More congratulations - new National Officers

Congratulations to the following new officers:

Jennifer McCarthy (Nu) was elected to a one-year term as National Secretary.

Kate Capehart (Mu) was elected to serve as National Editor of The Clef. 

Please send your congratulations to our new officers.

New National Officers

Congratulations to the following Brothers:

Garret Cooperman (Nu) was elected as National President.

Sarah Flourance (Pi) was elected as National Vice President of Chapter Maintenance.

Elections are ongoing. Updates will be posted as they happen.

NP Fleming Working Hard at Convention

Liveblogging from Convention

Your NVPCM Fleming is hard at work at Convention. 

Convention Minutes are Almost Complete

Brothers,

I've been working hard on the Convention minutes, and they're almost complete. If you're interested in seeing any of the following items, please sign in to the intranet first, then click on the links below.

I'm still working on the NEC and NCCM minutes. These should be out shortly.

LC Minutes
BOT Minutes
NCE Minutes
NFC Minutes
'08-'09 Budget
NHAC Minutes
NITC Minutes
Updated History and Archives Policy Manual
Updated Expansion Policy Manual
Updated Colonization Procedures
Updated Executive Committee Policy Manual

See previous post for links to items that are due on April 30th!

Take care,
Julie

Convention Reflections

Brothers,

I really enjoyed convention this year. I thought things ran smoothly for the most part, and I'm already excited about next year's convention.

Today, I will be working on compiling the minutes from Convention. I will nag you if I still need reports from your chapters. I'm hoping to get the minutes completed ASAP so that I can focus on the end of the semester rush.

Upcoming Deadlines

April 30th is the next big deadline. Log in to the intranet in order for the links below to work.

• Chapter By-Laws in electronic format due to NS (I currently do not have any electronic copies of your By-Laws, so this is very important)
• Chapter Informal Initiation Rituals due to NS (The informal initiation rituals that I currently have are pretty out of date. Please send me your current practices.)
  
• Alumni Reports (Spring graduates) due to NS
  
• Initiation Reports (Spring initiates) due to NT
• Summer Address Lists due to NS (Download the address list and make any changes)
  
• Link to Academic Calendars for 2008-2009 due to NS (Just email me the link to your college/university's academic calendar)
  
• NCCM Quarterly Report due to NVPCM
• Quarterly Pledging Report due to NVPCM

If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know by shooting me an email. Secretary at mubetapsi dot org.

Convention is Coming!

I've been working on MBPsi business lately, and I thought I should keep you posted.

Convention 2008 Schedule
NP Andrew and I have been working on the schedule for Convention 2008. We have created a joint to-do list on google docs, and we have a lot to prepare before Convention. You will be hearing a lot more from me in the coming weeks as we begin the preparations.

National Officer and BOT Reviews
I will be posting the National Officer and BOT reviews in an online survey format this year (using Zoomerang). We will be reviewing all officers not up for re-election as well as one of the BOT members. Your feedback is critical to improving our performance.

Shingle Orders
Alpha and Omicron had a little bit of a backlog of shingle orders, so I handled that over the break, and shingles should be in Brothers' hands by now. If your chapter has missing shingle orders, please email me at secretary at mubetapsi dot org, and I'll get it straightened out.

Work-Life Balance
We started classes this week. I'm teaching two sections of Organizational Behavior and one section of Team Dynamics. I'm also the new advisor for SHRM (Society for Human Resources Management), and I'm trying to help Omicron chapter as much as possible. Finally, I'm planning a wedding--I'm getting married this summer.

That's it for now. Hope you have a great semester.

Compiling the Convention Minutes

The most overwhelming task for a new NS is compiling the Convention minutes. Without all of the reports, the minutes from legislative council (LC) alone are 45 pages. I need your help in making sure that we have an accurate record of events.

In the next few days, I will be creating a list of reports that I still need from you. So far, I have emailed some of the national officers (NOs), committee chairs, and chapter MALs regarding their missing LC reports. Next on the block will be the chapter reports within each committee. Stay tuned, and email me at secretary at mu beta psi dot org if you have any questions.

I will be on Spring break next week (March 19-23). I hope to get the majority of the Convention minutes compiled at that time. With your help, I can get these Convention minutes posted in record time. Thanks in advance!