VPMD Roundtables
Council Member Name: Natalie Swierzbin
Council Position—Proposal Number: Vice President of Membership Development--04
Meeting Date for Proposal: March 1, 2014
Objective this proposal falls under: Brotherhood Development, Resource Development
What costs are associated with this proposal? None
Additional Pertinent Information:
Purpose:
The purpose of this proposal is to establish a timeline and topics for virtual roundtables related to membership development. These topics include areas related to ceremonies, recruitment and initiation materials, recruitment strategies, and hazing prevention topics.
Topics will include:
- Best practices for planning and executing ceremonies
- Challenges related to recruitment
- National Exam feedback and improvements
- Communication with initiates—providing appropriate feedback.
- Initiate voting procedures
Timeline:
Roundtables will be hosted according to the roundtable calendar Google Doc.
Meeting process:
Meetings will be hosted via Google Hangout with a maximum of 8-10 participants. Meetings will be recorded and then posted to the fraternity’s YouTube account so that the information will be available to those not on the call. Meetings will be led by a Council member, and scheduled to last for approximately an hour and a half. Participants for the call will be selected/invited depending on the topic and past roundtable participation.
Meeting Topics:
- Communicating with initiates—This meeting will discuss how to provide initiates with expectations of the initiation program, and how to provide feedback on the initiates’ performance and voting on initiates.
- National Exam Feedback—The purpose of this meeting will gather feedback on the National Membership Exam in order to make improvements.
- Recruitment Challenges—This meeting will focus on some of the challenges Chapters commonly face related to recruitment, such as advertising, reserving rooms, obtaining mailing labels, etc.
- Ceremony best practices—This meeting will focus on best practices and Chapter specific variations of our ceremonies.
What is the motion to be made on this?
I move to accept this proposal.