St Anthony Association of North Carolina

The St. Anthony Association of North Carolina will have a semi-formal meet-up/cocktail mixer at the Tutto Mondo night club (next to the Pewter Rose Bistro). We’ll be gathering between 5 and 7 PM.

This is a casual affair intended to provide the opportunity for members of St. Anthony Hall in the greater Charlotte area to socialize and renew their bonds with old friends and new.

All chapters are encouraged to come – and guests are welcome, too.

Let us know you are coming by registering online!

As the BoD works to streamline and professionalize our operations as much as possible, we’ve taken up the task of actually considering and approving a budget for 2010, the first time I’ve seen this done in my time at the Hall.  There are both highly summarized and highly detailed versions of the proposed budget up on the Board of Directors wiki, but in the meantime here are the highlights:

• SAANC’s known, fixed income for 2010 will be $39,500.  This is the rent paid by the undergraduate chapter.
• The proposed budget assumes $6,000 in donations during 2010, an increase of around $2,500 from last year.
• 2010 expected expenses total $43,974.34, meaning we must bring in at least $4,474.34 in donations to meet the minimal obligations of good stewardship of the property and financial solvency.
• The proposed budget includes $4,800.00 for maintenance, about 1/4 of which has already been spent as part of rebuilding the back deck.
• The reappraisal of our property and application for reconsideration of our tax value by the county, which will lower our tax bill for at least four years, has already saved us about 75% of its total cost.  In the course of those four years it will reduce our property tax obligation by a minimum of 300% of its total cost: over $8,000 in savings.

In other, less flashy news, I am spending my last few weeks in office weeding out the old Treasury records.  There are a number of very old records which I need to archive if interesting or destroy if simply outdated in order to stay in line with commonly accepted document handling procedures.  The rest will be organized into a file that contains anything from the previous seven years which we have on hand, plus information on general corporate financial identity (EIN, etc.) so that there are paper backups of much of that data.

If anyone is just desperate to spend time sitting by a shredder with me, please let me know.  ;)

Detail from a painting of Saint Anthony by Piero di Cosimo, c.1480, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

The St. Anthony Association of North Carolina warmly welcomes you to join us on Sunday, January 17th from 5PM-8PM, in Raleigh, NC as we gather on the Feast Day of St Anthony – the traditionally celebrated date of the founding of St Anthony Hall. We’ll be at The Oxford, 319 Fayetteville Street, in downtown Raleigh.

Please let us know you’re coming by registering here!

Semi-formal attire is encouraged (though not mandatory). We also ask the brothers and sisters of St. Anthony Hall to please consider utilizing the colors of our order, azure and gold, where possible!

We welcome members of other chapters of St. Anthony Hall to attend.

Spouses, partners and guests are welcome to attend.

Some light food will be provided. Drinks will be available for purchase from cocktail servers at the lounge space reserved.

Parking is available in public lots and decks in downtown Raleigh.

For any further questions, please contact Brian Antczak at events@stanthonync.org – or call directly at (919) 998-8703.

GC 2010 was a rip-roaring success on so many levels, it’s difficult to elaborate on them all. Xis were very well represented with a large alumni and active contingent. Total figures for the banquet on Saturday night were 270 (!) people in attendance, with about 250 St As registered for the entire weekend. The sessions were long, but much work was done and a robust debate was had. I don’t believe the temperature ever got above freezing (or if it did, it didn’t by much), but the host chapter, Epsilon, greeted everyone warmly and with much enthusiasm.

One of the best arrangements for a banquet I have ever seen: it was on the top floor of the hotel where many people were already staying. Many ribald tales, tons of singing and dancing, a fabulous band and extra classy people.

Did you miss it? Look for pictures coming soon to the National website. Are you on Facebook? Comment here and I can add you to the Facebook St A group.

Xi will be hosting the GC in 2012. Epsilon had a huge contingent of folks who hadn’t been back in years. I hope we can get the word out and make a great family reunion happen.

GC 2010, hosted this year by the Epsilon Chapter at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, promises to be a grand affair. Are you coming? Register and pay online through the National website, then hop on over to the GC2010.org site for updated schedule, hotel and event information.

As of this writing, there are 170 people registered for the Saturday night banquet; in order to get a proper head count to the caterers, the organisers need to know PRONTO if you’re coming! Register today!

Many, many snaps to everyone who could make it out to Doug’s house on the 26th of December for the casual SAANC get-together. At final count there were some 35 people who dropped by, spanning three decades of Hall life. Pictures are up and available for your perusal. For those who couldn’t make it, you were missed.

Next SAANC event: January 17th, St Anthony’s Day. Contact Brian Antczak at events@stanthonync.org for more information.

The St Anthony Association of North Carolina cordially invites you to a casual post-holiday gathering on Saturday, December 26th from 5-9 PM at the home of Doug Baldwin X’94 in Durham, NC. Some hors d’oeuvres and beverages provided – if you have something to share, please bring it!

We’ll have a photobooth too, so feel free to get creative with your attire.

Screenshot from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts website showing a beaming Carolyn Payne X’92 with co-recipient Tina Gortmans receiving a Children’s Entertainment Award BAFTA for Election on Sunday, November 29, 2009.  Link above is to the winner’s gallery; you can also watch a short interview with Carolyn as well.

Congratulations Carolyn!!!

Annie Peacock X’08 writes:

On November 10th, 2009, the Xi Chapter of St. Anthony Hall hosted a discussion presented by the Orange Country Rape Crisis Center. The intent was for brethren to gain awareness about sexual violence and its prevention. The talk encouraged debate and understanding around the difficult issue of sexual assault. The program explained myths about rape and sexual assault, provided strategies for both men and women to act as allies and advocates of sexual assault prevention.

Brethren turnout was incredible and the talk was inspiring and educational. We are hoping to make this talk a semesterly event open to the entire community.

Peter Pendergrass X’07 recently posted to the monks list:

brother and sisters all!

i am currently working on getting composites for the past four years (since the 2005-2006 school year) made. including shipping and handling, each composite will cost a little under $500, so we’re talking a total of about $1900 dollars. the undergraduate chapter has $350 in the president’s budget for composites, and we have about $700 that we raised from other sources. that’s $1050 so far, and we may be able to dip into our “special allocations / unbudgeted money” fund, but i don’t think we’re going to be able to cover the full $1900 by ourselves.

if you were active between 2005-2006 and 2008-2009, and you had your picture taken for composites, perhaps you would like to chip in (any amount) so that you can see your shining face on the walls of the living room when you come back for swing out?! we will get 11X14 prints for every person in each composite, so if you make a contribution, we will make sure you get a copy of the composite you are helping to pay for!

if you were not active between 2005-2006 and 2008-2009, but you still want to help us out, please feel free. we would appreciate anything.

to make a (totally safe and secure) donation to the undergraduate chapter, visit: https://www.omegafi.com/LPSSM6

sorry to solicit via e-mail, but i don’t have e-mail addresses for a lot of the people who are recent grads, and this is a matter of history!

peter pendergrass. xi ‘07.
fall ‘09 alumni correspondent.