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Originally Posted by OXbox
Hi all,
This is my first post on this website. I was considering running for Treasurer in December. One thing I was thinking about doing is raising dues by $100, as a social fee. I recently have gotten the feeling that our chapter is falling behind because we refuse to spend chapter funds on alcohol. We constantly squabble and this topic of paying for kegs is a burning issue in chapter. Raising dues and using the new revenue for alcohol would remove this issue.
Everywhere I read that chapter funds are not to be used on alcohol. But I am pretty sure that most every fraternity on-campus AND off-campus do this. If I were to open an account with a local bank and had our Social fund there and separate from our chapter dues would that be technically against the rules?
Also, is any of this plausible? It was just a couple of quick ideas
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Firstly, due to liability concerns, even semi-anonymously, I wouldn't mention that my chapter uses chapter funds to pay for alcohol. That almost certainly is a violation of your national organization's risk management policies. Something you need to learn before assuming a leadership role is that you don't air your dirty laundry in public.
If you are considering a run for treasurer, your first discussions should be with your existing treasurer, your financial adviser (if you have one) and your chapter adviser, in that order.
As far as whether opening up a separate account allowing you to circumnavigate the rules against using chapter funds for alcohol, if this is a social fee and it is enforced by your internal enforcement procedures, the same as dues, then everyone except you is going to see this as dues. In other words, if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and looks like a duck, it's a duck.
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