[20020] in APO-L
Re: summer conventions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Yusef Albader)
Tue Jan 26 22:53:32 1999
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 22:42:35 -0500
Reply-To: Yusef Albader <darkjedi@TIAC.NET>
From: Yusef Albader <darkjedi@TIAC.NET>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <aadc2ffa.36ae84f3@aol.com>
At 10:16 PM 1/26/99 EST, Darlene Clark wrote:
>I believe that having a summer convention would be better for several reasons
>(a couple agreeing with previous e-mails)...
>
>1. Better weather conditions (depending on where it's being held)
depending on where you are, there can be horrendous weather conditions
in the summers too (hurricanes, heat waves, etc)
>3. Easier for employees (of various careers) & students to take vacation
time
> a. Students aren't required to take summer classes EVERY year
Some students do have to take summer classes every year, for financial
(your trying to get out of college ASAP) or academic (classes only offered
once a year, and your schedual is full that semester, etc etc). Besides
students shouldnt have to choose between attending summer school, or going
to the APO national convention. APO is a wonderful thing, but no where on
my degree does it say "APO". Also a lot of students work full time over
the summer, with no vacation time, to support themselves and gain
experience.
>b. Most teachers & Ed. Mjr. interns are out of school for the summer
>c. I know of several major corporations that view summer vacations to be
>more workable than toward the end of the tax year/Christmas/New Year season
<stuff about better time for family/employees/whatever deleted>
Although our Alumni are a wonderful group of people who do a lot for the
fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega is a fraternity for undergraduate students,
and thus the issue of when is best for alumni, is not as important as
when is best for the undergraduates.
