[22729] in APO-L
Re: [APO-L] Salt Lake City 2004 Convention
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brandon Walts)
Tue Jul 2 10:09:51 2002
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 09:03:28 -0500
Reply-To: Brandon Walts <waltsb@POBOX.COM>
From: Brandon Walts <waltsb@POBOX.COM>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <20020702122506.19250.qmail@web20416.mail.yahoo.com>
On Tuesday, July 2, 2002, at 07:25 AM, Orion Ray wrote:
> Hello! I'm writing to let people know about the Bid for Salt Lake City=20=
> to hold the 2004 National Convention. Salt Lake City=A0hosted the =
world=20
> for the Olympics and and now we would like to host Alpha Phi =
Omega!=A0The=20
> bid has=A0support from all of the active chapters within 300 miles of =
our=20
> convention site!=A0
And that would be how many chapters? I'm thinking approximately none.=20=
(I say approximately since I'm not sure if Eta Zeta (MSU - Bozeman) and=20=
Upsilon Psi (U of Nevada - Reno) fall into the 300 mile circle)
> The team =A0learned a great deal about bidding when=A0the city=A0won=20=
> the=A0right to host the olympics=A0and will bid for the Alpha Phi =
Omega=20
> convention in the same way!
Oooh! Well, in that case, will be very much looking forward to visiting=20=
the bid team's booth in New Orleans!
> And as close as the primary residence was for the President of the=20
> Salt Lake Organizing Committee was to Salt Lake, ours are even closer!=20=
> The last convention that was this much fun was the one 60 years ago!
If I may be serious for a moment, and springboard off of Brother Ray's=20=
e-mail, he does bring up a good point. APO currently has a big=20
geographic gap in the outback of regions X and XI. And it's not for a=20=
lack of universities and service-oriented students, of which there are=20=
many in and around the Salt Lake valley. I think this presents a great=20=
opportunity to develop a cluster of chapters that are geographically=20
close and therefore tight knit and mutually supportive (much like=20
today's section 30). I believe the Fraternity would be well-rewarded by=20=
nurturing this opportunity.
-BMW (former section 30 staff)
