[19349] in APO-L
Re: Meeting format
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Whitall)
Mon Oct 12 20:22:41 1998
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 19:22:27 -0500
Reply-To: Jonathan Whitall <jwhitall@INDIANA.EDU>
From: Jonathan Whitall <jwhitall@INDIANA.EDU>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <199810122359.TAA14636@pop.uky.edu>
> What I was wondering, though, is if changing the *format* of the
> meeting would help. As of now, we run through the list of
> officers, and let them give their announcements. Then we have old
> business, new business, announcements, and advisors' announcements,
> closing with the Toast Song (there is rarely any new or old business).
> Pretty standard, but are there any chapters out there that get a more
> receptive response from doing it a different way?
>
One thing that has worked for us is to have the pledge meeting at 6 pm and
the active meeting at 7:30 pm in close proximity to each other. We time
it so that the active meeting starts right after the pledge meeting end.
That way, all of the pledges come over to the active meeting, hear
announcements and the service report (which is always first) as sort of a
joint meeting. Then, they can leave or stay. This also increases
brotherhood between the pledge class and active body, which is
particularly useful if you have a lot of pledges and it's hard to get to
know everybody.
Jonathan
Mu Chapter, Indiana University
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