Chapter Visits: Henrico & Arlington Chapters

Attended the Xi Delta Lambda (Henrico) and Theta Rho Lambda (Arlington) Chapter meetings on Oct. 8 and Oct. 9 with Presidental Candidate Alphonso Taylor. Great questions and feedback to the campaign.

Visit to Beta Gamma Lambda

This evening I attend Beta Gamma Lambda Chapter meeting.... the brothers were very gracious and welcomed me to their meeting with kind words of praise and encouragement.  The brothers from Theta Rho and Upsilon Gamma were also in attendance.

Overall, I think my presentation was solid, but still room for improvement.  I was able to articulate my theme and vision for position of 1st VP 

The brothers allowed me to talk for 10 minutes.   I was asked several questions.

1. VACAPAF Finances, and why we pay dues and we don’t really see any return in our investment
2. My vision on the District and how I would incorporate my vision with the District Director vision for the state
3. I was asked if I envisioned having someone run against me for the position of 1st VP
4. Biggest Issue facing VACAPAF
5. Reclamation and Retention
6. Membership Intake
7. Role of an Advisor

I kept my responses short and concise, but I always linked them back to my overall theme, some of my responses were comical and was intended to lighten the mood,

I demonstrated that I was listening to the issued they addressed in their chapter meeting... I was able to link some of their chapter initiatives back to the issues of reclamation and retention and talked about ways college brothers can raise funds to do national programs, etc.

After the meeting... a few brothers told me that I did good job... brother foster and Burrell, gave me some encouraging words