Lonely President

[ScarletBlueGold]

After reading this I had a chat with my President to tell him how much I appreciated everything he does for our chapter.

Honestly, if I were you, I would just copy and paste this post and send it to your chapter.

On the other side of the train-tracks, it's easy to forget how much your President does for you, and it's easy to get mad when he/she makes a decision you disagree with. Letting your chapter know how hard it is for you to make these decisions, and how alienated you feel by them, will help humanize you to the new members and remind the older members why they elected you.

Also, try and take some time to find out why these people seem to be turning against you. You might find out that they have some legitimacy in their disgruntlement. I remember when I was Recruitment Chairman, it took one of my committee members getting pissed off for me to realize how much of an ass I was being.

My favorite trick of all: Voting. Even when the decision seems to be cut-and-dry have a vote on it. Either ask your EC or your entire chapter to make a decision that you would normally make on your own. You will establish what I like to call "chapter buy-in".

I remember when our Philanthropy Chairman was charged with trying to double the number of Service hours our chapter did each semester. He opened up a committee meeting, and he asked the chapter to decide on what they should do. The chapter decided to start requiring each member to complete a specific number of hours each semester. It was what he would have probably done if he came to the decision by himself, but because the whole chapter got to help make the decision, it was much easier to swallow.