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Message from our National President - Kim Crawley

-- Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends

Wouldn't that be a wonderful life and world?!  A place where everyone gets a long and everyone wins -- or is that a good idea?  What lessons would we learn if we always got our own way, where no one ever lost a sporting event,  a festival queen contest or our projects were always the ones we did good or bad? 

I have had these very same thoughts and conversations with myself and with my kids over the years.  I would have loved to have made cheerleader in 5th grade, but I didn't.  When I was younger, I dreamed about dating the cutest, most popular boy in high school, marrying him and having his children, but I didn't. What about the times when your children didn't make the team and your heart ached for them?  What did you tell them? Did you teach them to be sore losers and go beat up the other players?  No, of course you didn't!  What happened when your daughter's  first boyfriend broke her heart? What did you tell her about this loss?

My point is just this: "life isn't fair, so just get over it" as Bill Gates once said.  It isn't fair, but it's how you play the game.  When I didn't make cheerleader,  I was elected the class president and this was a much more prestigious role and what a great learning experience for me to lead others in my job and now as your national president! I also still feel like a cheer leader at times rooting my kids on and trying to lift you and your chapters. Read More  

• Fees assessed are based on the membership numbers submitted on the chapter's PCR, dated April 30th of each year.
• Fees for the fiscal Psi Ote year, 5/1/11 to 4/30/12 (last year) are not collected until November 2012. (Just like the federal and state income taxes we all pay, in Psi Otes our November fees pay for the past year.)

National Council recommends ALL FEES collected from members be placed in the chapter's GENERAL FUND. This will help to keep the General Fund "healthier" as many chapters choose to not increase their chapter "dues" even when operating costs are rising. A chapter may pay its National Project Fund fees from the chapter Project Fund, with or without moving the philanthropic portion of the dues to the Project Fund.

ANY amount of money can be "moved" from the General Fund to the Project Fund. The opposite is NOT true. A CHAPTER MAY MOVE MONEY FROM THE PROJECT FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND IN ONLY TWO INSTANCES:

• profit from the chapter's philanthropic money-making projects -- choose one:
  • either the exact amount of profit made from Psi Ote member purchases,
  • or, up to 10% of profit, if you don't want to keep track of the exact amount,
• Up to ½ of cost of the two delegates attending state and national meetings and up to ½ the annual audit/review of chapter books and pre-convention report.

Allowing for these exceptions only, ALL other Project Fund monies must be spent on endeavors supporting the community, not a chapter.

What your National Fees cover:

• General fees ($10/member)
  • Maintaining the National Office and executive secretary
    • Rent/lease fee (phone, utilities, and conference room use included)
    • Mailings sent out by national officers (copier, paper, etc.)
    • Mileage and expenses of Council for official visits, 4 Council meetings, and convention
• Helicon/Marketing fee ($3/member)
  • Maintaining the National website
  • Production and distribution of the Helicon
  • Photographer's convention expense
• Philanthropic fees ($9/member)
  • Projects voted on at convention
  • Expense for National Project Screening Committee meeting to recommend project proposals to be considered at National Convention
  • Meal and mileage for National Project Screening Committee meeting
  • A portion of the AV fees for National Convention 
  • Mileage for National President and National Project Chair to attend and present checks from Psi Iota Xi to:
    • Van Riper Lecture series
    • Metropolitan Opera Regional Audition Finals
• Insurance Fees ($3/member)
  • General Liability
  • Excess Liability
  • Property Insurance
  • Director/Officer Liability
  • Fidelity Bond for national officers

Importance of Reporting Membership Status Changes

It is of the UTMOST IMPORTANCE, and in the BEST INTEREST of your chapter, to send out some sort of "Status Change" request in March, so that any changes in a member's status can be noted PRIOR to April 30, 2013. If a member requests a status change, and it is not voted on until May 1 or after, that change applies to your membership for the fiscal year, May 1st through April 30 of that following year. If you would like a sample "Status" form, let your National Treasurer know. Some chapters use the top half of a page for any status change, and the bottom half of the page for a "Fees/dues" statement.

Example: A member writes a letter, requesting to go Alumni, and turn it in April 20,2012. If it is not voted on by the chapter until after May 1, 2012, then she is still an "Active" member as of April 30, and will be included as Active on the PCR. The chapter will pay ALL FEES for her on the FEE statement due November 1, 2012.

If she turns in her letter in late March, 2012, and it's voted on in April 2012, then she will be Alumni as of April 30th, and NOT included as an Active member on the PCR due May 10, 2012.

Bonding of Treasurers

National Council also recommends all chapters bond their Chapter Treasurer. You can probably get an appropriate form from any local insurance agency.

    National Fees 

    State Fees

    Letters of Interest for NW, SE and WC District Officers  

    NP 20 Form due to National Treasurer

 November 30                 

    National By-Law Suggestions 

 April 1, 2013                     

    Chapter By-Law Change Approval

If you need more information check with the National Treasurer Susie Lewis or National Vice President Marcia Mohre!  

Farewell to our Sister

Mary Lou Mybeck - Zeta Pi, Highland, IN 

Mary Lou Mybeck nee Irwin, age 84, of Hammond, passed away Tuesday, October 09, 2012. Beloved Wife for 56 years to Robert "Bob" C. Mybeck. Loving Mother of Mark (Karen) Mybeck, and Marcia Mybeck. Cherished Sister of James (Jacqueline) Irwin. Fond Aunt of numerous nieces and nephews. Proud friend to her pets Brandi and Pepper. Preceded in death by her parents Kenneth and Hazel Irwin. Mary Lou was a 55-year member of the Psi Iota Xi Sorority. She graduated with a BS and Masters Degree from Indiana University, and remained a loyal devoted fan of Hoosier Basketball. Mary Lou taught Physical Education at Decatur Central and Crown Point High Schools along with various elementary schools in the School City of Hammond. She maintained lifelong relationships with childhood friends, cherished neighbors, and was a benefactor to multiple generations of neighborhood squirrels. Funeral Services were held Friday, October 12 at 1 pm at LaHAYNE FUNERAL HOME, in Hammond, IN with Reverend Steven Conger, Pastor officiating. Private interment followed at a later date at Maplewood Memorial Cemetery, Crown Point, IN.