Question about your org's conventions
 

Who is considered a "delegate" (i.e. voting member) at your convention?
For KD:
1 delegate from every collegian chapter (almost always the pres of the chapter)
All of the various national officers
1 delegate from each alumnae association (not all AA's send a delegate because usually the delegate has to pay their own way because the AA doesn't have the funds to do so).

AGDs, correct me if I'm wrong, but here are the official voting delegates from what I remember of the last Convention:

-collegiate chapter delegate; again almost always chapter president, but the chapter has to be one IN GOOD STANDING. If a chapter is not in good standing (for example, because of grades), she will still be considered a delegate, but will not have voting privileges...which is reflective of standard chapter voting rules

-chapter advisor

-alumnae chapter or club delegate (again, usually the president)

-members of the VST? I'm not really sure about this one

-International Officers

KD also has the good standing rule... i'm guessing that's pretty standard. It seems to usually take effect due to financial bad standing of a chapter.

I also think it's interesting that your chapter advisors get a vote as well

I need confirmation on that one. Usually at business meetings, the delegates sit in the front of the meeting rooms, I just assumed that they (CAs) get a vote as well.

For Kappa Sig, each chapter sends one delegate. The fraternity picks up the bill for delegates, all they have to pay for is transportation and social stuff (dinner at night, drinks, etc.)

The delegates, undergrad and alumni alike, are the ones with the votes.

I could be wrong though - I remember that when I went to Conclave I had a vote, but I can't remember who else did.

At Phi Sig convention each chapter delegate...(The pres) gets a vote... now, the more members you have in your chapter, the more officers you get to send (IE paid for) but I do not think they get a vote. Chapter Advisor also gets a vote as well... although I believe that it was discussed last year at convention whether or not that was going to continue. Each member of supreme council also gets a vote.

Alpha Sigma Tau....
 

Each chapter is required to send 4 members (but encouraged to send more). One is considered the chapter delegate, and gets a vote as long as the chapter is in good standing.

Each National Staff member gets a vote.

Each Council Member (except the President-unless it's a tie) gets a vote.

Each alumnae chapter who sends a delegate gets a vote.

I believe each Chapter Advisor gets a vote as well, but I'll have to look that one up.

Once again this all depends on the chapter and the member being in good standing.

And might I add....CONVENTION IS FUN!!!
PsychTau

Re: Alpha Sigma Tau....
 

WOW! Each chapter sending 4 members???? I'd imagine that gets quite expensive. We're only required to send 1 (the collegiate chapters, that is) but it's all but mandatory to send 1 more. I think the more people that go, the better. But that's gotta take some financial planning on part of the chapters. Either that or your convention is a lot cheaper than KD's! :)

Wow...4 is a lot! For Conventions, only the collegiate Chapter President and Chapter Advisor are required to attend. Their airfare and lodging are taken care of by the Fraternity. Of course, more members are encouraged to attend, and the chapters who are closest to the Convention site usually send the most [although the Hawaii delegation sent 5 to Atlanta in 2001!].

TLCs, held in non-convention years, have specific workshops geared toward certain collegiate offices. This year, our President and VP Finance went. VP Recruitment wanted to go too...but KC was just too $$$.

SAI
 

SAI nationals provides funding for each chapter to send one delegate to COnvention, which is every 3 years. When possible, the delegate is the newly elected chapter president. When she cannot go, the chapter votes on who to send. I'm the delegate for my chapter and will be flying up to Michigan for our convetion on July 31! :D

SAI nationals pays for the delegate's transportation (either their plane ticket or gas if they are driving), hotel, and other things as well. I only had to pay about 170 dollars to go, and will have to pay for food. Everything else is covered. :)

In addition to the chapter delegates, SAI National Directors, Province Officers, and National Executive Board members (all of these officers equal the National Officers Council) each get a vote.

A delegate is one representative from each chapter and alumnae association. Only those from chapters/AAs in good standing may vote. The national officers also vote.

Each chapter/AA is encouraged to send as many members as it can. The chapter/AA pays for the registration fee and hotel cost of its delegate (usually the president); the fraternity picks up the tab for transportation. The chapter is also responsible for paying for the registration and hotel of an advisor; again, the fraternity pays for transportation.

Our chapter alumnae were generous enough to pay for two of us to join the president at the 2002 Convention. I had a blast! I plan on going next summer, also, but I'll have to pay my own way.

For Sigma Kappa
we usually send 2 delegates, the president and a suggested delegate from nationals (for example if convention is focusing on recruitment then we would send the V.P Recruitment)

We're the only fraternity I know of that does not have chapter delegates. We are divided into provinces (maybe an average of five or six chapters per province), each of which has a province governor -- an alum appointed by the national president with the National Executive Committee's ratification -- and a collegiate province representative (CPR) -- elected by the collegiate members of the province. The CPRs have a national council, the chairman of which sit on the National Executive Committee, together with the national officers, the chairman of the Province Governors' Council, and two committeemen-at-large.

With that background, the voting delegates to our triennial National Assembly are the National Executive Committee members, the province governors and the CPRs, each of whom has one vote. (CPRs and Province Governors on the NEC have only one vote apiece.)

BTW, National Assembly starts the day after tomorrow in Washington, DC. Anyone near the Capitol around noon to one on Friday should check out the Upper Senate Park for the Convention Step-Sing. (Pretty much what it sounds like -- standing on the steps or somewhere else public and singing.)

We have our convention every three years (conveniently named Triennial Convention)

We send a delegate from each collegiate chapter, though it does not have to be the president, and usually a back-up. I was the delegate for my chapter at the last Triennial convention, and three others from my chapter went. Its a good thing, too, because I got laryngitis the first day!

Each alumnae chapter may also send a delegate.

All of the national officers (except for the International President) also get a vote.

From what I remember, everything is covered for the delegate's transportation, room and board, and convention fees. In our case, they paid everything for me but nothing for anyone else, but we got such a good deal on mileage that it covered everyone else's expenses, too! Our week in GA ended up costing everyone $14 a piece. That's cheaper than being home, and a hell of a lot more fun!

Our next convention is this summer (this month, maybe!) in Kentucky, but I'm not in a collegiate or alumni chapter, so I won't be going. :(