It's been a while since we've posted on here but it's been the slower part of the season, except NCD CONVENTION! We just want to give people more insight into what happened, or if you couldn't make it, there is a bit of a summary of NCD that was hosted by our own chapters, Nu and Lambda. The following is from our Nu Committee Chair, Peter Keros. Enjoy!
Hosting the North Central District Convention is one of the largest projects that a chapter can undertake. The process takes over a year and a half and requires the work of many brothers and sisters, an extreme level of organization, and the ability to translate the needs of the district council to the hotel facilities. That said, it’s a rewarding and thrilling experience that gives a new perspective on the workings of the district as a whole. I am honored to have spent the past 18 months with my brothers and sisters of the NCD to host this convention.
Convention started on Thursday night when I went to the hotel to get started. I saw most of the district council and spent the night discussing the weekend ahead and hanging out with them (they are my friends, you know). Friday started early in the morning when the NCDIB registered so they could start rehearsing. Throughout the day, people trickled in, peaking at about 4 when our registration desk was flooded with brothers and sisters eager to begin their weekend. Friday ended with ritual and the block party, where we got to mingle with our district friends and just hang out.
Saturday was the busy day. The day was filled with workshops and committee meetings and business sessions. The NCDIB played an excellent concert including Rossini’s “An Italian in Algiers,” one of my favorite pieces. The night ended with the banquet, where governor Rod Whiteman was awarded the Charles Hass Award, Trudy Adler got the Kathy Stevens Award, Beta Psi got the Chapter Improvement Award, Beta Rho was recognized for helping to save the Toledo band program, and Zeta Epsilon won the Governor’s Cup for the second time in three years. After the banquet, we had a dance party in the ballroom while Victoria Liu, a candidate for district vice president for membership, ran around to various caucuses.
Sundays at convention are never boring. After a rigorous bout of elections, Tammi Rice of Zeta Omicron was elected district president, and Tamara Gleiss of Beta Kappa was elected vice president for programs. VPM and secretary-treasurer were left vacant, to be decided by the council and governors in the next month or so. On the TBS side, Kristy Lukaszewski of Lambda was elected vice president for special projects! In the joint session, Mu Delta of Western Michigan and Gamma Pi/Beta Sigma of Purdue were selected to host the 2011 convention.
Overall, the convention ran smoothly and well. We were going 90 miles an hour, but it was on cruise control. The preparation that Nu and Lambda put into this paid off in the ease with which the events took place. I got comments from the district council, brothers and sisters from across the district, various national officers, and a couple judgmental alumni that this was an excellent convention.
It was a lot of work, but it was SO much fun! I’ve honestly never been so excited in my life than I was running around the Hyatt. In many ways, convention was the white whale that has plagued Nu and Lambda since 2006 when we had bid for convention for the third year in a row and had lost for the third year in a row. As someone who worked on that bid during my freshman year, it’s really come full circle. I’m really happy that it went so well, and I am eternally grateful to everyone who made this convention possible.
AEA,
The Nu Chapter
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