Panhellenic Association Minutes DATE: 1/26/2015 I. II. III. IV. Call to Order: 5:14 Panhellenic Creed Roll Call and Approval of Minutes: Alpha Delta Pi – 2 Alpha Xi Delta – 1 Chi Omega – 4 Delta Gamma–5 Delta Zeta – 0 Gamma Phi Beta –3 Zeta Tau Alpha – 3 Officer Reports President campos.sophia@txstate.edu: 2015 Recruitment contract for embassy being drafted Working on delegate contract similar to what other councils have to ensure duties of our council members Setting a date for the president’s roundtable: Feb. Kalie and I attended the Panhellenic Conference Academy in Indianapolis this weekend and are working on a plan to promote NPC values First VP mcw71: Working on delegate folders Communication with delegates, I am unable to send emails to nontxstate email addresses Preparing for AFLV this coming weekend VP Judicial VP Recruitment knk22: Talk and work on council goals from CPA this past weekend Work on recruitment roundtable details VP Scholarship bbv1: Preparing for month of Scholar Please email me you scholarship/academic chairmen’s names and emails to bbv1@txstate.edu Have a great second week of classes VP of Membership Development jj1466: Recruitment Counselor Applications and the President Recommendation forms And going over Application process Training dates for the RC’s this semester and going into summer/fall Making doodle for available interview times Getting ready for AFLV! 1) Recruitment Counselor Applications and the President Recommendation forms and going over the Application Process Are now available online on the Panhellenic website and is due by Wednesday, February 11th by 5 p.m. and turned into my mail box (VP Membership Development) in the Greek Affairs office. The Application is a filled in PDF and needs to be typed up. Written applications will be denied. The President recommendation forms can be written on and needs to be done by the President and are asked to take their time when evaluating the criteria we are asking of the applicants applying. Women applying need to be in good standing with their chapter and each chapter needs 10% of their women to apply Being an RC is a great experience to learn about another side of recruitment but also about our community and why wearing our letters is so important! Interview will begin Friday, February 13th-19th in LBJ 4-6.1. Please dress in interview attire and arrive 15 minutes before your scheduled interview If they have any questions or concerns they can email at jj1466@txstate.edu or text/call 817-793-1453 2) Chapter and women of the month! a. Ask your chapter for a Chapter and Women of the month! Send me an email with a paragraph for each category explaining why y’all feel they should get it this Wednesday before 5 p.m. Panhellenic will go over it on Wednesday and we announce it next meeting! VP of Finance cam268: Becoming familiar with position Learning about the forms used in the position Invoices will be sent our soon. VP Community Relations VP Public Relations keb80: Drafting a press release in response to the University Star’s story on COR. Brainstorming ideas for Panhellenic logo and slogan VP Recruitment Elect V. Advisor Report: Reminder about registered events and that if a part is a registered event it will be on the calendar on the Greek affairs website. Open parties without a guest list do not exist anymore. If you are hearing about a party last minute that does not have a guest list it is probably not a registered event. When dropping things off at the Greek Affairs office be patient. You cannot just drop something by and leave we will ask you questions and it may take more than a few seconds. Old Business: VI. New Business: Women interested in necessary positions VP Community Relations, VP Recruitment elect VP Judicial need to submit letter of interest by 1/30 Friday and those who submit letter of interest need to give 3 minute speech next Monday 2/2, delegates vote the following week Monday 2/9. There can be no ZTA or ADPi applicants due to there already being 2 members from those chapters on exec. Send in your letters of interest to the Panhellenic email at panhellenic@txstate.edu. To be eligible for the open positions you must have a 2.5 GPA for the past semester OR an overall GPA of 2.7. VII. Chapter Reports Alpha Delta Pi – Tuesday: Chapter at 5:15pm in the chapter building; pin attire Friday-Sunday: District Leadership Conference Alpha Xi Delta – Tuesday: First formal chapter meeting of the semester 6:30pm Thursday: Welcome back sisterhood at the Xi House 6:30pm Saturday: Texas State basketball game 4:30pm Sunday: Spring Bid Day 11-1pm Chi Omega – Monday: Exec meeting 6:30pm at the house, with goal of setting up the semester calendar Tuesday: Chapter meeting at the house at 6pm with newly initiated members Scholarship meeting next week for diamond pledges TBA Delta Gamma – Past weekend our Chapter Management Team went to Denton for Regional Officer training Monday, Tuesday & Thursday: Hosting COB Friday: Bid Day VIII. Good Luck to other chapters participating in COB Saturday: Some sisters will attend the basketball game Sunday: Sisterhood Super Bowl Sunday at the DG House Delta Zeta – Monday: Exec Tuesday: Chapter Saturday: Rush Sunday: Bid Day Gamma Phi Beta – Executive Officers at Regional Leadership Conference 23rd25th No Exec meetings Monday: Department meetings at 6pm at the house Tuesday: Chapter at the house at 6pm Thursday: COB sisterhood event at 6pm at the house Zeta Tau Alpha – Monday: EC at 8 at the house Tuesday: Chapter at 6:15pm followed by Bible study Wednesday: House girls meeting Sunday: PC at the house at 8pm Announcements: Bennett Maggio came to our meeting on Monday to talk about the Heart Walk. This event will take place on April 18th and begins between 9-10am. Pets are welcome. Also, I failed to mention a new award we are incorporating into this year's Heart Walk! We will be crowning our first ever Greek Man and Woman of the Year at the walk and recognizing the organization with whom they are affiliated. This award will go to the Greek man and woman who fundraise the greatest amount before the Heart Walk on April 18th and they will also receive a special prize package. The prize package will be announced at the end of Heart Month! Would it be possible to add that little contest announcement in the follow up email to all the sororities Adjourn – 5:42