“Ambition—desire to achieve a particular end.”

Brothers,

As our Fraternity enters the final stretch of one of the greatest years in its 110 year history, where membership recruitment performance will again increase by double digits, leadership training and development opportunities will be expanded to new heights, and more undergraduate chapters have alumni advisory support than ever before, it’d be easy to get complacent. Today I write to let you know that the men who have been elected to lead Delta Sigma Phi don’t intend to take that route.

In the last several months, the Grand Council and staff leadership has undertaken the next phase of the Fraternity’s strategic planning efforts. In the months ahead, I look forward to sharing how those efforts will continue to transform our Fraternity for a new generation of Delta Sigma Phi men. In advance of that, I thought it particularly important to begin a dialogue about how we will frame that effort in the years ahead. 

As a reference point, it is important to state and reaffirm that our mission of building better men remains at the core of all we do. That mission, and related efforts, are further emphasized by our core values of culture, harmony and friendship—which since our founding have served to guide the journey that more than 115,000 lifetime initiates have begun. Now more than ever before, that journey is focused on a vision for Delta Sigma Phi that positions our great brotherhood as America’s Leading Fraternity. 

This mission, these values and that strategic vision are at the forefront of the decisions the Fraternity’s Grand Council makes as we think about how to best position Delta Sigma Phi for the opportunities ahead. In doing so, we have identified three pillars for which our efforts will remain grounded, and an ambition for each reflecting how we will continue to build the Delta Sig Experience around them. They are to:

Develop Strong Leaders

Ambition: Delta Sigma Phi will create an unparalled leadership experience that begins but does not end in college.

Build Stronger Chapters

Ambition: Delta Sigma Phi will be recognized as among the most respected and influential organizations on campus.

Be the Strongest Fraternity

Ambition: Delta Sigma Phi will provide every living member a compelling reason to actively participate.

In the months ahead, I look forward to sharing further updates about our successes, opportunities and to ask for your help in accomplishing what will continue to be an ambitious agenda for Delta Sigma Phi.  Until then, I encourage you to join me in making a commitment to moving Delta Sigma Phi forward by visiting www.deltasig.org/allin and signing on to our effort to build America’s Leading Fraternity.

YITBOS,
 
Christopher S. Edmonds
Grand Council President