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THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE
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CON T E N T S
Welcome to Convention
Convention Officials & Fees
Schedule of Events Additional Events & Programming
Logistics & Planning
Requirements for Credentials Candidates for Supreme Council Featured Speakers
Proposals to amend the Fraternity Laws Rules for Parliamentary Procedure Rules of order Reimbursement for Miles Traveled Maps of the Convention Area sponsors 4
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Welcome to Con v ention
w elcome !
On behalf of the 159th Anniversary
Convention Host Committee; our
host Province, Chi-Alpha; our close
neighbor and key partner Province
Chi; our host chapter, California Psi
at UC-Irvine; and the many brothers
who have made this event possible.
As the Province Archons for the Southern California area, we are proud to
welcome you to Newport Beach for the 159th Anniversary Convention.
This event will be filled with memorable camaraderie among our brothers,
important discussions about the future of our Noble Order and the sights,
sounds and tastes of Southern California hospitality. This convention marks
Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s return to Newport Beach and the fifth time the it has
graced the Pacific Ocean shoreline.
Nestled between Los Angeles and San Diego, Orange County (or “The OC”)
envelops you in the ultimate SoCal lifestyle: casual sophistication, pristine
beaches, legendary theme parks and endless options for fun in the sun or
cultural exploration. With sun-soaked days and star-filled nights, here you’ll
be immersed in the real California dream.
It has been some time since the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa hosted
the Fraternity Convention — 36 years to be exact — but this jewel of OC
accommodations has undergone vast renovations to offer our guests luxurious
lodging and prime meeting space. From the Grand Pacific Ballroom to the
views from the Rose Garden and the Seaview Terrace, be sure to absorb all
this resort has to offer, including the marvelous Atrium Court fountain that was
almost accidently sent to scrap.
We have carefully selected a host of à-la-carte events that highlight a flavor of
the area. Between the SAE Beach Party on Huntington Beach, a harbor dinnercruise tour of Newport Bay, a night out at the ESPN Zone and Downtown
Disney at Disneyland, we hope to see you enjoy our landmarks and beauty.
And while you’re here, either after arriving or before departing, be sure to
explore Fashion Island, a world-class shopping center just across the street.
We are excited to have you at this key event for our Fraternity, and we have
worked hard to offer you a lively, comfortable and easy visit to Newport Beach.
We hope these few days of events, brotherhood and festivities prove to you
that the West Coast is the Best Coast.
Phi A lpha !
Austin Evans & Jesus Maldonado
Province Chi-Alpha & Chi Archons
Along with the members of the
159th Anniversary Convention Host Committee:
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Brent Barlow
Michael McKinney
Brad Cohen
Mark McDonough
Teddy Ellison
Steve Tricarico
Ed Fuller
Gary Westling
David Girling
Howard Wood
T H E P H I A L P H A . S i g m a A lpha E psil o n ’ s O f f i c ial C o n v e n ti o n P u b li c ati o n
PR OGR A M DE TA IL S
F ee s for Con v ention
CoN V E N T ION OF F ICI A L S
Collegiate Members
Presiding Officer
Bradley M. Cohen (Arizona ’85)
Eminent Supreme Archon
Secretary
Blaine K. Ayers (Kentucky ’01)
Eminent Supreme Recorder
Convention Manager
Brandon E. Weghorst (Pittsburgh ’99)
Associate Executive Director of Communications
Marshal
Roger J. Gallego (UC-Riverside ’91)
$275 (flat rate)
Deputy Marshal
John P. McPartlin (Illinois State)
MILEAGE RATE
Parliamentarian
Thomas J. Dement II (Middle Tennessee State ’90)
Eminent Supreme Warden
Deputy Parliamentarian
Gregory D. Brandt (Drake ’84)
Eminent Supreme Herald
Sergeants-at-Arms
Russell Best (Cincinnati ’09)
Alan Fischer (Kansas ’12)
Jeffrey Hall (Christian Brothers ’07)
John Kovalan (Youngstown State ’05)
Brett Polen (Michigan State ’11)
Timothy Sirota (UC-San Diego ’14)
Shay Stewart (Sonoma State ’96)
Field Staff
Organist
Fred D. Phelps (Eastern New Mexico ’64)
$400 (early bird)
$445 (priority)
$500 (normal)
2/1 – 3/15
3/16 – 4/20
4/21 – 6/1
Alumni Members
$450 (early bird)
$495 (priority)
$550 (normal)
2/1 – 3/15
3/16 – 4/20
4/21 – 6/1
Spouse, Guest or Colonies
$0.18/mile
No-Show Fine for Chapters
$1,500
indi v idual e v ent pr ice s
Convention Meals
Opening Luncheon
$60
Friday Luncheon
$60
Closing Banquet
$115
SAE Beach Party
(presented by SAE Financial & Housing Corp.)
Collegiate Members: Free
Alumni Members & Guests: $15
Newport Beach Harbor Cruise
Collegiate Members: $75
ESPN Zone at Downtown Disney
Collegiate/Alumni Members & Guests: $60
Committee Chair men
Ritual
Dave Griego (New Mexico ’78)
Adam Lowe (Kennesaw State)
Fraternity Laws
Clark Brown (Arkansas-Fayetteville ’08)
Associate General Council
Greg Williams (UC-Irvine)
Credentials
Ben Johnson (UC-Irvine ’87)
Peyton Chiasson (Nicholls State)
Resolutions
Ryan Martin (Wichita State ’01)
Aaron Cooley (Washington [Washington])
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Schedule of E v ent s
WEDNESDAY, june 17
Friday, June 19
3:00 pM – 6:00 pm
Registration & Exhibits
Pacific Registration & Grand Pacific Foyer
8:00 am – 5:00 PM
Committee Meetings˚
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Official Family Reception*
(presented by ATA, PLLC)
The Resort at Pelican Hill
Second Plenary Session:
Supreme Council Elections
Grand Pacific Ballroom
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Thursday, June 18
Third Plenary Session: Memorial Service
8:00 am – 2:00 pm
5:30 pm – 9:00 PM
Newport Beach Harbor Cruise^
6:00 pm – 11:00 PM
ESPN Zone at Downtown Disney^
Collegiate Members, Alumni Members & Guests: $60
8:00 am – 8:30 am
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
9:00 am – 11:00 AM
12:00 Pm – 1:30 PM
1:30 pm – 3:30 PM
Registration & Exhibits
Pacific Registration & Grand Pacific Foyer
Official Family Briefing*
Laguna & Sunset
Council of Province Archons Meeting*
Laguna & Sunset
Past ESA Meeting*
Emerald Cove
Opening Luncheon: Introductions,
Welcome & Keynote Speakers
Rose Garden
First Plenary Session: State of the Fraternity,
Candidates’ Introductions, Committee
Introductions, Rules of Order, Order of Business
Saturday, June 20
8:00 am – 5:00 PM
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Fourth Plenary Session:
committee reports, law proposals
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch on Your Own
2:00 pm – 5:00 PM
Fifth Plenary Session:
committee reports, law proposals
3:00 pm – 6:00 PM
3:30 pm – 5:00 PM
Candidates’ Forum
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
5:00 pm – 6:00 PM
Dignitaries Reception*
Atrium
9:00 pm – 11:00 PM
SAE Financial & Housing Corporation’s
Open House Reception
Newport Ballroom
6:00 pm – 9:00 PM
SAE Beach Party^
(presented by SAE Financial & Housing Corp)
Collegiate Members: Free (first 200 tickets)
Alumni Members & Guests: $15 (first 100 tickets)
˚ If you have been assigned to a committee, your meeting location is
listed in the next column.
* These events are invitation only.
^These events are being offered as a-la-carte options. Depending on
availability, additional tickets may be purchased at our convention
registration desk. Details are listed on the next page.
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2:00 pm – 5:00 PM
Lunch
Rose Garden
7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Banquet Reception
Seaview Terrace
Closing Banquet
COMMITTEE Meeting Locations:
Fraternity Laws Committee
Diamond Cove
Ritual CommitteeEmerald Cove
Resolutions Committee Coral Cove
Credentials Committee Copper Cove
OP T ION A L E V E N T S
PR OGR A M F OR L A DIE S & GUE S T S
HOS T COMMI T T E E E V E NING E V E N T S
Each convention includes a program for spouses, significant others and
guests of brothers who attend the event. Admission for the program includes
attendance at all official convention events, as well as meals and banquets.
The cost to participate in the Ladies & Guests Program is $275. Guests who do
not wish to register for the program may also purchase a-la-carte tickets to the
individual events listed in the next column.
The Host Committee has arranged for a number of optional evening events
that will allow convention delegates and guests to enjoy some of the best
sights that Orange County offers — events that are truly SoCal style. Tickets
may be purchased at registration, subject to availability. Although these
optional events are not included in our registration price, the Host Committee
has arranged for special rates so that you can participate.
Thursday, June 18
Thursday, June 18
Interactive Beach Tour
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
To kick off our weekend, we’ve arranged an awesome, interactive excursion where ladies
and guests will get to tour three beaches and the local haunts: Huntington, Newport/
Balboa and Laguna. You’ll be transported in an special, open-air cruiser for the entire
time, and you’ll get to enjoy lunch on Balboa Island on a private outdoor patio with views
of the harbor.
Friday, June 19
Spa & Shopping Day
11:30 am – 3:00 pm
Since Friday is the big election day, we’re staying close to home. Our participants will
get to choose from one of three express packages from the Newport Beach Marriott’s
spa, which is located right on site: organic skin quench facial; exfoliating body scrub; or
the scalp, neck and shoulder massage. Following the treatment, participants will walk
across the street to Fashion Island, first for a private lunch on the patio of Great Maple
with a prix-fixe menu and then to shop where they’d like in the unique outdoor mall.
Saturday, June 20 (early)
Family & Beach Day
10:30 am – 2:30 pm
Our ladies and guests will be transported to Crystal Cove, one of the most unique and
sought-after beaches in the area for some relaxation in the SoCal sun and sand. There’s
nothing formal planned for this day, but the group will mingle with anyone who is
bringing family to the convention. It’s a great opportunity to socialize with everyone, to
soak up the sun and to head back to the hotel in time for the big final event. Please note,
lunch will not be provided this day, but Ruby’s Shake Shack and the iconic Beachcomber
Café are within steps.
SATURday, June 20 (late)
Final Banquet
6:30 – 7:30 pm cocktail hour
7:30 – 10:30 pm banquet
The SAE Beach Party
(presented by SAE Financial & Housing Corp.)
5:30 PM – 9:00 pm
Our must-attend event of the convention will be the SAE Beach Party following our
Thursday events. Presented by the SAE F&H Corporation and provinces from across
the Realm, the party will feature sandy beaches, In-n-Out burgers, a steel drum band,
beachfront recreation and, of course, a beautiful sunset over the blue Pacific Ocean.
Sunglasses and cameras are highly recommended for this event. Guests will be able to
use the volleyball courts and fire pits as well.
Collegiate Members: Free (first 200 tickets)
Alumni Members & Guests: $15 (first 100 tickets)
Friday, June 19
Newport Beach Harbor Cruise
5:30 PM – 9:00 pm
Guests will be provided transportation to Newport Bay to board the Hornblower Dream
Maker, one of the fleet’s most popular yachts. Everyone will enjoy dinner on the private
cruise while enjoying the view from its famed waterways. The yacht will tour the
Newport Beach coastline, highlighting the wide variety of exquisite architecture, sandy
beachfronts and natural highlights lining the Southern California coast.
ESPN Zone at Downtown Disney
6:00 PM – 11:00 pm
Guests will be provided transportation to Downtown Disney at Disneyland for the ESPN
Zone, a hands-on gaming environment with such attractions as ESPN Bowling, Hoops
Hysteria, Bass Fishing, ESPN Zone NHL 2 Night and more than 40 other arcade-style
games. Everyone will enjoy dinner and gaming to start off the night’s festivities. Guests
will also be free to roam around the rest of Downtown Disney’s shops, restaurants and
nightlife options, including Anaheim’s House of Blues.
Collegiate Members, Alumni Members & Guests: $60
The big ending to convention culminates with our banquet in the Grand Pacific
Ballroom. Included in the program is the ESA’s Valediction, the passing of the gavel, the
Distinguished Service Awards and a few other enhancements that will put the crowning
cap on convention business.
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L ogis tics and Planning
Convention Registration
Weather
Register online and find comprehensive information at www.sae.net/
convention. You can pay using a credit card or check. Checks should be
made payable to Sigma Alpha Epsilon and sent to Mary Ann Kilb at 1856
Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60201-3837. If you are paying by check,
please note “Convention Registration” on the note field. All registrations
after June 1 must be made on-site in Newport Beach. Registration fees
include attendance at all official convention meal functions and social
events. The Ladies & Guests Program is included in the spouse/guest
registration fee.
The weather in Newport Beach during our convention will most likely
be warm, but the evenings may be cool if the wind is coming off the
ocean, so pack accordingly. A persistent marine layer can also lower the
temperature. While almost all of the official events are inside the hotel,
delegates will have the chance to see the surrounding areas as well.
Hotel Reservations
The Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa, located in Fashion Island and
close to local beaches and golf courses, is the official convention property.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon members and guests are extended a special rate for
our event, which is $145 per room per night plus tax ($164.44 total per
night). Our special rate is available June 15 through June 22. Delegates
and guests may choose from one king room or one double-bedded room.
Upgrades to ocean-view rooms will be offered for an additional $20 per
night, subject to availability. Be advised, however, that not all room types
may be available before, during and/or after our official program dates.
Information about the hotel can also be found at www.sae.net/convention.
Or you may call (877) 622-3056 to make your reservation over the phone.
Reference “SAE Convention” if you make reservations via phone. Please
note, the cutoff date to book a room under our official block is May 29,
2015. After that time, reservations and rates are subject to availability.
Make sure to note the reservation’s cancellation/change policy, as the
national headquarters is not responsible for individual hotel reservations or
fees. For questions or problems with lodging, contact Convention Manager
Brandon Weghorst at bweghorst@sae.net or at (847) 424-3038.
Dress
All convention sessions and meetings require business/badge attire (coat
and tie). Business casual attire is acceptable at other official events.
The closing banquet on Saturday is badge attire as well, and black tie
is optional. Women who attend the closing banquet should plan to wear
formal evening attire.
tuxedo rentals
The closing banquet, in keeping with a longstanding tradition, will be
black-tie optional. Members of the Supreme Council and other leaders and
dignitaries will be dressed in a tuxedo, and we have provided a means for
you to do the same if you’d like. Sigma Alpha Epsilon has arranged for a
company that will rent tuxedos to our members.
Tuxedo rentals can be arranged at the designated booth in our convention
registration area on Thursday, June 18 from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
Each member is responsible for his own payment for the rental. All
tuxedoes will be delivered to the hotel bell stand by mid-afternoon on
Saturday, in time for the final banquet.
exhibits
Airlines
The preferred and closest airport to our convention hotel, the Newport
Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa, is John Wayne Airport (SNA), which is also
classified as Orange County, CA, on many travel and airline websites. The
Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa does not run an airport shuttle but
can be accessed easily via taxi. Be advised, attendees who fly into Los
Angeles International Airport (LAX), San Diego International Airport (SAN),
Long Beach Airport (LGB) or Ontario International Airport (ONT) will incur
a higher cost for public transportation to the convention hotel. To see the
approximate costs for taxi to the hotel from area airports, and to see the
daily parking fees for the hotel, go to www.sae.net/convention. The hotel is
located at 900 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660.
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Sigma Alpha Epsilon extends a warm welcome to our exhibitors for the
159th Anniversary Convention. Their support makes this program possible,
and we encourage you to visit their displays and discuss the services and
goods they offer, which can benefit your chapter, colony or alumni association.
Re quir e ment s for Cr edential s
Chapter Delegates
Supreme Council
At least 30 days prior to convention (by May 19, 2015), a chapter will report the name of its
delegate and, if applicable, alternate, to the Fraternity Service Center per Fraternity Laws
Section 55.A.1.
At least 30 days prior to convention (by May 19, 2015), Supreme Council members should
report their intent to attend convention.
Delegates must be in good standing with the chapter. Per Fraternity Laws Section 64.A, a
member is in good standing unless 1) he is delinquent in accounts; 2) he is delinquent in
scholarship; 3) he is under suspension; 4) an accusation exists against him; or 5) he has not
been graduated and is not currently enrolled in the institution where his chapter is domiciled.
The Eminent Archon of the chapter should have completed his Eminent Archon Report by May
15 per Fraternity Laws Section 52.A.10. Both the 2014 and 2015 reports must be on file for
this requirement.
The chapter must be in good financial standing with the Fraternity Service Center per
Fraternity Laws Section 72.C.2. A chapter enters bad financial standing if its total
indebtedness exceeds an average of $100 per active member for more than three months.
Chapters that fail to send at least one delegate will be fined $1,500 per Fraternity Laws
Section 55.A.2.
Delegates from chapters not in good standing will not receive a vote but will be entitled to
receive their designated allowance from the convention mileage fund.
Alumni Associations
At least 30 days prior to convention (by May 19, 2015), an alumni association will report
the name of its delegate. Please note Sec. 60B of our Fraternity Laws that states that no
charter for an alumni association shall be granted within 90 days immediately preceding a
Convention.
Delegates must be in good standing with the association per Fraternity Laws Section 60.H.2.
In order to be in good standing, the member must have donated at least $10 in the current
fiscal year or have achieved aggregate giving of at least $100 to the Fraternity (not an
individual chapter) or the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation per Fraternity Laws Section 59.
Each member of the Supreme Council should have completed a report of his work during the
biennium per Fraternity Laws Section 18.H.1.
Delegates must be in good standing with the Fraternity. In order to be in good standing,
the member must have donated at least $10 in the current fiscal year or have achieved
aggregate giving of at least $100 to the Fraternity (not an individual chapter) or the Sigma
Alpha Epsilon Foundation per Fraternity Laws Section 59.
Foundation
At least 30 days prior to convention (by May 19, 2015), the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation
board of trustees should report the name of its delegate.
Financial & Housing
At least 30 days prior to convention (by May 19, 2015), the SAE Financial & Housing
Corporation board of directors should report the name of its delegate.
Every delegate from an area alumni association must live in the vicinity of the location where
the association is domiciled per Fraternity Laws Section 60.H.2.
Past eminent supreme archons
The alumni association must have paid its annual dues of $100 to the Fraternity Service
Center by January 15 per Fraternity Laws Section 60.F. The alumni association president, or a
designated member of the association, should have completed an Alumni Association Annual
Report by April 1 per Fraternity Laws Section 60.G. Both the 2014 and 2015 reports must be
on file for this requirement.
At least 30 days prior to convention (by May 19, 2015), Past Eminent Supreme Archons
should report their intent to attend convention.
Province Archons
At least 30 days prior to convention (by May 19, 2015), a province will report the name of its
delegate. The Province Archon should have completed a report within one month following his
province convention on the state of his province per Fraternity Laws Section 43.A.5.
Colonies, Guests and Spouses
Colonies are encouraged to attend the convention but will not be allowed to vote. Additional
chapter delegates registered as alternates may vote for their chapter once credentialed, one
vote per chapter notwithstanding. Those alternates must fulfill the same obligations that
are spelled out above under “Chapter Delegates.” Guests and spouses who register for the
convention may attend all official business but will not be allowed to vote.
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C andidate s for Supr e me Council
Eminent Supreme
Archon
Eminent Supreme
Archon
Eminent Supreme
DEPUTY ARCHON
Steven w. churchill
Darin Patton
thomas j. dement ii
iowa state ’85
Churchill was initiated at Iowa Gamma and served as Eminent
Archon. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Iowa State
University in 1985 and earned a master’s degree with honors
in nonprofit administration at North Park University in Chicago,
where he currently serves on the advisory board.
He is the President and CEO of the Association for Healthcare
Philanthropy, an international professional organization
dedicated to developing men and women who encourage charity
for nonprofit hospitals and healthcare organizations. Previously,
he was Executive Director of the American Medical Association
Foundation and Vice President of Development and Alumni
Relations at Des Moines University. His professional career
spans both the public and private sectors. In addition to serving
three terms in the Iowa legislature and working for Governor
Terry Branstad, he started a fundraising consulting firm and
was named Vice President of Mid-America Group.
An active leader in his community, he served as President of
both the Rotary and Bull Moose Clubs; volunteered as a Big
Brother; and was appointed by the Governor to serve on the
Iowa Civil Rights Commission. He also served on the board
of directors for the Iowa Civil War Monument Foundation and
Iowa Sister States Commission, among others. He received The
Commanders Award for Public Service from the Department of
the Army and was recognized as one of Forty Under Forty Iowans
by the Des Moines Business Record.
Churchill was first elected to the Supreme Council in 2007
and serves as Eminent Supreme Deputy Archon. For more than
two decades, he was on the Iowa Gamma House Corporation,
leading an effort to raise $2 million for his chapter. He served
as chapter adviser and chairman of the alumni advisory board
and is a charter member and past president of both the Iowa
Gamma and Central Iowa Alumni Associations.
His leadership extended to the entire Iowa State campus, where
he was instrumental in organizing and is the past president of
the Iowa State Greek Alumni Alliance. Churchill was recognized
by Iowa State University as Fraternity Advisor of the Year, was the
inaugural inductee into the Iowa State Greek Hall of Fame and
earned the Churchill Award, presented to him by Iowa Gamma
for his service to his chapter. He helped to resurrect the Chicago
Area Alumni Association. Furthermore, he has been awarded the
Order of the Lion, the Order of Minerva and the Merit Key Awards.
Churchill is a DeVotie Society member of the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon Foundation. A resident of Washington, DC, he can be
reached at:
swchurchill@msn.com
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Central Florida ’95
Patton is an attorney, financial adviser, former Regional
Director and longtime alumni volunteer. After graduating
from the University of Central Florida, he worked in a
financial-planning firm for three years and then returned
to UCF to obtain an MBA. He also graduated from the
University of Florida College of Law and practiced law in the
areas of estate planning, probate and real estate. He enjoys
working in the Financial Planning industry and maintains
the related Certified Financial Planner (CFP ®), Chartered
Financial Consultant (ChFC) and Chartered Life Underwriter
(CLU) professional designations and reached a milestone in
2014 as a ten-year member of the Florida Bar. He runs his
own practice and represents his clients in myriad legal and
financial matters.
As a first-semester freshman at the UCF, he beat the Pike
VP for Student Senate and served as the only freshman in
that group. He later became Student Body President and also
served as an Orientation Team Leader and a member of the
Consultants for Effective Leadership. For the Florida Epsilon
chapter, Patton served as House Manager, Eminent Recorder,
Eminent Deputy Archon and Eminent Archon. In addition, his
chapter brothers honored him by voting him “True Gentlemen
of the Year.” While attending the University of Florida
College of Law, Patton served as Deputy Defense Counsel
on the Honor Court and as a Law School Ambassador, PR
Director of the ABA Law Student Division and Chairman of
the Honor Committee.
Furthermore, Patton was named in Who’s Who Among
American Colleges and Universities and was named a
National Merit Commended Scholar. He was selected for
membership into the Order of Omega and Omicron Delta
Kappa National Leadership Honor Societies. He also had
the privilege of being voted as Homecoming King at the
University of Central Florida.
Patton considers it an honor to have worked for an
organization that has had a major impact on his
life. He supports the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation
and is a member of the Bunting Society and hopes that
undergraduates and alumni can utilize his educational
and professional knowledge to enhance their own Sigma
Alpha Epsilon experience. In his spare time, Patton enjoys
spending time with friends, watching movies, going
to the beach and being of service to others. He can be
reached at:
darin.patton@gmail.com
middle tennessee
state ’90
Dement pledged the Tennessee Beta chapter at Middle
Tennessee State University in the fall of 1987 and was
initiated in the spring of 1988. As an undergraduate, he
served his chapter as Risk Manager, Recruitment Chairman
and Eminent Preceptor, a role he still continues to fill in
Province Iota and throughout the Realm. He also served in
many leadership positions with the Interfraternity Council,
including President. On a national level, he was appointed
to serve as an undergraduate member of the first Permanent
Committee on Risk Management. Dement earned Bachelor
of Science and Master of Business Administration degrees
from Middle Tennessee State University and a law degree
from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. After law school, he served for one year as a judicial law
clerk in the 16th Judicial District of Tennessee. He currently
is a partner with Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan,
PLLC, a regional law firm with five offices throughout the
Southeast. Dement’s areas of practice include general civil
litigation, intellectual property litigation, insurance defense,
employment law, corporate and commercial litigation and
corporate and business transactions. He is a past Province
Iota Archon, a position he held from 1998-2007, and was
the Chairman of the Council of Province Archons from 20042007. He is also a past Chairman of both the Permanent
Committee on the Ritual and the Permanent Committee on
Fraternity Laws and has served on the Leadership School
faculty on numerous occasions. Dement has served as
chapter adviser for several groups in Province Iota and has
held positions of leadership with the Tennessee Beta Alumni
Association and Tennessee Beta Housing Corporation. A well-known ritualist, he has participated in numerous
chapter installations over the past several years and
conducted many special initiations throughout the Realm.
He also served as Parliamentarian of the past six Fraternity
conventions. Dement is a Bunting Member of the Sigma
Alpha Epsilon Foundation. He is a two-time recipient of the
Order of the Lion and received the Merit Key in 2005 and the
Order of Minerva in 2009. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, Helen, and
their two children: Alexandra and Thomas III. Dement can
be reached at:
thomas.dement@leitnerfirm.com
Eminent Supreme
Warden
Eminent Supreme
Herald
Eminent Supreme
Chronicler
gregory d. brandt
michael J. corelli
Brent D. Barlow
drake ’84
Brandt pledged Iowa Delta at Drake University in the fall of
1983 and was initiated in the spring of 1984. As a pledge, he
was elected Eminent Deputy Archon for the chapter. Brandt
earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration
with majors in accounting and corporate finance. After
graduation, Brandt attended Drake University Law School
and was elected Student Body President. After law school,
he served as a judicial law clerk for the 8th Judicial
District for the State of Iowa. Brandt was an Assistant Polk
County Attorney specializing in the area of drug and gang
prosecution. In 1995, he went into private practice in a general-litigation
law firm and, three years later, was appointed as a District
Associate Judge for the Fifth Judicial District of the State of
Iowa. At the time, Brandt was the youngest District Associate
Judge in the state. He is past Province Tau Archon, a position
he held from 1999-2007. Brandt was the Chairman of the
Council of Province Archons from 2001-2003. He has served
on the Permanent Committee on Fraternity Laws for many
years and as the chairman of the Convention Committee on
Fraternity Laws twice. Brandt has served on faculty for the
John O. Moseley and several province Leadership Schools.
Furthermore, he has been Chapter Adviser for Iowa Delta for
many years and has held several positions on the Iowa Delta
Alumni Association and house corporation boards. At the 2007 Convention in Washington D.C., Brandt was
elected as a director for the Financial & Housing Corporation,
where he served as the secretary for two-and-a-half years.
Brandt is a Founder Member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Foundation. He is a two-time recipient of the Order of the
Lion and received the Merit Key in 2004. He has also been
selected as an Outstanding Chapter Adviser. He lives in Des Moines, Iowa, with his wife, Julie, and their
two children: Nick and Katie. Brandt can be reached at:
brandt@mchsi.com
northern illinois ’01
Corelli pledged and was initiated into the Illinois Gamma
chapter as part of its phoenix colony in 1998. He held many
roles in the chapter, most notably as three-term Eminent
Archon. Corelli served the Fraternity on the national level
as a Leadership School Staff member, undergraduate
representative on the National Fraternity Laws Committee
and undergraduate liaison of the Province Mu Council.
Corelli received his bachelor’s degree in health
administration from Northern Illinois University in 2001 and,
in 2009, he earned his master’s degree in education with a
focus on college student personnel from Western Carolina
University. Currently, he serves as Director of the Office of
Leadership and Student Involvement at Western Carolina
University in Cullowhee, North Carolina, where he oversees
the operations of fraternity and sorority life, student clubs
and organizations, campus programming/activities and is
directly responsible for teaching and advising for academic
leadership classes.
He has been recognized by the school as Student Organization
Advisor of the Year, Outstanding University Staff Member in
the Division of Student Affairs and University Administrator
Employee of the Year and is a member of the University’s
Strategic Planning Committee. In 2001, Corelli joined the
Fraternity Service Center staff and aided in the growth of
the organization and in chapter development for six years.
As the Director of Extension and Chapter Development, he
oversaw the addition of 54 new and phoenix colonies across
the Realm as well as the overall chapter development,
recruitment, risk management and expansion of the
brotherhood. As an alumnus, Corelli served in various roles,
including both Illinois Gamma and North Carolina Omega
Chapter Adviser, faculty member for both province and
regional Leadership Schools and faculty member for the John
O. Moseley Leadership School since 2001. He also served as
Province Omicron Archon, member of the National Education
Advisory Council and chairman of the National Recruitment
Committee.
Southern Cal ’90
Barlow pledged California Theta at San Diego State University
and later transferred to the University of Southern California,
graduating in 1990. While at USC, he served the chapter in
a number of roles and was instrumental in returning the
chapter to good standing in 1988. Upon graduation, he
attended law school at Southwestern University.
After graduating from law school, he practiced law as
a civil litigator, emphasizing business, real estate and
entertainment law. He served as general counsel for a globalproduction company specializing in live, large-scale events
promoting such causes as human rights and world peace.
Barlow went on to form and operate several successful
companies, which include a national pre-employment
background-check company and a data-information service.
He currently serves as President and CEO of a residential
real-estate valuation group in Southern California servicing
large lenders and investors nationwide.
Awarded the Merit Key in 1994, Barlow has served on the
Leadership School faculty 14 times since 1990 and on the
Leadership School Planning Committee six times. He held
the position of Director of the John O. Moseley Leadership
School from 2009-2013. During those four years, the
Fraternity increased its attendance at the annual event with
each school. He was appointed to the Permanent Committee
on Ritual in 1995, serving seven years, four of which were as
its chairman. He has also served the Fraternity as Province
Chi Archon and Deputy Archon and as California Gamma’s
Chapter Adviser for ten years. Barlow currently serves as the
President of the Orange County Alumni Association.
He lives in Southern California with his wife, Raschel. They
divide their time between Los Angeles and Orange County.
Barlow has three children: Brendan James, Julianna Violet
and Isabella Maria. He can be reached at:
brentdbarlow@gmail.com
Corelli resides in Western North Carolina with his wife,
Kimberly, and daughter, Kaitlyn. He can reached at:
mcorelli@sae.net
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Eminent Supreme
Chronicler
Eminent Supreme
Chronicler
William F. Grimsley
Michael S. Rodgers
Davidson ’80
Grimsley was initiated into our Order by North Carolina
Theta at Davidson College in 1977. During his time in the
chapter, he served as Eminent Recorder and Eminent Archon
and also attended the John O. Moseley Leadership School.
Grimsley was an officer in the ROTC program and President
of Scabbard and Blade, played rugby for Davidson, and
was active in intramural sports and the local college radio
station.
He graduated from Davidson in May 1980 with a bachelor’s
degree in history. He completed every-level officer education
and training, and the Army also afforded him the opportunity
to earn two masters’ degrees: one in Advanced Military
Arts and Sciences and one in National Security Strategy.
In addition, Grimsley completed executive education at
the University of North Carolina Business School, and he
currently is a doctoral candidate at Creighton University with
a focus in leadership.
Grimsley was commissioned in the Army as an Infantry
officer upon his college graduation in 1980. Throughout
the next 33 years, he served in assignments throughout the
United States, Germany, Korea, Kuwait, multiple combat
tours in Iraq and deployments to several other nations.
Grimsley held leadership positions at every level from
platoon through corps. Furthermore, he served on staffs from
small-unit levels up to both the Joint Staff and in the Office
of the Secretary of Defense — with his last tour as Chief of
Staff of United States Strategic Command. Among his many
awards and decorations, Grimsley earned the Distinguished
Service Medal, the Silver Star, multiple awards of the Bronze
Star and the Purple Heart for wounds he received in combat.
Retiring from active duty in 2013 as a Major General,
Grimsley now consults in the private sector with primary
focus on training, leader development, strategic planning
and operations. His passion in civilian life remains consistent
with his military experience, leading and mentoring others to
achieve their greatest potential.
Grimsley and his wife, Jan, live in Beaufort, South Carolina,
where they enjoy boating, kayaking, fishing and the beach.
They have two sons, Ben and Luke; a daughter-in-law, Betsy;
and their first grandchild, William, a member of the Phi
Alpha Club since August 2014. He can be reached at:
wfgrimsley@gmail.com
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William & Mary ’92
Rodgers pledged Virginia Kappa at The College of William
& Mary in 1990. He served his chapter in several roles,
including Eminent Deputy Archon and Special Events
Chairman. He graduated in 1992, where he earned a
bachelor’s degree with honors in public policy. In 1996, he
graduated from Emory University’s School of Law with a juris
doctorate degree.
Rodgers is a Partner of Seyfarth Shaw LLP, a full-service,
international law firm whose clients include over 300 of the
Fortune 500 companies. Rodgers leads his firm’s residentialand resort-development group. In addition to real estate, his
practice includes corporate law, with a focus on charitable
and non-profit organizations. He has contributed to the
development of his law firm’s highly acclaimed SeyfarthLean
client service model and is a certified Lean Six Sigma Yellow
Belt. Rodgers has served as an adjunct law professor at the
University of Georgia’s School of Law.
His service to the Fraternity includes serving as President and
Director for SAE Financial & Housing Corporation, Province
Epsilon-Alpha Archon, Province Epsilon Archon, Virginia
Kappa Alumni Association President, Greater Atlanta Alumni
Association Director and Georgia Phi Chapter Adviser. He
served on faculty for the John O. Moseley Leadership School
and for numerous regional and province Leadership Schools.
Rodgers also served on committees for the 2010 Strategic
Plan, 2011 ESR Search and 2012 Tri-Board Legal Audit. He
has drafted numerous Fraternity laws and policies, including
the law establishing the Fraternity’s reserve accounts, and
co-authored the Good Samaritan Policy.
He is the recipient of the Merit Key, Order of Minerva, Order of
the Lion and Province Archon of the Year Awards. He is also
the recipient of the Bob Cousins Zeal Award for his sustained
contributions to the Greater Atlanta Alumni Association.
During his tenure as President, Virginia Kappa was bestowed
with the Most Improved and the Most Outstanding Chapter
Alumni Association Awards. For 22 consecutive years,
Rodgers has donated to the Foundation and is a Phoenix
Society member.
Rodgers originally hails from Staunton, Virginia, and now
resides in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife, Merideth, and
daughter, Harper. He can be reached at:
michael.rodgers@usa.net
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Eminent Supreme
Chronicler
Jonathan ‘Jerry’
K. Witter
Rensselaer Polytechnic ’82
Witter was initiated at New York Epsilon in the spring
of 1979. As an undergraduate, he served as Eminent
Chronicler, Social Chairman, Eminent Archon and Pledge
Educator. While studying for his master’s degree, Witter
became the chapter adviser and began his long service to
the Realm of SAE.
He earned his B.S. in nuclear engineering (cum laude) with
a minor in German and his M.E. in nuclear engineering from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. After working for six years
in nuclear operations for the U.S. Navy and commercial
electricity industry, he returned to school, achieving his
Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from Massachusetts Institute
of Technology in 1993 for a thesis on a NASA nuclear rocket
concept.
Witter’s career has progressed from the Navy Nuclear
Propulsion Program to leading a space-reactor design team
to being an advisory engineer for the mPower SMR project.
He was twice named a KAPL Outstanding Engineer of the
Year and is a recipient of the Lockheed Martin NOVA Award
for Technical Excellence. He has testified several times in
front of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Advisory
Committee on Reactor Safeguards in Washington, DC.
In addition, Witter has served more than 30 years as a
chapter adviser and house corporation director and has
been recipient of several Outstanding Chapter Adviser
awards. At Rensselaer, he has served on the Alumni InterGreek Council since its inception and is a recipient of the
Alumni Association Key Award for his service to the Greek
community. At the province level, Witter has served as
Archon, Alumni Secretary, Deputy Archon and chartering
Preceptor in Provinces Alpha, Gamma and Nu. Nationally,
he has served as Chairman of the Awards Committee and
a member of the Risk Management Committee. Witter
has served as faculty on numerous national and province
Leadership Schools.
Witter is a recipient of the Order of the Lion and Merit Key
Awards and a Nippert Society Member of the Foundation. He is
an avid tennis and volleyball player and is likely to be seen
hiking the wilderness mountain trails on any given weekend. He
resides in Forest, Virginia, and can be reached at:
wittersae1856@gmail.com
Eminent Supreme
recorder
Blaine K. Ayers
Kentucky ’01
Ayers serves as Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s 13th Eminent
Supreme Recorder and Executive Director, taking office in
December 2011. He became a member of the Fraternity in the
fall of 1997 while attending the University of Kentucky. He is
a graduate of the 64th John O. Moseley Leadership School in
1999. While at Kentucky Epsilon, Ayers served in numerous
roles, including Eminent Deputy Archon and IFC President.
He was awarded Greek Man of the Year, Homecoming King
and the W. T. Young Outstanding Contribution Award while
at UK. He is also a member of Order of Omega and Omicron
Delta Kappa honor societies.
After graduating in 2001 with a degree in history, Ayers
became a teacher and a coach at Trinity High School in
Louisville, Kentucky. During his five-year coaching career,
he was on staff for four state titles in football and one in
track. Ayers became the youngest teacher, and the earliest
in his tenure, to earn Teacher of the Year at Trinity in his
second year of teaching. During that time, he also obtained
his master’s degree in education from Spalding University
and was given the Outstanding Graduate Student Award
from the school. Ayers left Trinity in December of 2006 for
a brief stint as an Assistant Dean of Students at his alma
mater, the University of Kentucky. In 2007, he joined the
Fraternity Service Center as a Regional Director and served
as the Associate Executive Director of Chapter and Alumni
Services from May 2009 to November 2011.
He is married to Brooke Phillips, an alumna of Pi Beta Phi
at UK who is from Hendersonville, Tennessee. They have four
daughters: Reagan, Caroline, Baylor Grace and Hadley. He
and his family reside in Park Ridge, Illinois. Ayers is an avid
fan of all SEC sports and a lover of all things history. He can
be reached at:
bayers@sae.net
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F E AT UR E D SPE A K E RS
BOONE PICKENS
DR. WILL KEIM
OKLAHOMA STATE ’51
Boone Pickens is one of the nation’s most successful businessmen, first
building one of the nation’s largest independent oil companies, Mesa
Petroleum, and later reinventing himself in his 70s as one of the most
successful investment-fund operators with BP Capital. In July 2008, he
launched the Pickens Plan (www.PickensPlan.com), a grass-roots campaign
aimed at reducing this country’s crippling addiction to OPEC oil.
Boone’s 2008 book, The First Billion is the Hardest, detailed what America
must do to win back its energy independence. He is also aggressively pursuing
a wide range of other business interests, from alternative energy options to
Clean Energy, a clean transportation-fuels company he founded and took
public in May 2008. It is the eighth entity he has helped go public in his career.
CNBC has dubbed him “Oracle of Oil” for his uncanny knack of predicting oilprice movements. At a time in life when many businessmen are concentrating
on the golf course and cruises, he remains a dynamic force in his industry,
as evidenced by his fellow Dallas chief executives selecting him as DCEO
magazine’s 2013 CEO of the Year. His many professional honors include
membership in the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans,
the Texas Business Hall of Fame and the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. In 1998,
the Oil & Gas Investor listed him as one of the “100 Most Influential People
of the Petroleum Century.” During the span of his career, Pickens has given
away more than $1 billion to philanthropic causes. He is among the most
generous university benefactors of all time, having contributed more than
$500 million to his alma mater, Oklahoma State University, divided evenly
between academics and athletics.
Follow Boone Pickens on Twitter: @boonepickens
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Dr. Will Keim has spoken to more than three million college students from all
50 states. He holds a Ph.D. from Oregon State and an honorary Doctorate of
Humane Letters from Drury University. He has keynoted both The United States
Air Force Academy National Symposium on Character and Leadership and The
National Forum on Character in Washington, D.C. Along with the prestigious
Kimball Award from Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Dr. Keim has received the
National Interfraternity Council Award for Outstanding Interfraternalism, the
Association of Fraternity Advisors Jack Anson Award, The Order of the Sword
and Shield from Phi Delta Theta, Delta Upsilon’s Outstanding Alumni Award,
the Durwood Owen Award from Pi Kappa Phi, the Anchorman Designation from
Delta Gamma, and the University of Alabama’s Capstone Leadership Award.
He is the author of 14 books, including Keys To Success in College and Life
and Welcome To The Time Of Your Life! Keim celebrates with great humility the
fact that he was the first non-SAE to ever be invited to serve on the Leadership
School faculty by the Supreme Council. In addition, he lists as his greatest
accomplishment his 37-year marriage to Donna Basham Keim and his four
children and two grandchildren. “I tell people,” he writes, “that I have two
Chi Omegas, one SAE and an NCAA National Champion as children.” Keim is
battling cancer and asks for your good thoughts and prayers.
Pr opos al s to a mend T he F r ate r nit y L aw s
All of the following proposals for changes in the Fraternity Laws were submitted before midnight on December 15, 2014, to the Eminent Supreme
Recorder, pursuant to Fraternity Laws section 73A. The Fraternity Laws Committee for the current biennium, also known as the permanent
committee, convened by telephone on February 3, 2015, to consider the proposals and formulate a recommendation on each, as shown below.
This committee, appointed by the Eminent Supreme Archon in 2013, has now fulfilled its mandate. The ESA will appoint a convention committee
on the Fraternity Laws, which will also consider each proposal and provide its recommendation. The convention committee may or may not include
any member of the permanent committee that provides the recommendations below. Furthermore, the recommendations provided by the two
committees on any given proposal may differ. Members of the permanent committee on Fraternity Laws for 2013–2015 were as follows:
John Lauer, Chairman; Thomas Dement, Supreme Council Liaison; Blaine Ayers, ex-officio; Clark Brown, ex-officio; Ron Doleac; Austin
Evans; and Thomas Hayward.
All listings appearing below were copyedited prior to publication to ensure consistent formatting. However, the actual law proposals were not
modified in an effort to preserve the author’s original work. In addition, formatting, such as indents or bold/italics, are not reflected, although those
items do not change the context of any proposal. The rationales were written by the member(s) who made the proposal. Text that is underlined
represents proposed additions to the law’s language while text that includes a strikethrough represents proposed deletions from the law’s language.
Proposal #1
Amend Section 78 [Appeals] as follows:
A. If a penalty is imposed under Section 77 by a Chapter
Collegiate, an appeal by the penalized member may be
taken to the Province Council having authority over the
chapter who imposed said penalty. The appeal shall be
filed in writing with the Province Archon, with a copy
submitted to the Eminent Supreme Recorder, not more
than 30 calendar days following the imposition of the
penalty. Any appeals filed later than that deadline
shall be automatically rejected and not considered
by the Province Council; provided however, that the
Province Archon may grant a one-time extension of
that deadline upon a showing of good cause by the
appellant. Upon receipt of the appeal, the Province
Archon shall notify the concerned chapter and request
that the chapter transmit a complete record of the trial
or other disciplinary proceeding where the penalty in
question was imposed. That record shall be transmitted
by the chapter to the Province Archon within seven
calendar days of his requesting it. Should the chapter
fail to properly transmit this record, the appeal will
be considered and decided solely on the appellant’s
submission.
Upon receiving the appeal and any records from
the chapter, the Province Council shall review the
matter and issue a written decision within 30 days of
receiving the written appeal or the chapter’s trial record,
whichever is later.
Upon review, the Province Council may affirm, reverse,
or modify the penalty imposed by the chapter with a
simple majority vote; provided, however, that reversal or
reduction of a penalty of expulsion shall require a twothirds vote of the Province Council. Full reinstatement
of a member from expulsion shall also be subject to a
four-fifths approval by the Supreme Council as required
in Section 77D.
Following the Province Council’s decision, either the
chapter concerned or the appellant may appeal the
matter to the Supreme Council for further review.
In cases where the appellant is a member of the
Province Council, he shall have no vote during the
appeal proceedings.
Rationale: The right to appeal discipline imposed
by a chapter is one of the long-standing rights of
membership in Sigma Alpha Epsilon, as it ought to be.
This additional layer of review would give the brothers
often most familiar with a chapter’s operations and the
circumstances of a disciplinary act the opportunity to
review disciplinary appeals, rather than bypassing the
fraternity’s local-governance structure and sending
appeals directly to a national governing body. It could
also reduce the workload of the Supreme Council,
Council of Province Archons and Fraternity Convention
in considering appeals that could be resolved at the
province level. Further, this amendment strengthens the
authority and emphasizes the importance of the work of
Province Councils, which the Fraternity has emphasized
as a policy concern in recent years. It also provides an
additional safeguard on chapter sovereignty in the most
severe cases of discipline by requiring that changes to a
sentence of expulsion be subject to a supermajority vote
of the Province Council.
Submitted by: Alan Moore (North Georgia ’11), Clark
Brown (Arkansas-Fayetteville ’07)
Recommendation: The Permanent Committee on
the National Laws recommends adoption.
Proposal #2
Omnibus Proposal to Remove Foundation
and F&H Governance Terms, as follows:
TITLE II. Fraternity Convention.
9. Authority.
A. Power. The supreme power of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation, and SAE
Financial and Housing Corporation is vested in the
Fraternity Convention (“Convention”). Any dispute
arising between two or more SAE Groups that cannot
be resolved by their respective boards shall be resolved
by a vote of the Convention. Disputes arising between
two or more SAE Groups that are time-sensitive and
cannot reasonably be tabled until the next Convention
shall be decided by a vote held between Conventions, as
provided in Section 12E of these Laws.
11. Membership. The Convention shall consist of:
A. Past Eminent Supreme Archons who have served for
a full term of office. A full term of office as used in this
section shall be defined as the period of time running
from the time that the Eminent Supreme Archon takes
the oath of office at one Fraternity Convention until his
successor takes the oath of office at the succeeding
Fraternity Convention.
B. The Honorary Eminent Supreme Archon
C. Members of the Supreme Council
D. The Eminent Supreme Recorder
E. One member of the Board of Directors of SAE Financial
and Housing Corporation
F. One member of the Board of Trustees of Sigma Alpha
Epsilon Foundation
G. The Province Archon from each Province or, in the
absence of such Province Archon, the Province Deputy
Archon, or another Province officer designated by the
Province Archon (one per Province)
H. One delegate from each Chapter Collegiate, in
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accordance with Section 55A
I. One delegate from each Alumni Association in
accordance with Section 60H.
TITLE III. Officers of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
16. Election. Members of the Supreme Council (see
Section 20), Board of Trustees of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Foundation (see Section 37), Board of Directors of
SAE Financial and Housing Corporation (see Section
29), and the Honorary Eminent Supreme Archon shall
be elected at each regular session of the Convention
following the prescribed method of election in Section
51F. At the anniversary Conventions it is required, when
a Supreme Council seat is being contested, that a
formalized question-and-answer session be established
and scheduled for registered delegates to ask questions
pertinent to the Fraternity of each candidate. Anyone
eligible under Section 15 can be nominated for any office
elected at an Anniversary Convention, not otherwise
nominated in a specific manner, until a motion to close
nominations is accepted by the Convention prior to the
call to vote for the specific office.
TITLE III. Officers of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
18. Duties.
B. Eminent Supreme Archon. The Eminent Supreme
Archon is the president and chief executive officer of the
Fraternity. He shall:
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5. Whenever he deems it necessary, inspect and examine,
or cause to be inspected and examined by one or more
members or non-members of the Fraternity, all of the
books, records, securities and investments of the funds
of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, SAE Financial and
Housing Corporation, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation,
or any entity of the Fraternity.
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8. Serve as an ex officio member himself or designate
one member of the Supreme Council to serve as an ex
officio member of the Board of Trustees of Sigma Alpha
Epsilon Foundation and to serve as an ex officio member
himself or designate one member of the Supreme
Council to serve as an ex officio member of The Board
of Directors of SAE Financial and Housing Corporation.
G. Eminent Supreme Recorder. The Eminent Supreme
Recorder is the chief operating officer of the Fraternity
and its operating units, is an ex-officio member of
the Board of Directors of SAE Financial and Housing
Corporation, and is an ex-officio member of the Board
of Trustees of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation. He
shall be elected at each regular session of the Fraternity
Convention upon nomination by the Supreme Council in
the manner prescribed in Section 51F for the election
of Fraternity officers; shall, under the direction of the
Supreme Council, supervise the administration of
the general business of the Fraternity; and shall be
responsible for the proper performance of the following
duties:
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3. As Financial Custodian:
f. Financial Reporting to the Realm.
(1) To communicate the financial condition of SAE to all
members, the Eminent Supreme Recorder shall publish
at least semi-annually, on a secure website, a report of
the financial operations and condition of each unit of
the Fraternity (SAE Financial and Housing Corporation,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, and Sigma Alpha
Epsilon Foundation).
(2) The financial reports shall include data for the
current fiscal year and at least two previous fiscal
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years. At a minimum, data in the reports shall
include: performance to operating budgets; investment
performance; loan performance; fundraising results;
capital expenditures; financial status of the Fraternity’s
Self-Insured Retention (SIR) Account, including current
balance and summary of activity during the fiscal year;
and billings and receivables of membership, insurance,
and other fees. The intent is that these financial reports
will be the same as those used by the Eminent Supreme
Recorder, the Board of Trustees of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Foundation, the Board of Directors of SAE Financial
and Housing Corporation, and the Supreme Council to
manage the financial affairs of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
4. As General Administrator:
a. Serve as Chief Operating Officer for Sigma Alpha
Epsilon Fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation and
SAE Financial and Housing Corporation.
H. Reports, Audits, and Bonds.
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2. Audits. The accounts of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Fraternity, SAE Financial and Housing Corporation,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation, and any other entities
associated with Sigma Alpha Epsilon shall be audited at
least annually by a certified public accountant who shall
make his report to the Eminent Supreme Recorder, who
in turn shall make available such reports to the Board of
each entity, the Fraternity Convention, and all members
of the Fraternity.
TITLE V. SAE Financial and Housing Corporation
(formerly SAE Housing, Inc., then SAE Services, Inc.).
25. Nature and Purpose. SAE Financial and Housing
Corporation (formerly SAE Housing, Inc., then SAE
Services, Inc.) is established to provide services and
build assets for Sigma Alpha Epsilon with a focus on
chapter housing. SAE Financial and Housing Corporation
is not part of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, Inc. It is a
separate corporation with a separate board of directors.
26. Board of Directors: Membership and Qualification.
There shall be a Board of Directors of SAE Financial
and Housing Corporation hereafter in Title V sometimes
referred to as “the Board,” composed of five at-large
members in good standing of the Chapter Alumnus,
none of whom shall be voting members of the Board of
Trustees or the Advisory Council of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Foundation or the Supreme Council unless otherwise
provided herein. In addition the Eminent Supreme
Archon or his designee from the Supreme Council and
the Eminent Supreme Recorder shall be ex-officio, nonvoting members of the Board. All members shall be
covered by a blanket fidelity bond to be obtained by and
at the expense of Sigma Alpha Epsilon in an amount
determined by the Fraternity Convention or the Supreme
Council.
27. Meetings. Meetings of the Board may be called at any
time, on not less than two days’ notice, by the President
or by the Secretary/Treasurer or by any two members. The
Board shall hold no less than two meetings each fiscal
year. Four members shall be necessary to constitute a
quorum, and the affirmative vote of the same number
shall be required for any action by the Board.
28. Compensation and Expenses. Members of the
Board shall serve without compensation, but shall be
paid or reimbursed from the treasury of SAE Financial
and Housing Corporation for all expenses necessarily
incurred in the performance of their duties.
29. Election and Term of Office. At each Fraternity
Convention members of the Board shall be elected, in
the manner prescribed in Section 51F for the election
of chapter officers, for a term of four (4) years. The five
(5) at-large Board positions shall be staggered so that
two (2) of the five (5) at-large positions shall be filled at
one Biennial Convention and the other three (3) Board
positions at the next Biennial Convention. The Eminent
Supreme Recorder shall denominate each Board position
by number or other identifying convention, and each
Board member position shall be elected separately at the
applicable Fraternity Convention. A member of the Board
may be elected for no more than two consecutive fouryear terms. A vacancy occurring between sessions of
the Fraternity Convention shall be filled by appointment
by the Board of Directors of SAE Financial and Housing
Corporation. A person so appointed to fill a vacancy
shall serve until the next Fraternity Convention, and
such Convention shall elect a member for the remainder
of the term. Members of the Board shall assume their
duties immediately after election and shall continue in
office until their successors duly qualify.
30. Officers. At their first meeting after each Fraternity
Convention election, the members of the Board shall
elect, from their at-large membership, a President, a
Vice-President, a Treasurer, and a Secretary, and shall
appoint such other officers or employees as the Board
shall deem necessary for its proper functioning.
31. Duties of Officers. The President shall preside at all
meetings of the Board. The Vice-President shall perform
the duties of the President during the latter’s absence
or disability. The Treasurer shall oversee the finances of
SAE Financial and Housing Corporation. The Secretary
shall keep minutes of meetings and keep the books,
records, and other papers of the Board. Other duties
of Officers may be designated by the Board as deemed
appropriate. All of the books, records, and other papers
of the Board shall at all times be open to inspection by
any member of the Supreme Council.
32. Duties and Powers of the Board. The Board of
Directors of SAE Financial and Housing Corporation
shall be required and authorized to:
A. Receive, hold, invest, and reinvest the assets of SAE
Financial and Housing Corporation.
B. Develop and implement strategies, methods, and
programs for increasing revenue for Sigma Alpha
Epsilon. These revenues may be allocated to programs
for and funding of chapter housing, Fraternity
operations, and other purposes determined by the Board.
C. Prepare, after each regular or special meeting, a
report to the Supreme Council showing the assets and
liabilities of SAE Financial and Housing Corporation
together with a summary of its transactions for the
period covered by the report and a statement of any
other facts that the Board may wish to include in
such a report. A similar report shall be prepared for
each Fraternity Convention and submitted to the
Eminent Supreme Archon at least two weeks before the
Convention.
D. Establish and update an investment policy governing
the nature, size, term, cost, limitations, and diversity
of investments outlined in Section 33. Changes to the
investment policy shall be approved by the Board and
ratified by a majority vote of the Supreme Council.
Changes to the investment policy shall be deemed
ratified if the Supreme Council does not approve or
disapprove said changes and notify the President of the
Board of its action within thirty (30) days of notification
of the changes. Notification to the Supreme Council
shall occur:
1. Upon receipt of written notice of and rationale for
the changes in the investment policy by the Eminent
Supreme Recorder, or
2. At the Board’s meeting at which changes to the policy
are approved if the Supreme Council Representative or
the Eminent Supreme Recorder is in attendance at said
Board meeting.
E. Settle and compromise any claim arising out of any
investment held by it.
F. Institute legal proceedings, by means of foreclosure
or otherwise, as may be deemed necessary to enforce
the provisions of any mortgage or deed of trust upon
chapter house or improved real property held by it; and
at any sale of such real property in connection with the
foreclosure of any such mortgage or deed of trust, or
upon the settlement or compromise of any claim arising
out of such investment, to acquire title to such real
property by purchase or otherwise, and to hold, lease,
rent, repair, maintain, operate and manage it in all
respects as may be deemed by the Board for the best
interest of any such investment.
G. Guarantee loans made by third parties to corporations
affiliated with Chapters Collegiate.
33. Investments. Subject to the limitations outlined
in the investment policy established by the Board and
ratified by the Supreme Council per Section 32D, the
Board may invest any funds administered by it in:
A. Loans to corporations affiliated with Chapters
Collegiate which may sometimes be referred to as
“Chapter Loans” of the following categories:
1. First or second mortgages upon chapter houses.
2. Unsecured loans when appropriately guaranteed.
3. Loans secured by marketable securities or other
assets.
B. Loans to the Fraternity, which may sometimes be
referred to as “Fraternity Loans.”
C. Marketable securities.
D. Investments as directed by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of
the Fraternity Convention.
34. (Repealed by 147th Anniversary Convention in 2003)
TITLE VI. Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation.
35. Nature and Purposes. There has been organized, by
the authority of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation
incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation is not part of Sigma
Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, Inc. It is a separate and
independent corporation organized for the following
purposes:
A. To provide financial support through grants to develop
in our members the skills which will facilitate their
making deep and meaningful friendships throughout
their lives.
B. To provide financial support through grants to help
our members better understand and experience the
objectives set forth in the “True Gentleman.”
C. To provide financial support through grants to
foster personal development of our members including
leadership, scholarship, citizenship, social and moral
responsibility.
D. To provide financial support through grants to develop
in our members a sense of duty for individual and
group involvement in social interactions, service and
community outreach.
E. To provide financial support through grants to provide
our members with guidance, support and standards
based upon the ideals embodied in our Ritual.
F. To provide financial support through grants to
develop and maintain standards and expectations for
the conduct of our members within and outside of the
Fraternity.
G. To provide financial support through grants to provide
our members with life-long fraternal experiences that
are productive, rewarding and enjoyable.
H. To erect and maintain a memorial building to be
known as the “Levere Memorial Temple” in honor and
memory of William C. Levere and of other members
of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity who have served in
defense of their country.
I. To maintain therein a memorial chapel, library,
reading rooms, museum, and art gallery, which shall be
open and free to the public for research and study.
J. To preserve documents, archives, war records,
relics, pictures, works of art, and related objects
for the encouragement of patriotic and historical
research, particularly as to the history of education
and educational institutions, together with such
other facilities as may be necessary or proper to the
maintenance of such a memorial.
K. To cherish, maintain, and extend the institutions of
freedom of the United States of America and Canada, to
foster true patriotism and love of country in the youth of
those nations, and to promote celebrations on patriotic
anniversaries.
L. To establish and grant scholarships to worthy
and needy students in various universities, colleges,
and institutions of learning and to build, equip, and
maintain libraries and reading rooms in the various
Chapters Collegiate of the Fraternity.
M. To provide financial support through grants for
Leadership Schools conducted by the Fraternity.
N. To engage in other charitable, scientific, literary, or
educational activities.
O. To receive funds, donations, bequests, endowments,
and gifts for the furtherance of the objects and purposes
above set forth.
36. Board of Trustees.
A. Membership and Qualification. There shall be an
eleven (11)-member Board of Trustees of Sigma Alpha
Epsilon Foundation (“Board”) composed of nine (9)
members in good standing of the Chapter Alumnus,
none of whom shall be an Officer of the Supreme Council
or a Director of SAE Financial and Housing Corporation,
plus the Eminent Supreme Archon or his designee from
the Supreme Council and the Eminent Supreme Recorder
who shall both be ex-officio, non-voting members. All
members shall be covered by a blanket fidelity bond
to be obtained at the expense of the Foundation in an
amount determined by the Fraternity Convention or the
Board of Trustees.
B. Honorary Trustees. The Fraternity Convention and, in
the interval between sessions of the Convention, the
Board of Trustees, may elect Honorary Trustees of the
Foundation to serve in such capacity for terms of up to
four (4) years. An Honorary Trustee may be elected to any
number of terms, but shall have no vote or duties, except
as may be designated by the Board of Trustees. An
Honorary Trustee may be removed from office for neglect
of duty or other offense against the laws, dignity, or
interests of the Foundation by the Fraternity Convention
or by a majority vote of the Board of Trustees.
C. Compensation and Expenses. Trustees (both voting
and Honorary) shall serve without compensation, but
shall be reimbursed by the Foundation for all reasonable
expenses incurred in the performance of their duties,
subject to the approval of the Foundation President,
Finance Committee, or full Board, as appropriate.
37. Election and Term of Office. Trustees from the
Chapter Alumnus shall be elected by the Fraternity
Convention, in the manner prescribed in Section 51F
for the election of chapter officers, from candidates
nominated, each to serve for a term of four (4) years.
Five (5) Trustees shall be elected at one Fraternity
Convention and four (4) Trustees shall be elected at
the next biennial Convention. A Trustee may be elected
for no more than two (2) terms. A vacancy occurring
between sessions of the Fraternity Convention shall be
filled by appointment by the Board of Trustees, and the
person so appointed shall serve until the next Fraternity
Convention, at which time he shall be elected for the
then unexpired part of the term. Members of the Board
shall assume their duties immediately after election
or appointment and shall continue in office until their
successors duly qualify.
A Trustee may be removed from office
for neglect of duty or other offense against the laws,
dignity, or interests of the Foundation by the Fraternity
Convention or by a majority vote of the Board of Trustees.
This provision for removal does not apply to the two (2)
ex-officio Trustees: the Eminent Supreme Archon, or his
designee from the Supreme Council, and the Eminent
Supreme Recorder, each of whom may be removed only
by the Supreme Council.
38. Permanent Trust Funds. To assist in carrying out the
purposes of the Foundation, the following trust funds
shall be established: 1) The Levere Memorial Temple
Fund, 2) The SAE Leadership Fund, 3) The Student
Scholarship Fund, 4) The David A. LaVine Keeper of
The Temple Fund, 5) The Operating Fund, and 6) such
special trust funds, if any, as shall be tendered to the
Foundation and accepted by the Trustees thereof. The
Trustees of the Foundation shall be the Trustees of all
of said trust funds.
A. The Levere Memorial Temple Fund.
1. Source. The Levere Memorial Temple Fund shall be
derived from gifts designated for that fund.
2. Object. The object of the Levere Memorial Temple Fund
shall be to provide for the upkeep, embellishment, and
improvement of the Levere Memorial Temple.
3. Investments. The Trustees shall hold, manage, lease,
care for, and protect said trust estate and collect the
income therefrom, all in accordance with their best
judgment and discretion. Title to all property acquired
by the Trustees by purchase or otherwise shall be
taken in the name of the Foundation. The Trustees may
continue to hold any or all property or securities received
by them from any donor, although not of a type or quality
nor constituting a diversification considered proper
for trust investments. The Trustees may invest such
part of the trust fund as may be converted into cash
in bonds, stocks, real estate mortgages, real estate, or
improvements thereon, or in any other income-producing
property or securities, real or personal, said Trustees to
have as wide a latitude in making investments as if they
individually were the absolute owners thereof, and not
to be restricted to investments for Trustees as fixed by
the statutes or law of Illinois or any other jurisdiction.
4. Conveyances. The Trustees shall have full power to
sell and convey any and all of said trust property and
any reinvestments thereof for such prices and upon such
terms as they shall see fit, and no purchaser or other
person dealing with the Trustees shall be obliged to see
to the application of the purchase money or be charged
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with any duty to inquire into the powers of the Trustees
or the honesty or propriety of their action.
5. Reorganizations. The Trustees may 1) exchange any
property in the trust estate for other property; 2) deposit
any securities held by them with or under the direction
of any committee formed to protect said securities;
3) consent to and carry out any reorganization,
consolidation, or merger approved by them or by such
committee; 4) pay any expenses or assessments in
connection with such deposit; or 5) exercise conversion
and subscription rights and hold any property received
pursuant to any such exchange, deposit, conversion, or
subscription as assets of the trust estate.
6. Real Estate. In the event the Trustees shall acquire
title to real estate, by foreclosure or otherwise, they may
hold, lease, rent, repair, maintain, operate, and manage
the same in all respects as they may deem for the best
interest of the Trust estate. Any leases they make may
commence at the time of making the same or on a future
day and may be for such period of time as the Trustees
think best, not exceeding nine hundred and ninety-nine
(999) years.
7. Allocation of Income. The Trustees shall have the
power to determine how all receipts and disbursements
shall be credited, charged, or apportioned between
income and principal, and the decision of the Trustees
shall be final.
8. Expenses and Compensation. The Trustees shall be
reimbursed out of the Trust estate for all reasonable
expenses incurred in its management and protection,
including the fees of any investment counsel whom
the Trustees may deem it advisable to employ, but no
Trustee shall receive any compensation for his services
as such.
9. Amendment. The provisions of this Trust and the
powers and duties of the Trustees thereunder may be
altered or amended only by the Fraternity Convention,
pursuant to these Fraternity Laws, but no amendment
shall be made except to promote the objects of the Trust.
10. Interpretation. Any questions arising under this Trust
shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the
State of Illinois.
B. SAE Leadership Fund.
1. Source. There has been established a fund known as
the SAE Leadership Fund, consisting of such sums as
may be given or appropriated to it.
2. The purposes of the SAE Leadership Fund are as
follows:
a. To provide financial support through grants to conduct
a community-service program involving primarily the
provision of community services by members of the
Fraternity.
b. To provide financial support through grants to
institute programs and seminars and disseminate
materials useful in the prevention of alcohol and other
chemical abuse.
c. To provide financial support for the Leadership
Schools conducted by the Fraternity.
d. Otherwise to 1) engage in, assist, and contribute
to the support of exclusively charitable, educational,
or scientific activities and projects; 2) contribute to
the support of and create and maintain exclusively
charitable, educational, or scientific activities and
projects; and 3) contribute to the support of and create
and maintain exclusively charitable, educational, or
scientific institutions, organizations, and funds, with
special emphasis on such charitable, educational, or
scientific activities and organizations as have as one of
their objectives the aiding and assisting of the youth of
the United States of America and Canada.
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3. Administration. The SAE Leadership Fund shall be
administered by the Trustees of the Foundation in the same
manner and with the same powers as hereinabove provided
with respect to The Levere Memorial Temple Fund.
C. Student Scholarship Fund.
1. Source. There shall be a fund of the Foundation,
known as the Student Scholarship Fund, to consist of all
sums given to or appropriated for such fund.
2. Purpose. The purpose of this fund shall be to assist
deserving students by such grants to be made as herein
provided, and the fund shall be administered by the
Trustees of the Foundation.
3. Regulations. The following regulations shall be
faithfully observed by the Trustees of the Foundation
with respect to the Student Scholarship Fund:
a. The fund shall be the property of the Foundation and
shall be preserved as a trust fund and be granted only to
deserving students, shall be used for no other purpose,
and may be combined with other student-loan funds.
b. Any portion of the Fund from time to time not granted
to students shall be invested in securities or other
property.
c. No grant or scholarship shall be made to any Trustee
of the Foundation or to any person related within three
(3) degrees of consanguinity to a Trustee, nor shall any
money be loaned to or invested in any corporation or
business in which a Trustee is interested.
d. Any scholarship or investment of this fund may be
disapproved by the Fraternity Convention, and in such
cases the Trustees shall make such disposition of said
scholarship or investment as shall be in accordance
with the action of the Fraternity Convention.
D. The David A. LaVine Keeper of The Temple Fund.
1. Source. There has been established a Fund known
now and forever as the David A. LaVine Keeper of The
Temple Fund, consisting initially of a gift from the Estate
of David A. LaVine, Minnesota Alpha ’49, together with
such other sums as may be given or appropriated to The
Fund.
2. Purposes. The generated income from The Fund shall
be used solely to 1) provide a permanently restricted
Endowment to operate, preserve, and protect The Levere
Memorial Temple and 2) endow forever The Levere
Memorial Temple.
E. Operating Fund. There shall be an Operating Fund
consisting of all gifts to the Foundation which are not
designated for the benefit of one of the other funds of
the Foundation. The Trustees, however, may appropriate
a portion or portions of such fund for one of the other
funds of the Foundation. The purpose of the Operating
Fund shall be to assist in the attainment of any of the
purposes of the Foundation set forth in its charter. The
Operating Fund shall be administered by the Trustees
in the same manner and with the same powers as
hereinabove provided with respect to the Levere
Memorial Temple Fund.
F. Special Trust Funds. Special trust funds shall be
administered, both as to investment of principal and
disposition of principal and income, in accordance with
the stipulations of the donor expressed at the time of the
gift, provided said stipulations shall be in accordance
with the purposes of the Foundation as expressed in its
charter. If the donor shall fail to stipulate at the time
of the gift the manner in which any Special Trust Fund
shall be administered, any such Special Trust Fund shall
be administered by the Trustees in the same manner
and with the same powers as hereinabove provided with
respect to the Levere Memorial Temple Fund.
39. Advisory Council. The Board of Trustees of Sigma
Alpha Epsilon Foundation may select an advisory
council, selected by reason of said council’s members’
experience and knowledge with respect to the investment
of trust funds.
TITLE XI. Publications.
63. Publications. The Fraternity’s publications are as
follows below. All necessary appropriations for the
expense of its publications shall be from the general
funds of the Fraternity, the Foundation, or SAE Financial
and Housing Corporation.
TITLE XIII. General Rules.
73. Fraternity Laws and Ritual.
C. Committee on Fraternity Laws. Within sixty (60)
days after each Fraternity Convention, the ESA with
the advice and consent of the Supreme Council shall
appoint a Committee on Fraternity Laws, which shall
serve until the next succeeding Fraternity Convention.
The Fraternity Laws committee shall be made up of
one chairman, one SAE Foundation Trustee, one SAE
Financial and Housing Corporation Director, one Province
Archon, one alumni association member, one Supreme
Council member and one undergraduate. It shall be the
duty of this Committee to embody in the Fraternity Laws
all amendments adopted at the Convention preceding
its appointment and to consider and report to the next
succeeding Fraternity Convention all amendments
proposed in the interim between Conventions with its
recommendations thereon.
F. Designated Fraternity Accounts. The Fraternity shall
be obligated to maintain the following three (3) specially
designated monetary accounts, each segregated
from the other and the general operating funds of the
Fraternity and each maintained in separate bank or
investment accounts: 1) Fraternity Reserve Account; 2)
Self-Insured Retention Account; and 3) Phoenix Account.
Each of the above described accounts shall be funded,
managed and maintained in accordance with the
following terms and conditions:
1. Fraternity Reserve Account (FRA). Each fiscal year
the Fraternity shall budget and make regular monetary
contributions to the FRA so that by the end of each fiscal
year it will be targeted to equal forty percent (40%) of
the Fraternity’s prior three-year audited annual average
total operating expenses reduced by the Fraternity’s
risk-management-program expenses and by the net
administrative fees monies the Fraternity received, if
any, from the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation and SAE
Financial and Housing Corporation, , Inc. However, if
this variable target amount cannot be achieved, the
Fraternity shall nonetheless maintain the FRA balance
at no less than an absolute minimum of $1,000,000,
except for the purposes set forth below. The FRA
funds, including earned investment income, shall be
used by the Fraternity for only two purposes: 1) half for
short-term cash-flow deficits derived from the normal
course of business of the Fraternity pursuant to the
duly adopted fiscal-year budget (for example, to pay
for expenses incurred prior to the regular collection of
membership fees and dues) and 2) half for other budget
deficits caused by an emergency. For the purposes of
this paragraph, an “emergency” shall be defined as a
sudden and unexpected occurrence that the Supreme
Council could not reasonably have anticipated in the
normal course of business. FRA funds may be allocated
and applied to cover such short-term cash-flow deficits
only upon a duly adopted resolution of the Supreme
Council, recorded in the official minutes of the Fraternity,
certifying that the FRA funds so expended reasonably
can be repaid from the future collection of Fraternity
members’ dues and fees collected within the same
fiscal year. FRA funds may be allocated and applied
to cover other budget deficits caused by an emergency
only upon a resolution duly adopted by 4/5 (four fifths)
of the Supreme Council, recorded in the official minutes
of the Fraternity, clearly describing the nature of the
emergency and providing a reasonable estimate of time
to repay the FRA funds so expended. Except as stated
above, FRA funds may not be used for any other purpose
whatsoever.
Rationale: Neither the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation
nor the SAE Financial & Housing Corporation are a part
of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. They are separate
entities, governed by separate boards of directors
and their own individual governance documents. The
proposed amendments are intended to correct and
reconcile the Fraternity Laws with this reality.
Submitted by: Ed Fuller (Boston ’68), M. Todd
Buchanan (Southern Mississippi ’90), J. Michael
Scarborough (Salisbury ’76), Curtis Frasier (Arizona
State ’77), Greg Beltran (UC-Berkeley ’78), William F.
Grimsley (Davidson ’80), Steve Mitchell (Indiana ’83),
Dean K. Morell (Oregon ‘79), Jim Mountain (Montana
’81), Bob Watts (Boston ’68), John Barrett (Cincinnati
’71), James Ellis (New Mexico ’68), Cliff Yee (Richmond
’97), Lee Miller (Mount Union ’62), Charlie Boyd
(Mississippi State ’65), Michael Rodgers (William &
Mary ’92), Raymond “Hondo” Davids (Maryland-College
Park ’77), W. Gary Westling (Cal State-Long Beach ’83),
Bradley M. Cohen (Arizona ’85), Steve Churchill (Iowa
State ’85), Thomas Dement (Middle Tennessee State
’90), Greg Brandt (Drake ’84), Mike Corelli (Northern
Illinois ’01), Blaine Ayers (Kentucky ’01), Tom Logan
(Drake ’73)
Proposal #3
Amend Section 61 [Other Organizational
Entities] as follows:
C. An Associate Alumni Association may be organized
only by virtue of a Charter granted by the Supreme
Council. Such an association may be either an area
alumni association, of which members must be alumni
who reside in the same city or locale, or a Chapter
Collegiate alumni association, of which members may
or may not be alumni of the same Chapter Collegiate.
Application for a charter shall be in writing, shall be
signed 1) in the case of an area alumni association by at
least five (5) alumni members residing in the same city
or locale or 2) in the case of a Chapter-Collegiate alumni
association by five (5) alumni of the same Chapter
Collegiate, and shall be accompanied by an application
fee of ten dollars ($10.00) and initial annual dues (for
the current calendar year) of ten dollars ($10.00). By
virtue of this charter, the Associate Alumni Association
will not have a vote in either the Province or National
Conventions, and no member services support will be
provided. Its purpose is to literally serve as a social
organization only.
Rationale: This proposal could help SAE form a lot
more alumni associations if the dues were less and the
member requirements were less. The restriction would
be no vote at Province or National Convention, so the
formation of these Associate Alumni Associations
would not be formed just for the purpose of flooding
our convention with delegates and voting privileges.
In addition, no member services would be provided
for free, and only a letter authorizing these ASSOCIATE
alumni associations would be considered a “charter.”
Perhaps some of the challenges for smaller metro
areas and colonies, plus new chapters, are the cost to
formation as well as finding the qualified local alumni/
members. This might be considered an issue by larger
alumni associations, especially if regional metro areas
have small pockets of alumni that want to have their
own association. Either way, I put this up for review and
discussion.
Submitted by: John Stringfellow (South CarolinaColumbia ‘75)
the National Laws does not recommend adoption.
Proposal #4
Amend Section 51 [Chapter Officers], as
follows:
E. Term of Office. The election of officers in each
Chapter Collegiate shall be held at a time it determines
provided that the terms of office do not exceed one (1)
year. The terms of the Eminent Archon and Eminent
Treasurer shall be one (1) year. However, the length of
the term may be shortened by the Supreme Council upon
recommendation of the Province Archon. Officers shall
assume their duties at the next regular meeting following
their election or whenever practical for the chapter and
shall continue in office until their successors qualify.
* * *
6. Suspension by Supreme Council. A charter may
for due cause be suspended by the Eminent Supreme
Archon, with the consent of the Supreme Council by a
four-fifths (4/5) vote, provided the Chapter Collegiate
had been notified in writing of the charges and given a
reasonable opportunity to respond. In such case, a full
report shall be made to the next Fraternity Convention
for its approval or disapproval, and meanwhile the
charter shall remain suspended. Upon suspension of
the charter, all current undergraduate members shall be
considered suspended members until their graduation
from the institution at which the Chapter Collegiate is
domiciled. Upon graduation, said suspended members
will become members of the Chapter Alumnus and
will therefore be entitled to all rights and privileges of
membership further notification by a Fraternity officer.
Amend Section 47 [Membership], as follows:
E. Affiliation at Another Institution.
* * *
3. Transfer Cards
* * *
b. Suspended and Disbanded Chapters: Every member
of a suspended or disbanded Chapter Collegiate who
was in good standing at the time of its suspension or
dissolution is entitled, on request, to a transfer card.
This card shall be signed by the Eminent Supreme
Recorder.
Amend Section 56 [By-Laws], as follows:
56. By-Laws. Chapters Collegiate may adopt, amend or
repeal such by-laws as they may deem necessary, with
respect to, among other things, the following:
A. Local dues and assessments
B. Additional duties of officers and members
C. Bonds of the Eminent Treasurer and of the Trustees
D. Duties of the Trustees
E. Quorum
F. Inactive membership
G. F. Use of the badges.
Rationale: Current Fraternity Law provides that
Eminent Treasurers must serve for a full-year term with
limited exceptions. Best practices for chapters require
Eminent Archons to serve full-year terms; however,
no current Fraternity Law mandates this policy. This
proposal folds Eminent Archons into this requirement,
subject to the same limited exceptions.
Such by-laws shall not be inconsistent with the laws,
By-Laws, or lawful orders of any regularly constituted
body of higher rank in the Fraternity and shall in no
way be contrary to these Fraternity Laws. If upon due
notice a chapter persists in violating this provision of
the Fraternity Laws, the Supreme Council shall suspend
its charter.
Submitted by: Austin Evans (Wisconsin-Madison
’05)
Amend Section 59 [The Chapter Alumnus],
as follows:
Proposal #5
Omnibus proposal to address the suspension
of members, as follows:
Amend Section 46 [Charter], as follows:
C. Discipline of Chapter and Termination of Charter.
59. The Chapter Alumnus. Every member in good
standing of the Fraternity, whenever he shall cease
to be an active member of the Chapter Collegiate by
which he was initiated, shall automatically become a
member of the Chapter Alumnus, unless he becomes
actively affiliated with some other Chapter Collegiate.
Membership in good standing in the Chapter Alumnus
shall be derived from a gift of ten dollars ($10.00) or
more in a fiscal year to Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
or Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation or from aggregate
gifts totaling one hundred dollars ($100.00). Contri
butions may be paid directly to the Eminent Supreme
Recorder of the Fraternity, or, if the member is also a
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member of an alumni association, to the treasurer
of such organization, who shall in turn forward the
same to the Eminent Supreme Recorder. The Eminent
Supreme Recorder shall transfer to Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Foundation all contributions to which it shall be entitled.
Amend Section 77 [Penalties], as follows:
C. Suspension: A suspended member shall temporarily
lose all rights and privileges of membership. If a
member of a Chapter Collegiate, he shall surrender
the badge loaned to him at the time of initiation to the
Eminent Archon who shall hold it during the period of
suspension. If an alumnus, he shall forward the badge
to the Eminent Supreme Recorder or deliver it to such
person as may be designated by the Eminent Supreme
Recorder to receive it on his behalf. In either case, he
shall not display the certificate of membership during
the period of suspension. He shall not be permitted to
1) attend any chapter or alumni meeting or social affair
given under the auspices of the Fraternity or 2) enter any
chapter house for any purpose. Suspension imposed by a
Chapter Collegiate shall lapse when the If a suspended
member ceases to be a student at the domicile of the
Chapter Collegiate by which he was suspended, his
suspension will continue and he will be a member of
the Chapter Quiescent, unless reinstated pursuant to
Section 77D2. In such a case, the chapter must either
return the badge to the suspended member and restore
him to good standing or institute expulsion proceedings
against him. If an undergraduate member is suspended
by a Special Commission he will not be automatically
reinstated upon graduation. In order for his suspension
to be lifted, the individual must petition the Supreme
Council for reinstatement.
Amend Section 77 [Penalties], as follows:
D. Reinstatement
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2, From Suspension. Any member who has been
suspended may be reinstated by 1) a two-thirds (2/3) vote
of the then current Chapter Collegiate which imposed
such penalty, 2) a four-fifths (4/5) vote of the then
current Supreme Council which imposed such penalty,
or 3) the Fraternity Convention. No reinstatement,
however, unless by action of the Fraternity Convention,
shall be effective until notice of such action has been
given as required in Section 77B. A suspended member
may petition the Chapter Collegiate for reinstatement at
any time, but the motion must be made for him by a
brother in good standing. A suspended person may be
reinstated by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members
in good standing present at the chapter meeting if a
quorum is present.
Rationale: Membership apathy is a problem affecting
all of our chapters to some extent. Some chapters have
informal policies regarding “early alum” or inactive
statuses that are often contrary to the Fraternity Laws.
The Fraternity Laws do provide for an approved inactive
status (the terms of which are not changed by this law
proposal), and chapters have the option of suspending
members who are delinquent in accounts.
However, if members are suspended by their chapter
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(or by the Supreme Council due to the suspension of
a chapter’s charter or a commission of alumni), they
automatically become members in good standing
as alumni, despite having been brothers worth of a
suspension of their membership, unless the chapter
actively seeks to expel the member. Due to the effort
needed to expel a member, chapters simply do not
choose this option.
This law proposal eliminates the automatic
reinstatement of a suspended member and requires
that either the chapter that imposed a suspension, the
Supreme Council or the Fraternity Convention actively
reinstate the member within their judgment. Otherwise,
the suspended member will become a member of the
Chapter Quiescent. The proposal also eliminates the
suggestion that chapters include within their by-laws
references to inactive membership, yet leaves Section
64F (relating to inactive membership) untouched and
sufficient to govern inactive membership matters.
Submitted by: Austin Evans (Wisconsin-Madison
’05)
Proposal #6
Amend Section 21 [Duties], as follows:
21. The Supreme Council shall:
A. Represent the Fraternity Convention in the interval
between sessions. As part of representing the Fraternity
Convention in the interval between sessions, if doing
so is deemed time-sensitive and necessary to preserve
and protect the Fraternity, the Supreme Council may
amend the Fraternity Laws between sessions of the
Fraternity Convention. If the Supreme Council amends
the Fraternity Laws pursuant to this subsection, the
amendment shall be presented for ratification to the
next Fraternity Convention. A majority, affirmative vote
of those entitled to vote at the subsequent Fraternity
Convention shall be necessary to ratify the Supreme
Council’s action taken pursuant to this subsection. If
the Fraternity Convention does not ratify the Supreme
Council’s action, then the Fraternity Laws shall read
exactly as they did before the Supreme Council acted
pursuant to this subsection.
Rationale: This amendment does several things.
Overall, it respects the role of the Fraternity Convention
while giving the Supreme Council the ability to make
changes to the Fraternity Laws when expediency is
required because of the circumstances. This respects
the role of the Fraternity Convention by allowing the
convention to accept or reject — by simple majority
vote — any change made by the Supreme Council
between conventions. Stated differently, the Fraternity
Convention would not need a two-thirds vote to “undo”
a change made by the Supreme Council between
Conventions. However, this proposal also makes
explicit that the Supreme Council may amend the
laws between conventions when doing so is both timesensitive and necessary to preserve and protect the
Fraternity.
Submitted by: Clark Brown (Arkansas-Fayetteville
’07)
Proposal #7
Amend Section 73 [Fraternity Laws and
Ritual], as follows:
A. Amendment or Repeal. The Fraternity Laws and Ritual
may be amended or repealed only by the Fraternity
Convention by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members
present who are entitled to vote pursuant to Section 11.
Notice setting forth the proposed amendment or repeal
shall be submitted to the Eminent Supreme Recorder
by December 15 immediately preceding the Fraternity
Convention at which such amendment or repeal is to
be considered and shall be printed in the issue of The
Phi Alpha preceding the Convention and released in
its digital format by March 1st in order to provide both
collegiate and alumni members an opportunity to review
and discuss all information, as necessary. Only members
in good standing of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
may submit Fraternity Law amendments or repeals.
Any fraternity law amendment or repeal submitted in
accordance with these laws that is not brought before
the National Convention before the close of the last
business session will be automatically resubmitted
for the next National Convention. These resubmissions
must be voted upon before any new submissions can
be voted upon. Any fraternity law amendment or repeal
submitted in accordance with these laws must be
brought before the National Convention before the close
of the last business session.
Rationale: This proposal is intended to clarify, through
the addition of the word “only,” that the Fraternity
Convention has the exclusive authority and power to
amend or repeal Fraternity Laws and Rituals.
The proposed amendment to the second sentence in 73A
is simply to provide a date preceding Founder’s Day to
provide the potential eligible voters for the upcoming
Fraternity Convention an opportunity to discuss the
proposed changes during the many gatherings and
events that occur during Founders Day celebrations
across the Realm. Much like the Supreme Council’s
decision to release their edict abolishing the pledge
programs of Sigma Alpha Epsilon on the eve of Founders
Day 2014, this proposed amendment will ensure that
all new proposals will receive maximum exposure to all
members and alumni across the Realm.
The proposed amendment regarding submissions and
re-submissions of amendments and repeals is intended
to make certain that every brother who submits a
proposal in accordance with the laws of our Fraternity
has his proposal heard by the Fraternity Convention,
which only meets in regular session once every two
years. This change will have the effect of ensuring that
every proposal will be discussed by the eligible voting
members at the convention.
Submitted by: Brian Reddick (Arkansas-Fayetteville
’88)
Proposal #8
Proposal #10
Amend Section 78 [Appeals], as follows:
Amend Section 42 [Province Council], as
follows:
G. Rules of Governing Appeals. The Supreme Council
and Fraternity Convention, respectively, may make rules
governing the hearing of appeals before them it.
Rationale: The intent of this proposal is to give the
Fraternity Convention the exclusive authority to create
the rules governing appeals. The rationale is that it
is preferable for the voting membership, through the
Fraternity Convention, to create the rules much like they
do for Fraternity Laws. This requirement would have
the effect of ensuring that the Fraternity Convention
is involved in the important issues before it on appeal
as well as giving the process the utmost transparency
and fairness. In its current form, the rule allows the
Supreme Council, should they ever decide to do so, the
ability to change the rules of an appeal at any point
during the process. The proposed amendment would
give the appellate process the required transparency
and objectivity needed to fairly adjudicate such matters.
’88)
Proposal #9
Amend Section 12 [Sessions and Voting], as
follows:
A. Regular Session. The convention shall meet biennially
in Chicago at such time and place as are selected by the
Supreme Council. The Supreme Council shall appoint
such ad hoc committees as it deems necessary to
conduct the business of the Convention.
Rationale: Chicago is the national headquarters for
Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The Levere Temple and national
headquarters is a destination that each and every
member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon should endeavor
to visit. The business of SAE should be held in the
national headquarters of SAE. Additionally, Chicago
is a large, easily accessible, centrally located tourist
destination that will encourage more members to
attend the Fraternity Convention and provide a cost
benefit by not having to send all the national staff,
equipment and materials for the convention to a remote
location. Moreover, starting a tradition of having all
of the brothers of SAE meet every year in a place that
holds so much meaning and tradition to all SAEs will
only strengthen our organization and help grow this
important event.
’88)
D. Term. Officers shall assume their duties immediately
after the adjournment of the session at which they are
elected and shall continue in office until their successors
qualify. No Province Archon shall serve more than two
consecutive biennial terms. If appointed within a
biennium, time served shall not be counted against
him and he shall have the opportunity to be elected by
the Province body and serve two complete terms before
being unable to run again. If passed, this Fraternity
Law shall take effect on January 1, 2016, the beginning
of the calendar year when Province Conventions will be
held to elect new Province leadership.
Proposal #12
Amend Section 12 [Sessions and Voting], as
follows:
D. Voting at Convention. Each member of the Convention
is entitled to a vote only if he is 1) a member in good
standing of a Chapter Collegiate or the Chapter Alumnus
and 2) in attendance at the session when a vote is taken
or has submitted an absentee ballot in accordance with
Section 12I. No proxies are allowed.
Submitted by: Daniel H. Gladding (Salisbury ’78)
* * *
I. Absentee Ballot. The delegate of the Alumni
Association may vote by absentee ballot, provided
that 1) he provides notice via email no later than 45
days prior to the Fraternity Convention to the Eminent
Supreme Recorder, or to such staff member of the
Fraternity Service Center that the Eminent Supreme
Recorder designates to receive such email, that he
intends to submit an absentee ballot, and 2) that
such absentee ballot is submitted via email no later
than 14 days prior to the Fraternity Convention to the
Eminent Supreme Recorder, or to such staff member of
the Fraternity Service Center that the Eminent Supreme
Recorder designates to receive such email.
Ritual], as follows:
Rationale: The province, like any governance body
(Fraternity or otherwise), needs fresh and rejuvenated
leadership regularly. A four-year term provides sufficient
time to promote, attain and achieve goals and
objectives. For a province to thrive and grow within the
Fraternity, new leadership opportunities and volunteers
are needed. Past Province Archons are allowed to be
voting members of Province Conventions under Section
41.A.1 and may continue to assist and serve the
province in myriad other ways.
Proposal #11
Amend Section 43 [Duties of Province
Officers], as follows:
A. Province Archon. The Province Archon shall:
12. Not hold any other office(s) within his province
structure and/or under his direct purview due to potential
conflicts of interest. These offices may include, but
may not be limited to: Alumni Advisory Board, Alumni
Association, Alumni Commission, Chapter Advisor,
House Corporation, etc. If passed, this Fraternity Law
shall take effect on January 1, 2016.
Rationale: The Province Archon needs to be an
unbiased officer of the province at all times and not be
put in any potential position or situation where he might
be perceived as showing favoritism or bias based on the
direct office he holds under his own province’s structure.
Furthermore, some universities have questioned why a
regional president is able to hold local offices within
the Fraternity due to the same rationale. Sigma Alpha
Epsilon has reinstated/created two alumni services’
Fraternity Service Center staff members to bolster and
enhance alumni interaction and volunteer opportunities
within the Fraternity. By adding this stipulation to the
Fraternity Laws, it provides the appropriate governance
to help prevent potential conflicts of interest and bias
within a province and the Fraternity as a whole.
A. Amendment or Repeal. The Fraternity Laws and
Ritual may be amended or repealed by the Fraternity
Convention by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members
present who are entitled to vote pursuant to Section
11 and Section 12. Notice setting forth the proposed
amendment or repeal shall be submitted to the Eminent
Supreme Recorder by December 15 immediately
preceding the Fraternity Convention at which such
amendment or repeal is to be considered and shall
be printed in the issue of The Phi Alpha preceding the
Convention. Only members in good standing of Sigma
Alpha Epsilon Fraternity may submit Fraternity Law
amendments or repeals. Any fraternity law amendment
or repeal submitted in accordance with these laws that
is not brought before the National Convention before the
close of the last business session will be automatically
resubmitted for the next National Convention. These
resubmissions must be voted upon before any new
submissions can be voted upon.
Rationale 1 [regarding Section 12]: While
maximizing attendance at the Fraternity Convention is
certainly a noble goal, and requiring attendance in order
to vote furthers that goal, the primary purpose of the
Fraternity Convention is to govern the Fraternity. To that
end, allowing an alumni-association designee to vote
absentee maximizes the participation in governance
of the Fraternity.
Additionally, while Chapters
Collegiate can often afford to send a designee, travel
to the Fraternity Convention may prove to be a financial
hardship to a member of the alumni association,
particularly for smaller chapters or those without strong
alumni associations. This amendment ensures that
Submitted by: Daniel H. Gladding (Salisbury ’78)
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delegates from Chapters Collegiate must still attend
in person to vote, but delegates of alumni associations
may vote absentee.
Rationale 2 [regarding Section 73]: This
proposal is a companion piece to the Section 12
proposal to allow absentee voting. See the rationale
for the Section 12 proposal, as this proposal’s rationale
would be the same. To that end, this proposal is simply
language to amend Section 73 to comport with the
changes made in the Section 12 proposal.
Submitted by: Lewis Buckley O’Mell (ArkansasFayetteville ’99)
Proposal #13
Amend Section 12 [Sessions and Voting] as
follows:
E. Voting and Legislation Between Conventions. The
Eminent Supreme Archon, with the advice and consent of
the Supreme Council, may submit to a direct vote of the
Fraternity such measures as may benefit from resolution
before the next Convention, including amendments to
Fraternity Laws that cannot wait for the next Convention
to address.
Amend Section 18 [Duties] as follows:
B. Eminent Supreme Archon
* * *
4. Interpret, construe, and enforce the Fraternity Laws
and the orders of the Fraternity Convention and of the
Supreme Council, and for such purposes he may issue
such orders as may be necessary, except that he shall
not amend or repeal any portion of the Fraternity Law
or Ritual.
G. Eminent Supreme Recorder
1. As Custodian of Records:
* * *
c. Enforce the Fraternity Laws and carry out the orders
of the Fraternity Convention, the Supreme Council, and
the Eminent Supreme Archon, except that he shall not
enforce or carry out any orders of the Supreme Council or
of the Eminent Supreme Archon which conflict with any
orders of the Fraternity Convention, or which amend or
repeal any portion of the Fraternity Laws or of the Ritual
without the same having first been approved by the
Fraternity Convention at a regular session thereof, or by
a direct vote of its membership pursuant to Section 12.E
of these Fraternity Laws.
between sessions, except that the Supreme Council
shall not amend or repeal any portion of the Fraternity
Laws or of the Ritual.
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Rationale: Sections 6 and 9.A of the Fraternity Laws
specify and guarantee that the supreme governing power
of the Fraternity is vested in the Fraternity Convention,
with the Supreme Council explicitly subordinate thereto.
Section 21.A of Fraternity Law states that “[t]he Supreme
Council shall [r]epresent the Fraternity Convention
in the interval between sessions,” implying only a
stewardship of the convention’s authority during such
interval. More specifically, Section 18.B.4 grants to the
ESA the authority to “[i]nterpret, construe, and enforce
the Fraternity Laws,” but he is not granted the authority
to amend or repeal them, nor to modify or nullify any
portion of the Ritual. Any interpretation counter to this
necessarily results in an ability of the Supreme Council
to nullify or disregard any Fraternity Law or order of the
Fraternity Convention at will; such a situation makes the
biennial Fraternity Convention a meaningless exercise
and contradicts the democratic principle.
One of the ultimate authorities of a Fraternity Convention
is to amend Fraternity Law, and the Ritual, by a 2/3
vote. Emergency situations may arise in the future
that requires a change to Fraternity Law that needs to
be resolved by those entitled to a vote per Section 11
of Fraternity Law. Amending or repealing any portion of
Fraternity Law or of the Ritual are actions only properly
reserved to the convention. Further, Section 12.G
preserves and protects the collective undergraduate vote
as the majority of the votes to be cast at any convention,
placing the majority of control of the Fraternity’s destiny
in the hands of undergraduates, not in those of a few
alumni. Current modern technology and communication
methods ensure timely announcements and reaction to
needed resolutions per the methods set forth in Section
12.E. Put simply, the amendment or repeal of Fraternity
Laws or of the Ritual are only properly executed by the
Fraternity Convention, or by a direct mail vote of its
membership in the interval between sessions; no other
council, committee, officer or other members of this
Fraternity have that right or authority.
In changing Fraternity Law in the interim, Section 73.A
of Fraternity Law requiring any proposal to amend or
repeal any portion of the Fraternity Laws, or of the Ritual,
be submitted to the ESR in writing; that it be published
in advance to those entitled to a vote per Section 11; and
that it be discussed and approved by a two-thirds (2/3)
vote in order carry; was not properly followed. Further,
interim changes also did not follow the proper method
as prescribed in Section 73.A to alter the Ritual when
ceremonies were both removed from Fraternity Law
and nullified in their entirety. Based on actions and
opinions, the Fraternity Service Center has advised that
in the event a properly constituted convention were to
reinstate provisions changed in the interim, the next
Supreme Council could follow a similar path to reverse
the convention’s actions, which would thus imply that
the Supreme Council holds a superior authority to that
of a convention in direct contradiction to Section 9.A and
would mean a direct conflict in the ESA’s responsibilities
in 18.B.4 to enforce orders of the Fraternity Convention.
Because Fraternity Law has already specifically set
forth a method to resolve issues between conventions
in a thoughtful and meaningful way via Section 12.E,
it is important to clarify in these sections that the
convention retains its supreme authority per Section
9.A. By clarifying these sections to specifically note that
amendments to Fraternity Law are one of the necessary
items that may need to be handled between conventions,
we create a process to recognize those situations that
may occur and create a mechanism for their resolution
in future cases.
Submitted by: Hugh Beckham (Mississippi State
‘88), Steven P. Byrne (Cal State-Los Angeles ’74), Steve
Churchill (Iowa State ’85), Michael Corelli (Northern
Illinois ’01), Jon Grossman (Eastern Kentucky ’03),
William D. Johns (Cal Poly-Pomona ’03), Anthony
Naquin (Nicholls State ’15), Kevin Neumann (Rensselaer
Polytechnic ’82), Richard Shanahan (Fort Hays State
’03), David Vicknair (Nicholls State ’07), Jonathan
K. Witter (Rensselaer Polytechnic ’82), Robert Wood
(Eastern Kentucky ’82)
Proposal #14
C. Eminent Supreme Deputy Archon. The Eminent
Supreme Deputy Archon shall 1) assist the Eminent
Supreme Archon and perform the duties of the latter in
case of his absence or disability; 2) to act as a liaison
between the Supreme Council and the SAE Foundation
Board of Trustees and the Financial and Housing
Corporation Board; and 2) 3) perform any other duties
assigned to him by the Eminent Supreme Archon.
Rationale: Only the ESA and ESW have specific duties
outlined. By adding specific duties to all Supreme
Council positions, we are helping to develop the member
to learn about all aspects of the Fraternity, assuming
he moves up the Fraternity leadership structure to
potentially be elected ESA. The final component to the
development of the next ESA is intimate knowledge of
the operations and activities of the other governing
boards of the Fraternity so he knows how to interact
with them and build a lasting rapport and working
relationship before his two-year term as ESA.
Submitted by: Steven P. Byrne (Cal State-Los
Angeles ’74), Michael Corelli (Northern Illinois ’01),
Jon Grossman (Eastern Kentucky ’03), William D. Johns
(Cal Poly-Pomona ’03), Kevin Neumann (Rensselaer
’03), Tyler Torres (Virginia Commonwealth ’13), Jonathan
Proposal #15
D. Eminent Supreme Warden. The Eminent Supreme
Warden shall 1) act as the Eminent Supreme Archon in
case of the absence or disability of the Eminent Supreme
Archon and the Eminent Supreme Deputy Archon, 2)
exercise particular supervision over the finances of the
Fraternity, reporting to the Supreme Council the financial
health of the Fraternity during appropriate meetings,
ensuring compliance with applicable Fraternity Laws
regarding posting to secure websites, and oversight of
audits and IRS reports, conducted in a timely fashion
and for on-time IRS filings; and 3) perform any other
duties assigned to him by the Eminent Supreme Archon.
’03), Tyler Torres (Virginia Commonwealth ’13),
Jonathan K. Witter (Rensselaer Polytechnic ’82), Robert
Wood (Eastern Kentucky ’82)
Rationale: As the chief officer charged with the
fiduciary responsibility of the Supreme Council, the ESW
should always be intimately involved with the financial
health of the Fraternity, be the Supreme Council
member most concerned with adhering to the fiduciary
responsibility and timelines of audits and IRS reports
and be the officer to provide timely and accurate reports
to the other Supreme Council members in their overall
role as a governing board. He specifically should ensure
timely audit reports, filing of required legal and IRS
forms and the accurate posting of this for the member’s
information. This enhances his position as the fiduciary
officer of the Fraternity.
Proposal #17
Angeles ’74); Michael Corelli (Northern Illinois ’01),
Proposal #16
E. Eminent Supreme Herald. The Eminent Supreme
Herald shall 1) act as the Eminent Supreme Archon in
the case of absence or disability of the Eminent Supreme
Archon, the Eminent Supreme Deputy Archon, and the
Eminent Supreme Warden, and 2) provide oversight
and guidance to alumni operations and activities of the
Fraternity, specifically related to alumni associations
and the development of alumni support, and 3) perform
any other duties assigned to him by the Eminent
Supreme Archon.
outlined. By adding specific duties to all Supreme Council
positions, we are helping to develop the member to learn
about all aspects of the Fraternity, assuming he moves
up the Fraternity leadership structure to potentially be
elected ESA. Alumni development is critical to the longterm success of our chapters, Foundation, F&H and
Fraternity, and by giving the ESH specific duties to help
work and encourage more robust programs to develop
alumni, we are enhancing our outreach to the largest
population of brothers.
F. Eminent Supreme Chronicler. The Eminent Supreme
Chronicler shall 1) act as the Eminent Supreme Archon
in case of the absence or disability of the Eminent
Supreme Archon, the Eminent Supreme Deputy Archon,
the Eminent Supreme Warden, and the Eminent Supreme
Herald, and 2) provide oversight and guidance for
undergraduate activities and operations performed by
the Fraternity Service Center, and 3) perform any other
duties assigned to him by the Eminent Supreme Archon.
outlined. By adding specific duties to all Supreme
Council positions, we are helping to develop the member
to learn about all aspects of the Fraternity, assuming
he moves up the Fraternity leadership structure to
potentially be elected ESA. Undergraduate programs
to the ESCH’s role are a natural fit as the most junior
member of the Council and with the majority of the
Fraternity’s activities focused on undergraduate brother
development.
Proposal #18
G. Eminent Supreme Recorder.
* * *
3. As Financial Custodian
* * *
f. Financial Reporting to the Realm.
(1) To communicate the financial condition of SAE to all
members, the Eminent Supreme Recorder shall publish
at least semi-annually, on a secure website, a report of
the financial operations and condition of each unit of
the Fraternity (SAE Financial and Housing Corporation,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, and Sigma Alpha
Epsilon Foundation) and the portfolios of the Fraternity
Designated Accounts specified in Section 73.F. The
reports shall be posted by thirtieth (30th) day of the
month following the end of each reporting period.
Rationale: By putting in specific time frames for
the reporting of end-of-year reports, this conforms
the provision to other required submission of financial
reports from other sections of Fraternity Laws: Section
43.D (Provinces); Section 52.E.9 (Chapters), and
Sections 52.J.2.b and 52.J.2.d (House Corporations). It
further ensures transparency and accuracy for the ESW
to provide meaningful reports to the Supreme Council
and aligns with expectations other non or not-for-profit
entities with similar staff sizes and budgets currently
enforce.
Angeles ’74), Jon Grossman (Eastern Kentucky ’03),
William D. Johns (Cal Poly-Pomona ’03), Kevin Neumann
(Rensselaer Polytechnic ’82), Richard Shanahan (Fort
Hays State ’03), Tyler Torres (Virginia Commonwealth
’13), Jonathan K. Witter (Rensselaer Polytechnic ’82),
Robert Wood (Eastern Kentucky ’82)
Proposal #19
Amend Section 44 [Council of Province
Archons] as follows:
A. Nature and Purpose. The Council of Province Archons
is established to be an organized body of the Province
Archons to provide counsel and advice to the Supreme
Council and Fraternity Service Center, to promote and
assist the Supreme Council and Eminent Supreme
Recorder with their duties of promulgating of policies
and enforcing Fraternal Laws, to share best practices
within each Province with others, and to be the final
appeal body as prescribed in Section 78.B of these
Fraternity Laws.
Rationale: Other governing bodies (Fraternity, House
Corporations, Foundation, F&H Board) have statements
of purpose. Including a statement of the nature and
purpose of the Council of Province Archons creates
consistency and defines the role and responsibilities of
the group.
Proposal #20
Amend Section 47 [Membership] as follows:
D. Initiation.
* * *
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2. Financial Requirements. No member shall be initiated
until the membership fee of three hundred and ten
dollars ($310.00) required by Section 48A; any payment
to the Province required by the Province By-Laws; any
sums he may owe to the Chapter Collegiate covering
board, room, dues, or other charges; and any sums he
may owe to the House Corporation have been paid.
Rationale: Eliminating the precise dollar amount
and referencing the proper section in Fraternity Laws
where the membership fee is explained shortens the
laws overall and avoids the potential of the fee being
changed in one place but missed in a corresponding
section.
(Cal Poly-Pomona ’03), Richard Shanahan (Fort Hays
State ’03), Tyler Torres (Virginia Commonwealth ’13),
Jonathan K. Witter (Rensselaer Polytechnic ’82), Robert
Wood (Eastern Kentucky ’82)
Proposal #21
Proposal #22
Amend Section 48 [Fees, Dues and Fines]
as follows:
A. Membership Fee. Every newly elected member is
subject to a membership fee of three hundred and ten
dollars ($310.00) two hundred seventy-five ($275)
made payable to Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, to
be collected and submitted by the Chapter Collegiate
no later than ten (10) days after initiation of said
candidates.
Rationale: The Initiation/Membership Fee, previously
$225, was adjusted up as part of the elimination of
pledgeship and combined with the pledge fee. While it
is understandable the Initiation Fee would need to take
into account the addition of issuing each member The
Phoenix, it is not rational to think that the entire Pledge
Fee of $85 included the cost. Without the need to provide
service for pledge activities, the entire $85 would not
be needed and so the Initiation Fee should be reverted
down to a price that includes the original Initiation Fee
of $225 plus the production and shipping of The Phoenix
to each newly initiated member.
Amend Section 47 [Membership] as follows:
D. Initiation.
1. Requirements for Initiation.
a. All newly elected members of the Fraternity shall be
fully initiated into Sigma Alpha Epsilon no later than 96
hours after he accepts an invitation to join the Chapter,
unless his invitation is rescinded prior to initiation.
Any administrative reporting or other requirements
prescribed by the Eminent Supreme Recorder or the
Fraternity Service Center are to be completed within
seven days of the newly elected member accepting his
invitation to join.
Rationale: In practice, the completion of all the
administrative reporting, the reviewing and accepting
the Scope of Association and the completion of any
required online certification programs is not always
possible within a 96-hour period for every chapter. By
requiring all newly elected members be initiated in
96 hours, but giving extra time to complete the other
administrative tasks, we allow the newly elected
members all the rights and responsibilities as a full
member of the Fraternity and give Chapters Collegiate
time to work with new members’ schedules to complete
the required reporting. It is noted that previously a
chapter had essentially ten (10) days after formal
pledging to report and pay for new members; this cuts
down that ten- (10-) day period but continues to reflect
that more than four (4) days is needed at some chapters.
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’13), Jonathan K. Witter (Rensselaer Polytechnic ’82)
Proposal #23
as follows:
A. Membership Fee. Every newly elected member is
subject to a membership fee of three hundred and ten
dollars ($310.00) made payable to Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Fraternity, to be collected and submitted by the Chapter
Collegiate no later than ten (10) days after initiation of
said candidates. This fee shall entitle the newly elected
member to a membership certificate, badge, copy of
The Phoenix, payment of the Annual Fraternity Dues per
section 48.B for the current academic year, and all the
rights, responsibilities, and privileges of the Fraternity.
B. Annual Fraternity Dues. Every Chapter Collegiate is
subject to annual Fraternity dues effective July 1, 2007,
of one-hundred and five dollars ($105.00) for each
active member, made payable to Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Fraternity on the first day of February for every active
member, whether fully initiated or excluding newly
elected, in the Chapter Collegiate as reported in the
latest Active Membership Roster (formerly Form C) due
in the Fraternity Service Center the previous November
15.
Rationale: While perhaps done in practice by the
FSC, nowhere is it enumerated that the former pledge
fee, and now membership fee, constitutes payment of
the annual dues for newly elected members. This takes
current practice and confirms that it is correct via
Fraternity Law. It clarifies for newly elected members
the purpose of the membership fee. It also cleans up
language to properly state written numbers.
Angeles ’74), William D. Johns (Cal Poly-Pomona ’03),
Kevin Neumann (Rensselaer Polytechnic ’82), Richard
Shanahan (Fort Hays State ’03), Tyler Torres (Virginia
Commonwealth ’13), Jonathan K. Witter (Rensselaer
Polytechnic ’82), Robert Wood (Eastern Kentucky ’82)
Proposal #24
as follows:
B. Annual Fraternity Dues. Every Chapter Collegiate is
subject to annual Fraternity dues effective July 1, 2007,
of one-hundred and five dollars ($105.00) one hundred
thirty dollars ($130.00) for each active member, made
payable to Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity on the first
day of February for every active member, whether fully
initiated or newly elected, in the Chapter Collegiate
as reported in the latest Active Membership Roster
(formerly Form C) due in the Fraternity Service Center
the previous November 15.
Rationale: Annual dues have not been raised since
2007, eroding the purchasing power of the Fraternity.
Inflation of 8% over the last eight (8) years gets to $130.
This will add $275,000 to the general budget (assuming
current membership numbers).
Polytechnic ’82)
Proposal #25
as follows:
B. Annual Fraternity Dues. Every Chapter Collegiate
is subject to annual Fraternity dues effective July 1,
200715, of one-hundred and five dollars ($105.00) for
each active member, made payable to Sigma Alpha
Epsilon Fraternity on the first day of February for every
active member, whether fully initiated or newly elected,
in the Chapter Collegiate as reported in the latest
Active Membership Roster (formerly Form C) due in the
Fraternity Service Center the previous November 15.
Each July, the FSC will adjust this amount at a rate
consistent with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and
announce the new number to the Chapter Collegiate.
Rationale: The provision allows for the indexing
of annual dues each year. This reflects changes in
purchasing power and avoids major jumps in annual
dues when they are not addressed each convention.
Polytechnic ’82)
Proposal #26
as follows:
C. Health & Safety Fee. Every Chapter Collegiate is
subject to annual health and safety fees for each
active member, made payable to Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Fraternity, on the fifteenth day of October for every active
member in the Chapter Collegiate as reported in the
latest Active Membership Roster due in the Fraternity
Service Center the previous September 15 and one-half
(1/2) of said fee will be due on the first day of February
for every newly elected member as reported on the Active
Membership Roster the pervious November 15. The
Supreme Council shall set a health and safety fee under
its authority in Sections 51 and 52 of these Fraternity
Laws to include the premium for insurance, appropriate
amount for self-insured retention (deductible), costs
associated with administration of the program (portion
of Fraternity Service staff salaries, benefits and travel
costs associated with chapter collegiate health and
safety issues, office expenses, educational materials,
etc). The baseline average fee charged per member
should be determined and communicated to the Chapter
Collegiate ninety (90) days after finalizing insurance
contract for the year.
Rationale: This codifies the fee into Fraternity
Law in the appropriate section to ensure there is no
misunderstanding of the authority of the Fraternity to
assess and collect this fee. It clarifies the associated
costs that make up the fee and sets a timeline for
reporting the baseline fee (without consideration to
possible surcharges or credits) to the chapters to assist
them with budgeting for the next semester. It codifies
the practice of charging newly elected members onehalf the fee in the spring semester.
Polytechnic ’82); Robert Wood (Eastern Kentucky ’82)
Proposal #27
Proposal #29
as follows:
Amend Section 52 [Duties of Chapter
Officers] by reordering as follows:
F. Fines. The Supreme Council or the Eminent Supreme
Archon may develop a system of fines to ensure
compliance with policies promulgated by the Supreme
Council under the authority granted in Section 21 of
these Fraternity Laws. A fine schedule and assessment
policy should be published to the Chapter Collegiate
and/or Chapter Alumnus and the revenue from the
collection of any fines should either be deposited in the
self-insured retention fund (SIR) or should be used to
enhance programing for the area in which the fine was
imposed. Non-representation at Convention fines are
governed by Section 55.A.2.
G. Chapter Risk Manager Eminent Warden
H. Chapter Member Educator Eminent Herald
I. Chapter Scholarship Chairman Eminent Chaplain
J. Chapter Member Educator
K. Chapter Recruitment Chairman
L. Chapter Risk Manager
M. Chapter Scholarship Chairman
Rationale: While the title of this section includes
“Fines,” it doesn’t actually address fines other than
late fees. This grants the authority to impose fines and
also designates the appropriate usage of those fines to
further the programing of the Fraternity.
Proposal #28
Amend Section 50 [Chapter Ritual] as
follows:
Chapter Ritual. Each Chapter Collegiate shall follow
the prescribed course of performance for all Ritual
ceremonies to include use of the Opening and Closing
Ceremonies for all Chapter-Collegiate meetings, the
Ceremony for Installation of Officers, the Initiation
Ceremony no later than 96 hours after a newly elected
member accepts an invitation to join the Chapter, and
the Graduation Ceremony.
Rationale: This appears to be an inadvertent deletion
when the Fraternity Laws were changed in 2014 to
remove the Pledging Ceremony as one of the prescribed
Rituals. This just reinserts that Ceremony.
Rationale: This is a re-ordering of the listed officers to
follow the listing in Section 51. The re-ordering provides
consistency in the laws and allows for ease in finding
the location of the duties of the specific officer in this
section.
Angeles ’74); Michael Corelli (Northern Illinois ’01),
(Eastern Kentucky ’82
Proposal #30
Officers] as follows (adding a new section
and number accordingly):
Duties of Chapter Officers. Every officer shall perform the
duties required of him by the Ritual, those hereinafter
set forth, and such others as his office may require or as
may be imposed on him by lawful authority. Duties of the
Chapter Recruitment Chairman shall be determined and
specified by the Eminent Supreme Recorder.
Chapter Recruitment Chairman. The Chapter
Recruitment Chairman shall:
1. Be responsible for the planning of Chapter-Collegiate
events with a view toward attracting potential new
members to the chapter.
2. Ensure all events are in accordance with all provisions
of Fraternity Law, policies of the Fraternity and the host
institution, and ensure the safety and security of both
active and potential members.
3. Seek advice from the Fraternity Service Center for
ideas and programs for presentation to the Chapter or
individual members and familiarize active members
with best practices to enhance recruitment efforts.
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Rationale: The Chapter Recruitment Chairman is
the only chapter officer for whom specific duties are
not enumerated. This proposal creates a similar format
of the other officers and giving specific duties to the
Chapter Recruitment Chairman without making those
duties to prescriptive to recognize differences between
chapters and host institutions. The section would then
be re-ordered.
Robert Wood (Eastern Kentucky ’82), Alex Zernechel
(Albright ’15)
Proposal #31
Officers] as follows:
J. Trustees and House Corporations.
* * *
2. House Corporations.
* * *
c. Each Treasurer of a House Corporation shall be under
corporate security bond of not less than ten thousand
dollars ($10,000) and maintain 1) comprehensive
liability insurance of not less than five hundred
thousand dollars ($500,000) and 2) separate and
additional umbrella liability coverage of not less than
ten one million dollars ($10,000,000), for both of which
the Chapter shall pay the premiums. Said bonds and
insurances are to be handled through the Fraternity
Service Center as required for Eminent Treasurers under
Section 51G.
Rationale: This adjusts the wording about the liability
insurance and the coverage so that it is consistent with
the undergraduate chapter requirements in 51.G. It
aims to make it a bit more generic and timeless.
Angeles ’74); William D. Johns (Cal Poly-Pomona ’03),
Proposal #32
Ritual] as follows:
F. Designated Fraternity Accounts.
2. Self-Insured Retention Account (SIR). Each fiscal year
the Fraternity shall budget and make regular monetary
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contributions, preferably on a semi-annual basis, to
the SIR so that by the end of each fiscal year, it will be
targeted at a minimum to equal the sum of the current
policy year’s aggregate stop loss (deductible) plus
the estimated, outstanding exposure for open claims
within the limits of the Fraternity’s aggregate stop loss
(deductible) for its liability insurance for any policy
year prior to the current policy year wherein a claim is
considered open and the stop loss (deductible) limit
has not been reached. Additionally, any excessive funds
collected as part of a health and safety fee assessment
to the Chapter Collegiate, any fines collected from a
Chapter Collegiate for violation of a health and safety
policy, and any monies that had been reserved for a
potential claim which has either been closed or will
otherwise sunset are to be deposited in this fund.
The Fraternity shall continue to fund the SIR each
fiscal year to account for reasonably anticipated cash
distributions to be made in the same year based upon
the historical performance of the SIR account. SIR funds,
including earned investment income, shall be used
exclusively by the Fraternity only for industry-recognized,
self-insured general liability losses and for deductible
payments made pursuant to the Fraternity’s general
liability insurance policies. SIR funds may be allocated
and applied to cover the expenses described above only
upon a duly adopted resolution of the Supreme Coun
cil, recorded in the official minutes of the Fraternity,
certifying in reasonable detail the purposes for which
the SIR funds have been distributed. Notwithstanding
the terms set forth above, the SIR account balance
temporarily may fall below the prescribed mini
mum funding levels in any given fiscal year due to
extraordinary self-insured losses; provided, however,
as soon as reasonably possible, the Fraternity shall be
obligated to make regular contributions to the SIR so as
to restore an absolute minimum balance of no less than
$1,000,000 or the amount of the current policy year’s
aggregate stop loss (deductible), whichever is greater.
Except as stated above, SIR funds may not be used for
any other purpose whatsoever.
Rationale: Over the past years, deposits to the SIR
have been made in lump-sum amounts generally at the
end of the fiscal year. As monies are collected for the
SIR deductible during the annual billing, those monies
should be directed towards the SIR account to be
available for any potential self-insurance need instead
of remaining in the Fraternity’s general operating
account. This amendment provides some clearer
guidance as to the frequency SIR transfers should be
made from the operating account into the SIR, provide
guidelines on where any fines or excess fees assessed
to chapters should be deposited to, clarifies that
outstanding claims against the SIR eventually sunset
and should be returned unobligated to the SIR and that
disbursements to the SIR are to be exclusively used for
self-insurance purposes.
Proposal #33
A. Represent the Fraternity Convention in all capacities
in the interval between sessions.
Rationale: There has been considerable discussion
about the authority of the Supreme Council in the years
between conventions. I have intended to respect both
the authority of the convention as well as the authority
and vision of the Supreme Council. These two law
proposals allow the Fraternity Convention to make that
clarification. The first would allow the Supreme Council
to amend or change Fraternity Laws or Ritual in between
conventions. If this proposal is voted down, then it would
go to Proposal 34.
Submitted by: Martin D. Wiglesworth (Centre ’84)
Proposal #34
between sessions as defined in Section 18, Duties.
Rationale: This proposal clarifies the section to allow
only the duties as currently subscribed for the Supreme
Council in Section 18. It does not explicitly change
anything except that it codifies that “interpretation,
construement, or enforcement” of Fraternity Laws/Ritual
is the limit and that mail ballot is still the vehicle to
change Fraternity Laws or Ritual between conventions.
Submitted by: Martin D. Wiglesworth (Centre ’84)
Proposal #35
Ritual Changes: Since the Initation Ceremony is
private, the proposal isn’t printed here but will be
presented in its entirety for delegates to approve at the
convention with additional explanation.
Submitted by: The Permanent Committee on Ritual
R UL E S for pa r lia menta r y pr ocedur e
F or r efe r ence
The fundamental elements of parliamentary procedure are presented here. For a more extended
treatment, consult Roberts Rules of Order or Marie H. Suthers’ Primer in Parliamentary Procedure.
The business of an organization is introduced at meetings by means of main motions, committee
reports, or communications.
main motions
Voting
The steps leading to the adoption of a main motion are:
The discussion may be closed by the chair, who asks, “Are you ready for the question?,” or by
a call from the floor. This is usually done in small bodies by a call of “Question.”
1. obtaining the floor;
2. making the motion;
3. seconding the motion;
4. stating the motion;
5. discussing the motion;
6. putting the motion;
7. voting.
To obtain the floor, rise, address the chair (the presiding officer), who recognizes the member
by calling him by name. Then, and not before, the member states his motion. If several
members rise at the same time, the chair decides which rose first and is thus entitled to the
floor.
To make the motion, say “I move that ...” Do not say, “I make a motion that ...,” “I want to
make a motion that ...,” or “I move you,
Mr. Chairman ...” A motion must always be in the affirmative form.
To second the motion say “I second the motion.” It is not necessary to rise or to be recognized
by the chair.
Discussion
Before allowing any discussion of the main motion, the chair must state, that is repeat, the
motion. Until the chair has stated the motion, the maker can withdraw or alter it without
asking the consent of the meeting.
After the chair has stated the motion, the maker may ask permission to withdraw or amend
it, and such permission is granted by the chair if there is no objection offered. If there is any
objection, a motion to withdraw or amend may be made.
After the chair has stated the motion, he asks, “Is there any discussion?” The maker of the
motion has the right to speak first, and should be recognized by the chair, even if another
member has risen first and addressed the chair. Speakers must address their remarks to
the chair. If a member desires to ask a question of the speaker, he rises, says, “May I ask
a question?” In cases of an emergency a member rises, and without being recognized,
says, “I rise to a question of privilege.” The chair interrupts the member who has the floor
and says, “State your question.” It may be to have better ventilation, to have disorder,
such as whispering among members, checked. It may be a request for information as to
some statement made by a speaker. When the questions of privilege have been settled, the
member who was interrupted continues the discussion.
When the members are ready to close debate (end the discussion), the chair puts the
question, that is, restates it. Exception: if a motion is simple and plainly understood by the
members, the chair can call for a vote without putting the motion.
As soon as the chair has put the motion, he must call for the vote. “All those in favor of the
motion say ‘Aye,’” or “Stand,” or “raise the hands.” If the meeting seems closely divided in
opinion, the chair should call for a rising vote. After those in favor of the motion have voted,
the chair must call for the negative vote, “Those opposed …,” even though he thinks the
vote unanimous.
If the vote is by “Ayes” and “Nays,” and the chair is not sure of the result, he should call for
a second vote, asking for a rising vote. The members must remain standing or hold their hands
raised until the chair announces the result by saying, “The motion is carried (or lost).”
If a member doubts the result of the vote as announced by the chair, he can ask to have it
retaken by calling, “Division.” He need not rise to make this call. It needs no second. It calls
for a rising vote.
A vote by ballot is a secret, written vote. Unless called for in the Bylaws, it can be ordered
by “general consent.” That is, without waiting for a motion, the chair says, “If there is no
objection, the vote will be by ballot.” If there is any objection, the chair may ask for a motion,
or a member may make such a motion.
The motion to vote by ballot cannot be debated, and as soon as the motion is made and
seconded, the chair must call for the vote. This motion should be used in all cases where the
question is such that members would hesitate to express their viewpoints openly.
The chair does not vote, except in case of a tie, or, when the vote is by ballot. While there can
be only one main motion before the meeting at a time, we see that there can be two motions,
a main motion, and the motion to vote by ballot.
There are several “secondary” motions that can be made when a main motion is before the
meeting: vote by ballot, amendments, motion to refer to a committee, and the motion to
adjourn.
The discussion must be relevant to the motion.
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Amendments
Postponement
Any motion can be amended by:
If a main motion needs to be studied more carefully than is possible in the meeting, the
motion to commit should be make. “I move to refer the motion to a committee.” This motion
can be debated, but the discussion must refer strictly to the desirability of having the motion
considered by a committee. The motion can be amended.
1. Adding or inserting.
2. Striking out.
3. Striking out and inserting.
Examples: The motion before the meeting is “That we buy a Jones radio.”
I move to amend the motion.
(a) by inserting the word “walnut” before the word “Jones.”
(b) by adding the words “and stand” after the word “radio.”
(c) by striking out the word “Jones” before the word “radio.”
(d) by striking out the word “Jones” before the word “radio”
and inserting the word “Smith.”
If the motion is in the simplest form, as above, the chair asks for suggestions as to the
number of members on the committee, and as to when they shall report. The suggestions
made can be treated as amendments.
The motion to commit may take the complete form: “I move that the question be referred
to a committee of five, to be appointed by the chair, with instructions to report at the next
meeting.”
The member making the motion to commit is usually made chairman of the committee.
An amendment must be germane to the main motion. The above motion could not be
amended by striking out the words “Jones radio” and inserting the word “refrigerator.”
A pending question is one that has been stated, but has not been put by the chair.
An immediately pending question is the one last stated by the chair. A vote on the
immediately pending question must always be taken before the vote on the pending question.
The amendment to a motion is the immediately pending question, and must be discussed
and put to a vote before any discussion of, or action on, the main motion. Discussion must
relate to the amendment only. If the motion concerns the purchase of a radio, and the
amendment would substitute the word “rent” for the word “buy,” the discussion must be
confined to the question as to whether if you have a radio, you rent or buy it.
When the chair is ready to put the motion, he asks for the vote on the amendment.
Committee Reports
The committee report may be placed on file if it merely gives information to the meeting. If it
contains specific recommendations, the committee chairman, as soon as he finishes reading
the report, should move that it be adopted.
Adjournment
A motion to adjourn may be made at any time. It becomes the immediately pending question.
It cannot be amended or debated. It must at once be put by the chair. But remember – the
meeting is not adjourned until the chair makes an announcement to that effect.
If the amendment is carried, there follows a discussion of, and a vote on, the amended
motion.
If the amendment is lost, another amendment may be offered, or there follows a discussion
of and vote on the main motion. Note that a favorable vote on the amendment does not do
away with a vote on the main motion.
Before any amendment is entertained by the chair, the text must
be provided to him in written form.
Summary
Some of the rules of a seemingly more technical nature, involving the priority of motion, etc.,
are simplified in the chart.
The Rules of Order to be adopted by the 159th Anniversary Convention supersede any
information presented herein. These guidelines are intended to simply guide the delegates
with regard to common parliamentary procedures.
Reference Chart
TYPE OF MOTION
PURPOSE
REQUIRES SECOND
DEBATABLE
Main (Ordinary)
Main (Privileged)
To introduce business
To raise question of privilege
Regarding question of privilege
To adjourn
To fix time or place which to adjourn
To amend
To amend a proposed amendment
To refer
To postpone indefinitely
To limit debate
To call for the previous question
To lay on the table
To withdraw a motion
To raise a point of order
To determine manner of voting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
YesYes YesYes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
2/3
Yes
No
No
2/3
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subsidiary
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MAY BE AMENDED
REQUIRED
FOR PASSAGE
R UL E S OF OR DE R
Schedule
Roll Call Votes
The sessions of the Fraternity Convention and other scheduled events will be at such times
and places as are set forth in the official program approved by the Eminent Supreme Archon.
The times and locations of events may be changed as announced at the convention.
The roll call vote order shall be as follows:
Quorum
A quorum for the transaction of business shall consist of one-fourth (1/4) of the persons
entitled to seats in the convention, as set forth in Fraternity Laws Sec. 11, provided that
delegates are present from at least one-fourth (1/4) of the Chapters Collegiate in good
standing.
Floor Privilege
The privilege of speaking on the floor of the convention shall be granted to:
a) Convention members as outlined in Fraternity Laws Sec. 11
b) General Counsel of the Fraternity
c) An alternate delegate shall have the privilege of the floor and the right to vote only in
case of absence from the floor of the official collegiate chapter or alumni association
delegate for whom he is an alternate.
Pursuant to the adoption of these Rules of Order by three-fourths (3/4) vote of the
convention, the following shall also be granted floor privilege:
a) Members of the Board of Directors of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Financial & Housing
Corporation
b) Members of the Board of Directors of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation
c) Initiated members of the Fraternity Service Center
Speeches
No Convention member or person who has floor privileges shall speak more than twice on the
same question. Speech times responding to a question are as follows unless a majority vote
extends the time to a ten-minute maximum:
a) Five minutes for the first speech
b) Three minutes for the second speech
Speakers may not yield more than once to another member and the time consumed by both
cannot exceed that set forth above.
Literature and Campaign Materials
Candidates for any elected office may distribute no more than one piece of literature per
Plenary Session. Literature may not be more than one standard-size sheet of paper (8.5”
x 11”), but sheets may be double-sided. No literature before or during convention may
be distributed anonymously, and the candidate or his campaign must list authorship on
any materials. Furthermore, the same regulations apply to any literature by any member
regarding Fraternity Laws proposals.
Committee Reports
Interim and final reports from committees shall be received at such time as permitted by the
Eminent Supreme Archon and are not subject to the time limits.
a) Members of the Supreme Council
b) Honorary Eminent Supreme Archon
c) Past Eminent Supreme Archons
d) Eminent Supreme Recorder
e) One member of the Board of Trustees of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation
f) One member of the Board of Directors of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Financial & Housing
Corporation
g) Each Province alphabetically beginning with the Province Archon, followed by
delegates representing Chapters Collegiate and Alumni Associations
Committees in session shall be notified of roll call votes and compelled to return to the
Convention floor for the vote. Roll-call votes will not be allowed when there is only one
candidate for election.
Amendments to Fraternity Law Proposals
No motion to amend a proposal to the Fraternity Laws shall be entertained by the presiding
officer unless the proposal is submitted to the presiding officer in writing.
Fraternity Law Suspension
No matter requiring suspension of the Fraternity Laws by unanimous consent (Fraternity
Laws Sec. 10) may be considered or voted upon while any convention committee is absent
from the floor.
Nomination of Officer Candidates
Each candidate is allowed one nominating and one seconding speech. These speeches shall
take place during the plenary session in which the elections occur. Unopposed candidates
on the Supreme Council will be allowed one nominating speech that is limited to four (4)
minutes. For opposed candidates on the Supreme Council, the first nominating speech is
limited to four (4) minutes, and the second nominating speech is limited to two (2) minutes.
In addition, for races that are uncontended, the chairman will recognize a verbal nomination
of the candidate from the convention floor, followed by a second from the convention floor,
and a verbal vote of affirmation.
Election of Officers
The election of the Supreme Council candidates shall be held at the second plenary session
on Friday, June 19, 2015. Supreme Council elections shall be held in the following order:
a) Eminent Supreme Recorder
b) Eminent Supreme Archon
c) Eminent Supreme Deputy Archon
d) Eminent Supreme Warden
e) Eminent Supreme Herald
f) Eminent Supreme Chronicler
g) Honorary Eminent Supreme Archon
Parliamentary Procedure
All questions of parliamentary procedure not provided for under the Fraternity Laws or the
Rules of Order are governed by Robert’s Rules of Order as newly revised.
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Reimbur se ment for Mile s T r av eled
T he Con v ention Milea ge F und
Province Alpha
amounts to $93,499.56. This amount is established by
the Supreme Council as directed by Section 13A in the
Fraternity Laws. Delegates eligible to a share as well as
the individual shares for each are listed in this Phi Alpha
publication. Each delegate will receive a proportional
mileage allowance for the distance he travels in relation
to the total distance traveled by all delegates. The
calculation used by the website Google Maps was used
to determine one-way mileage from the city in which the
group or person is located. The total mileage determined
to be divided among eligible delegates in attendance at
the 159th Anniversary Convention amounts to 519,442
miles, allowing 18 cents per mile.
2892
$520.56
West Haven, CT
2869
$516.42
Connecticut Omega
New Haven, CT
2872
$516.96
Maine Alpha
Orono, ME
3222
$579.96
Massachusetts Beta-Alpha
Brookline, MA
2984
$537.12
Massachusetts Delta
Worcester, MA
2949
$530.82
Massachusetts Gamma
Boston, MA
2987
$537.66
Massachusetts Iota-Tau
Boston, MA
2987
$537.66
Massachusetts Sigma
Boston, MA
2987
$537.66
New Hampshire Alpha
Hanover, NH
2954
$531.72
New Hampshire Beta
Durham, NH
3044
$547.92
Pennsylvania Alpha-Zeta
State College, PA
2571
$462.78
Pennsylvania Phi
Pittsburgh, PA
2430
$437.40
Pennsylvania Xi
Pittsburgh, PA
2430
$437.40
Province Gamma
In the event that a Province Archon is unable to attend,
a designated province officer representing the Province
Archon may share in the fund. As provided in Section
55.A.2 in the Fraternity Laws, any chapter not represented
at the convention by a regularly elected delegate shall
forfeit its share of the convention mileage fund and will
be assessed a fine of $1,500, unless excused by the
Supreme Council.
Maryland Beta
College Park, MD
2645
$476.10
Virginia Alpha
Ashland, VA
2615
$470.70
Virginia Chi
Richmond, VA
2620
$471.60
Virginia Delta
Fairfax, VA
2655
$477.90
Virginia Kappa
Williamsburg, VA
2671
$480.78
Virginia Omicron
Charlottesville, VA
2552
$459.36
Virginia Tau
Richmond, VA
2614
$470.52
Virginia Upsilon
Hampden-Sydney, VA
2540
$457.20
Virginia Zeta
Blacksburg, VA
2420
$435.60
Washington City Eta-Sigma
Washington, DC
2646
$476.28
Washington City Rho
Washington, DC
2646
$476.28
Province Delta
The provinces and Province Archons appear in Greek
alphabetical order. The Past Eminent Supreme Archons
appear in chronological order by their terms.
West Hartford, CT
Province Beta
Convention mileage-fund checks will be distributed
during the final session of the convention to all eligible
individuals as specified in Section 13A in the Fraternity
Laws. Chapter delegates and alternates should make
arrangements regarding travel costs and any other
additional expenses prior to arriving. All attendees should
be prepared to pay their expenses to and from Newport
Beach and through the days of the convention. Checks
are made payable to the chapter, not to the individual
delegate.
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Connecticut Lambda
Connecticut Nu-Eta
30
Ohio Epsilon
Cincinnati, OH
2178
$392.04
Ohio Tau
Oxford, OH
2157
$388.26
Ohio Theta
Columbus, OH
2246
$404.28
West Virginia Alpha
Huntington, WV
2285
$411.30
West Virginia Gamma
Morgantown, WV
2450
$441.00
Province Epsilon
Province Iota
Alabama Alpha-Mu
Auburn, AL
2129
$383.22
Tennessee Alpha
Johnson City, TN
2291
$412.38
Alabama Iota
Birmingham, AL
2065
$371.70
Tennessee Delta
Cookeville, TN
2086
$375.48
Alabama Mu
Tuscaloosa, AL
2013
$362.34
Tennessee Kappa
Knoxville, TN
2186
$393.48
Alabama Nu
Florence, AL
1949
$350.82
Tennessee Nu
Nashville, TN
2007
$361.26
Florida Sigma
Pensacola, FL
2060
$370.80
Tennessee Omega
Sewanee, TN
2094
$376.92
Province Epsilon-Alpha
Province Kappa
Georgia Alpha
Statesboro, GA
2417
$435.06
California Alpha
Stanford, CA
402
$72.36
Georgia Beta
Athens, GA
2247
$404.46
California Beta
Berkeley, CA
418
$75.24
Georgia Delta
Dahlonega, GA
2270
$408.60
California Iota
Fresno, CA
262
$47.16
Georgia Epsilon
Atlanta, GA
2178
$392.04
California Zeta
San Jose, CA
383
$68.94
Georgia Eta
Atlanta, GA
2178
$392.04
Nevada Alpha
Reno, NV
498
$89.64
Georgia Mu
Milledgeville, GA
2307
$415.26
Georgia Omega
Marietta, GA
2210
$397.80
Georgia Phi
Atlanta, GA
2178
$392.04
Georgia Psi
Macon, GA
2292
$412.56
Alaska Alpha
Anchorage, AK
3669
$660.42
Georgia Sigma
Valdosta, GA
2318
$417.24
Oregon Alpha
Corvallis, OR
943
$169.74
Oregon Beta
Eugene, OR
900
$162.00
Oregon Gamma
Salem, OR
962
$173.16
Washington Alpha
Seattle, WA
1179
$212.22
Washington Gamma
Tacoma, WA
1148
$206.64
Province Zeta
Province Lambda
Kansas Alpha
Lawrence, KS
1584
$285.12
Kansas Beta
Manhattan, KS
1512
$272.16
Kansas Delta
Hays, KS
1357
$244.26
Kansas Gamma
Wichita, KS
1381
$248.58
Missouri Delta
Kansas City, MO
1621
$291.78
Illinois Alpha-Omega
Chicago, IL
2018
$363.24
Missouri Kappa-Chi
Kansas City, MO
1621
$291.78
Illinois Delta-Pi
Chicago, IL
2018
$363.24
Illinois Epsilon
Peoria, IL
1949
$350.82
Illinois Gamma
Dekalb, IL
1957
$352.26
Illinois Psi-Omega
Evanston, IL
2026
$364.68
Province Zeta-Alpha
Province Mu
Illinois Beta
Champaign, IL
2009
$361.62
Illinois Sigma-Sigma
Macomb, IL
1911
$343.98
Illinois Delta
Decatur, IL
1946
$350.28
Illinois Tau-Alpha
Normal, IL
1987
$357.66
Illinois Delta-Lambda
Charleston, IL
1967
$354.06
Wisconsin Alpha
Madison, WI
1977
$355.86
Missouri Beta
Saint Louis, MO
1829
$329.22
Wisconsin Lambda-Chi
La Crosse, WI
1958
$352.44
Missouri Gamma
Fulton, MO
1774
$319.32
Missouri Zeta
St. Louis, MO
1829
$329.22
Province Eta
Province Mu-Delta
Maryland Alpha
College Park, MD
2645
$476.10
Maryland Delta
Frostburg, MD
2500
$450.00
Maryland Omicron-Pi
Lutherville, MD
2652
$477.36
Colorado Chi
Boulder, CO
1031
$185.58
Colorado Delta
Fort Collins, CO
1080
$194.40
Colorado Lambda
Golden, CO
1011
$181.98
Colorado Phi
Colorado Springs, CO
1087
$195.66
Colorado Zeta
Denver, CO
1019
$183.42
New York Chi
Hempstead, NY
2822
$507.96
Wyoming Alpha
Laramie, WY
1055
$189.90
New York Delta
Syracuse, NY
2683
$482.94
New York Epsilon
Troy, NY
2826
$508.68
New York Omega
Binghamton, NY
2709
$487.62
New York Zeta
Oswego, NY
2688
$483.84
Province Theta
Province Nu
Louisiana Alpha
Lafayette, LA
1752
$315.36
Louisiana Chi
Thibodaux, LA
1851
$333.18
Louisiana Rho
Ruston, LA
1681
$302.58
Louisiana Tau-Upsilon
New Orleans, LA
1883
$338.94
Florida Alpha
Coral Gables, FL
2728
$491.04
Mississippi Delta
Jackson, MS
1830
$329.40
Florida Alpha-Mu
Saint Leo, FL
2492
$448.56
Mississippi Delta-Sigma
Cleveland, MS
1844
$331.92
Florida Beta
Tallahassee, FL
2245
$404.10
Mississippi Gamma
University, MS
1855
$333.90
Florida Gamma
Lakeland, FL
2508
$451.44
Mississippi Sigma
Hattiesburg, MS
1918
$345.24
Florida Nu
Jacksonville, FL
2406
$433.08
Mississippi Theta
Mississippi State, MS
1959
$352.62
Florida Omicron
Winter Park, FL
2505
$450.90
Tennessee Eta
Jackson, TN
1884
$339.12
Florida Rho
Daytona Beach, FL
2493
$448.74
Tennessee Rho
Memphis, TN
1796
$323.28
Florida Upsilon
Gainesville, FL
2391
$430.38
Tennessee Sigma
Memphis, TN
1796
$323.28
Tennessee Tau
Martin, TN
1936
$348.48
Tennessee Zeta
Memphis, TN
1796
$323.28
Province Nu-Epsilon
31
Province Xi
Province Sigma
Kentucky Beta
Bowling Green, KY
2054
$369.72
Arkansas Alpha-Upsilon
Fayetteville, AR
1548
$278.64
Kentucky Delta
Richmond, KY
2188
$393.84
Oklahoma Mu
Stillwater, OK
1394
$250.92
Kentucky Epsilon
Lexington, KY
2165
$389.70
Texas Alpha
Lubbock, TX
1109
$199.62
Kentucky Gamma
Morehead, KY
2224
$400.32
Texas Beta
Fort Worth, TX
1396
$251.28
Kentucky Kappa
Danville, KY
2144
$385.92
Texas Chi
Plano, TX
1447
$260.46
Kentucky Sigma
Louisville, KY
2088
$375.84
Texas Delta
Dallas, TX
1427
$256.86
Texas Epsilon
Houston, TX
1537
$276.66
Texas Omega
Wichita Falls, TX
1296
$233.28
Texas Phi
Nacogdoches, TX
1589
$286.02
Province Omicron
North Carolina Alpha
Raleigh, NC
2545
$458.10
Texas Rho
Austin, TX
1369
$246.42
North Carolina Beta
Charlotte, NC
2454
$441.72
Texas Sigma
San Marcos, TX
1380
$248.40
North Carolina Chi
Winston-Salem, NC
2442
$439.56
Texas Tau
College Station, TX
1473
$265.14
North Carolina Epsilon
Boone, NC
2344
$421.92
Texas Theta
Waco, TX
1408
$253.44
North Carolina Nu
Durham, NC
2522
$453.96
Texas Zeta
Tyler, TX
1525
$274.50
North Carolina Omega
Cullowhee, NC
2304
$414.72
North Carolina Sigma
Greenville, NC
2691
$484.38
North Carolina Theta
Davidson, NC
2467
$444.06
North Carolina Xi
Chapel Hill, NC
2519
$453.42
Province Pi
Province Tau
Iowa Chi
Cedar Falls, IA
1793
$322.74
Iowa Delta
Des Moines, IA
1686
$303.48
Iowa Gamma
Ames, IA
1720
$309.60
Iowa Sigma
Indianola, IA
1704
$306.72
Ohio Alpha
Youngstown, OH
2406
$433.08
Minnesota Alpha
Minneapolis, MN
1929
$347.22
Ohio Kappa
Bowling Green, OH
2258
$406.44
Minnesota Gamma
St. Peter, MN
1840
$331.20
Ohio Lambda
Kent, OH
2370
$426.60
Nebraska Iota
Omaha, NE
1552
$279.36
Lincoln, NE
1502
$270.36
Ohio Nu
Toledo, OH
2250
$405.00
Nebraska Lambda-Pi
Ohio Phi
Akron, OH
2370
$426.60
North Dakota Alpha
Grand Forks, ND
1850
$333.00
Ohio Sigma
Alliance, OH
2396
$431.28
North Dakota Beta
Fargo, ND
1783
$320.94
South Dakota Sigma
Vermillion, SD
1604
$288.72
South Dakota Theta
Brookings, SD
1724
$310.32
Province Rho
South Carolina Beta
Spartanburg, SC
2381
$428.58
South Carolina Delta
Columbia, SC
2423
$436.14
South Carolina Gamma
Spartanburg, SC
2381
$428.58
Arizona Alpha
Tucson, AZ
485
$87.30
South Carolina Nu
Clemson, SC
2333
$419.94
Arizona Delta
Prescott, AZ
370
$66.60
South Carolina Upsilon
Mount Pleasant, SC
2511
$451.98
New Mexico Phi
Las Cruces, NM
758
$136.44
Province Upsilon
Province Phi
Province Rho-Eta
Delaware Alpha
Newark, DE
2689
$484.02
Idaho Alpha
Moscow, ID
1192
$214.56
New Jersey Rho
New Brunswick, NJ
2757
$496.26
Montana Alpha
Bozeman, MT
1099
$197.82
New Jersey Rho-Sigma
Galloway, NJ
2767
$498.06
Montana Beta
Missoula, MT
1215
$218.70
New Jersey Tau-Gamma
Ewing, NJ
2736
$492.48
Washington Beta
Pullman, WA
1192
$214.56
Pennsylvania Beta-Phi
Mansfield, PA
2660
$478.80
Pennsylvania Delta
Gettysburg, PA
2594
$466.92
Pennsylvania Eta-Gamma
Villanova, PA
2703
$486.54
Pennsylvania Kappa
Kutztown, PA
2678
$482.04
California Alpha-Beta
Pomona, CA
38
$6.84
Pennsylvania Sigma-Mu
Reading, PA
2671
$480.78
California Delta
Los Angeles, CA
44
$7.92
Pennsylvania Tau-Gamma
West Chester, PA
2689
$484.02
California Epsilon
Los Angeles, CA
44
$7.92
Pennsylvania Theta
Philadelphia, PA
2714
$488.52
California Mu
Los Angeles, CA
44
$7.92
Rhode Island Alpha
Kingston, RI
2939
$529.02
California Nu
Northridge, CA
68
$12.24
California Upsilon
La Verne, CA
40
$7.20
Province Chi
Province Chi-Alpha
32
California Alpha-Gamma
San Marcos, CA
62
$11.16
California Chi
La Jolla, CA
77
$13.86
California Lambda
Long Beach, CA
25
$4.50
California Omicron
Riverside, CA
43
$7.74
California Psi
Irvine, CA
8
$1.44
California Theta
San Diego, CA
85
$15.30
Nevada Beta
Las Vegas, NV
273
$49.14
Past Eminent Supreme Archons
Province Psi
Indiana Alpha
Franklin, IN
2075
$373.50
Louis Smith
Urbandale, IA
1,683
$302.94
Indiana Beta
West Lafayette, IN
2102
$378.36
J. Clarke Houston
Denver, CO
1,019
$183.42
Indiana Delta
Greencastle, IN
2039
$367.02
Ben Allen
Las Vegas, NV
273
$49.14
Indiana Epsilon
Evansville, IN
1995
$359.10
David Lance
Warsaw, KY
2,153
$387.54
Indiana Gamma
Bloomington, IN
2053
$369.54
William Chapman
Ardmore, OK
1,377
$247.86
Indiana Iota-Pi
Indianapolis, IN
2070
$372.60
Ronald Doleac
Hattiesburg, MS
1,918
$345.24
Indiana Sigma
Terre Haute, IN
1996
$359.28
Jim Pope
Germantown, TN
1,816
$326.88
Indiana Zeta
Muncie, IN
2132
$383.76
William Woods
Fort Collins, CA
1,079
$194.22
Richard Hopple
Cincinnati, OH
2,178
$392.04
Thomas Bower
Columbus, OH
2,178
$392.04
J. Michael Scarborough
Prince Frederick, MD
2,717
$489.06
Tampa, FL
2,516
$452.88
Province Omega
Michigan Alpha
Adrian, MI
2238
$402.84
M. Todd Buchanan
Michigan Delta-Omega
Mt. Pleasant, MI
2262
$407.16
Marty Wiglesworth
Greensboro, NC
2,470
$444.60
Michigan Epsilon - Section A
Flint, MI
2274
$409.32
Ken Tracey
Winnetka, IL
2,028
$365.04
Michigan Epsilon - Section B
Flint, MI
2274
$409.32
Michigan Gamma
East Lansing, MI
2223
$400.14
Michigan Iota-Beta
Ann Arbor, MI
2242
$403.56
Michigan Sigma-Sigma
Rochester Hills, MI
2294
$412.92
Eminent Supreme Archon
Michigan Zeta
Big Rapids, MI
2235
$402.30
Bradley M. Cohen
Province Archons
Newport Beach, CA
5
$0.90
2,672
$480.96
2,007
$361.26
1,686
$303.48
2,299
$413.82
2,901
$522.18
2015
$362.70
Eminent Supreme Deputy Archon
Tracy Anderson
Province Epsilon
Pensacola, FL
2,060
$370.80
John Antonio
Province Upsilon
Albuquerque, NM
792
$142.56
Ronald Bell
Province Rho-Eta
Madison Township, PA
2,643
$475.74
Peter Carrabine
Province Zeta-Alpha
Ballwin, MO
1,810
$325.80
Vincent Cortese
Province Kappa
Santa Rosa, CA
471
$84.78
Derrick Edwards
Province Xi
Lexington, KY
2,169
$390.42
Austin Evans
Province Chi-Alpha
San Diego, CA
85
$15.30
Fred Fritz
Province Psi
Indianapolis, IN
2,070
$372.60
Jonathan Grossmann Province Mu
Lake Zurich, IL
2,005
$360.90
Brent Huckabee
Province Phi Liberty Lake, WA
1,395
$251.10
Christopher Hallam
Province Delta
Cincinnati, OH
2,178
$392.04
Daniel Gammon
Province Iota
Murfreesboro, TN
2,037
$366.66
Scott Kerschbaumer
Province Beta
Pittsburgh, PA
2,430
$437.40
Michael Kimberlin
Province Zeta
Holton, KS
1,582
$284.76
Jamshid Lotfi
Province Mu-Delta
Lutherville, MD
2,652
$477.36
Gavin Maxfield
Province Alpha
Boston, MA
2,987
$537.66
Jesus Maldonado
Province Chi
Steven W. Churchill
Washington, DC Eminent Supreme Warden
Thomas J. Dement II
Nashville, TN
Eminent Supreme Herald
Gregory D. Brandt
Des Moines, IA
Eminent Supreme Chronicler
Michael J. Corelli
Sylva, NC
Los Angeles, CA
44
$7.92
Christopher Mercado Province Lambda
Shoreline, WA
1,189
$214.02
Mark McDonough
Province Pi
Twinsburg, OH
2,364
$425.52
Christopher Slott
Province Nu-Epsilon
Jacksonville, FL
2,423
$436.14
Alan Moore
Province Epsilon-Alpha Birmingham, AL
2,036
$366.48
Stephen Racine
Province Theta
Burlison, TN
1,836
$330.48
Sean Rowen
Province Eta
Denver, CO
1,019
$183.42
Clark Schoening
Province Tau
Des Moines, IA
1,686
$303.48
James Skaggs
Province Sigma
Edmond, OK
1,343
$241.74
John Stringfellow
Province Rho
Charlotte, NC
2,418
$435.24
Sigma Alpha Epsilon foundation president
Nathan Tallman
Province Omega
Auburn Hills, MI
2,294
$412.92
Ed Fuller
John Sebalos
Province Nu
East Patchogue, NY
2,807
$505.23
Larry West
Province Omicron
Raleigh, NC
2,545
$458.10
Robert Wood
Province Gamma
Yorktown, VA
2,682
$482.76
Honorary Eminent Supreme Archon
Richard M. Hooker
Simsbury, CT
Eminent Supreme Recorder
Blaine K. Ayers
Park Ridge, IL
Laguna Hills, CA
13
$2.34
SAE Financial & Housing Corporation President
Lee Miller
Chagrin Falls, OH
2,364
$425.52
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519,442
Convention Mileage Fund
$93,499.56
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