2022 Convention
Convention Registration
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Convention Business Meeting
Saturday, August 13
Convention Foreword
The Convention Foreward is published 90 days prior to the Convention per the Blue Book. This will review all proposed legislation for the business meeting. Please visit sam.org/convention to learn more.
The following have been nominated for positions on the Octagon:
Dave Kleppel (WashU, ’82)
Dean Lambert (Nebraska, ’82)
Evan Remer (Texas, ’02)
Patrick James Wright III (FIU, ’14)
Proposed Blue Book Change for Convention in August 2022
DIVISION C. FRATERNITY GOVERNMENT
Article III—The Octagon
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The Octagon shall consist of eight Consuls elected by the Convention, seven from among the general alumni body, and one from among recent alumni (“Young Alumnus”), defined as a frater in good standing who has been an alumnus for at least one year and not more than five years at the time of his election (a) who has been an alumnus for at least one year, and (b) no more than three regular elections of the Young Alumnus Consul seat have occurred since the first anniversary of his having become an alumnus. Each Consul shall serve for a term of two years. The Young Alumnus Consul shall serve for a period of two years and may only serve in the seat designated as the Young Alumnus seat. The Consul who serves in the Young Alumnus seat shall be limited to one term as Consul. Conventions shall elect four alternating Consul seats. In the event of a vacancy other than by reason of the expiration of the term of a Consul, the Octagon shall fill the vacancy until the next Convention. Regular meetings of the Octagon shall be held at such times and places as the Octagon may determine.
Rationale:
Because of our traditional scheduling of our annual Convention during the month of August members of each graduating class of initiated members do not always have an equal opportunity to be eligible to be considered for nomination and election as the Young Alumnus Consul (YAC). While August Conventions work for the Fraternity, the choice of August makes the use of members’ graduation dates, typically occurring in April/May or December, potentially inequitable for determining eligibility to be considered for nomination and election. Some members of a graduating class can get an extra chance to be considered because our Convention happens to be held in August.
The idea of limiting eligibility to be elected as YAC is so that the person who is elected to that seat is a member of one of the recent graduating classes. It was felt that the whole point of reserving an Octagon seat for a recent alumnus was because that person would be better able to relate to the concerns of contemporary undergraduates than members of the general alumni body, who are generally a bit more removed from their undergraduate years. We have already experienced a situation where a member of one of the recent graduating classes who was nominated for the Young Alumnus Consul seat was later disqualified due to the technicality that he graduated in May instead of in August or December of the same year. Changing the wording in this manner eliminates the chance of inequality by ensuring that all recent alumni have an equal number of opportunities to be eligible to be considered for nomination and election as the Young Alumnus Consul.
Convention Schedule
Friday, August 12
- 9:00AM – 1:30PM – Registration, Check-In & Vendor Fair
- 2:00PM – Convention Welcome – Welcome to the Big Show!
- 2:30PM – Convention Programming – Getting Phired Up about our Future
- 4:30 PM – Convention Programming – Networking with your Brothers
- 6:00PM – Schaffer Leadership Dinner
- 7:45PM – Model Ritual
Saturday, August 13
- 8:30AM – Convention Programming – Hate Crimes on Campus
- 10:30 AM – Convention Programming – The Masculinity of MENtal Health
- 12:00PM – Networking Lunch
- 2:00 PM – Convention Programming – Risky Business
- 3:30 PM – Convention Business Meeting
- 7:00PM – Purple Tie Banquet
Sunday, August 14
- 9:00AM – Convention Programming – IGNITE your Chapter
- 10:15 AM – Convention Programming – Leaving your Legacy
- 11:00AM – Wrap up and Adjournment
A Note of Thanks
The 2022 Convention is supported by grants from the ΣAM Foundation & Endowment Fund. Thank you to our generous donors that have helped make this program possible.
Created in 1985, the Bobbi and Sidney Guller Leadership Development Fund has made it possible to provide outstanding programing at Sigma Alpha Mu Leadership Conferences.
