JUNIOR GRAND VICE POLEMARCH'S MESSAGE
Greetings Good Brothers:
T o say that the 83 rd Grand extremely honored and humbled to have been elected the 62 nd Junior Grand Vice Polemarch of our Noble Klan. I, and the other elected officers will work hard to serve you over the next two years. As your Junior Grand Vice Polemarch, I promise to make sure undergradu- ates voices are heard. Our 33 rd Grand Polemarch, Thomas L. Battles, Jr. sees undergraduate leadership as integral to the success of Kappa’s Six-Point Plan. Therefore, I and the other elected of- ficers will implement initiatives alongside the Council of Junior Province Vice Polemarchs to ensure undergraduate brothers are at the forefront of our fraternity. One of our many goals is to have undergraduates not only serving on national committees but also vice chairmen or co-chairmen of committees. We will do everything in our power to Chapter Meeting in Orlando, Florida was phenomenal, would be an understatement! I’m
make sure the successful programs that brothers are doing on campuses are highlighted and implemented on the national level. Though our fraternity consists of undergraduate and alumni chapters, we must not forget that we are an undergraduate fraternity first and foremost. Let us not forget our Found- ers were undergraduates. However, we as undergraduate brothers cannot lead Kappa if we are not taking care of the business of Kappa. We must become adept at running business meetings in accordance with the Constitution & Statutes and Robert's Rules of Order. We must safeguard our chapters from those who are not financial and uphold actions that jeopardize the future of our fraternity. It is imperative that under- graduate brothers develop a relationship with their advising alumni chapter so that it will be a relationship of equals, not of one domineering the other. This administration, especially the under- graduate officers, commits to travel
across the country teaching under- graduate brothers about the business of the fraternity, financial literacy and risk management so undergraduate brothers can be equipped to lead our fraternity. Again, I thank the good brothers for voting Andre Earls, Christopher Rax- ton, Ivan Garcia, Terrell Richardson, Nathaniel Girma, and I to be the voice of the undergraduates in this season of the 33 rd Administration. We are blessed to have a Grand Polemarch who desires undergraduate brothers to be empow- ered and at the helm of our fraternity. Furthermore, I share that same desire and pledge to do all in my power so that undergraduate brothers can lead Kappa and achieve in every field of human endeavor!
Yours in the Bond,
Christopher Cross
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