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The four driving strategic objectives of Alpha Phi Omega for the coming years are sharing, growing, improving and investing. As our Board of Directors met this month and defined the strategic, long-term direction for the Fraternity, these four words became a recurring theme and it was agreed it should be our focus at all levels of the Fraternity. It was interesting for me to note that regardless of what order we put these four words in, they had meaning and the meaning could drive our collective actions. So as we journey over the coming years I would ask all of us involved in the Fraternity to ask ourselves these questions:

How am I sharing Alpha Phi Omega?   How am I growing Alpha Phi Omega?   How am I improving Alpha Phi Omega?   How am I investing in Alpha Phi Omega?

We might be sharing our Fraternity with non-members to help our chapters grow or with a service partner in our community. We might be growing APO by increasing our chapter size or by helping to bring the Fraternity to a new campus. We might be improving APO through a more meaningful service project on our campus or in our community, by attending a section or region conference, or by participating in one of the many leadership opportunities offered on campus or through the Fraternity. We might be investing in APO through actively staying involved as an officer of the chapter or throughout a lifelong commitment to being an active alumni volunteer. The answers to the above questions are varied and many. They will be answered differently by Pledges, Actives, Alumni Members and will be answered differently from chapter to chapter.

Finally, as I think of sharing, growing, improving and investing, now objectives for our strategic direction, I see the never ending cycle that if we actively adopt, will help our Fraternity reach its vision of "becoming recognized as the premier service-based leadership development organization."

In Service/In Brotherhood,
Fred

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