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Conclave || 2010 Meeting Information || Past Conclave Proceedings || Leadership Academy || Regional Leadership Conferences || To Be and Become CONCLAVE Conclave serves as the biennial meeting of the Fraternity. Every two years delegates from each chapter and association gather for a celebration and meetings of the Fraternity. Conclave serves many functions - it includes the official biennial business meetings of the Fraternity, educational programming and inspiring speakers, is an opportunity to recognize chapters and alumni that have excelled, and provides a forum for chapters and alumni to visit and share ideas, while celebrating the brotherhood that's unique to our Fraternity. The International Executive Board selects the locations and dates for Conclave. The FarmHouse International staff coordinates the activities and programs of Conclave. Dependent upon location, local chapters assist with determining the theme, assisting with identifying speakers and planning some of the activities and events. Legislation While the governance of many organizations is accomplished exclusively through presidents, executive boards and persons especially elected or appointed to positions of authority, the governance of FarmHouse Fraternity is clearly in the hands of its members, the undergraduate members of the chapters and the alumni of the associations. Delegates of the chapters and associations meet biennially in business sessions of the Fraternity Conclave, which are designed to bring before the membership in orderly fashion both the differences in philosophy of Fraternity, with the resulting operational modifications, and the strength in values and basic concepts that continue to prove valid philosophically and operationally. According to the By-Laws, in effect following the 24th Biennial Conclave in September 1966, each organization is entitled to two votes, one from the undergraduate chapter and one from the alumni association. The official delegates are empowered to reflect the desires of their constituencies by speaking and casting their votes in business sessions. Non-voting members of chapters and associations, as well as delegates are encouraged to participate in the programs and social life of the Conclave and to contribute to general discussions concerning plans for FarmHouse's future. In the intervening years between Conclave meetings, chapters and associations are encouraged to re-examine and re-evaluate their membership selection and membership education programs. Other items of concern include their scholastic goals, their activities and their aspirations, to see where they are and where they hope to be, giving serious thought as to how they conform with the present system of FarmHouse and whether or not conformity is desirable. Uppermost in their thoughts should be improvement of their own chapter functions and ideas and, if this is possible, are they able then to influence the total Fraternity in that direction. The International Executive Board The International Executive Board is composed of eight elected alumni directors, two undergraduate directors and one ex-officio member. Four directors are elected by ballot of the delegates at each biennial Conclave. Each elected director serves for four years or until a successor is elected. The undergraduate directors are elected or appointed by chapter on a rotating basis by charter date, so that no chapters shall repeat until each has had an opportunity to provide the undergraduate director. The undergraduate director serves a one-year term and has full voting rights. Nominations to the International Executive Board are solicited from chapters and associations in the spring before Conclave. The Board President decides whether to appoint a nominating committee or have elections take place entirely on the floor at Conclave. The International Executive Board is guided by the Articles of Incorporation and the By-Laws of the Fraternity. The Directors are empowered to decide all questions pertaining to the welfare of the Fraternity and its membership when the Conclave is not in session. Right of Appeal Committees Before each Conclave, voting delegates are appointed to each of seven standing committees by the Executive Director, acting for the International Executive Board. The committees at Conclave are set up based on the Fraternity's Strategic Plan. The current standing committees are the By-Laws & Ritual Review Committee, Programming Committee, Expansion Committee, Chapter Health Committee, Finance Committee, the Resolutions Committee and the Credentials Committee. Delegates of the chapters and associations come to the Conclave business sessions prepared to reflect the wishes of their own group, as they are to be fully informed prior to the Conclave of all possible changes in the By-Laws and the Ritual. The By-laws and Ritual Review Committee
Changes approved at Conclave do not become the law of the Fraternity until they have been ratified by a 2/3 vote of the Chapters and a 2/3 vote of the Associations. Ritual changes become effective upon adoption by the Conclave. Programming Committee Expansion Committee Chapter Health Committee Finance Committee The Resolutions Committee |
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