Join the North Metro Club for our annual fundraiser before the Georgia Tech-Clemson baseball game on Sunday, April 29, 2012, at 11:00 am. It’s all you can eat hot dogs and hamburgers for just $8/adult and $6/child.

If you pre-order, we will arrange for your game tickets as well. Since many of you are season ticket holders, we are doing the game tickets as a separate option. We hope to see you there.

Select picnic and game tickets here

Picnic age 13 & over $8.00 USD Picnic age 12 & under $6.00 USD Game ticket age 13 & over $8.00 USD Game ticket age 12 & under $6.00 USD

Joel Sokol, professor in Industrial Systems Engineering (ISyE)

How did three Tech professors, none of whom is taller than 5 feet 8 inches, end up on ESPN.com’s college basketball webpage on the day the NCAA Tournament started? Beginning with its prediction that Georgia Tech would advance to the 2004 Final Four, the Logistic Regression Markov Chain (LRMC) method for forecasting the NCAA Tournament has outperformed over 100 competitors. Come hear the LRMC story: how it works, which pieces of conventional wisdom it disproves and how these Tech professors made it from the blackboards of campus to CNN, ESPN, and The New York Times.

Join us on the evening of Monday, March 12, as we host an evening with Georgia Tech professor Joel Sokol. Professor Sokol has been kind enough to join us the Monday evening after the brackets are released, but before games begin. Optimal time to fill in your bracket. Be the smartest guy or gal in your office basketball pool!

Current NCAA Basketball Ratings using a Logistic Regression/Markov Chain (LRMC) model

What: Pick the Winners Using LRMC Mathematical Modeling with Georgia Tech Professor Joel Sokol
When: March 12, 2012, 6:00 PM
Where: Hudson Grille, Sandy Springs (View Map)
Cost: Members: $20. Guests: $25.

NMGT Member or Guest?

North Metro Member $20.00 USD North Metro Guest $25.00 USD

From Professor Sokol’s LRMC website: What is LRMC?

LRMC is a college basketball ranking system designed to use only basic scoreboard data: which two teams played, whose court they played on, and what the margin of victory was.

LRMC stands for “Logistic Regression/Markov Chain”, the two primary mathematical techniques that were a part of our system. We’ve subsequently added a Bayesian component as well.

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The North Metro Georgia Tech Club is once again supporting Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and the Spring Baseball Classic by selling tickets and soliciting donations. Please do all you can to support both Georgia Tech Baseball and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

The Yellow Jackets enter the season ranked pre-season #9 by Collegiate Baseball. Georgia Tech returns 23 players from a 42-21 2011 team. Junior RHP Buck Farmer and sophomore CF Kyle Wren are both Pre-Season All-American players.

The Bulldogs are ranked #18 by Collegiate Baseball. Georgia returns 22 players from the team that went 33-32 in 2011.

Georgia won last year’s meeting 6-4. This year’s game will be the 10th anniversary game.

What: Georgia Tech vs. Georgia
When: April 24, 2012
Time: 7:00 PM
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia

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Lunch Bunch continues in February 2012 at Taco Mac at the Prado. Admission is free, although we always appreciate donations to the scholarship fund! And food and drink is pay as you go.

February 6 Drew Barry – former basketball player
February 13 Chris Moore – Director Athletic Bands
February 20 Chad Dollar – Asst. Coach, Men’s Basketball
February 27 To Be Announced

The end of the year is almost here! Since December is the month of giving, please don’t forget to make a donation to Roll Call.

Your donation helps Georgia Tech in many ways. Unrestricted donations give the Institute the most flexibility to make sure that the money goes where it is needed the most. Alumni giving levels also play a factor in many of the college rankings, so by giving, you are increasing the prestige of the school.

You can send a check or you can pay online with a credit card (and hey, with the credit card, you can use the donation on this year’s taxes, but not pay until next year!)

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Women's Basketball Coach MaChelle Joseph

Join us in the New Year for another great line-up of Lunch Bunch speakers.

January 2 Holiday – No Lunch Bunch
January 9 Rod McKenzie – Football Recruiting Analyst
January 16 Roger Kaiser – Former Tech Basketball Great
January 23 TBA – Watch Facebook and Twitter for an announcement
January 30 MaChelle Joseph – Women’s Basketball Head Coach

As always, we recommend that you arrive around 11:30 to get a good seat and enjoy lunch with fellow Tech fans. Admission is free, but it is pay as you go for food and drinks.

Also, we will be hosting a game watching party at Firkin and Gryphon on Saturday, January 21, 2012, at 2:30 PM. For more information and to RSVP, visit the Facebook Event.

Our weekly lunch meetings with notable Georgia Tech Athletics personnel and other related individuals continue as we head into the holidays. Please note, that we will not have Lunch Bunch on December 26.

We encourage regulars and visitors alike to arrive early for the best seats. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis. Admission is free, but it is pay as you go for food and drinks.

December Lunch Bunch Schedule:

December 5 Chris Jacobs, Men’s Basketball – Director of Operations

December 12 To Be Announced

December 19 Jeff Van Note, Former GT football radio and former Atlanta Falcon All-Pro

December 26: Holiday – no Lunch Bunch. Merry Christmas!

Our weekly lunch meetings with notable Georgia Tech Athletics personnel and other related individuals continue to heat up as the weather cools off.

We encourage regulars and visitors alike to arrive early for the best seats. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis. Admission is free, but it is pay as you go for food and drinks.

November Lunch Bunch Schedule:

November 7: Courtney Hart – Swimming Head Coach
November 14: Ken Sugiura – AJC sports writer covering Tech
November 21: Derrick Moore – Team Chaplain and Motivational Speaker
November 28: Matt Winklejohn – Sports writer

Reminder: Don’t forget about Santa Buzz on November 20th!

The North Metro Georgia Tech Alumni Club gives out approximately $7,000 in scholarships every year to area high school seniors that will attend Georgia Tech in the upcoming academic year. This year is no different.

The application process includes a written application, due by January 25, 2012. The top candidates will be contacted to schedule in-person interviews with Club members. Once all the top candidates are interviewed, the scholarship committee will choose the North Metro scholarship recipients.

Please note that the scholarship recipient must attend Georgia Tech in order to receive the scholarship money. If a recipient decides not to attend Georgia Tech, the scholarship will go to an alternate.

More information and the application is available on the Georgia Tech Alumni Wesbite.

TRAFFIC UPDATE: A small section of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road will be closed from Mt. Vernon to Nandina which is across from the Dunwoody Farmhouse (near Dunkin’ Donuts) so please be advised if you are traveling from Roberts Drive or 400 at Northridge to Mt. Vernon Road.

This is your opportunity to get the family portrait taken with Buzz! And the photos are perfect for Christmas cards. The cost is $25 per family.

Your professional, high quality digital photo will be emailed to you for your unrestricted use after the event.

All funds raised help support Georgia Tech scholarships for area high school seniors.

When: Sunday, November 20, 2011 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Where: Kingsley Racquet and Swim Club, Clubhouse
2325 N. Peachtree Way, Atlanta, GA 30338

Cost: $25.00 per family/setting

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