Index of Student Presenters - Alpha Chi

Region I Report
Minutes
1. Call to order: Pamela Stephens, President, called the meeting to order at 12:10 p.m. in the Baltimore meeting room Hyatt
Regency Hotel. A sign-in sheet was circulated. Attendance (sp=sponsor; st=student):
Abilene Christian University
Mikee Delony (sp)
Kaleigh Wyrick (st)
Hillary Eichelberger (st)
Jennifer Binkley (st)
Angelo State University
Karl Havlak (sp)
Randi Havlak (sp)
Aubrey Sloan (st)
Lucy Will (st)
Karla Glass (st)
Erica Adkins (st)
Midwestern State University
Pam Stephens (sp)
Lindey Applegarth (st)
Jared Dopp (st)
Kristin Rockwell (st)
Verona Sutton (st)
New Mexico State University
Howard Smolleck (sp)
Esther F. Smolleck (guest)
Southwestern University
Kerry Bruns (sp)
Texas Lutheran University
Norman Beck (sp)
Esther Beck (guest)
Elizabeth Beck-Dietert (st)
Donjeta Gjuka (st)
Kyle Coleman (st)
Amanda Thompson (st)
Kevin Windecker (st)
Wako Bungula (st)
Dielli Hoxha (st)
Kari Teigen (st)
Texas State University at San Marcos
Ron Brown (sp)
Caitlyn Horvath (st)
Liz Hjort (st)
Brian Fremaux (st)
Christian Wallace (st)
Elizabeth Wellings (st)
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Jodi Pilgrim (sp)
Erin Hattemer (st)
University of Texas at San Antonio
Charlin Jones (sp)
John Stewart (st)
Martha Wright (st)
Paul “Trey” Edwards (st)
2. 2011 Minutes: The minutes from the 2011 meeting in San Diego were circulated and approved.
3. Treasurer’s Report: Karl Havlak circulated copies of the report showing Region I had total assets of $120,970.06 as of 12-
31-2011. Karl Havlak also reported that investment holdings have remained relatively flat with slight losses in 2011. Total cost to
Region I for the 2011 National Convention was $13,700; cost for the 2012 National Convention to Region I estimated at
approximately $18,000.
4. New Business:
Region I Inductees: Pam Stephens reported that Region I has seen a substantial increase in the number of inductees; an increase
larger than any other region.
Star Chapter Awards: Pam Stephens congratulated all Star Chapter recipients from Region I: Texas Lutheran University, Texas
State University-San Marcos, and University of Texas at San Antonio.
Scholarship Recipients: Pam Stephens announced the winners of the $200 Chapter Scholarships and the $750 Region I
Scholarships. Names of these winners were sent in a separate document to all Region I sponsors.
Outstanding Chapter Nominees: Three schools were nominated for the Outstanding Chapter Award: Texas State University–
San Marcos, Abilene Christian University, and University of Texas at San Antonio. The delegates chose Texas State University–San
Marcos and University of Texas at San Antonio to represent Region I.
Super-Regional Convention: Pam Stephens sought input on the Super-Regional Convention format as opposed to the
Regional/Bi-Regional format. The majority of the attendees supported the Super-Regional format over the Regional/Bi-Regional
format.
Door Prize: Kerry Bruns won the door prize of a pop-up book donated to each region in recognition of the literacy project that
Alpha Chi supports.
Regional Elections: Paul “Trey” Edwards from the University of Texas at San Antonio was elected as the Region I Student
Representative to the National Council. Mikee Delony from Abilene Christian University was elected to serve as the President of
Region I. Ron Brown from Texas State University-San Marcos was elected to serve as Vice President of Region I.
Reimbursement Checks: Karl Havlak reminded chapters to submit Travel Subsidy forms and scholarship forms.
5. Pam Stephens adjourned the meeting at 12:49 p.m.
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