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exCITE Program [XPOST]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (T.J. Salter)
Mon Feb 1 15:34:02 1999
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 15:33:40 -0500
Reply-To: "T.J. Salter" <tsalter@ZOO.UVM.EDU>
From: "T.J. Salter" <tsalter@ZOO.UVM.EDU>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
Now that many more chapters are back in the swing of things I thought i
would resend this message. Please forward to all those who you deem
appropiate. Please talk about it amongst your chapter and if you decide to
join us on this trial period email aphio@zoo.uvm.edu.
hope to hear from you soon,
in LF&S,
Tom Salter
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I would like to present the exCITE (Chapter Information Through
Exchange) program. (thank you Spirit, of Epsilon Sigma, for the name) This
is a small pet project of mine that I hope to role over into a regular
Service project for Alpha Gamma Eta Chapter (University of Vermont) this
spring and beyond. The general principle for the program is very similar
to that of a Sister City Program.
Participation: By Feb 15th please send an email to aphio@zoo.uvm.edu (one
per chapter)with the following information:
Chapter Letters:
School Name:
Region:
Section:
Chapter Email:
* Note leave blank if chapter account auto-forwards to all members*
Chapter Snail Mail:
Chapter Website:
Primary Contact Name:
* Note usually Corresponding Secretary*
Primary Contact Email:
Is the chapter considered to be introverted or extraverted:
It is very important this has full Chapter thing, not just one or two
brothers. Please check with your chapters before submitting the
information. The way the program works is all those chapters who submitted
the above information will be paired with another. These chapters will be
Companion Chapters throughout the program with information on the 2
chapter initially exchanged by Alpha Gamma Eta and posted on the exCITE
HomePage located off the Alpha Gamma Eta HomePage
(http://www.uvm.edu/~aphio). The rest is then up to the companion
chapters. We will try this for a semester as a trial period. If the
feedback is good and everyone thinks its worth continuing, then chapters
will be re-paired for a full year, at the end of which, chapters can
choose to stay with their current Companion Chapter or go back into the
pool and be repaired, allowing for new learning opportunities.
The opportunities are endless. Some benefits, (certainly not an complete
list)
Exchange of styles
E-board information exchanges
-Pres to Pres communications, SVP->SVP, etc
exchange of fellowship ideas, service plans, leadership issues
Sharing in celebrations
Concurrent service projects (ie doing similar projects on the same day)
Penpals between members Valentines/other holiday gift exchanges
An example: Chapter ABC of section 143 in Region -3 gets paired with
Chapter XYZ of Section -6 in Region 212. The SVPs of both chapters
exchange service ideas and thoughts on planning current projects. For Flag
Day ABC chapter makes little flags for all the members of XYZ Chapter. On
Feb 22nd both chapters go to their local hospitals and read to sick
children, the paper the next morning in both cities reads "APhiO creates
smiles across the U.S." After a year the chapters agree they had fun, but
agree to expand their knowledge more and take on different Companion
Chapters, of course never loosing touch with each other though.
The main goal of the program is to get information flowing between
chapters who may never get a chance to interact except randomly at
nationals. I learned at this past convention that chapters in other
regions across the nation do things very differently. We can all learn
from each others experiences and traditions. This Program is not meant to
replace current contacts and support systems (staff, other chapters), but
complement them. I often find comfort in someone who is removed from a
situation and sometimes that involves crossing regional boundaries.
Communication is good and I feel this will be a useful aid for our
chapters, as well realize the wealth of information that can be found in
the brothers across the U.S. Who knows, very soon one of you may be
paired with the Alpha Chapter of Canada (AGEs little brother
chapter(petitioning group)). I hope you consider this within your
chapters. It could be an extremely valuable and enjoyable learning
experience.
Please pass this information around!!
Sign Up Today!!
In Leadership, Friendship, and Service,
-Tom Salter
MVP- Alpha Gamma Eta Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega - University of Vermont
Chair Finance and Operations Committee- Convention '98
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T.J. Salter
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(802)656-8240
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