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The 164th DKE Convention July 30 - Aug. 3, 2008 Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort Naples, Florida
For nearly two centuries, the DKE Convention has presented the opportunity for all of DKE -- her alumni from around the world, and her actives from North America -- to come together as one, to enjoy the breadth of this brotherhood, to learn and to celebrate what it means to be a Deke.
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The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort will provide the setting for the 2008 Convention. Programming for the five-day event is being planned now, and alumni presenters are being sought to complement the educational schedule. Plan to be part of this every-other-year event, and sign up now.
Actives: every chapter of DKE is required to be represented at the convention by at least one delegate who will be in school full time during the 2008-09 school year. Chapters not represented at convention will be fined the full $700 convention fee. All chapter delegates who attend every session will earn a $100 scholarship. Therefore, the convention fee will be $600 for those who attend all sessions.
Active chapter members of DKE,
My
name is Lin Hanson, and I am chair of the convention committee. Attached
is a scholarship application which needs to be completed by your
representative, and returned to me at Some
chapters have stated that they are not in a position to fund their
representatives to the convention at a cost of $700.
Fortunately, we have been reasonably successful in securing
alumni assistance for scholarships.
Nonetheless, chapters ought to pay something.
Chapters applying for aid should assess $10 to each active
member; a reasonable contribution could then be made toward the cost of
sending a representative to the convention.
Delegates receive a $100 reimbursement for attending all
educational sessions at the convention. This $100 combined with
contributions from a chapter of 20 active members would have a yield of
$300. Thus, the maximum
scholarship needed from alumni funds would be $400. Many
alumni have been very generous in contributing to the scholarship fund.
It is the responsibility of the active membership in each chapter
to honor this generosity by giving all that it can.
Please do not apply for these funds without a legitimate
financial need. We wish to
ensure that chapters/delegates with greater need are not being excluded.
The Constitutionally- mandated attendance of at least one chapter
delegate from each chapter makes the convention more meaningful and
successful. In
the Bonds, Lin
Hanson, O'59
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