The “Face time with the OGH” session was well attended in every sense. There was practically standing room only in the room and 9 recipients of the Order of the Golden Heart formed an ad-hoc panel to talk about how and why they have given so much time and energy to the Fraternity. The crowd [...]
The Educational Foundation Luncheon was a big success, at least from the foundation’s perspective. This is a time when we learn about what the foundation is spending money on - mostly the Leadership Continuum (EDGE, CLA, Ruck, Quest) - and how desperately they want to have more to spend.
To start off, we heard from 6 [...]
We have just returned from the Conclave 5K run, benefitting YouthAids. Why do I think I can still keep up with kids less than half my age?
This year we got RFID tags so that our time could be accurately assessed - one more way for me to be embarrassed. During the stretching and loosening [...]
(This post will be updated throughout the day)
Hot Rumor - a ‘dark horse’ candidate for Grand Pooh-bah may be emerging. No word on whether he has arrived in Atlanta yet, but it could make things interesting.
Brotherhood Lunch -The brotherhood lunc is calculated to be emotional, introspective, and uplifting at the same time. After opening [...]
There are the usual mix of resolutions being proposed. Some good, some mundane, and some that make you wonder “What were they thinking?”. Here is a sample. We will let you decide which category they belong to. Note - nearly all are still in the “committee” phase. Resolutions that have been definitively passed or defeated [...]
As usual, Conclave is over-full of things to do and we have been busy.
The Blogger Breakfast on Thursday was a success. We missed the golfers - they left at 6:30 for the course (Oy!), but several interested parties showed up. Gay-Lynn from HQ (the Journal editor) came by for a while and was very interested [...]
Well, here we are in beautiful downtown “Hot-lanta”. The trip was uneventful, so I don’t have any amusing rants. But the MARTA ride in was fun. I wandered into a gaggle of our guys from Boulder Colorado - and one guy from Montana. We sat together on the train ride in from the airport. They [...]
We got a comment a few days ago chiding us in a mildly humorous way that we had not had any “inside dirt” on what legislation is coming up at Conclave and who the front-runners are for NBD and Grand Prez.
We hate to disappoint our loyal readers, so here is a smattering of what we [...]
(No, this is not a joke.)
Once again this year there will be an opportunity for SigEps (and guests) who are “Friends of Bill W.” To attend an informal meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous while at Conclave.
The meeting is scheduled for Friday evening at 9:00pm in the Inman room. The information will also be in the registration [...]
We have all heard the great myth of college fraternities: when you graduate all you have to do is waltz into the office of “Mr. Bigbux Alumni”, slip him the secret handshake, and immediately you are on the fast track to fame and fortune. That may happen in some more perfect world than this, but [...]
