As Senusret says it shows on up on the APO National website as an Interest Group. (http://www.apo.org/show/How_to_Start...r/Chapter_List , you can do your own search if you want)

When I look for Alpha Phi Omega at ucsc.edu on google, I get a number of hits, *most* of which are from a staffer who was there *years* ago (Brother Rodden), excluding those, I get one hit at http://people.ucsc.edu/~avanever/ which talks about involvement in the Alpha Phi Omega interest group being an activity.

Also the Section 4 (Northern California) Blog has a posting from Ajay Sharman, the section chair (head alumni volunteer for Northern CA) at http://www.aposection4.org/profiles/...:BlogPost:2161 where he talks about the group at UCSC (Alpha Gamma Nu) getting started on rechartering (posted July 2008). Try sending to section.4.chair@apo.org to contact him, if that doesn't work let me know and I'll get one that doesn't go through a redirection. The other option would be to contact the member of the National Board over Ajay at region.10.director@apo.org or contacting the director of chapter services at the Alpha Phi Omega national office at judy.mitchell@apo.org or 1-816-373-8667 extension 13.

Let me know how else I can help.

Sincerely
Randolph Finder
(Alpha Phi Omega Geek)

Oh thanks. I did it wrong when I searched last time.

Yeah UCSC's website is hopeless for Greeks. When I search for my own org, I only find rooms we've reserved and the fact that we're registered with the school.

A friend of mine was a brother at another school, so she's super involved and excited with this interest group. Yay!

No problem. I probably use that search page about once a week.

Some schools are better than others. I've seen schools where each student group was given their own webarea and others where if you are lucky you can find it in an on-line version of the school catalog.

Cool on your friend. Do you have a feeling for what the reaction of the Social Greeks at UCSC is to be toward Alpha Phi Omega?

As for help in the area, UCSC is in Section 4, the active chapters there are at Cal State -Fresno, Cal State-Sacramento, Cal State-East Bay, SFState, San Jose State, Stanford, Cal-Berkeley, Cal-Davis, USF and U of the Pacific.

And my statement before should have been "let *us* know how *we* can be of help"...:mad:

Name: edwin
Chapter/School: ETA IOTA - University of Eastern Philippines
Pledged: 2nd Sem 2006
Offices I've Held: GC - 98 -99, Sec - 2008 (Emarat 121 AA - UAE), Presently the PRO for Dubai Directorates, UAE and Chairman of the Visit Visa Committee for the UAE.
Why I Joined APO: the reason to live is to be of service to others...APO is one way.
Anything Else: Founder EVCC Petioning Chapter (Founded October 2005) - Philippines

Welcome
 

Welcome to Greekchat!

Greetings
 

Greetings Brothers,

Just wanted to reintroduce myself. That's me above.

One of my goals for 2009 was to become a life member and as of this week I have officially become a Life Member of Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity Inc!!!!! I've been feeling so disconnected from the organization since leaving school and now I feel I'm making strides in the right direction :D

Where are you in the country (or outside of it)?

Hola!
 

Hey! I know you!;) That's one of my favorite chapter brothers!

P.S. The chapter needs you. I'm gonna send you a pm.

Congratulations on Life Membership!!!:)

UCSC Founding Father
 

Hi everyone, while doing a vanity search on google, I stumbled upon this post (i am the owner of the "avanever" site), and would like to extend my support to anyone who has any questions! =D I will probably direct this thread to my VP of Public Relations. But yeah, nice to see we've hit recognition on a larger scale now, and I hope too meet you all. Good luck to CSUF on chartering!:D

Cool. Vanity searches. :) What position do you hold in the UCSC extension effort?

"Here's to Alpha Phi Omega. Loyal Slugs are we..."

Randy

I'm in the US. Still in NYC

Thanks Bro TX Diva. I received my life membership Pin yesterday and my life member certificate and card today and was so happy.

Not being active has not felt right when I made the committment, so this is a step in the right direction for me.

If you sent me a PM I probably didn't get it. Hit me on FB

Welcome to all of the brothers who are new to GC!

LFS!

i am the co-treasurer! =D woot! you're all the way from maryland?? wow! what chapter is that?

University of Maryland, College Park (which is what most people think of as Maryland in the sports sense) is Epsilon Mu (which is active)

University of Maryland, Baltimore County is Alpha Zeta Pi (Brand New)

University of Maryland, Eastern Shore is Rho Omicron (inactive)

I'm on staff in Maryland (section 86), but rep to a school in the University System of Maryland, Frostburg State (Alpha Gamma Chi).

I'm actually an alumnus of Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh (Kappa chapter)

Not sure if *that* answered your question (or for that matter anyones...)

Randy

Name: Ashley
Chapter/School: Nu Gamma/Texas State University
Pledged: Fall 2008
Offices I've Held: Secretary (Current Semester)
Why I Joined APO: My main reasons for wanting to join were to make friends and for philanthropy work. Before I discovered APO I went through NPC Formal Recruitment and COB, released both times before pref night/bid day.
Anything Else: Not much to say except that joining APO was the best decision I've ever made and I plan on running for Admin for the Fall 2009 semester.

Welcome!

Just curious, what is COB and what is Admin (presumably an office position in the chapter)?

Thank you! :D

COB is a term coined by NPC and it stands for "continuous open bidding". COB is basically informal recruitment. Admin is short for Vice-President of Administration, the person whom takes care of turning in our paperwork, pledge forms, etc. We refer to that position in Nu Gamma simply as "Admin".

Name: Danielle
Chapter/School: Nu Psi, Montclair State
Pledged: I had my petitioning ceremony in Fall '08, crossed in Spring '09.
Offices I've Held: Fellowship Chair ('08-'09), President ('09-'10)
Why I Joined APO: I heard about it from two of my roommates who had joined the petitioning group the year before me. I love giving back to the community but can never find local opportunities, and APO seemed like the best way to go!
Anything Else: I am so happy to be a part of APO - it's been a very fun ride going from a PG to a chapter (just this month, on the 18th!) and I'm looking forward to everything we have coming!

I'm not sure but I don't believe I ever officially checked in despite posting on the boards here.

Name: Joseph

Chapter/ School: Xi Alpha/ Muhlenberg College

Pledged: September 2002

Initiated: December 2002

Offices/positions Held: Corresponding Secretary (Fall 2003)
President (2004 Calendar Year)
Representative to Section 91 Council (2004-2005)
Member Region II Toast Song Committee (2004)

Reason for joining: I first heard about APO from my scoutmaster and from the Order of the Arrow Handbook. I read about it and my leader, who was an alumnus of the Rutgers chapter, always spoke highly of his time in the chapter so I decided to give it a try.

Welcome Minerva! Being part of a (re)chartering group is an experience that some people with a great deal of experience in the Fraternity never get to do.

Randy

Welcome again anyway. :)

Welcome to Greekchat, Danielle, and congratulations on becoming Nu Psi president next year. The Blue and Gold Awards were great this year and everyone had a lot of fun! Best of luck to you for the rest of 2009!

Name: Justin

Chapter/School: Psi Phi Chapter/ Tennessee State University

Pledged: Spring 2009

Offices I've Held: None.

Why I Joined APO: In 2007 I first saw the letters on campus and was intrigued about what the organization stood for. My first encounter with them came later that year in the Fall semester, I was walking with a friend and we came to a program hosted by or joint hosted with APO, I remember getting a flyer and held on to it to study. One night I woke up and typed in Alpha Phi Omega, researched it and loved what it stood for. I attended numerous interest meetings for probably two years until I had the time to pledge.

Anything Else: I plan on attending conventions and visiting other chapters. I also plan on chartering new chapters in the future so that APO will continue to grow.

Welcome!

It's great to have new brothers here! The next convention is pretty close to you, in Atlanta.

Feel free to ask any questions here, we have brothers here with a wide variety of experiences!

YiLFS
Randy

Committed to Leadership, Friendship and Service
 

Name: Tony
Chapter/School: Alpha Zeta, University of Kentucky
Pledged: Fall '06
Offices I've Held: VP of Communications ('07-'09), President ('09-'10)
Why I Joined APO: As an Eagle Scout I find myself committed to serving my community and Alpha Phi Omega was a perfect fit!
Anything Else: I am a web developer at heart and so combining my two loves in life, APO and the web, I have produced a very useful tool that I would recommend to all APO chapters. If your chapter doesn't have a website or is struggling with managing all your members or keeping records please visit http://apoonline.org!

Welcome Tony!

Danielle: No way, Nu Psi came back? Outstanding, congrats! Section 99 has had a rough couple of years.

So rough, they got rid of it. All hail sections 101 and 102!

Name: Karen
Chapter/School: Beta Iota @ NYU
Pledged: Spring 2009

nothing really has happened yet since I was just initiated last semester but it's been great so far :)

Welcome Karen!

Name: Maurice

Chapter/School: Psi Phi Chapter/ Tennesee State University

Pledged: Spring 2009

Offices I've Held: Current "Secretary"

Why I Joined APO: Well I seen APO during service week and wondered what it was I found out it was a service fraternity and I love to do service and help out in the community.

Anything Else: I plan on being a biotechnologist or a singer....i dont know which one yet.

Name: David Smith

Chapter/School: Nu Sigma/ Stephen F. Austin State University

Pledged: Spring 2006

Offices I've Held: Pledge Class Fellowship VP, Pledge Trainer Fall '06 and Spring '08, Sargent at Arms Fall '07

Why did I join: To find myself.

Anything else: I was the oldest to pledge on my line at the age of 26.

Welcome!
 

My pledge class had a wide age range from a pledge who turned 18 on their initiation date (me) to a grad student who I think was 24 or 25.

Randy

Name: Doug Franklin

Chapter/School: Kappa Delta/Florida A&M University

Pledged: Spring 2002

Offices I've Held: Special Events Chair, VP of Sevice, Fundraising Chair

Why did I join: To be part of the premier service organization based on principles of Boy Scouting. Its an extension of my experience as an Eagle Scout

Anything else:I was one of three Eagle Scouts in my Pledge Class.

Welcome!
 

Welcome to Greekchat! and welcome to the Alpha Phi Omega forum!

Welcome, Fratx2!

Name: Bree
Chapter/School: Iota Mu, University of South Carolina!! Go Cocks!
Pledged: Fall 2009 (well, yesterday lol)
Why I joined: LFS!!