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Volume 12, Number 5 News from Headquarters Happy New Year To all Brothers & Sisters, from all of us at Stillwater Station,we hope the new year and new semester sees you refreshed from the holidays and ready to start off in a great way! Good luck this semester with your studies and work and may this new year bring you many new, wonderful and exciting experiences. Wishing you the best! PODIUM INFORMATION Submissions for the Spring 2011 issue were due November 1st. Thank you to those who have submitted articles and pictures. We are currently going through our collection of articles and have begun the editing process. Be looking for the next edition to hit your mailboxes around district convention time in the Spring and don't forget to start thinking about articles for next time - it's never too early to start preparing!
INITIATE REGISTRATION When you complete your Initiate Classes, please remember that you have 30 days following Third Degree to submit the Initiate Registration Form. An additional fee of 25% is applied to all forms that are late.
DISTRIBUTION To all District Officers and Chapter Presidents: Please ensure the widest possible distribution of this newsletter to the chapters, colonies and members in your district. The purpose of this newsletter is to quickly and efficiently send information to each member. District Leaders should ensure that this newsletter is forwarded to every Chapter President in their district. Issues of the NewsNotes can also be found on the Headquarters website at www.kkytbs.org/newsnotes.html Many thanks,
HQ STAFF National Executive Director:
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New Colony of Kappa Kappa Psi Schedule for District Conventions 2011 MIDWEST DISTRICT CONVENTION 2011 NORTH CENTRAL DISTRICT CONVENTION 2011 NORTHEAST DISTRICT CONVENTION 2011 SOUTHEAST DISTRICT CONVENTION 2011 SOUTHWEST DISTRICT CONVENTION Date: April 9-11 2011 WESTERN DISTRICT CONVENTION Don't forget!!! All convention attendees are required to have some form of proof of membership in order to be admitted to convention sites including alumni and life members. You must belong to on of these active groups of membership in order to attend, so please be sure to enroll or renew those memberships if you are an alumni member. Take care, good luck with the new semesters and we look forward to seeing everyone across the nation at District Conventions this season! TBSigma Offers Twitter/Forum Contest for Convention Registration Waivers Are you going to National Convention? As college students, you are always looking at ways to save money. After being a college/graduate student for 9 years, I completely understand. Additionally, going to district and national conventions, while being an amazing experience, they can be costly. We want to help! It's simple - if you sign up to use our newest communication tools you can win free convention registration! Here is how this works: 1) Sign up and use our communication tools! a. Follow @TauBetaSigma on Twitter (www.twitter.com) b. Sign up for the Tau Beta Sigma Forums (www.tbsigma.org/forum) c. Sign up for the Tau Beta Sigma members-only listserve i. Email Peter Murray at kkytbs-editor@mail.kkytbs.org and request to be added to the TBS members-only listerve (TBSIGMA-L). Include your full name, chapter/school, and when you were initiated. 2) Be on the lookout for trivia questions (one per district) to be posted on these 3 communication outlets a. District Conventions (1 per district) between February 1st and February 28th b. National Convention - 2 trivia questions will be posted between April 1st and April 30th, 2011 (you must answer both questions correctly). 3) To be entered into the contest email the correct answer to the trivia question as well as your full name, your chapter, and your initiation date (you must be an active member of your district) to nicoleburdick@tbsigma.org. You will have exactly 24 hours to respond! A winner will be selected from all the correct responses. That's it! Be sure to sign up for Twitter, the TBS members-only listerve, and the TBS members-only forums and keep your eyes posted for those trivia questions! If you have any questions about this contest, please contact nicoleburdick@tbsigma.org. National Convention and Program Deadline Reminders The following are deadlines fast approaching for things related to National Convention: KKΨ Concerto Competition Submission Deadline is April 15th, 2011. National Intercollegiate Band Audition materials must be postmarked by April 19, 2011. Fall 2011 Submissions to the Podium are due May 1, 2011. Registration for the convention itself will be due on June 15, 2011, so start saving your funds now for registration fees as well as for the hotel and travel costs. Deadline for KKPsi National Council & Board of Trustees Nominations Packets We look forward to seeing your materials come in soon, and good luck with your election process! Tau Beta Sigma Adopts New Vision Statement NEW 2020 Tau Beta Sigma Vision Tau Beta Sigma is a highly respected pre-eminent music organization comprised of over 160 collegiate chapters and more than 3,800 collegiate members with a balanced representation of women and men. Strong leadership thrives throughout our organization and we have a solid financial foundation. We cultivate and sponsor a variety of music education programs for our diverse membership and work closely with collegiate band directors. Our alumni association is an integral part of Tau Beta Sigma, promoting diversity efforts, social networking and assisting members in enhancing their professional leadership and employment possibilities after graduation from college. We are connected with music in the community which includes supporting music education at all academic levels. |
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