GENERAL CONVENTION: Plans are rapidly being finalized for the historic 1976 New York - Monrovia General Convention. Thisk 70th Anniversary Convention will be alandmark in the history of Alpha Phi Alpha and we urge the participation of each brother. In this issue of the SPHINX you will find a breakdown of the fees for the convention. Travel brochures and all other necessary material will be mailed to all chapters and brothers in February. We urge you to make plans NOW to join us in New York - Monrovia! PROJECT 100: In San Francisco we launched this two-year program to establish 100 new chapters prior to the upcoming 1976 General Convention. To date we have chartered 27 College Chapters and 14 Alumni Chapters, with another 32 Chapters Pending in various stages of organization. Thus, our efforts have so far reached 73 college and alumni groups. We urge the cooperation of all brothers, especially the Regional Vice Presidents and State/Area Directors, in completing the organization of the pending chapters and extending our efforts to another 27 grous prior to the New York - Monrovia Convention. Where qualified candidates exist, Alpha Phi Alpha should move full speed ahead to establish chapters. In our drive for expansion we are seeking only those men who meet the standards of our great fraternity. The General Office staff is currently putting into operation an improved investigative and balloting procedure for the screening of new chapters to insure that all new chapters show promise of becoming viable units within the Fraternity.
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GRAND TAX: In our continuing effort to expand services to the brotherhood, we urge all brothers to pay their Grand Tax immediately. Many brothers express a reluctance to pay Grand Tax because do not feel that they get enough service in return. However, without Grand Tax payments . . . service must be limited. So the only way to insure that the Fraternity's programs move forward is through your committment through financial support. STATE CONVENTIONS: As the result of a continued thrust during recent years, practically every state and/or area has now organized a convention. These meetings should be used primarily for "workshops" for leadership training, business procedure and fraternity operation. The General Office staff is prepared to visit your convention and conduct workshops or serve as resource persons for your meetings. Write the office and request representation at your convention, so that this important training function can be carried out at a level which will be most effective - small groups. You are also urged to inform the General President of the dates and location of State Conventions. BUSINESS ENCOURAGEMENT: In the near future the Commission on Business Encouragement will announce National Business Encouragement Week. We are asking that all chapters have your local officials proclaim "Alpha Phi Alpha National Business Encouragement Week" and participate in the event by scheduling workshops, programs and/or seminars with high school counselors, college placement officers and others to emphasize Alpha's committment to the growth of Black business. A special communique on this event will be mailed in the near future. 2
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SPECIAL EVENTS: All chapters should have on their calendar an observance of Education Week and Founder's Day (including a re-dedication to the ideals of the Fraternity). APPOINTMENTS: The General President announces the following appointments: EQUITABLE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMITTEE Chairman: Charles E. Lewis National Manager, Special Markets R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Wins;ton-Salem, NC 2 7 1 0 5 DIRECTOR OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES Chairman:APA EDUCATION FOUNDATION William Ross, Jr. Superintendent, District One The School District of Philadelphia 3 9 0 0 Ford Road, Apt. 17-I Philadelphia, PA 19131 COMMITTEE ON LIFE MEMBERSHIP Chairman Elmer C. Collins 261 51 Lake Shore Blvd., No. 1224 Euclid, Ohio 4 4 1 3 2 Co-Chairman F.O. Woodard 1612 W. Pearl Street Jackson, MS 3 9 2 0 3
General President The Sphinx / December 1975