2008 Bylaw & Ritual Amendments and Resolutions

[emb021]

Originally Posted by arvid1978

Our alumni aren't all that interested in joining AA's and honestly I haven't seen much of a concerted effort from the national fraternity to make active steps to change this. I'm not inclined to change my mind until I see some real effort and guidance come from above to effect real change. I know change can come from the grassroots, but I'm seeing less interest there than I am from above.

Having working to establish and try to keep existing an AA, I don't disagree with what you're saying here.

There are problems with getting AA going. Quite frankly, I don't see much effort from the national fraternity on fixing that. Personally, I blame some (some mind you) of this on our active chapters, who too often put into the minds of their members that "APO" is 'their chapter', so they never think about the fact they are part of a national organization and should consider being involved with that national organization in someway after college (whether its in a AA, an alumni volunteer of some kind, etc).

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by emb021

Having working to establish and try to keep existing an AA, I don't disagree with what you're saying here.

There are problems with getting AA going. Quite frankly, I don't see much effort from the national fraternity on fixing that. Personally, I blame some (some mind you) of this on our active chapters, who too often put into the minds of their members that "APO" is 'their chapter', so they never think about the fact they are part of a national organization and should consider being involved with that national organization in someway after college (whether its in a AA, an alumni volunteer of some kind, etc).

I wish I could respond to this without reprisal LOL

[naraht]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I wish I could respond to this without reprisal LOL

Just get the Mu Alpha Alumni Association to get its members to show up for an Alpha Zeta Sigma night (or whatever letters UDC gets) and you'll have succeeded.

Wonder how many of the members of the MAAA know what their closest active APO chapter is.

Randy

[Explicit]

Firstly, thank you for posting this. It's a lot easier to bone up and discuss this when it's in easy-to-read terms.

I completely agree about the Alumni Associations. I'm the president of one we've just started State-Wide in New Jersey, and it can be a real struggle sometimes. There are alumni here that want to stay involved on a larger scale, but don't want to be staff - so the most natural thing is to be involved in the association. On the other hand, it's often an uphill battle getting people involved even on a once-a-month basis.

That being said, I really like the idea of the Alumni Association DSK. I think it's a small step that the fraternity is taking to include more alumni and try to make that a bigger part of fraternity life.

I also really like the Service Themes, even if they are a bit corny. But I'm biased as an ecology person and this is already a big part of my life.