Fraternity Board Meeting Minutes in Seconds

Jun 29, 2021 – The National Fraternity Board of Directors met virtually in June. Read the Minutes in Seconds for a quick summary of the meetings.

At the June 22, 2021 meeting:

  • Approved recommendation to update the online recruit profile to ask for pronoun (he/him, she/her, they/them, prefer not to answer) instead of gender. This change shows Delta Sigma Pi is more inclusive to students considering joining the organization and serves as a first step towards improvement, as the DEI task force prepares additional future recommendations.
  • Changed authority for offering receivership from Board to Executive Director to help expedite the process, therefore assisting the chapters faster. Previous processes for volunteer recommendations are retained.
  • Approved recommendation of removing the national committees, except Finance, Nominations and Organizational Development, from the National Bylaws. This proposal does not adjust, eliminate, or change any current committees as they are outlined in policy, but would allow the Board to make changes, or remove/create committees as they see fit to best serve the Fraternity needs. Requires a two-thirds (2/3) vote of GCC delegates for approval—will be considered at 2022 GCC.
  • Discussed, without action, a proposal to move LEAD Provincial Conference budgets from individual provinces to the national budget and simplify processes for budgeting for volunteer travel.
  • Approved writing off debt for Gamma Tau (Southern Mississippi) and Mu Tau (George Mason (VA)).
  • Approved paying this year’s premium, as a diversified investment, for the  life insurance  policy on a key employee.
  • Referred a new Individual Discipline Policy recommendation back to the IDP Task Force to work with the PVPs on the next iteration of the recommendation, to be considered in August.
  • Failed a motion to rescind a prior action that set a minimum of 20 members as one of the requirements for CMP Accredited Chapter.
  • Discussed a potential member trial, with no action, seeking more information pending possible future action. 
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  • Fraternity Operations