As in effect on August 1, 2024.

Fraternity Regulation 5.3 (Revised)

ACTIVE ORGANIZATION ADMINISTRATION / Secretary

Revised February 3, 1996

5.3.1. The following specific duties that are assigned to the active organization secretary are listed for convenience and to avoid oversights. The listing of these duties in no way relieves the active organization secretary from any other duty that is specified or implied by the Ritual, Constitution, By-Laws or Rules and Regulations.

5.3.2. The active organization secretary shall keep a suitable and permanent record in which he shall record, in chronological order, official actions taken by the active organizations with respect to elections to membership.

5.3.3. He shall receive synopses of “Everyman” and of the History of TRIANGLE from each candidate for membership on a predetermined date.

5.3.4. He shall read the above synopses and shall accept only those that indicate satisfactorily serious effort and reasonable comprehension on the part of the candidate for membership. He shall reject each unsatisfactory synopsis and instruct such candidate to improve the effort, until the deficiency is overcome.

5.3.5. He shall report to the president of the active organization on the reading of the synopses as specified in the Ritual.

5.3.6. He shall forward to the National Office, within twenty-four hours after the ceremony, Form E and the Member Record, Form F, for each initiate.

5.3.7. He shall record the necessary data in the membership book of the chapter.

5.3.8. He shall secure the official badge, recognition pin, membership certificate, membership card and Code of Ethics when an active member is released, expelled or allowed to resign and shall forward these to the National Office.

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