George Read Score Big at Regional Conference Meeting

This past weekend the George Read chapter executive board traveled to Hartford, CT for the first regional conference. This conference invited seven districts to meet and discuss fraternal business. During this meeting those districts shared ideas and discovered ways to make the chapter and the fraternity as a whole better and more productive. Additionally, several members of the international board were in attendance, including the international justice, Rhonda hill. The conference was lead by Jon Bassford, Director of Law Operations.

The conference began with a social event, where the executive boards from the Northeast region were given the opportunity to meet and speak with each other in a relaxed social setting.

The next day began the conference. The conference touched on many topics, including Programming, leadership, fundraising, networking, alumni relations, and recruitment. Many different chapters had creative and exciting ideas that they shared during this part of the conference, also antidotal and “What not to do,” stories.

This past year, many changes were made to the George Read Chapter and these changes did not go unnoticed by the international executive board, as the George Read Chapter was awarded several honors this year, including: National Awards, such as the Stanley H. Kohn Award for Most Outstanding Chapter, the Alex A. Hotchkiss Award for Most Outstanding Justice, awarded to Andrew Quietmeyer, the Most Outstanding Vice Justice awarded to James Lewis, and place for Most Outstanding Community Service Project, and District Awards, such as the Merit Award, the Most Outstanding Chapter award, and the Meet or Beat Award, meaning that the chapter met or beat is past recruitment numbers.

Overall, the event was very successful and the executive board took away great tips to make the fraternity even bigger and better this year.