[14722] in APO-L
Re: Baltimore in '00
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (High Lord of Chaos)
Wed Jul 10 23:07:42 1996
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 20:06:18 -0700
Reply-To: High Lord of Chaos <hawkeye@ECST.CSUCHICO.EDU>
From: High Lord of Chaos <hawkeye@ECST.CSUCHICO.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
> On Sun, 7 Jul 1996 egwallis@MIT.EDU wrote:
> > However, I had the opportunity to talk to the brother leading JHU rechartering
> > effort, and he said, "No way can we have the convention in Baltimore--as we
> > will be the closest, we would end up doing more than we can handle.
> That's what I would be inclined to think too - actually it's the only
> thing that keeps me from being real positive about the idea. I
> But as Randy and Curt (and others) have said, everyone in the remote
> vicinity would have to take part. Phoenix is hosting this winter and
> there are only something like three chapters in the state! It wouldn't be
> possible without the help of chapters from the whole West Coast. Granted,
> the busy souls in Phoenix are the ones acquiring the facilities, preparing
> them, etc. etc. and they have an AWFUL lot of work to do, but the staff
> who do all the behind-the-scenes work during the convention can come from
> just about anywhere. Security, for example, was delegated (or so I heard)
> to Hawkeye's chapter, which is in California, and a whole lot further away
> from the convention city than the chapters in VA and PA and NC are from Baltimore.
Since no one else from the convention committee has commented, I may as well.
All the 24(?) chapters in Reg X, the host region, are in charge of at least one
committee. Eta Psi (CSU, Chico) is coordinating the security. While there
is a lot to do, by no means is one, or even two chapters hosting this
convention. Committee chairs are meeting every other month with the convention
chair, and will meet monthly in a couple months. I haven't been directly
involved with the meetings since Regionals (somebody else is chairing it) but
my early involvement showed me a lot about how it works. Since there is
only one aspect that each chapter is responsible for, it's very manageable
for chapters to do their part. I was VERY against our chapter handling this
particular committee becuase of the lack of commitment that I had been seeing
from the Brothers, but so far, things appear to be going well. Granted, the
chapters closest to the convention site will be doing the stuff that has to
be done there, but most of the committees can be done from a distance. Also,
the national office is very involved as well. So, no chapter should be worried
about a convention happening close by because the work done by even the most
involved chapter would be less than hosting a sectional conference.
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