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Presidents Message
SlsLers of xl ChapLer should be proud lndeed. We have
recelved kudos from sLaLe offlcers for our ChapLer
8ules submlLLed for sLaLe revlew. 8arb Sabln and her
commlLLee should be proud!
Cur parL of Lhe ulsLrlcL v MeeLlng was llmlLed Lo venue
and speaker, as LransporLaLlon for ouL of Lown
members was noL needed. Many members expressed
approval of Lhe evenL cenLer aL my church, especlally
Lhe parklng, and elevaLors, for whlch l was relleved.
Mrs. Sandy CasLeel, our keynoLe speaker, presenLed an
lnformaLlve Lour of our 8roward CounLy educaLlonal
hlsLory. Alyce even came up afLerwards Lo chaL abouL
her personal connection with Browards first African
Amerlcan School. (Sounds llke she could do a program
Loo.) l wanL Lo Lhank members who were able Lo
aLLend! l was noL anxlous aL all aL Lhe podlum because
l looked back and [usL spoke Lo !ane and our Lable of
slsLers .
Neenas workshop was well received and the wi-fl
worked! And she has a prospecLlve new member Loo,
Merle !ones.
Mu SaLe resldenL, Carrle lrye, senL Lhe followlng
message Lo all llorlda members! #$ %& $'%()*+ ,&)-( ./
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1hank you Lo nancy !ackson and her commlLLee
who worked on Lhe grounds and organlzlng Lhe
move Lo sLorage. llscally Lhls ls a sound acLlon
for our SocleLy.
I am looking forward to a wonderful Book
Share meeting February 17.
Alm xl Plgh,
aL Pouchens

A huge thank you to
!"#$%" '()*+$#" for
hosLlng Lhe lebruary
meeLlng aL her home.
Cur book Lalk and
aucLlon was a huge
success wlLh 23 members
and guesLs ln aLLendance
enabllng us Lo ralse
$136.00 for Schools ln
Afrlca. 1hanks Lo all!

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ulsLrlcL v Workshops
SaLurday, lebruary 1, 2014


1hlrLeen of our xl chapLer slsLers aLLended Lhe
ulsLrlcL v workshop. ALLendees lncluded aL
Pouchens, nancy !ackson, 8arbara Sabln, Carol
Lansdale, !ane Claud, LsLher 8lackman, Loulse
CosLello, Lucy uavls, neena Crosvenor, Alyce
Marshall, 8ea Wllbur, Sharon Culnn, and ulane
valovlch.

neena was a presenLer, showlng how Lo use
Ldmodo ln Lhe classroom Lo creaLe a blended
classroom LhaL provldes a secure envlronmenL for
learnlng and collaboraLlng. We are proud LhaL
neena was able Lo share her knowledge and
experLlse wlLh oLher ukC members.

Carol-Ann and Sharon Culnn aLLended a sesslon
LlLled, A Humanitarian Trip Lo 1CCC presenLed
by ur. Cay voss. Carol-Ann summarlzed Lhe
session. Dr. Voss traveled to TOGO in West
Afrlca recenLly wlLh Lhe 8oLary Club helplng Lo
admlnlsLer pollo vacclne Lo chlldren and
dellverlng school supplles. She vlslLed schools,
vlllages, and a feLlsh markeL ln 1ome. Cay
showed her slldes and several crafL lLems she
purchased. 1he people speak lrench, and
chlldren aLLend church schools (43 ln a class) or
governmenL schools (over 80 ln a class). Local
8oLarlans accompanled Lhe group. She plans Lo
Lake more Lrlps of Lhls klnd as Lhey are very
personally rewardlng. Sharon found Lhe sesslon
Sharon stated, !"#$ &'$ ()*+ #,-)*)$-#,./ 0*/
12$$ $324) '526- '77 '$3)8-$ 29 ")* -*#3/ :)
")'*; '526- -") $8"227$< -") 56#7;#,.$< -")
very lnLeresLlng and was lmpressed wlLh her
many plcLures and sLorles or her experlences.
Carol-Ann and Sharon also aLLended a sesslon
LlLled, CullLs of valor presenLed by !oyce
CoLner and Cussle 8owen. ALLendees
parLlclpaLed ln a hands-on workshop deslgnlng
and embelllshlng pre-cuL qullL squares whlch
were Lhen pressed and Lemporarlly aLLached Lo
a board. Cver 90,000 qullLs have been
presenLed Lo mlllLary servlce members and
veLerans ln appreclaLlon for Lhelr servlce. no
sewlng was requlred, and lL was a rewardlng,
creaLlve experlence. Sharon sald she was
dellghLed Lo be able Lo parLlclpaLe ln Lhls
pro[ecL.
neena also aLLended Lhe workshop LlLled,
uLLlng Lhe Common Core uzzle 1ogeLher
presenLed by ur. vlvlan osey. neena reporLed
The speaker was very informative and
provlded clear explanaLlons of whaL Common
Core ls and why lL ls belng lmplemenLed. 8elng
LhaL she was a college professor, she was able
Lo explaln Lhe need Lo reform how we prepare
sLudenLs for college. She explalned Lhe shlfLs ln
LLA (Lngllsh Language ArLs) and MaLh and Lhe
verLlcal allgnmenL for year Lo year progress. lL
was an excellenL lnLroducLlon/overvlew of
Common Core.




8arbara Sabln choose Lhe workshop abouL
LducaLlon Lxcellence, a new commlLLee ln ukC
sLrucLure wlLh Lhe purpose of promoLlng programs
and projects of the Society, developing members
leadershlp skllls and global awareness. ulscusslon
Loplcs lncluded:
*sharlng a memorable meeLlng (Lucy uavls Lold
abouL our qullLlng sesslon.)
*encouraglng readlng and uslng ldeas found ln
ukC news arLlcles
*lnformlng members of forms and daLes due for
Mu SLaLe and lnLernaLlonal.

*reporLlng conference and workshop hlghllghLs

ln Sesslon 8, 8arbara and ulane aLLended Lhe
workshop LhaL focused on Membership Tips for
Growth and Retention. Ideas presented and
shared lncluded:
*obLalnlng a llsL of new Leachers from a counLy
represenLaLlve
*hosLlng a shower for new Leachers

*presenLlng a box (or bag) of goodles wlLh
supplles, a rose, and a ukC brochure Lo new or
early-career educaLors

*lnlLlaLlng a campalgn Lo reach former members
and encourage relnsLaLemenL

*conLacLlng members dropped ln recenL years

*recrulLlng educaLors from oLher professlons
(nurslng, Lhe arLs, eLc.)

*lnvolvlng newly lnlLlaLed lmmedlaLely (glvlng
Lhem a poslLlon, a responslblllLy)

*havlng a re-commlLmenL ceremony aL Lhe
blrLhday meeLlng





*uslng avallable Lools from lnLernaLlonal (l.e.
Membershlp roflles, ChapLer roflles)

*esLabllshlng a Llered paymenL of dues or
allowlng new members Lo pay only SLaLe and
lnLernaLlonal dues for a year or Lwo

*volunLeerlng Lo asslsL an early career educaLor
(may be done onllne ln 8roward)

Many of Lhese ldeas can be adopLed by xl
chapLer as a means of lncreaslng our
membershlp.



8emlnder!
Cur nexL chapLer meeLlng ln on Aprll 3
rd

aL nova SouLheasLern unlverslLy
Llbrary. 1he meeLlng wlll focus on
genealogy and ls llmlLed Lo 24
parLlclpanLs. lease 8Sv Lo 8ene
SchwarLz by March 14
Lh
lf you plan Lo
aLLend. We wlll also celebraLe our
chapters 68
Lh
blrLhday.
1here ls no meeLlng scheduled for
March.
vlslL Lhe xl chapLer webslLe!
http://www.dkgxichapter.org/