2008-09 Chapter Strategic Plan

Vision
To take Beta-Theta Sigma Chi to new levels and be the preeminent Fraternity at the University of Pittsburgh by focusing on Ritual, Community Service, Scholarship, and Brotherhood, continuing in the vision of our Founders.
Goals

• Win a Peterson
• Initiate 30 Brothers this year (cumulative Fall and Spring)
• Restructuring of Executive Positions
• Brother Retreat
• Get Closer to our Province and Alumni
• Create Brother at Large Position

Area of Focus

1. Ritual
2. Executive Restructuring

o Separate J-Board

3. Scholarship

o Support Brothers that need help
4. Engagement
o Additional Positions in the house
o Fall Rush
o Spring Rush
o Mission 365
o Alumni Relations
o J-Board

5. Community Service
o Derby Days – Raise $15,000


Individual Goals:

Consul – Mike Potochny

o Chapter Meeting - Ritual incorporation in every Chapter meeting, GTO, and literary inclusion. Run meeting more efficiently (try to keep to 60 minutes without GTO)
o Chapter Meeting Attendance – 90% attendance
o Executive Retreat - Event before Rush in the Fall to review and modify Strategic Plan, and get their buy-in
o 100th Anniversary – Create an accountable committee that works with Alumni team.
o Risk Manager – add another Risk Manager (internal and external)
o Engagement – During the semester run the house in a more democratic manner. (No backroom decisions).

Pro Consul – Mike Baron

o Sig-for-a-Sig – Study program
o Bi-Law Workshops – Hold 2 Bi-Law Workshops
o PIT – Create a PIT handbook
o Newsletter – Weekly Paper Newsletter
o Brother Retreat in Fall – Saturday night event at Fred’s Hunting Cabin, October. Including Ritual retreat
o House Meeting – All Brothers in the house meet and have a laundry schedule. Discuss all the issues with the physical house.

Quaestor – Mike Wynkoop

o Debt – Reduce back-debt by 15%
o Monthly Statement -
o Rush - Increase Rush Budget by $500 ($2000 total) in Fall, and Spring by $500

Annotator

o TBD

Fall Magister – Rob Gulick

o Big Brother Program – Strengthen the Brother Program. Have them sign a contract. Require 2 hours a week for the first semester.
o Position Education – Educate pledges on all positions on the house. Have one or two officers come to each pledge meeting to explain their position and what they do.
o Grade Log – Have a spreadsheet with grades from every exam for pledges.
o Interviews – Start interviews earlier. Get 10 per week.

Risk Manager

o TBD

Recruitment – Taylor Smith

o Find out what we can and can not do for Rush
o Put together Rush Handbook New Positions

1. Brother at Large – Plan new interesting events
2. Elected Kustos – Direct and oversee the Ritual. Make sure everyone knows their parts for initiation. Great Alumni involvement. Rent out area twice, and practice.
3. Chapter Advisor Liaison
4. 100th year Anniversary Committee – 5 members, and one Chairman
5. House Renovation Chair

Actions Items - Furniture - Buy 20 folding chairs
- Alumni BBQ - Get 5 Brothers to the Alumni BBQ on August 17th – Jarrett Ross, and Wynkoop
- More cleanups – Jarrett Ross
- Initiation - Making Initation well represented by alumni – Po, Baron, Gulick
- Spring Rush - Find a way to make Spring Rush more exciting – Rush Chair and JI’s
- Housing Project - Build benches
- Blue and Old Gold Game - before recruitment officially begins
- Brotherhood Lunches - Continued emphasis on brotherhood lunches at Market Central
- Derby Days: Cumulative total (events, canning, etc..) must be at least $10 thousand; strengthen awareness of Derby Days and potentially involve non-Greek teams
Ø Have registration table and limit registration; for example, each sorority ten or so members
Ø ”Derby Days Formal”
Ø Contact Boutros as early as possible, James Sanders (Fall 93) former DD chair
- Make PR chair more accountable by outlining objectives

Additional Thoughts – Fred Boutros

• Create a brochure/Beta Theta Resume for Rush which talks about Horizons, BLTW, the awards Beta Theta has won, our Foundation, our Alumni Networks, what we concentrate on, Derby Days, Grand Chapter, 100th year Anniversary, etc. MIT does this, and it works very well. This would be handed out during rush. Gives good talking points for Brothers speaking with Rushees. MIT also hands out business cards.
• Create a Rush Website off of our undergrad website. Good resource for parents and Rushees.
• Push applying to Horizons
• Use Foundation Brochure during Rush