Mildred Fennal, PhD, RN, CNS
Director of International Nursing
Education Consortium
Tallahassee, FL
Greetings from the Board of Directors of
Chi Eta Phi Sorority for 2009-2011
It has been almost a year since the 19th Administration took the reins of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated and the Chi Eta Phi Bullet Train left the station in Dallas, Texas. It is with pleasure that we inform you that the train continues to move ahead with great outcomes.
The latest stop of the train was in Orlando, Florida. We remained there for four days where we held the Spring Board Meeting and the Leadership Summit. During the Board Meeting, we picked up the latest passengers, the Third Supreme Anti-Basileus Jodie Williams, Chi Phi Beta Chapter, and the Editor in Chief Jamesetta Halley-Boyce, Theta Chi Chapter. Join us in welcoming them aboard the train.
Much was accomplished during the Board Meeting. The results of those accomplishments will be coming to the membership in specific forms of communication. We are very pleased that an Ad hoc Committee (Lillian Stokes (C), Jodie Williams, Marcellette Carter, and Georgia Jackson) presented the Board of Directors with the proposed long term project for Haiti. Information on the project will be sent to each region and chapter as soon as the specifics are worked out. The International Committee will take the lead in the initial attempts to assist individuals in Port au Prince, Haiti.
The Leadership Summit titled “Intelligently Directed Power in Motion” was an event to remember. With one hundred and fifty members present, it was the largest attendance ever at this event. In addition to making history, the Summit (according to the evaluations) was acclaimed as an excellent, dynamic, thought provoking and valuable educational experience.
We were fortunate to have our Attorney, Derrick Humphries as a presenter where he informed the participants about how to be successful presidents. Audrey Mathews, the daughter of our Chi Line Editor, presented information on creating intelligent power through intergenerational understanding.
We learned about education, programs and projects, protocol, futuristic endeavors for the undergraduates, and the power of evaluation. We also received information on collaborative power and strategic planning. The Report of the Needs Assessment and Analysis was presented with some discussion of specific items.
As we come to the end of the evaluation phase of the Framework being used, we will embark on the phases of exploration, education, expansion and execution simultaneously. We are continuing to create power as we build on a strong foundation. Thank you to all of those who have gone before us.
Mildred D. Fennal, PhD, RN, CNS
19th Supreme Basileus
Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc.