Delta Kappa Gamma, Xi State Iota Chapter News: Greetings DKG Sisters

Delta Kappa Gamma, Xi State Iota Chapter News
Volume 28, Issue 6 April 2013 Joy Branham, Editor
Greetings DKG sisters, It is spring..it is spring, it IS spring...I keep telling myself as I look out my window blinded by snow showers at the daffodils, crocus and red birds. Obviously the groundhog is not in charge! The good news is...it has to get warmer by April 11th and I'm looking forward to warm camaraderie with Iota sisters. We'll have a great time meeting and greeting our XI State President, Dr. Kathie Harned. Reflections of the past year remind me of how blessed we are. Our membership has grown having 2 new members, 1 transfer member and 1 reinstatement. Yea!!! Words cannot express my appreciation for the contributions that have been made throughtout the year by Iota members from the : * informative and just plain FUN programs, * amazing musical performances, * participation by members attending events/opportunities from XI State that encourage and inform us as mentors to other teachers, * wonderfully decorated tables and divinely delicious desserts, and * time devoted and hard work by committee members has given Iota a sense of excellence with their contribution to the progress of our chapter. We want to congratulate JoAnn Smith for being named to serve on XI State Finance Committee. She is President of TRTA and has been watching over the finances for TEA, ETRTA, and her church for many years. So we'll be in good hands! Please check your calendar and mark the date for the June 6-8 XI State Convention held at The University of the South in Sewanee. We are on duty along with Beta Upsilon to decorate for the Presidents banquet on Friday. Also please bring ideas for our basket for the silent auction at XI State. Jane Bowlin, visual arts chair, designed a very attractive basket last year using the theme chosen with items members donated. Hostess Group 6 will once again prepare beautifully decorated tables and delicious desserts. Food will be catered for under $10.00. We have two special events to celebrate and a surprise
announcement at this meeting, so you don't want to miss it....April 11, Thursday - 5:30 at Litz Manor Baptist Church. Bring a friend!!!! Henry Adams said, "A teacher affects eternity; no one can tell where her influence stops. Teaching is an awesome responsibility! Thank you for accepting it. And thank you for supporting and encouraging the generations that follow. Blessings, Joan Holt
Iota Chapter Officers 2012-2013
PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT Recording SECRETARY Corresponding SECRETARY TREASURER MEMBERSHIP YEARBOOK PROGRAM Joan Holt Trisha Harris Pat Cox Brenda Moriarty Sue Fischer Rachel O'Dell Linda Fontaine Martha Rhoton
Our last meeting of the year will be held at Litz Manor Baptist Church at 5:30 PM on Thursday, April 11th. Come and meet our Xi State President, Kathie Harned! This is our Founders Day program. Dont miss our Spring Fling! Highlights of March meeting
Meeting was held at Litz Manor with a brunch by Hostess Group 5. Web page up-date from the Web committee Betty White and Brenda Moriarty and Trish Harris. They are making great progress toward Iota's very own Web page. Joan gave a brief report about the Legislative Symposium. JoAnn Smith was named to the XI State Finance Committee. Initiation for our new member, Amanda Cox.
Marcy Hagan sang beautifully as her friend Charlotte Ellis accompanied her on the flute. This was Marcy's last meeting with us as she is moving to South Carolina to be closer to her daughter. We will miss you! Program by Gracious Designs inspired us to bring spring into our decor with small colorful accent pieces. Voted to pay reserved dues for our members whose families sent a letter requesting we drop them from our membership. In the March 2013 Leadership Links, Kathie Harned sent information concerning the Ceremony of Remembrance. It said that a deceased member who had dropped her membership would not be recognized at the Ceremony of Remembrance. Submitted Pat Coxs nomination for the Order of the Rose award for outstanding service to Delta Kappa Gamma.
Chapter Rules Amendment Proposal

Chrissie Allen, chair of the Xi State Rules Committee, critiqued our Rules this year and suggested that we state the responsibilities of the Executive Board. To that end, I propose that we add two items to the section of our Rules dealing with the Executive Board. Section V. C. The Executive Board 1. The Executive Board of Iota Chapter shall be composed of the elected chapter
officers, the immediate past president, and the chairpersons of all standing committees. 2. The treasurer and the parliamentarian shall be ex-officio members. 3. Any member may attend meetings of the Executive Board without voting privilege. 4. The Executive Board shall: a. Recommend policies and procedures for consideration by the chapter members. b. Establish a chapter budget. c. Determine time and place of meetings. d. Have authority to make decisions for members between stated meetings. 5. Meetings of the Executive Board shall be held at least once a year. Special meetings may be called by the president.
requiring that a victims protection order will be recognized and enforced in all state, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions within the United States; increasing rates of prosecution, conviction, and sentencing of offenders by helping communities develop dedicated law enforcement and prosecution units and domestic violence dockets; ensuring that police respond to crisis calls by training law enforcement officers, prosecutors, victim advocates and judges in the realities of domestic and sexual violence; VAWA funds would train over 500,000 law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges, and other personnel every year; providing additional tools for protecting native American women by creating a new federal habitual offender crime and authorizing warrantless arrest authority for federal law enforcement officers who determine there is probable cause when responding to domestic violence cases in areas governed by tribal law. The law grants Native American tribes jurisdiction to prosecute non-native perpetrators of domestic and sexual violence against native women. Previously, tribes had no jurisdiction over non-tribal members, even if they are married to native women or reside on native lands.
Legislative Watch
From US Forum of DKG International CONGRESS REAUTHORIZES VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT (VAWA) The Violence Against Women Act which was allowed to lapse when it was not acted on in the last session of Congress has passed both houses of Congress and been signed by President Obama. Below is a listing of what this act does. PROVISIONS OF THE REAUTHORIZED VAWA VAWA has improved the criminal justice response to violence against women by: holding rapists accountable for their crimes by strengthening federal penalties for repeat sex offenders and creating a federal rape shield law, which is intended to prevent offenders from using victims past sexual conduct against them during a rape trial; mandating that victims, no matter their income levels, be kept safe by
Changes at Xi State For the first time ever, there will be no Visual Arts Display by the chapters at the Xi State Convention this year. The Visual Arts Display will highlight the work of the Xi State committees for the past biennium. In the past we have highlighted the handwork of Iota members, the
history of Iota chapter, and the activities during the year. This year we will be interested to see what our own Rosemary Smith comes up with for the Area Directors table! Let us know if we can do anything to help, Rosemary. Also, we had hoped to complete our raffle quilt before Xi State, but I dont have quite all the blocks back, and I would like not to have to do a hasty job of the quilting. Were going to extend this to 2014. Im looking forward to having a quilting bee with Iota members to finish the quilt! Im retiring at the end of May, so maybe there will be time at my disposal! After 42 years, there had better be! Want to Go Enjoy the Florida Sun? DKG Internationals 2013 Regional Conference this year is going to be held at Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee (Orlando), Florida, July 10-13. Sounds like a great vacation to me! The registration form and information is on the DKG International website. If youre interested but you wouldnt touch a computer with a 10-foot pole, drop me a line and Ill print it out for you! Come to The Edge
Come to the edge. We might fall. Come to the edge. It's too high! COME TO THE EDGE! And they came, and we pushed, And they flew.
--Christopher Logue
Joan and JoAnn at Xi State Legislative Symposium in Nashville February 19th
Marcy, well miss you!

Marcy Hagen has been a member of Iota Chapter since 2001. Marcy was a special education teacher in the 7th and 8th grades, but music has always been a passion in her life, both at her home church of First Broad Street Methodist and many other venues. Everybody here knows what a glorious voice she has! A native of Richmond, VA, and graduate of Longwood College, she is now starting a new life in
South Carolina. Our love and best wishes go with you, Marcy!
Im taking an innovative approach to teaching this semesterIm using books!

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Delta Kappa Gamma, Xi State Iota Chapter News

Volume 28, Issue 6 April 2013 Joy Branham, Editor

Chapter Rules Amendment Proposal

Joan and JoAnn at Xi State Legislative Symposium in Nashville February 19th

Marcy, well miss you!

Im taking an innovative approach to teaching this semesterIm using books!

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