Calendar of Events
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OCTOBER
10/01: Chapter Officer List due
10/14-16: Section 32/33/34 Conference, Norman, Oklahoma
10/21-23: Region III Conference, College Park, Maryland; Region VI Conference, Mount Pleasent, Michigan
10/28-30: Region VII Conference, San Antonio, Texas
10/31: Halloween
11/4-6: Region IX Conference, Madison, Wisconsin; Section 87/88/89 Conference, Syracuse, New York
11/8: Election Day
11/11: Veteran's Day
11/11-13: Region V Conference, Lexington, Kentucky
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Charter Reaffirmation Deadline Reminder |
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November 15th is approaching, which means your charter reaffirmation paperwork, Annual Active Member Dues (AAMDs), H. Roe Bartle Chapter Award and Annual Chapter Evaluation should be received by the National Office by this date. Consider putting everything in the mail by Nov. 1st in order to meet this deadline.
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H. Roe Bartle Award
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The H. Roe Bartle Chapter Award and Annual Chapter Evaluation should be completed and returned to the National Office by Nov. 15.
Make sure to get started on the packet with enough time to complete it and mail it back to the National Office by this date.
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Same Page Manual |
The Same Page Manual for the 2011-2012 school year has been mailed to chapters with the annual charter reaffirmation paperwork. If your chapter did not receive the mailing, please contact Judy Mitchell at chapter.services.director@apo.org.
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Hours of Operation:
Monday-Friday 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. CST
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Dear Subscriber
Hopefully fall has gotten off to a good start with both school and APO activities. As you start to bring pledges into your chapter and introduce them to the Fraternity, take a few minutes to look over your pledge program and make sure it follows our National Pledge Standards. Also, with a new year, comes a new opportunity to earn the Chapter of Excellence and/or Pledge Program of Excellence awards. Review the requirements and take those deadlines into consideration as you flesh out your chapter's calendar. Good luck this semester! Torch Topics Editorial Team
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September Video of the Month:Omicron Iota
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The brothers of Omicron Iota chapter at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass., made this fun, retro-style recruitment video to help bring in pledges this fall.
Do you know a chapter that is working hard to create fun, informational and educational videos for recruitment, etc.? Share their efforts with brothers across the nation by nominating them for the October Video of the Month. Send a link of the video to the Torch Topics Editorial Team .
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IMPORTANT: Chapter Officer List Due
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October 1st is the deadline for reporting your chapter's officer list. Please report the names, titles, phone numbers, and email addresses of all chapter officers by filling out the form found here.
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National Service Week 2011: November 6-12
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The National Service Week Handbook is available online. Be sure to share this information with your chapter. This handbook is a great resource for project planning, public relations and partnership information.
Click here to view the National Service Week Handbook...
Continue checking
Torch Topics and the Fraternity's quarterly magazine,
Torch & Trefoil, for more NSW information and resources.
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Launch Online Course: 9/26, 10/11, 11/9
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It’s that time of year again!
The Leadership Committee will be offering several session of the APO
LEADS Course Launch in an online format in October and November. APO LEADS Launch is a leadership course that is
the launching point in your personal odyssey of leadership
development and sets the basis for the four component modules to
follow. Therefore, this course is a prerequisite for each of the
other four components of the APO LEADS program. The next courses will be held Monday, September 26; Tuesday, October 11; and Wednesday, November 9. Click here to register... Each participant must register and
attend the session on their individual computer. Materials for
the course will be sent to each participant as a link to be
downloaded prior to the session. Completion of the Post-Test
and Evaluation are mandatory for the completion of the course. Keep an eye on www.apo.org and the Torch Topics e-newsletter as more Launch online dates are released...
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Balancing APO and Academics
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Participation in Alpha Phi Omega is a huge part of your collegiate experience, but it shouldn't come at the expense of earning your degree. Keeping APO and a demanding academic schedule balanced is difficult, but it can be done. For more information about how chapters can help promote academic success, click here .
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Help the DEA with Red Ribbon Week 2011
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Looking for ways to expand
your Merit Badge University? The Drug
Enforcement Administration (DEA) is looking for our help to launch the Red
Ribbon Week Scout Patch Initiative. The
Red Ribbon Week Scout Patch Initiative will encourage and support Scouts who
wish to recognize the efforts that have been made to educate youth about the
dangers of drug abuse.
Red Ribbon Week is a national
celebration promoting youth education on the dangers of substance abuse. The DEA has designed a patch for interested
Scouting Units. For more information on
the Scout Patch Initiative, and Red Ribbon Week go to: www.getsmartaboutdrugs.com/
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