Activities and Intramurals: was a rough thing to jump into because I was a frosh and didn't understand that there were a sizeable amount of unmotivated people in my chapter. I went to all of the intramural meetings and tried to recruit the sisters to be on the teams and most of them would have nothing to do with sports and getting dirty or sweaty. I played in every sport we signed up for that year, I was buff
For Activities, I just went to the fraternity meetings for their philanthropy events. I got pissed when not many people came to the events and we lost participation points, but everyone eventually got better about it.
Public Relations: All I did was decorate a board for our chapter downstairs in the UC once per semester with the new girls' names on it.
Recording Secretary: important job for many reasons, and I didn't mind it most of the time. However, I was also the person who kept up with everyone's points for attending events and it sucked to be the one to tell the girls who didn't get enough points that they couldn't go to Formal or whatever was going on. I got bitched at a LOT. But overall, it was fine.
President: for almost the entire time I held this position, I felt like I was babysitting 30-40 grown women who acted like children. I was probably seen as a "cool" President and this may sound conceited, but I was a "big fish in a little bowl" in my chapter. Most everyone went along with what I said. I got to see a side of certain people that I never would have seen before and while it was definitely eye-opening to know that I had that much power in the chapter and could control so many things, it was also scary to know that I had almost all of the power. Like, it was my butt on the line if anything went wrong. I got stressed, probably too much to the point where it affected how I did my job, and I got bitched at by old alums. The same people who only came by to complain about us, and then we didn't see them again until we were "in trouble". Ridiculous. Anyway, it was a great leadership opportuity and it taught me a lot about myself and my limits, but I'd definitely do a few things different if I had to go through it again.
Wow, how's that for pouring my heart out!
