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Nancy B. Hall Magazine Agency Sales of magazines by collegians and alumnae to benefit the Chapter House Fund remain an integral part of the chapter housing fund. Magazine sales for August 1, 2009 – April 1, 2011 biennium were $947,642.17. Online ordering remains an emphasis. This program remains a strong support system for chapter housing, without it we would not be able to make needed repairs to aging facilities or to provide the many new facilities that are the trend on campuses. Miscellaneous Activity Billhighway was selected as a third party vendor for chapter accounting in 2011. The program will enable our chapters to collect fees, pay bills and will offer sound fiscal management regardless of the chapter officers’ level of experience. By streamlining the process, chapter reporting and fiscal management will be much improved. Chapter Advisory Boards’ and the National Leadership Team members’ ability to monitor individual chapter finances will also be greatly enhanced. While chapters will pay a nominal fee for the service, it will be significantly reduced because of the preferred vendor status and should also be offset due to a higher collection rate due to using the program. After careful analysis by the NVP-F, headquarters staff and the finance committee, a new database provider for the sorority and the Kappa Delta Foundation was selected - the iMIS system. The new database will serve as a platform for all that the KDS and the KDF hope to accomplish during the next ten years and we are excited to implement the transition in the last quarter of 2011. Financial Statement Following several years with auditing firm Ness and Company/K.B. Parrish and in keeping with best practices, the sorority requested proposals for auditing services. While the relationship with K.B. Parrish was strong, a new firm offering higher levels of service and experience in additional areas of interest to the sorority and the foundation was selected. Dixon-Hughes auditing firm was contracted to begin with the fiscal year 2008-09 audit. Kappa Delta’s annual financial statements are compiled following an audit by Dixon-Hughes, approved by the National council and reported in the winter issues of The Angelos. Kappa Delta enjoys a strong financial foundation achieved through sound fiscal management practices and investment strategies. NATIONAL PANHELLENIC CONFERENCE NPC Annual Meetings The National Panhellenic Conference held its annual meeting October 2009 with the theme “Women Leading the Experience.” NPC continues to advocate for the value of the sorority experience as our story and purpose is shared through an enhanced media/image campaign and through a greater online presence including several new Web sites, a parent advice blog, as well as 8
egular updates on Facebook and Twitter. The Manual of Information (MOI) is also now available online for all dues paying members/campuses. The business of the Conference brought about a change in the structure of leadership. A resolution was adopted to reduce the executive committee rotation from three member groups to two, with a Chairman and Vice Chairman. Additional appointed executive committee members include the College Panhellenics chairman, Alumnae Panhellenics chairman, and the Budget and Finance committee chairman, whose appointments must be approved by the Board of Directors. Additional resolutions passed addressed the alcohol culture on campus, options for determining campus total, and a dues increase for member groups (effective January 2011). Kappa Delta’s coveted Order of the Diamond Award for outstanding service to NPC and the Greek world was presented to retiring chairman Julie Cain Burkhard (Alpha Chi Omega), first alternate delegate Patty Disque (Chi Omega), and retiring NPC delegate, Juliana (J.J.) Wales (Kappa Kappa Gamma) for their longtime service and leadership to the Conference In October 2010, the National Panhellenic Conference held its annual meeting with the theme “Commemorate, Collaborate, Celebrate.” Delegation members, presidents, executive directors, and editors met separately in function, as well as together, to discuss related business and to continue the discussion on the adopted NPC strategic plan and its focus to make the organization relevant and responsive to the needs of its member groups. Legislation passed during the 2010 annual meeting focused on three resolutions. The first resolution changed the Month of the Scholar from October to February every year beginning in 2011. The second resolution is to have sorority members refrain from participating in men’s fraternity recruitment events. The third resolution limits the involvement and presence of recruitment counselors with the PNMs during the completion and signing of their MRABA. All three resolutions passed unanimously and NPC will provide additional educational materials to help member groups implement these resolutions. NPC Service and Committee Assignments Kappa Delta’s involvement and leadership continues to be held in esteem within the National Panhellenic Conference and the Greek world. Julie Johnson was re-elected by the NPC Board of Directors to serve as the Chairman of College Panhellenics for 2011-2013, following an appointment to that position in 2010 when it was vacated. In addition, during this biennium members of Kappa Delta’s delegation have served as an area advisor for College Panhellenics in South Carolina, Virginia, and Louisiana; Area Advisor Coordinator for College Panhellenics in the Southeast; and as Alumnae Panhellenics Area Coordinator IV and area advisor for eighteen selected alumnae Panhellenics in California and Hawaii. In addition, members of Kappa Delta’s delegation served on the following NPC committees: NPC Executive Committee, chairman of the Extension committee, College Panhellenics Bylaws Review; RFM Task Force; Extension Task Force; Release Figures Team; RFM Senior Specialist; member of the NPC Long Range Planning committee; Judicial Appeals Committee; and member of the University Documents Review committee. Cynthia Weston also was the narrative writer for the NPC History that was published in fall 2009 and a podcast interviewee for the NPC Web site on Panhellenic history and International Badge Day (February 2010). Kappa 9
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