Stuff we need to Supply:

• Grill
• Food
• Kool-Aid Cooler
• Coolers
• Beverages
• Cups, Plates, Utensils, Napkins
• Alarm Clock
• Poster Boards
• Easel
• Flip Chart
• Markers
• Masking Tape
• Ice

Stuff to Bring:

• Pad of Paper
• Pencil / Pen
• Calendar / Planner
• Clothes
• Sleeping Bags
• Personal Hygiene Gear
• Flash Light

Friday, 17 Mar 2000

• 18:00 - Meet at the Triangle House
• 18:15 - Depart for Dinner
• 20:00 - Arrive at Camp Kimbo, Otter Creek Park
• 21:00 - Activity Session
  • Collect Cell Phones, Pagers, Watches, etc...
  • Introduction to the Retreat
    • What do you want to get out of this retreat?
    • What we feel you need to get out of this retreat?
    • Triangle Resouce; Personal Idea Notes Book
      • Participants are encourages to write down any and all ideas that are generated during the course of the retreat. This notebook is something that can later be shared between members of the EC to help form goals, and ideas as a group.
      • If you're in a discussion, it's easy to get side tracked from an idea, so please write your ideas down as they come to you through out the weekend.
  • What is bothering you? Have participants write down everything that is on their mind. If it does not concern the weekends activites, we do not what it to be on their minds.
  • What do you feel the chapter did wrong in the past year?
    • Poor participation...
    • Poor planning....
    • Poor scholarship...
    • Poor brotherhood...
    Focus on the future, don't focus on the past. To express any negative emotions. Lists can be shared if the participants feel like they want to. Each participant has the liberty to change that which they do not like in this next year. Burn the lists to signfy exponging any negative attitudes. Build positive emotions from the ground up.
• 22:00 - Group Activity Session
  • Make participants work as a team.
    • Fruit Metaphor - Have participants pick a fruit and explain how Triangle relates to that fruit.
    • Telephone Game
    • Gavel Pass
      • First Pass - Where is the chapter past, present, and future.
      • Second Pass - Gavel-Holder gets to speak. Focus on your personal goals for your position.
      • Third Pass - Gavel-Holder does not get to speak. The group focuses on the goals of the position held my the gavel-holder.
      • Optional Pass - How do you personally fit within these goals?
      • Wrap-up: Purpose of a gavel pass. It is very important to lear how to communicate with each other. Without communication, the EC may fall and as a result the chapter suffers.
    • Nightly Wrap-Up: Have participants explain what the point of all of these activities. Communication is the key to a successful chapter.

Saturday, 18 Mar 2000

• 08:00 - Wakeup
• 08:30 - Breakfast
• 09:00 - Morning Activity Session - Being an Executive Officer
  • TP Activity - ask each participant to tear off as much or as little toliet paper that they like. Once each has done this, go around the group and ask each person to give one reason that they have chosen to be a leader in this chapter for each individual piece of paper that they have in their hands.
  • Duties of Being an Executive Officer
    • Anti-Hazing Policy
    • Risk Management
    • Chapter Planning
    • Servant of the Chapter
    • Leadership by Example
    • Leadership is not a Status Symbol
• 12:00 - Lunch
• 13:00 - Afternoon Activity Session - Goal Setting
• 19:00 - Dinner
• 20:00 - Evening Activity Session - Position Definitions
  Have each person write a description of their position. Go through the following list and discuss each position. What is missing from the list made for that position?
  • President
  • Vice-President of Membership
    • Brotherhood Chair
    • Rush Chair
    • Scholarship Chair
  • Vice-President of Activities
    • Community Service Chair
    • House Manager
    • Intramural Chair
    • Social Chair
  • Vice-President of Administration
    • Editor
    • Recording Secretary
    • Greek Relations Chair
  • Treasurer

Sunday, 19 Mar 2000

• 08:00 - Wakeup
• 08:30 - Breakfast
• 09:00 - Morning Activity Session - Calendar
  • Vice-President of Membership
    • Rush Retreat
    • Fall Rush Week
    • Fall Pref
    • Fall Initiation
    • Fall Forms
    • Spring Rush Week
    • Spring Pref
    • Spring Initiation
    • Spring Forms
    • Brotherhood Events
  • Vice-President of Activities
    • Founders' Day
    • Social Bids Delivered
    • Community Service Events
    • House Cleaning Parties (Spring Maintenance)
  • Vice-President of Administration
    • Newsletter Dates
    • Web Page Deadlines
• 12:00 - Lunch
• 13:00 - Afternoon Activity Session - Slogan
  • A.S.S - 'Angles Striving for Success!
• 14:30 - Pack and Depart