ECOM Meeting - 9/15/2026

Discussion

• We are planning banking changes
• Alumni Weekend
  • Service options yet to be nailed down
    • Outdoor event
    • Indoor event
    • Happens at the same time
    • Send out details through the RPI list
    • Send another email through our list
  • Agenda for the GBM
    • Reports from the officers
      • Dave will send in a report
    • Chapter report
    • 80th Report
• 80th
  • Hotel Blocks - contacted a bunch of hotels for courtesy blocks
  • Courtyard Troy- $174 per night, 10 rooms
  • Starting up a second committee
  • Banquet/Brunch
    • Discussing high costs due to venue costs and inflation
    • This is the cost things like this cost today
  • Motion discussion
    • Current funds allocated
      • $30 for checks
      • $100 for a spring 2026 EZAA event
        • Paid not full $100
      • $1000 for the Hilton Garden Inn deposit
        • Paid 1,000
      • Nowotny & Historian Award Award
  • Looking into fundraising items for registration form - (mugs, shirts, etc) - net optics for trads based on average cost?
    • Figure out shipping/lead time for trads
  • Marty is unable to attend
    • Rob Hradsky Vice Provost of Student Success
      • Recognition for the work of the chapter
      • Many Notowntys (7 total 2 in the last two cycles)
    • Can attend the brunch
      • Not many students attended the brunch
      • Focus on getting students to the Brunch as well through lower costs and convenient location
• EZAA google is working
• Nowotny Awards
  • Sent pictures to Spreee
  • Spreee is in contact with Bob London the APO Executive Director
  • 3 Nowotnys and 1 historian award to be replaced
• Working on merging and comparing the lists of alumni members
  • We got lists from the national office, RPI alumni office, and the chapter
  • Follow up with national office list

Next ECOM Meeting

The board decided to hold their next meeting on October 22nd for the first board meeting of the newly elected EZAA Eboard.

Motions

• Motion to cover the banquet room charge up to $900 dollars from the room charge for the 80th banquet
• Moved by Ken
• Seconded by Dave R
• 2/0/0