In This Issue:

• Leadership Election Results
• October Virtual Seminar
• Annual Meeting Deadlines
• Silent Auction
• MMI Scholarships
• Award Recipients Announced
• Retiring AFA Members
• Hazing Prevention Awards
• National Hazing Symposium
• Educational Benchmarking
• CAS Ted K. Miller Achievement of Excellence Award
• FIPG Risk Management Manual
• College Panhellenics Conversations
• New Associate Members
• Associate Member Highlight

Leadership Election Results
We are pleased to announce the results of the 2008 elections. Thank you to everybody who participated in the election! Go here to view the officers for the coming year. All of the 2008 officers will be installed at the Business Meeting on November 30th, 9:00-10:30am in Cincinnati.

 Values Congruence:
The Conversation Continues
Tuesday, October 16, 2:00–3:30pm Eastern Time

Participants of this virtual seminar will learn about successful implementations of values-based programming and gain information on resources and application methods available to enhance the values movement from any perspective. Go here to register for this seminar or pre-order the recording.

Annual Meeting Deadlines October 31st:

Register for the Annual Meeting Sign up for the Peer Network Program Sign up for Fireside Chats

November 2nd:

Reserve your Hotel Room Return your Silent Auction Donation Form

ACPA Mid-Level Management Institute Scholarships
The Association of Fraternity Advisors Foundation will award up to three (3) registration scholarships for the 2008 Donna M. Bourassa Mid-Level Management Institute (MMI). The Institute, named for Donna Bourassa, Ed.D., former Associate Executive Director of ACPA, is an educational program for those desiring to strengthen their skills and understand changing campus dynamics in order to advance in the profession. The AFA Foundation will provide up to three AFA members the opportunity to participate in this prestigious program. This marks the fifth year we have proudly supported AFA members' attendance at MMI. Go here to learn more.

Award Recipients Announced
The Awards & Recognition Committee is pleased to announce that the following individuals will be honored as award recipients during the Closing Banquet at the Annual Meeting on December 1. We hope you will join us for this celebration of our members' outstanding accomplishments.

• Jack Anson Award: Mike McRee
• Robert H. Shaffer Award: Mike Hayes
• Sue Kraft Fussell Distinguished Service Awards: Bethany Deines, Tracy Maxwell, Mindy Sopher, Allison Swick-Duttine, Amy Vojta

All other awards will be announced at the AFA & AFA Foundation Recognition Luncheon on November 30.

Retiring AFA Members
Each year at the AFA Annual Meeting we honor members who have retired or are retiring from their professional careers during the current academic year. If you or any of your colleagues are retiring from your/their positions, please contact Shelly Brown Dobek, Vice President for Administration and Finance, by October 31. We will acknowledge retirees at the Business Meeting in Cincinnati.

Hazing Prevention Awards
Do you know someone who has been heroic enough to expose hazing, speak out against this problem, or in some way work to combat this dangerous practice? Nominate him/her for the Anti-Hazing Hero Award!

The Hazing Essay Contest is designed to bring to light various aspects of hazing according to the current theme. This year’s theme is “Bystander Responsibility: What is the responsibility of those of who witness or suspect hazing?” Essays will be accepted from students, parents, administrators, advisors, etc.

Go here for more information. Applications for each award are due October 12, 2007.

National Hazing Symposium
November 4, 2007
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
West Lafayette, IN

The 2007 Symposium will examine how environmental analysis and bystander strategies can be applied at the institutional and individual levels to challenge hazing. The day-long program will provide participants with theoretical and practical strategies to impact their campus and organization environments. Go here to learn more and register.

CAS Ted K. Miller Achievement of Excellence Award
The Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education is accepting nominations for the Ted K. Miller Achievement of Excellence Award. The Award will be given to an individual, higher education institution, or professional association in recognition of advancing standards of practice and quality assurance in higher education. Applications or nominations are due by February 15, 2008. Go here to learn more.

College Panhellenics Conversations
The October issue of College Panhellenics Conversations, the e-newsletter from the NPC College Panhellenics Committee, is now available.

AFA Welcomes Four New Associate Members

• BrentScarpo.com provides educational speakers for alcohol, leadership, service, hazing, diversity, and LGBT issues.
• Jesus Nebot International provides presentations and trainings about leadership and diversity issues.
• PS Worth provides business and money coaching, consulting, and training.
• TSOT, Inc. is the creator of FraternityLive.com and SororityLive.com - online communities exclusively for fraternities/sororities.

Associate Member Highlight - Greek101.com
Contact: Jim Levi, National Sales Director
888/387-4150

Greek Licensing: Are you up to speed? We have found that most students who are in licensed groups are not aware what that means, and many fraternity/sorority professionals do not educate on or enforce this policy. Considering the turnover among student leaders, education needs to take place annually at a minimum. At Greek 101, we do not see this education occurring nearly enough, so we are taking this opportunity to help inform the AFA community about a topic that affects all of us.

Did You Know:  Currently 59 fraternity and sororities require their members to order products from licensed vendors? The list includes all but one of the NPC organizations, so if you have inter/national sororities on your campus, this topic affects you. In addition to the chapters' orders, licensing also applies to Greek Week, recruitment, and other campus- or community-wide t-shirts if one of the chapters included is licensed. Just because a vendor is licensed does not mean that they hold the license to all the organizations on your campus; some licensed vendors only have one or two license agreements. Were the last shirts you ordered from an approved vendor?

Also note that just because a company is collegiate licensed with your school does not mean they are also licensed to print the fraternity/sorority trademarks. Please support the fraternal community, not just your local community. Often a decision needs to be made on whether it is more important for a shirt to include the organization's name or the school's name.

Allow Extra Time: Part of the production process includes an approval phase by the inter/national organization(s). This is required for EVERY job that includes Greek letters, crests, words, nicknames, etc. that are trademarks of the group. We work with the customer on their design, and then send the artwork to the inter/national organization for approval. EACH trademark owner is involved in the approval process. If one of the groups feels that the design is not something they want to be associated with, they can reject the artwork, possibly affecting YOUR t-shirt ordering timeline. This has required customers to start over creating a new idea or theme in very little time.

Please have your students call a licensed vendor for a price quote. We hope that Greek101 is one of your choices. We look forward to providing your students with an opportunity to experience our competitive pricing (both among local and other national licensed vendors), service, and quality that have helped us stand out from other fraternity and sorority suppliers for the past 10 years.

To further discuss this or for a copy of our latest catalog, e-mail jim@greek101.com. Thank you for your continued support -  see you at the AFA Annual Meeting!