Better word for retreat?
 

When people go on a "retreat" it sounds like they are running away...what is a better word for it?

Conference
Event
Meeting
Assembly
Convention

Leadership Weekend
Brotherhood Weekend
Chapter Planning Conference
Rededication Day
Fraterday (hee hee)
Or maybe you could name it something related to one of your symbols or values.

MAN CAMP

what we called one of ours this year

There have a been a few ATO chapters that decided not to use retreat for the same reason. They used CHARGE instead. :)

Jason

In the military, they called it "encampment" but that sounds too..well, military to me.

I like the idea of "leadership weekend".

What an awesome topic!!!!!

Sisterhood Weekend

Diamond Days
Pearl Points
Saphire Saturday
MFF (Mandatory Family Function)
Leadership Camp

My chapter likes the word retreat though.
We have rush/recuitment retreat, and a sisterhood retreat and an officer retreat.

I just realized this is for a fraternity-sorry!
How about Sigma Chi Camp?
I REALLY liked Man Camp though, sounds so.......manly;)

Senusret
 

Chapter Planning Conference... hmm... had one of those,
CPPC. It was um... interesting.

At my school we call it College Camp

Re: Senusret
 

The funny thing is, my home chapter prefers to call them retreats!

We like retreat too... I used to work for a co-ed company that used retreat for our Student Leader retreat where all of us in the organization who were in charge of various departments through our volunteer work with the organization, were taken out to DC for a retreat. It really felt like a "retreat" though since only 1 or 2 of the 50 or so of us there were actually from DC. We had people from all over the US at the retreat.

I don't know if any of these help, but for retreat on Thesaurus.com I came up with:

Entry: retreat
Function: noun
Definition: vacation
Synonyms: adytum, ark, asylum, blowout center, cell, cloister, convent, cover, covert, defense, den, habitat, harbor, haunt, haven, hermitage, hideaway, hiding place, hole, hole up, ivory tower, port, privacy, refuge, resort, retirement, safe house, safe place, sanctuary, seclusion, security, shelter, solitude
Concept: habitat entity

Our Brotherhood Weekend is taking place on Fraterday. :D

Thanx for the way to rename the retreat.

Power Up
Regroup
Boost
Focus
Synergy Session
Synergize
Reawakening

that's SO awesome. :D

I've heard of some KKG chapters using Kappa Kampout for a retreat name.