:: Actives FAQ ::

1. Do I need to get yearly requirements signed off every quarter?
   No, you only need it signed off once total.
   
   
2. Who can sign off on stuff for the req sheet?
   a. Dues: Finance
   b. Everything else: any eboard officer that was present, the chair of the event, or membership officers upon verification of chairsheets.

3. How many meetings can I miss?
   30% = 3 meetings for actives, 2 meetings for pledges

4. Who receives chair sheets?
   a. Membership VP
   b. Membership secretary
   c. Webmaster
   d. Sergeant @ Arms
5. How do I find out what chair sheets have been turned in?
   a. Look on the aporhopi.org website under “Calendar” -> “Chair sheets turned in”

b. Ask someone who receives chair sheets (Q. #4)

6. How do I find out how many hours were given for a service project?
   a. Ask the chair of the project
   b. Ask someone who receives chair sheets (Q #4)

1. What’re the different statuses you can declare?
   1. Active
   2. Inactive
   3. Half-active- required to do 50% of requirements (must have been active one quarter following pledging process ; cannot declare for 2 consecutive quarters)
   4. Associate- relieves the member of all responsibilities of active membership (must have been active 2 consecutive quarters after pledging process to declare)

2. When do you have to declare them to take effect in the current quarter?
   a. Active, Inactive, Associate! – end of 3rd week
   b. Half-active! – end of 7th week
3. Am I automatically put back as active status if I wasn’t last quarter?
   NO! You must declare active status by end of 3 rd week or else your status from the previous quarter carries over

   Exception: A member cannot declare half-active status for two consecutive quarters. These members will return to active status after the half-active status quarter

4. How do I declare statuses? Can I just tell my family head to tell membership?
   NO! You must personally E-MAIL BOTH Membership officers by the appropriate deadline
5. What statuses are counted in family competition points?
   Actives and Half-actives
   Note: Half-actives’ fellowships and service hours count as double

6. What’s the difference between inactive and bad standing?
   Bad standing members are still considered “active‥ status and thus, they are still included in family competition points, while inactives are not.

1. What’s the family competition point system?
   (# Service hours) * 2 + (# Fellowships) * 4 + (# Fam events) * 0.2 + Bonus
   Bonus = (#ICs) * 8 + (# fundraising hours) * 2 + (# times driving) + (# times driving IC) * 2 + (% Photo-comp) * 10
2. Does that mean alumni/bad standing/associates/half-actives/inactives cannot pickup?
   NO! If there are much more pledges than the amount that good standing members want, it’s possible that the members with those other statuses that applied to be a big, CAN get a lil.
3. Why did I get a lil that I didn’t meet/doesn’t have anything in common with me on the big/lil sheet?
   It’s possible that the pledges you met ended up matching better with someone else. Also, it’s not very likely that the pool of lils and pool of bigs have an equal amount of each type of personality so not everyone is going to get a lil with the personality they were looking for.
   

   REMEMBER: You signed up to be a big to help out a pledge, NOT so you can have a soul-mate/best friend.

Miscellaneous

1. How do I get on a date with Miller?
   Uh, just ask.
2. How do I get on a date with Joanne?
   Umm, only Jesus and David Blaine can perform miracles.

1. I signed up as the chair for a project, what does this mean?
   Please see the page “How to be a Chair” both on the website
2. So, on the req sheet, it says that I have to chair something at least once a year—does this have to be a service project?
   Nope. The requirement can be fulfilled by chairing a fellowship or even a family event.
3. Soooo….what if I’m a bad chair?
   There will be a 1/2 hour penalty for bad chairs. That is, 1/2 an hour will be deducted from your total hours for every time you are a bad bad chair.
4. You Service Officers can’t be at every project to watch over the chairs—what exactly makes up a bad chair?
   That’s what the chair checklist is for! If you don’t check off each and every one of those boxes, then you’re going to be a bad bad chair. Remember—TOSS ME!!!

Flaking

1. What exactly is a Flaker?
   Someone who either didn’t tell you they weren’t going or didn’t send a replacement, and never showed u
2. I can’t make it to a project—what do I do so I’m NOT a Flaker?!
   There are 2 things you have to do:
   ‧ Notify the chair 24 hours in advance.
   ‧ Find a replacement.
   (see Section 3, Clause 16 )

3. How would I find a replacement?
   First of all, see if there’s anyone on the waitlist and call them. Otherwise, check your contact sheet!!!! There are plenty of people to call! E-mailing doesn’t do much good because people can simply click the “Delete” button without a second thought. Also, if it’s not too last minute, try posting it on the forum—someone’s bound to reply because we all love service.
4. I flaked on a project, now what?
   Now you are a flaker. You will have to make the number of hours you flaked as a part of your quarterly requirements (If you flaked on a 3 hour project you will have to complete 3 additional hours <15+3=18 hr>. There is a minimum 2 hour flaking plenty for a project (ie if you flaked on a one hour project you will be penalized 2 hours). Confusing, I know…so don’t be a flaker.

5. The chair left with everyone else already because I was 11 minutes late to the meeting spot. What do I do so I’m not a flake?!
   First of all, shame on you!!! [shakes finger] It’s definitely not the chair’s fault because chairs are supposed to wait a maximum of 10 minutes after the designated meeting time before leaving. Basically the best thing you can do at this point is to either drive yourself or find someone to drive you to the service project so you don’t get a full punishment.
6. Are there any exceptions at all, you merciless people?
   Of course there are. If you’re deathly sick (ie the stomach flu), go ahead and go to the doctor’s. We don’t want you to go and spread it to the other volunteers now, do we?—oh, and of course we’re concerned for your health. A little “cough” that conveniently comes the day of the project does not qualify.

Hours

1. How many service hours do I need to do?
   If you’re a pledge, you need “a minimum of fifteen hours (three additional hours above the active requirement).” ( Section 2, Clause 4 )

If you want to be an active member in good standing, you “must participate in a minimum of fifteen hours….each quarter.” ( Section 3, Clause 2 )

If you’re going for half-active membership, you need “a minimum of fifty percent” of the number of hours required for good standing, which means you need six hours. ( Section 4, Clause 5 )

2. I’m not sure how many hours I got for a project. Who do I ask?
   First of all, the chair should know so go ask him/her. Otherwise, contact Membership and they should have the number that the chair submitted.
3. I’m an active, and have just helped out for a pledge service project. Do I get credit for that?
   No you will not. Helping out during the pledge service project is good for you—you get to meet all the new pledges and socialize while doing service! Robert and I feel that giving service hours to actives for the pledge service project wouldn’t be fair not only because the pledges don’t get credit, but also because it just screams, “give me hours for every little thing I do.”

Miscellaneous

1. I signed up for a project and now I can’t go, can you delete me from the calendar?
   NO!!!!!! It is your responsibility to find a replacement for you and to notify the chair. Try and make sure can go to a project before you sign up, but if something comes up please find someone to take your place.

2. I noticed that someone was really slacking off during a project (just standing around, not helping others, not doing what they should have). I don’t want to say it to his/her face—what should I do?
   If this is happening during the actual project, be sure to alert the chair—it’s his/her job to monitor the entire event and make sure everyone’s on task. If it seems like the problem still persists and the project is over, go ahead and let the Sergeant at Arms know. Lastly, if the problem seems to be fairly serious, the Service Officers will certainly come to the rescue once notified! This may seem like a chain of tattling on people, but you have to let those who are supposed to be in charge know in order to make changes to the situation.
3. Oh no! I’m stuck in traffic and am supposed to be at SG in 5 minutes—what do I do?!
   Call the chair anytime you even think you might be late to the meeting spot. This way, he or she will be more prepared to arrange rides and have other cars leave first when possible. If there’s already enough drivers at the meeting spot and everyone else is there, the chair could just have you meet them at the actual service project rather than wait for you to go to SunGod.
4. There is a service project on campus, do we meet there?
   No, for every project, even for those on campus, you meet at the benches by the SunGod statue.
5. Does Service love me?
   Yes, yes we do.