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COMMITTEES
Audit - The Audit
Committee is responsible for nominating an independent auditor for
the annual review, reviewing the chapter records quarterly,
reviewing and proposing internal controls, and notifying the chapter
of any weaknesses in the financial structure and making
recommendations for improvement.
This committed shall consist of three to five members who are
not current financial officers but should have some knowledge of the
chapter’s fiscal operation.
Budget and Finance
- The Budget and
Finance Committee is chaired by the Treasurer.
Its responsibility lies in considering the financial needs of
the chapter in order to recommend dues and fees to the Executive
Board; planning, evaluating, and recommending the annual operating
budget to the chapter; and reviewing and recommending budget
modifications at specified interim periods.
This committee shall consist of five members: the Treasurer,
the Financial Secretary, and three members appointed by the
President.
Foundation -The Foundation
Committee is charged to serve as chapter representative for the
housing foundation, and to recommend and facilitate needed
investments to grow the foundation.
This committee shall consist of 12 members as follows:
Foundation Chairperson, Foundation Financial Secretary,
Foundation Treasurer, One (1) Legal Trustees, Chapter 1st
Vice President, Chapter Recording Secretary, two (2)
Members-At-Large, and four (4) Trustees appointed by the President.
Heritage and
Archives - The Heritage and
Archives Committee is responsible for documenting the history of
the chapter and its programs.
Information and
Communications - The Information
and Communications Committee is chaired by the Journalist.
Its function is to disseminate chapter information to
Regional and National publications; and write, edit, publish the
chapter newsletter, Minerva’s Pen.
Nomination -
The Nominating
Committee is chaired by a soror elected by the chapter.
Its function is to receive from the chapter recommendations
of sorors to serve in chapter offices, to select candidates for
consideration of offices; and to facilitate the election process of
the chapter. This
committee shall consist of the chairperson and four members
appointed by the President. Each
member shall represent a specified area of the city.
Members of the Nominating Committee may not run for any
elective office.
Program Planning
and Development - The Program
Planning and Development Committee is chaired by the Vice
President. Its function
is to survey needs, evaluate findings and make recommendations to
the chapter of projects to be undertaken commensurate with the aims,
purposes, and resources of the Sorority; to coordinate projects
approved by the chapter; and to establish Calendar of Events for the
chapter.
Publicity - The Publicity
Committee's responsibility includes disseminating information
regarding chapter activities and programs to the public in a timely
manner.
Rules of Order
- The
Rules of Order Committee is chaired by the Parliamentarian.
It is the duty of the committee to receive and evaluate
recommended changes in the local Chapter Handbook and the Chapter
Rules of Order; to present such revisions to the chapter for
consideration and vote; and to publish and distribute revised
materials. This
committee shall consist of four (4) to seven (7) members:
The Parliamentarian, Immediate Past President, and two (2) to
five (5) sorors as appointed by the President.
Ritual and
Ceremonies - The Ritual and
Ceremonies Committee is chaired by the Chaplain.
This committee is charged with the duty of insuring that
appropriate properties and furnishings are available and place for
ceremonies and meetings as set forth in the Ritual of “Grand
Chapter; to insure that the proper physical and spiritual atmosphere
is maintained for ritualistic ceremonies.
This committee shall consist of three (3) members:
the Chaplain, the Parliamentarian, and the Sergeant-at-Arms.
Scholarship -
The Scholarship
Committee's responsibility of the committee to develop and
administer the Scholarship Program of the chapter.
Ways & Means
- The Ways and
Means Committee is charged with the responsibility of procuring funds and/or developing
and implementing projects that will bring funds into the chapter in
order to support chapter scholarships and projects.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS
Adopt-a-Family
- The Adopt-a-Family Committee is charged with identifying a
family to adopt, and coordinating donations for the adopted family.
Arts and Letters
- The Arts &
Letters Committee is responsible for developing or identifying
activities to expose the membership and the community to various
cultural and artistic events.
Cotillion - The Cotillion
Committee is charged with providing programs to girls in their
junior or senior year of high-school with an emphasis on cultural
enrichment, personal growth, and scholarship award. The girls
are then presented to society during a culminating social event, the
Debutante Cotillion.
Delta Academy -
The Delta Academy
Committee is charged with providing programs to teen
African American females between the ages of 11 and 14 to introduce
and expose girls to math, science, technology and nontraditional
careers.
Delta Choraliers
- The Delta
Choraliers Committee is responsible for providing musical
entertainment to sorors and the community.
Delta Dears
- The Delta DEARS
Committee is to recognize and provide membership services for
sorors who are 62 years of age and older.
Delta G.E.M.S.:
Growing and Empowering Myself Successfully (formerly Teen Lift)-
The Delta G.E.M.S.
Committee is charged with providing programs to teen
African American females between the ages of 13 and 17 to introduce
and expose teens to educational, business and cultural institutions.
Dial-A-Delta -
The Dial-A-Delta
Committee is charged with calling sorors to inform them of Omega
Omega Services.
Fall Round Up
- The Fall Round
Up Committee plans and implements an event for reclamation and
retention of the membership.
Founders Day
- The Founders Day
Committee is charged with developing a program to honor
the founders and to rededicate members to the ideals and purposes of
Delta sometime during the months of January, February or March.
Housing Management -
The Housing Management Committee is charged with
developing and presenting a plan for the future housing needs of the
chapter.
May Week - The May Week
Committee is responsible for identifying a week and coordinating events during
that week to emphasize and showcase scholastic achievements,
education opportunities, and encourage higher scholarship.
Membership
Committee - The Membership
Committee is chaired by the 2nd Vice President.
It is responsible for developing and providing membership
programs and services as directed by the chapter; developing and
promoting continuous programs for retention and reclamation of the
chapter membership.
Omega Omega
Services - The Omega Omega
Services Committee is responsible for facilitating the Omega
Omega Ceremony during Omega Omega services.
Physical and Mental Health -
The Physical and Mental Health Committee's function
is to develop and implement activities to help improve the physical
and mental health of sorors and the community.
Sisterhood and
Courtesy - The Sisterhood
and Courtesy Committee is charged with administering appropriate recognitions and condolences
to sorors as specified in Sisterhood Committee Guidelines. The purpose of the Sisterhood Committee is to foster the
concept of sisterhood among the members of the Cincinnati Alumnae
Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc,.
It will endeavor to bring cheer and goodwill to all known
Deltas in the Cincinnati area.
Social Action
- The Social
Action Committee is charged with providing information and direction to the
membership on current civil rights, national and international
issues.
Soror Integration
- The Soror
Integration Committee is charged with developing activities to
assist with fellowship among existing members and integration of new
members into the chapter.
Step Team -
The Step Team develops routines and
represents the chapter in various step shows.
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