Who's having Convention in 2011?

[OHNOITSJESS]

A.O.E. has it every year. This year it's in Philadelphia and I'm going It's my first one.

I've noticed most organizations hold their conventions biennially rather than annually, is there a reason for this?

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by OHNOITSJESS

A.O.E. has it every year. This year it's in Philadelphia and I'm going It's my first one.

I've noticed most organizations hold their conventions biennially rather than annually, is there a reason for this?

Our convention is specifically for fraternity business. This gives us time to vote in new international officers which serve for the biennium. We have a meeting called Leadership Institute in the even years at Headquarters that is strictly for training with no business as well as Leadership Academy every year in February for additional training. Our awards are given out each year at Convention and LI.

[KSUViolet06]

See, we have Convention every 3 years, but hold our CAB/Volunteer Summit (advisors and other alumnae volunteers) annually (in Convention years, we hold both together in from like Wed-Sunday.)

We also hold Officer Academy (collegiate officer and leadership training) annually in Jan (one in every region.) There's also Women of Character Institute for selected members over the summer (combined with CAB/Volunteer Summit.)

[ASUADPi]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Our convention is specifically for fraternity business. This gives us time to vote in new international officers which serve for the biennium. We have a meeting called Leadership Institute in the even years at Headquarters that is strictly for training with no business as well as Leadership Academy every year in February for additional training. Our awards are given out each year at Convention and LI.

Sounds kind of like what we do. Convention is when there are business meetings and voting for bylaws and officers occur. Conventions for us are odd numbered years.
In even numbered years we do Volunteer Leadership Seminar (VLS) and IMPACT (training for upcoming collegiate leaders in the chapters), which we do in Atlanta.
In February we do District Leadership Conferences. This is for our newly elected officers who get some more training on their new position.
We also get chapter awards at VLS and Convention but DLC as well.