NEW YORK, NY—Tau Delta Phi Fraternity, Inc. has published its reference manual, The
Polaris: The Administrative Guide of the Tau Delta Phi Fraternity, and has made this
publication available for purchase by the general public. This is a first for the Organization in its
over 100 year history. Copies of the book will be available through many distribution channels
within the next week.

The Polaris will be made available to be ordered online at Amazon.com, through any book store
or online book retailer, and will be available for order by libraries and academic institutions. The
Polaris is currently available for order at the Fraternity’s E-Store website:

https://www.createspace.com/3656912

When asked why the fraternity decided to release this reference manual to the general public,
Grand Consul, Michael Reuter responded that, “The Polaris is our most comprehensive manual,
and rather than keep the history and administration of our fraternity private, we wanted members
of other organizations, as well as Non-Fraternity members, to see clearly our values, understand
our history, and learn more about us.”

The Fraternity was able to accomplish this task of public wide-scale distribution through
CreateSpace, a self-publishing company. “We decided to go with CreateSpace for this
publication because of the freedom they gave us as the author of the material. We also felt they
were the best avenue for wide-scale distribution. We noticed that our Administrative Guide,
which was deemed esoteric at the times of its publication in 1933 and again in 1952, were still
placed by our Fraternity’s founders in the Library of Congress despite only private distribution to
our membership. So, with a non-esoteric manual like our Polaris we intended to go a step further,
and CreateSpace allowed us to do that” said Past Grand Consul, Shawn Dowiak. He added,
“Today more than ever, the fraternity world is taking the stance of a less esoteric rendering of its
history and values, and we intend to follow suit making our values and history known to anyone
who wants to learn about them.”

Finally, when asked if the Fraternity would be releasing anything else through createspace?
Grand Historian, David Porter replied enthusiastically, “Now that we have published our written
history, values, and administrative functioning, Tau Delta Phi will be taking a more creative
stance for our next release.”

Indeed they will! This December, in time for the Holiday Season, Tau Delta Phi will be
releasing The Songbook of Tau Delta Phi using CreateSpace. The book is expected to come
packaged with a CD and/or MP3 recording of all the songs of the Fraternity, sung by a choir of
Tau Delt Fraternity members.

“At that point,” quipped Porter, “our values won’t just speak, they will sing!”

Contact: Shawn Dowiak
Telephone: 877-828-3358
Email: sdowiak@taudelt.net
Website: http://www.taudelt.net