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Up for Election – President!

1796583_10153886833655245_981596163_nFirst up for election this April is the position of President, currently held by Brother David Ebner. When asked about his position, he provided the following:

There is no checklist of responsibilities for the President of the DZAA. The position is really what you make if it, and in turn, the association is what you make of the position. The DZAA operates like a machine that includes a few gears that constantly roll over one another. The President is maintenance, the resident applies the grease.

Directly, the President oversees all officers and chairman, which in its current rendition, includes the Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Technology Chairman and Archivist. He works closely with these officers on their individual roles and on special assignments. I would estimate that each officer and chairman operates about 90 percent of their time in the realm of special assignments. There should always be a lead on an event, like the Founders Weekend and the Scholarship Scramble, sometimes that will be the President, sometimes it won’t. It is, however, the President’s job to work with the event leader to plan out the stages of the event along with the assignments leading up to the event. Planning is the President’s chief responsibility. Luckily for the DZAA, we have top notch officers and chairman that charge head on into their duties and are reliable and diligent. This will make the job of the President ever so much easier.

In addition to the officers and chairman, you will need to work hand-in-hand with the Chapter Advisor, the University Administrators, the Chapter President and the National Office when situation permits.

As noted above, as long as there is a goal and the calendar is planned out in advance, the President is primarily a paper pusher and motivator. As far as a time commitment goes, you can expect to expire 5 hours a week to the positon. This number increases when events are approaching and decreases when proper planning is executed.

The President of the DZAA is a fun and very rewarding position. I cannot recall all of the compliments I have gotten from our membership and returned to the other board members. It takes us all to carry the DZAA up the hill, but many hands make little work. It’s the President’s job to find the right hands and fill them with tools.

2015 is Election Year!

No, not THOSE elections (although, they are only a year away). We’re talking about the DZAA elections for the Exec Board.

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As you may recall, in 2013, a new Board was elected – President David Ebner, Vice-President Kyllan Purdon, Secretary Todd Latoski, and Treasurer Ryan Suarez. Over the past two years, these Alumni have worked hard to breathe new life into the Delta Zeta Alumni Association – under their watchful eye, the By-Laws for the DZAA have been updated, the corporate status for the DZAA has been brought current, the annual Scholarship Scramble was successfully created, a number of social events have been organized (including the on-going Third Thursdays), a Technology Chair, an Archivist, and a Chapter Advisor have all been appointed, and they are currently working to bring back the Man-cation!

It has been a great two years, ???????????????????????????????but this is only the beginning! And now is your opportunity to step up and take a part in the future success of the DZAA. At the Spring Bi-Annual meeting in April, the DZAA will be holding elections for all four positions: President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer.

You will be the next leaders of the DZAA, so start thinking now about the position for which you would like to nominate yourself (or perhaps you have someone you would like to nominate). As April draws close, we will begin taking nominations and will send out the ballots just prior to the meeting.

Remember – the DZAA is YOUR Alumni Association – so who do you want leading it?

The Alumni Directory is Coming!

In case you may have forgotten, we are still hard at work on the DZAA Alumni Directory. Plans are in place to have the directory completed by the Spring Bi-Annual Meeting of the Delta Zeta Alumni Association.

alumni-directoryHowever, in order to complete the Directory, and to ensure that we have the most up-to-date and correct information about our Alumni, it’s important that you provide us with the necessary information. In the coming weeks, we will be reaching out to you to confirm what information we already have and to ask that you provide us with any information we may be missing.

The Directory will be a single source for our Alumni to be able to locate and reach out to our Brothers within the DZAA, providing you with the names, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, and professions of our distinguished Alumni. The next time you need an accountant … or an attorney … or a computer technician … or just a Brother that you haven’t seen or spoken with in a while, the DZAA Alumni Directory is going to be your new source!

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The Directory will only be provided to our Alumni, and once the “Members Only” section is up and running on the website, the Directory will be made available online as well.

So, don’t ignore those e-mails and messages that you receive in the coming weeks – help us have the most accurate information for this Directory, and you’ll be helping us draw the DZAA closer than it’s ever been!