AEZ Chapter History - Spring 2001
This semester was a knockout semester for pledges, with the largest number of pledges in AEZ history, 15!!! We hosted our first Scouting University, and it was a huge success with over 80 Scouts in attendance, thanks especially to Jo Anne Wright. We held our annual UMOC competition, won this year by Aaron Cooper, one of the senior PAs, with funds going to American Cancer Society. Other special projects that semester included another round of Brazos Buccaneers with the AO chapter at SMU, helping out with Scouting for Food, and the advent of the painting project on campus. The pledge class began what would be an oft-repeated project of painting the lovely green benches and brown handrails around campus, thanks to the advice of Sam Eicke at the Physical Plant.
In bylaw-related news, this semester saw the biennial bylaw review committee, led by Steven Proctor. The main changes coming out of this year’s committee were an overhaul of the VP COLD and Secretary positions. The changes turned the VP COLD from Chapter Operations and Leadership Development into Communications and Leadership Development (now CoLD). The Secretary also saw major changes, with its committees (such as Newsletter and Interchapter Relations) being reshuffled amongst the VPs.
AEZ chapter was well-represented at the Sectional Conference at TCU, with about a dozen members attending. The theme of the conference was “Add Some Fruit to Your Section,” and boy did we ever. Our chapter took home several awards, including Best Costume for Ruben’s suit coat and grass skirt ensemble, Sexiest Bowler for Art’s score of 69 on Friday Night, and the much coveted Fruitiest Chapter Award.
Clan Olympics was held in May under the auspices of the VP Membership, Russell Fluitt. The clans competed in the tug-of-war, the two-man (or woman) carry, a cool sponge throwing blindfolded game, an egg toss, and the Entrapment game (you know what I’m talking about). Ultimately, it came down to sudden death overtime between the Sparks and the Cordaros, with the Sparks winning a gripping Rock, Paper, Scissors match four games to two, claiming the win and the prize, the Trophy Tiki.
In other competition related news, this semester’s Killer game was won by a pledge, Doug Martin, who won by default with the most kills (4) when banquet came around.
As always the semester ended with banquet. This semester the banquet was run by Carrie Eshelbrenner, a new active who transferred from the Delta Beta chapter at the University of Oklahoma. It was a rather emotional affair as we said goodbye (or at least thought we did, in Ruben’s case) to some of our ‘oldest’ members as they went on to bigger and better things.
Chapter Officers for Spring 2001:
President
Art Newton
VP COLD
Yemi Kebede and Sartaj Kadiwala
VP Membership
Russell Fluitt
VP Service
Jason Chantaplin
Secretary
Grant Smith
Treasurer
Christina Proctor
Pledgemaster
John "Rat" Hereford
Advisory Chair
Roger Stearns
Cecil Green Pledge Class
Namesake
Cecil Green
Gift
“The Chief” (an oak tree)
Officers
Pledge Class Chair
Tony Mendina
Service Coordinator
Doug Martin
Fellowship Coordinator
Juby Philip
Secretary
Ancy "Neena" Kavalam
Chapter Awards for Spring 2001:
Outstanding Active
Jo Anne Wright
Outstanding Active Service
Jason Chantaplin
Outstanding Pledge
Tony Mendina
Outstanding Pledge Service
Doug Martin