biennial report of beth martin langford kappa delta sorority national ...

The Vice President-Membership Manual was revised and presented at the 2010 National Leadership
Conference.
The Epsilon Chi at Baylor University was closed in October 2010. After tremendous effort by the
National Leadership Team members and special advisors, the chapter continued to struggle with a
poor campus reputation and unsuccessful recruitment for many years despite both financial and
personnel support provided by the national organization.
Kappa Delta closed its Beta Psi chapter in the Fall of 2009 for risk management violations. Kappa
Delta entered into an agreement with the Arizona State University Panhellenic for the first right of
refusal when the campus opens for their next extension opportunity. Kappa Delta maintains a
similar agreement with the University of Vermont should they open anytime through 2014.
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
After many years of planning and at the direction of the 2007-09 National Council, the Transitional
Nominating Committee (TNC) was established to implement changes to the nominating process. A
chair, highly accomplished in board governance and procedural law, was selected and a diverse
committee was put in place. The TNC carefully followed procedures and announced a slate of
candidates for the 2011 Convention.
The structure of the staffing at Kappa Delta headquarters continues to be tweaked and modified to
meet the changing needs of the sorority. With the resignation of the long-serving executive director,
a decision was reached by both the National Council and the Kappa Delta Foundation Board to
establish separate executive directors for the sorority and the foundation. Each board is engaged in
national searches for their new executive directors with plans to hire in the last quarter of 2011.
COLLEGIATE AREA
Chapter Support
Working closely with Headquarters staff, the Collegiate National Leadership Team (NLT) members
have been outstanding in their chapter communication, reporting and counsel. The chapters have
benefited from consistent leadership and the addition of several Special Advisors as needed.
Teamwork among the division teams continues to be a focus area. Each month, the division teams
held conference calls or some other form of agreed upon communication. The purpose of these
calls/communications is to globally review and assess the chapters in each division. These minutes
were disseminated to National Council, Director of Chapter Services, and National Director-
Chapter Advisory Boards. We continue to look at ways to improve the functionality of this process
and to make sure we are providing optimum chapter services.
Each year seven Chapter Development Consultants (CDCs) were selected to travel for Kappa Delta.
In the current NLT structure, chapters are required to receive either a CDC visit or an Official Visit
from an NLT member one time in the biennium. Our newer and/or struggling chapters received
several visits.
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