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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 dinner-cruise 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.

P H I A L P H A !Austin Evans & Jesus MaldonadoProvince chi-AlPhA & chi Archons

Along with the members of the

159th AnniversAry convention host committee:

w E L C O m E !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.

Brent Barlow

Brad Cohen

Teddy Ellison

Ed Fuller

David Girling

Michael McKinney

Mark McDonough

Steve Tricarico

Gary Westling

Howard Wood


P r O g r A m D E T A I L s

F E E s F O r C O N v E N T I O Ncollegiate members$400 (early bird) 2/1 – 3/15

$445 (priority) 3/16 – 4/20

$500 (normal) 4/21 – 6/1

alumni members$450 (early bird) 2/1 – 3/15

$495 (priority) 3/16 – 4/20

$550 (normal) 4/21 – 6/1

sPouse, guest or colonies$275 (flat rate)

mileage rate$0.18/mile

no-shoW fine for chaPters$1,500

I N D I v I D U A L E v E N T P r I C E s convention mealsOpening 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 cruiseCollegiate Members: $75

Alumni Members & Guests: $100

esPn Zone at doWntoWn disneyCollegiate/Alumni Members & Guests: $60

C O N v E N T I O N O F F I C I A L sPresiding 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)

dePuty marshal John P. McPartlin (Illinois State)

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)

C O m m I T T E E C H A I r m E Nritual 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])


s C H E D U L E O F E v E N T s

Wednesday, june 173:00 Pm – 6:00 Pm Registration & Exhibits Pacific Registration & Grand Pacific Foyer

5:30 Pm – 7:30 Pm Official Family Reception* (presented by ATA, PLLC) The Resort at Pelican Hill

thursday, june 188:00 am – 2:00 Pm Registration & Exhibits Pacific Registration & Grand Pacific Foyer

8:00 am – 8:30 am Official Family Briefing* Laguna & Sunset

8:30 am – 12:00 Pm Council of Province Archons Meeting* Laguna & Sunset

9:00 am – 11:00 am Past ESA Meeting* Emerald Cove

12:00 Pm – 1:30 Pm Opening Luncheon: Introductions, Welcome & Keynote Speakers Rose Garden

1:30 Pm – 3:30 Pm First Plenary Session: State of the Fraternity, Candidates’ Introductions, Committee

Introductions, Rules of Order, Order of Business Grand Pacific Ballroom

3:00 Pm – 6:00 Pm Committee Meetings˚

3:30 Pm – 5:00 Pm Candidates’ Forum Grand Pacific Ballroom

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)

friday, june 198:00 am – 5:00 Pm Committee Meetings˚

9:00 am – 12:00 Pm Second Plenary Session: Supreme Council Elections Grand Pacific Ballroom

12:00 Pm – 1:30 Pm Lunch Rose Garden

2:00 Pm – 5:00 Pm Third Plenary Session: Memorial Service Grand Pacific Ballroom

5:30 Pm – 9:00 Pm neWPort beach harbor cruise^ Collegiate Members: $75 Alumni Members & Guests: $100

6:00 Pm – 11:00 Pm esPn Zone at doWntoWn disney^ Collegiate Members, Alumni Members & Guests: $60

saturday, june 208:00 am – 5:00 Pm Committee Meetings˚

9:00 am – 12:00 Pm Fourth Plenary Session: committee reports, law proposals Grand Pacific Ballroom

12:00 Pm – 1:30 Pm Lunch on Your Own

2:00 Pm – 5:00 Pm Fifth Plenary Session: committee reports, law proposals Grand Pacific Ballroom

6:00 Pm – 7:30 Pm Banquet Reception Seaview Terrace

7:30 Pm – 10:30 Pm Closing Banquet Grand Pacific Ballroom

committee meeting locations:Fraternity Laws Committee Diamond Cove

Ritual Committee Emerald Cove

Resolutions Committee Coral Cove

Credentials Committee Copper Cove

˚ 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.


O P T I O N A L E v E N T s

P r O g r A m F O r L A D I E s & g U E s T sEach 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.

thursday, june 18interactive beach tour9:00 am – 3:00 PmTo 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 19sPa & shoPPing day11:30 am – 3:00 PmSince 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 day10:30 am – 2:30 PmOur 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 banquet6:30 – 7:30 Pm cocktail hour7:30 – 10:30 Pm banquetThe 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.

H O s T C O m m I T T E E E v E N I N g E v E N T sThe 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 18the sae beach Party (presented by SAE Financial & Housing Corp.)5:30 Pm – 9:00 PmOur 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 19neWPort beach harbor cruise5:30 Pm – 9:00 PmGuests 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.

Collegiate Members: $75Alumni Members & Guests: $100

esPn Zone at doWntoWn disney6:00 Pm – 11:00 PmGuests 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


convention registration 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.

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 [email protected] or at (847) 424-3038.

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.

L O g I s T I C s A N D P L A N N I N g

Weather 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.

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 rentalsThe 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 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.


r E q U I r E m E N T s F O r C r E D E N T I A L s

chaPter delegates

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

suPreme council

At least 30 days prior to convention (by May 19, 2015), Supreme Council members should report their intent to attend convention.

Each member of the Supreme Council should have completed a report of his work during the biennium per Fraternity Laws Section 18.H.1.


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.


Past eminent suPreme archons

At least 30 days prior to convention (by May 19, 2015), Past Eminent Supreme Archons should report their intent to attend convention.


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.


eminent suPreme archon

steven W. churchillioWa state ’85

eminent suPreme archon

darin Patton central florida ’95

C A N D I D A T E s F O r s U P r E m E C O U N C I L

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:

[email protected]

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:

[email protected]

eminent suPreme dePuty archon

thomas j. dement iimiddle 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 2004-2007. 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:

[email protected]


eminent suPreme chronicler

brent d. barloW southern cal ’90

eminent suPreme Warden

gregory d. brandt drake ’84

eminent suPreme herald

michael j. corellinorthern illinois ’01

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:

[email protected]

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.

Corelli resides in Western North Carolina with his wife, Kimberly, and daughter, Kaitlyn. He can reached at:

[email protected]

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 global-production 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:

[email protected]



michael s. rodgersWilliam & mary ’92


William f. grimsleydavidson ’80

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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 residential- and 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:

[email protected]

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:

[email protected]

eminent suPreme chroniclerjonathan ‘jerry’ k. Witterrensselaer 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 Inter-Greek 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:

[email protected]


eminent suPreme recorder

blaine k. ayerskentucky ’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:

[email protected]


F E A T U r E D s P E A K E r s

boone Pickensoklahoma state ’51

dr. Will keim

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 oil-price 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

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.


P r O P O s A L s T O A m E N D T H E F r A T E r N I T y L A w 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 #1Amend 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 two-thirds 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 #2Omnibus 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 ArchonC. Members of the Supreme CouncilD. The Eminent Supreme RecorderE. One member of the Board of Directors of SAE Financial and Housing CorporationF. One member of the Board of Trustees of Sigma Alpha Epsilon FoundationG. 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


accordance with Section 55AI. 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:* * *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.* * *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:* * *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

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.* * *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, non-voting 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 four-year 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, or2. 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


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.

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 #3Amend 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 Carolina-Columbia ‘75)

Recommendation: The Permanent Committee on the National Laws does not recommend adoption.

ProPosal #4Amend 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.

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.

Submitted by: Austin Evans (Wisconsin-Madison ’05)


ProPosal #5Omnibus proposal to address the suspension of members, as follows:

Amend Section 46 [Charter], as follows:

C. Discipline of Chapter and Termination of Charter.

* * *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 Chap ter 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 disap proval, 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 dissolu tion 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 fol lowing: 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.

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 Frater nity 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.

Amend Section 59 [The Chapter Alumnus], as follows:

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


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 Fra ternity or 2) enter any chapter house for any purpose. Suspension imposed by a Chapter Collegiate shall lapse when the If a suspended mem ber 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 under graduate 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 rein statement.

Amend Section 77 [Penalties], as follows:

D. Reinstatement* * *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

(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 #6Amend 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 time-sensitive and necessary to preserve and protect the Fraternity.

Submitted by: Clark Brown (Arkansas-Fayetteville ’07)


ProPosal #7Amend 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 #8Amend Section 78 [Appeals], 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.



ProPosal #9Amend 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.



ProPosal #10Amend Section 42 [Province Council], as follows:

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.

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.

Submitted by: Daniel H. Gladding (Salisbury ’78)


ProPosal #11Amend 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.

Submitted by: Daniel H. Gladding (Salisbury ’78)


ProPosal #12Amend 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.

* * *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.

Amend Section 73 [Fraternity Laws and Ritual], as follows:

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


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 (Arkansas-Fayetteville ’99)


ProPosal #13Amend 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 Recorder1. 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.


A. Represent the Fraternity Convention in the interval between sessions, except that the Supreme Council shall not amend or repeal any portion of the Fraternity Laws or of the Ritual.

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 #14Amend Section 18 [Duties] as follows:

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 Polytechnic ’82), Richard Shanahan (Fort Hays State ’03), Tyler Torres (Virginia Commonwealth ’13), Jonathan K. Witter (Rensselaer Polytechnic ’82), Robert Wood (Eastern Kentucky ’82)



D. Eminent Supreme Warden. The Eminent Supreme Warden shall 1) act as the Eminent Supreme Archon in case of the absence or dis ability 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.

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.

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 Polytechnic ’82), Richard Shanahan (Fort Hays State ’03), Tyler Torres (Virginia Commonwealth ’13), Jonathan K. Witter (Rensselaer Polytechnic ’82), Robert Wood (Eastern Kentucky ’82)



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.

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. Alumni development is critical to the long-term 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.

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

Polytechnic ’82), Richard Shanahan (Fort Hays State ’03), Tyler Torres (Virginia Commonwealth ’13), Jonathan K. Witter (Rensselaer Polytechnic ’82), Robert Wood (Eastern Kentucky ’82)



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.

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. 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.




G. Eminent Supreme Recorder.* * *3. As Financial Custodian* * *f. Financial Reporting to the Realm.(1) To communicate the financial condition of SAE to all mem bers, 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.

Submitted by: Steven P. Byrne (Cal State-Los 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 #19Amend 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 #20Amend Section 47 [Membership] as follows:

D. Initiation.* * *


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 Colle giate 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.

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), Richard Shanahan (Fort Hays State ’03), Tyler Torres (Virginia Commonwealth ’13), Jonathan K. Witter (Rensselaer Polytechnic ’82), Robert Wood (Eastern Kentucky ’82)


ProPosal #21Amend 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.

Submitted by: Steven P. Byrne (Cal State-Los 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 #22Amend Section 48 [Fees, Dues and Fines] as follows:

A. Membership Fee. Every newly elected member is subject to a mem bership 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.

Submitted by: Steven P. Byrne (Cal State-Los 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)



A. Membership Fee. Every newly elected member is subject to a mem bership 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 annu al Fraternity dues effective July 1, 2007, of one-hundred and five dol lars ($105.00) for each active member, made payable to Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity on the first day of February for every active mem ber, 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.

Submitted by: Steven P. Byrne (Cal State-Los 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)



B. Annual Fraternity Dues. Every Chapter Collegiate is subject to annu al Fraternity dues effective July 1, 2007, of one-hundred and five dol lars ($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 mem ber, 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).

Submitted by: Steven P. Byrne (Cal State-Los 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)



B. Annual Fraternity Dues. Every Chapter Collegiate is subject to annu al Fraternity dues effective July 1, 200715, of one-hundred and five dol lars ($105.00) for each active member, made payable to Sigma Alpha


Epsilon Fraternity on the first day of February for every active mem ber, 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.

Submitted by: Steven P. Byrne (Cal State-Los 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)



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 one-half the fee in the spring semester.

Submitted by: Steven P. Byrne (Cal State-Los 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)



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.

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 #28Amend 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.

Submitted by: Steven P. Byrne (Cal State-Los Angeles ’74), Michael Corelli (Northern Illinois ’01), 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 #29Amend Section 52 [Duties of Chapter Officers] by reordering as follows:

G. Chapter Risk Manager Eminent WardenH. Chapter Member Educator Eminent HeraldI. Chapter Scholarship Chairman Eminent ChaplainJ. Chapter Member EducatorK. Chapter Recruitment ChairmanL. Chapter Risk ManagerM. Chapter Scholarship Chairman

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.

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 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 #30Amend Section 52 [Duties of Chapter 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 author ity. 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.


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.

Submitted by: Steven P. Byrne (Cal State-Los Angeles ’74), Michael Corelli (Northern Illinois ’01), 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), Alex Zernechel (Albright ’15)


ProPosal #31Amend Section 52 [Duties of Chapter 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.

Submitted by: Steven P. Byrne (Cal State-Los 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 #32Amend Section 73 [Fraternity Laws and Ritual] as follows:

F. Designated Fraternity Accounts.2. Self-Insured Retention Account (SIR). Each fiscal year the Fra ternity shall budget and make regular monetary

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 pursu ant 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 pos sible, 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 aggre gate 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.




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)



A. Represent the Fraternity Convention in the interval 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 #35Ritual 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



main motionsThe steps leading to the adoption of a main motion are:

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.

discussionBefore 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.

The discussion must be relevant to the motion.

votingThe 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.”

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.

F O r r E F E r E N C EThe 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.

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amendmentsAny motion can be amended by:

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.”

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.

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.

PostPonementIf 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.

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.

committee rePortsThe 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.

adjournmentA 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.

summarySome 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.

REQUIRES MAY BE REQUIRED TYPE OF MOTION PURPOSE SECOND DEBATABLE AMENDED FOR PASSAGE Main (Ordinary) To introduce business Yes Yes Yes Yes Main (Privileged) To raise question of privilege No No No No Regarding question of privilege Yes Yes Yes Yes To adjourn Yes No No Yes Tofixtimeorplacewhichtoadjourn Yes Yes Yes Yes Subsidiary Toamend Yes Yes Yes Yes Toamendaproposedamendment Yes Yes No Yes To refer Yes Yes Yes Yes Topostponeindefinitely Yes Yes Yes Yes Tolimitdebate Yes No Yes 2/3 Tocallforthepreviousquestion Yes No No 2/3 Tolayonthetable Yes No No Yes Towithdrawamotion No No No Yes To raise a point of order No No No Yes Todeterminemannerofvoting Yes Yes Yes Yes

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scheduleThe 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.

quorumA 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 PrivilegeThe privilege of speaking on the floor of the convention shall be granted to:

a) Convention members as outlined in Fraternity Laws Sec. 11b) General Counsel of the Fraternityc) 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 Foundationc) Initiated members of the Fraternity Service Center

sPeechesNo 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 speechb) 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 materialsCandidates 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 rePortsInterim 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.

roll call votesThe roll call vote order shall be as follows:

a) Members of the Supreme Councilb) Honorary Eminent Supreme Archonc) Past Eminent Supreme Archonsd) Eminent Supreme Recordere) 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

Corporationg) 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 ProPosalsNo 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 susPensionNo 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 candidatesEach 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 officersThe 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 Recorderb) Eminent Supreme Archonc) Eminent Supreme Deputy Archond) Eminent Supreme Wardene) Eminent Supreme Heraldf) Eminent Supreme Chroniclerg) Honorary Eminent Supreme Archon

Parliamentary ProcedureAll 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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Province alPhaConnecticut Lambda West Hartford, CT 2892 $520.56

Connecticut Nu-Eta 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

Province betaPennsylvania Alpha-Zeta State College, PA 2571 $462.78

Pennsylvania Phi Pittsburgh, PA 2430 $437.40

Pennsylvania Xi Pittsburgh, PA 2430 $437.40

Province gammaMaryland 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 deltaOhio 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

T H E C O N v E N T I O N m I L E A g E F U N D 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.

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.

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.

The provinces and Province Archons appear in Greek

alphabetical order. The Past Eminent Supreme Archons

appear in chronological order by their terms.

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Province ePsilonAlabama Alpha-Mu Auburn, AL 2129 $383.22

Alabama Iota Birmingham, AL 2065 $371.70

Alabama Mu Tuscaloosa, AL 2013 $362.34

Alabama Nu Florence, AL 1949 $350.82

Florida Sigma Pensacola, FL 2060 $370.80

Province ePsilon-alPhaGeorgia Alpha Statesboro, GA 2417 $435.06

Georgia Beta Athens, GA 2247 $404.46

Georgia Delta Dahlonega, GA 2270 $408.60

Georgia Epsilon Atlanta, GA 2178 $392.04

Georgia Eta Atlanta, GA 2178 $392.04

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

Georgia Sigma Valdosta, GA 2318 $417.24

Province ZetaKansas 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

Missouri Kappa-Chi Kansas City, MO 1621 $291.78

Province Zeta-alPhaIllinois Beta Champaign, IL 2009 $361.62

Illinois Delta Decatur, IL 1946 $350.28

Illinois Delta-Lambda Charleston, IL 1967 $354.06

Missouri Beta Saint Louis, MO 1829 $329.22

Missouri Gamma Fulton, MO 1774 $319.32

Missouri Zeta St. Louis, MO 1829 $329.22

Province etaColorado 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

Wyoming Alpha Laramie, WY 1055 $189.90

Province thetaLouisiana 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

Mississippi Delta Jackson, MS 1830 $329.40

Mississippi Delta-Sigma Cleveland, MS 1844 $331.92

Mississippi Gamma University, MS 1855 $333.90

Mississippi Sigma Hattiesburg, MS 1918 $345.24

Mississippi Theta Mississippi State, MS 1959 $352.62

Tennessee Eta Jackson, TN 1884 $339.12

Tennessee Rho Memphis, TN 1796 $323.28

Tennessee Sigma Memphis, TN 1796 $323.28

Tennessee Tau Martin, TN 1936 $348.48

Tennessee Zeta Memphis, TN 1796 $323.28

Province iotaTennessee Alpha Johnson City, TN 2291 $412.38

Tennessee Delta Cookeville, TN 2086 $375.48

Tennessee Kappa Knoxville, TN 2186 $393.48

Tennessee Nu Nashville, TN 2007 $361.26

Tennessee Omega Sewanee, TN 2094 $376.92

Province kaPPaCalifornia Alpha Stanford, CA 402 $72.36

California Beta Berkeley, CA 418 $75.24

California Iota Fresno, CA 262 $47.16

California Zeta San Jose, CA 383 $68.94

Nevada Alpha Reno, NV 498 $89.64

Province lambdaAlaska Alpha Anchorage, AK 3669 $660.42

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 muIllinois Alpha-Omega Chicago, IL 2018 $363.24

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

Illinois Sigma-Sigma Macomb, IL 1911 $343.98

Illinois Tau-Alpha Normal, IL 1987 $357.66

Wisconsin Alpha Madison, WI 1977 $355.86

Wisconsin Lambda-Chi La Crosse, WI 1958 $352.44

Province mu-deltaMaryland Alpha College Park, MD 2645 $476.10

Maryland Delta Frostburg, MD 2500 $450.00

Maryland Omicron-Pi Lutherville, MD 2652 $477.36

Province nuNew York Chi Hempstead, NY 2822 $507.96

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 nu-ePsilonFlorida Alpha Coral Gables, FL 2728 $491.04

Florida Alpha-Mu Saint Leo, FL 2492 $448.56

Florida Beta Tallahassee, FL 2245 $404.10

Florida Gamma Lakeland, FL 2508 $451.44

Florida Nu Jacksonville, FL 2406 $433.08

Florida Omicron Winter Park, FL 2505 $450.90

Florida Rho Daytona Beach, FL 2493 $448.74

Florida Upsilon Gainesville, FL 2391 $430.38


Province xiKentucky Beta Bowling Green, KY 2054 $369.72

Kentucky Delta Richmond, KY 2188 $393.84

Kentucky Epsilon Lexington, KY 2165 $389.70

Kentucky Gamma Morehead, KY 2224 $400.32

Kentucky Kappa Danville, KY 2144 $385.92

Kentucky Sigma Louisville, KY 2088 $375.84

Province omicronNorth Carolina Alpha Raleigh, NC 2545 $458.10

North Carolina Beta Charlotte, NC 2454 $441.72

North Carolina Chi Winston-Salem, NC 2442 $439.56

North Carolina Epsilon Boone, NC 2344 $421.92

North Carolina Nu Durham, NC 2522 $453.96

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 PiOhio Alpha Youngstown, OH 2406 $433.08

Ohio Kappa Bowling Green, OH 2258 $406.44

Ohio Lambda Kent, OH 2370 $426.60

Ohio Nu Toledo, OH 2250 $405.00

Ohio Phi Akron, OH 2370 $426.60

Ohio Sigma Alliance, OH 2396 $431.28

Province rhoSouth Carolina Beta Spartanburg, SC 2381 $428.58

South Carolina Delta Columbia, SC 2423 $436.14

South Carolina Gamma Spartanburg, SC 2381 $428.58

South Carolina Nu Clemson, SC 2333 $419.94

South Carolina Upsilon Mount Pleasant, SC 2511 $451.98

Province rho-etaDelaware Alpha Newark, DE 2689 $484.02

New Jersey Rho New Brunswick, NJ 2757 $496.26

New Jersey Rho-Sigma Galloway, NJ 2767 $498.06

New Jersey Tau-Gamma Ewing, NJ 2736 $492.48

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

Pennsylvania Sigma-Mu Reading, PA 2671 $480.78

Pennsylvania Tau-Gamma West Chester, PA 2689 $484.02

Pennsylvania Theta Philadelphia, PA 2714 $488.52

Rhode Island Alpha Kingston, RI 2939 $529.02

Province sigmaArkansas Alpha-Upsilon Fayetteville, AR 1548 $278.64

Oklahoma Mu Stillwater, OK 1394 $250.92

Texas Alpha Lubbock, TX 1109 $199.62

Texas Beta Fort Worth, TX 1396 $251.28

Texas Chi Plano, TX 1447 $260.46

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

Texas Rho Austin, TX 1369 $246.42

Texas Sigma San Marcos, TX 1380 $248.40

Texas Tau College Station, TX 1473 $265.14

Texas Theta Waco, TX 1408 $253.44

Texas Zeta Tyler, TX 1525 $274.50

Province tauIowa 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

Minnesota Alpha Minneapolis, MN 1929 $347.22

Minnesota Gamma St. Peter, MN 1840 $331.20

Nebraska Iota Omaha, NE 1552 $279.36

Nebraska Lambda-Pi Lincoln, NE 1502 $270.36

North Dakota Alpha Grand Forks, ND 1850 $333.00

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 uPsilonArizona Alpha Tucson, AZ 485 $87.30

Arizona Delta Prescott, AZ 370 $66.60

New Mexico Phi Las Cruces, NM 758 $136.44

Province PhiIdaho Alpha Moscow, ID 1192 $214.56

Montana Alpha Bozeman, MT 1099 $197.82

Montana Beta Missoula, MT 1215 $218.70

Washington Beta Pullman, WA 1192 $214.56

Province chiCalifornia Alpha-Beta Pomona, CA 38 $6.84

California Delta Los Angeles, CA 44 $7.92

California Epsilon Los Angeles, CA 44 $7.92

California Mu Los Angeles, CA 44 $7.92

California Nu Northridge, CA 68 $12.24

California Upsilon La Verne, CA 40 $7.20

Province chi-alPhaCalifornia 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


Province PsiIndiana Alpha Franklin, IN 2075 $373.50

Indiana Beta West Lafayette, IN 2102 $378.36

Indiana Delta Greencastle, IN 2039 $367.02

Indiana Epsilon Evansville, IN 1995 $359.10

Indiana Gamma Bloomington, IN 2053 $369.54

Indiana Iota-Pi Indianapolis, IN 2070 $372.60

Indiana Sigma Terre Haute, IN 1996 $359.28

Indiana Zeta Muncie, IN 2132 $383.76

Province omegaMichigan Alpha Adrian, MI 2238 $402.84

Michigan Delta-Omega Mt. Pleasant, MI 2262 $407.16

Michigan Epsilon - Section A Flint, MI 2274 $409.32

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

Michigan Zeta Big Rapids, MI 2235 $402.30

Province archonsTracy 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 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

Nathan Tallman Province Omega Auburn Hills, MI 2,294 $412.92

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

Past eminent suPreme archonsLouis Smith Urbandale, IA 1,683 $302.94

J. Clarke Houston Denver, CO 1,019 $183.42

Ben Allen Las Vegas, NV 273 $49.14

David Lance Warsaw, KY 2,153 $387.54

William Chapman Ardmore, OK 1,377 $247.86

Ronald Doleac Hattiesburg, MS 1,918 $345.24

Jim Pope Germantown, TN 1,816 $326.88

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

M. Todd Buchanan Tampa, FL 2,516 $452.88

Marty Wiglesworth Greensboro, NC 2,470 $444.60

Ken Tracey Winnetka, IL 2,028 $365.04

eminent suPreme archonBradley M. Cohen Newport Beach, CA 5 $0.90

eminent suPreme dePuty archonSteven W. Churchill Washington, DC 2,672 $480.96

eminent suPreme Warden

Thomas J. Dement II Nashville, TN 2,007 $361.26

eminent suPreme herald

Gregory D. Brandt Des Moines, IA 1,686 $303.48


Michael J. Corelli Sylva, NC 2,299 $413.82

honorary eminent suPreme archonRichard M. Hooker Simsbury, CT 2,901 $522.18

eminent suPreme recorderBlaine K. Ayers Park Ridge, IL 2015 $362.70

sigma alPha ePsilon foundation PresidentEd Fuller Laguna Hills, CA 13 $2.34

sae financial & housing corPoration PresidentLee Miller Chagrin Falls, OH 2,364 $425.52

ToTal Miles 519,442

ConvenTion Mileage Fund $93,499.56


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