Goodbye Jeff

[lifesaver]

I have not now nor ever thought our HQ is perfect. You can’t have sat through the alumni workshop that Tom Earp, Jono, JoinerLXA and I all did and think our HQ is perfect. Hell we were damn near bankrupt because of jackasses like Tom Helmbock and Bob London who almost ran the fraternity into the ground. There’s lots of thing that HQ has done in the past that bothers me. I’ll even list a few for you that PROVE that I am not ‘drinking the HQ kool-aid’. 1) I don’t like that money rules the day. Some chapters who’s alums donate a lot of money get treated differently that new or ‘less affluent’ chapters. 2) They have always been very disorganized and have taken forever to get back to you. Hell I can remember that when I was initiated, it took a year to get my membership certificate. That’s ridiculous. But one of the differences between you and I, is that instead of sitting back and bitching about things, I got involved in HQ business to see how I could help. I SAW that the staff up there was made up of good, hard working people who want to help the fraternity. They obviously do it for the love, cause the pay is for crap. HQ screws up. They are human. We all screw up. I am only speaking of the Fraternity here. I could care less what happened between you and LCAP. See, LCAP is a COMPLETELY different entity from the FRATERNITY. Yes, they are separate companies, with separate boards of directors. I don’t work with any chapters who deal with LCAP, so I don’t care what they do. Its not the Fraternity, its a separate company.

I served my ACTIVE, OPEN chapter (at three different universities) as Phi, Kappa, Delta and Beta, and now Pi. I also served as IFC VP of Recruitment and VP External. I have attended 3 Leadership Seminars, 3 General Assemblies, 6 Conclaves/RLS and am a graduate of LEAP 4, the precursor to IMPACT. I have performed 4 of the 5 positions in the AM ceremony and this Saturday, I’ll be seeing Ritual for the 34th time. Really, I write down each time I see it in the front of my paed.

I’m not worried about what was allegedly shown on national TV. As someone on here said, to the general public, they cant tell us apart from the other Greeks. LXA has a great rep. Campus’ want us to come there. We are one of a very few fraternities that get asked to come to campuses. you? You didn’t join because it sucked, did you? It might suck to be a Lambda Chi in the Northeast, but it sure as hell rocks down here in Texas. Maybe you just joined at the wrong school.



Kudos to your big brother for serving the country. I respect everyone who serves the country. I use the awards as a qualification of a successful chapter.