In my chapter, we hold our meetings as follows:

Executive Council meets once a month on a Sunday afternoon. Executive Council consists of all our chapter officers and alumnae advisors. Our Chapter Advisor serves as the Presiding Officer.

Chapter Council meets Tuesday nights one hour prior to Chapter Meeting. Those present are the chapter officers and office coordinators.

We are encouraged to be in chapter dress (business attire) for all our meetings.

We should be implementing parliamentary procedure for our meetings, but we don't. E.C. follows a loose parliamentary procedure while chapter uses very little or none at all. I've discussed this concern with my chapter president and we're seriously discussing implementing a more structured and strict parliamentary procedure for the Fall.

After opening Ritual, we usually start with "I love my sisters because..." or "I'm glad I'm an AlphaGam because..." to get everyone focused. It works well with my chapter because we're smaller in size, so I don't know if this would work with larger chapters.

I also have a question. Do you take short breaks (or A short break) during your meetings? We normally don't, and because of this girls up and leave to use the facilities while someone's giving an officer report. I think it's somewhat rude, but I do understand that when ya gotta go, ya gotta go! How long do your chapter meetings normally last?

Because we have chapter on Tuesday nights, many of us are so quick to leave meetings to take care of academic responsibilities. How many of you have chapter on weekdays? Are weekday meetings very effective for you?