Dear Sisters,
Happy Alpha Delta Kappa Month! October is showing it's beautiful colors. It's time to clean out the garden and move flowers into the house.
It
was great to have my first person-to-person Board meeting as State
President. How wonderful it was to see sisters we haven't seen for two
years or more! I
feel that we had a very productive Board meeting on October 9. What
would have made it even better would have been to have more
representation from all chapters. We had a good lunch, good visits, and
did good business! I certainly hope that we'll have more sisters join us
for the January meeting, at least one or more from each chapter would
be great.
Bev
Card, IEB Chairman, shared in September 2021 “Bylaws Approved at the
2021 Convention” and I am using some of Beverly Fletcher's notes, Iowa
Vice President for Membership. Thank you Beverly.
New in Alpha Delta Kappa:
1)
Retirees must have been in teaching, administration, or some
specialized field of education.
2) Allows electronic meetings.
3) States
may have co-officers and service meets eligibility for future office.
4) Chapter membership chairman registers new members online-eliminates
application fee. There are more items, of course, but I wanted to
highlight these.
Information
has been sent out concerning the Barbara Beetow Fund. The applications
must be a 501(c)(3) organization. Chapters may submit more than one
application. The applications are due December 1st. Contact Bev Lee for more information if needed.
Sue
Carey has sent out the Chapter Reporting form for Founders' month
activities. Be sure to record and report your activities. The due date
for her to receive your report is November 23.
Arlene Danielson, Psi Chapter, has taken the position of State Candidate Qualifications. Thank you so much, Arlene.
Joanne Loy is continuing to work on the state website. The address is: wialphadeltakappa.blogspot.com Check it out!!
Chapter presidents please remind the secretary to send me the monthly minutes.
I
hate to sound like a broken record (some of us know what that means,
and it means that we're a tad older) but we still need a State President-Elect. This is a wonderful opportunity to serve your sisters. If you
have any questions contact me or Gayle Collins. We would be more than
happy to help you in any way that we could.
Again, I'd love to visit your chapter, please contact me.
When
you have any news concerning a sister, including yourself, please let
me know and I'll put it in the newsletter with permission, of course.
News about our sisters:
Carol Faren's husband Jim passed away. His funeral was held October 19. Our deepest sympathies go out to Carol.
Dates to remember:
2021
November 1- Excellence in Education nominations due to Marilyn Thompson
November 23- Founders' month report due to Sue Carey
December 1- Barbara Beetow applications due to Bev Lee
2022
January 22- State Board meeting; bad weather date will be January 29 at the Nitty Gritty, Sun Prairie
April 22-23 State Convention at the Wintergreen, Wisconsin Dells
July 17-22 North Central Regional Conference in Frankenmuth, MI
Something to ponder: Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower, Albert Camus
