The IFC just spent a whole bunch of money renting out the SKY TERRACE at
the Columbus Blue Jackets game. I think the goal of this event was to foster fraternal
friendship, but it did not happen. First off, there was no place to socialize
other than in your seats. No food or drinks were available for purchase on our
level, so we needed to go down an elevator to purchase them. Consequently, we
did not mingle while eating and casually watching the game because the setting
did not allow for it. We sat in our chairs with our individual chapters spread
out among three times as many seats as attendees. The single guy that invited
and came with two Pi Beta Phi girls made the right decision--even though this
was an IFC only promoted event. Sure, the game up to the last fifteen minutes
when Detroit went from down one to up three, but I did not get to know any
other greek men. I write this so we keep in mind this fun but somewhat
failure of an event when planning other “fraternal love” events. How do we get
chapters to get to know each other rather than just hang within their own
chapters? I propose not having anymore IFC only events at sporting events and
instead have multiple councils participate. I hypothesize that if it is a coed
outing, then conversation between chapters will occur, and our investment in dues
to the IFC will have greater returns.
Qualifying statement: Now that I think about it, a few of the chapters were seating together. So it was successful for some groups.
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