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Volume 9                                                Issue 1
the digital newsletter of the
Upsilon Mu Chapter
Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America 
In This Issue
Help find lost Elders
Founders Day is coming!
Planning for our future
Elder news & notes
Meet the new Active Phi

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Help us find 'lost' Brothers!  Please look at this list (sorted by Initiation) and if you have an email for someone, please email
dbacker@zetapsi.org.
 
Peter Roddy, '77
Michael  Phillips, '79
Eric Stocki, '77
Peter Carey, '79
Steven Damiani, '79
Stephen McGrain, '77
Robert Dixon
Michael Donahue, '77
David Hopkins, '77
Richard Levenson, '77
Ted Newcomb III, '77
Ronald Pearson
Keith Boswell, '80
Philip Kolovson, '79
Robert Sheffres, '80
Gary Temple
Simon O'Leary, '83
Dean Sypole
Hugh Van Roosen
Charles Boyle, '83
Morton Helwig, '82
Brian O'Connor, '82
John Slesinski, '81
Salvatore Distefano, '81
Daniel Fayen, '82
David Polito
Harry Brod, '82
Geoff Rembetsy-Brown, '83
Richard Gardener, '84
James Girard, '81
Eric Learnard, '84
John McNamara, '85
Joseph Moneghan, '85
Charles Neely
Robert Rezendes
Glen Gaylin, '84
David Graham, '89
Loukas Natsis, '84
Michael Paszek, '82
Stephen Puleo, '84
Andrew Viviano, '84
Sean Curry
Brian Hill, '82
William Mello
John Dzaugis
Michael McCadden
Kirk Pfister, '82
Timothy Ryan, '84
Spencer Carpenter
Mark Conway, '86
Steven Giles, '85
Hung Goon, '83
Gerald Armstong
James Lesher, '85
Derek McEntee, '86
George Parkhurst, Jr.
Bill Markey
Paul Armstrong
Jaime Goncalves, '92
Paul Scarlett, '86
Brian Quigley
Bob Cochran
Justin O'Hannessian, '87
Jay Thompson
Christopher Sowa, '88
Jason Knapczyk, '90
David Mercier, '86
Kevin O'Connor
Brian Whitehouse
Chester Clark, '87
Adam MacDonald, '88
Robert Moineau, '87
Ian Campbell
Paul Ferraro, '89
David Finkelstein, '87
Stephen Tagliamonte, '88
Peter Ciccone, '89
Nelson Dos Santos, '90
Timothy Palcic, '90
Daniel Powers, '88
Colin Campbell, '90
Evan Kane, '88
William Kudla, '88
David Lowe, '90
Kenneth Ramsey, '92
Dr. Robert Bosselman
John Donahue, '88
John Pirro, '90
W. David Robinson, '90
Michael Trudel, '91
James Cummings, '90
Bruce Donnet, '90
Sean McCabe, '90
Mark Metropole
Gary Cohen, '90
David Dennison, '92
Vincent Mendoza, '93
Stephen Haley
Steve Morgan, '93
Benjamin Woodruff, '93
Thomas Allegrezza, '92
Anthony Dertouzos, '92
Scott Gorrie, '92
Barry Kane, 'NA
Anthony Maurello, '91
Peter Christie, '91
Mike Hirsch, '92
Derek Langenberg
Scott Peterson, '93
Alan Rosoff, '92
Revti Atri, '94
Erik Bednarek, '94
Darren DeRosiers, 'NA
Jeffrey Gilman, '94
Craig Marlow, '93
Thomas Niedzinski, '93
Christopher Woods, '93
Chad Crossland, '94
Christopher Drew, '94
John Gallagher, '93
Michael Lecuyer
David Mendell, '93
Edward Shuster, '93
Ryan Worobel
Ryan Chandler, '95
Brett Cohen, '94
Peter Pawlik, '94
Walt Clark
John Greene, '95
David Lane, '95
Edward Ress, '95
Rob Lagimoniere, '00
Richard Sprowl, '01
Brian McCarthy, '98
Brian Tirrell, '99
Adam Welsh, '99
John Bartosiewicz, '99
Carlos Itturios
Scott Kline, '00
Jeffrey Sauvageau, '00
Tom Singleton
Charles Cifuni
Brian Doherty
Christopher Fuller, '02
Eric Bergman
Tony Sun, '01
Antonio Gonzalez
Mark Diperna, '03
Richard Witacker, '03
Jeremy Ahearn, '02
David Shields, '02

 

SAVE THE DATES:
 
March 18th, 2009
The 34th Anniversary of our Chartering

April 4th 2009
Our 34th Annual Founders Day Celebration
Join us in Amherst for a great day of Zete Brotherhood! 

 

Looking ahead to the future
 
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It's been a while since our last issue, and I'll admit to being bummed out that we didn't hit our goals to buy this house.  But, with my batteries recharged and a new year ahead, it's time to look ahead to the future of our Brotherhood.
 
A new Chapter House/Chapter Fund.  We're not buying a House now, but in the next few years we're going to have another opportunity to do so.  When that happens, we need to be ready.  While we scrambled this Fall and got about $25,000 pledged very quickly, it took a lot of work and left a lot of uncertainty whether we would hit the ultimate goal of $100,000.
 
Going forward, we want to skip the pledges and focus on tax-deductible donations to our Chapter Fund which will build a warchest for a future house.  Our first goal will be to raise $10,000 by Founder's Day 2009.  I know it's a bad economy and we've all tightened our belts, but I hope each of you can dig deep and, if possible, make a small contribution towards this goal!
 
 
Together, we can make a difference, support the growth of an outstanding Chapter, and be ready to seize the opportunity to buy a new house when it comes.  I hope you will all join me in this effort with your own tax-deductible donation of $100 (more if you can, less if you can't), or a monthly auto-debit of as little as $10/month.
 
Nominations for Active & Elder Brothers of the year!  We are taking nominations for the annual Stephen A Ruggles Undergraduate Leadership Award and William 'Kip' Fenton Elder Service Award, to be presented at Founder's Day.  To make a nomination, please email Awards Committee Chairman Fabio Pari-di-Monriva at XXX with the name of your nominee, and the reasons why you think the are worthy of recognition.
 
Join our Elder Board.  Elections will be held on Founder's Day and now that we've laid a stable foundation, we new leaders to guide our Brotherhood into the future.  The nominations committee (of all past Elder Phi's) is seeking volunteers to serve on the Elder Board.  If you are interested, please email me for information/responsibilities of each Officer & Board Member to see what best suits your interests.
 
Always in Tau Kappa Phi, Dan Backer

 

Elder News & Notes
 
Eric and AadenCongratulations to Brother Eric Niedzwiecki on the birth of his son, Aaden Daniel, on Dec. 19th, 2008 (pictured left).
 
Snaps to Brother Orlando Pacheco who is expecting his first child in late February!
 
Snaps to Brother Bob Galinelli who just got engaged!
 
Any engagements, weddings, births, or other big events in your lives, let us know!

 

Meet our new Active Phi!
Jeremy Dodge, '10
 
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My name is Jeremy Dodge, Brother Pi Delta. I am from North Reading, MA and have lived there my whole life. I am currently an "almost junior" sophomore studying Economics. I rushed with the pledge class of Spring 07 and haven't regretted a day since. I have held the positions of Delta, Assistant Pledgetrainer, and Pledgetrainer before this semester when I was elected to Phi. During my time with Zeta Psi I have seen a lot. I have seen a lot of high points as well as many low points as many of you know. Even so I have seen what we can do when we all go towards a common goal. Whether it be going from 6 active brothers to 16 based out of Puffton, to actually getting some semblance of a chapter house again. It is my goal to bring Zeta Psi back to its former glory on the UMASS campus, and I believe that we have the brothers that actually care enough that allow us to accomplish this goal. I look forward to hearing any ideas you may have as well as hopefully seeing everyone at Founder's Day this year.