CONCLAVE REVIEW BUSINESS SESSION I
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POLICY, PROCESS AND INFRASTRUCTURE • Membership Training Academy (MTA) upgrades to improve safety, integrity, and retention: birth-certifi- cate upload, prior application checks with province review, and a post-in- take neophyte curriculum • Chapter Success Plan integrated with Fonteva (Nov. 2024); launched Undergraduate Loyalty Fund (Dec. 2024), raising over $20,000 within months for chapter-directed, tax-de- ductible giving • IHQ capacity bolstered, including hiring and a full-time grant writer to expand external funding streams for national programming PHILANTHROPY AND EXTERNAL IMPACT • Approaching $4 million in cumu- lative giving to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital; the fraternity aims for $5 million • Launching Curriculead, a modern learning platform that will host fraternity-specific training (offi- cers, advisors, MTA) and broader professional-development courses, positioning Kappa as a leader ♦
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UNDERGRADUATE FOCUS • National Day of Reading: 184 chap- ters participated; 23,000+ students read to; 2,400+ books donated • Undergraduate Brother of the Month: 12 brothers recognized for scholarship & leadership • Undergraduate Chapter of the Month: 10 chapters highlighted for academics & service • Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow: 6 undergraduates recognized (Feb. 2025). • CJVPs partnered with the Under- graduate Loyalty Fund Committee for a spring Week of Giving; call for tax-deductible gifts to support undergraduate chapters
Jan. 8-9, 2026, preceding the Found- ers’ Day Banquet (Jan. 10, 2026) in Nassau, Bahamas MEMBERSHIP GROWTH AND RECLAMATION • 70 chapters chartered or reactivated since the 35th administration took office • Launched the first-ever undergrad- uate-focused reclamation campaign; 440 brothers reclaimed from 194 undergraduate chapters, distrib- uting over $20,000 back to these chapters • Financial membership up 13% over the past two years, breaking a 13-year plateau
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