GRAND POLEMARCH’S POST-CONCLAVE MESSAGE
We implemented a 10% Come Home Initiative, permitting brothers who had been inactive for four (4) years to qualify for 10% of their National dues to be gifted back to their undergraduate chapter of initiation. The purpose is to incentivize undergraduate chapters to actively reclaim alumni who are not In Good Standing via social media and other chapter communications.
Nupes! We leave no brother behind.
of our Six-Point Plan. We will be moving at a fast pace between now and 2019, when we will convene in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and pass the torch of achievement to the 34 th Administration. Let us make sure that we can report that we kept our promises. I want to thank our Board of Directors and the IHQ Staff for their hard work and sacrifices to make Kappa Alpha Psi ® , the best fraternity in the world. Our vision rests solely on your involve- ment and commitment to find your place among the brotherhood. As we bring undergraduates back on college campuses, I call upon all alumni broth- ers from our undergraduate campuses to commit to a spirit of excellence. Your voice has been heard on the yard. We now need to hear the voice of our undergraduates on the yard; Excellence in achievement, excellence in mentor- ing, and excellence in supporting your beloved undergraduate chapters. We call on you to promote excellence and scholarship among our undergraduate chapters. Let our undergraduate voices proclaim the Kappa of our dreams. Let’s be good Nupes and keep Kappa moving forward; working hard for a better Kappa Alpha Psi ® .
undergraduates are ready for the future!
5. NEW MEMBER RECRUITMENT & TRAINING In addition to our proactive reclamation program, we are aggressively reaching out to recruit mature members who are achievers, with the goal of organization- wide sustainability. This level of recruit- ment is not limited to undergraduates, but to alumni members as well. We are working to make sure that every brother that comes through our Membership Training Academy (MTA) is trained sufficiently to contribute to the growth and sustainability of our fraternity. We expect that these members will dedicate themselves to protecting the fraternity by sound adherence to the rules and regulations that we have vowed to ob- serve and respect. 6. EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TRAINING & SUCCESSION PLAN- NING We are identifying and developing exceptional talent for leadership devel- opment and succession planning. In October 2017, we convened an Execu- tive Leadership Training & Succession Planning session at our International Headquarters offices. It is my prayer that each of you will embrace my vision for our revered fra- ternity, and take ownership of a portion
4. RECLAMATION
My brothers, we are a membership organization, which means we do not have the luxury of losing members for any reason. We need every member. In the 33 rd administration, we have energized our efforts with a goal of growing the Fraternity’s financial roll by identifying and implementing effective strategic initiatives aimed at energizing inactive membership. We implemented a 10% Come Home Initiative, permit- ting brothers who had been inactive for four (4) years to qualify for 10% of their National dues to be gifted back to their undergraduate chapter of initiation. The purpose is to incentivize undergraduate chapters to actively reclaim alumni who are not In Good Standing via social me- dia and other chapter communications. We have also implemented a Reinstate- ment Incentive Program recognizing the pool of disciplined brothers who desire to be In Good Standing but lack the financial means to do so. In an effort to bring these brothers home, the Grand Board of Directors agreed to cut fines in half. The program allowed a member, who was expelled or suspended prior to January 1, 2010, to pay 50% of the total fine. Dozens of brothers took advantage of the incentive raising $11,000 in three months. Kappa is calling! Come home,
Yours in the Bond,
Thomas L. Battles, Jr.
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