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.

Contents 1 Board and Elections 2 Regional and International Relations 2.1 Regional Conventions and Events 2.2 Regional Board 2.3 International Convention and Summer Programs 2.4 International Board 3 Advisors 4 Meetings 5 Namesake 6 Mascots and Colors 7 Past Chapter Boards 7.1 Spring 2007 7.2 Fall 2006

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.

Past Chapter Boards

Spring 2007

• Aleph Godol:Michael Wigodner
• Aleph S'gan:James Silverstein
• Aleph Moreh:Chad Cogan
• Aleph Mazkir:Daniel Cohen
• Aleph Gizbor:Joshua Frydman
• Aleph Shaliach:Jeremy Cogan
• Aleph Kohane Godol:Jeremy Cogan

Fall 2006

• Aleph Godol:Michael Wigodner
• Aleph S'gan:Corey Nissenberg
• Aleph Moreh:Greg Sergay(Impeached); Jason Stec
• Aleph Mazkir:Daniel Cohen
• Aleph Gizbor:Joshua Frydman
• Aleph Shaliach:Jeremy Cogan
• Aleph Kohane Godol:Jeremy Cogan