The Order of Omega Board of Directors Meeting -
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Published on: 7/12/2002
Last Visited: 6/13/2008
Board members present: BARBARA TOOTLE, HOWARD FARRELL, KENT PAWLAK, DAISY WOOD, DAVID GRADY, CHERI WECHSLER, KENT GARDNER, ED WHIPPLE, MARDIE SORENSEN, ANNE FORCIER, MICHAEL SHONROCK, JENNIFER MCCOY, PHILLIP BRENCKLE, LARRY LUNSFORD.
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ANNE FORCIER introduced the new student member of the board, PHILLIP BRENCKLE.
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The Regional Committee Directors (RCD's) had interviewed candidates and recommended PHILLIP BRENCKLE.He is a student at Duquesne University, a member of Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity, and an Information Technology major.He serves on his campus's Greek Carnival committee, and is also a member of Beta Alpha Phi, the national business fraternity.
PHILLIP BRENCKLE announced that he is happy to be on the board, that he wishes to contribute ideas and work hard for Omega.He wants Omega to serve his campus as an adviser to Greek organizations, and has just been elected president of his campus's Omega chapter.
ED WHIPPLE presented PHILLIP BRENCKLE with an Omega T-shirt and pin to commemorate his election.
JENNIFER McCOY, as outgoing student member, presented PHILLIP BRENCKLE with a sweatshirt from her school, University of Iowa.
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PHILLIP BRENCKLE suggested that chapters be required to submit lists of members and email addresses as part of their Opening Report.
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BARBARA TOOTLE, ED WHIPPLE, and PHILLIP BRENCKLE said they intended to attend.
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PHILLIP BRENCKLE suggested that freeware tools can scan for broken links.
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GROUP 3: PHILLIP BRENCKLE (reporter), LARRY LUNSFORD, BARBARA TOOTLE, ED WHIPPLE, DAISY WOOD.
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PHILLIP BRENCKLE asked about a FAQ page on the website.
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PHILLIP BRENCKLE said that updating this information could reduce the number of calls the national headquarters fields.
PHILLIP BRENCKLE continued the group's suggestions.
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PHILLIP BRENCKLE said that new ideas will require work, and the board should be delegating such work.He asked if chapters can be required to create a home page, with pictures, a list of officers, and contact information at minimum.
MARDIE SORENSEN said that this is similar to the "format page" suggested by her group.
KENT PAWLAK said that it might be easier with PHILLIP BRENCKLE's idea, as it would be less management for the website manager, since it would not require a constantly updated list of who has access to various pages to change chapter information.
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PHILLIP BRENCKLE said that RCD's should be used as content providers.
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ED WHIPPLE referred the matter to KENT PAWLAK and PHILLIP BRENCKLE, with advice from CHERI WECHSLER, MARDIE SORENSEN, DAVID GRADY, so that more concrete suggestions can be worked out, perhaps as early as tomorrow morning.
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Board members present: BARBARA TOOTLE, HOWARD FARRELL, KENT PAWLAK, DAISY WOOD, DAVID GRADY, CHERI WECHSLER, KENT GARDNER, ED WHIPPLE, MARDIE SORENSEN, ANNE FORCIER, LARRY LUNSFORD, MICHAEL SHONROCK, PHILLIP BRENCKLE, and JENNIFER McCOY.
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PHILLIP BRENCKLE noted that his school has graduation in May, so there could be a conflict.
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PHILLIP BRENCKLE shared his own experience at his campus.
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PHILLIP BRENCKLE said that his campus had a similar $1000 award, but it wasn't awarded because no organization did anything worthy of the award.
The Board broke into smaller groups to discuss the Chapter Reference Manual, from 10:10 am to 10:40 am.
GROUP 2: ANNE FORCIER (reporter), PHILLIP BRENCKLE, HOWARD FARRELL, DAVID GRADY, KENT PAWLAK, MARDIE SORENSEN.
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PHILLIP BRENCKLE said that the manual sits on the adviser's shelf sideways, and JENNIFER McCOY was not aware of the document, so it appears that chapters aren't using it.