Membership/EXPANSION
Committee
Members
Patricia Hackworth, Chair
Theresa (Teri) Roberts – XI
Marion Napier, Delta
Karen Allen, Beta
Duties
The Membership Committee will study and make recommendations related to membership issues.
The committee shall be responsible for necrology and membership and for planning and implementing
the annual Memorial Service at the State Convention. Goals include:
a. collaborating with the Leadership Development Committee to provide leadership, guidance, and
support to members;
b. encouraging chapters to develop an action plan to focus on increasing membership, maintaining
and diversifying membership, and reinstating members;
c. promoting membership by making available updated membership resources to individual
chapters by making said materials available on the Kentucky State Organization website;
d. encouraging chapters to contact former members at least once to invite them to consider
reinstatement.
In KSO, the membership chair is the state 2nd vice-president. She is in charge of recognizing 40, 50, and 60 year members at our state convention and she puts together the KSO Celebration of Life at our state convention. When a member dies in your chapter, it is necessary to complete a Form 6 and get it to the membership chair as soon as possible. If International receives this form within 30 days of the death, a beautiful sympathy card will be sent to the surviving family members. Please send Form 6 as soon as possible to the KSO membership chair.
Patricia Hackworth, Chair
Theresa (Teri) Roberts – XI
Marion Napier, Delta
Karen Allen, Beta
Duties
The Membership Committee will study and make recommendations related to membership issues.
The committee shall be responsible for necrology and membership and for planning and implementing
the annual Memorial Service at the State Convention. Goals include:
a. collaborating with the Leadership Development Committee to provide leadership, guidance, and
support to members;
b. encouraging chapters to develop an action plan to focus on increasing membership, maintaining
and diversifying membership, and reinstating members;
c. promoting membership by making available updated membership resources to individual
chapters by making said materials available on the Kentucky State Organization website;
d. encouraging chapters to contact former members at least once to invite them to consider
reinstatement.
In KSO, the membership chair is the state 2nd vice-president. She is in charge of recognizing 40, 50, and 60 year members at our state convention and she puts together the KSO Celebration of Life at our state convention. When a member dies in your chapter, it is necessary to complete a Form 6 and get it to the membership chair as soon as possible. If International receives this form within 30 days of the death, a beautiful sympathy card will be sent to the surviving family members. Please send Form 6 as soon as possible to the KSO membership chair.