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Sororities with upcoming Fall Formal Recruitment are busting their behinds over the Summer preparing. Because of that it is very easy to get so wrapped up in Recruitment that you forget about all the other stuff.
Every year we have an Exec Retreat at a semi-central location so most if not all officers can attend. They review the calendar for the Fall, make sure all philanthropy/social/etc events have been planned (reservations made, etc.), address any outstanding financial issues since the fiscal year is closing soon, make sure the new member education program is thoroughly planned out, check the status of the goals they set when they came into office back in Spring, etc. Of course there are also reports on the Recruitment, Bid Day, and Chapter Retreat planning which are the very first things on the calendar and their success is critical.
Not only is this a "work weekend" but they also have fun activities for bonding amongst the officers. We find this to be very helpful in motivating the officers to "hit the ground running".
Before we started doing this it was common for everyone, especially officers, to get so wrapped up in Recruitment, that afterwards everyone is worn out and (as I call it) "XYZ'ed out". Then classes and football season get rolling. In the blink of an eye it's Initiation time. The next thing you know it's the end of September or October and the chapter hasn't accomplished much else. Midterms, Homecoming, officer elections, etc are all right around the corner and there is little time left.
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