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Mar/Apr 2024 | Vol. 81 No. 2 2024 Proposed Amendments
Rationale: This amendment specifies the qualifications (not recommendations) for a position. Removing the recommendations may
encourage more members to apply. Exemplary leaders who did not serve as state organization presidents or as Board members
should not be excluded. The present form already allows candidates to include DKG and other leadership experiences. Fiscal
Impact: None. Submitted by: Dr. Elizabeth I. Tarner, Beta Delta, VA; Mary Lee Makinen, Alpha Delta, MD; Carol Linscott, Alpha
Sigma Kitsap, WA; Beverley H. Johns, Alpha Phi, IL. Administrative Board Recommendation: not to adopt
81 ISR 8.7 Nominating Committee Striking: ISR 8.72.f. ISR 8.7 Nominating Committee
8.72 Eligibility, Qualifications, and 8.72 Eligibility, Qualifications,
Floor Guidelines for international nominees Inserting a new: ISR 8.72.f. and Guidelines for international
(*This was omitted in the printing f. Qualifications for international nominees
of the March/April issue of the DKG nominees f. Qualifications for international
NEWS.) (1) All nominees must nominees
f. Qualifications for international demonstrate: (1) All nominees must
nominees (a) an understanding of the demonstrate:
All nominees for international duties, responsibilities, and (a) an understanding of the
positions shall be able to the time required for the duties, responsibilities, and
communicate in English, shall have position(s) they seek, the time required for the
time for Society work and shall (b) the ability to communicate position(s) they seek,
have participated in at least one in English, (b) the ability to communicate in
(1) international convention and/ (c) organizational ability, English,
or international conference. She experience, and computer (c) organizational ability,
shall have organizational ability, literacy, experience, and computer
expereince, and be computer literate. (d) familiarity with literacy,
(1) It is recommended that the membership in the areas, (d) familiarity with membership
president has served as a countries, and regions they in the areas, countries, and
state organization president, represent, regions they represent,
has international committee (e) participation in at least one (e) participation in at least one
experience, and has served on international convention international convention and/
the Administrative Board. and/or international or international conference,
(2) It is recommended that the conference, (f) exemplary leadership in
vice-presidents have served as (f) exemplary leadership in DKG, and
state organization presidents DKG, and (g) knowledge, skills, and
and have international (g) knowledge, skills, and abilities to carry out the
committee experience. abilities to carry out the duties and expectations of the
(3) It is recommended that the duties and expectations of leadership position(s) they
regional directors have served the leadership position(s) seek.
as state organization presidents, they seek. (2) Specific Qualifications:
know their regions and are (2) Specific Qualifications: (a) The president must have
able to represent the state (a) The president must have international committee
organizations therein, and have international committee experience and have served
served on an international experience and have served on the administrative board.
committee. on the administrative (b) The vice-president must
(4) The area representatives board. have international committee
shall hold membership as (b) The vice-president experience.
residents of the areas being must have international (c) The area representatives
represented. It is recommended committee experience. must be recommended per
that they have served as state (c) The area representatives the electoral process of their
organization presidents, know must be recommended per respective areas.
their areas, and are able to the electoral process of (d) The members-at-large must
represent the member countries their respective areas. have international committee
therein. (d) The members-at-large experience.
(5) The members-at-large shall must have international
have international committee committee experience.

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