Not on IRS List

All U.S. treasurers of DKG chapters, state organizations, coordinating councils or any fund with a separate EIN must file a Form 990 or 990n with the IRS annually.  The IRS will automatically revoke the tax exemption status if any organization fails to satisfy its filing requirements for three consecutive years.  The automatic exemption is effective as of the due date of the third required annual filing.  This means you will lose your non-profit status under the DKG group ruling and your income will become taxable.

Congratulations to the state organizations with no state organization, chapter, coordinating council or any other separate account listed on the IRS Revocation of Exemption Report as of February 6, 2012.

Congratulations

Alaska, Arizona, Connectictut, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.

 

 

 

From What is - to - What If?

Changes in the Election Process?

 

At the 2012 International Convention held in New York City, members voted to implement suggestions of  a previous ad hoc committee. This necessitates that amendments to the Constitution and International Standing Rules be approved at the 2014 International Convention.  The Ad Hoc DKG Election Process Committee is exploring  many issues related to its charge.

 

 Key items explored:

·         Should each member of The Society be able to vote for officers, administrative board members and members of elected committees?  Do we want one member, one vote?

·         Currently state organization presidents vote at international convention for officers, administrative board members and members of elected committees.  In this representative election process state organizations have a voting strength of 1 vote for every 5 active and reserve members.  What are the issues surrounding this representative election?

·         Nomination process:  Should more nominees be listed on the nomination slate?  Should the duties of the international nominations committee be reviewed and evaluated?

·         How might we conduct a general election with every member voting?  Yes, we know that many organizations do electronic voting and many vendors have been investigated.  But what would be the best ways for DKG to handle this.  Are we like every other organization?   Should we be?

Additional information will be available in the DKG NEWS, Presidents' Page, President to President,  posted on the Society website and sent periodically to as many members as possible. For more information or to share your ideas, contact Dr. Carolyn Rants, chair at carolyn@rants.net

Want to be a DKG International Speaker?

 

Delta Kappa Gamma members interested in becoming international speakers must submit an electronic application by September 15.  Applications are available on the Society website and are interactive. Instructions are included. Once submitted they are scanned and made accessible to all state organization presidents. They remain on the secure site for two years.

State organizations interested in hosting an international speaker must submit an electronic request on the designated form indicating the specific speaker being requested. Deadlines for submission of requests are May 10 and November 10. If a speaker is assigned, the state organization is responsible for providing necessary local transportation, meals and lodging for the agreed period of visitation.The Society pays the cost of transportation for the selected speaker.

Six DKG members have been chosen as international speakers for 2013.

Congratulations to

Dr. Adriana Fishta-Bejko (Alberta, Canada) going to Great Britain

Maria Mercedes De Umana (El Salvador) going to Arizona

Dr. Peg Dunn Snow (Florida) going to Quebec

Dr. Margaret Trybus (Illinois) going to Iceland

Dr. Phyllis Van Buren (Minnesota) going to Baja California, Mexico

Dr. Muriel O'Tuel (South Carolina) going to Estonia



Making a Difference

What a Difference You Have Made

Happy Anniversary

 

 

 A total of 644 letters were sent in recognintion of the members who were celebrating their 50, 55, 60, 65, and/or 70 year anniversaries with Delta Kappa Gamma. Five of our members received letters congratulating them on their 70th anniversary as members of DKG.



 

Celebrating 70 Years as Members of DKG 

 June Dailey of Colorado,

Louise Fisher of Florida,

Ruth Bird of Kansas,

Mabel Smith of Louisianna

 Blanche Gunn of Texas.



DKG Member- A Top Principal

 

 

Canadian Member wins National Principal Award

Starla Grebinski, a member of Alpha Chapter in Regina, SK, was recently recognized by The Learning Partnership - a group dedicated to championing a strong public education system in Canada -  as one of Canada's top principals. She is Principal of Sacred Heart Community School in Regina. An article about Starla appeared in Regina's daily, the Leader Post.

 

Director of Education for the Regina Catholic Schools division, Rob Currie, recognized Grebinski by saying, "The school, under her direction, has really worked with the philosopy that if you can read, the world is open to you."

 

Grebinski will go to Toronto in late February, along with other nominated principals,  to share ideas at a conference.

 

Original Photo by Bryan Schlosser, Leader-Post

Congratulations Starla.

For more information or to read the article, go to link http://www.leaderpost.com/news/Reading+excellence+nets+award+Sacred+Heart+principal/7923886/story.html



 



 

 

Milestone Birthdays

Celebrating with our members

 

 

I am honored to receive requests to share in the birthday celebrations of Delta Kappa Gamma members.  Several of you have notified me  of members who are celebrating their 90+ birthdays and, at least four who have reached their 100th. What a joy it is for me to share a greeting from  Society Headquarters.

 

 

Unfortunately our data base does not allow us to locate members by birthdates. We can, however,  identify members by their date of initiation into Delta Kappa Gamma.  If you have a member in your chapter who is celebrating a milestone birthday, let me know. I will be honored to send a personal greeting and note of appreciation. But, I can only do it if you let me know.

 

 

Pictured above, (standing, l to r), Iota chapter president, Maria Carmen King, and Joanna Jones, Iota chapter member and Spearfish Co-chair. To the left of Miss Thelma Davis, who celebrated her 100th birthday on January 11, 2013, is Darlene Telkamp, past Alpha Pi (South Dakota) state organization president and current Iota chapter parliamentarian.

 

Continue to read my blogs as well as DKG NEWS, Presidents' Page, and President to President. All are posted on the Society website at www.dkg.org. Let's keep communicating, connecting  and celebrating with each other.









 

 



PA - receives CTAUN Award.

CTAUN Recognizes Pennsylvania

 

Pictured above, from left to right, are Karen Ball, Pennsylvania state organization projects chair, and Louann Schraeder, Pennsylvania's state organization president, receiving a certificate at the CTAUN conference in New York on January 19, 2013.

The certificate was a result of the state organization project, Hey Sister, Can You Spare A Pair, which focused on education as a human right and the need to impact education globally. In many African countries young women are denied the right to attend school during their cycle each month.  The PA project provided proper undergarments to facilitate the use of pads for the young women. Alpha Alpha state organization collected over 3,800 pair of cotton panties and impacted education worldwide.



At right is the trifold used by the PA state organization to communicate the manner in which it is impacting education world wide.