The Jaycee Triangle

            A long-standing principle of the Jaycees has been the Jaycee Triangle (see the logo to the right). You will note that the logo is an equilateral triangle with the arrows indicating a distinct overlapping.  The sides of the triangle represent community development, management development and individual development.  The triangle completely surrounds a circle, which represents the member.  The logo does, in fact, represent a process.  It is equilateral, so that equal emphasis is placed upon all three areas of activities and overlapping because each activity is dependent upon the other and is an integral part of the other. It is a process by which the "whole chapter" can offer its members a "total experience" personal growth, development of their managerial skills and effective service to the community.

Three functions are absolutely essential for the "total Jaycee concept" to be a reality: management development, individual development and community development programming.

If a chapter is poorly managed, it may suffer from lack of organization, morale, pride, fiscal stability or recognition as a credible group.

When a Jaycee chapter does not offer self-improvement programs like Personal Dynamics, Leadership Dynamics, Communication Dynamics, Speak-Up or Family Life Development, it fails to provide an individual member with the most unique tools available within the Jaycees for pursuit of personal goals.

When a chapter rests solely on its record of community development programs, it may lack the cohesive stability of a well managed organization, exhaust the leadership currently available or fail to provide for the development of emerging Jaycees.  The beneficiaries when such a cohesive combination of chapter functions complement each other, are the individual member and the community.  Only then is it possible to "develop the whole member through He whole chapter" and realize the worth of this total chapter concept.