Formal chapter meeting times?

[kk_bama]

I was wondering when others meet for formal chapter. My chapter meets at 5:45 (right after 5 p.m. dinner) on Wednesdays. Most other GLOs on my campus meet on Wednesdays as well.

However, I know it is common practice at other schools to meet on Sunday or Monday nights, and I'm beginning to think that Monday night would make more sense for my chapter.

So, when does everyone meet, and what are the advantages/disadvantages? I would imagine Sunday would be a little tough because of members coming in from the weekend.

I'd appreciate some thoughts!

[Kevin]

We used to meet Monday nights at 7:00PM in the colony days. I think in our 3rd semester, we decided that people were always running late, so we moved it back to 7:30PM.

Somehow, to this day, chapter is held at 7:30PM on Monday nights.

[AChiOAlumna]

Both when I was in chapter and the house I currently advise both had Exec Board meetings on Sunday nights...

As for chapter meetings, the campuses have it set up that all potential meeting rroms reserved for the sororities at 7:00 pm on Monday.

[Glitter650]

Monday nights =) exec is on Sunday nights it's a problem for evening class people... but there's usually only around two people a semester that have class..

[honeychile]

When I was an active, we had meetings at 7:30pm Monday night, Exec Board at 6pm Monday night. So many people had to miss due to a switch in core classes being held on Mondays, that they now meet on Sundays, same time.

Back in my collegian days, chapter was held at 7PM with chapter council at 6 or 6:30PM (depending on the load of the agenda). Chapter and Chapter Council have since been moved to Mondays because many girls serve as ASUH senators, and they hold their meetings on Tuesdays.

Executive Council was held once a month on the first Sunday at 1PM, not too early, yet not too late.

6-7PM was ideal because most girls were done with work and school by then. We tried Sunday nights before, especially during rush, but getting everyone to commit and be focused was just like pulling teeth.

Early in the week was the way to go, they've all gotten over the weekend by then.

[sigtau305]

Our's is on sunday evenings at 7:00p.m. ( Exec. Board meeting one hour eariler).

[kk_bama]

Our exec meets every Sunday at 7.

Which is why I wish chapter was the next day. Mondays just make sense because it's the start of the week and everything would be fresh on Exec's mind from the night before.

When my sister was an active Gamma Phi at UGA, they met on Mondays.

[KSUViolet06]

Tri Sigma:

All the sororities here coincidentally have the same meeting time-
Chapter meeting- Sunday night @ 7pm
Exec Board- Wednesday night @ 9 pm



Kappa Phi:

Chapter meeting- Tuesday night @ 8 pm
Executives- same night @ 7 pm.

[bluefish81]

The chapter that I graduated from and now advise used to hold chapter on Sundays at 7. Since that time it has been switched to meeting on Mondays at 7.
I think the majority of chapters at Iowa State meet on Monday night and some meet on Sunday night.

I think the reasons for the switch were due to: some members having to return earlier from trips out of town on the weekends, a lot of other chapters met on Mondays, so sometimes on campus groups would meet Sunday nights - therefore members would have to miss a mtg somewhere, out of house members can come over for dinner at 5:30 and then just stick around for chapter. The only disadvantage that has come out of it thus far is that sometimes a member has to take a class at that time and therefore can't attend chapter.

Chapter was held on Mondays at 6pm (if I recall correctly). Exec meetings were usually held on Sundays.

[AUDeltaGam]

Chapter is held every Wednesday at 5 p.m.

CMT (exec) is held every Tuesday and Joint CMT (with directors) is held every other Tuesday.

[DolphinChicaDDD]

whoa. you guys have EARLY meetings.

we used to meet at 8pm on tue for officer meetings and 9pm for chapter meetings

[tunatartare]

I think all the sororities at Marist have meetings on Mondays around 9'ish (after night classes get out). For KLP, our meetings are at 9:45, 9:30 for formal meetings. Our executive board meets sometime during the week that's best for them and right before meetings as well.

[azdtaxi]

We have meetings at 7 on sundays and exec is after that ... it would make a lot more sense to have exec before though ...