Chew Class

Chew Class

Namesake Sophia Chew Term Spring 2011 Initiated {{{initiated}}} {{{crossed}}}

ExComm

President	Andy Nguyen
Service VPs	Crystal Wang and Nanette Taniguchi
Fellowship VPs	Allison Ast and Kimberly Nelson
Membership VPs	Alvin Thai and Sarn Saeteurn
Pledge Parents	Jeffrey Kwong and Jessica Li
Finance VPs	Josephine Diep and Tiffaney Lau
Recording Secretaries	Lisa Kwong and San Li
Corresponding Secretaries	Allison Domingo and Emmanuel Aglubat
Press Secretaries	Clara Chung and Thuy Duong
Alumni Secretaries	Egor Gryaznov and Quynh Nguyen
Historians	Henry Huang and Ngoc Minh Nguyen
Sergeants-At-Arms	Colin Yan, Jason Tien, and Terry Chow

PlexComm

Spokesperson	Michael Romero
Pledge Service Coordinators	Brusly Voong and Martin Solorio
Pledge Fellowship Coordinators	Jacqueline de la Rocha and Fanny Wong
Pledge Finance Coordinators	Suepin Nguyen and Jeremy Truong
Pledge Secretaries	Justin Ahn and Victoria Chang
Pledge Historian	Anna Comande
Pledge Sergeants-At-Arms	Matt Sano, Hong Son, and Vincent Yan
Pledge Mascot	Pikachu on a train

Chairs

• Ritual Chair: Lenday Villa
• Snake Chairs: David Hoang, Haley Wong, Robert Araiza
• BB/LB Chairs: Joey Chen, Kong Lor, Krizia Haag, Priya Bassan, Tiffany Robertson, Vicki Luu
• Spirit Chairs: Camy Fung, Katherine Sun, Kristi Thng, Sonia Oran
• Athletic Chairs: Alvin Lee (twin), Evonne Tran
• Fundraising Chairs: Connie Wong, Michelle Tran
• Banquet Chairs: Joanne Kha, Jennie Yau

Dates

• Initiation: March 4th, 2011
• Pledge Retreat: April 1-3, 2011
• Activation: May 21st, 2011

Press

• Rush T shirt:
• Rush Flyer:
• Pledge Class Shirt:

Program Changes

• Removed the pledge class cap implemented in Chandler Class.
  • This term had an extremely small pledge class for Iota Phi relative to classes before it. One possible reason for this is that the prospective pledges were told to meet at the Memorial Union flagpole as usual, but everyone was then moved to another building. It is possible that prospective pledges who showed up to the Memorial Union flagpole a little late would not have seen anyone there, so they would have left. During other terms, in contrast, prospective pledges would have seen people waiting in line to fill out their pledging forms and have their photo taken.
  • Notably, much discussion had occurred in recent terms about the possibility of a smaller pledge class size improving the quality of the pledge class. This had been the main argument for a pledge class cap. Although no efforts were made to measure whether this was true, there was no apparent difference in quality or active retention between this pledge class and previous pledge classes. For comparison, Brothers who pledged during Luong Class--the largest class in recent history--had actually accounted for the highest number of brothers completing active requirements every term through Serrano Term, two years later.
• Removed the strikes policy implemented in McKenzie Class.
• The Leadership requirement for actives was reduced back to 1 credit from 1.5. The rationale given was that the requirement bumped up to 1.5 during Jaromay Term to encourage people to go to ALW, but was never lowered once ALW was removed. It was agreed that having a higher Leadership credit was unnecessary, since the workshops offered are only meant to encourage thought about leadership, and actual leadership comes from taking action.
• The number of Pledge Trainers was reduced to two, with the rationale that two is enough to perform their duties.
• The committees of both Press Secretary and Corresponding Secretary were combined into one committee, Corpresscomm.
• The pledging period was made shorter, by one week, to allow pledges a reflecting period after grilling where they are are given time to think whether they want to become active brothers or not. Many pledges reported in their end-of-term evaluations that the time given was not enough to fulfill their requirements without cutting away substantially from time they spent on academics. Notably, requirements were not substantially reduced to reflect the shorter pledging period.
• Excomm interviews were changed to a signature sheet where Excomm members signed off their positions once a pledge satisfactorily recites the duty of the position. Pledges raised the same concerns that were raised during Lipton Term, during which different officers had inconsistent standards for what was considered adequate recitation of the officer's duties.
• Fellowship Vice Presidents began implementing smaller Fellowboat events so members could get to know one another in smaller groups. The cap of these events was typically ten people at most.
• Scavenger Hunt was made more tame compared to previous terms, following the trend started in Chandler Term.
• Amendments were proposed to explicitly state the President's powers in running general meetings, duties traditionally seen as within the SAA's domain. The amendments did not pass.
• Long-Term Strategic Planning Committee introduced the idea of hosting Fall Fellowship (2011), the idea of which was approved by the chapter and section. Notably, the chapter decided to host the event after Spring Sectionals and had to get approved by the rest of the section after the fact. Traditionally, the chapter would decide to host and prepare their bid to present at Sectionals to make things easier.
• Election Discussions were expanded to include every officer position instead of just President, VPs and Pledge Parents. There was much talk about moving Chapter DSK voting to a different date to keep the election meeting bearably long, but the options for moving it were limited since the idea only came up toward the end of the term.
• The pledge group service project requirement was reinstated