10 THINGS EVERY MEMBER SHOULD KNOW

Provided by the Central Office

1.   Membership is for a lifetime.

o        There is no renewal process or life member fee.

o        No one quits unless removed by disciplinary action or withdraws (with Board of Directors approval) due to permanent conflict of belief or interest.

o        Never say, "I was a member." Correct those who do.

2.   Student members pay national dues every full semester or quarter term except summer without regard to ___number of credit hours or level of participation. National dues are payable within the first 30 days of each ___term. Most chapters also have local dues.

3.   The only inactive status permitted is for reasons and effects of extenuating circumstances such as natural   ___disaster, death in family, development of long-term illness or other unexpected and unpredictable changes in ___work and family matters. Approved inactive status is good for one semester or quarter term per application.

4.   Membership in alumni chapters after college is optional, but encouraged. There are no national alumni dues, but some chapters have annual local dues.

5.   The abbreviation for Delta Sigma Pi is Deltasig. (Remember: one word, no spaces, lower case 's').

6.   Every student member receives The DELTASIG magazine. After graduation, an annual donation to the Delta Sigma Pi Leadership Foundation maintains an annual subscription.

7.   The Delta Sigma Pi Risk Management Policy applies to every member without regard to status as a pledge, collegiate member, alumni member, faculty, national officer, or staff.

8.   Every collegiate and alumni chapter in good standing is entitled to one vote at Provincial Council meetings and the biennial Grand Chapter Congress. Each chapter is expected to always have a delegate at each of these meetings.

9.   Every collegiate chapter is expected to recruit, pledge, and conduct initiation at least twice per year. Each initiation should include a minimum of six new student members.

10. Member and business charitable donations are only tax-deductible if made to the Leadership Foundation; not to chapters or the general Fraternity. Delta Sigma Pi is an IRS 501(c)7 organization and operates on the fiscal year July 1-June 30. The DSP Leadership Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization.