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 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