10 Things Every Member Should Know
How long does a membership in DSP last?
A lifetime!
What is the abbreviation for Delta Sigma Pi? (not DSP)
Deltasig
Define fees.
Money charged to pledges or money charged for a service.
- Initiation fees, badge lease fees, regalia fees, late payment fees.
Define pledge.
A business/economics student or faculty who pledged to Delta Sigma Pi during a Pledging Ceremony, but is not yet an initiated member.
How do you do the fraternity grip?
Dropping the pinky, interlocking them, and doing 3 quick shakes.
How often do collegiate members pay dues?
Twice per year.
- National dues are payable within the first 30 days of each fall and spring semester, most chapters also have local dues
Membership in alumni chapters after college is _______, but encouraged.
Optional.
Define dues.
- pledges do not pay dues.
Define initiation.
The Delta Sigma Pi Ritual following the pledge education process when pledges take the oath of allegiance to the Fraternity.
What is the next part of the oath?
I do hereby faithfully pledge myself...
to conscientiously fulfill all the duties and obligations imposed upon me by the International Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi.
Every collegiate chapter is expected to recruit, pledge, and conduct initiation at least twice per year. Each initiation should include a minimum of ____ new student members.
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What is our printed and online publication called?
The Deltasig Magazine.
Define recruiting.
The process used by Delta Sigma Pi to promote membership and invite business and economics students to scheduled meetings and activities so they may be considered for an invitation to membership.
Define collegiate brother and alumni brother.
Collegiate brother: an initiated member of Delta Sigma Pi who is enrolled in school and working towards a degree in business or economics.
Alumni brother: an initiated member of Delta Sigma Pi who has graduated or withdrawn from school and is no longer in the collegiate chapter.
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Delta Sigma Pi is a professional fraternity organized to foster the study of ______ in universities; to encourage _______, social activity and the association of students for their mutual advancement by research and practice; to promote closer affiliation between the commercial world and students of _______, and to further a higher standard of commercial ethics and culture and the civic and commercial welfare of the community.
business, scholarship, commerce
The Delta Sigma Pi Individual Code of Conduct and Risk Management Policies apply to every member without regard to _____.
Status.
Every collegiate and alumni chapter in good standing is entitled to one vote at _____ _____ meetings and the biennial _____ _____ ______.
Provincial Council and Grand Chapter Congress.
- each chapter is expected to always have a delegate to each of these meetings.
Define pledge ceremony.
The Delta Sigma Pi Ritual meeting preceding the pledge education period where invited students or faculty are presented with a pledge pin.
Define executive committee.
A standing committee of chapter officers (not an executive board)
List three obligations of membership
1. attend chapter meetings regularly
2. act diligently when elected to office
3. seek out and bring candidates to events that you feel are qualified for membership
4. to assist in the undertakings of the fraternity
5. to pay regularly and promptly all financial obligations
6. to remain actively supportive of the fraternity during your lifetime
7. to strive earnestly to conduct yourself according to the highest standards of business ethics and integrity
When is inactive status permitted?
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.
Member and business charitable donations are only tax-deductible if made to the ______ ______?
Leadership Foundation.
Define neophyte.
A term used only during Ritual.
Define badge and pin.
Badge: Symbolic jewelry worn near the heart of members. (member or Fraternity badge)
Pin: Symbolic jewelry worn on the lapel or near the heart by pledges. (pledge pin)
What are the secret code words of salutation?
***** ****** and brother *********