We've Moved!

Welcome to our old website! We have moved to apoonline.org/epsilonxi, so check there if you'd like some up-to-date information about our chapter.

If you're interested in joining or would just like some more information on who we are, please don't hesitate to reach out to us by emailing publicrelations@apo-epsilonxi.org.

In leadership, friendship, and service,
Epsilon Xi Chapter

5/4 Meeting Minutes

Minutes for May 4th

SERVICE IS IN BLUE

FELLOWSHIPS ARE IN GOLD

FUNDRAISERS ARE IN GREEN

LEADERSHIP IS IN PURPLE

IMPORTANT THINGS ARE IN RED

Week of May 5-May 12

Monday May 5

Tuesday May 6

• Homeless Gear 1-4
• LSC Senior Signing- Must be there from 2 or 3 - 6pm

Wednesday May 7

• Rescue Mission 4:30-6:30

              Shelby t

• St. Baldricks
• Table on the Plaza from 10-2

LSC Senior Signing- Must be there from 2 or 3-6pm

Thursday May 8

• Homeless Gear 1-4

Friday May 9

• St. Baldricks
• Time: 9:30-4  (The actual event is from 11-3)

Saturday May 10

Sunday May 11

• Senior Celebration and Slide Show!!!
• 7pm in our normal meeting room
• Bring Snacks and delicious baked goods to celebrate the end of the year and our amazing graduates!
• Send in pictures ASAP to be entered in a drawing for a prize!
  historian@apo-epsilonxi.org

BE SURE TO VOTE FOR APO SHARES ONLINE!!!!

• Our APO Shares are how we put the money that we have worked so hard to fundraise all year and semester to good use!
• Here are the organizations we will be donating to. This is just for our semester donation.
• Keep an eye out for more information on how to vote
• Please remember that we MUST have at least ⅔ of the active members in the chapter vote, so YES IT DOES MATTER WHETHER OR NOT YOU VOTE and it is one of your very important responsibilities as a member!

FoCo Cafe- FOCO Café, also known as Feeding Our Community Ourselves, is a non-profit that will provide nutritious and delicious food to the Fort Collins community through a “pay what you can” lunch service. You can donate what you normally pay for lunch, what you can, or donate your time to help out in the kitchen. They will be using donations to help finish the building of the café and finally get open to the community serving primarily locally grown ingredients! http://fococafe.org/

Kids at Heart- Kids at Heart is an organization that we have donated a lot of time to and have fund raised for in the past. They are a local organization for foster and adoptive children and we go in and help facilitate activities and help to ensure everything runs smoothly. This would be a great organization to continue to help since we work directly with them and can see our efforts become a reality.  http://www.kidsatheartfundango.org/

Campus Corps- Campus Corps is a multidisciplinary service learning course at CSU where undergraduate students serve as mentors to at-risk youth. Students from over 65 different majors work one on one with at-risk youth ranging in age from 10-18 who are referred to Campus Corps from our community partners within the juvenile justice system of Larimer County, local schools, community agencies, and directly from families. Student mentors spend four hours once a week with their mentee in a group setting to provide academic support and career planning, encourage positive social skill development, assist with goal setting, and implement wellness programming. This is an amazing on campus organization that depends on fundraising and donations in order to run. They would benefit greatly from receiving APO Shares. http://www.hdfs.chhs.colostate.edu/students/undergraduate/campuscorps/

RamRide- Ramride is a safe, non-judgmental ride home. They provide rides Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays almost every weekend. As a fraternity, we have been volunteering with them for a few years. They are hoping to raise more money to expand the program even more, so this would be a great place to donate. A group we are so passionate about working with already!

http://www.ramride.colostate.edu/

Free the Girls- Free the Girls provides an opportunity for women who have been rescued from sex trafficking to earn a living selling second-hand clothing while they go back to school. Many women were trafficked as children and were not given the opportunity to attend school. Selling clothes allows them to work as much or as little as their school schedule permits. Second-hand clothing is a profitable market in many countries around the world and bras are highly sought after items. Some of the women and girls selling bras are making 5x the minimum wage in their country. Additionally, bras provide women and girls the opportunity to work with other women and girls, since they have had a history of being abused by men. http://freethegirls.org/

ELECTIONS!

Year Long Positions

• President: John Morgan
• VP: Tanner Anderson
• Service: Shelby T. and Ashley T.
• Membership: Lauren M
• Pledge Master: Lane B.
• PR: Jessica S. and Kate D.
• Treasurer: Andrew
• Fundraising: Sahvanna and Caleb

Semester Long Positions:

• Fellowship: Clare K. and Seth
• Secretary: Lindsey T.
• Corresponding Secretary: Alex B.
• Alumni Corresponding Secretary: Sady
• Webmaster: Shannon
• Sergeant At Arms: Ashley
• Historian: Lindsay

CONGRATS TO THE NEW E-BOARD MEMBERS!!!!!

*As my last time sending out the Minutes as your Secretary I just wanted to thank you all for the great opportunity to serve my brothers this semester. And until I return from studying abroad, have a great semester and good luck on finals.

In Leadership, Friendship, and Service,

EpXi out!

-Hailee

4/27 Meeting Minutes

Minutes for April 27th

Congratulations Epsilon Xi on being awarded the SOAR Award for Student Organization of the Year!!!!!

MEETING BEGINS AT 6

BRING YOUR ICLICKER!!!

SERVICE IS IN BLUE

FELLOWSHIPS ARE IN GOLD

FUNDRAISERS ARE IN GREEN

LEADERSHIP IS IN PURPLE

IMPORTANT THINGS ARE IN RED

Week of April 28-May 4

Monday April 28

Tuesday April 29

• Ethiopia Book Sorting 6-8
• Homeless Gear 1-4

Wednesday April 20

• Rescue Mission

Thursday May 1

• Homeless Gear 1-4
• McKinney Backpacks 7:45-9am
• Alice in Wonderland Play- sign interest sheet!

Friday May 2

Saturday May 3

• RamRide (arrive at 8:15 at the Transit Center in the LSC) ALL VOLUNTEERS MUST REGISTER ONLINE AT ramride.colostate.edu
• Drivers:
• Jessica Smolenske
• Jessie Warger
• Mikala Daughenbaugh
• Kayla Hansen
• Frances Ritchie
• Nick Delgado
• Annabel Lee
• Emily Lawless
• Carly Ruiz
• Sam Scott
• Ashley Todd
• Lindsay Ellis
• Kali Mooty
• Navigators:
• Tanner Anderson
• Alyssa Rehder
• Kristin Curtis
• Lauren Tong
• Kelly Logan
• Clare Keating
• Alex Collopy
• Theresa Butterfield
• KJ Ocheltree
• Natasha Lee
• Lauren Mann
• Seth Noel
• Chantel Bell
• Dispatch:
• Gabrielle Yuffa
• Abby Colpitts
• Ciera DiBello
• [EMPTY] (Email fundraising@apo-epsilonxi.org if you’re interested)

Sunday May 3

• MEETING BEGINS AT 6PM
• BRING ICLICKERS

ELECTIONS! -Year Long Positions

President: John Morgan

VP: Tanner Anderson

Service: Shelby T. and Ashley T.

Membership: Lauren M

Pledge Master: Lane B.

4/20 Meeting Minutes

MINUTES FOR APRIL 20TH!!

SERVICE IS IN BLUE

FELLOWSHIPS ARE IN GOLD

FUNDRAISERS ARE IN GREEN

LEADERSHIP IS IN PURPLE

IMPORTANT THINGS ARE IN RED

DSK Commitee: Please email Alex at alexandrabeckley@hotmail.com or text/call at 970-573-1208. Join my committee and be a part of giving one of the most esteemed awards in APO to our brothers!

Week of April 21-27

Monday April 21

• Sustainability Table 10-2

• John Morgan 10-12

Tuesday April 22

• Ethiopia Book Sorting 6-8
• Robin V.
• Homeless Gear Sorting 1-4
• Salsa Dancing 7 at the Rio

Wednesday April 23

• Rescue Mission 4:30-6:30
• Ciera D
• Breaky with Brothers 9-11am

Thursday April 24

• McKinney Backpacks 7:45-9 am
• Homeless Gear Sorting 1-4
• Sustainability Table 10-2
• Retta 7pm LSC theater - Ask Ben Lee or Kelly Logan for free tickets

Friday April 25

• Initiation!!
• MUST BE DRESSED IN BUSINESS CASUAL ATTIRE!!!!
• Will be in the normal meeting room
• Actives arrive BY 5:30pm
• Pledges arrive BY 6:00pm

Saturday April 26

• FORMAL! 7:00pm
• Woohoo!

Sunday April 27

• Chapter Photo
• Meet at the transit center at 6:15pm (before meeting)

Week of April 28-May 4

Monday April 28

Tuesday April 29

• Ethiopia Book Sorting 6-8
• Homeless Gear 1-4

Wednesday April 20

• Rescue Mission

Thursday May 1

• Homeless Gear 1-4
• McKinney Backpacks 7:45-9am
• Alice in Wonderland Play- sign interest sheet!

Friday May 2

Saturday May 3

• RamRide

A Note from Service Chairs

• Those running for service can email us to meet up to ask questions and see all that we do!

St. Baldrick’s

• May 9th
• 11am-3pm

• Talk to your classes
• This week we will be passing out flyers (posted below!)
• Next week: “Lucky Charms”
• Week of the event: wristbands

This is our poster for the event. Feel free to blow up its size and post it around town!

Here are the fliers! Please print them off and hand them out around town!

Links for the poster and flyers:

• https://docs.google.com/a/apo-epsilonxi.org/file/d/0B9pjJt79_mWdMS1HMHdFRU5JSFU/edit
• https://docs.google.com/a/apo-epsilonxi.org/file/d/0B9pjJt79_mWdd05vWXk2MkZEQ0U/edit

CHAPTER PHOTO

• WHO: All active members and associates of APO Epsilon Xi
• WHAT: A full chapter photo! Yay!
• WHEN: April 27th. Meet at TC at 6:15 pm. Photo will be taken at EXACTLY 6:30 PM.
• WHERE: Meet at TC, walk to Administration Building
• WHY: To document our chapter's growth and because we love each other.
• WEAR: Your APO letters! If you do not have any, borrow from a brother or wear blue/gold.

NOMINATIONS!!!! If you are nominated you need to fill out the nominations form! Also, nominations are not limited to the individuals in this list. You may also nominate members the day of nominations at meeting as well.

Here is the link to Officer Application: https://docs.google.com/a/apo-epsilonxi.org/file/d/0B-OfxGIBAjnGRXNIcWY3dklXTW9wVFpRejJxQ1dzeW56d0Nj/edit

Year Long Position

President

• Year long
• High commitment time
• Handle communications between National, Regional, and Sectional Offices and the Epsilon Xi chapter
• Ensure the chapter fulfills its obligations to the community, campus, and members of the chapter
• Lead the chapter in the principles and purposes of the chapter
• Act as the chair of the executive committee
• Perform ceremonial and ritual role (attendance required)
• Must have had 2 semesters on Eboard to be eligible

Nominations:

• Alex B.
• John M.
• Sahvanna
• Haley W.

Vice President

• Year long
• High Commitment
• Handle assisting communications between officers and the chapter
• Will assist the President with duties
• Will learn all ritual parts to step in if an officer is absent
• Assist the President with one-on-ones with officers
• Attend committee meetings to support officers.

Nominations:

• Alexandretta B.
• John M.
• Tanner A.
• Lauren Mann
• Ben K.
• Emily Le

Vice President of Service

• Plan and organize a variety of service projects and establish himself/herself or a member as the contact person for each project,
• Ensure that a community service report is given at every active and pledge meeting (submitted to the Secretary for the minutes),
• Be responsible for approving and recording community service done by a member outside of the chapter,
• Keep an updated record of each member’s current total service hours,
• Organize a service committee to help with planning projects, and this committee must meet once per semester
• Present a monthly service calendar to the active and pledge membership,  
• Perform ceremonial and ritual role (attendance required).

Nominations:

• Liz D.
• Shelby T.
• Ciera
• Ashley T

Vice President of Membership

• Assist the Public Relations chair coordinate rush week each semester
• Hold informational meetings during rush week
• Organize a membership committee, that will meet at least once per semester
• Promote active membership retention
• Perform ceremonial and ritual roles (attendance required)

Nominations:

• Lauren Mann
• Tanner A.
• Lindsey T.
• Colleen M
• KJ

Pledge master

• See that the pledging program adheres to all chapter and national policies
• Oversee the Big Brother/Little Brother program
• Educate the pledge class on the history of the fraternity and the chapter
• Oversee pledge class elections
• Create a directory of the pledge class to be distributed to pledges and actives
• Administer the pledge final
• Evaluate pledge notebook completion
• This position can be a co position with two elected officers to serve as a team
• Perform ceremonial and ritual roles (attendance required

Nominations:

• Lane
• Jake M.
• Ben K.
• Sam S.
• Catie P.
• Shelby T.

Fundraising

• Organize fundraising during the year to financially support the Epsilon Xi chapter of Alpha Phi Omega,
• Keep records of money earned from fundraising events,
• Organize a committee, that will meet at least once per semester,
• This position can be a co position with two elected officers to serve as a team.

Nominations:

• Kate D.
• Shelby T
• Rudy
• Caleb
• Lauren

Treasurer

• Keep records of chapter finances
• Issue checks as needed
• Keep records of budgets
• Collect dues from members
• Manage APO Shares
• Perform ceremonial and ritual roles (attendance required)

Nominations:

• Andrew
• Paul
• Lauren Mann
• Caleb
• John M.
• Sahvanna
• Brandon W
• Natasha Lee
• Annabel Lee
• Brandon W.

Public Relations

• Publicize during rush week
• Publicize service events through the media both on and off campus
• Communicate and coordinate with fraternities, sororities, and student organizations on the Colorado State University Campus
• Organize a committee, that will meet at least once per semester
• This position can be a co position with two elected officers to serve as a team

Nominations:

• Jessica S.
• Lauren Mann
• Tanner A.
• Chantel
• Clare
• Seth
• Catie P.
• Kate D

Semester Positions

Fellowship

• Organize a variety of fellowship events and establish himself/herself or a member as the contact person for each event,
• Ensure that a fellowship report is given at every active and pledge meeting (submitted to the Secretary for the minutes and updated on Ramlink),
• Plan the semester retreat and year end retreat (if applicable),
• Organize a fellowship committee, that will meet at least once per semester
• Present a monthly fellowship calendar to the active and pledge membership,
• Perform ceremonial and ritual roles (attendance required).
• This position can be a co position with two elected officers to serve as a team.

Nominations:

• Brittani
• Andie K.
• Sam S.
• Kyla O.
• Alex S.
• Rudy P.
• Kali M.
• Clare K.
• Jessica S.
• Caleb
• Lauren Mann
• Tanner A.
• Seth N

Secretary

• Keep records of all events of the Epsilon Xi chapter
• Provide chapter minutes  to members
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date membership records
• Create a directory of active members
• Record attendance at active meetings

Nominations:

• Chantel
• Carly
• Ashley V. B.
• Lindsey T.
• Karli R.
• Andie K.
• Jessica S.
• Annmarie C.

Corresponding Secretary

• Communicate with other chapters in Section 30
• Facilitate Section 30-wide activities

Nominations:

• Sarah G.
• Jake M.
• Kate
• Kyla O.
• Katy S.

Alumni Corresponding Secretary

• Maintain a database containing contact information for Alpha Phi Omega alumni
• Organize and plan an alumni event such as an alumni picnic
• Notify alumni of alumni events
• Organize and distribute the monthly alumni newsletter to both alumni and current members

Nominations:

• Sandy S.
• Kyla O.
• Bryce
• Mandy
• Lexi
• Austin

Historian

• Maintain a scrapbook or slideshow of events during the semester
• Organize a committee, that will meet at least once a semester, to take photos at events that he/she cannot attend
• Coordinate the senior gifts at the end of the semester
• Perform ceremonial and ritual roles (attendance required)

Nominations:

• Natasha
• Lindsay E.
• Jessica S.
• Lane
• Andie K.
• Taylor K.
• Hannah O.

Sergeant at Arms

• Keep meetings organized and respectful to all members
• Update the bylaws when necessary
• Maintain ritual materials and administer their use
• Count votes during elections
• Serve as an escort for nominees during elections procedures
• Perform ceremonial and ritual roles (attendance required)
• Organize a committee that will meet at least once per semester

Nominations:

• Ashley V. B.
• Jessica S.
• Seth N.
• KJ
• Alex B.
• Ben L
• Tanner A.

Webmaster

• Operate and maintain a website, social media, and Ramlink for our chapter
• Keep up to date postings of events and information of our chapter
• Post any public information for all to access
• At the end of the elected term, shall either pass the website to the successor, or delete the website

Nominations:

• Ashley T.
• Shannon G
• Seth N.
• Austin
• Bryce
• Andrew
• Brittani