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== Positions Held at Zeta Iota Chapter ==
 
== Positions Held at Zeta Iota Chapter ==
  
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Nick started out as the Chapter’s ICR chair while also serving on the scholarship committee.  He learned a lot about how Chapters functioned and brought it back to the Zeta Iota Chapter. The connections he made as ICR Chair helped him when he was elected Regional Delegate.  Nick was in charge of the service event at the Regional Conference at Drexel University and organized Brothers to write Valentine’s Day Cards to the patients at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. While he was Regional Delegate, Nick also served as Historian.  When he was Historian, Nick brought to the Chapter several new ideas which the Chapter still uses today.  He introduced “Brother of the Month”, “Photos of the Month”, made photos available online via Google Drive, organized Zeta Iota's first ever Composite with help from student photographers at Saint Joseph’s University, and created Chapter's Family Tree Lines.  During his 2nd term as Historian, the Vice President at the time resigned due to a new internship she received.  Nick ran for Vice President and he was elected.  Nick made the attendance for events available online, eliminated committee breakouts during Chapter meetings, and attempted to have Chairs meet Bi-Weekly for better planning of events.  There was Executive Board Elections towards the end of the semester.  Nick ran for President and Vice President but was elected President by the Chapter.  Some of Nick’s goals during his time of Presidency were Buckets, Plan of Action Forms, Regional Conference, Campus Wide Event, Improving Communication among the brotherhood, increase transparency, have Brothers submitting amendments, and improve the transition process.  Nick was also elected as the Alternate National Delegate for National Convention in Philadelphia.  He made some lifelong friends and made strong connections with Chapters from California, Seattle, Nevada, Texas, and further with Philly Metro Chapters.  He learned a lot a lot of valuable knowledge about Roberts Rules, How other Chapters operate, and better understanding how National Council/Staff function.  Nick was unable to get to one of his goals of a Campus Wide Event during his Presidency and is currently a Co-Chair for the ad-hoc Campus Wide Event Committee.  The event is a 5 on 5 Dodge Ball Tournament and all the proceeds goes to the National MS Society.  He is in charge of Fundraising and Logistics.  The Chapter has not had a Campus Wide Event and Nick believed having a strong event would make the Chapter even stronger.
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<big>Buckets</big>
 
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# Create a much more organized system of how event requirements went in our Operating Policy
 
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# Too much "discretion to Executive Board" on punishments which creates a lot of controversy in Brotherhood
 
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# There will be a lot of trial and error when figuring out the best system for future classes of the Chapter. JUST KEEP TRYING!
 
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<big>Plan of Action Forms</big>
 
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# Committee Events were struggling with attendance and their was a lack of communication
 
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# Plan of Action forms allowed Brothers to debate whether the event was a good idea or not
 
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# In the past the committee said this is the event date and that was it.
 
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# Chairs get a lot more feedback on events and events will be better planned.
 
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<big>Regional Conference and Campus Wide Event</big>
 
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# Want to get Chapter on Board for hosting Regional Conference
 
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# Will be a great learning experience for Chapter and get us to the next level
 
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# Also would like a Campus Wide Event sometime in the future
 
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# Rush never ends. Will increase our presence on Campus
 
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<big>Improve Communication</big>
 
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# Among Brotherhood, Among Executive Bboard, and Brother at Large (include at Executive Board Meetings so Brothers who aren't there have a voice if there is an issue)
 
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# Everyone must be in the loop
 
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# More Open Forum
 
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# Pointless if meetings can be communicated over Email
 
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# Have Chapter feel they are more involved and not Executive Board making every decision
 
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<big>Increase Transparency</big>
 
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# Chairs should know what's going on
 
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# Define Roles Better
 
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# Have Agenda’s for Eboard and GBM Available to Entire Chapter before the meetings
 
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# Eboard, Ecouncil, and GBM minutes sent out as well
 
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# Had a couple instances where people were doing things that weren’t part of their actual job
 
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<big>Transition</big>
 
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# Some sort of Shadow Program before Elections
 
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# Help people understand position more thoroughly before elections
 
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# One of the biggest reasons why people don’t run is because they don't know what role of position entails
 
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# Important since this is pretty much the last eboard that will include Charters
 
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# One of the roles of our positions is to find our predecessor ‡ scope out don’t know what to expect so we need a way to show off the position beforehand
 
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<big>Have Brothers submitting amendments</big>
 
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# Show them how to on our 2 time award winning website
 
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# It’s just a little template including purpose and why you want to change
 
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# A good way to get people involved and looking at OP and Bylaws
 
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# Want to present each section of the OP week by week so brothers have something enough time to think it over and think of amendments
 
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#Get lots of brother input
 
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<big>'''Vice President'''</big>
 
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# Made attendance available online rather than Brothers constantly bothering the Secretary for attendance records
 
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# Eliminated Committees meeting during Chapter Meetings
 
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# Attempted to have Chairs meet Bi-Weekly for better planning of events
 
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'''<big>Historian</big>'''
 
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# Introduce Chapter's first ever "Brother of the Month"
 
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# Introduced Chapter's first ever "Photos of the Month"
 
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# Made photos available to the entire Chapter via Google Drive then eventually Facebook
 
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# Organized Zeta Iota's first ever Composite with help from student photographers from Saint Joe's
 
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# Created Chapter's Family Tree Lines and had Families meet to come up with Family Names
 
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<big>'''National Delegate Alternate'''</big>
 
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#Elected by Chapter to serve as a representative during National Convention in Philadelphia
 
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#Made strong connections with Chapters from California, Seattle, Nevada, Texas, and further with Philly Metro Chapters
 
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#Learned a lot of valuable knowledge about Roberts Rules, How other Chapters operate, and how National Council and Staff function
 
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'''<big>Regional Delegate</big>'''
 
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#In charge of the Service Events during Regional Conference at Drexel University
 
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# The Philly Metro Chapters wrote Valentine's Day Cards to the patients at Children's Hospital.
 
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#Zeta Iota's Historian and Regional Delegate at the same time.
 
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'''<big>ICR Chair</big>'''
 
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#Chapter's first Inter Chapter Relations Chair
 
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#Sadly did not have a committee
 
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#Organized Japanese Dinner at Nara's
 
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#Organized Phillies and Flyers trips with other Chapter's but dates conflicted with our Chapter
 
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'''<big>Co-Chair Campus Wide Event Committee</big>'''
 
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#Co-Chair of our 1st ever Dodge Ball Campus Wide Event
 
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#In charge of Fundraising and Logistics
 
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#One of my biggest goals I wanted to accomplish during my time as an Undergraduate
 
  
 
== Alumni Years to Present ==
 
== Alumni Years to Present ==

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Nick Conway
Nick Conway.jpg
Name Nick Conway
Chapter Zeta Iota
Saint Joseph's University
Date Inducted April 17, 2011
Roll Number 12
Alumni Chapter/Assoc
Honorary Member
Major Finance and Family Business & Entrepreneurship
Birthdate September 30th
Spouse
Nicknames
Awards


Nick Conway is an Collegiate Member of Zeta Iota (Chapter roll #12) at Saint Joseph's University.

Early Fraternity Life and Career

Nick enrolled at Saint Joseph’s University in the Fall 2010 after graduating from Holy Ghost Preparatory School in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. As a freshman, he was looking to become more involved in some student organization on campus. Nick wanted to grow more as a person and believed the combination of scholarship, leadership, and fellowship would do just that. He saw flyers for a new organization on campus and decided to attend an info session. He rushed Phi Sigma Pi in the Spring of 2010 and was one of the original founding members of the Zeta Iota Chapter. Nick officially received a bid from Phi Sigma Pi on April 17th, 2011.

Positions Held at Zeta Iota Chapter

Nick started out as the Chapter’s ICR chair while also serving on the scholarship committee. He learned a lot about how Chapters functioned and brought it back to the Zeta Iota Chapter. The connections he made as ICR Chair helped him when he was elected Regional Delegate. Nick was in charge of the service event at the Regional Conference at Drexel University and organized Brothers to write Valentine’s Day Cards to the patients at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. While he was Regional Delegate, Nick also served as Historian. When he was Historian, Nick brought to the Chapter several new ideas which the Chapter still uses today. He introduced “Brother of the Month”, “Photos of the Month”, made photos available online via Google Drive, organized Zeta Iota's first ever Composite with help from student photographers at Saint Joseph’s University, and created Chapter's Family Tree Lines. During his 2nd term as Historian, the Vice President at the time resigned due to a new internship she received. Nick ran for Vice President and he was elected. Nick made the attendance for events available online, eliminated committee breakouts during Chapter meetings, and attempted to have Chairs meet Bi-Weekly for better planning of events. There was Executive Board Elections towards the end of the semester. Nick ran for President and Vice President but was elected President by the Chapter. Some of Nick’s goals during his time of Presidency were Buckets, Plan of Action Forms, Regional Conference, Campus Wide Event, Improving Communication among the brotherhood, increase transparency, have Brothers submitting amendments, and improve the transition process. Nick was also elected as the Alternate National Delegate for National Convention in Philadelphia. He made some lifelong friends and made strong connections with Chapters from California, Seattle, Nevada, Texas, and further with Philly Metro Chapters. He learned a lot a lot of valuable knowledge about Roberts Rules, How other Chapters operate, and better understanding how National Council/Staff function. Nick was unable to get to one of his goals of a Campus Wide Event during his Presidency and is currently a Co-Chair for the ad-hoc Campus Wide Event Committee. The event is a 5 on 5 Dodge Ball Tournament and all the proceeds goes to the National MS Society. He is in charge of Fundraising and Logistics. The Chapter has not had a Campus Wide Event and Nick believed having a strong event would make the Chapter even stronger.

Alumni Years to Present

  1. Graduated from Saint Joseph's University with a double major in Finance and Family Business & Entrepreneurship
  2. Will be working Full Time at RLI Insurance Corp.

National Involvement

  1. Attended 3 Regional Conferences (Drexel, Villanova, Saint Joseph's University)
  2. Attended National Convention in Philadelphia
  3. Leadership In Action Certified

Family

Nick is the founder of B.A.M; Family. He has three littles, Travis Knapp, Grant Malleus, and Mark McShane.

Further Resources

  • web page?

Other Interesting Facts

Big Philly Sports fan. I have played baseball, soccer, basketball, and Track my whole life. My mom is from Nicaragua and my dad is from Philadelphia. I have 2 brothers: Justin who goes to Penn State main and Ryan who goes to Duquesne University. Hardwell is currently my favorite DJ in the world followed by Avicii then Tiesto. My favorite bars in Manayunk are Flat Rock and Brew Pub. My favorite college athlete is Johnny Manzeil because he does whatever he wants and does not care what others think. Favorite basketball player ever is Allen Iverson. Favorite Baseball player ever is Chase Utley. Favorite Football player is Brian Dawkins aka WEAPON X. I love playing intramural sports on campus. Former Captain of the Billsters. We have been to City 6 the past 4 seaons and won the SJU Intramural Co-Rec Championship 4 years in a row. My favorite color is red because it is a power color. You will most likely see me at Landmark on Tuesdays for Quizzo (Team Don Quizote) or Thursdays for U-Call its. My favorite video game is either MLB The Show or Fifa. Playstation over Xbox. Android over IOS. PC over Mac. My celebrity crushes are Selena Gomez, Carrie Underwood, and Miley Cyrus.

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