I agree with everyone that your sorority has a problem with organization. You should check out the websites of other sororities and see how they organize their executive boards and their committees. I have a few suggestions for e-board positions-academics/scholarship, new member educator (or whatever they call it now
), recruitment/rush, treasurer, vice president, and president. The committees can be publicity/ public relations, sisterhood, social, community service/philanthropy, historian, formal/holiday party, and risk management among others. All positions and committees are very important to the running of the sorority. Every sister should serve on at least one committees. Each committee met weekly or as necessary and had a chairwoman who oversaw that committee. The chairwomen got together weekly for a minor board meeting overseen by the Vice President to discuss what the committees were doing. The Executive Board met weekly to discuss new business. At chapter, the v.p. would discuss the new business of each committee rather than each chair speaking. the time of our chapter meetings was cut almost in half when we started this. Chapter meetings are not a time to disect the picayune details that would be better hammered out in committee or minor board meetings. In other words, the E Board would determine two or three best options instead of dozens and bring them to the chapter meeting for a vote. Once a decision is made and a vote is taken, the sorority needs to stick to it. It's called order. It's an ineffective and inefficient use of your time and energy and money if sisters decide on their own to buy fliers because they are a good deal. No one needs 5,000 fliers unless you attend a school with 100,000 students.
Corina-now get to building those bonds of sisterhood by planning a lock-in or movie night for the weekend. Keep your chin up and breathe!
