Brotherhood and Service Adam Pallas and Renee Rathjen MWD President and VP 2015-2016

Definitions What is brotherhood? What is service? Take 10 minutes and discuss.

Brotherhood and Service What did you come up with? How can they compliment each other?

Why is brotherhood important? “To provide a pleasant and helpful social experience for ALL engaged in college band work…” We’re part of bands, too We are more effective as a fraternity when we enjoy each others’ company We work better together when we like each other We know why service is important – that’s what we’re here for. But check out the fifth purpose! How should we build social experiences for bands if we don’t do it for ourselves as well? We are also a fraternity that builds on the bonds that we share with our brothers. Service is more effective when done by people who enjoy each other’s company.

Balance Between them So, how can we balance this? Host regular brotherhood events Get to know people in your chapter Relax and destress with brothers (movies, food, games) Reconnect with your purposes and why you joined (scrapbooking making/viewing night, watch old marching band DVDs or listen to old concert recordings)

Service as brotherhood? Why can’t service also be brotherhood? Go out to eat after a service project Host a service project as part of a brotherhood retreat Pair up projects; work with someone new Make it into a game (but don’t lose sight of quality!)

Passive vs active But wait, service AS brotherhood? So why have separate brotherhood events? Service as brotherhood events are passively building brotherhood – you want to be ACTIVELY building these bonds as well

Questions? How does this work in your chapter? Anything we didn’t address?