Chew Class
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ExComm
PlexComm
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
Program Changes
- Removed the pledge class cap implemented in Chandler Class.
- 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