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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Omegan</strong><br />
Message From <strong>The</strong><br />
2nd District<br />
Retention Chairman<br />
retaining newly initiated brothers,<br />
I have conceived of a program that<br />
has been on my mind and heart for<br />
some time now, the “Shadow Que”<br />
Voice of the Second District<br />
the chapter should prepare a list of<br />
active brothers willing to participate<br />
in the program.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>se times demand clean men, of clear vision, of straight<br />
thinking, of unselfish doing. And every Omega man must<br />
accept this challenge.<br />
Out of the groups like ours, men who know and feel the<br />
utmost Fidelity, Liberty and Fraternity, must come to the<br />
world absolution.<br />
Only by the bonds of brotherhood, stronger than life or<br />
death, which shall grip harder and more securely as ever<br />
greater numbers feel the tie, shall the world at last stand<br />
unfettered of evil, because chained in real fraternity.”<br />
Dr. Ernest Everett Just<br />
<strong>The</strong> Challenge<br />
June 1919 Oracle<br />
22<br />
William “Bucky” Dent<br />
Second District Retention Chair<br />
First and Foremost, I greet you in<br />
name of the Supreme Basileus of the<br />
Universe as well as in the spirit of<br />
the Founding Fathers of Omega Psi<br />
Phi Fraternity Inc.<br />
Over the past several years, many<br />
of our newly initiated brothers are<br />
straying away from the brotherhood<br />
very early in their life in as an<br />
Omega man. By abandoning the<br />
fraternity shortly after initiation,<br />
these brothers are not absorbing<br />
the real benefits of Omega Psi Phi<br />
Fraternity and end up unfilled as it<br />
relates to the true Brotherhood.<br />
Developing our newly initiated<br />
brothers is needed to ensure the<br />
fraternity’s rich traditions and<br />
profound history does not perish.<br />
As a solution to our difficulties in<br />
program.<br />
What is the “Shadow Oue”<br />
Program?<br />
<strong>The</strong> “Shadow Que” program is a<br />
new initiative to retain neophyte<br />
brothers by offering the opportunity<br />
to follow an active brother through<br />
his chapter, district or national<br />
activities in Omega. Participants<br />
will interact together with the intent<br />
they grow to know each other and<br />
bond in the true Omega Spirit. <strong>The</strong><br />
shadow period is suggested for three<br />
years.<br />
For chapters interested in<br />
participating in the program,<br />
the process should begin when<br />
the chapter votes to conduct the<br />
Membership Selection Process<br />
(MSP) and has submitted the proper<br />
documentation to its corridor team.<br />
After a chapter is cleared to conduct<br />
an intake process, the executive<br />
committee and retention chair for<br />
<strong>The</strong> brothers being shadowed should<br />
have at least 7 years of fully financial<br />
and active fraternity membership.<br />
Brothers that are being shadowed<br />
do not have to be the sponsor of<br />
the neophyte. Reclaimed brothers<br />
can also participate in the program.<br />
Chapters should be willing to<br />
commit to shadowing assignments<br />
for at least 3 years. Also, brothers<br />
should be willing to bond with<br />
neophytes outside of fraternity<br />
meetings and events.<br />
Once a chapter is cleared for<br />
intake, the Executive Committee<br />
and the Retention Chairman for<br />
participating chapters will match<br />
the brother with the newly initiated<br />
brother before their first chapter<br />
meeting. If the chapter of the newly<br />
initiated brother does not have<br />
enough brothers to participate in<br />
the program, the chapter Retention<br />
Chairman can contact the District<br />
and a brother will be identified to<br />
work with the new brother.<br />
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