The concept of interfraternal communication has been around almost as long as fraternities & sororities themselves. In 1884, it started as a casual meetings of 14 fraternity magazine editors organizing to promote communication before officially forming the Fraternity Communications Association (FCA) in 1923.
Communication is vital to the growth and stability of any organization, and Greeks are no different. Greek organizations must be agile and adapt, while staying deeply rooted in their foundations. Greeks must proudly represent their organization, while reaching out to strengthen every member of the organization. Greeks must work together for a more stable and secure future through the exchange of ideas, experiences and information.
FCA has devoted itself to facilitating open communication and promoting innovation through it’s annual FCA Awards Banquet where outstanding organizations are honored for their progress in communication and leadership. In March, just over a month before the 2011 FCA Awards Banquet, VCN Celect.org, FCA’s website provider, had come under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This investigation ended with the SEC shutting down Celect’s operations, ultimately freezing FCA’s websites and interrupting communication throughout the organization. Hardly weeks before the 2011 Banquet and no website?! No Awards platform to accept, organize and deliver awards, for the Awards banquet? As you could imagine, President Steve Latour needed to find a new web site provider, and needed one fast…
Check out the newsletter here to see what happened with the FCA website…Did they get a new site before FCA Awards?!
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