National Council

Due to the ongoing restriction of the pandemic, the fraternity’s annual convening of the national council meeting scheduled for February to be held at Chi Chapter in Penn State was delayed. With uncertain conditions all spring, National President Sal Flagiello held a hybrid special meeting June 5. About 40 brothers attended in person in Marydel, Md. at a parish hall provided by our National Chaplain Fr. James Lentini. Like many meetings in 2020–21, a companion Zoom meeting was synchronized with another 60 brothers attending representing the executive committee and representatives of chapters and alumni entities.

The meeting was efficiently run and lasted less than four hours and enabled the fraternity to conduct some delayed business of the national council.

Two chapters were closed. Epsilon Delta due to financial concerns and lack of undergrads operating at the school. Delta Delta chapter was closed due to Wesley College being closed and merged.

There are 12 chapters with small numbers that could have problems this year. A number of chapters were unable to recruit and pledge during the pandemic and will need a rally in the fall.

Gamma Nu Alumni Association (William Patterson) was chartered. It was placed in the North Jersey District of the fraternity.

The fraternity was short 100 inductions due to pandemic concerns at undergraduate chapters. However, our loss of income was offset by a reduction in expenses. The fraternity did not raise any fees for the coming year and kept the budget even. Our biggest expense is liability insurance for the chapters.

National elections were held with Sal Flagiello being reelected as National President and Paul Zammit as National Vice President. In his acceptance speech, President Flagiello is extremely optimistic that the fraternity will have a banner year. He also reappointed the complete executive committee for continuity into the fall.

Gabe Ritter, Beta Xi, was elected as VP for Undergraduate Affairs, and Mike Young, Beta Eta, was reelected as VP for Alumni Affairs for a 4th term.

Flagiello announced that the next national council will be held February 26 with Chi Chapter hosting at Penn State, making up for lost event this year.