Banquet

Banquet

Information

Length

4-5 hours

Size

150-200 people

Type

Fellowship

Location

Varies from term to term; we have used facilities on campus, off campus, and even on a boat.

Event Profile

Description

An end of the year celebration, acknowledging the term and the newly-crossed actives. The night consists of a lot of pictures, food, and and awards ceremony.

Objective

The objective is to celebrate the previous term and the new actives. Many awards such as service cow (most service hours) and fellowdog (most fellowships attended) are given out, as well as sillier awards such as class clown or mostly likely to rule the world. Furthermore, it is used to swear in the upcoming term's officers.

Materials

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Procedure

5:00pm

Set-up the decorations

7:00pm

Check-ins

8:00pm

Dinner is served

9:00pm

Awards ceremony begins. Each ex-comm position presents their awards and acknowledgments, and then introduces the upcoming officers. At the end of the ceremony the new officers are sworn in.

11:30pm

Clean-up

Potential Execution and Risk Management Issues

Execution Issues

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Risk Management Issues

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A large fellowship that comes at the end of every term, commemorating the activation of the new pledge class.

Banquet Chairs

Banquet often has a chair or two appointed by the Fellowship Vice Presidents to plan out the event. Banquet chairs typically work out catering, decorations, and scheduling. Previous banquet chairs include the following:

• Fall 2023 (Diles): Christine Mao, Adam Aranda, Nyla Godbold, Sally Voong, Laila Canosa, Amy Gonzalez, Isabella Lee, and Nathan Galedo
• Spring 2023 (Kwock): Alexis Kwock, Dylan Voss, Jane Kim, Sharon Tan, Lemar Deguzman, and Sophia Baltasar
• Fall 2022 (Keene): Kelly Zhu, Ryan Lee, Kimberly Kam, Mandy Xia, Trina Lim, and Audrey Yeung
• Spring 2022 (Dinh): Nicho Lin, Ashley Baelly, and Amy Nguyen
• Fall 2021 (Katz): Christine Yee, Anna Truong, Ashley Baelly, and Janiss Pikulthong
• Spring 2021 (Chang): Alicia Wong and Rachel Rengpraphun
• Fall 2020 (Stewart): Jason Tsang and Henry Tan
• Spring 2020 (Ng):
• Fall 2019 (Wong): Christine Yee and Anna Truong
• Spring 2019 (Takemori): Anna Truong, Christine Yee, and Julius Vo
• Fall 2018 (Louie): Diane Ha, Ameed Nazery, and Isabella Le
• Spring 2018 (Nguyen): Evan Do and Cathy Quach
• Fall 2017 (Penny): Delaney Ridenour and
• Spring 2017 (Bhatt): Christie Le and Odalys Portela
• Fall 2016 (Heismeyer): Cathy Quach and Evan Do
• Spring 2016 (Nishiya-Milligan): Kent Rodriguez and Alex Martinez
• Spring 2015 (Wu): Sam Ho and Angela Truong
• Fall 2014 (Krenek): Mabel Tong and Kelley Liang
• Spring 2014 (Liao): Kristina Mae Catli and Kelvin Lee
• Fall 2013 (Emery): Suepin Nguyen and Rachel Yang
• Spring 2013 (Cheng): Rich La and Jenny Liang - Facebook Budget
• Fall 2012 (Harty): Eileen Ye and Beverly Wang
• Spring 2012 (Serrano): Quynh Anh Tran and Jacqueline de la Rocha
• Fall 2011 (Zlatkovich): Kristin Caroza and Vivie Nguyen
• Spring 2011 (Chew): Jennie Yau and Joanne Kha
• Fall 2010 (Chandler): Erin Yu and Annie Chen
• Spring 2010 (Luong): Katarina Chan and Patrick Wong
• Fall 2009 (McKenzie): Christine Shieh and Tina Truong
• Spring 2009 (Jaromay): Christine Shieh
• Fall 2008 (Krenek): None
• Spring 2008 (Lipton): None