[18088] in APO-L
Re: Service programs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Winston, David)
Tue Jan 13 10:43:37 1998
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 10:40:36 -0500
Reply-To: "Winston, David" <david.winston@UVM.EDU>
From: "Winston, David" <david.winston@UVM.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
As a member of a chapter that has a service requirement in hours, I will
respond to this. First off, one of the reasons that we seem to have this
requirement( a minimal 12 hours for actives, and 6 for associates) is to
keep the members that are active as in doing service to have a voice and
vote in meeting. We have set the standard so that associates aren't
required to come to meetings but actives are. All of the rules, although
they seem overbearing, really seem to have been useful. First off, by
requiring attendance at meeting the members know what is going on, and
by requiring service hours we are better able to get projects staffed.
Although all of our members do have a desire to do service and do care
some need the kick in the but to do the service, this seems to help do
that. I think that as long as enough projects are planned a semester
with enough variety, it really doesn't matter what the min. requirements
are because everyone will fulfill them.
That's 2 cents from a brother up north in Vermont
DAVE "Ciggy" WINSTON
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeffrey White [SMTP:jcteach@ARCHES.UGA.EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 1998 8:44 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L
> Subject: Service programs
>
> Following a heated discussion last night in chapter, I would like to
> get
> some reactions to the choice of having no hourly or project
> requirement as
> a service requirement. We passed a constitutional amendment changing
> our
> requirement from # of projects to hours per quarter, but some brothers
> brought up the concern that even having a requirement to begin with
> defeats the purpose of joining a volunteer service organization--being
> required to do such and such many hours of service makes it seem more
> like
> a chore.
>
> All I'd like is not to start a debate online, but just some positive
> and
> negative feedback about this choice--from chapters who are doing it,
> from
> chapters who have tried to do it, and from chapters who have a regular
> requirement and why you feel you have to have a requirement.
>
> In Brotherhood,
> Jeff White
> DK Alum
> BZ Advisor
> Athens, GA
