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BetteDavisEyes 12-20-2006 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by SigmaKappaRoyal (Post 1373109)
<<Alum dues are local, mine are like $40 (but it's free your first year!)>>

when i went through order, we were given out coupons for a free first year in an alumni chapter, but i think i lost mine. is that something i definitely need to get my first year free? this is a silly question, but if i find it, does it expire? lol


You're from UCR right?

If that's correct, then I'll be joining your alum group as of the first of the year. I was unable to prior to the New Year since I had way too much going on in life but now I'm free to join and have fun. I've talked to the alum Pres already too.

SigmaKappaRoyal 12-29-2006 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by BetteDavisEyes (Post 1373280)
You're from UCR right?

If that's correct, then I'll be joining your alum group as of the first of the year. I was unable to prior to the New Year since I had way too much going on in life but now I'm free to join and have fun. I've talked to the alum Pres already too.


yup, i graduated from ucr in '05. unfortunately i can't join the alum chapter there because now i'm in richmond, va. i should get in touch with the women here, but procrastination.. you know. have fun with the riverside group!

Drolefille 01-09-2007 05:09 PM

So they got me. I answered a phone call and they sent me a little card thing. It's not that I don't want to give money, it's that I want to wait until I have school sorted out!

SKLaw 01-15-2007 10:19 AM

Hi,
I showed this post about the Foundation mailing to Allison Lewis, executive director of the Sigma Kappa Foundation, and she sent me the reply below and asked that I post it to the forum.
Julia Kozicki
Legal Counsel
Sigma Kappa Sorority


Hi, Julia! Thank you for bringing this member’s concern to the attention of the Sigma Kappa Foundation. I am very sorry to hear that a reference to Timothy McVeigh ended up on her envelope, as I whole-heartedly agree that such a reference is inappropriate and I apologize for that having made it to print.



This year’s year-end mailing theme was “Memories” and each letter and envelope were personalized to every initiation year with references to news, inventions, songs and other memorable events for each individual year. To achieve this, our mail vendor utilized a database of such information. Our vendor is reputable, having many Greek foundations as clients, and has utilized this database of memories with great success in the past; however I did still personally review sample years to get a feel for the content. Given the volume of the data, I couldn’t review every year, though, and regrettably I didn’t get 1997 as a sample or I most definitely would have removed the reference to Timothy McVeigh. The idea of the mailing was to conjure memories from college days and while some news events certainly can define a year or even an era; in this instance, focusing on positive memories would have been most appropriate.



Upon receipt of this posting on Greek Chat, I contacted the vendor about the situation. While our mailing has already gone out and we won’t be doing something similar in the near future, I felt it was important for them to know that referencing this particular news item, and perhaps other negative events, could be offensive to potential donors in the context of a Greek foundation solicitation letter. The vendor is currently searching its database to review the content and remove such items.



Since Greek Chat names are not identifiable, I’m not able to contact the member who commented directly and thank her for bringing this to my attention, but you are welcome to post my comments on Greek Chat if you wish. I want her and others to know that we have addressed the issue and that we deeply appreciate their support. Members of Sigma Kappa – collegiate and alumnae – benefit from the educational, leadership and scholarship programs that the Sigma Kappa Foundation is able to fund with the generosity of our donors. We thank our donors for their understanding and continued investment in Sigma Kappa’s future.



Allison K. Lewis
Executive Director
Sigma Kappa Foundation
8733 Founders Road
Indianapolis, IN 46268
NEW PHONE NUMBER: (317) 381-5530
FAX: (317) 872-0716
www.sigmakappafoundation.org

"Supporting the Heart of Sigma Kappa."
The mission of the Sigma Kappa Foundation is to lead, educate and inspire Sigma Kappa members and society through educational programming and philanthropic endeavors.

BetteDavisEyes 01-15-2007 12:33 PM

Julia, You ROCK!

Thanks for bringing it to the attention of the Foundation. You're simply awesome.

_Lisa_ 01-15-2007 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by BetteDavisEyes (Post 1383644)
Julia, You ROCK!

Thanks for bringing it to the attention of the Foundation. You're simply awesome.

Agreed! Its so comforting to know that Julia peruses the boards & keeps an eye out for us. :)

SigK_Bama 01-15-2007 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by _Lisa_ (Post 1383666)
Agreed! Its so comforting to know that Julia peruses the boards & keeps an eye out for us. :)

Since I wrote the orignal post, I feel I should come in and thank Julia again for her work on this. Julia and I PMd back and forth and I definitely appreciate her looking into this for me. Looking back, I shouldn't have made this such a public declaration, but it is what it is and the end result was a good one. At any rate, I do appreciate all of you and I agree that it's awesome that someone is here to keep an eye out for us. :)


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