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Current Campaign Information As many of you have already known, we were successful in negotiating a favorable short term fraternity house lease with the Kappa Sig’s that was officially approved by the University of Arizona this past summer. Beta Phi Alumni Jim Campbell and Steve Schuyler successfully coordinated these difficult activities and are owed a great debt of gratitude by all of us. Many thanks to everyone that responded to Alumni President Steve Schuyler’s request for funds to help complete the furnishing/conversion of the Kappa Sig house - the Sigma Chi Greek letters (see picture on page 1) are now in place on the front of the house. Moreover, rugs and blinds have been replaced, new painting has occurred and trophy cases as well as other chapter memorabilia occupy the appropriate space. Approximately $16,000 of new funds were funded by Beta Phi donors for this purpose. The current plan is to occupy the Kappa Sig house over the next several years and to successfully complete the new house capital campaign during this time period. We have completed the process of extending our building site land lease from the University until 2114 and updating our architectural plans for the new Beta Phi house. Many thanks to Nyal Leslie and the members of the real estate committee for their special efforts in helping with these activities. At this juncture, we are planning to successfully complete the capital campaign during the next two years and be in a position to initiate construction of our new house in 2012. Although we are pleased to report increasing donor support, the pace and the amount of funding has been impacted by the challenging economic environment. As a result of these conditions we have chosen to re-focus our campaign efforts in 2010. So far, we have donations and pledges totaling $1.4 million toward achieving our $2 million interim goal. In the past year, we have initiated a special Beta Phi Consul and Pro Consul communications program that will be focused on “recruiting” the past leaders of the Beta Phi Chapter to take a more active role in the current building capital campaign. Many thanks to Joe Beers, Herb Borovansky, Leo Corbet, Bill Gibney, Joe Markling, Mickey Powers, Ed Reading, John Shultz and Steve Schuyler for their personal leadership roles in these efforts. Our Tucson Alumni Chapter continues to make significant progress. An Officer Group headed by President Steve Schuyler and an active Executive Committee have established a vital 2010 Alumni Program that will entail critical undergraduate activities and a special social/educational resource program that is being coordinated by Linn Wallace for the members. An undergraduate mentoring activity and a career education program for Beta Phi juniors and seniors is being organized by alumni Terry Valeski was recently initiated following the annual Parents Weekend activity this past October and during the January alumni meeting. Many thanks for your Beta Phi Building Capital Campaign donation. In Hoc, Joe Beers, Bob Bretz, Jim Corbet, Leo Corbet, Dave Knott, Bill Gibney, Mike Murphy, Randy Leathers, Joe Long, Paul Muscenti, Lisle Payne, Mickey Powers, Steve Schuyler, John Shultz, Frank White, Jon Underwood Campaign Notes
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