December 2012 - Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. - State Of New Jersey

DO’S AND DON’T’SITEMS TO SUBMITCANDIDIATESZeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. State of New JerseySoror Gina Merritt-Epps, Esq., New Jersey State DirectorMembership Intake TipsZ-LessonsMonthly Embellishment & Trainingfor the Sorors of New JerseyDecember 2012Volume 3 Issue 4Sorors, as you intake new members, please remember the new MIP guidelines. Reminders: The packets go directly to National First-Anti Basileus Soror Scarlet Black, with a copy to me and to Soror JanetBivins, Esq., Regional Director. Soror Black's address is 5000 Old Buncombe Road, Suite 27- Box 5, Greenville, SouthCarolina 29617. Please refrain from sending copies to the Regional Director via certified mail. Do not send Regional and State dues and forms to Soror Black. Please send these items to the Regional and StateTamias Grammateus, respectively. Soror Black will not accept photocopies of Membership Intake kits/packets. A bundle of 10 kits is $20.00 from NationalHeadquarters. The new kits should be available now. Soror Black will not accept letters from colleges/universities in place of an official transcript. Transcripts also need toshow current classes in progress that denote the student is full-time and still enrolled. Undergraduate aspirants must have earned 12 credit hours at the institution they currently attend and through whichthey seek intake. Even if the current institution has accepted credits from another institution, a candidate is not eligiblefor intake until she has taken 12 credits at the institution she currently attends. The transcript for a graduate candidate MUST show the date of when the degree was conferred. Regardless of one's age, if a mature woman is enrolled on a full-time basis on an undergraduate campus where there isa Zeta chapter, she cannot be inducted into a graduate chapter. The Chapter's dues must be paid before approval is given. Include the appropriate fees and forms in the materials sent to Soror Black: Application Form 1 Application Form 2 Bill of Rights Membership Indemnification Agreement Health Verification Form Transcript Release National Financial Reporting Form A National Financial Reporting Form B Official Transcript (GPA of 2.5 for Undergraduates or higher/ BA or BS Conferred for Graduates) National Fees: $615.00 per Graduate $465.00 undergraduate Applicable postage – (1-5 $70.00) (6-10 $80.00) (11-19 $115.00) (20 & Up $140.00) Chapter’s Contract to Abide by the Bill of Rights Chapter Officer’s Certification of Bill of Rights Statement of Individual Responsibility for Violation of Hazing (with name printed and signed by each chapter member) Certificate Order Form Request for Membership Materials Advisor’s Certification for Undergraduate Intake (signed by Graduate Chapter Basileus)