Volume 8 Number 2
October 20, 2006
http://www.kkytbs.org
• KKPsi Announces New Governors in MWD & WD
• KKPsi Launches New Colony Tracking Program
• Important Announcements & Dates to Remember
1. Kappa Kappa Psi Announces New Governors!
by Dr. Rod Chesnutt, KKPsi National President
Greetings!
I am pleased to announce new Governors in the Midwest and West Districts.
First, many thanks to Dr. Lisa Hunter for her work in the Midwest District. She has moved to New York as the Head of Music Education at Buffalo State. This is a terrific career move for her and we wish her the best!
Next, Dr. Patrick Carney left his position as the Assistant Director of Bands at the University of Oregon to assume the Director of Bands role at Montana State University [yes, Dr. Hunter's position]. So, he must resign his Co-Governor's position in the Western District, but has agreed to continue serving the fraternity as the new Co-Governor in the Midwest District. His contact information is as follows:
Dr. Patrick K. Carney
Director of Bands
Director of The Spirit of the West Marching Band
Montana State University
Howard Hall, Room 134
http://www.montana.edu/music/
http://marching.montana.edu/
http://www.montana.edu/msubands100/
(406) 994-5759 (office)
Third, we are pleased to announce that Professor Chris Chapman has agreed to serve in the Western District as Co-Governor. A graduate of the University of Washington, he is currently the Director of Bands at Oregon State University. You may contact him at the following:
Chris Chapman
Director of Bands
Oregon State University
Department of Music
101 Benton Hall
Corvallis, Oregon 97331
(541) 737-8829
chris.chapman@oregonstate.edu
AEA
Rod M. Chesnutt, Ph.D.
National President
Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary College Band Fraternity
2. Announcing the New KKPsi Colony Tracking Program On-Line
by Malinda Matney, Ph.D., National Vice President for Colonization and Membership
At the 2005 National Convention, our Active Membership requested that we find a way to create a website for submission and review of colony documents and progress. Today we announce the opening of our Kappa Kappa Psi Colony Tracking Website.
This site has multiple goals:
- Giving colonies, advising chapters, and advising people one place to send reports and documents for review and archival.
- Allowing the National Council, Headquarters, and Colony Teams the ability to read documents and provide comments in a timely fashion, storing these comments for archival use.
- Providing our National Chapter (all of our Active Brothers) the ability to see our recent colony activity. The entire National Chapter can join in support of our newest chapters in their first months and years of operation.
Derrick Mills has been instrumental in bringing this to completion -- his commitment to this project, particularly the technical issues, has advanced our web presence greatly. Ken Corbett has also contributed substantially to the site, and has been helpful in the organization of content. These Brothers have done great work to advance the wishes of our students. Thanks, Derrick and Ken!
With any new endeavor, we know we'll continue to learn and find ways to improve the site as you all use it. If you have suggestions or detect glitches, email me with those items.
The first major test of the site will be this week. We strongly urge all colonies, advising chapters, and advising people to complete
their reports using the web this time. Both what you report and the fact that you are reporting it on the web will help us strengthen the site. We will give each colony team its username and password over the next three days, so you'll be able to use the restricted parts of this site.
Connect to this site from our main site at http://www.kkpsi.org, or connect directly at:
http://www.kkytbs.org/online/fused/index.cfm?fuseaction=Colony.ColonyInformation
We're continuing to Strive for the Highest, and look forward to this new way to improve our work with colonies and their advising teams.
3. Tau Beta Sigma Presents OSMA to Dr. Andrea Strauss
Don't forget our TBS & KKPsi online malls (1,000+ merchants). Each purchase you make generates important revenue for us. Go to www.kkytbs.org/OnlineMall.html to enter your online mall of savings and convenience. Happy Shopping!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Specific information for any event below is available from our organizational websites & on each district's webpage. Contact the National HQs or your district officers if you have questions! Please report any errors to hqned@kkytbs.org and thanks!
DATES:
October 30 -- Member Dues are LATE. Dues are now $83.75 !!
November 15 -- for schools starting after September 15, Member Dues are now LATE. Dues are now $83.75 !!
December 1 -- postmark deadline for Fall Activity Report
January 1, 2007 -- postmark deadline for award applications
Feb 9-11 -- Winter National Council Meetings in Orlando
March 16-17, 2007 -- MWD Convention @ University of Nebraska at Kearney
March 16-17, 2007 -- NED Convention @ Clarion University
March 31-April 2, 2007 -- NCD Convention @ University of Cincinnati
April 7, 2007 -- SED Convention @ Georgia Tech University
April 13-15, 2007 -- WD Convention @ Las Vegas, NV
April 13-15, 2007 -- SWD Convention @ Oklahoma State University
April 2 -- Postmark deadline for National Intercollegiate Band audition tapes
June 1 -- Postmark deadline for Chapter Summary Reports
June 1 -- Postmark deadline for on-time National Convention Registration and fee (without a late fee.)
July 20-22 -- Summer National Council Meetings in Orlando
July 22-24 -- National Intercollegiate Band rehearsals
July 22-24 -- District Leadership Conference
July 24-29 -- 2007 National Convention
ATTN: District Governors/Counselors/Officers/Chapter Presidents...
Please ensure widest possible delivery to all chapters, colonies & members in your respective districts!
The idea of this electronic newsletter is to be able to quickly and efficiently send out information to every individual member. Therefore, it is up to the District Leaders to appoint someone to be responsible for forwarding each issue to all chapters or Chapter Presidents in their district. Chapter Leaders ensure every member of your chapter receives it! Please help us to communicate to the individual member!
All NewsNotes On-Line issues are available on-line at http://www.kkytbs.org/newsnotes.html.
Many thanks,
Lt Col Alan L. Bonner, USAF (Ret.)
National Executive Director
Kappa Kappa Psi & Tau Beta Sigma
National Band Fraternity & Sorority
http://www.kkytbs.org
