The purpose of this survey is to obtain your input for the Fraternity's 10-year strategic plan. This plan is under development with a target completion date of July 2001 so that it can be adopted at the 137th Anniversary Convention in Palm Springs, California in August 2001.
You should allow 15 -25 minutes to fill out this survey. The more you put into the answers, the more beneficial they will be to determining the direction of the plan.
Survey responses will be held in the strictest confidence by the Strategic Planning Committee!
This survey is copyright of Theta Xi Fraternity and can not be reused without permission
Personal Information (optional): The following demographic-type information will greatly aid our understanding of the pattern of responses. a. Fraternity role(s): check all that apply
b. Chapter: Roll Number:
c. Year initiated:
d. Name:
e: Phone number:
f. email address:
Plan involvement: Please contact me if you would like to discuss my answers more. I am willing to participate with the Strategic Planning Committee in developing the 10-year plan.
Survey Questions:
1. Communications a. Overall, how would you rate the quantity of the communications that you receive from the national level of our fraternity (including headquarters and the Grand Lodge) ? Choose Excellent Good OK Poor Awful
b. Overall, how would you rate the quality of the communications that you receive from the national level of our fraternity (including headquarters and the Grand Lodge)? Choose Excellent Good OK Poor Awful
2. Chapter Communications a. In addition to the Ritual and Constitution, what level of chapter guidance or directions should be provided by Theta Xi Headquarters and the Theta Xi Foundation? Choose Significant Moderate Minimal None b. How useful are the following methods for providing guidance to operating chapters:
c. Please respond to the following:
3. Chapter Size/ Fraternity Size: a. Based on my personal experience, I think the minimum number of Brothers in and active undergraduate chapter should be Choose Less Than 20 20 -24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 or more in order for chapter Brothers to experience the complete collegiate fraternity experience. b. Based on my personal experience, I think the maximum number of Brothers in and active undergraduate chapter should be Choose 30 or less 31 - 45 46 - 60 61 - 75 76 - 90 90 or more in order for chapter Brothers to experience the complete collegiate fraternity experience. c. Based on my personal experience, I think the average number of Brothers in and active undergraduate chapter should be Choose 30 or less 31 - 45 46 - 60 61 - 75 76 - 90 90 or more in order for chapter Brothers to experience the complete collegiate fraternity experience. d. Currently, approximately 50 undergraduate chapters have active Theta Xi Fraternity Charters. I think the ideal number of active chapters for the Fraternity in 10 years (in the year 2010) is: Choose 40 or less 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 or more
e. In comparison to other national social fraternities, I believe Theta Xi Fraternity's total active undergraduate membership should be in the: Choose Top 10% Top 20 % Top 30% Top 50% Top 75% Doesn't Matter
4. Recruiting New Undergraduate Members: a. Rate the responsibility of the following Brothers for recruiting new members into Theta Xi:
b. What factors do you think are keeping the Fraternity from recruiting more Theta Xi men?
5. Membership Interaction: a. Rate the desirability of the following activities to promote cross-chapter interactions:
b. Overall, what do you think of the current level of undergraduate member involvement in establishing plans and policies at the national level of the Fraternity? Choose Excellent Good OK Poor Awful
c. Overall, what do you think of the current level of alumni involvement, commitment, and support of undergraduate active chapters? Choose Excellent Good OK Poor Awful
6. Building and Recruiting New Undergraduate Chapters: a. Respond to the following:
b. Where should Theta Xi Fraternity go to build or recruit new active Theta Xi chapters?
c. What factors do you think are keeping our Fraternity from building or recruiting more new chapters or activating dormant chapters?
7. Performance reviews: a. Rate the performance of Theta Xi Headquarters and the Grand Lodge:
b. Rate the performance of the Theta Xi Foundation:
8. Strategic Organizational Priorities: a. Rate the following as relative priorities for the Fraternity over the next 10 years:
b. Rate the following chapter priorities in order of importance (1 to 5):
c. Rate the following national priorities in the order of importance (1 to 5):
9. General Feedback: a. If there were 3 things that you would like Theta Xi to start doing, what would they be?
b. If there were 3 things you would like for Theta Xi to stop doing, what would they be?
c. Any additional comments that should be considered in the 10-year strategic plan?