Metagenes - Alpha Rho Chi at Virginia Tech

Metagenes Constitution and By-Laws

Brian — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:13:45 +0000

This past year the Executive Board formed a committee to review our constitution and by-laws, and more specifically the election terms and procedures for our association. As you can imagine, we were quite surprised to find out that neither our constitution or by-laws have been formally approved by the Association. They have been “Provisional” for almost 10 years now.

Over the last few months, the committee (and by Committee we mean Michele) reviewed the documents with the National Fraternity and has proposed a series of minor modifications to bring the documents in compliance with the National Constitution and reflect our current practices . They have also proposed a few typographical corrections.

Below you will find links to the proposed changes along with the current provisional documents. Please review the documents and let us know whether you vote to approve or decline the amendments by e-mail us at election@metagenes.org. If you have any questions about the documents please contact Michele LeTourneur at mletourneur@envisionsite.com

Thanks for your input!

MAA-Constitution

MAA-By-Laws

Meta AA Edits

Summer Picnic

Rick Jenkins — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:42:32 +0000

Saturday, July 17 at Noon – Fairfax VA

Please join us for the annual summer picnic at Michele LeTourneur’s house, just outside of Washington D.C. We’ll be grilling from noon on, so bring your favorite summer side dish. All brothers and their families are welcome. Just be sure to RSVP with Michele at mletourneur@gmail.com.

Following lunch the Alumni Association will be holding its annual meeting. If there’s anything you’d like to discuss, please let Brian know, so he can add it to the agenda.

Address info:
9109 Coronado Terrace
Fairfax, VA 22031

See you there!

63rd National Convention

Brian — Sat, 29 May 2010 13:02:24 +0000

Metagenes Brothers at Convention

From March 25th through the 28th, Alumni and Actives from all over the country gathered in Virginia’s Capital, Richmond, for the 63rd National Convention of our fraternity. All told, over 170 brothers were in attendance including 31 actives and alumni from Metagenes. In addition to the daily business sessions at the Omni Hotel, participants participated in several breakout sessions on various professional and fraternal topics. On Friday they toured the recently renovated grounds of the State Capital, designed by Thomas Jefferson, along with other sites around the city.

On Saturday, brother Jim Lytle took actives from Metagenes on a tour of his firm’s offices, Odell Associates, in the historic canal district. Originally built in 1910 as a power plant for the adjacent Lucky Strike Cigarette Factory, Odell renovated the building in 2009. The first floor conference and display space is wrapped around a 3 story lobby. Above, the two story-studio space occupies the entire second floor. Looking down on it all is a third floor loft that contains an employee break area and offices for associates.

Brother Rick Jenkins is sworn in as Worthy Grand Scribe by Brother Vicki Horton

The weekend culminated on Saturday night with the annual awards banquet. With Brother Rosen of Daedalus serving as Master of Ceremonies, the fraternity swore in officers including Vicki Horton, reelected to Worth Grand Architect, and our very own Rick Jenkins as Worthy Grand Scribe. The Sostratus Chapter at Washington State University was officially installed, and numerous awards were handed out. The dinner culminated with a keynote address by Brother Robert Ivy, who was elected to the classification of Master Architect by the convention earlier on Friday.

New Gamma Iota Brothers

Rick Jenkins — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:26:49 +0000

This past weekend, the chapter welcomed its newest members to Alpha Rho Chi. Congratulations!

Metagenes Chapter in chronological order.

Our newest brothers are in the front row.
Blair Miller, 1st Year Architecture
Sarah Haase, 2nd Year Architecture
Erin Sanchez, 2nd Year Architecture
(Bear is in the very front, but he is not a member of the fraternity.)

Early Letters

Rick Jenkins — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:30:41 +0000

Metagenes Chapter turned 41 years old this week, so here is a collection of correspondence from the founding days of the chapter – including letters from the sponsor chapters, Demetrios (Ohio State) and Vitruvius (Penn State).

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Convention in Richmond

Rick Jenkins — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:32:19 +0000

Alpha Rho Chi is coming to Richmond on March 25-28, 2010. With the National Convention returning to the Old Dominion for the first time in over 30 years, we expect to see all Metagenes brothers at the banquet on March 27.

UPDATED HAPPY HOUR INFO
Friday March 26, 6:00-?
Sine Irish Pub
1327 E. Cary St. Richmond

Here’s where to get the details.

Information and Registration at alpharhochi.org
Facebook Event Page

Pledgebook Covers

Rick Jenkins — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:14:47 +0000

The tradition of pledge book covers is as old as the Metagenes Chapter. Each class of prospective members has produced a cover or container design to protect their copies of The Archi Pledge. Although the designs have ranged in materials from chipboard to aluminum to plexiglass to cloth or in size from over a 12-in square to more recent compact designs, each has represented a generation of brothers of the fraternity.

Here’s a gallery of pledge book designs. If you don’t see yours, send us a photo!

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Thanks to Kent McCullough for many of these scans.

1972 Bugle Composite

Rick Jenkins — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:22:20 +0000

Metagenes leaves its special stamp in Tech’s yearbook. Click photo to enlarge.

Charles Burchard, future WGA

Found in the 1972 Bugle from Va. Tech’s University Archives collection of yearbooks.

1970 Bugle Composite

Rick Jenkins — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:38:36 +0000

Meet the Archis. Click photo to enlarge.

Found in the 1970 Bugle from Va. Tech’s University Archives collection of yearbooks.

Chapter Eternal – Tom Jenkins

Rick Jenkins — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:35:03 +0000

Brother Thomas L. Jenkins died Wednesday Oct 14 after battling cancer and complications from a stroke. The fraternity mourns his passing and extends its condolences to his family.

Tom Jenkins was born on December 17, 1954 to Catharine Baker Jenkins and Joseph Frederick Jenkins of Williamsburg, Virginia, Tom is survived by his only brother John Jenkins, and one son, Neil Jenkins (age 19).

Tom joined the Colonial Williamsburg Fife and Drum Corp at age 12 as a drummer and has remained active in this organization. Tom graduated from Virginia Tech with an Architecture degree. He is a member of the Alpha Rho Chi professional architecture fraternity. He is a registered Architect and a member of the A.I.A. He has worked at the Administrative Office of the US District Courts serving as an Architect, Designer and Project Manager during his career.