July 10-11 Regional Officer Training, Aurora, NY

July 11-12 Summer Planning Meeting and Mock Chapter Wells College, Aurora, NY

September 15 Fall EXCELSIOR news items due

Sept. 19-21 Advisor Retreat, Friar Tuck Resort, Spa and Convention Center, Catskill, NY

Sept. 30 5-start update

October (TBD)Leadership Conference

November 7-9 Honors Institute-hosed by Xi Kappa, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY

Nov. 30 5-star update

December 8 Winter EXCELSIOR news items due

Dec. 31 Proposed amandments to NY bylaws due to Regional Coordinator

January 9-10(tentative) Regioanl Officer Convention planning meeting

February 1 Final 5-star update from due; Hallmark Ward Entry Deadline

Feb. 2 Spring EXCELSIOR news items due

March 6-8(tentative) Regional Convention, hosted by Alpha Theta Iota, Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY

The meeing was opened byadvisor, Carrie Schoonmaker.  We discussed upcoming events, primarily for the next academic year.  Included were NY Regional Convention in Rochester, NY, Mock Chapter at Wells College, International Convention in Texas, and Honors Institute at Kingsborough CC in Brooklyn.

A tentative schedule of events will be available at future meetings and online.

The new Honors Topic for Phi Theta Kappa is "Paradox of Affluence: Choices, Challenges, and Consequences," and the Service Program remains "Operation Green."

We discussed the Hallmarks: service, leadership, fellowship and scholarship.  We also went over what can be done to achieve thesee hallmarks, as well as to record them.

Carrie will provide a list of the current members of PTK so that members can remain informed.  We, as members of PTK, are trying to boost attendance at meetings, so if it is possible to attend meetings, feel free to stop by G111 at 2:30 every thursday, or ask an officer about it.

Also, Frank is stepping down as advisor next semester, therefore Carrie will be the sole advisor.

We discussed the importance of funsraising in PTK, and what the funds are used for.

In attendance: Marjore Gabriel, Cod5y Siciliano, Thomas Olton, Carrie Schoonmaker, and Richard Postell.

The spring induction ceremony on friday April 11, 2008 went fairly well.  The new inductees were sworn in and should now be welcomed into Phi Theta Kappa.

The new officer team for the 2008-2009 academic year are:

President-Thomas Olton

Vice President-Theresa Dejesus

Secretary-Marjorie Gabriel

Historian-Cod5y Siciliano