APO National News

On Saturday, March 27 at 8:30 p.m. (your local time) everyone will turn out their lights and turn off all electrical appliances, etc. 

Earth Hour is a worldwide effort which is easy to participate in to promote its efforts by

“shutting down” for one hour.  Our participation will have major environmental savings!  Many of our chapter's universities may already be promoting and participating in Earth Hour on their campuses.

If you are interested in learning more about Earth Hour, watch these two promotional videos found on YouTube. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjWD8pbK5t8

 

http://www.vimeo.com/3282928 

You may also visit the

official Earth Hour website! 

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Launch will be presented online tonight!  Please make plans to attend this special online course.

Register for February 18th Launch Online (9-11PM Central, 10PM-12AM Eastern, 8-10PM Mountain, 7-9PM Pacific)  

Both sessions are now open for registration.  Please select the best date for you to attend and click the link to register. 

In order for the member to receive credit for the course, each member MUST:

• Register for the session of your choosing.

• Attend the session on your own computer.  Viewing as a group will NOT receive credit.

• While attending the session, you must keep the GoTo Webinar page with the presentation active for 75% of the presentation.  That means you must keep the presentation as your active window on your desktop for 75% of the presentation.

• Fill out the survey evaluation in the pop up window following the session, and the link that will be sent to you after the presentation.
  

DATE:     March 15, 2010

TO:          Active Chapters
                Sectional Chairs
                National Board of Directors
                Recognized Alumni Associations

FROM:     Mark Stratton, National Vice President

RE:           2010 Fall Pledge Class Namesake Call for Nominations

Each year, the Fraternity selects an honoree after whom to name our Fall Pledge Class, someone who reflects the Fraternity's Cardinal Principles of Leadership, Friendship and Service.

The criteria used in considering nominations are:

• For nominees whose accomplishments are within the Fraternity (including Chapter Advisors), we are looking for those who have had a significant and positive impact at the regional level, at minimum, over a sustained period of time.
• For those nominated for work outside of Alpha Phi Omega, we are looking for persons who have had a comparable impact at the National level, over a sustained period of time.

While deceased individuals and groups of people or organizations may be nominated, preference is given to living and individual nominees.

For your convenience, a listing of previous honorees is included on the back of this memo.

The committee membership is:  Mark Stratton, Chair; John Ottenad, Membership and Extension Program Director; Keith Roots, Finance and Operations Program Director; Michael Haber, Region II Director; and Jennifer Churchill, Region VIII Director.  The committee will review all applications and make a recommendation to the National Board of Directors at its July 2010 meeting. 

Complete nominations must be received in the National Office no later than May 1, 2010.  Electronic submissions may be made to executive.director@apo.org .  Nominations may be made by any Alpha Phi Omega Brother or group (Chapter, recognized Alumni Association, etc.)  To be complete, a nomination must include the following information presented in this order:

• An introductory cover letter signed by the individual or authorized representative of the group making the nomination
• A brief biographical sketch of the individual or description of the organization being nominated and its work
• Current contact information for the nominee, including address, telephone number(s) and e-mail address (if applicable), and contact name if nominee is a group or organization
• A listing of the nominee's actions, accomplishments and life experiences that reflect the Fraternity's Cardinal Principles, and how those items indicate or demonstrate that the criteria have been met
• Any additional information or comments the nominator wishes the committee to consider
• Current contact information for the nominator, including telephone number(s) and e-mail address.  For nominations submitted by chapters or other groups of people, names and contact information must be included for at least two representatives.

The 2010 Fall Pledge Class Namesake Committee looks forward to receiving your nominations. 

PREVIOUS FALL PLEDGE CLASS NAMESAKE HONOREES

1946

H. Roe Bartle

 

1978

Lewis Jones

1947

J. Edgar Hoover

 

1979

Howard Patton

1948

World War II Memorial

 

1980

Marion Disborough

1949

James West

 

1981

Lawrence Hirsch

1950

Founders

 

1982

George Cahill

1951

Ray Wyland

 

1983

R. Brittain

1952

Arno Nowotny

 

1984

Irwin Gerst

1953

James Leedom

 

1985

Phyllis Tenney

1954

Daniel Uyl

 

1986

James Dean

1955

Dwight Eisnehower

 

1987

Paul Arend

1956

Carlos Romulo

 

1988

Warren Luzadder

1957

Robert Baden-Powell

 

1989

Carl Long

1958

Albert Schweitzer

 

1990

Lorin Jurvis

1959

Arthur Schuck

 

1991

Kenneth McDiffett

1960

Joseph Bruton, Jr.

 

1992

Joseph Scanlon

1961

John Kennedy

 

1993

Earle Herbert

1962

H. Roe Bartle

 

1994

Alex Lewandowski

1963

Arno Nowotny

 

1995

Philip Prince

1964

Herbert Horton

 

1996

Thomas Kean

1965

Lester Steig

 

1997

William Cunningham

1966

Frank Horton

 

1998

Joseph Kuchta

1967

James Lovell

 

1999

Stan Carpenter

1968

Tom Galt

 

2000

Bob Barkhurst

1969

E. Ross Forman

 

2001

Robert Hilliard

1970

Sidney North

 

2002

George Dacy

1971

Glen Nygreen

 

2003

Ray Hancock

1972

Aubrey Hamilton

 

2004

Togo West

1973

J. Franklin McMullan

 

2005

Jerry Schroeder

1974

H. Roe Bartle

 

2006

Kate Westlake

1975

Joseph Scanlon

 

2007

John C. “Jack” Jadel

1976

Lucius Young

 

2008

Wilfred M. Krenek

1977

Life Members

 

2009

Jack A. McKenzie

Alpha Phi Omega is in the process of hiring a field representative. A field representative is a member of Alpha Phi Omega who wants to help improve the Fraternity. The person in this two-year position will travel to chapters and campuses across the country to provide to chapters with recruitment training, officer training, officer transition workshops, as well as to facilitate Chapter Assessment & Planning Sessions (CAPS), assist struggling chapters with recruitment activities, work with petitioning groups, and represent Alpha Phi Omega in meetings with university administrators on campuses where the Fraternity wishes to expand.

For additional details, qualifications - click here.

 

Alpha Phi Omega is encouraging relief efforts for Haiti to be coordinated with a national relief organization.  We recommend providing assistance to national efforts such as Red Cross, or others found on the Better Business Bureau's National Web site. These Charities are nationally known and are equipped to handle large scale support efforts.

Feel free to put on your own service projects ie: blood drive, collecting care packets/supplies, however it may be best to contact one of the major organizations to find out what their needs are and the best way to offer support to them.

As always, please be aware of scams asking for money and/or those that are not registered on the Better Business Bureau's site.

The transition to alumni volunteer is just as important and can be just as overwhelming as that to active member.  This session will give alumni looking to get involved in the work of the Fraternity an overview of how our alumni volunteer staff operates and how best to prepare for this important service to the Fraternity.

Title:
Becoming an Alumni Volunteer  Time:
9:00 PM - 10:00 PM EST   System Requirements

PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista
 
Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer

Space is limited.

Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/665576746
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

Coming this April 23rd - 25th we encourage all APO members to participate in a Spring Youth Service Day project.  So start planning your chapter's service to the youth project event.

Click here to download/view a copy of the SYSD 2010 Handbook...

You may also submit your SYSD projects via the service database by clicking here. It is a chapter requirement to report a project no matter if you did one or not.

 

APO has partnered with Harris Connect. 

With more than 375,000 initiates from over 720 chapters, one could imagine the difficulties Alpha Phi Omega faces in keeping up with alumni. At any given time, the Fraternity has updated records for approximately 50,000 living alumni. Until recently, the Fraternity has sent mail only to Life Members, since theirs are the addresses that have been maintained over the years. The majority of members, who are not Life Members, have not been sent mail because their addresses are not recorded accurately in the Fraternity’s database. 

APO recently partnered with Harris Connect, a company that works with hundreds of organizations to gather and maintain data to build, reinforce and maintain bonds among organization members. In fact, Harris Connect just completed a project for the National Eagle Scout Association (NESA) to update the records of every living Eagle Scout. “We would like to be able to provide a chapter or an alumni association with an accurate and complete list of alumni. By having Harris Connect do this work for us and use tools that are cost prohibitive to the Fraternity, we can update the Fraternity’s database and improve the accuracy of our records,” says Robert London, CAE, Executive Director for APO. 

The update will take place over the next eight to 12 months. Harris Connect staff will work to obtain accurate records for all living alumni through direct mail campaigns, phone requests and access to public resources, such as postal APO Alumni Directory Update: Reconnecting fraternal connections records. Though this process will take a small amount of time from our members, it will do a great deal of service to the Fraternity in our attempt to maintain the most accurate member database possible.

After verifying directory information, Harris Connect will give alumni the opportunity to reconnect with the Fraternity, update their information and share their personal accounts of Leadership, Friendship and Service with brothers nationwide who may not otherwise hear these amazing stories of community service. 

“Harris Connect will ask our members about the community service they are involved with today. This will give the Fraternity the opportunity to actually see how effective we are at preparing campus and community leaders, as our mission calls for. The answers to these questions will be published in a book called How We Serve,” says London. 

The book will include a full-color, glossy front section designed by the Fraternity, as well as a gallery of photos with narratives submitted by members. How We Serve will not be just another membership directory. Rather, it will give an in-depth look at our members’ involvement in their communities. Proceeds from the sale of How We Serve will allow Harris Connect to conduct the directory research at no expense to the Fraternity. The purchase of the directory will be marketed to APO members only and not for sale to the general public. 

Both the Fraternity and Harris Connect are aware of the confidentiality of a project such as this.   Harris Connect, on behalf of the Fraternity, will secure and hold the copyright of the directory to restrict the use of the directory solely for communication of a personal nature between members.  This copyright also will make it illegal for nonmembers to use the directory for any purpose. 

Any request from a member to omit any or all biographical information from the directory will be honored by Harris Connect. The directory will also be reviewed against all federal and state “Do Not Call” lists to honor members’ privacy requests. The information submitted to Harris Connect will not, under any circumstances, be sold or rented to anyone. 

Alumni should expect to be contacted by Harris Connect in the coming months. Feel free to give as little or as much information as you want. We look  forward to reconnecting and hearing the community service stories of alumni who have shaped our image and mission.  Rather, it will give an in-depth look at our members’ involvement in their communities.

If you have any other questions, feel free to download a copy of the .pdf document which contains many Q&A regarding this. 

Alpha Phi Omega is pleased to announce that the Fraternity formally initiated its 375,000th member of APO. This was initiated by Delta Delta Chapter at St. Louis University. This is an exciting milestone for the Fraternity and a great way to close 2009. Congratulations brothers!

Our cardinal principles of Leadership, Friendship and Service never leave our members. One way of promoting an ongoing fraternal bond and dedication to these principles is to become a Life Member.

We want to extend an opportunity to give your student or alumni friend a special gift during this time of year – Life Membership in Alpha Phi Omega.

Upon receiving your application and fee of $50 for undergraduates (up until 1 year after graduation) or $100 for alumni, they will receive a handsome lapel pin, certificate and wallet card that can be mailed to you for presentation. Life Membership also includes a lifetime subscription to the Torch & Trefoil, APO’s quarterly newsletter.

Parents and Guests simply visit our Web site at, www.apo.org. Members can login to our Web site and click on 'Supporting APO'. 

You’ll be giving a gift that will last a lifetime.