Successful
New Member Forum Held in Kansas City
Approximately forty active and associate members from
Epsilon, Eta, Iota, and Alpha Alpha Chapters attended the New Member Forum at
Abiding Savior
Lutheran Church
in Independence, MO, on November 11th. The associate members covered topics such
as the importance of teambuilding, discovering leadership styles, hazing, and
what roles fraternal values play in our individual lives. The active members shared ideas and thoughts
on ways to continue membership education beyond associate membership and
different methods for conducting associate member education. The New Member Forum marked the first time
in several years that the National Fraternity had successfully set up and
executed an event during the fall semester.
National Fraternity Partners with Apparel Merchandiser
The National Board of Directors is pleased to announce a new
partnership with OnDemand 24-7. This
new partnership will allow Beta Sigs to order business and casual appear with
the Fraternity crest embroidered upon it.
OnDemand 24-7 specializes in on demand embroidered apparel for
business and organizations across the country.
This new partnership is all about convenience to our members. Now you
can order directly from their online store using a credit card and have your
order shipped directly to your home address. You won’t have to wait for
someone else to take the time to put together a design and then wait for them
to get enough interest to place an order.
Plus a small portion of your order amount goes to support the National
Fraternity programming expenses. So not only do you get great apparel
items but you also help further the Fraternity’s programming efforts.
For more details and information on how to order apparel, please visit the National Website.
Beta Sigs Take On IFC Presidencies, Leadership Positions Next Calendar
Year
Beta Sigma Psi will be well represented on Interfraternity
Council Executive Boards at Iowa State University
and University
of Missouri –
Rolla. Eta Chapter senior Chester
Grohs has been elected the new IFC President at UMR. Iowa
State’s IFC Executive
Council has four Beta Sigs: junior Luke Johanson (President), junior Kolton
Boyer (Recruitment), junior Tony Filippini (Finance), and sophomore Brad
White (Community Service & Philanthropy).
Congrats to these five gentlemen as they represent Beta Sigma Psi in
important positions in their Greek communities!
2007 MEF/NBT To Be Hosted by Alpha-Alpha Chapter
The National Fraternity is proud to announce that
Alpha-Alpha Chapter will be hosting the 2007 Membership Education Forum and
National Basketball Tournament, February 16-18, in Fremont, Nebraska.
The MEF will be divided into two parts. The morning session will see collegiate and
alumni members divided into discussion groups on various issues and topics
that affect our chapters today. The
session following lunch will focus on what it means to be a brother in Beta
Sigma Psi and how our relationships are affected by some of the issues that
continue to plague fraternities. The
NBT will be a double-elimination tournament held at Midland
Lutheran College’s
brand-new Event
Center.
More details will be coming in the following weeks. If you have any questions, please contact
Kevin Stinn at leadershipdirector@betasigmapsi.org
or Alpha Alpha Chapter President Dusty Stehl at stehldt@mlc.edu.
2007 Leadership
Academy to Take New
Look
The National Fraternity will once again be conducting its Leadership Academy
January 13-14, 2007, at Camp Wartburg (near Waterloo, IL). Presidents, recruitment chairmen, and
up-and-coming leaders in our active chapters are invited to attend this
retreat-style event, which, for the first time, will be held over Martin
Luther King, Jr. weekend.
Three separate tracks of programming will be available for
the three aforementioned groups.
Presidents and recruitment chairmen will attend for free, while
up-and-coming leaders’ registration fee will cost only $50. Registration forms will be available online
within the week and are due December 15, 2006. The Leadership Academy
will be an excellent opportunity to learn leadership and management skills,
interact with members from other chapters, and formulate ways to help your
chapter, and we hope to see lots of members apply!
2007 Awards Applications Now Available
Applications for the 2007 National Fraternity awards are
now available online. Submissions
should cover the 2006 calendar year, as opposed to the academic year
timelines in the past. All submissions
will be due January 13, 2007. If you
have any questions about this year’s awards, please contact Kevin Stinn at leadershipdirector@betasigmapsi.org.
All Active and Alumni Chapter Forms Available Online
Starting this semester, all active and alumni chapters
must submit all forms electronically in order for them to be properly
accepted. These forms as well as the dates for submission may be
obtained at http://www.betasigmapsi.org/forms.html.
If you have problems accessing these forms, please contact either Kevin Stinn
(leadershipdirector@betasigmapsi.org)
or Chad Pfister (president@betasigmapsi.org).
Fundraising Opportunity for Educational
Foundation
Now you can raise money for the Beta Sigma Psi Educational Foundation just by searching the Internet at GoodSearch.com.
You use GoodSearch.com like any
other search engine - the site is powered by Yahoo! - but each time you do,
money is generated for us. Here’s how it works:
1. Go to www.goodsearch.com
2. Type Beta Sigma Psi
into the “I support” box and click on “verify”
3. Search the Internet just like you would with any
search engine
4. Since GoodSearch shares its advertising revenue
with charities and schools, every time you search the Internet at GoodSearch,
you’ll be earning money for us.
5. GoodSearch also has a toolbar you can download
from the homepage so that you can search right from the top of your
browser. Go to the GoodSearch.com Toolbar and
follow the instructions on how to download the toolbar to your computer!
You can keep track of
our estimated earnings by clicking on “amount raised” once you designate us
as your organization of choice. We
estimate that each search will generate approximately $0.01 for the
Educational Foundation. If we can get 1,000 supporters searching twice a day
we would receive an estimated $7,300 per year. Even if we had 100
supporters searching twice a day we would earn an estimated $730.
The sky is the limit, though – the more people who use the site, the more
money we’ll earn, so please spread the word!!
Websites of Interest
·
The National Board of Director’s blog can be
found at http://www.betasigmapsi.org/blog.
·
The Marty’s Boys Mailing List Information Page
can be found at http://lists.betasigmapsi.org/listinfo.cgi/martysboys-betasigmapsi.org
·
The Marty’s Boys Home Page can be found at http://publications.betasigmapsi.org
·
The Beta Sigma Psi Discussion Group
Information Page can be found at http://lists.betasigmapsi.org/listinfo.cgi/listserve-betasigmapsi.org
·
The Lutheran Student Movement Website can be
found at http://www.lsm-usa.org.
·
The Lutheran Student Fellowship Website can be
found at http://lutheranstudentfellowship.org.
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