window well used to contain a lot of trash - it's clean now	New wood rocking chairs for the deck

June 1, 2007

New Interior Blinds for the House

Last week brothers Tom Olver and Phil Adler installed new blinds on the first floor of the house.

February 25, 2007

EGHC Winter Meeting
 

August 12, 2006

EGHC Annual Meeting

 February 21, 2006

EGHC MEETING

By Scott Nadeau `89, EGHC communications director

The Epsilon Gamma Housing Corporation met in Northville at John Coe's Office on Saturday, February 4th.

FINAL 2005 RENOVATION PICTURES

New Foyer Stairs	Fireside Room	Fireside Room	Dining Room Windows
Foyer	Kitchen	Railing where the old "up stairs" used to be	1st floor bathroom
maintenance tub in 1st floor bathroom	Wooglin's Den	Wooglin's Den	Wooglin's Den
Closet between Wooglin's den and the back apartment	3rd floor bathroom	3rd Floor - New carpet and trim around all doors	3rd floor new vanity and mirror
1st floor bathroom door	New stairs looking  into foyer - railing is fixed	Front Door - Foyer
2005 RENOVATION ARCHIVES The following links will open in new windows August 20, 2005 July 21, 2005 July 6, 2005 June 19, 2005 Before Pics - June, 2005

August 20, 2005

EG WORK WEEKEND

A collection of alums and undergraduates met in Mt. Pleasant on August 20th to make improvements to the house. Projects included landscaping, painting, and general maintenance that was not covered in the 2005 renovation project.

Special thanks to Gordie Tomlin and Tom Olver for the pictures!

EGHC Meeting - Olver, Breen, Parker, Coe, Olson & Nadeau	EGHC Meeting	Breen, Parker & Coe	Chris Olson holds a house gift from Tom Olver
			Gordie Tomlin, Steve Grenus & John Coe
Parker, Coe, Gordie Tomlin, AJ Calkins & Chris Olson		Coe puts on his work shoes	Breen mows the lawn
The wood timbers removed from the sidewalk	The "Beta" Mantle returns to the house	Looking out 3rd floor window into parking lot	Grenus Cleans the new windows
Coe & Nadeau fix the edger			Nadeau edges the lawn
The bushes in front of the house were trimmed (see before pics below on this page)		Chris Olson stains the 3rd floor library French doors	Chris Wellman
Norm Klein, Chris Olson, Scott Nadeau and Steve Grenus	Chris May, Ken Breen, Steve Grenus	A new step was built for the back appartment	Chris Olson prepares to paint the 3rd floor
Tom Olver and Ken Breen mix paint for the 3rd floor	Brush was cleared  from the parking lot	All of the weeds that were growing between the cracks on the side of the house were pulled out	The front sidewalk after edging
The sidewalk behind the parking lot after edging (This was the first time this was done...ever)	The posts were set that will hold stained lattice to cover the meters	The front walkway after pavers were installed	Olver's mother & Aunt cooked a great meal
...with desert	Tom Olver's Aunt and mother	Ben Reedy in his room	Matt Bush in his 3rd floor room

 

EGHC MEETING WRAP-UP AUGUST 20, 2005

On Saturday, August 20, the Housing Corporation met in the kitchen of the Beta House at 814 S. Main in Mt. Pleasant. Items discussed included the golf outing, Homecoming, 20th Anniversary, the EGHC Mission Statement, finances, house renovations, scholarships and a variety of other topics. After the meeting everyone got to working on the house.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT...  (reprinted from the Epsilon Gamma Monthly E-newsletter)

Last month I mentioned that the Housing Corporation had discussed securing a loan to renovate the interior of the 814 S. Main house. As with previous EGHC meetings, I provided a link that you could click on if you wanted to read the minutes. It has been brought to my attention that many of you didn't do that, so many of you don't know what's going to be happening with the property at 814 S. Main this summer.

My philosophy about all this stuff is to briefly mention things in the monthly updates, expand the information in the printed newsletters, and provide complete information on the website - in other words, give you the option if you want to read further. Since there are some pretty big changes in store for the house during the next few months both physically and regarding policy, I'll provide expanded information in the next few monthly updates.

I'll cover some of the new "house rules" in a future edition of the E-news and For the Staunchest. For now, here's a bullet-point review of the discussions and decisions that were made by the housing corporation in April:

You can download the April 19th meeting minutes, renovation proposals and construction bids here: http://www.epsilongamma.org/EGHC.html#may_2005

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EGHC CONFERENCE CALL MINUTES
April 19, 2004

On April 19, 2005 the Epsilon Gamma Housing Corporation held a conference call to discuss the Continuous Improvement Plan committee's renovation proposals for the chapter house, financing, and sponsoring undergraduates to attend Peter F. Griener Leadership College (formerly the sophomore fellow program) at the Beta Theta Pi convention in Scottsdale, Arizona, this summer.

You can download the meeting minutes, renovation proposals and construction bids here:

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March 22, 2005

EGHC Financial Report

You can download the latest financial report from the Epsilon Gamma Housing Corporation here:

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January 29, 2005

EGHC Meeting Wrap-up

On Saturday, January 29, the Housing Corporation met in Ann Arbor for a marathon of a meeting.  It began at 9:30 in the morning and didn't end until after 2:00 p.m.  In brief, James Eschelbach has resigned as Treasurer.  Steve Grenus has been voted in as the new Treasurer.  New additions to the board include John Coe and Chris Olson, the colony president.  The main topics discussed were finances, the Golf Outing, the 20th Anniversary Banquet, revision of the corporation's by-laws, the Continuous Improvement Plan (CIP), the Capital Fundraising Initiative (CFI), house safety improvements, and plans for improvements and renovations this summer. 

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814 S. Main Renovation Pictures

The Following is a photo-essay of the renovation of 814 S. Main from Summer of 2002.
 

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EGHC News Archives

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