Zeta DataVolume 17, Issue 2 January, 2016

Zeta Chapter, Eta State Region IX Forsyth County Z

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DKG

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We are friends through fellowship, colleagues by profession, and sisters by choice.

Penny’s ThoughtsHere’s hoping all of you had a won-

derful holiday season, eating too much, overdoing presents for grandchildren and taking long naps after the company left. Although the weather did not allow us to experience the environment as-sociated with Christmas, I know your spirit participated in the season.

Now that the holidays are behind us we can begin to focus on the state con-vention and how Zeta Chapter can as-sist with a successful event. Between Friday, April 22 and Sunday, April 24 Delta Kappa Gamma members from across the state will experience Win-ston-Salem. Activities will include ex-ecutive meetings, general sessions, breakout sessions, vendor displays, breakfast brunch and a Saturday night banquet along with time for members to tour the sites of our diverse city.

Although complete details for our responsibilities have not been final-ized I have listed the areas presently assigned to Zeta. Please review the article in this newsletter and plan how you can represent our chapter by as-sisting Friday, Saturday and/or Sunday.

Zetas to assist with state convention in AprilAll Delta Kappa Gamma chapters for Region IX are working together to suc-

cessfully present the 2016 State Convention, “Create the Future: Imagine..”. Zeta Chapter will be responsible for duties from Friday through Sunday, April 22-24.

Please review the listings and clear your schedule to help with one or more of the areas:Friday: Registration Desk sometime between 12 – 8 p.m. Provide flowers for the stage by 3 p.m. Have theme basket ready and displayed Greeters at the door of general session/awards Podium assistance (helping members on and off the stage) Saturday: Registration Desk sometime between 7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Display theme basket Assist with breakout sessions (directions, etc.) Floral arrangement for banquet stage in place by 3 p.m.Sunday: Collect tickets at the brunch (9:30 – Noon) Clean up DKG items after the brunch

These assignments are broad until the committee finalizes time duties per chapter.

New Member Nominations by Alex Hoskins

Do you know a worthy educator that would benefit from membership in Delta Kappa Gamma? Do you have a colleague that you would like to invite to join Zeta chapter? It is time to consider asking a female educator to join Delta Kappa Gamma.

Zeta chapter is such a wonderful, warm organization that it deserves to be shared and expanded. New mem-bers help breathe life into the chapter and ensure the continuation of efforts on behalf of members. We want to see Zeta chapter thrive and grow!

When considering potential mem-bers, keep in mind the following cri-teria: a female candidate must be employed as a professional educator at the time of her election or retired from an educational position. Candi-dates must have served in an educa-tional capacity for at least six months. An educator may include classroom teachers, administrators, school nurses, administrative assistants, pri-vate tutors, etc.

When speaking to a prospective member, emphasize the following ben-efits:

• Professional development• Leadership training• Scholarships and grants• Networking with educators around the world

• Forums for presenting and publishing• Professional conferences and con-ventions

Also, share with the candidate the following specifics about membership in Zeta chapter:

• 3 meetings + annual luncheon • New teacher support• Exposure to local issues• Fellowship opportunities with col-leagues

To nominate a potential member, please print and complete the follow-ing form: http://www.deltakappagam-ma.org/NC/membership.pdf. Bring the completed form to the meeting on February 22, 2016 for presentation to the members. If you have ques-tions, please contact Alex Hoskins, abhoskins444@yahoo.com.

Penny Craver-Beck, Presidentzetapenny1214@gmail.comA Note Concerning Links in ZD 1) A password is now required by all members to use the DKG website. Links to the DKG site won’t work until we get the password. When we get this information, we will pass it along to all members. 2) Sometimes just clicking a link won’t work; thus, you may have to copy paste or type it yourself. 3) Email links seem to work correctly.

Hostess Group: February Meeting Chairpersons – Janet Doub and Tamra Thomas Members – Judy Crow, Jean Thrower Duties – Provide light refreshments and a door prize

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Wanting CEU Credits DKG members attending the state

convention are eligible for CEU credits but the policy has changed. Eta State will provide a general certificate of at-tendance and each teacher will need to confer with her local district for approv-al. Teachers are advised to check with their district in advance to see if other documentation will be needed.

Convention website launchedhttp://dkgnc2016convention.weebly.com/

Sessions Proposal Deadline is Jan. 25 “Blue Sky Thinking” is needed! Send your ideas for a breakout session for the 2016 Eta State Convention on April 22-24 to 1st VP Connie Savell at (704)-477-0450, mcdpm59@gmail.com, or 206 North Roxford Road, Kings Mountain, NC 28086. The deadline to submit proposals is January 25, 2016. The proposal form is posted on the new convention web-site at http://dkgnc2016convention.weebly.com/workshops.html.

Make Hotel Reservations Now! Information for making room res-ervations at the convention ho-tel, the Marriott, is under the Hotel link at http:// dkgnc2016co-nvent ion.weebly.com/hotel .html. Rooms are $119, single or double, plus taxes. Deadline for the group rate is March 22, and as in the past, rooms will go fast, so register early. There is a sep-arate charge for parking in the city deck.

-from Eta Data

State Convention RegistrationDelta Kappa Gamma has set up a

convention website to assist members with early registration and details re-garding the convention April 22-24. The new website is: http://dkgnc2016co-nvention.weebly.com/ Convention registration forms are now available in both Word and PDF formats. Early bird deadline is April 1. Everyone must register, including members assisting during the convention. Forms should be mailed to the Convention Treasurer, Chris Waters, by April 1 at the address provided on the form.

Members wishing to attend the Sat-urday night banquet or the Sunday morning brunch must purchase meal tickets no later than April 15. No meal tickets will be sold after that date.

State News

International News

New chapter officers trainingZeta members taking on a chapter

office for 2016-18 should plan to attend the New Chapter Officers Training. The training includes new presidents, trea-surers, membership chairs, and Educa-ton Excellence chairs. Training takes only one day and will be offered in Wil-son on Friday, June 24, Black Mountain on Saturday, June 28 or Asheboro, Sat-urday, June 25.

The registration fee is covered by Zeta.

Zeta Kay Windsor has submitted a proposal for a breakout session at the upcoming state convention. The title of her session will be Writing to Save Our Lives (10 Minutes a day); it will be in-cluded in the Personal Growth strand.

Kay’s proposal is based on using models, prompts and practice to begin a daily practice of reflective writing for personal and professional growth.

Final decisions for breakout session proposals will be made in February.

We wish Kay good luck and are con-fident her proposal will be accepted.

Windsor submits proposal

Loss of a Past Member Our past Zeta sister, Maxine Warren, passed away December 21, 2015. Maxine spent 34 years in education spending most of those years at Glenn High School. Maxine was preceded in death by her husband, Charlie and her son Chuck. Memorials may be made to Love’s Methodist Church, Youth Ministry Fund, PO Box 8, Walkertown, NC 27051

Our next chapter meeting is Febru-ary 22, 6:00, at Konnoak Hills Moravian Church, 3401 Konnoak Drive. Please drive around to the back side, facing Luther Street, and there is a parking lot beside the fellowship hall.

Our program will include informa-tion about the upcoming bond referen-dum for the school district, as well as a process in which our “Low Performing Schools” are involved, as identified and defined by current state legislation.

We will also vote on new members at the February meeting, so be sure to have your nominations complete! The form can be found here: http://www.deltakappagamma.org/NC/member-ship.pdf

Next meeting is Feb. 22 Pick your passion and DKG’s future

“I love Steve Jobs’ challenge to love what you do and have passion and Danielle Green’s encouragement to know my passion and what my legacy will be. Their words are a great moti-vation” – EEC pre-conference training participant

During pre-conference training and breakout sessions at 2015 regional conferences, the educational excel-lence committee introduced “Pick Your Passion” to state organizations. To clarify the committee’s goals, EEC has the new acronym: Empowerment, Edu-cational excellence, Changing global awareness.

In the November/December 2015 issue of DKG NEWS, the DKGnext! women, dynamic young DKG mem-bers (ages 28-36), are quoted as look-ing forward to “being actively involved in projects rather than donating money” and to DKG “embracing change that is more technologically involved with the cutting edge of professional [educa-tional] issues.” DKGnext! preferences are closely aligned with EEC’s vision and goals: • Empowering women through digital

connectivity on leadership, local is-sues, well-being: members are en-couraged to pick their passion and to become actively involved in projects;

• Supporting Excellence in Education by providing women with resources to go above and beyond the quality educa-tion they currently provide: supporting early-career educators, recognizing educators’ achievements, and making the current Hot Topics for EEC pro-grams and activities the professional issues at the cutting edge;

• Changing Global Awareness by im-proving global quality of life through Schools for Africa, DKG’s NGO status with the United Nations, CTAUN and connecting chapters through technol-ogy (CTAUN provides resources to teach about the United Nations) and DKG’s partnership with the UN is an educational venture that addresses global educational issues on the cut-ting edge.

- from DKG News Jan/Feb issue

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Minutes Delta Kappa Gamma Society International

Eta State Zeta Chapter Ardmore Baptist Church Fellowship Hall

November 9, 2015 6 p.m.

Zeta President Penny Craver-Beck opened the second regular meeting of the school year after Zeta members and guests from Beta Nu and Beta Mu chapters had enjoyed shopping at the holiday raffle. She offered special thanks for re-freshments to the hostess committee: Susie Seats, chair; Mallie Graham and Carol Lunsford. Penny thanked Leslie Baldwin for making arrangements for the meeting place and speaker. Penny offered thanks to all members who had brought raffle items. Concerns shared included Gail Howell, who had back surgery and is improving, Fran Fox, who has health problems that do not allow her to go out at night, and Hazel Mitchell, who remains at Trinity Elms.

Leslie Baldwin introduced the speaker, Connie Savell, State First Vice President. Janice Linker, previously scheduled to speak, was not able to attend due to weather. Connie Savell offered thanks to Zeta for hosting the state convention in April along with other chapters in Region 9. Leading Women Educators: Impacting Education Worldwide is the state theme. Con-nie spoke about Schools for Africa, early career teacher support and World Fellowship as focuses for DKG support. She re-minded the group that DKG is active in 17 countries with more than 2000 chapters internationally and 3000 members in 104 chapters in Eta State. She encouraged members to apply for scholarships from the NC Educational Foundation and shared that the brochure can be downloaded at http://www.ncdkgef.org . Deadline for NC scholarship applications is February 1.

Minutes of the September 2015 meeting were approved. Janet Doub made a motion to approve the minutes, and it was seconded and approved by the membership.

Cheryl Taylor distributed a treasurer’s report, showing that Zeta has 44 active and 12 reserve members for a total of 56. Current balance in the account after international, state, scholarship and grant obligations were met is $2981.36 before raf-fle proceeds. The account was moved to First Citizens Bank because SECU no longer offers business accounts. The report was accepted by the membership. Cheryl announced at the end of the meeting that the raffle proceeds were about $436.

Alex Hoskins reported that the web site is active and will be linked to the state and regional sites. The web address is http://dkgnczeta.weebly.com/about.html.

No old business was presented.In new business, the membership approved requests to drop membership and to become reserve members. Colleen

Lanier made the motion to accept the requests; it was seconded and passed. Terri Kirby Erickson, Wynnette Alexander, Louise Still and Portia Waters dropped membership and Sandy Crater, Lenna Severs requested reserve membership. Patty Huffman has moved out of the area.

Colleen Lanier presented a legislative update and suggested contact to legislators by email with brief questions. Colleen distributed contact information for Representatives and Senators by Zip code.

Penny updated our plan for focus to assist new teachers and promote education. From the list of pertinent topics for choice by each chapter, members of our chapter emailed Penny their choices of Educational Legislation, Teacher Attrition (approach through legislation) and Vouchers.

Penny shared an update received through email about specific costs related to state headquarters. Although expendi-tures last year were $10,000, the state membership donated only $7400. Expenses exceeded the $10,000 budgeted, so the state executive board requested a voluntary donation of $3 per member instead of the $2 previously requested. A motion had been made in September by Libby Carpenter that Zeta notify Eta State headquarters that Zeta will not participate in sup-porting the upkeep of the headquarters building until a detailed statement of expenditures and receipts was received. The motion was passed. Among expenditures cited in the email were $4500 for lawn service, $260 for house cleaning, $1500 for electricity, $352 for alarm service, $160 for water treatment, $1000 for property taxes, $1524 for insurance, $1000 for maintenance/repairs, $90 for supplies and fees, unexpected expense of $2000 for dehumidifier, tree trimming and replace-ment of vents under the building.

No other new business was presented.For the good of the order: Penny reminded the membership of the DKG Eta State convention scheduled in Winston-

Salem April 22-24, 2016. Penny asked members to consider proposals for breakout sessions; forms are available online at http://www.deltakappagamma.org/NC/2016WorkshopForm.pdf and the deadline for submitting proposals is January 25, 2016. Zeta is responsible on April 21 for organizing registration folders (assisted by Beta Nu and Beta Mu); a large floral arrangement for the main meeting room on Friday, April 22; a themed silent auction basket for which we need suggestions and donations; a refreshment donation for the hospitality room ($25 per chapter); and one $10-25 door prize.

Leslie reminded the group that February is nomination time and nomination letter requests should be sent to Alex Hoskins before the February meeting that is scheduled for February 22 (February 29, snow date) at Konnoak Hills Moravian Church at 6 p.m.

The door prize was awarded to Susie Seats.Penny adjourned the meeting at 7:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,Kay WindsorRecording Secretary

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Memories

Bits and Pieces

Communication Chair: Judy Williardjpwilliard@triad.rr.com

Maxine’s Zeta Memories by Wrenn Conrad

When I called “Mrs. Mast” (As a former WFHS student, I cannot bring myself to call her “Maxine” nor Miss Adams “Rose,” though they have assured me it would be fine to do so.), she reminded me she had already said she felt her recollections would be redun-dant. Maxine Mast, Sally Bost and Jean Deaton were all initi-ated into Zeta Chapter on May 5, 1973. As we talked, she did share her thoughts on Zeta/DKG like her contemporaries – Rose, Jean and Sally have for previous articles. Like many of us, until she was invited to be a member of Zeta/ DKG, she had never heard of the organization. This brought up the literal secretiveness of DKG at its inception in Texas 85 years ago. It is hard for us to imagine the trepi-dation of being open about membership in such a prestigious teacher organiza-tion but it was a real concern in the be-ginning. In recent years, one of the main efforts on all levels of the organization has been “get the word out.” That is just one of many changes over the years.

Words like “formal,” “proper” and even “strict” came up as Maxine re-called her early experiences as a new Zeta. Though we do adhere to many traditions and protocols that are origi-nal to our chapter and the entire organi-zation, many changes have been made especially in recent years. The efforts to make DKG relevant are not new.

Maxine recalled being almost amused at some of the strict formality of Zeta when she, Sally and Jean first began attending meetings. They would al-ways sit together at meetings because they were the “new girls” and liked the comradery of sticking together.

She was the “rebel” who showed up to a meeting at Hazel Mitchell’s house in a pantsuit – the only one there not in a dress or skirt. She thought she might be in real trouble until the guest speaker showed up in a pantsuit as well. What a relief!

Maxine recalled Zeta meetings were almost always held in members’ homes until membership grew too big for any-one’s living room to accommodate the group. She said Jackie Dobbins, who taught at Salem, always hosted meet-ings at Salem, where the Zetas would dine with the academy and college girls in the cafeteria. Maxine recalled the formal atmosphere and the delicious food at the Moravian school for girls.

It was during Maxine’s tenure as Zeta president in 1982-84, that the potluck meal for the first meeting was instituted and quickly be-came a “tradition” that Zeta continued for years. Mem-bers enjoyed preparing a dish to share with their DKG sisters – even after teaching all day. It also became a tra-dition to have another meal prepared by “church ladies” for one meeting each year. The potlucks and church prepared meals are no lon-ger a part of Zeta meetings

because of time constraints and cost of holding meetings at churches. Yet they remain an

interesting part of Zeta’s history. Strict protocol was followed for meet-

ings with the parliamentarian making sure Robert’s Rules were enforced. Maxine recalled the formality and im-pressiveness of the initiation ceremo-ny. She was so proud to be included in such a prestigious group, which she thinks met a need for women teachers at that time.

She said a highlight for her was go-ing to a DKG convention with Elizabeth Sink and Hazel Mitchell, which was also very formal at the time but lots of fun, too. That is something to keep in mind as Region IX hosts the 2016 Eta State Convention here “in our own back yard,” especially if you have never been to one or it has been years since you went. IT’S FUN. Take the word of long-time Zeta Maxine Mast and come to all the convention events this year, when it is so convenient for us.

Maxine and husband Jim at the recent 50th class reunion of the West Forsyth Class of 1965.

Zeta BirthdaysFebruaryLeslie BaldwinLenna SeversCheryl TaylorMarchWrenn ConradJacqueleene DobbinsAprilRose AdamsPenny Craver-BeckBarbara GeerPattie HuffmanColleen LanierJennifer LongBobbie McLeodEdna PalmerSusie SeatsLouise Whealton

Barbara Geer passed along the following information: My mom is at Trinity Glen (a skilled nursing/assist-ed living facility near Kernersville). As I was visiting her over the week-end, I discovered that is where Ha-zel Mitchell is as well. I stopped in to visit her. She is doing OK and wanted me to tell the DKG sisters hello. The address for cards is 849 Waterworks Rd., Winston-Salem, NC 27104.

Penny Craver-Beck’s mother suf-fered a stroke the week before Christ-mas. After a lengthy hospital stay,

she is continuing rehabilitation at Alston Brook in Lexington.

Mallie Graham, Louise Wheal-ton, Tamra Thomas and Janet Doub attended the Moravian Wom-en's Conference in Sandy Cove, MD in late June. As Janet said, "We are Moravian sisters as well as DKG sis-ters."