The Interfraternity Council elected new officers to its executive council and Panhellenic is electing new officers in a process that is not quite like a typical approach filled with campaign ads and “vote for me” buttons.
Panhellenic President Megan Robare said those who pursue an office must go through a detailed application process.
The first step involves sending out applications that potential candidates must fill out and must also meet specific requirements to qualify as a viable candidate, she said, such as having a 3.0 GPA and a minimum of 30 hours completed at Tech.
Robare receives the applications and reviews them to see which applicants qualify. An interview is then set up for the applicant. Interviews for Panhellenic took place two weeks ago from Tuesday to Thursday, she said.
The interview consists of 11 representatives, one for each sorority, who ask the applicant various questions.
“We see what their personality is like; what they can handle, what they can’t handle,” Robare said.
After this step is completed, she said, the executive council meets and decides who is best for each position.
When the council’s decision has been made they present the slate — a list of candidates who have been selected to serve for the 2010 year — to a group of delegates.
The delegation is made up of two representatives from each sorority who will give the final approval for the candidates to be put into office.
“We want to make sure the chapters are OK with who we put in office,” Robare said.
Once the delegates make the final approval, she said, the candidates are installed into their positions.
There is also a transition meeting where the new officers and meet with their predecessors so the former officers can inform the new officers on what their job entails and what has been done in the past year, Robare said.
To maintain fairness and a balance within the executive council, she said, they follow what is known as a rotating system, in which positions rotate in alphabetical order. If an Alpha Delta Pi held an office, the next person who gets picked for it has to be from Alpha Pi.
Vice president, treasurer, secretaries, assistant recruitment and recruitment are five positions that are not subject to the rotating system.
A rollover system also is in place so a certain office holder automatically transfers to a higher position for the following year.
For example, the person who holds the vice president position moves up to the president position for the next year.
Cody Comiskey, the new president of the Interfraternity Council, said despite these elections being for the Greek community, the officers have a role to contribute to Tech.
“I sit in on some SGA meetings and am a SORC representative to SGA.” he said. “I also attend various meetings that the center for campus life puts on for all campus organizations and for the Tech community.”
The Panhellenic will make its final vote Monday and the IGC and NPHC will host their elections in Spring 2010, according to Allen Sutton, the IGC assistant director.
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