Delta Kappa Gamma, Xi State Iota Chapter News: President's Corner

Delta Kappa Gamma, Xi State
Iota Chapter News

Volume 31, Issue 4
December 2015
Joy Branham, Editor
Chapter website:
http://iotaxistateweeblycom.weebly.com/
I cant emphasize this enoughyou need to let your Hostess Group

Chair know if you are coming to the December meeting or not! Its a
hardship for the planners, and we could potentially end up paying for extra
meals or not having enough purchased. Be responsibleCOMMUNICATE!
Presidents Corner
Greetings Iota Sisters,
By the time you read this message Thanksgiving 2015 will be over and Christmas will be
just around the corner. I hope all of you had a wonderful time with your family during the week
of Thanksgiving. My dad always said, We should take time to say thank you for what we
have already been given before we ask for more. I think those are good words to live by. I
am thankful for the wonderful meeting we had on November 14. The decorations Hostess Group
1 provided were beautiful. The food provided by the Mustard Seed was delicious and the
desserts by Group 1 fabulous. The program was outstanding and I love the book I purchased
from our speaker Darrell Fleming author extraordinaire. You really missed a treat if you were not
present.
I hope to see each of you at our December 10 meeting at Food City as we celebrate the
upcoming Christmas holidays with music.
The Area One Holiday Brunch hosted by Alpha Alpha was so much fun. The Brunch
was held in the Bristol Virginia Department of Educations board room. We had six to attend
from Iota and everyone had a wonderful time.
I wish for each of you, a very Merry Christmas and a joyous New Year with those you
love.
Fondly,
JoAnn
Iota Chapter Officers 2014-2016

PRESIDENT
1st VICE-PRESIDENT
2nd VICE-PRESIDENT
Recording SECRETARY
JoAnn Smith
Martha Rhoton
Belinda Castille
Pat Cox
Corresponding SECRETARY
TREASURER
MEMBERSHIP
YEARBOOK
WEBMASTER
Trisha Harris
Sue Fischer
Martha Ward
Linda Fontaine
Brenda Moriarty
December Meeting
Ring the bells for our
December meeting at Food City
(Greenacres) on
Thursday,
December 10th, at
5:30! Please
bring an
unwrapped
book to donate to
Girls, Inc. Let your Hostess Chair
know you are coming, and well see
you there!
Highlights of November
meeting
Darrell Fleming, author of
Family, Friends and War
Heroes, was our speaker for
the program.
Members brought items to
donate to Safe House.
Changes to Iota Chapter
Rules were voted on, to be in
compliance to changes at Xi
State.
Registration Fees Set for

Nashville 2016 Convention
The International Administrative
Board has approved registration fees for the
2016 Convention that should make it
possible for at least 400 TN members to
volunteer at the convention, even if only for
one day. While registration will not open
until spring, please keep these fees in mind:
Registration Fee- $175.00
Late Registration Fee- $263.00
Registration Fee Host State
Organization Volunteer- $160.00
Member One Day Fee- $76.00
Member Two Day Fee- $140.00
Vendors for Nashville 2016

Convention
From Xi State President Dorrie
PowellThere is still time for your chapter
to become a vendor for the 2016
International Convention. Sign up now
before the rates increase! The form is on the
international website under
Events/Conventions. Please let Nancy Davis
know if you are going to vend so she can
keep an accurate account of all vendors.
Do we want to try to do this? It
might be a way to raise revenue for Iota
Chapter. Weve never done anything like
this beforethe nearest was the quilt raffle.
Let the chapter know your thoughts on this
idea.
Iota Facebook page

Did you know we had one? I
sure didnt! We need to support this.
Cynthia Livesay created the group in
2010 and is our administrator. Go to
https://www.facebook.com/groups/17
3164679376911/ and ask to become a
member. The page is listed as Delta
Kappa Gamma (Iota Chapter). This
is a great place to post pictures or
messages! Check out the ones Brenda
posted from our last meeting with
Darrell Fleming as speaker.
Quilt Scholarship
Fund
Betty White and Sue
Thomas have worked hard to
put together some guidelines
for awarding the Iota
Chapter Scholarship to a
local young woman. Please
read through these and be
prepared to make suggestions
at the December meeting.
Iota Chapter of Delta
Kappa Gamma Society for
Key Women Educators
Scholarship Fund
In order to demonstrate our concern
for excellence in the teaching
profession and the encouragement of
young women teachers, the Iota
Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma
Scholarship Fund has been
established.
To provide for a plan to support and to
provide governance for the fund, the
following guidelines are adopted:
ARTICLE I
To fulfill its purpose the Scholarship
Committee shall award scholarship
grants to the chosen institution of a
female student interested in pursuing
a career in the field of education.
ARTICLE II
To fund its purpose the Scholarship
Committee will accept contributions
from Individuals and organizations.
Donations may be made in honor of or
in memory of designated persons.
ARTICLE III
The Scholarship Committee shall
direct administration of the
Scholarship Fund and, with Board
approval, determine the number of
scholarships and the amount to be
awarded.
ARTICLE IV
The Scholarship Committee shall

select
recipients of
grants based
on the
following
criteria:
Section 1.
All
applicants
shall be
considered without reference to race,
color, national origin, religion, or
disability.
Section 2.
Applicants shall be graduates of
the school systems represented in the
Iota Chapters membership.
Section 3.
All applicants shall have been
accepted into an accredited institution
of higher learning. High school
guidance counselors shall make Delta
Kappa Gammas scholarship criteria
available to all female students. High
school guidance counselors shall make
a recommendation for the participant
based upon the stated criteria.
Students must be considering the
teaching profession to apply. Delta
Kappa Gamma has the right to reject
the applicant if guidelines are not met.
Section 4.
Applicants shall demonstrate
commendable scholarship (transcript
grade average of a least a B or a three
on a four-point scale), good character,
and positive personal attributes.
Section 5.
Applicants shall submit a list of
activities in which they participated in
high school.
Section 6.
Applicants shall write a short

essay telling why they want to become
an educator.
Section 7.
The Delta Kappa Gamma
Scholarship shall be presented to the
recipient by the President, VicePresident or an appointed
representative at the Awards Program
conducted by the high school.
Highlights from
the Area I Brunch
in Bristol
Iota had several
attendees at the annual Area I
Brunch in November, this time
sponsored by Alpha Alpha
Chapter in Bristol. Joy
Branham, Joan Holt, Val
Manley, Debra Pelow, JoAnn
Smith, and Martha Steadman
represented Iota at the
brunch. Wish so much more
of you could have come! This
was a memorable event! The
brunch was held in the newly
renovated Bristol, VA, School
Board Building, which was a
delight to see.
The buffet itself was a
treat, cooked by a former
teacher and owner of Bright
Hearth Baking and
Catering, who also gave a
moving tribute to teachers. A
silent auction was set up to
raise money for the Xi State
Vision Foundation. I know it
raised a good bit of mine!
Anne Buckle, a member

of the famed Carter Family
and rising young Nashville
singer, entertained with two of
her own songs and a familiar
one from A. P. Carter.
Charlene TiptonBaker, a member of The
Birthplace of Country
Music Association board of
directors, talked about the
changes in downtown Bristol
brought about by the efforts
of the BCMA to bring
recognition to the historic
events in music that began in
Bristol.
Alpha Alpha president
Teresa Brown reminded us
that we were all chosen to
be members of an
outstanding organization and
to bring out talents and efforts
to that purpose.
Xi State president Dorrie
Powell talked about her
experiences in her own Beta
Sigma chapter in West
Tennessee and the challenges
that we are facing across the
state. She challenged all of us
to make our chapters grow
not only in numbers but in
impact.
Next years sponsor and
venue has not been decided
yet, but I can assure you that
each year is unique and worth
the trip.
A Pot of
Flowers
for
Margaret
Bays!
Margaret
has spent the
past three
months
enduring two knee operations and
accompanying rehab. By now, she
is about ready to fly the coop and
make it home for Christmas! Our
love and best wishes to Margaret.
Activities of your Area I

Director!
I have been enjoying this
office so much! This is the
perfect excuse for running
around East Tennessee visiting
friends in other chapters and
getting great ideas!
In November I visited
Alpha Zeta Chapter in
Morristown and Beta Delta
Chapter in Johnson City. And, of
course, there was the Area I
Brunch sponsored by Alpha
Alpha in Bristol.
My thanks
to all these wonderful DKG
sisters for rolling out the red
carpet!
---Joy

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I cant emphasize this enoughyou need to let your Hostess Group

Iota Chapter Officers 2014-2016

Registration Fees Set for

Vendors for Nashville 2016

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The Scholarship Committee shall

Applicants shall write a short

Anne Buckle, a member

Activities of your Area I

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