Following my initiation in the fall of 1998, I was:
Jan 99 - Dec 99
Interfraternity Council Rep (appointed)
[12 months in office]
This position wasn't terribly exciting, but it did provide a good introduction to campus/Greek politics.
Feb 99 - Feb 00
Pledge Educator (elected)
[12 months in office]
Easily one of my most favorite positions. I re-wrote the chapter's pledge program from scratch - it was described by a staff member at the national office as "award worthy" (his words) - and it's still the same program in use today apart from the minor modifications each Pledge Educator makes to suit his own agenda.
Jan 00 - Jan 01
IFC VP of Membership (1st in line to the presidency/elected)
[12 months in office]
An eye-opening position to be sure. I was in charge of recruitment for all of the NIC fraternities on campus and spent most of my time dealing with chapter presidents and rush/recruitment chairmen. Some of these individuals turned out to be whiny little biatches when it came to trying to get their rival chapters in trouble. Most of them were very easy to work with. I also got to preside over the meeting in which IFC's bylaws were replaced with an entirely new document (the IFC President was one of the authors and wanted to participate in debate).
Feb 00 - Feb 01
Eminent Archon (Chapter President/elected)
[12 months in office]
Simultaneously the most rewarding and most aggravating position I ever held. I got so much out of this in terms of preparation for real life and leadership training, but had so many headaches and so much work to do that I'm surprised I survived my term with my sanity intact.
Feb 00 - Feb 01
Greek Council Representative (appointed)
[12 months in office]
This was a fairly stress-free position (very much like IFC Rep, except that the Greek Council is the parent organization of IFC, so it includes all GLOs). The meetings weren't terribly exciting, but I got to interact with all of the Greek leaders which was great.
Feb 00 - Jun 01
Alumni Relations Chairman (appointed)
[16 months in office]
I kind of fell into this position after being chapter president. It was nice being able to keep in touch with (most of) the alumni, but the level of apathy in my chapter prevented much of anything from happening to involve very many of them.
Feb 00 - Feb 01
Eminent Chronicler (historian/appointed)
[12 months in office]
I appointed myself to this position since no one else would ever have done it. I traced the entire history of my chapter's membership from the conception of the idea to start the chapter to the present including a complete membership directory. The job was really just a matter of collecting and compiling data, but since I love fraternity history, it was a lot of fun.
Sep 00 - Jun 01
House Co-Manager (appointed)
[10 months in office]
Typical duties... the position was shared with my vice president who was a resident of the house (I wasn't). The chapter advisor appointed both of us.
Nov 00 - Feb 01
acting Eminent Treasurer (position shared with a past chapter treasurer after the then-current treasurer had to be relieved of his position - the past E.T. got the title and access to the accounts, I got the books and weekly errands to the bank)
[4 months in office]
I could easily have appointed myself as Eminent Treasurer after firing the original E.T., but figured the same person having the titles of President and Treasurer at the same time was a bad idea. The man to whom I gave the title of Eminent Treasurer for the remainder of the term is one of my most trusted friends (and the one who was responsible for getting me to pledge in the first place) and had been treasurer for two terms previously.
Mar 01 - Sep 02
Bylaws Author and Committee Chair (appointed)
[18 months in office]
This was a position I had to take. Our bylaws were crap, honestly. This was right after my term as chapter president ended. I asked the new vice president (who was in charge of all committees) for the appointment with the specific intention of revising the bylaws. I got my wish and was informed that I would be a committee of one (the V.P. felt I would do fine without any help from anyone else). I drew from the chapter's original bylaws, the U.S. Constitution, Robert's Rules of Order, and my own inspiration and created the framework for the chapter's current set of bylaws. My document was adopted unanimously by the chapter, but has been amended at least twice since. This is actually the position of which I am most proud.
After the above 120 months worth of positions (not to mention the 12 months I held an EBoard position in an academic student organization from May 00 to May 01), I decided to go inactive my last year in college to be able to concentrate on graduating. Those members of my chapter who argued the loudest about me going inactive, interestingly enough, were the same who did the least work in the chapter. Go figure.