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In all honesty, I've never been a fan of philanthropy events that end up with GLOs just writing a check to other GLOs (even if they do participate in the event). If each one just took the money they pay to all the other GLOs, it probably adds up to just what they end up making for their own Foundation/philanthropy, which makes no sense to me. I would rather see events that draw in other people on campus or people in the community. For example, one chapter I know of had a big chili cook off in a common area on campus. Local restaurants came in and served chili, people paid a fee to taste the chilis and voted on them. The local restaurants benefited because it was good advertising for their businesses. I also like things that can be sold to anybody on campus, such as a calendar related to local things or the campus.
I just think the Greek orgs get too dependent on each other and keep it too closed with the types of events you're describing.
As for the issue of having it earlier in the term, why don't some groups do theirs in the fall? That would give the philanthropy chair a lot of time to plan. Alternatively, the event could be planned by the outgoing philanthropy chair. It's possible to plan something a few months in advance. Hopefully the people who are interested in taking that chair the next year would be on the committee for it anyway.
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