If you are going to the Wednesday Pledge Test Review Social, then you don't have to print this off (we'll have them there for you). If you want to start studying now, kudos...here is the review!
PLEDGE TEST REVIEW:
All you ever wanted to know about
MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS:
To be ACTIVE:
-Attend half of brother meetings
-Complete 25 hours of community service
from at least 2 different projects
-Pay $40 in dues
-Committee Credit: attend two-thirds of a
committee’s meetings or complete a job
assigned by an Exec Board member
-No service hours or committee credit required
-Pay $25 in dues
-No brother meetings
-CANNOT BE ON EXEC BOARD
-CAN ONLY GO ASSOCIATE ONCE
-You did not complete requirements
-To get off probation, you must complete
requirements
-You have been on probation for a full semester
-To be reinstated, you must petition Exec Board
If you are INACTIVE/“PHANTOM”:
-You have essentially dropped out of
TOAST CIRCLE SONG:
Here's to Alpha Phi Omega, loyal brothers we
True to self and to each other, firm in loyalty
Daily working, daily striving, ever more to be,
Men of Alpha Phi Omega, our Fraternity.
[clasp hands, right over left]
Brothers clasp the hands of brothers, strong a circle we
Ever mindful ever serving all humanity.
Now we raise our grateful voices in our song to thee,
Men of Alpha Phi Omega, may we always be.
THE 7-STEP PLAN:
HOW TO BEGIN A NEW SERVICE PROJECT
1. Begin with a BRIGHT idea!
2. Talk to the Service VP…that’s Wendy Chan!!!
3. Attend a Service Committee Meeting
4. Organize the inner workings of the project
5. Present your idea to the Brotherhood at meeting and get
feedback
6. ENJOY YOUR PROJECT!!!
7. Pass it on to a new project head
Nation:
Community: Matthew Whaley
Campus: Escort
Brotherhood: W&M News (Delivering Makes Money for the Brotherhood)
INTER-CHAPTER INFORMATION:
Zeta Beta (Nu
Chi Gamma JMU
Theta UVA
Alpha Delta Xi CNU
Alpha Delta Iota* VCU
Alpha Beta Omega* ODU
Theta Omega RMC
Alpha Delta Delta GMU
Omicron Phi*
[* Chapters to whom we are a Big Brother]
Spring 2003—Garrett
Fall 2003—Hancock
Fall 2004—
Spring 2005—Bremmer
Fall 2005—Schroeder
Fall 2006—
Spring 2007—HAMBERGER!
Jewel: Diamond
Tree: Sturdy Oak
Bird: Golden Eagle
Nicknames:
Flower: Forget-Me-Not
Colors: Blue and Old Glory Gold
Magazine: Torch and Trefoil
Designer of Insignia, Coat of Arms, and Pin:
Designer of Handclasp: Thane S. Cooley
NATIONAL HISTORY OF ALPHA PHI OMEGA:
Once upon a time, Alpha Phi Omega was founded on December 16, 1925 at
NU
Charter date: December 11th, 1961
Charter President: “The” Sam Sadler
Big Brother Chapter: Zeta Beta of Virginia Tech
Disbanded: 1974 due to Vietnam War
Recharted in: 1978
PLEDGE STAFF:
Pledging Coordinator: Bryan Terrill
Pledge Trainers (2): Mallory Johnson, Mary Russell
A-Bro Chairs (3): Cathleen Chong, Whitney Conroy, Sam Rhodes
Retention Head: Johnny Nuckols
Pledge Fee Coordinator: Yasmin Rayasse
EXEC BOARD:
President: Brian Chiglinsky
Exec VP: Caitlin Tuffin
Service VP: Wendy Chan
Membership VP: Andrew Cunningham
Social VP: Paul McMichael
Treasurer: John Brunda
Secretary: Molly Byrne
Historian: Kalyn Ruud
Inter-Chapter Relations Chair: Elise Dennis
Parliamentarian: Sara Wachter