T exas State Chapter of the P.E.O. Sist erh ood The TE AN April 2017 Texas State Chapter E-News Serving Our Texas Sisters Since 2005 Volume 12, Issue 11 President s Message Love Will Keep Us Together This is my final message as president of Texas State Chapter and it has been an honor to serve you. I sincerely thank you for all the ways you have proven that Love Will Keep Us Together! The love and support you have shown me has been remarkable during the last four years. I shall carry the special memories of organizing new chapters, reorganizing a chapter, of making official chapter visits and communicating with sisters from all corners of this great state. I urge you to consider service to the executive board; it will change your life and the way you see the big picture that is P.E.O. In This Issue President s Message Nominations - TSC Executive Board Membership Corner - Lateral Membership Transfer Dear Daisy Information for Delegates & Visitors - Convention of International Chapter Board Chronicles Unaffiliate Telethon 2017 Local Chapter Official Visit Schedule - Section III We are a few short weeks from the 86 th convention of Texas State Chapter in the great city of Lubbock. The panhandle sisters have been hard at work preparing for our arrival and are ready to welcome us warmly. Be sure to check out the convention information and schedule under Events on our Texas website, peotexas.org. If you are a visitor or have a BIL coming to convention, there is much to see and do. If you are serving your chapter as a convention delegate, you have a very important job. You will be inspired and motivated and will learn new information to share with your chapter. You will have the opportunity to visit and share your ideas and best practices with other sisters. You will make will lasting P.E.O. friendships. As a special treat, you will have a chance to meet our International Representative who happens to be, Beth Ledbetter, president International Chapter. I look forward to seeing you at convention. Until then and forever... Love Will Keep Us Together,
Jill grew up in Placentia, California where she received her degree in Sociology from Cal State Fullerton. After graduation, she moved to Texas and worked at Rohm and Haas Texas where she met her husband, Jim. Between them, they have nine adult children. Her sister, Julie McMullan, introduced her to P.E.O. and she was initiated into Chapter EB, Clear Lake, TX in 2007. She has held several local chapter offices and has served Texas State Chapter on the Cottey College Committee from 2010-2014, Finance Committee in 2014-2015, PSA Chair in 2015-2017, delegate to Convention of International Chapter in St. Louis in 2015, and 2019 State Convention Co-Chair. She is looking forward to this next step in P.E.O. and is excited to serve on the Texas State Chapter Executive Board. Jill Tatum Kimberly Dufour Kimberly is the daughter of a retired Marine, so she moved all over the country in her childhood. She was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina on the Marine Base at Camp Lejeune. Her family is very musical so her decision to complete her BS Degree in Sacred Music/Vocal Performance/Choral Conducting seemed a natural choice. After completing her degree, she moved closer to her family in the Dallas area. She met her husband, Joey, while working at the Super Conducting Super Collider high energy physics project in Texas. They now reside in Oak Leaf, just south of Dallas. Their son, Nicholas, a technician at Longhorn Harley, will be moving into a home close by in DeSoto, once he is finished helping with the renovations. Their daughter, Morgan, is playing softball at Lubbock Christian University, while double majoring in Finance and Accounting. Kimberly was initiated into her mother s chapter, AF, Springfield, VA in 1981. Her mom, Jackie Kahler, and she became members of Chapter FQ, Midlothian (DeSoto), 30 years ago. Her daughter, Morgan, joined Chapter FQ shortly after her 18 th birthday. Her grandmother, Dorothy Greig, was the first member of Chapter FQ to enter Chapter Eternal. While serving in various officer roles in her chapter, Kimberly has also been the Co-Chair of the Dallas Area Council s Founders Day program in 2016 and served as Co-Chair in 2005 with PSP Tracy Fiers. She served as a delegate to Convention of International Chapter in Indianapolis in 2015 and is currently about to relinquish the office of President of the Dallas Area Council where she served for the past year. She reached her goal of visiting all 34 chapters in the council this past year and will enjoy expanding her travels to visit her sisters all over the state of Texas while serving with the Executive Board.
Dear Daisy Dear Daisy, I will be my chapter s delegate at the Texas State Convention in Lubbock. I have only been a P.E.O. for about a year, and have never been to a convention. My chapter sisters tell me that I will need to present a report to them. How will I know what to tell them? Dear FTD, Sincerely, First Time Delegate Congratulations on being nominated as your chapter s delegate to the Convention of Texas State Chapter! You will have an amazing time at convention, learning more about P.E.O. and meeting P.E.O.s from all over Texas. It s so much fun! At the on-site Delegate Registration area at the Overton Hotel in Lubbock, you will receive a delegate bag containing lots of helpful information. One of the items in that bag will be a handout titled Delegate Outline Report. If you like, you may use it during convention to jot down notes, and after convention when you re preparing your report. See you soon in Lubbock! Love, Daisy Have a question for Dear Daisy? Simply click on Daisy s picture, or log in to peotexas.org and click on News/Dear Daisy ATTENTION PLEASE!! 2017 CONVENTION OF INTERNATIONAL CHAPTER September 28-30 Charlotte, NC Delegates and Visitors Prior to registering for 2017 Convention of International Chapter or making travel plans, please attend the meeting for delegates and visitors on: Friday, May 5 th at 5:00 p.m. in Horizon B at the Overton Hotel in Lubbock. If you are unable to attend this meeting, please contact Betty Thomas, vice president, at: bettythomaspeo@swbell.net or 281-773-6899.
Board Chronicles Texas State Chapter Executive Board What does the President do at Convention? The president has the responsibility of planning the general sessions of convention as well as presiding over those meetings. The president must approve all reports and seminars presented at convention. She also coordinates the visit of our international representative and conducts the preconvention executive board meeting immediately prior to convention. During convention, she will present to the delegation a State of the State address. She may also serve as emcee at the closing banquet. We will have the very popular Unaffiliate Telethon again this year at convention. Grab your cell phone and drop by to give an unaffiliated sister a call while you re at convention in Lubbock. You will make her day and who knows, you may just connect with your next chapter sister! The state organizer or her proxy conducts an official visit to each local chapter every four years. This fall, 61 chapters are scheduled to be visited: Northeast Texas: V, AB, AH, BO, CJ, CU, CX, DN, FN, FU, GJ, HZ, IE, IM, JB Rio Grande Valley: F, L, T, AQ, BU, BV, BW, BY, CE, CT, CW, DS, DM, EN, EV, EY, FY, GH San Antonio Area: H, O, X, Y, AL, AU, BR, BX, DW, EE, EU, FP, GR, HP, HT, IT, IV Official Visit 2017 Waco: BF, CD, HF Hill Country: GA, GX, HM, IB, IL, JD New Chapter First-Year Visit: JM, JN Chapters being visited in 2017 have received a notice from the organizer or her proxy regarding the date of your visit this fall. If your chapter is listed, and you have not received any communication regarding the official visit, please contact organizer Belinda Hargrove at belindapeo@gmail.com