TOWARD A VIABLE CHAPTER ORGANIZATION

On April 24, 1972, approximately ninety students and faculty from colleges and universities across the nation convened in Kansas City for the Gamma Theta Upsilon special session, held during the Sixty-eighth Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. The format for the session included group discussions and reports concentrating upon the theme: "Toward a Viable Chapter Organization." The underlying purpose was to provide participants with the opportunity to pool their ideas in an effort to strengthen Gamma Theta Upsilon at the local level. Sponsors of G. T. U. chapters have long realized how difficult it is to come up constantly with fresh ideas which would help to maintain the viability of the local organizations. Knowing that there are chapters struggling for life, it was felt that it might be extremely beneficial if a chance were provided for representatives from both successful and moribund chapters to pass on their achievements and talk out their problems. Not only could this aid the chapters which found themselves in difficulty, but it could also be a means of cautioning the active chapters regarding possible pitfalls and problems to avoid in the future.