What do you do when a Brother makes a mistake?

[nate2512]

Originally Posted by tld221

wouldnt that be WORSE than being expelled from the sorority? Its like you put your sister in the naughty corner and no one should talk to her until you deem it OK.



interesting. so your nationals actually PAYS you to be treasurer? I would think that theyd rather have someone who is licensed (finance people, help me out here) to take care of chapter expenses. Especially if it is a paid position. At the very least have all your incoming treasurers fingerprinted (i guess from a legal standpoint).

While treasurer seems like a "hard/time consuming" job, so is "social chair" and "membership educator chair" (or whatever your respective organization calls it). so should THOSE positions also be salaried?

I don't think he's saying that nationals pays, I think he's saying his chapter pays the president and treasurer. And a fraternity is a business and must be run accordingly. It doesnt take a CPA to run a fraternity budget, I would compare the treasurer of a fraternity that big to like an unsupervised internship. And about the whole drinking thing, in his chapter its basically equivalent to everyone in the chapter buying him a couple of drinks on a night out. That's less than 1% of his chapters budget. Obviously no one in the fraternity has too much of a problem with this or they would have obviously set things in stone. Lets remember here, that just because you're chapter runs a certain way doesn't mean it is true for everyone else.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by nate2512

I don't think he's saying that nationals pays, I think he's saying his chapter pays the president and treasurer. And a fraternity is a business and must be run accordingly. It doesnt take a CPA to run a fraternity budget, I would compare the treasurer of a fraternity that big to like an unsupervised internship. And about the whole drinking thing, in his chapter its basically equivalent to everyone in the chapter buying him a couple of drinks on a night out. That's less than 1% of his chapters budget. Obviously no one in the fraternity has too much of a problem with this or they would have obviously set things in stone. Lets remember here, that just because you're chapter runs a certain way doesn't mean it is true for everyone else.

I've been treasurer of my UG chapter so umm... yeah. i just think with chapters with SO many members (or hey, with so much money), there needs to be a higher authority, or at least someone who has the confidence that they can effectively handle thousands of dollars. There's no 100% fool-proof method to not getting the shaft when it comes to chapter monies. Though it takes a special person to steal from a budget and cover it up effectively (apparently not effectively enough, but its kinda like a lawyer knowing how to bend the law in their favor).

and no, i dont think that every chapter should run the exact same way. i think thats a given.