New VST Structure

GtownGirl98 · #1 03-07-2007, 10:59 AM

I'm going to drive it also. It is only 6 or so hours from here... I think. I have to mapquest it to make sure.

greeklawgirl · #2 03-07-2007, 01:56 PM

Ack, I'm glad I saw this. I need to start looking for tickets pronto.

AGDee · #3 03-21-2007, 08:40 PM

So yeah, I got a phone call and I will be at the VLC in PA this summer. I have a new area to coordinate! I will have the new Area E, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and the two Michigan chapters in the Upper Peninsula.

AGDLynn · #4 03-21-2007, 09:25 PM

I had no doubt!

GtownGirl98 · #5 03-22-2007, 04:47 PM

Congrats. I had heard today that IHQ would be calling everyone over the next week and then they are suppose to post it all online on April 2. I'm hoping that my area and province won't change much... I like my VST people a lot!

AGDLynn · #6 03-22-2007, 06:19 PM

Me 2!

I know we'll be getting a new Province Director b/c ours resigned a couple of months ago.

greeklawgirl · #7 03-23-2007, 04:59 PM

I received a tentative assignment about 2 weeks ago but I'm keeping mum about it until I see it posted online. Things are always liable to change (but I hope it doesn't because I am really excited about my community)!

susan314 · #8 03-23-2007, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by AGDee

So yeah, I got a phone call and I will be at the VLC in PA this summer. I have a new area to coordinate! I will have the new Area E, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and the two Michigan chapters in the Upper Peninsula.

Awww...so you won't be having us here in Ohio. I'm hoping that we get someone that I'm familiar with/have a relationship with. We have a great PD-C and PD-A...I've been working a lot with both of them recently (PD-C for CA type stuff, PD-A b/c we're trying to boost involvement in our local alumnae chapter and/or start a JC). I'd be happy to have either one of them over our new area - in some regards, it will be nice to work with one person as a contact point for both collegiate issues and alumnae issues. The only drawback is that I like both of them, so its a shame that I won't be working with at least one of them after the new structure takes effect.

AGDee · #9 03-24-2007, 02:11 AM

There are pros and cons to having a new area. I've been working with the southern lower Michigan chapters for so long (with Zeta Alpha specifically since the day that I graduated from there) and the others since '93 that I know them really really well and it will be strange to not know everything "Michigan" anymore. On the other hand, what I love about my alumnae club is that I get to go and just be a sister without advising, suggesting, being concerned with the details, etc. It's *my* Alpha Gam time to just socialize and have fun with my sisters. I was afraid that relationship would change if they were in my area. Soooooo, this works out well that way.

There are a lot of awesome VST concentrated in Michigan and Ohio so some of us had to venture elsewhere. I know your PDA, but I don't know your PDC. I think I know who your Area Coordinator will be, but I'm not positive. I didn't want to ask too many questions and figured I'd wait for them to posted on April 2nd.

JPowers155 · #10 03-25-2007, 04:53 PM

Dee!!! We are losing you????? Ok... I have to breathe now.

At least we'll get to see you in PA this summer. Holy cow. Big changes for us!

mu_agd · #11 03-25-2007, 07:41 PM

looks like I'll be heading to Pittsburgh...

AGDee · #12 03-25-2007, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by JPowers155

Dee!!! We are losing you????? Ok... I have to breathe now.

At least we'll get to see you in PA this summer. Holy cow. Big changes for us!

Hey! I'll still be LIVING here.. and will still come to IRDs! I still have the UP chapters too... Y'all will be fine without me.. after all, you've only had me for two years as it is. It really is going to be strange to not be in the direct chain for Zeta Alpha since I've been directly involved with them since my Initiation in 1984. But, I think change is good. Time to learn new chapters and new faces. BTW, check your email. I need something from you!

Dee

susan314 · #13 03-25-2007, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by AGDee

There are a lot of awesome VST concentrated in Michigan and Ohio so some of us had to venture elsewhere. I know your PDA, but I don't know your PDC. I think I know who your Area Coordinator will be, but I'm not positive. I didn't want to ask too many questions and figured I'd wait for them to posted on April 2nd.

I believe our PDC just took over in the fall (only a month or two before I became CA) - that's probably why you might not know her yet.

I know she was the CA at Alpha Lambda/Ohio State. She and I are roughly the same age, so I'm assuming that its probably her first VST position? (She's great though - even if she doesn't end up covering our area, I hope she still ends up on the VST somewhere.)

Speaking of Michigan/Ohio people on the VST - is Therese still on the VST? She was our Chapter Advisor while I was on EC...many years ago.

We didn't have a whole lot of advisors back then - she and Diana (our Finance Advisor, who had the position forever) are the only 2 that I can recall from my undergrad days. At one point, we had a bunch of younger alumnae come back to be advisors, but that only lasted a semester or so.

AGDee · #14 03-26-2007, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by susan314

I believe our PDC just took over in the fall (only a month or two before I became CA) - that's probably why you might not know her yet.

I know she was the CA at Alpha Lambda/Ohio State. She and I are roughly the same age, so I'm assuming that its probably her first VST position? (She's great though - even if she doesn't end up covering our area, I hope she still ends up on the VST somewhere.)

Speaking of Michigan/Ohio people on the VST - is Therese still on the VST? She was our Chapter Advisor while I was on EC...many years ago.

We didn't have a whole lot of advisors back then - she and Diana (our Finance Advisor, who had the position forever) are the only 2 that I can recall from my undergrad days. At one point, we had a bunch of younger alumnae come back to be advisors, but that only lasted a semester or so.

Yes, Therese is currently the Recruitment Consultant for Great Lakes 2 (Ontario, Buffalo and the three southern Michigan chapters)! She spent a long time on the Collegiate Programming team. She was also the CA at Alpha Pi when I first became a CA. She is one of the many VST in Michigan that I think of as the "Leslie" VST, because Leslie W. was so dedicated and inspirational to us that we wanted to stay involved. She was our PDC when I was a new member/collegian and then was the PDC when I was first a CA at Zeta Alpha. She was probably an "Area Supervisor" or the DCO when you were at Chi. I remember thinking "I want to be a Leslie someday".

I remember your FA too, because Chi was under me when I was on the Finance Team and working with 13-South (before the changes in Provinces in '97). It was one of the chapters I never had to worry about then because the FA had been in place so long she had the finance reporting down to a science.

susan314 · #15 03-29-2007, 02:15 AM

After taking a closer look at the breakdown of how the Ohio groups are split up, I have a feeling who our province director will be. Just a hunch based on geography, since Ohio now seems to be split into Northern (Cleveland/Toledo) and Southern (from Columbus south) parts. Guess I will find out for sure in a few days.

The assignments will be posted on the website on April 2nd, correct?

I think that this will be a very positive change and am excited about it, but I'll still be a little sad at the same time - you get to know certain individuals through your time working with them, and now you're likely to have at least some of the individuals change. (I know, I know...change is a good thing, and its an opportunity to build relationships with new sisters. But if you have to give someone up that you've enjoyed working with, its still a little sad too.

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