Executive Order No. 3

Executive Order No 3
LET IT BE KNOWN THAT WHEREAS the President of the Alumni Association has in the past maintained Ex Officio Status as a Trustee on the Illinois Theta Theta Board of Trustees of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity, and thus agency as a Trustee,
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that Article IV Section 9 Clause A Subclause 2of the Constitution of the Alumni Association of the Illinois State Theta Theta Chapter of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity states that the President “Delivers all official correspondence regarding the Association to the Chapter Alumni Relations Officer, the Worthy Master of the Theta Theta Chapter, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, the Chairman of the Housing Corporation, and the National Office,”
FULLY BELIEVING that, as established by the precedence of necessity, all duties not explicitly defined in the Constitution shall be reserved for the discretion of her officers implicitly, and such decisions shall be made relative in proportion to degree of gravity and force of decision in regards to the officer’s formal duties;
BARING IN MIND that the decision of the President to accept Ex Officio Status in the past on boards as aforementioned was in the best interest of the Alumni Association during her developmental years, and
REALIZING that such a decision was made under the guise of the implicit powers retained by said office, and hence the resignation of such powers falls squarely under the same implicit powers of the office;
HAVING RECEIVED the positions of the Vice President of Membership Activities and Vice President of Exchequer regarding this matter, and
HAVING HEARD the positions of the Executive Vice President and the Vice President of Council Management regarding this matter;
AFFIRMING that The Association's primary purpose and prima facie dutyis to foster the mission of our fraternity in the minds and hearts of our Alumni, and as such, are co-creators in the development of our Chapter, comprised of both members of the our Sister Chartered undergraduate chapter and the graduate chapter alike
EMPHASIZING that to this end, we must maintain open communication between our sister chapter, and by extension the board of trustees and the housing corporation, and conversely ensure that we ourselves remain open to communication of our sister charter, our co-steward of Theta Theta’s vision, as commanded by brotherly love and affection in a properly oriented environment,
WITH DEEP CONVICTION as St. Paul says in his First Letter to the Corinthians Chapter 12, that "if the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.... As it is, there are many parts, but one body;" So too our brotherhood is like a single body, although we are comprised of separate parts, and each part must function in their own perfection; further that we are all given "different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit", and such the Association, although not given the same responsibilities or gifts as the other parts of our fraternal body, must perfect her own gifts and duties in order that the body as a whole maintain health;
 
IT IS THEREFOR RESOLVED, that on this Twenty-Third Day of March in the Two Thousandth and Tenth Year of Our Lord, in accordance with the Constitution of the Alumni Association of the Illinois State Theta Theta Chapter of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity, the Office of the President hereby:
1.                    HAS RESOLVED that the President of the Alumni Association shall neither accept nor retain honorary, Ex Officio, and/or Permanent Positions, by appointment or likewise, on the Board of our Sister Charter, or her auxiliary organizations, or accept agency in any such organizations not held in common to all,
2.                    ENCOURAGES that all new elected officers of the Association refrain from accepting such positions on such boards, always following their heart however as they are called to follow it, recognizing our own unique charisms,
3.                    EXPRESSES HOPE that our Sister Organization continue to receive our liaisons sent on the behalf of the Alumni Association, and send liaisons to the Alumni Association meetings, in the true spirit of recognizing eachother's due functions,
4.                    EXPRESSES APPRECIATION for the Illinois Theta Theta Chapter Board of Trustees warm reception of the President of the Association to serve as an Ex Officio Trustee, and for the continued Service of all of our Alumni serving on the Illinois Theta Theta Board of Trustees and the Housing Corporation,
5.                    AFFIRMS the Associations identity as the Historical and Principal social and organizational body of the Alumni and Undergraduate Alumni of the Illinois Theta Theta Chapter, devoted to fostering “a bond as strong as Right itself and as lasting as humanity” amongst all of our brothers,
6.                    SOLEMNLY AFFIRMS the Associations continued dedication to the success and mission of our little brothers of the Undergraduate Chapter of the Illinois Theta Theta Chapter of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity, and by extension the Illinois Theta Theta Board of Trustees and the Housing Corporation, and shall “have no narrower limits within which to work together for the elevation of man than the outlines of the world.”
 
 
 
 
 J.L. Andrew M. D’Amico,
President