How to be an Active Member?
Member Incentives
Points will be averaged over total semesters in TBP
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, point values have been altered to accommodate members. All events will be virtual.
- Most Active – 30+ points
- free stoles
- offer to go to national convention (all expenses paid)
- high chances to get chapter scholarship
- More Active – 20-30 points
- free stoles
- medium chances to get chapter scholarship
- Active – 15-20 points
- lowest chances to get a chapter scholarship
- Inactive – >15 points
- not allowed to get stoles
**Exception: missing a semester for study abroad or CO-OP
**Exception: Initiates who graduate immediately – must complete basic initiation, attend two more events, and come to banquet/reception
Point System for Members
Initiate Eligibility Meeting ______________________________ 4 points
Initiation* ________________________________________________ 10 points
Board Signing Party** (2) _______________________________ 4 points
Smoker __________________________________________________ 5 points
Banquet/Reception _____________________________________ 3 points
District Conference (spring) ____________________________ 4 points
Engineering Futures ____________________________________ 5 points
Volunteer Event 1 ______________________________________ 4 points
Volunteer Event 2 _______________________________________ 4 points
Meetings/Events ________________________________________ 2 points
Wearing Business Attire & Pin on Initiation Day ______ 1 point
Minimum number of points to be counted as active by semester – 15 points
Most easily accomplished by attending the following events, but can be any combination of the options above.
- Initiation (required*)
- Smoker
- One event (or member meeting)
- One volunteer event
- One board signing party (or Engineering Futures)
*Initiation will not be open to general members for Fall 2020. Please plan to earn your points in other ways.
**Board signing parties will be replaced with virtual social events. These will be worth the same amount of points.