<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Happy Finals Week!<div> Hope everyone is surviving finals and looking forward to summer break.</div><div><br></div><div> I wanted to remind people of the APO Membership Academy going on this summer. Link is below, but here are a couple of key bullet points:</div><div>When: July 23- 25</div><div>Where: Buffalo, New York (Less than 7 hours from Athens)</div><div>Cost: $35. That includes: conference registration, hotel room, and most meals. I think you would be responsible for dinner on your own on Friday.</div><div>Who should go: YOU!</div><div>What kind of stuff do they cover: Just a few things listed below</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px; "><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" bordercolor="#000000" border="0" width="80%" style="border-collapse: collapse; position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td width="50%" valign="top"><p style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; ">Rush and Recruiting</p><ul style="color: rgb(158, 91, 1); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: square; "><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Rush Advertising</li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Developing a Rush Week </li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Running Effective Interest Meetings</li></ul></td><td width="50%" valign="top"><p style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; ">Developing Pledge Programs of Excellence</p><ul style="color: rgb(158, 91, 1); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: square; "><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Developing Big Brother/Mentoring Programs</li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Running Effective Rituals</li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Getting and Keeping Pledges Involved<br></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td width="50%" valign="top"><p><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; ">Brother Retention</span></p><ul style="color: rgb(158, 91, 1); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: square; "><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Membership Retention Plans</li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Developing Traditions</li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Motivating Brothers</li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Dealing with non-performers</li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Recruiting and Retaining Advisors</li></ul></td><td width="50%" valign="top"><p style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; ">Developing Chapters of Excellence</p><ul style="color: rgb(158, 91, 1); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: square; "><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Teaching, Developing and Fostering Brotherhood</li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Budgeting and Fundraising for Membership Programs </li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">Link: <a href="http://www.apo.org/show/National_Programs/Membership_and_Extension/Membership_Academy">http://www.apo.org/show/National_Programs/Membership_and_Extension/Membership_Academy</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">Registration deadline is June 28th, so you have some time to think about it. I am planning on going and I would like to bring a few people along with me. If you are interested in going, let me know and we can figure the details out.</span></font></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">In LFS,</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">Buddha</span></font></div></body></html>