Sorry, not familiar with KDX?

Is it a MGLO,LGLO,AGLO?

Evidently, you have multi chapters from what you have said. How many and any info would be of help for us or me to give advice.:)

PM me if you would like!;)

KDChi is a NALFO sorority.

http://www.kappadeltachi.org/

Oh, does that mean they are Latino?

Why not just spell it out?:rolleyes:

Many are not as familiar with some of the new conferences as you seem to be.

So, Educate us if you will!;)

Yes, they are a Latina sorority.

Are you asking why I didn't spell out the name? KDChi is their nickname, so that's how I always refer to them.

And I'm really not in a position to "educate" you on all things KDChi since I'm not a member. Check out their website if you'd like.

My daughter pledged a sorority last year and has gotten me thinking about getting involved as an alumni. In fact, she seems to hang out a lot at my old fraternity at her school and is dating one of the critters. If they still had little sisters (it's a crime this tradition has been lost over Greek political correctness), she'd probably be one.

If these kids are anything like I was at the same age, this makes me nervous. I kind of feel like showing up at a chapter meeting, asking the assembled over-testosteroned, if they consider me their brother, and reminding them when the answer is in the affirmative that messing around with a brother's daughter is de facto dating a niece and unacceptable outside of Arkansas. The proper role is to watch over, guard, and protect the niece. I haven't done it, but boy is it tempting. Fortunately, my daughter is a really good kid.

Do I have life loyal status? Since I graduated. It means I get a quarterly magazine, donation requests with more frequency, and once had a paper certificate that I've long since lost.

Am I involved? Nope.

Would I get involved? Sure.

So why am I not involved? The nearby alumni chapters are either comprised entirely of guys from the same school or seem to keep their meeting dates and times a mystery. Scratch that.

The only alumni chapters that seem to meet with regularity are a haul away and meet during the day, adding lots of traffic delays (major metro area). It's a three hour commitment for lunch. Maybe I'll get motivated enough about the old fraternity to make a meeting some day when I'm in town and can carve out three free hours.

I am involved with ZTA at the local level as an alumnae. I am dues paying member to my alumnae chapter only. I currently serve as the Historian and the collegiate relations chair for my alumnae chapter. I started off informally as the collegiate chair only. We simply had a need for the office, and I was delegated most of the tasks. When we made the move from club to chapter this spring, (woo-hoo!) we were required to increase the number of offices, which means that I and another sister picked up double duty. Neither one is a huge position, so I am able to accommodate both nicely. Zeta does have a program called ZTAlways, which is more like an online alumnae chapter, which many sisters in places without organized groups participate in. However, I do know of some sisters that pay dues to both ZTAlways as well as a alumnae chapter.

Because I transferred schools, I only got to spend one year with OPA (one semester as a pledge, and the 2nd semester as an active sister). I am trying to be as active as I can as alumni. I will be writing chapter spotlight articles for OPA's quarterly newsletter. I've also just been appointed a Director of Alumnae Activities (DAA) for District 8 of OPA!

I have been activley inovolved for over twenty years. I am the Reccomendation advisor for my community. I assist any chapter in the state that needs assistance with recruitment. I am active in our local alumni chapter. I stay active because I enjoy the experience of sharing the ideals and values of the sorority and the joy of watching all the new members grow. And hey, they say activity keeps you young.

I'm involved.

I hold a volunteer position administered by our Grand Chapter. The position itself is regional in nature but mostly I help my local chapter.

Extend mostly unanswered offers for assistance, developed a Web site to help alumni in the region connect, and advise on assorted topics to my local chapter. I'm also working with local alumni on restarting a club.

The official position was offered to me. Since I have neither the time nor the money to physically visit all the chapters in my region, I utilized my basic Web development skills to put together a networking site. That helped build my skills and it can serve as a nice launch pad for future endeavors.

Not currently. Our local alumni are looking to participate in a basic program our nationals administers where we pay $25 annually - $5 goes to nationals and we keep the $20. Nationals administers the account.

I'm a dues paying alumnae member of Pi Phi. For the past 4 years, I have served on the Alumnae Advisory Board for the local Pi Phi chapter. I have served on the exec board for the local Chicago Alumnae Club as club treasurer. I attended Convention in 2007 to accompany the collegiate chapter I advise. In addition, my little sister just pledged Pi Phi at my alma mater.

Overall, I consider myself to be an "very active" alumnae!

I'm a dues paying member who was very active in my grad chapter until August. Since August, I have cut back on my activities until I finish my first year of law school (I want to make sure I make it to my 2L year. This school is no joke.)

I just got my dues in on Monday at a Collegiate/Alumnae mixer and am so excited to be a part of the alumnae chapter! However, I think I'll have to put off trying for an office or being on any comittees due to my other responsibilities. However, if anyone needs help setting/cleaning up or bringing refreshments I'll be all over it :).

What do you do, specifically?
I am the Vice President of Membership for my collegiate chapter's CHapter Association, an Advisor for a Colony, and a memeber of the local Alumnae Group.

Why did you choose this area of involvement?
The Chapter Association is really important because we give back to our collegiate chapter. We raise money to help the collegiates with Recruitment and other needs they may have.

Advising the Colony really spoke to me because it is a unique experience to help a group of women form my sorority on their campus. It has already been very rewarding!

Being a member of my local Alumnae Group has been amazing! I recently moved to a new city and instantly made new friends and connections through the group. It's also very important to me to pay my dues as an alum to support our National Organization.

Are you also a dues paying alumni member of your GLO? If so, does that mean you pay dues only to your local alumni chapter or you pay separate local and international alumni dues to be considered an active alumna? If you are not a dues paying alumni member, why not?

Yes, our dues are paid to our local and then a portion of that is sent to National Headquarters.

And I am slightly more involved now. ;) As of last weekend I am now the President of the Chicagoland Area APO Alumni Association. :D

It's probably been asked before, but how many of you are actively involved with your GLO as an alum?

I am fairly involved as an alum. :)

Are you involved in the local, regional or (inter)national level?

More on the local level.

What do you do, specifically?

I am our rep to the local APH and I help advise one of our area collegiate chapters.

Why did you choose this area of involvement?

I love working with the collegians! Also I hope by working with collegians it will get them to stay active once they become alumnae.

Are you also a dues paying alumni member of your GLO? If so, does that mean you pay dues only to your local alumni chapter or you pay separate local and international alumni dues to be considered an active alumna? If you are not a dues paying alumni member, why not?

We pay one flat rate to our AA that covers both local and national dues.

I know that AOP, DDD, DC and SC have Life Loyal programs and I'm sure there are more. If your GLO has a "Life Loyal" type program, are you a member? If not, why not?

We do have a Life Loyal program i just haven't had the money for it yet. But I fully intend to join when I can afford it.

I eat, breathe, sleep, Gamma Phi Beta! (I wouldn't have it any other way thought :D). Since being an Alumnae, I have started an Alumnae Chapter in my home town and served as the President for two years, served as a SRC-Special Recruitment Consultant, and was recently swayed to be the Recruitment Advisor for my chapter. I pay my dues, Alumnae Chapter dues and International dues. I found my niche with recruitment, I feel like it is one of the most important alumnae positions and most overlooked because it requires so much time. I have little time to spare,(i don't know how I get it done) but know how hard it is on the chapter without a proper advisor.

(I have been an Alumni since 2003)

I am currently the Chapter Advisor for my collegiate chapter. I also became frustrated with the lack of alumnae support in the area, so I started an alumnae chapter and we just celebrated our full first year as an alumnae chapter! I really wish I could learn new ways to get more alumnae involved because it really is so much fun.

I'm with KSigKid. I graduated two years ago & have been serving as a AAA for my chapter. I attend the majority of the chapter meetings I can, and help out when/where I can, including making donations to the chapter (first alumni doner since our rechaptering). As soon as I get the form sent in, I'll also start donating to our endowment fund.

I'm graduating this year (pending thesis completion), and potentially moving out of the area, so I might have to drop the AAA role, but I'd still like to remain active with the Fraternity in someway.

No as my chapter is closed. I do send money to the national. I do beleive and would like them to come back.

This past weekend I volunteered for a philanthropy event with my alumnae chapter and I'm looking forward to getting more involved as time goes on :)

I am active. I am the AA for the closest chapter to my house (not exactly close, but the closest chapter to me). I pay dues to the "local" (Columbus is my local, but it is too far away I think to be really local), and I am a Life Loyal. I really want to start an alum association for Tri Deltas in the SE Ohio area as events in Columbus are so far away and I cannot do them if they are on weeknights (get togethers, meetings. etc.).

Alumnae Dues
 

I am an alumni of a small local sorority. Currently, we don't have any formal alumnae chapter set up but I am considering starting one. What are the typical dues for alumnae chapters?

There is no "typical" amount. Choose an amount that works for your members.

Are you an active alumni member?
 

Yes I am.....:D

I have been actively involved, off and on with alumnae chapters in 3 cities over the last 20 years. I started an alumnae group a year and a half ago and then moved out of the country so I had to leave it in other very capable hands.

I am constantly amazed how we make a decision at 18 based on a whole bunch of superficial crap that works out to be a lifetime of friendship, fun, philanthropy, etc. It's too bad selling my sorority as such a great group as an alum would fall on utterly deaf ears to this year's group of PNM's. I'm laughing here thinking of how recruitment would be different if all done by 20 year alums.

I am.

Am I the only one who thinks this post is contradicting itself?

I don't think so. I had to read it 3 times.

I think she's saying that when she was young she had some reasons for joining that were superficial and silly. She did not think about the lifetime commitments, bonds, and other things that really make a sorority. If alum were running recruitment it would fall on deaf ears because the things that she learned upon graduating aren't what many PNMs are looking for/responding to.

Sorry to be confusing. And yes, it is a contradiction. My lifetime membership in Alpha Xi Delta is priceless to me, but that didn't enter into it in the least when I was going through Rush. I was laughing to myself picturing a bunch of old ladies talking to a bunch of 18 year olds about what is REALLY important about sorority life. Somehow I don't think that would go over so well...

I am an active alum! Thankfully, while at law school, I have seen another Sorority member (a member of Delta Gamma) wear her letters pretty much every day. She is a 3L and it makes me happy to see women do that! I have seen AGDs, KKGs, AXiDs, PiPhis, ChiOs, DZs, SKs, Tri-Delts, and some Phi Mus (yay) at my law school. When I see them rockin' letters-it is great cause I don't feel so bad wanting more.

I just got our sorority catalog and I am psyched about the Vera shirts! I plan on buying some and wearing them. I am currently VP of the Columbus Chapter. I worked as the Treasurer for the Syracuse Chapter. I also served as Secretary of the South Central Pennsylvania Chapter. I made it to last year's convention and plan on making it to this upcoming convention in July!

I love being an alum!!!

Yes i am a very active alumni,
I pay about 100$ a month to my former university
Just to help their alumni association and whatever they do....
Its an honor to me.....

So many updates I have to just start over! :)


As an alumna in the past I have served as: Scholarship Advisor (EKU), Permanent Alumnae Secretary (Hanover), alumnae chapter corresponding secretary & college chapter liason (Lexington), Facility Corp. Board Secretary & President (EKU), Facility Corp. Board member (UK). I am formerly a member of Lexington Alumnae Chapter, and still have some associations with the Louisville Alumnae Chapter. I have donated items to our Fraternity archives.

Currently: I am a Life Loyal member, Recruitment/Membership/Panhellenic Advisor (EKU), and Alumnae Chapter President (Richmond, KY). I recently started an alumnae chapter in Richmond, the same city as EKU to directly support my chapter and to network with other alumnae as this is an area that my chapter has struggled with for quite a while. We were officially chartered with 27 members on April 1st, my birthday!! I am also a regular/yearly contributor to our foundation.

In the future (5-7 year plan) I HOPE to get an Alumnae Panhellenic group started in Lexington if one has not been formed by that time. We have atleast 18 NPC groups represented in this area if not more.

Good work! The Alum Panhell group is a good idea. 18 groups in the area gives you a lot of people to work with to get some things done. In Balto, we give out two scholarships every year for $1000 and $500. I wish they would make some changes so that we could increase those amounts, but it's a tradition that has lasted for over 50 years.

That's my birthday, too!

It's the best birthday to have! :)

I was, then I wasn't and now I am. When I moved and knew very few people, the Alumnae Chapter was an obvious way to meet people. I'm now VP of the Alumnae Chapter, attend events with the local collegiate goup and am a Pearl Sister which is sort of an alumnae big-sis to a colony new member.

As an alum group, we raise money for the Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation and scholarship prizes for the collegians. It must be working as over 1/2 of the local chapter had girls on the Dean's List for Fall Semester and the overall GPA was over 3.5.

I will update. We changed our volunteer structure. I'm still an Area Coordinator, but now it is for 10 collegiate chapters and 10 alumnae chapters/clubs.

I was also awarded the Arc of Epsilon Pi with Diamonds at our 2006 Convention.

The rest is all still the same, although I've been serving on numerous committees and task forces since this post, including Elections Committee and three task forces which are working on changes to various policies/handbooks, etc.

Theta Princess24 and FirstAndFinest, add me to the list as an April Fools baby!

DaffyKD