How old an APO ritual would you be comfortable with...

[arvid1978]

One of my chapters is fairly religious about keeping their ceremony books up to date, such that they'll go through after convention and write in the minor changes while they wait for the new ones to show up.

My other chapter has a bad habit of not properly disposing of ceremony books, and there used to be a hodgepodge of books in use during the ceremonies. I ordered them new books as soon as I found out this was happening and shredded all of the old ones except one of each printing, which I have at home. I have books from 1993, 1997, 1999, and 2001 in my APO box.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by arvid1978

My other chapter has a bad habit of not properly disposing of ceremony books, and there used to be a hodgepodge of books in use during the ceremonies. I ordered them new books as soon as I found out this was happening and shredded all of the old ones except one of each printing, which I have at home. I have books from 1993, 1997, 1999, and 2001 in my APO box.

Pardon the crash, and just say so if I'm overstepping bounds of appropriateness by asking, but I find this interesting. Is APO's ritual really amended as often as each convention?

[emb021]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Pardon the crash, and just say so if I'm overstepping bounds of appropriateness by asking, but I find this interesting. Is APO's ritual really amended as often as each convention?

Uh, yes. There are usually some minor tweaks about every convention.

Also, the National Office usually sends to every Chapter, usually in the Fall, a complete set (8 or 9 books) of ritual manuals. So there is NO excuse for a chapter to be using old rituals atleast by the fall after Nationals.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by emb021

Uh, yes. There are usually some minor tweaks about every convention.

Interesting. Thanks.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Interesting. Thanks.

By Minor Tweeks, one that springs to mind (perhaps wrongly) is having a section of the ritual read by the Service Vice President (who is also the First Vice President) rather than by the Treasurer.

No offense to Treasurers, but I can live without the Treasurers having a role in either the brotherhood or pledging ritual.

Randolph Finder

[arvid1978]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Pardon the crash, and just say so if I'm overstepping bounds of appropriateness by asking, but I find this interesting. Is APO's ritual really amended as often as each convention?

No, no overstepping of bounds Our national convention is only every other year, as opposed to every year like many other GLO's.

[emb021]

Originally Posted by arvid1978

I ordered them new books as soon as I found out this was happening and shredded all of the old ones except one of each printing, which I have at home. I have books from 1993, 1997, 1999, and 2001 in my APO box.

As part of my on-going research project on APO history, I am trying to get copies of all our rituals. Currently, I only have rituals from 1997 on (basically when I joined). I would like to get atleast quality pdf scans of all older rituals. So if any have older rituals they can provide me, that will help.

(yes, I can verify my APO membership for any who need this.)