Fraternity/Sorority Elections & Politics.

[Wolfman]

Just as we're entering the political season of midterm elections leading to the general elections for the presidency, many of our groups will be electing national officers during our upcoming national conventions. I'm interested in finding out how this works in various organiztions.(Two elction cycles ago(ie, two Grand Conclaves ago) a member of my grad chapter ran for national president and I got to see how politics works in my fraternity on a deeper level, from making campaign donations, to seeing how camepaign committee are organized and run, to how back room deals are cut. Interesting to say the least!

Question(s): Can anyone run for national elctive office in your fraternity/sorority? Do they have to be nominated?

Do candidates campaign? How? Do they have campaign funds and committees, and how do they function?

What are the venues in which candidates give speeches or officially articulate their platform?

If they "politic" at convention, how do they go about doing it?

What are salitent structural dynamics and how do they work (ie, are there traditional voting blocs on some organizational level,eg, state, regional,etc)?

Are Greek organizations similar or different in this regards according to council (NPHC, NIC, NPC, NALFO,etc), or is there diversity in this matter period?