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[APO-L] Welcome new pledges and reporting
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aphio57@aol.com)
Thu Oct 9 15:18:06 2003
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 15:16:24 EDT
Reply-To: Aphio57@aol.com
From: Aphio57@aol.com
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
Dear Brothers:
By now, many Chapters have already started their pledging programs for the
semester or are just starting their rush programs for the quarter.
I would like welcome our new Pledges to our Fraternity and I am looking
forward to their successful completion of their pledging programs and become
full-fledged Brothers of Alpha Phi Omega.
I also want to encourage all Chapters to make sure that every Pledge is
properly recorded at our National Office and that the appropriate fees and forms
are sent in to the office. Please make sure this is done as well as sending in
their Initiation fees and forms once these members go Active. Remember, no
one is an official member (Pledge, Active, Advisor or Honorary) until the proper
forms and fees are submitted to the National Office and a membership card and
certificate is received. If a Brother does not have a membership card or
certificate, chances are that the proper fees and forms were never sent to the
National Office for processing.
All Chapters should have received their annual Chapter Reaffirmation
paperwork. All of these documents and fees need to be received by the National Office
no later than Nov. 15 in order for your Chapter to remain in good standing. If
you have any questions, please contact your Section Chair, Region Director or
the National Office for immediate assistance. This paperwork is necessary
and very imporant. Again, the deadline is Nov. 15.
Also this fall, please take advantage of the membership and extension
programs that will be featured at many of the upcoming Regional Conferences. These
roundtables and seminars are great opportunities for Brothers from different
Chapters to share ideas on rush, recruiting, retention, diversity and
extension and learn more about what the National Fraternity is doing to help
increase membership internally and expand to new campuses.
I will be at several conferences this fall and winter and I am looking
forward to meeting many of you.
In addition, Regional Conferences are a great opportunity to do service with
Brothers from other Chapters as well as gain new leadership skills through the
various APO LEADS courses that are being held. This is a great opportunity to
participate in LAUNCH, EXPLORE and ACHIEVE programs, which will be offered at
many conferences this fall. For more information about APO LEADS and our
other leadership development programs, contact Lisa Covi, our leadership
development program director at leadership.director@apo.org.
But before I end, I also want to remind everyone that National Service Week
is also coming up Nov. 3-9. This year's theme is "Building a Sound Mind."
Information has already been sent to all Chapters and can also be obtained through
the National Office or from Carla Moran, our service/communication program
director at service.director@apo.org.
National Service Week is a great way to promote Alpha Phi Omega and could be
a way to do some pre-recruiting for future pledges next semester. It could
also be a way to reconnect with Brothers who have gone inactive for some reason
or maybe a project to area alumni to come and participate in with the actives
and pledges of your Chapter.
Yours in Leadership, Friendship and Service,
Ed Richter
National Membership/Extension Program Director
Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity
membership.director@apo.org
