[FSUZeta]

dear asalady, as a former ritual advisor i feel somewhat qualified to share the following suggestons:

as ritual advisor your role to to make sure that the rituals are followed to the letter. you will work with the ritual officer to help her do her job . you may be asked by the other advisors to attend advisory board meetings from time to time, but other than that, you do not need to worry about the other officers. of course, as an advisor you may be called on by a chapter member to be a confidant, but your main interaction will be with the ritual officer and her committee if she has one.

make an appointment with the ritual officer of the chapter, and goe thru all the ritual equipment:make sure it is in pristine order or help her to form a plan to get it in pristine order. if things need to be replaced, suggest that she make a list so that she can present it to the executive officers for the okay to replace the items. help her to formulate a timeline so that these things get replaced in a timely fashion. find out if she has a committee-if she does not, she might like to have one. her committee could help her in setting up the room and cleaning any equipment as needed.

ask her if she feels that all officers(or sisters) who have active roles in the ritual know their stuff. find out if they hold practices so that the ceremonies are flawless.

find out if the every member of the chapter comes dressed appropriately for each ritual. find out what the consequences are if they are not appropriately attired. help to make sure that the consequences are enforced.

you might attend some of the practice sessions before the next initiation, but let them know that you will attend

attend the next initiations to see to make sure that the chapter is attending in the right frame of mind and that all rules are being observed.

if you want, attend any post initiation training the new initiates attend. it will reinforce your own initiation experience and help the new initiates see how important the ritual really is. again make these arrangements with the ritual officer.