Volume 2 Issue 3 March 2013
Basileus Message Joyce L. Nelson, Ed.D
Happy Women’s Month Sorors It is with honor to greet you as Basileus, I am delighted to work with such caring and thoughtful sorors. Thank you for being wonderful sisters and for doing all that you do for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Lambda Upcoming Events Tau Omega Chapter. Being an Alpha Kappa Alpha women means you are classy, competent, confident and charismatic. You have style, grace, beauty 5th—Twenty Pearls Foundation Board and Lambda Tau Omega Executive Committee and compassion. It means that you are committed to the cause of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. It is with these characteristics that we as sisters Meetings at St. Andrews Church are able to continue to serve all mankind. Sorors our first lady of Central Homewood, Illinois Region is not only talking the talk, she is walking the walk from Illinois, 9th—Twenty Pearls Foundation Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, St. Louis and Gape Girardeau, Missouri, Membership and Lambda Tau Omega Wisconsin, North and South Dakota and back to Illinois. Soror Gisele M. Chapter Meetings at United Christian Casanova, Ph.D. is Supreme in Service, Sisterhood and Leadership and this Church— Country Club Hills, Illinois edition is dedicated to her in honor of Women’s Month. Sorors this month 23rd—Scholarship Interviews Soror Gisele’s name will be included in the sisterly acts drawing and one soror will be responsible for showing our Central Regional Director sisterly acts representing Lambda Tau Omega Chapter for the month of March.
Plan to join and see this Phenomenal Women in Indianapolis, Indiana April 4-7, 2013 at the 79th Central Regional Conference Happy Women’s Month Gisele M. Casanova, Ph.D. Central Regional Director
I thought I would take the time to write about why it's very important for our chapter to focus more on membership retention. I regularly visit numerous organizations and associations and I frequently hear, "We want to increase membership, increase attendance, etc." I rarely hear, "We would like to focus on retention of existing members." For long term-growth, stability and the overall health of our chapter, we need to focus more on membership retention. High retention rates mean happy and satisfied sorors. When we have happy and satisfied sorors, they are more likely to share information about our chapter to missing and lost pearls. Contact Soror Audrey McFarlin, Membership Chairman on ways you can support our membership.
All reports must be submitted by Monday evening before Twenty Pearls Foundation and Executive Committee Meetings. Reports will not be posted day of or after Twenty Pearls Foundation and Executive Committee meetings. If you are receiving sisterly acts, you should make sure you are providing them also. If you have chosen not to participate, please let me know so your name can be removed from the basket and you will not be asked to select one. If you plan to participate in chapter stroll you must attend the next meeting scheduled for Sunday, March 9, 2013. Don’t forget to pay for the 79th Central Region bus to Indianapolis. See Soror Carol Sharp If you still want a commemorative pin from our 35th Anniversary see Soror Sarah for details.
Yes! Our scrapbooks have been delivered to Wisconsin. Thanks you Sorors Jan, Salwa, Marva, Sonya, Valerie Kim, Program Committee members and individual award nominees. Congratulations! You ALL Are WINNERS
Submitted by Marilyn Hamb
We are 107 Members Strong!!! REGIONAL CONFERENCE PROTOCOL 1. Business attire, unless otherwise noted, is required for Plenary Sessions. Flip-flop type shoes are unacceptable. 2. Sorors must wear their badge for all meetings and events. 3. Only members with badges will be admitted to plenary sessions and workshops.
Regional Conference Attire Thursday: Training Institute-Business Casual Committee Meeting-Casual AKA Paraphernalia AKA Welcome Reception-Casual Paraphernalia Chapter flair with matching attire
4. Stand for the procession of dais members. 5. Receive the Regional Director and Supreme Basileus by standing when they are introduced. 6. Refrain from walking during dais introductions, the meditation and when the Regional Director or the Supreme Basileus is giving her address to the delegation.
Friday: Tribute to Leaders Breakfast (By Invitation Only) Central Region Cardigan Set Plenary Sessions-Central Region Cardigan Set
7. Respect designated seating for delegates, Diamond/Golden Sorors, the Sorors with physical disabilities, and reserved seating for conference guests.
Public Meeting and Reception-Pink and/or Green Business or Dressy Attire
8. Please wait to be acknowledged from the presiding officer when at the designated microphones.
Saturday:
EAF Legacy Breakfast-Business Attire with your fa9. Turn off all electronic communication devices. Please step out vorite hat of the meeting if you must use a phone. 10. Please refrain from pushing and shoving when entering all events, especially the Step-Show, Luncheon events and Conference Gala. Hostesses or the banquet staff may need additional set-up time, so please be patient at the door. Only designated Sorors will be allowed to enter until the doors are opened.
Workshops-Business Attire Plenary Session-Business Attire (Pink and/or Green) Conference Luncheon-Pink and/or Green Business Attire with your favorite hat
11.Holding seats will not be allowed for any event. 12. Table hostesses are beneficial during meal functions to remind us to keep quiet during presentations and/or performances at the dais.
New Diamond Divas wear white attire, new Golden Sorors wear gold attire, and new Silver Sorors wear silver attire
Conference Gala “An Evening of Pearlesence�- After 5 13. Please be considerate of other conference attendees and take Attire only ONE gift when they are distributed at functions. 14. Refrain from overloading your plate during receptions. One or two pieces
Submitted by June Mitchell, LTO Protocol Chairman Sonya L. Bowen, Central Region Protocol Chairman and Carol Sharp, Conference Chairman
Sunday: Ivy Beyond the Wall Ritual-Conservative, uninterrupted white dress or skirt suit, complimentary hosiery and white shoes (no pant, no hat) Rededication Breakfast-Business Attire
LTO Tech Tips
Bookmark ltoaka.org for easy access Update your LTO User Profile with your Birthday, Initiation Date, and Initiating Chapter If you cannot download the emailed pdf Newsletter, you can view it online ltoaka.org/newsletters Try saving a committee report first if you cannot get it to open (right click and “Save As”) During a meeting if you are following along on your Ipad, you can open two tabs in Safari- one that stays on the page “Committee Reports” so that you don’t lose your place The By-Laws form is now a fillable pdf so you can easily type in your recommended change. Access it on the Members Welcome page. If you missed Lambda Tau Omega’s article in the last Ivy Leaf, you can read it on our TPF website http://tpfinc.org/2013/01/01/twenty-pearls-foundation-celebrates-youth/ Submitted by Kimberly Mitchell Technology Chairman
Chaplin’s Corner To Own Your Own Strength
In Whitney Houston’s song, “I didn’t know my own strength”, she sings, “I crashed down, stumbled but I did not crumble, I was not meant to break.” She sings about an inner strength that she had not recognized as being her characteristic. If we are made in the image and after the likeness of GOD then we can only express strength.. Most of us have had or will have a moment in our lives when we think we could not possibly make it through a crisis or what may appear to be the lowest time of our lives. Even Jesus Christ experienced a moment when he asked the Lord to take this cup from him. It is not unusual for us at these times to turn to friends and relatives for comfort and word of encouragement. Their words only act as a trigger or catalyst that releases the words that are there waiting for you to remember, the only words that matter and were uttered long, long ago. “So fear not: for I am with you: do not be dismayed; for I am your GOD; I will strengthen you: yes, I will help you: yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness. Isaiah 41:10 God Bless you all..
Submitted by Jennifer Lyle Moore
March Hodegos Highlights
March Birthdays Sharon Brown
3/4
Soror Donna Fowler- Canty
3/7
Soror Trina Johnson- Spivey
3/10
Soror Karla Barton
3/12
Soror Sandra Perkins- Butler
3/24
Soror Donica Jackson
3/24
Soror Evita McNeil
3/26
Soror Lora Alexander- Flaherty
3/31
Wedding Anniversaries Soror Trina Johnson- Spivey & Honey- Do Craig
3/23
AKAversaries Jacqueline Scott
March 1956
Thirty –Two Degrees of Elevation (LTO)
Sandra Butler Veneeta Phelps Escentiah Jan Reed Sarah Lewis-Weaver Saundra Jones Trina Johnson- Spivey
March 1965 March 13th March 1969 March 1989 March 24th March 12 th
Karla Baton Antionette Patton Alice Tittle Paula Rogers- Daniels
March 11th March 11th March 11th March 11th
Thirty- Two Pearls in Perpetuity (LTO) Marva C- Pruitt Sylvia Taylor Carol Harris
March 20th March 25th March 30th
Allison Bonner- Evans Millicent Borishade Cheryl Cage Marydale Donald Valerie Pace Tina Hughes- Burke Vivian Hudson- Davis Jennifer Moore Carol Sharp Sandra Lee Tiffany Wicks
March 5th March 5th March 5th March 5th March 5th March 5th March 5th March 5th March 5th March 5th March 5th
Soror Crystal Brooks-Williams & Family, Soror Renee Collins & Family, Soror Lois Merritt’s Family and Stefannie Farrow’s Family