Standards Board Retreat

by Emily Damron, Vice President of Chapter Development

As training for the new Standards Board for the 2011 Officer Council, the previous Standards Board hosted a retreat for all the new Standards members. Former Theta Beta President Kaitlin Rice hosted the retreat at her family’s home, where we enjoyed home-cooked food thanks to Kaitlin’s parents. After a whole lot of food-filled fun, Standards got down to the real business. The old Standards Board shared some of their proudest and most difficult moments about being on Standards along with words of wisdom for the new board. Their knowledge from being on Standards for a year was helpful to listen to as a learning experience for those of us on the new Standards Board. Through asking questions, running through possible scenarios and talking about certain procedures, our new board got a better handle upon how to run a Standards meeting, appropriate ways of handling sensitive issues, and a general overview of what to expect. The overall experience of the weekend was amazing. It was a great time for us to hang out with our sisters, but also get some real training and advice (plus watch Clueless).