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                                                                         Omega Chapter of Chi Phi |  Georgia Tech  |  Fall 2017
                                                             Alumni Relations Office  |  P.O. Box 80828, Atlanta, Georgia 30366




      OTA President Update                             Alumni Spotlight: Daniel Weinman ‘09



                    Omega Alumni,                      Editor’s Note:  For this edition of the news-
                                                       letter, we are shining the Spotlight on Brother
                       hank you again for your ongoing   Daniel Weinman ’09. Originally from Alpharet-
                    Tsupport of the Omega Chapter!
                    As Pat details on the next page, the   ta, GA, Weinman graduated from Georgia
                    chapter is healthy and continuing to   Tech with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
                    grow after a successful rush this past   While at GT, Weinman held an internship as a
      fall. There are plenty of reasons for us to feel confident   Mechanical Engineer at Working Buildings, an
      that the chapter is in good hands!               engineering consulting firm in Atlanta, GA.   Af-
          OTA continues to focus on our capital campaign   ter graduating in December 2009, he decided
      and renovation  project for our beloved chapter   to put his engineering career on hold and pur-
      house. Our goal is to ensure the active chapter not   sue his passion of playing poker.  After 2 years
      only has a comfortable and safe place to live and   of playing online poker professionally and achieving the highest accolades
      gather but also has a competitive asset for recruit-  in the online realm, he began to travel the live poker tournament circuit. He
      ment.  We  can  only  accomplish  these  goals  if  we   has since amassed 2 World Poker Tour titles, 4 World Series of Poker Final
      have your support! With $765k in pledged com-    Tables and nearly $3 million in live tournament earnings.  He and his girlfriend
      mitments from 119 donors, our capital campaign is   Marissa, whom he met at Georgia Tech, have been together for 2 years and
      inching closer to our goal of $850k. Thanks to your   currently reside in Boston, MA where she is finishing a PhD in Chemical En-
      help, we expect to surpass our target this fall and   gineering.  For fun, Weinman enjoys golfing, cooking, and cryptocurrencies.
      have our sights set on $1.0M.                   How would you describe your time   happened to be Buzz, which made
          As we shared earlier this year, we have decided to
      push back the timeline for construction until at least   at Georgia Tech?          watching football games even better
                                                                                         as he would often spend a couple of
      January 2019. Our primary reasons for this were to 1)   I’ll always remember the 4.5 years I   quarters of the game hanging out in
      focus on fundraising, 2) allow time for cash flow from   spent at GT as some of the best of my   our section of the stadium.
      the campaign to come in, and 3) provide time for the   life.  I met most of the people whom I
      Atlanta construction market to cool off just a little.   now consider to be my closest friends,  What led you to join the Omega
      The more cash OTA can collect prior to construction,   many of whom were Chi Phi brothers.   Chapter?
      the better financing terms we will realize at closing   I worked hard for my first 2 years at   I honestly had no intention of joining a
      and after construction is complete. Ultimately, this   GT, until discovering that I wasn’t as   fraternity in college.  I knew little about
      will provide OTA more flexibility and allow us to bet-  passionate about engineering as I had   them, and did not even rush my fresh-
      ter support the chapter and physical property after   been when I came to college.  My last   man year.  After not enjoying my first
      the project is finished.                        2.5 years I kept up with my work, still   year at GT very much, I rushed the sec-
          We need your support to surpass our capi-   graduating with honors, but focused   ond year with a few friends, and we all
      tal campaign goal – we can’t do it without you!   more on turning my passion for poker   seemed to enjoy the group of broth-
      Please see back of this newsletter to learn how you   into a potential career.     ers and culture at the Chi Phi house
      can contribute to this project.                 What is your favorite Omega        the best.
      Fraternally,                                    memory?                            Outside of work, what do you do
                                                      My favorite Omega memories are go-  for fun?
                                                      ing to football games with the other   Work in the poker industry is very spo-

      Chris Barnidge                                  brothers.   Admittedly,  most  of  the   radic in towns outside of casino cities,
      Omega ‘12                                       memories are not fully intact, but I   so I have plenty of time to pursue other
      c.barnidge@gmail.com                            look back on those times as the best.    interests.  I spend most of my time off
      (678) 472-6171                                  My roommate in my final few years   the poker table at the golf course.  Be

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