What This Is and What It's For

When it comes to filling the house we cut it close just about every year. We do our best to recruit and bring in new guys, not just one's we know, but rarely do we start up a new strategy that can set us apart from other fraternities on campus.
I do want to acknowledge Ryan Lunka, and all those who helped him, start up the Balanced Man Scholarship over a year ago. That was a step in the right direction. This blog is an attempt to make another step. This blog is to tell others about what we're about and what he do as SigEps at Ohio University.
Briefly I'll explain why I think this is a good idea. First of all it sets us apart from other fraternities on campus. I imagine that no one else is really doing it, and to a lot of people this is an exciting new tool that is being implemented professionally every day. Second, many young people read blogs and this is a good way to informally present who we are to potential members. Third, this puts our name out there which will increase brand recognition as this continues to take off.
This is how I see this thing going. I will be the main administrator for now. What I would like to see is blog posts coming from all of our VPs. This will help the entire chapter keep up-to-date with all the fraternity functions. This is an especially valuable tool for our VP of Recruitment and President as their voices can make a difference when it comes to expanding our chapter.
I dont want to limit this to only E-Board members. If you have something you would like to say then there are two ways to do that. First of all you can make comments on other blog posts. The other way to really get a message across is to contact me and I will either make a post for you, or if you plan to make repeated posts then I can add you as an author.
As for rules there really arent any. I would only like to say one thing. This could be a major recruiting tool for us, so this should be a fairly clean site. No arguments, pornography or illegal activities should be put on this. And remember, anyone can view this blog so we need to put our best foot forward.
For that oh-so-fun stuff I have created another site. It is a social-network created through Ning, for all us SigEps to join and write and post whatever we want. The address is http://ohioxisigeps.ning.com. In the coming weeks I will begin sending out invitations to that site. That is the place for us to avoid listserv and post whatever we want. The site is by invitation only, and you need to remember that once you are a member we only want SigEps to be a part of that social community, so please do not send out invitations to others. I will have administrative capabilities to kick people off.
OK, for now I will be trying to write for this site once every couple weeks leading up to the school year. If you have any comments then tell me because without you these sites will never work.