[14757] in APO-L
Re: Roll Call
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (The Don of Teflon)
Tue Jul 16 21:12:28 1996
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 21:11:15 -0400
Reply-To: The Don of Teflon <yaneev@CAPITAL.NET>
From: The Don of Teflon <yaneev@CAPITAL.NET>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <199607162233.SAA20602@Omega.Capital.Net> from "William Rugh" at
Jul 16, 96 06:32:01 pm
>
> With all the discussion about roll call, there is a question that doesn't seem
> to be asked very often. What is the purpose of roll call? That is, what do we
> get out of the hours invested? Years ago, roll call went extremly fast, as
> only a FEW chapters felt the need for skits or songs, a few more had a SHORT
> call (such as IK, IK, IK ...). IF the roll call included absent chapters, it
> might be useful in letting the membership know how many are missing (over half
> are inactive).
>
> When you agree on what the purpose is, then the rules will sort themselves out
> in short order.
>
I agree. In my mind, rollcall is a way to "introduce" your chapter to
the rest of the section/region/nation. I still hate it tho. Very few
chapters have figured out how to entertain other chapters on the floor
(gee, that does NOT sound good... :) at a conference, including my own.
If you want to win a roll call competition anywhere, just realize that you
have to keep a bunch of people who are bored silly amused. That's all.
Sidd
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