How many of you have a "mid-years" convention and or a yearly convention/chapter?

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Originally Posted by alumni

In my fraternity we have at least one mid years convention, sometimes 2, depending upon where it is geographically since we are a national Fraternity. We also have a yearly summer "chapter" which is like a convention where all chapters send at least one representative. I found these to be pretty interesting and a good time, actually a lot more than I expected.

My question is, how many other organizations do the same thing or something similar?

I'd really like to know if your organization has the same or similar practices and if so, could you explain them a little?

For us, the mid-years is usually a 2-3 night convention at a pretty decent hotel with various activities during the day and then meals as well. I'm not to sure about the supreme chapter in the summer, but it is usually more dedicated to doing something (sometimes building for a local organization) or something like that.

So, if you could name your organization, and what kind of things you do, I'd really like to get to know what others do!!! Thanks a lot!

It sounds like you are asking "Does your organization have a national event in addition to your national convention?"

In Alpha, we have a General Convention in the odd numbered years. In even numbered years, we have had a variety of activities, some of which were legislative, others were not: an Economic Summit in 2002, a Constitutional Convention in 2004, Centennial Convention in 2006. In 2008 and 2012, we just had General Conventions in addition to the ones in odd numbered years.

From time to time, there will be other events which are national in scope that chapters are asked to participate in, including the Martin Luther King National Memorial dedication and General Presidential Inaugurations every four years.

Our conventions are usually held in large hotels or small-to-medium convention centers. The special events have happened in hotels, theaters, and on-site at the MLK memorial.

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In Alpha Phi Omega, we have national conventions in December of even numbered years (always the 27th-30th) and the National Volunteer Conference (for alumni volunteers) in odd-numbered summers, formerly annually. Both events are in hotels.