Minutes in Seconds from the August 2-3 Board Meeting:
- Revoked charters of Iota Psi (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi) and Gamma Omicron (San Francisco) for hazing allegations.
- Noted chapter award winners to be presented at the fall LEAD Schools.
- Selected Chrissy Taylor, executive vice president-chief operating officer of Enterprise, as NHI candidate. Discussions will continue to determine the best time and place for the Initiation (Presidents’ Academy or GCC). Additional nominations will be reviewed as submitted.
- Elected 2016 COY Jen Huynh and current and recent Central Office staffers Kristin Marks, Joe Shaver, and Jeff Winther to Golden Council.
- Installed 2018 COY Travis Brodbeck as a grand officer.
- Approved funding for a hands-on community service event at the 2019 GCC.
- Noted that although Make a Difference Day lost its primary sponsor, the Fraternity will continue the program. References to the sponsor will be removed from the website.
- Eliminated the National Marketing and Communication Committee as a standing committee.
- Approved Volunteer Online Leadership Training (VOLT) to provide training to connect DDs and RVPs across the country and to also provide personal growth opportunities.
- Clarified Provincial and Regional Awards Committee organization and added instructions for dealing with failure of committees to select winners.
- Removed “national” from eligibility requirements on all chapter award applications. Chapters will need to meet all requirements to reach any award level.
- Approved addition of more detailed criteria used to evaluate Helmet candidates.
- Approved recommendation to have costs of all helmet awards (and frames) paid for by the Fraternity (50%) and Foundation (50%). The Foundation will consider the recommendation during their September conference call.
- Approved renewal of the operating agreement between Leadership Foundation and Fraternity with minor changes. (The Foundation Trustees had previously approved.
- Approved Leadership Foundation grant request funding prioritization for 2019-20. The Foundation will vote on the recommendation during their September conference call.
- Failed recommendation from Beta Epsilon Chapter/South Central Province to change the chapter fundraising chair to a vice president position.
- Approved recommendation to require colonies to attend national events (LEAD School, LEAD Provincial Conference, or Grand Chapter Congress) in order to officially petition the National Fraternity for a charter.
- Provided feedback on possible changes/improvements to structure and content of LEAD events including changing CMP requirements, offering more local “geographically-based” events and more. Concerns about standardization of programming were noted.
- Approved renaming the Manual for Pledge Education to The Crown and Delta. The 2018 edition, in addition to the new name, is also being improved with full-color and having it perfect bound versus saddle-stitched (stapled).
- Approved draft agenda for the 2019 GCC educational programming.
- Approved 2019 GCC Budget, which includes registration fee rates. Registration will be made available in the coming months.
- Approved providing ribbons at GCC to collegiate brothers representing chapters reaching Chapter of Excellence or Chapter of Recognition during the fiscal year preceding Congress.