How much Autonomy does your chapter have?

[Kevin]

Originally posted by PsychTau
How much autonomy does your chapter have? In other words, do you have to do the EXACT NM program provided by HQ? Or do they give you just an outline and you come up with the activities?

What about chapter meetings? Are they exactly the same format at every chapter?

And what about Officer Elections (apparently a hot topic!)? Can each chapter decide how to pick the candidates/slate/vote, etc.? (I'm not talking about the Constitution requiring a 90% vote or whatever....what about the rest of the process?).

Another big one (and I know you can't give all the info, so you don't have to give the details. Yes or No will do.): Does each chapter have to follow the exact same membership selection procedure or can Alpha Chapter do a ranking system from 1 to 5 for each PNM while Zeta Chapter does a simple Yes/No vote? (Once again, not talking about requiring a 90% vote to offer bid....)

What else can you think of that you might be doing differently or uniquely?

Discussion welcome.....but remember...there are no right or wrong answers in this thread. It's all relative.

PsychTau

The autonomy level has been decreasing over the last few years. Our national programming has become further and further integrated to the point that it is now almost required -- which is a good thing. They obtain compliance through a points system that requires success in many areas such as programming, recruiting and risk management.

Failure to earn enough of these points will earn you more visits from consultants. The program is in its initial stages. It was only proposed two years ago at our national convention. We'll have a follow-up discussion on it this year I'm sure.

Meetings are run in generally the same way. Membership is always by unanimous vote in any chapter. Bid selection is up to you as are officer duties for the most part. There are some duties spelled out in the governing document called "The Law", but they don't cover everything.