In my opinion FIJI has a lot of strenghts. The first and foremost is our morals. I believe, while many of us might stumble (myself included) that we stay congruent to the values we believe in. We are a fraternity that says one thing and then makes sure our actions and conduct exemplify what we proclaim. In other words we act the way we speak. I think this is a very important strength because not all fraternitites do this. How many fraternities say "we don't haze" and then how many actually follow that. I KNOW that we don't haze and we're very adament about following that policy. But i know of other fraternities who do not.
Another strength is our push to be the best in academics. We are very good about holding people responsible for their grades and pushing them to be the best they can be. I know I could turn to any one of my brothers if I needed help in a class. It's very comforting knowing each and every one of us is there for one another, whether its academics, you need a favor, or you just need someone to talk to.
I also think our dedication to being the best we can be is an impressive strengh. We are always striving to do/be better than before. The red bull chariot race challenge, greek week, academics, brotherhood, it doesn't matter what category it falls in. Our dedication at working hard to be the best is one of our greatest strengths.
For areas where we need improvement I will be echoing a lot of brothers. Social and Recruitment are probably one of our weaker areas at the moment.
The social aspect of the fraternity I'm as much to blame as anyone. I understand this is important to many brothers and I should be more open to these kinds of get togethers and facilitate as much as possible my brothers and mine interactions with sororities. I understand it is a great way to get our name out there as well as have a good time in the process. I have not done a good job in thinking about TG's and various other social aspects as I could and I would like to apologize for that. Next quarter I plan on doing better and hope that FIJI as a whole does better.
As for recruitment I am responsible for a lot of blame in this area too. I have not been very active on the recruiting trail and next quarter I plan on turning that around. I already have a few guys in mind that I would like to have come by the house more and meet my brothers. While I don't think this is a weakness there is definitely room for improvement and it all starts with me and my brothers finding guys around campus that we know would be good FIJI's.
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