[Under Construction. Two articles are placed here; more to follow in First Quarter of 1999.]

Article 1: Buffers seek Esquire-bo for Counsel

Over the past several years, The Hamilton College Buffers have been moving away from the confines of the College Administration and the Student Assembly, primarily for funding reasons. The Buffers are one of the oldest and most popular non-Athletic, non-Greek organizations on the Hamilton campus, and yet they routinely receive an insignificant portion of the student assembly budget. When compared to headliner a capella groups at groups at other Universities, the deficit is staggering.

So, in the fall of 1997 Doc "Slick-bo" Monroe '96 undertook an effort to make the Buffers their own not-for-profit group. The effort was founded based on overwhelming alumni and parental support of the group and the examples of the most successful all-male collegiate groups like the Tufts Beleezebubs, the Yale Wiffenpoofs, and the nearby Colgate 13. Unfortunately, the task of forming a not-for-profit organization was too daunting and time-consuming and was abandoned.

The Buffers are looking for a Buffer friend or alumnus who has a background in the legal profession and the time to write up a not-for-profit agreement and register the Buffers for the tax-exempt status. [I currently work in the hedge fund industry, and I have read hundreds of Limited Partnership agreements, and they are all exactly the same, with the exception of the name and the biography section. My intuition tells me that the same type of template might exist for a not-for-profit organization. If so, someone with the expertise and experience might be able to save us many headaches, and we would be forever in your debt.]

I look forward to any responses.

Jim "Gum-bo" Gillies '97

Article 2: Buffers launch new web site at Buffers.org

The Buffers have moved their cyber-home to www.buffers.org. The new site will feature timely updates of the group's calendar, recording sales and Alumni contacts. If anyone has feedback about the site, or would like to see a new section added, please email Jim Gillies at jimg@hedgefund.net.