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Western District Joint Alumni Association
News From The Secretary/Treasurer
3/6/99

 HELLO WDJAA MEMBERS.....

 Its almost convention time again and your WDJAA board has been busy.  Now its time to get everyone caught up and ready for WD Convention '99 and National Convention '99.

WD '99 will be held in beautiful Coeur d'Alene, Idaho April 9-11.  Registration deadline is 3/19 and hotel deadline is 3/20.   Flights should be into Spokane, Washington where WSU will be providing rides to the hotel. Much more information is available on the convention site page, http://www.wsu.edu/~cmb/convention . Or you can get to it from the new, improved, and model for the Nation WDJAA home page, http://www.kkytbswd.org . Aaron has been doing a phenomenal job.

Enclosed is a copy of the Registration Form, Contact list for the Hotel, and host chapter.  John Bensen and Aaron Seifert have been working on the 3rd Post-Ritual Reception. And yours truly is working on the fundraiser. This year, we will try something a little different at both WD and National Convention. We will be doing a dues raffle where the proceeds are split between the winner, the Joint WD Council, and WDJAA. Similarly at Nationals, we will do the same but the proceeds will be split between the winner(s), NAA, and WDJAA. Oh, by the way, don't be surprised if you get asked to sit on a committee. They want our input this year!! Wow how times have changed.

For those of you who ARE NOT attending WD '99, the Officers have a challenge. Donate $10 to WDJAA to support the raffle and the District. You will receive a raffle entry, by making a donation to the District and WDJAA. WDJAA???

At this convention, we will be electing new officers for WDJAA. The WDJAA Board decided to add two new positions to better distribute effort and to get more involvement. The office of Secretary/Treasurer was broken into two positions and the office of Vice-President was broken into Vice-President of Membership and Vice-President of Projects. Enclosed is a proposed new version of the By-Laws outlining the new positions and responsibilities. Please read over the By-Laws and give us feedback.

Additionally, this year is the NAA Board of Director election year. So far, four candidates have voiced interest. If you are interested, please contact Kathy Godwin at keg@bioanalytical.com   or 765-742-5075. Additional information is also available on the NAA webpage, http://www.kkytbs.org . Kathy would like a brief letter of intent with experience, skills, and goals by 3/31. The two current candidates for Tau Beta Sigma are Kathi Waddle and Heather Horstman. The two current candidates for Kappa Kappa Psi are John Bensen and Richard Mackey. Note, voting for NAA members may be done by proxy. Contact Kathy Godwin for more details.

A brief note on National Convention '99. The Convention is in St. Louis, MO July 27-August 1. Details are on the National webpage and will follow in the next newsletter. 

Finally, I would like to point out that I have MOVED!! My new address is avaliable to those that request it at rmackey@sedona.ch.intel.com .

WDJAA,
Richard Mackey
Secretary/Treasurer WDJAA '98-'99

P.S. Don't forget the $10 challenge for anyone not attending WD '99!!

See the Proposed Bylaws

Executive Board Meeting
1/17/99

Secretary/Treasurer Report
Vice President Report
President Report
New Business (Bylaw changes)
Announcements

 Called to Order 8:05am 

Attendees: Kathy Godwin, Aaron Seifert, Richard Mackey, Kimbi Sigle, Heather Horstman, Eric Geedey

Reports:

Sec/Treas Report Richard Mackey
1) One mailing sent 11/22/98
2) Current membership 25
3) Current balance $614.88
4) Special Thanks to Aaron/Eric for taking over publications

V-Pres Report Aaron Seifert
1) Fanfare published at the beginning of December
2) An ad-hoc social committee was formed by the fanfare members (Mike Rich, Eric Geedey, Alyda McCarthy, and Kathi Waddle). They are investigating pre-planned activities we could attend.
3) Sec/Treas needs to update some members' phone numbers
4) Feedback on the website is very positive and is getting lots of hits. Being used and recognized throughout the country.

President Kathy Godwin
1) Received some feedback forms and reviewing for potential direction changes in the organization
2) Reception for Convention 99 needs to be investigated. Sec/Treas should talk to John Bensen and Matt DeCample for help.
3) If there are any suggested changes to the NAA constitution, they need to be brought up so they can passed on for Nationals.
4) NAA BOD elections are this year. We need candidates and qualification form for the candidates. Kathy will handle.
5) Sponsoring of chapters and been interesting. Aaron and Eric have visited and assisted NAU as requested. Heather McGraw and Keren Cedillos never received any response from Utah. Next year, we will choose other chapters suggested by the Council.  This will ensure we "Pass Around the Love of WDJAA."
6) Colonization should be handled primarily by the sponsoring chapter and the colony; however, WDJAA can sponsor the potential colony representative coming to Districts during the interview process before colonization begins.
7) Discussed an NIB scholarship/stipend for students in the WD. 

New Business/Discussion
1) Suggestion to donate $200 to Joint WD Council at convention. Agreement by all with the exception that if we sponsor a potential colony representative or the reception is too expensive we may need to scale this back.
2) Request by the Sec/Treas to split the position into two separate positions. Rational: Publications is very time consuming and has been handled EXTREMELY well by the VP for the last two years. The Sec/Treas really does not have time. The new positions would be Secretary responsible for publications/newsletter and the Treasurer would remain responsible for Minutes and Monies. All agreed this would be ok.

Note: At this point, the VP stated that he really has too much stuff to do as well and his position should be broken into two offices. Given this, the Sec/Treas suggested the new position of VPMS...the Vice-President of Miscellaneous S..t. Suggestion agreed on by all. Ed note: The intent was to create two new positions: Sec and VP-MS; however, at this time, I suggest we only add 1 more as follows. VP-SAC (Vice President of Socialization and Communication) who will be responsible for the newsletter and social committee. The Sec/Treas will retain in tacks with reduced responsibilities.

By-Law Changes:
 I) Article IV Section 4.1:
From: ..President, Vice-President, and
Secretary/Treasurer....

To: ..President, Vice-President of Membership, Vice-President of Socialization and Communication, Secretary/Treasurer....

II) Article IV Section 4.4 moved to Section 4.5

III) Article IV Section 4.3
a) Strike the first sentence
b) Modify existing sentences 2 and 3 of Section 4.3
From: The Vice-President shall be ...

To: The Association Vice-President of Membership shall be..

IV) Article IV New Section 4.4
The section shall read as follows:
The Association Vice-President of Socialization and Communication shall be the coordinating officer for all social programs and activities of the Association. The Association Vice-President of Socialization and Communication shall be charged with increasing the information exchange and interaction of Alumni within the Western District.

V) Article IV Section 9.4
Replace Vice-President with Vice-President of Membership

VI) Add Article IV Section 9.5
The Vice-President of Socialization and Communication shall be the Chairperson of the Social and Publication committees. The Publication committees shall maintain the newsletter. The Social committees shall develop activities to enhance the membership experience.

3) Fundraising: WDJAA will be doing dues raffles at both Districts and Nationals. Proceeds will be split as follows given a good return on investment.

Districts: 1/4 to WD Joint Council
1/4 to WDJAA
1/2 to Winner(s)
Nationals: 1/4 to WDJAA
1/4 to NAA
1/2 to Winner(s)
Fundraising money could start to pay for travel to State Days.

4) WD Convention info needs to go out ASAP. Have not received anything.  In the mailing, the members will be challenged to attend or to donate $10 to WDJAA. Funds from this challenge will be passed on to the WD Joint Council.
5) Suggestion to add honorary membership type to WDJAA. This would be extended to all Past National Presidents living in the Western District. They will receive free membership in WDJAA but will have no voting rights or any rights within NAA. The following individuals shall receive this privilege if this change is ratified: Jack Lee, Robert Fleming, and Nadine Dorschler. These individuals will be notified by mail at that time.

By-Law Changes:
I) Article V Section 5.3 moved to Section 5.4

II) Add new Section 5.4 as follows:
All Past National Presidents of Kappa Kappa Psi or Tau Beta Sigma shall be given Honorary Membership in the Association. The privileges associated with Honorary membership shall exclude voting. The Honorary Member must pay dues to the National Alumni Association to be recognized by that Association.

6) When the time permits, the Sec/Treas would like to have a shingle developed for new members. Most likely done on a color printer.
7) Many on the National Office staff are retiring. Who is our new contact. TBD mid-February.
8) Aaron's cost for the District Webpage is $10/month which his parents are covering as of now. This may change.
9) Need to prod chapters to put out Alumni letter/articles.
10) WDJAA will be in charge of the WD raffle again this year.
11) Leadership discussion at State Days by Alumni will be discussed with District Officers.
12) Alumni may be asked to work on Committees at Districts.
13) Web will have additional information added to include contacts for all chapters, district officers, chancellor(s), and governor(s).
14) Alumni will be bidding for Convention 99 in either Idaho (?) or Hawaii.

Announcements
1) Richard Mackey will be running for NAA-KKPsi-BOD.
2) Richard Mackey will not be running for Sec/Treas unless changes are ratified due to time constraints.

Adjourned 9:55 am

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