Nationals 2004

Attendees

• Stephanie Liu & Drew Mayen served as voting delegates
• 32 Active and Pledge brothers attended, along with assorted Alumni of Iota Phi.
  • • Three times as many people went over the last convention.
    • Chaired by Aaron Lipton & Nancy Wong.

Convention

• "Service At Its Peak" was the theme
  • Somehow the original bids slogan "Join the Mile High Club" didn't stick
• Elizabeth Tom reelected to National Board of Directors
• Suprisingly, Denver isn't that cold in December. Or snowy.
• Iota Phi won the National Man-mile

Memorable Moments

• The "Love Train" to Nationals.
  • Organized by Aaron Lipton & Nancy Wong, from Emeryville to Denver and back.
    • Choose to take Amtrak because it was much cheaper than flying, and it increase attendance.
  • Included brothers from Alpha Alpha Xi, Zeta Omicron, [{Rho Pi]], & Gamma Beta.
  • Trip lasted over 30 hours either way.
  • Not everyone took the train to Nationals, but everyone took it home.
    • Outbound trip was in a car with defective air condition, leading to the delegates being cooked.
  • To plug in the assorted laptops and charge ipods, Rickee Nguyen was called ahead to bring a powerstrip when he boarded in Sacramento.
  • Squid and gummy bear sandwiches were served on the train.
  • The Pepsi Challenge
• "The Rapist Look" was invented by Elyson Serrano.
• Denver lacks any sort of "regional" food. People went to Sonic Burger a lot. And delis.
• Stephanie Liu going berserk when Iota Phi didn't get the "Most Spirited" Award during the banquet.
  • It's not a real award.
• I'Phi dropping it like it's hot
  • Roll Call.
    • Alpha Gamma Gamma's roll call was awesome. Step routinue.
• Booty Scoop notes attached to other chapter's doors, urging them to visit the Chapparal room
  • They did visit the Chapparal Room. We were popular
• Learning that other chapters like country music. A lot
  • Learning that other chapters don't like people chanting "Hip Hop" over their Country music.

Planning the Trip

• First nationals where trip was planned and promoted anyone could remember
  • Planning was started Hancock term by Aaron Lipton, Fundraising Chair at that time.
  • Fundraising for the Leadership Development Fund was continued by treasurers Alice Cheng, Marissa Kubo, Nancy Wong, & Stephanie Lee.
• Attempted to coordinate planning with Section 4, but they didn't play.