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Membership Selection Handbook

FAQ

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Resources, guides and examples for the Membership Selections Process

General Mortar Board resources:

• Sample letterhead template
• Downloadable logo
• Business card request form
• Press release template
• Informational Mortar Board brochure (normal or high quality)

Membership/selections resources:

• Membership Selection Handbook
• Membership FAQ
• Membership Selection Plan (MSP)
• Sample Membership Selection Timeline
• Selection by Consensus practice page
• New Member Orientation Guide
• Membership Presentation (from the national conference)
• Officer and Advisor Handbook
• National letter requesting grades info
• Sample promotional e-mail/call for applications
• Sample application/nomination needs
• Sample press release
• Sample flier/handbill
• Sample congratulatory letter for selected applicants
• Sample congratulatory letter to families of selected applicants
• Sample letter for non-selected applicants

Tapping materials:

• Sample tapping ideas/script
• What to include in your “tapping packet”

Initiation materials:

• Initiation Booklet (PDF)
• Initiation script (Microsoft Word)
• Sample initiation invitation for parents/friends
• Mortar Board songs
• Mortar Board Ode (Audio) (Print)
• Thy Ideals (Audio) (Print)
• Mortar Board poem - The Torch