Panhellenic Council Meeting
March 25, 2013
Kansas State Student Union Big XII Room
7:00 pm
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 7:04 pm
READING OF NPC CREED
We, as Undergraduate Members of women’s fraternities, stand for good scholarship, for
guarding of good health, for maintenance of fine standards, and for serving, to the best
of our ability, our college community. Cooperation for furthering fraternity life, in
harmony with its best possibilities.
We, as Fraternity Women, stand for service through the development of character
inspired by the close contact and deep friendship of individual fraternity and Panhellenic
life. The opportunity for wide and wise human service, through mutual respect and
helpfulness, is the tenet by which we strive to live.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
Minutes were approved.
ROLL CALL
All chapters were in attendance
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SPEAKERS
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Austin Anderson - K-State Athletics, speaking about student athletic passes went on sale this morning, under the marketplace on isis
Russell Harp - Delta Upsilon Spring philanthropy, miss kstate competition,
looking for talented all around girl, 20 girls can enter - one representation per
sorority, applications due april 5th, 4 rounds - wildcat round( show creativity
wearing k-state pride, second round talent, third round have a cut will be
personality, fourth round questions and formal wear, proceeds to GSI Global
Service Initiative, have tickets available for $3, t-shirt will also be ticket in, talk to
chapters on the 5th, sponsored by UPC)
David Schall - Greek Week - April 8th-12th, coming around to chapters, Greek
Tweet everyday 3-5 pm - go to a place with pairings and get points, Mon. all
greek photo 3:30 (signs, posters) 4pm greek games at old stadium - wear greek
week shirt or team colors, Tues. baseball game - spirit competition, Wed. 8:30
pm ballroom- greeks got talent, can good or $1 and then announcing
homecoming pairings, sign-ups this week for greeks got talent by 5pm on Friday,
3 auditions per pairing to sign-up, Thurs. philanthropy event at noodles - partners
dance marathon, Fri. in Townhall - Leadership building for Greek awards
BOARD OF DIRECTORS REPORTS
Presidents: Sarah Smith (sarahe02@ksu.edu)
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Survey Feedback
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Working on educational programming to begin next fall
Meeting about the budget on Wednesday and it will be presented at the next
council meeting
Vice President: Sydney Sewell (sewell@ksu.edu)
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Will be emailing to see if any Chapter leaders are interested in meeting with
Greek Core. (One representative from each chapter only.)
AFLV awards packet
Risk Management: Emily Relph (erelph@ksu.edu)
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New event reflection form in the works- if your Social/Risk Management chairs
have questions or comments please have them e-mail me
Community & Internal Relations: Mary Beth Gottsch (mgottsch@ksu.edu)
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putting together the sign-in sheets and an excel sheet
community service hours
Service opportunity called Operation Gift the Gown
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Event April 6th in Junction City, looking for volunteers
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Need volunteers to:
■ donate dresses
■ help set up
■ shop for and fit dresses
■ hair and makeup
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More information can be found at
https://sites.google.com/site/giftthegown/Volunteer or email
giftthegown@gmail.com
Public Relations: Hannah Henning (henningh@k-state.edu)
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Greek Life slogan survey results - “Elevate Your Potential”
New questions for Greek Spotlight in the Weekly Greek
Recruitment: Ellen Bergkamp, Nicole Wasserman, Liz Lawless
(ellberg@ksu.edu) (nicwasse@ksu.edu) (melaw@ksu.edu)
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1st recruitment guide workshop April 2nd at 6:30pm
Please continue to send outfit plans but remember to get final approval before
presenting to your chapter due May 1st
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New sisterhood exchange form in the works. Please continue to notify me of
events (dinner exchanges etc.).
New Member Education roundtable on April 18th.
Advisor’s Report: Andrea Brown (andrea10@ksu.edu)
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Fraternal Excellence Awards ceremony is Friday, April 12th. Each chapter will
have a number they will be able to invite. Formal (email) invitation will be out this
week.
Second billing invoices now in mailboxes. Due April 8th.
April is Advisor Appreciation Month
Old Business
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voting on Judicial Policy and Bylaw changes.
motion to discuss
KD motions to discuss
Pi Beta Phi Seconded
- Alpha Chi Omega - concerned about bylaws, section 3.4 (concerns both fraternity and
sorority) fraternity should never have a say in sororities, offense occurred togetherwork together, women would decide, two separate process
- Kappa Kappa Gamma - concerned about where headquarters need to be involved, not
any discretion, if something violates bylaws (any rule), your headquarters are just
notified so no one is kept in the dark
Voting
motion to vote judicial policy
Judicial policy was passed
motion to pass bylaws
Bylaws were passes
New Business
none
For the Good of the Order/Announcements
Alpha Chi Omega: Wednesday after chapter conversation workshop with Alpha Delta
Pi, reminder (Alpha Kappa Lambda) Fraternity
Alpha Delta Pi: new philanthropy, Powercat Paint Run is on April 6th 10am at Warner
Park, and online registration is now open
Alpha Xi Delta: This week is our inspiration week Spring initiation week, April 1st and
2nd Light it up Blue for Autism Speaks
Chi Omega: Moms weekend April 6-7th, set the date for Chi O Casino April 23rd
Delta Delta Delta: MSMR Sam Spady story last Wednesday, initiation Tuesday and
Wednesday, moms weekend 6th and 7th,
Gamma Phi Beta: Chapter day of Service tomorrow - cleaning up parks, Thursday
function with Pi Beta Phi
Gamma Rho Lambda: collecting for Helping Homes (toiletries,household items, baby
supplies) ends March 8th, put boxes at chapter houses
Kappa Alpha Theta: moms weekend 6-7th, working on spring philanthropy with Pi
Kappa Alpha
Kappa Delta: function with Alpha Delta Pi on the 26th a easter egg hunt and decorating
cookies, raised over $12,000 from Shamrock for Prevent Child Abuse America and the
MHK women's Crisis Center
- Gave Panhellenic award goes Gamma Phi Beta
Kappa Kappa Gamma: getting ready for a desert executive board swap with Gamma
Phi Beta on April 24th and a dinner swap with FarmHouse on April 18th
Pi Beta Phi: Function with Gamma Phi Beta on the 26th, moms weekend 6-7th, and
Speedo Read is on April 11th
Sigma Kappa: I-week this week and Initiation on Wednesday, moms weekend is April 57th, Glow Run April 19th
Zeta Tau Alpha: Service project at Boys and Girls club - easter egg hunt on March 26th,
Zeta Days in Lawrence, KS- April 6th, Initiation April 7th
Important Dates to Remember
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Recruitment Guide Workshop is on April 2nd at 6:30pm
New Member Education roundtable is on April 18th
Fraternal Excellence Awards ceremony is Friday, April 12th
Second Billing is due April 8th
Next meeting is April 8th in the Union Big XII Room
Meeting was adjourned