Thursday ended up being a really long day and I all I wanted to do was go to bed once I got back to my room. So here is a combined Day 2 & 3 recap at The Midwest Clinic.
Day Two: The day started out nice. There were a lot of brothers who stopped by over the course of the day. I'm not sure if was the layout of the space, but there seemed to be a consistent stream of members stopping by the booth. In prior years, there tended be large wave of members stopping in followed by a long lull. For whatever reason, the time went by much faster with the regular interaction with Sinfonians.
Highlight of the day: I met David Martin from the University of Cincinnati who was the cooperating teacher for Rich Crosby, Sinfonia's immediate past national president.
The reception that evening had about 50 brothers in attendance. We had a bunch of items to raffle to our members, including a number of items sponsored by our alumni association in Chicago. Afterwards, I gave a presentation that highlighted the Fraternity's progress over the last year and we ended the evening with some singing.
After the reception, I joined the Chicago Area Alumni Association members for dinner and we discussed how we can increase their involvement in planning next year's reception. I will be happy to delegate some of the responsibility to them
Day Three: As usual, this tends to be a quiet day. Most people who are here on Friday have been in attendance for multiple days. I like to refer to this day as the day we get the "stragglers." We'll also have guys stop by who make sure that we are still awake in the booth.
Highlight of the Day: Had a gentleman stop by asking for some colony information for University of Minnesota-Monroe. The school is on the western side of the state close to the North Dakota border. If things should work out, this would put a second Sinfonia entity in the state.
Overall, I think we had at least 300 people stop by the booth. We just need to find a way to get more of them to attend our reception. I have some ideas...
Friday, December 18, 2009
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