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Jan/Feb 2025 | Vol. 82 No. 1
Educators Book Award Seeking

2025 Submissions

he DKG Educators Book Award Committee is excited to announce that it is now
Tinviting submissions for the prestigious 2025 Educators Book Award. This award
aims to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of education through literature.
Interested authors and publishers are encouraged to submit their works by the deadline
of February 1, 2025.
For those seeking further information or assistance regarding the submission process,
please do not hesitate to reach out to HQ Staff Liaison Nicole M. at nicolem@dkg.org or
connect with Maureen Watt, the chairman of the committee, at maureen.watt@bresnan.
net. Additionally, members can access more details in Guidelines, Policies, Procedures

(GAPP) at dkg.org > Publications/Documents > GAPP.

Major Actions of the Administrative Board

August–November 2024

August 22-23, 2024 – Marriott Courtyard (Pflugerville Conference Center), Austin, TX
The 2024–2026 International Administrative Board took the following major actions during its August 2024

meeting:
1. Committee Reporting: Determined that the reporting on the use of the Focus Objectives and SMART
Goals will be the responsibility of the committee liaisons, rather than the committees themselves, as the
reporting process during the last biennium was time-consuming for the committees.
2. President Dr. Beverly Hall-Maughan appointed members to serve on the special and Administrative
Board appointments:
a. Strategic Planning: Marie-Antoinette Hubers de Wolf, chair; Dr. Debbie LeBlanc; and Eileen Little
b. Performance Appraisal Team: Dr. Debbie LeBlanc, chair; Carol Herzog; and Dr. Beverly Hall-Maughan
c. Revitalization Team: Becky Sadowski, past international president, chair; Evelyn Barron, past

international president; Ingibjorg Jonasdottir, Iceland; Carolyn Pittman, past international president;
Connie Rensink, Leadership Development Committee Chair; Dr. Lyn Schmid, past international
president; Aurora Vignau, Holden Fund Committee Chair; and Joan Wolfe, Ontario.
3. HQ staff committee liaison assignments were approved:
a. Executive Director, Lucinda Hart, CAE, MBA: Administrative Board; DKG International Educators
Foundation Board of Directors; Avenue M Task Force; Non-dues Revenue; DKG Revision Task Force;
Centennial Celebration.

b. Membership Director, Sy Franco Stern: Membership & Expansion; Educational Excellence; Leadership
Development (with Golden Gift Fund); Communications & Marketing; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and
Accessibility (DEIA) Task Force.
c. Finance Director, Peggy Jonas: Finance; International Speakers Fund; Scholarship; Holden Fund
d. Technology Director, Victor Trisnadi: Leadership Discovery Centre; World Fellowship; Non-dues
Revenue; Communications & Marketing; Visionary Network Ad Hoc. See ADB p. 13

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