Hi All! I am still so excited from convention. As Christin said, it was so nice to meet GC sisters and other sisters from all over. I missed neonpi but I was able to grab nphgator and her mom at the end of Rose banquet.
I am excited for the new XB. They are
IP - Susan Danko
VPO - Krista Whipple
VPD - Allison Allgier
VPF - Barbara Zipperian
XBD/A - Kathy Jensen
XBD/CC - Phyllis Gilson
XBD/CC - Linda Grandolfo
XBD/Education (formerly Programming) - Kim Carroll
I am also super excited about the awards!!!!
For my AC, we received the Ruby Award and a Citation for Membership Recruitment and Retention. We were also happy to hear that our own Amber C. won a Rose Award. I can think of few more deserving. Also, Crystal C. was awarded a Presidential Citation.
For my collegiate chapter, all I can say is WOWEEEE!!! Kappa Tau received a Ruby Award, the Philos Award (for 2-8 NPC groups), the Outstanding AAC Award (you could hear all the gasps when it was announced that we have 16 advisers!), an AAC Performance Certificate, the Outstanding Corp. Board Award(with a lodge/house), Corporation Performance Certificate, Quota Honor Roll, Senior Challenge, AOII Strike Out Arthritis! Signature Event (softball) and a Marketing Program Citation for Magazine Sales. However, the true highlight was when we won JWH!!!!!
As Susan was reading the accomplishments, I kept thinking, "that sounds like us, but JWH never goes to chapters with less then 100 members." Susan read some more and she said this chapter was named Outstanding Campus Organization for 3 consecutive years and I knocked my plate which hit the water glass...yes, I made a small mess. Then she talked about scrapbooking and I knew it was us for sure. I looked over at the CA and her head was in her hands crying, I looked at our long serving advisers (25+ years in some cases, including new Rose Award winner Gayle M.) and they were crying too. I was too nervous to cry. Susan then announced the winner, "South- (I jumped up screaming and realized that I was the only one doing so but I didn't care) eastern Louisiana University!" We were all hugging, screaming and crying. We had been so close to JWH for so long. It was really a dream come true. Now that we have it we realize that we need to work even harder to let our light shine!
Here is a picture of us with the JWH and Susan Danko!
Here is a picture of our Louisiana Delegation minus 3 because we couldn't find them.
