Achievement Award p.52 of Manual of Procedure

Credit is given based on completing the following eight items.

1. 12% is earned for net gain in membership of Chapter.

             Old members + New members - lost by death - transfers = Net gain

2. 12% if chapter sponsors a CRT chapter.

3. 12% for mailing Annual and Awards Reports to proper persons on time.

4. 12% if chapter members give talks, programs, demonstrations to a school or organization (other than DRT) on Texas and its people prior to 1900.

5. 12% for gifts (money, artifacts, relics, etc.) to DRT/CRT (Alamo, DRT Library, Museum, Cradle, French Legation Museum or CRT Scholarship Fund).

6. 10% for donating Texas Flag (or Six Flags of Texas or Texas Flag Pledge cards available at DRT Business Office) to school, library, etc.

7. 12% for giving historical map of early Texas, map set or copy of Texas Declaration of Independence to a school.

8. 16% for observance of Texas Honor Days at rate of 1.6% for each of the ten days honored. (listed on pg 6 of this book or pg 4-7 of Manual of Procedure)

( ) 1^{st place, 100% ( ) 2nd place, 85-99% ( ) 3rd place, 75-84%}

Attendance Award ^{p. 53 of Manual of Procedure}

Definitions: Resident Member: A member whose mail address is in town where chapter is located: 

Instructions: Credit is given based on completing the following five items.

^{1. 20% for at least 20% average attendance of resident and/or active nonresident members during year with at least five chapter meetings:}

Resident members total: __________*

^{Nonresident active members total: __________}

Total active (dues paying) members at the end of year: __________**

Average attendance at chapter meetings (must be 20% of *): _________

Number of meetings chapter has yearly (must be at least 5 meetings): _________

 

2. 2^{0% if Chapter President/alternate attends District Meeting:}

^{Chapter President/alternate (name) _____________________}

^{Attended District Meeting held at (city) _________________________}

^{on the ____________ day of __________________, 200__.}

 

3. 2^{0% if District Meeting is attended by 20% of total resident active members.}

^{Number of members attending a District Meeting ______ *Percentage of *) _______}

 

4. ^{20% if Chapter President/alternate attends Convention:}

^{Chapter President/alternate is attending the Convention: Yes__ ;No__.}

^{If yes, name: ______________________________}

 

5. ^{20% if 10% or more of total membership attends Convention. Convention attendance information must be submitted to Awards Committee by 2 pm of first full day of Convention.}

^{Number attending: ___ *Percentage of __% of Total Active members** (at least 10%)}

( ) 1st place, 100% ( ) 2nd place, 8^{0-99% ( ) 3rd place, 60-79%}

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DRT Chapter Volunteer Hours Annual Report

p. 54 of Manual of Procedure (postmark on or before May 1^{st )}

^{Number of Members Included in This Report: _________}

^{Total Volunteer Hours Reported: ________}

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Membership Award

^{p. 54 of Manual of Procedure (postmark on or before May 1st)}

^{This award shall be presented to each DRT chapter that collected dues for the entire chapter and had its final membership package in the hands of the Treasurer General by October 15. (Dues may be submitted with more than one remittance form but all dues must be received by the Treasurer General by October 15).}

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President General’s Project Award p. 54 of Manual of Procedure

^{To achieve a rating of 100% participation for this award, chapter must contribute at least one dollar per member.}

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Texas History Award ^{p. 52 of Manual of Procedure}

^{1. A chapter member must have written a book or article in published or unpublished manuscript form during the year chapter is claiming the award (since the last Convention). It must cover subjects in Texas history prior to 1900. Give full particulars about the publication.}

^{2. The Texas History Teacher and Essay Contest are under the guidance and direction of the fifth Vice President General who selects theme for essays each year. Chapters of encouraged to sponsor all three contests (Outstanding 7th Grade Texas History Teacher Contest, Outstanding 7th Grade Texas History Student Essay Contest; Outstanding 4th Grade Texas History Student Essay Contest); however, sponsoring only one contest will satisfy the requirement for this project.}

^{3. Marking of a grave by chapter or a chapter member with CRT or DRT memorial medallion will qualify chapter for this award. Grave could be that of DRT or CRT member, citizen, defender, or veteran.}

^{4. The Chapter gave a book on some aspect of pre-1900 Texas history to a school or library.}

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Chapter Treasurer’s Calendar p. 69 of Manual of Procedure

^{June 1 Begin to collect dues}

^{September 1 Send dues notices to all chapter members}

^{September 1 Send dues report to Treasurer General}

^{October 1 Send second dues report to Treasurer General}

^{October 15 Membership Award qualification due date}

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Chapter Historian p. 77 of Manual of Procedure

^{The Chapter Historian shall document the chapter’s activities in history. If you do an activity for the chapter please take pictures and keep any printed material about the activity and the make a yearbook page (8.5 x 11) front and back, note names of people in the pictures, dates and the activity. Since the group doing the activity can best describe what went on, this will make for a better scrapbook and its fun too. Turn them in at the month meetings and the Historian can put them in the scrapbook}

^{Record Volunteer Hours for Monthly Report 2001~2002}

Date	Hours	Activity	Mileage	Location
June
July
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Record Volunteer Hours for Monthly Report 2002~2003

Date	Hours	Activity	Mileage	Location
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