Here is the schedule for this years Convention….
Teach For America supplies drive- show your support for our National Philanthropy by bringing school supplies…let’s make this the biggest drive yet!
Best Practices Expo- The perfect chance to learn from other Chapters! Participating Chapters will be highlighting something they do best. Show your support for these Brothers and learn more about their Chapter at the same time!
Chapter Bazaar- Support various Phi Sigma Pi Chapters as they sell fun Phi Sigma Pi related items!
Friday, November 17
5:00—10:00 pm Check-in and National Convention Registration
7:00 –8:30 pm Graduating Senior and National Alumni Association Reception
7:00—10:30 pm Chapter Fest and Bazaar, Regional Activities
8:30 —10:30 pm Chartered night tour of Washington D.C. (must reserve seat)
10:30 pm National Convention Welcome by National President
Saturday, November 18
8:00—8:45 am VIP Breakfast - Chapter presidents and alumni cordially invited
9:00—9:30 am Opening session
State of the Fraternity Address by National Council
9:30 — 10:15 am Getting Connected to those we impact:
Teach For America presents us The Story
10:30 am—1:00pm Leadership Institute (40 min. training intervals with 10 min. breaks)
LI 1: Open Discussion Forums facilitated by National Council
LI 2: Expect Success – Tips on resume writing, interviewing, and employment
etiquette from the employer’s vantage point.
LI 3: Best Practices Expo
1:00—6:00pm Lunch and free time (on your own)
2:30—3:30 pm Grand Chapter Review Session
2:30—3:30 pm Regional Committee Meetings
6:00 pm Banquet Doors open
6:30—9:30 pm Keynote Speaker Dr. Dale Henry
Banquet and Awards Ceremony
Officer Installation
10:00 pm—?? Phi Sigma Pi “After Hours” and Poker Tournament (proceeds benefit Teach for America)
Sunday, November 19
9:30 am Closing session and good-byes
So, the Phi Sigma Pi National Convention Regisitration Packets are finally out, and here is what this year’s convention will feature.
- Graduating Senior Reception
- Best Practices Expo
- Tour of Washington DC
- Awards Banquet
- Keynote Speaker
- Chapter Fest
- State of the Fraternity Address by the National Council
- Leadership Institute
- Grand Chapter Review Session
- Phi Sigma Pi “After Hours”
- Poker Tournament (proceeds going to Teach for America)
To get your registration packet, go to:
http://www.phisigmapi.org/collegiate/NatCon2006.pdf
Expect more and more updates as time passes!
See you at convention!
So, brother Matt McKenzie from the Gamma Epsilon Chapter at the University of Florida has sent in a list of random quotes that came from a long road trip to the 2004 National Convention which was held in Memphis. For all of you who don’t know, sometimes even the Road-trips to Convention are memorable, with brothers spending hours (sometimes 10+) in a car slowly going insane and saying random and sometimes hilarious things. (David, Tabatha and Collins from Gamma Delta can agree with me on that after that crazy road trip to the 2006 Mid-South Regional Conference.)
But, lets get this party started with some of the random quotes that came from brother Matt McKenzie’s road trip to the 2004 National Convention. (for the record, the four people who were in the car were Matt, Dani Hasson who was the president of Gamma Epsilon at the time, Laura Dimsey, and Kelly Tibbles.)
- Dimsey – Yay! Hills! We’re not in Florida anymore!
- Matt – That’s an overpass
- Dani – When you say jacket, do you really mean…Dani and Kelly – PANTS!!!
- “She looked like Splinter from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”
- - Dani
- “Matt says he wants to be on top…OK, it just got weird.”
- - Dani
- “Say Joe, John and Sheilia are running for potato picker of Marion County…”
- - Dani
- Kelly – I could coast behind that semi and save you a dollar.
- Matt- We’re not drafting in my cutlass supreme.
- Kelly – But the dollar! Think of everything you could do with that dollar!
So, those are just some of the quotes that I have. I will post more as time passes and it comes closer to Convention time! And if you have any other funny Convention stories or quotes, then go ahead and send them to me at kwilli15@gmail.com. (Make sure they are PG stories 
And whoever sends in the funniest story, wins a prize! (And when I say prize, I really mean a thank you from me and the satisfaction that you sent in a funny convention story, and when I say a thank you and satisfaction, I really mean you don’t actually get anything. ) With that said, go ahead, and send stuff in.
So…while we wait for the registrations packets to go out… I figure I would throw up a random Road to Convention Blog Update. So, just to go ahead and get some formailities out of the way, let me go ahead and introduce myself. I am Kyle Williams, and I from the Gamma Delta Chapter, located at the University of West Georgia. I became a brother in the Spring of 2005 and I have a great time ever since. Other little tid-bits about me:
- I was the former alumni chair of the Gamma Delta Chapter last year (05-06)
- Currently the Regional Delegate for Gamma D
- Current Webmaster for the chapter, the Atlanta Area Alumni Association Website, and of course…Phi Sigma Pi Nation
Yeah, thats about it. Hopefully soon, I will have some good ole’ fashion Convention updates for you all!
Fellow Brothers, let me be the first to welcome you to the 2006 Road to Convention Blog. Here you will find all of the information that you will need about the biggest Phi Sigma Pi event in the country. This year’s National Convention will be November 17-19, 2006 in the metro D.C. area at the Sheraton National in Arlington. So get ready.