I am the president of a newly formed chapter at our university. We started in 2001, but for the first year an a half, we did no rule setting or general chapter operations. We did our fundraising and philanthropy/Community service, but that was pretty much it.
When I became President, I wanted to change that, so I, solely, wrote up a 13 page bylaws, and throughout the year of president, have written a Minimun Brotherhood standards (basically rules to follow), have come up with the budget (which is never enforced) and the Recruitment schedule for each semester. Being a graphic design major I have also created every flyer and letter, and created each website we have had. Basically it has been a one person organization.
This semester I have seen some change, and my Treasurer, Recruitment Chairman, and very few others have started taking the initiative to creating plans and amendments and the like, however the rest of the chapter (mind you we are only 21 guys) hasn't done anything, except tell me what I am doing wrong.
As an executive council, we decided that our meetings were running way longer than they should (we were rambling on for almost 2 hrs every sunday), so we decided that every week you have to hand in a report to myself or the VP (whomever you are under), and if you didn't hand in a report, you were not allowed to speak. Last night, we decided to hold a meeting because we did not hold one on Easter Sunday, and I received ONE report. I cancelled the meeting under the pretense that only one person handed in a report, and that the topics on the report were only date and times of events, nothing of great importance that could be sent out in an email.
Now, enough rambling, but my question, how can I get people to stop trying to do my job for me and to do the job they are supposed to be doing? I appreciate all feedback, and if anyone would like to talk one-on-one with me about this or anything else I need help with, please email me with a way to contact you (ie AIM, etc). Thanks again.
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