October Communication from the Office of the Eastern Province Polemarch
Dear Brothers:
I hope all is well with you and your family. As we prepare to start the 2007-2008 fiscal year, I look forward to working with you to “Create Inspiration” in our families, our schools, and our communities. Listed below are several items that require your immediate attention. Please share them with your chapters.
Eastern Province WEBSITE
Thanks to brothers Chris Hill and Emanuel Arnold for their outstanding efforts in getting the website up and running. The website is still a work in progress. The site is to be a communication tool for all chapters to post chapter events and other information that is of importance to the Province. A Members Section is forthcoming to house the forms and other information that we would like to distribute to members only. Right now, all articles posted to the site are authorized by the Province Polemarch. Please feel free to send “all” information and articles to Brothers Hill and Arnold. Please keep in mind that all information will be reviewed before posting.
CHAPTER CERTIFICATION
The 2007-2008 Chapter Certification is in progress. Your Regional Board Member should be setting certification dates. Special sessions will be accommodated. As all chapter Polemarchs should know, all chapters must be certified by Province Council in order to participate in intake. All chapters participating in Spring 2008 intake should have been certified by the 2007 Province Council.
MEMBERSHIP INTAKE
The Fall 2007 MOIP is scheduled for November 8-9, 2007 in Petersburg, VA at the Virginia State University. The MOIP Team will provide more information to the chapters that are eligible to participate in the MOIP. To participate in the MOIP, the chapter must complete the chapter certification process and receive approval from the Province Polemarch. Forward questions related to Membership Intake to Andre Gladden at . The Spring Intake is scheduled for February 22-24, 2008 in Richmond, VA.
2007 C. RODGER WILSON LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
The 2007 C. Rodger Wilson Leadership Conference will be held on the campus of Virginia State University in Petersburg, Va on November 10-11, 2007. The host of this year’s conference is the Alpha Phi Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi and the Petersburg (VA) Alumni Chapter. The host hotel is the Hilton Garden Inn Southpark, 800 South Park Boulevard, Colonial Heights, Va. Mandatory attendance requires the following officers to attend: Chapter Polemarch, Vice Polemarch, Keeper of the Exchequer, Keeper of the Records, and the MOIP Chairman. The registration cost is: Undergraduate-$35.00 and Alumni-$$50.00. Any questions should be directed to Chairman Charles Exum @ .
KAPPA ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY
The Achievement Academy of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. seeks to promote the development and advancement of undergraduate members into graduate and professional schools through effective mentoring and advocacy. Brothers who are interested in attending graduate or professional school should contact Eastern Province Coordinator Nathan Fletcher at @ .
NATIONAL FOUNDERS DAY
The National Founders Day is scheduled for Saturday, January 5, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA. It is the Grand Polemarch’s desire that each chapter sends at least one person to this event. The Grand Polemarch is asking as many Chapters as possible to coordinate individual celebrations being sensitive to the date of our national celebrations, hoping many Brothers will choose to attend. To reserve a seat for the event and for further details, please contact Ms. Kimberly Billups-Tolbert at International Headquarters (215.228.7184, ext 126).
ST. JUDE – SUNDAY OF HOPE
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity has committed to raise $500,000 in five years to donate to St. Jude Hospital. To achieve this goal, St. Jude Hospital and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity have created a program call Sunday of Hope. On one Sunday in January, Kappa members will attend and ask for a “love offering” for St. Jude from their church. This program is designed to be implemented in churches across the country. Each alumni chapter is asked to secure at least one church to participate in the Sunday of Hope program in January. The goal for each church secured is to raise at least $1,000. Later this month, the Eastern Province Sunday of Hope Chairperson Neil Hudgins, Chesapeake Va Beach Alumni will provide chapters more information on this project. I am requesting that brothers begin preliminary discussions with your Church Pastors to determine if your church would be a participating in this project. Let’s help Kappa keep it’s commitment to the St. Jude Hospital. For more information, contact Brother Neil Hudgins at .
St. Jude—2nd Annual Golf Tournament
The St. Jude 2nd Annual Golf Tournament will be held Friday, November 2, 2007 in Fredericksburg, VA. At the Gauntlet Golf Course. Best ball format. Brothers, I have asked each chapter to send a team or support the birdie support class. For information, please contact Neil Hudgins at and Tommy Walker @
UNDERGRADUATE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
The 2008 Undergraduate Leadership Institute (Gamma Class) is scheduled for June 7-14, 2008 in Orlando, Florida. The Undergraduate Leadership Institute is a highly structured and intense leadership experience designed to increase undergraduates’ capacity to lead in multiple contexts—in the fraternity, on campus, and in their communities. The fraternity will provide travel and lodging accommodations to the accepted candidates. To apply, the following items must be submitted to the International Headquarters, ATTN: André G. Early, Director of Undergraduate & Affairs, no later than February 29, 2008:
♦ A completed Kappa Leadership Institute Application with the appropriate signatures (on the website).
♦ An official transcript (sealed and addressed to the attention of André G. Early: Director of Undergraduate & University Affairs).
♦ A current résumé.
♦ A black and white or color photograph – at least 4” X 6” (for submission to the Journal).
♦ Submit a response to the question, “What constitutes leadership?” Essay should be word processed and double spaced in 12-point Times New Roman font with 1-inch margins around; essay should not exceed three pages.
♦ Three letters of reference referring to your leadership potential: One from your chapter advisor, one from the Director of Greek Life, and one from a professor in your field of study.
EASTERN PROVINCE COUNCIL
The Eastern Province Council is scheduled for March 13-16, 2008 in Bermuda. The PCPC is highly recommending air fare reservations be made by November 1, 2007 to get the best price. We highly recommend that if you don’t have a passport to start that process now as there is a backup at the Federal Passport Office. The registration packet is located on the Eastern Province web site (http://www.epkapsi.org)
2008 EASTERN PROVINCE FOUNDERS DAYS
The Virginia Chapters Founders Day will be hosted by the Charlottesville (VA) Alumni Chapter on January 12, 2008
The Metro Chapters Founders Day will be hosted by the Columbia (MD) Alumni Chapter on January 19, 2008. Further information will be forthcoming.
CARE/GLAD
The Credit Abuse Resistance Education and the Greeks Learning to Avoid Debit program is a national program to educate people to avoid debit. We need at least 10 Undergraduate Chapters in the Eastern Province to volunteer host a program then IHQ will send someone out to do the educational program. Please view the CARE web page at http://www.careprogram.us/.
Yours in the Bond,
John T. Lanier, Sr.
Eastern Province Polemarch
“Creating Inspiration!”