Hammer AZA
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Armand Hammer AZA #2414, also known simply as Hammer is an Aleph Zadik Aleph chapter located in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago. It is one of six active AZA chapters in the Great Midwest Region #61, and along with Bonim AZA, one of two AZA chapters currently serving the Buffalo Grove area.
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Board and Elections
Hammer AZA hold elections for each of the board positions each semester. Once a board is elected, it cannot serve until officially installed. Board installations occur a few weeks after elections. Hammer's current board members are:
- Aleph Godol: Chad "Stud Muffin" Cogan
- Aleph S'gan: Andrew "Chlamydia" Rodheim
- Aleph Moreh: Garrett Horwitz
- Aleph Mazkir: Ryan "Hank" Herold
- Aleph Gizbor: James "JimGay" Silverstein
- Aleph Shaliach: Jacob "Sexy Rexy" Grossman
- Aleph Kohane Godol: Michael Wigodner
Regional and International Relations
Regional Conventions and Events
Hammer's Alephs have a good relationship with the region. Numerous chapter Alephs attend regional conventions and events. Invite Convention, however, is by far the most popular regional convention for the chapter.
Regional Board
Hammer has had several Alephs on regional board including:
2007-2008
- Regional Aleph Mazkir: Michael Wigodner
2006-2007
- Regional Aleph Moreh: Jeremy Cogan
- Regional Aleph Kohane Godol: Jason Stec
2005-2006
- Regional Aleph Godol: Jason Stec
- Regional Aleph Mazkir: Jeremy Cogan
International Convention and Summer Programs
Hammer has had sub-par attendance at both International Convention and the various BBYO summer programs in the past few years.
International Board
Aleph Jason Stec of Hammer AZA ran off the floor for Grand Aleph Moreh at International Convention 2006. However, he did not win the election.
Advisors
Hammer has currently has two volunteer advisors, Matthew Goldberg and Daniel Glassman. Goldberg is a lawyer in the Chicago area, and also has a wife and kids. Glassman works at JCYS Camp Henry Horner in Ingleside, Illinois (Another suburb of Chicago).
Meetings
Hammer has weekly Wednsday evening meetings at a local JCYS. Though its meetings are always run using parliamentary procedure, the Alephs of the chapter often perfer sitting in a circle on the ground, or around a table, rather than the more formal setting of the customary meeting room.
Namesake
Hammer AZA is named for Dr. Armand Hammer. Hammer (May 21, 1898 – December 10, 1990) was an American industrialist and art collector. Hammer was CEO of the Occidental Petroleum Company, an oil and natural gas exploration and development company. He was a philanthropist, supporting causes related to education, medicine, and the arts. Among his legacies is the Armand Hammer United World College of the American West (now generally called the UWC-USA, part of the United World Colleges). He embraced a kind of Victorian view of world affairs, in which personal relationships could overcome geopolitical tensions. Hammer bragged that he was the only man to have known both Vladimir Lenin and Ronald Reagan.
Mascots and Colors
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has been the chapter's mascot for several years.
More recently, Alephs of the chapter named Chuck Norris its second mascot. This is due, most likely, to the popularity of the websites promoting "Chuck Norris Facts." These websites attested to Chuck Norris's extreme manliness. Whereas the opening cermonies of AZA business meetings clearly state that an Aleph devotes his youth to becoming a "Manly Man," Norris seemed a fitting choice for chapter mascot.
Hammer's chapter colors are green, silver, and black.
