[18523] in APO-L
Re: Nat'ls Roll Call
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Butler)
Sun Apr 5 13:03:13 1998
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 12:02:27 -0500
Reply-To: William Butler <bill69@MINDSPRING.COM>
From: William Butler <bill69@MINDSPRING.COM>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
I agree. In fact at the last nationals, a couple of my chapters ended up
helping each other out with their roll calls on stage. This is especially
helpful when there are only one or two delegates from a chapter to begin
with. Doing it by Section would enable you to draw from more folks and
also have the chance to mention your chapters by name as part of the skit.
It would also cut down the number of presentations from somewhere around
330 to 80-90. Hear, Hear! All SCUM should support this!
Bill Butler
Section 69 Chair (Alabama)
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> From: The Rogue Scholar <macke@HBAR.WUSTL.EDU>
> To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
> Subject: Nat'ls Roll Call
> Date: Sunday, April 05, 1998 3:46 AM
>
> Howdy Folks
>
> This is something that popped up during discussions at the Section 49
> conference. I'd like to hear what y'all think.
>
> Many of you have experienced Roll Call at Nationals. Even with a 30
> second time limit per chapter, the whole thing takes forever (or about 3
> hours, APO time). It is enough to tire even the most die-hard APOers,
> such that the poor chapters at the end of the roll call perform to an
> empty room.
>
> The idea came up that perhaps it would be better to do roll call by
> sections rather than chapters. This would have the benefit of promoting
> section unity and allow perhaps two minutes or so per skit, much
> improving the quality of performance.
>
> In the preliminary discussions, it appeared that the pros outweighed the
> cons, thus warranting further inquiry and consideration. So I ask again,
> what do you think about the idea? What are the costs and benefits that
> perhaps we haven't considered?
>
> Thanks, and YiLFS,
> ---Bob Macke
> Section 49 Service chair
> Alpha Phi chapter active
> AXcoAPO alum
> Life Member
