Proposal-201102-staff-01

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• Council Member Name: Staff
• Council Position—Proposal Number: Staff-01
• Meeting Date for Proposal: February 19, 2011
• Objective this proposal falls under: n/a
• What costs are associated with this proposal? (if none state "none"): none
• Additional Pertinent Information (if none state "none"):
  • Chapter fines are currently allocated to the Todd Scholarship
  • The Todd Scholarship benefits one Brother per year, whereas Leadership in Action has already impacted over 300 Brothers in the seven months since its debut.
  • The Todd Scholarship awards $1,000 a year, whereas the Leadership in Action fund provides $18,000 a year for the purchase of eight modules.
  • Chapter fines are the result of negligence and poor practices at the chapter level. Leadership in Action trains Brothers to be strong leaders. Strong leadership at the chapter level will improve their practices and result in fewer incidents of fines.
• What is the motion to be made on this?
  • I move to modify the NOP as indicated below.

Chapter Violations

If the appropriate materials required of a chapter are not postmarked or electronically marked on or before the designated due dates, the items will be considered late. When a chapter is late with dues, fees, or forms the National Headquarters shall send a notice of delinquency two weeks following the due date to the chapter president and the officer(s) pertinent to the violation (i.e., for forms, the secretary; for monies, the treasurer). This letter will be accompanied by a fine of $20.00 per outstanding form and for any outstanding monies.

A second letter of delinquency and warning of probation will be issued four weeks after the first late notice. This will carry a fine of $30.00 per outstanding form and $50.00 for any outstanding amount of monies.

If the violation and subsequent fines are not resolved within six weeks after the original due date, the National Council may discuss placing the chapter on probation.

The total monetary value of all fines shall not exceed $500.

Any chapter that does not send a delegate to Grand Chapter shall be fined $350 plus the cost of one convention registration and placed on probation until the total fine is paid in full and the chapter has met the requirements set forth by the National Council.

All Chapter fines will be donated directly to the Richard Cecil Todd and Clauda Pennock Todd Tripod Scholarship Endowment Fund Leadership in Action fund.