[UNLDelt]

James, No one is competing with spring break.

The Delt leadership academies are for small groups of Delts who are interested in the experience and to learn more about leadership and maybe broaden their expereinces and opportunities. Has your chapter ever brought in someone to hold a 'workshop' or have you ever been to anything similar to a 'leadership retreat'. Well consider this like that, only on a bigger scale.

It's NOT our "conference", or our "general convention" (that's called our Karnea that's held every two years in the summer) or any sort of mandatory thing for all our chapters. It's just for guys who want to go.

It's an experience we offer to members who want to take advantage of it. So if they are really interested, and that time works, they will apply, if it doesn't work then there are other opportunities. In the summers there's a sailing academy, a hiking one, and one that takes place at Bethany where Delt was founded and our founding house still stands. And now this year we add Washington D.C. to the list and made it at a different time so that if some men would like to go to D.C. for this experience they can do so with the fraternity. If someone is not interested then they just don't apply, therefore it doesn't matter to them (common sense huh).

Actually it's pretty great for men who don't normally have the resources to go (or can't make it to the summer ones) b/c there's only $150 fee and after that, ALL costs associated with attending the Leadership Academy will be paid by the Fraternity.