Officer titles. Common or not?

[Psi U MC Vito]

On the Chapter level, all our officers have Greek names.

Archon- President
1st Angelos- Internal VP
2nd Angelos- External VP
Thesauristes- Treasurer
Epistolographos- Corresponding Secretary
Grammateus- Recording Secretary

On the International level we are led by the Executive Council, which is led by a President. But most of the day to day running of Psi Upsilon is by the Executive Director.

[UofM-TKE]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

On the Chapter level, all our officers have Greek names.

Archon- President
1st Angelos- Internal VP
2nd Angelos- External VP
Thesauristes- Treasurer
Epistolographos- Corresponding Secretary
Grammateus- Recording Secretary

Funny enough, TKE uses the same word for the same position: Grammateus - Secretary

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by UofM-TKE

Funny enough, TKE uses the same word for the same position: Grammateus - Secretary

So do three of the four NPHC sororities.

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

So do three of the four NPHC sororities.

Yeah I'm assuming it is just the Greek word for Secretary. And I know Archon is used by a few fraternities as well.

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by UofM-TKE

Funny enough, TKE uses the same word for the same position: Grammateus - Secretary

I was going to say that TKE uses some pretty interesting titles, but I don't know if they are ritual. So I'll just leave it at that.

[UofM-TKE]

Originally Posted by ree-Xi

I was going to say that TKE uses some pretty interesting titles, but I don't know if they are ritual. So I'll just leave it at that.

The titles are open to all who are interested and they are as follows.
Prytanis - President
Epiprytanis - Vice-president
Grammateus - Secretary
Crysophylos - Treasurer
Histor - Historian
Hypophetes - Chaplain
Pylortes - Sergeant-at-Arms
Hegemon - Educator (pledge)

Stupid me, when I first heard the word hegemony with respect to Henry Kissinger, I thought "what has the Secretary of State to do with pledges?"

Hegemon (ἡγεμονία) = leader

[thetygerlily]

Vito, those are really cool.

In Kappa, our public names are pretty much in plain English:
President, Vice President-Standards, Vice President-Organization, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar, Marshal, Education Chairman, House Chairman, Membership Chairman, New Member Chairman, Panhellenic Delegate, Philanthropy Chairman, Public Relations Chairman, Risk Management Chairman, Vice President- Academic Excellence, Event Chairman

The two people may or may not understand would be VP Standards (sisterhood + judicial) and Marshal (ritualist). One interesting note is about 5-7 years ago, we moved to VP Academic Excellence from Scholarship Chair to give the role more emphasis.

On a national level, they're mostly the same but fewer officers, and Directors rather than Chairs. There are people under these as well (e.g. Regional Director of Alumnae or Chapters, Province Director of A or C):
President, Vice President, Director of Alumnae, Director of Chapters, Director of Membership, Director of Programs and Education

[LucyKKG]

Originally Posted by thetygerlily

The two people may or may not understand would be VP Standards (sisterhood + judicial) and Marshal (ritualist). One interesting note is about 5-7 years ago, we moved to VP Academic Excellence from Scholarship Chair to give the role more emphasis.

I was Marshal while I was dating a Theta Chi, but for them, the Marshal is New Member Chair (or Pledge Educator, whatever you wanna call it).

I think Sigma Pi has interesting names. I could check on FB, I bet.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Waiting for LaneSig to weigh in on this because Sigma Chi has some really cool ones (that we could never figure out).

I thought Lane would have posted by now too. Oh well, I guess I get to beat him to the punch.

Chapter Officers
Consul = President
Pro Consul = Vice President
Annotator = Recording Secretary
Tribune = Corresponding Secretary
Quaestor = Treasurer
Magister = Pledge Trainer/teacher
Kustos = Sergeant-at-arms
Recruitment/Rush Chairman
Social Chairman
Risk Manager Chair
Chapter Editor
Historian
Steward = Oversees kitchen/dining operations

Grand Chapter Officers = International Officers
Grand Consul
Grand Pro Consul
Grand Quaestor
Grand Tribune = Note, this is different from the chapter officer [corresponding secretary] in that the Grand Tribune is the spiritual leader and fellowship advisor of the Fraternity.
Grand Historian
Grand Trustees = Assist with chapter house corporations, legal issues, corporate governance, facility maintenance, fundraising, generating volunteers etc. There are 15 Grand Trustees.
Grand Praetors = Serves as an advisor, mentor, and provides leadership guidance to the chapters in his province (region). There are 47 Grand Praetors, one for each province.

[Gusteau]

Yes! Many chapters also use it to serenade sororities. Its a nice song, but extremely difficult to sing, especially a cappella.

ETA: I have a terrible singing voice as it is, so I feel bad for potential future wife...and all those people in Denny's this one time.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by Gusteau

Yes! Many chapters also use it to serenade sororities. Its a nice song, but extremely difficult to sing, especially a cappella.

Not gonna lie - kinda gave me goosebumps. It would lend itself well to a barbershop quartet.

[Gusteau]

Originally Posted by agzg

Not gonna lie - kinda gave me goosebumps. It would lend itself well to a barbershop quartet.

O.K., I'm hijacking like no other right now, but my all time favorite Delta Chi song is called Delta Chi Dad and it is sung by a very barbershop-esque quartet.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Gusteau

O.K., I'm hijacking like no other right now, but my all time favorite Delta Chi song is called Delta Chi Dad and it is sung by a very barbershop-esque quartet.

That is kick ass!! I love such traditions.

I love barbershop-esque quartets and the words are great.

[KAPital PHINUst]

In Kappa:

(Vice) President=>(Vice) Polemarch
Secretary=====> Keeper of Records
Treasurer=====> Keeper of Exchequer
(Asst.) Sgt @ Arms=>(Lt.) Strategus
5 member Board of Directors (no special title)
Historian/Reporter (no special title)

Regional titles are prefaced with Province [Title], international titles are prefaced with Grand [Title]. On these two levels, two additional officers are added, the Junior (Grand/Province) Polemarch, who is an undergradute brother, and an additional board of directors position. The two Strategus positions are also exclusively for undergraduates, as is three of the six board of directors positions, with the other three for alumni. The Keeper of Records and Exchequer positions are consolidated into one position on the Grand level, and a Grand Chapter Nominating Committee Chairman is included on the Grand level. So our regional and international leadership has at least a 40% makeup of undergraduate brothers at any given time, which I find really cool.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by Gusteau

O.K., I'm hijacking like no other right now, but my all time favorite Delta Chi song is called Delta Chi Dad and it is sung by a very barbershop-esque quartet.

I love that! And I'd love even more to see a chapter attempt to sing it