Delegate Strength

[AKA2D '91]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

Do you have a mechanism to know for sure how your delegates voted? Our chapters elect/select their voting delegates and expect them to vote the chapter wishes. But there is no mechanism to know for sure that they did.

We do the same, but there is no way of knowing how the soror voted.

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by AKA2D '91

We do the same, but there is no way of knowing how the soror voted.

With today's technology--we use electronic voting keypads--I think that information should be made available to that chapter (only) because ultimately that delegate is accountable to the chapter.

In my chapter the voting delegate is our chapter president and the alternate is the first VP. We had a situation one year where the vote on an election was very close and we asked the prez how she voted. She refused to answer. Needless to say we did not elect her to a second term - LOL. But the real issue was did she choose her power to vote her personal desire and not the chapter's. And how often does that happen?

[AKA2D '91]

We've received printouts that we voted, but I don't (remember) think that it says what we've voted for. It's been different for each conference regionally and nationally. It is computerized on both levels.

The president and VP are automatically delegates in my chapter.

[Tom Earp]

Just FYI, LXA pays for one delegate from each Chapter, therefore one vote as each Chapter is supposed to have at least one delegate there.

There is also a list of all Alumni who are attending and a meeting to elect Alumni delegates of which I was one at a previous G A.

This insures that no one Chapter will try and control the voting.

Remember, there are Bigger Universitys with with bigger memberships and then State Universitys with smaller memberships.

I will never forget that there was a Officer at our IHQ who wanted to do away with us smaller schools. What a jerk. I won't tell you where he is now but a leader of another GLO of service organization.

1 Vote-1 Chapter.

Kevin, does SN pay for two delegates?