January Meeting

 January 2007
Here are the items we raised last year:
Rent: annual cost of living raise request from 3% to 5%
Capital Expense (Building fund): increase from $20.00 (stagnant for more than 15
years) to $30.00 per girl to be reviewed again in two years.
Damage Deposit: increase from $50.00 to $75.00 to be reviewed again in two
years.
Repairs/damages payment by House Corporation vs. Chapter: increase the minimum
from $100.00 to $250.00 that require a payment by House Corporation

Thanks for meeting tonight. We missed seeing everyone else!  Kallie and Carolyn
and I have decided to increase the Initiation fee from $93 to $100 and increase
rent by  5%.  Kallie is also going to check into when our Balloon Payment for
our mortage is due. She will get back to us.

Other News: The chapter has asked permission to paint the sleeping porch Navy
blue. If anyone has input on that issue  let me know, otherwise I will assist
the girls in what they need- as promised this fall at their chapter meeting by House Cor.
DDD dads will hopefully be painting and putting up the purchased curtains this
month. Lindsay- could you please check in with Penny as to the correct colors
for the various walls?  Thanks!  A new fence is also surrounding the back parking lot!
Fabulous work to the Parent's Club for its funding!

Sisterhood...

A Tri Delta Collegiate sat on a sofa at the chapter house, drinking iced tea and visiting with her Alumnae Advisor. As they talked about the responsibilities of life, about marriage, and the obligations of adulthood, the advisor thought for a moment then turned to the collegiate and said.

"Don't forget your Tri Delta Sisters," she advised, swirling the tea leaves to the bottom of her glass. "They'll be more important as you get older. No matter how much you will love your husband, no matter how much you love the children you may have, you are still going to need Sisters. Remember to go places with them now and then; do things with them. "Remember that ’Sisters’ mean ALL the women... all Tri Deltas, other girlfriends, your daughters, and all your other women relatives.” You’ll need other women. Women always do."

'What a funny piece of advice!' the young Collegiate thought. 'Aren’t I going to get married? Won’t I be joining the couple-world? I'm planning to be a married woman, for goodness sake! A grownup! Surely my husband and the family we may start will be all I need to make my life worthwhile!'

But she listened to her Alumnae Advisor. She kept contact with her Tri Delta Sisters and made more women friends each year. As the years tumbled by, one after another, she gradually came to understand that her advisor really knew what she was talking about. As time and nature work their changes and their mysteries upon a woman, Sisters are the mainstays of her life.

After nearly 50 years of living in this is world, here is what I've learned: THIS SAYS IT ALL:

Time passes.
Life happens.
Distance separates.

Children grow up.
Jobs come and go.

Love waxes and wanes.
Men don't do what Tri Delta sisters do.
Hearts break.
Parents die.
Careers end.

BUT......

Tri Delta Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how many miles are between you. A girl friend is never farther away than needing her can reach.

When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you have to walk it by yourself, the women in your life, especially your Tri Delta sisters will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on, praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the valley's end. Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk beside you or come in and carry you out.

Tri Delta sisters, girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters, daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, Mothers, Grandmothers, aunts, nieces, cousins, and extended family, all bless our life. The world wouldn’t be the same without those women, and neither would I.

When I began my adventure as a Tri Delta initiate, I had no idea of the incredible joys or sorrows that lay ahead. Nor did I know how much I would need my Tri Delta Sisters. Every day, we need each other still. Remember: Tri Delta is for Always!

Delta Love – The Spokane Alumnae Chapter, Initiation September 7, 2006