Beta Sigma Phi Cyber Council

Sharing Reports - Jan/Feb - 2013

On Line Beta

Online Beta continues to meet 2nd Sunday of each month. Last month we had an Ornament exchange and it was a hit. We shared who had our name and a picture of the ornament.

We have a program and social committee and we continue to have these each month. We had a Birthday party celebrating 15 years of being an Online chapter. Happy Birthday to us, Online Beta.

Plans are being made to attend Georgia's convention in September on Jekyll Island. We usually arrive couple days ahead of time and outings are planned where we get together as a group before convention.

Respectfully,

Madonna
Rep for Online Beta

On Line Xi

Online Xi has a social every month. In November, we attended a Thanksgiving celebration in Plymouth, Massachusetts. In December, we visited Disneyland in California and had fun experiencing their Christmas festivities.

We had two interesting programs since CC last met. Dana V gave a program on motorcycles/motorcycle safety in November, and Christina H explained how we can make our own homemade sodas in December.

Krissie E. received her Exemplar rank in November.

Congratulations go out to Christina H., who received her educator license and will be teaching 5th and 6th grade Special Ed.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Tina and Jaime. Jaime lost his parents in a fire before the holidays.

You are among friends,

Krissie E.
Cyber Council Rep for Online Xi

On Line Theta


Our big news is the one of our original members - Marti was the second sister to join OLT - is now a published author! The Calico Heart is available for Kindle and Nook downloads. It is now on my Nook. And as soon as I finish the thriller that I am reading now, I will start the Calico Heart. Some information is listed below. Needless to say, we are very proud and very much in awe of Marti. She has worked so long and hard and is now PUBLISHED!!!

The Calico Heart

(https://dwtr67e3ikfml.cloudfront.net/bookCovers/1ece3340f590e749fd0b3917351048a354cf37af) By _Patricia Kiyono_

(https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/patriciakiyono) Published by _Astraea Press_

(https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/astraeapress) $2.99 Rating: Not yet rated.

Published: Jan. 10, 2013
Words: 48,828 (approximate)
Language: English

ISBN: 9781621351184

Short description by Patricia Kiyono & Stepanie Michels (Marti) On the surface, Sylvia Miller has a perfect life. But while Sylvia loves her husband, she wants to see more of the world than their peaceful town. With their youngest child grown and gone, she's ready for adventure. When Dave refuses, wanting to save the money, Sylvia decides to go alone. But it’s a decision that could cost them much more than money.

Extended description
by Patricia Kiyono & Stepanie Michels

On the surface, Sylvia Miller has a perfect life. She’s married to her college sweetheart, has three great kids, a rewarding career, and wonderful friends. But beneath the appearances, Sylvia is restless. She loves her husband, but wants to see more of the world than their peaceful Michigan town. For years, she’s dreamed of the interesting places she wants to visit. Now, their youngest child is grown, and Sylvia is ready for adventure.

Left a penniless orphan, David Miller promised himself his family would never know the same humiliation. For twenty-six years, he and Sylvia have lived frugally, saving for the future. Now, Dave is on the brink of a promotion that will ensure their financial security, but Sylvia wants him to retire and travel with her.

When Dave refuses, Sylvia decides to go alone. But it’s a decision that could cost them much more than money.

Tags _travel_ (https://www.smashwords.com/books/tags/travel) , _michigan_
(https://www.smashwords.com/books/tags/michigan) , _clean romance_
(https://www.smashwords.com/books/tags/clean_romance) , _quilting_
(https://www.smashwords.com/books/tags/quilting) , _sweet romance_
(https://www.smashwords.com/books/tags/sweet_romance) , _clean read_
(https://www.smashwords.com/books/tags/clean_read) , _mackinac island_
(https://www.smashwords.com/books/tags/mackinac_island)

Now for our other happenings: We had a visitor at our December meeting who has indicated that she wishes to join OLT. We are thrilled that she wanted to be one of us.

We changed our special sister guidelines to include only birthday, Christmas and Chapter birthday for gifts. We deleted anniversaries and special days. Our chapter birthday gift is a dollar gift that we decided should probably be a book mark as postage would put the gift at way over a dollar!

We continue with our clicks at the breast cancer site and click on all 8. A chapter tradition since our inception in 1999. We also continue with our monthly book review. Another long held OLT tradition. We are avid readers.

Two of our members received their Laureate ritual last week. Amazing that through the beauty of the internet, we could have one sister in Canada and another in North Carolina receive their rituals at the same time.

You are among friends,
Respectfully submitted,
Arlene, OLT cyber rep

On Line Kappa

Online kappa has contined to meet monthly. We learned about some Christmas traditions for our programs and had a lovely 'cookie exchange'. Our chapter continues to share our good times such as family traditions for the holidays and travels, and the sad/tough times like illness and surgeries of members, former members and family members. We support each other via email, phone calls and even visits!

Respectfully submitted,

Mary
OLK cyber council rep

On Line Omicron

Online Omicron voted on and will be ordering our sorority shirts. Additionally, we will be electing new officers in March. Nothing else to report.

Nothing else new to report.

On Line Psi

The Sisters of On Line Psi wish you a Happy Healthy New Year. Some of our members have been dealing with medical challenges and family issues. We hope the new year will bring positive changes for all of us.

There is, however, some good news to report. Kathy and Marcia enjoyed participating in Cyber Council's "You're among friends - Getting to Know You Project." Some of our chapter members participated in the BSP Holiday Exchange. Since our last Cyber Council meeting, Cheryl has welcomed a new grandson to her family.

MEMBERSHIP: Lib, from Arizona Laureate Sigma, visited our December meeting and has decided to join us. Needless to say, we are thrilled to welcome a new member to OLP.

SERVICE: We continue to click the Breast Cancer Site, the Animal Rescue Site and additional sites at the top of the web page:http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=2

PROGRAMS: In November Janice presented a Program Study on Friendship Among Women and how the hormone oxytocin helps to reduce stress in women.

SOCIAL: Kathy hosted the December social. She invited us to her home for an Online Cookie Exchange. When we arrived, Kathy had a warm fire in the fireplace and SNICKERDOODLES baking in the oven! We shared cookies and helped ourselves to hot tea, coffee and egg nog. In the spirit of the holidays, we had a good chat and shared Christmas stories. Our December social was a hit!

BOOK CLUB: In November Karen led a discussion on "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard - the story of Lincoln's last days on earth. Our December book was "A cup of Christmas Tea" by Tom Hegg. Both books are very compelling.

RECIPES: In keeping with the holiday season, Kathy posted the following delicious recipes: Cran-Raspberry pie, Walnut- Cranberry Coffee Cake and Raspberry-Pink Peppercorn Meringues. Feel free to email me if any of you would like a copy of these recipes.

Respectfully submitted,

Rose , On Line Psi

On Line Delta

ONLINE DELTA SHARING REPORT written by Val J covering Nov/Dec 2012

Our horizons are broadened somewhat when we read books we never would have dreamt of taking home from the local library. In November we discussed the "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins and in December we discussed “The Dressmaker of Khair Khana” by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Bobbi & I have both participated in Cyber Council's "You're Among Friends – Getting to Know You Project" and have each enjoyed getting to know a little more about two different members of Cyber Council which has been fun. BSP has such a rich powerhouse of talented and interesting women as its members. It has been fun to put together a thumbnail picture of the person behind the name in Cyber Council. Round 3 begins this week and we both look forward to communicating with our third partner.

We have welcomed a new member since the last council meeting and Heather has already contributed to the richness of chapter communications.

Temperatures experienced by our members in the Northern and Southern hemisphere have ranged between -40 and +40 Fahrenheit and summer fires are causing dreadful destruction in Australia. The Laureate Ritual was held for Ellen. Congratulations Ellen. It is a lovely ritual and Ellen richly deserved the honour of Laureate conferred on her during our December meeting. We all joined Ellen after her Ritual and brought “goodies” to share on line (some with recipes) during our monthly Koffee Klatch presented by Brenda Navin.

It was interesting to have shared trips down memory lane with members sharing stories and photos as our Social took us "Touring of BSP Conventions, both in the US and Australia". Members then participated in the Social by adding information and photos of conventions they had attended over the years.

Our November Program had us sharing how we each celebrate Thanksgiving or the equivalent of this United States holiday. Members of our chapter are intrepid travellers and we have shared in some of the magic moments of our tripping about far and wide. Many travel in their motor homes for long periods of time.

We have also had our fair share of members and family members dealing with difficult medical issues and I am pleased to say there seems to have been positive progress for quite a few folks.

The holidays have kept everyone very busy, so to liven up the communication online, we have once again played the game --- “5 Reasons I am Happy”.

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