if (mtDropDown.isSupported()) {
			
			var ms = new mtDropDownSet(mtDropDown.direction.down, 0, 0, mtDropDown.reference.bottomLeft);
			var d = new Date()
			
		//==================================================================================================
		// create a dropdown menu
		//==================================================================================================
		// the first parameter should be the HTML element which will act actuator for the menu
		//==================================================================================================
		
		var chap = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("chap"));		
		chap.addItem("Member Directory", "/members.asp");
		chap.addItem("Board of Directors", "/directors.asp");
		chap.addItem("Scholarships", "/scholarship.asp");		
		chap.addItem("Chapter Bylaws", "/bylaws.asp");
		chap.addItem("President's Letter", "/pres_letter.asp");
		
	  var events = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("events"));
		events.addItem("Current Events", "/events.asp");
		events.addItem("Calendar", "/calendar.asp?Filter=current#"+ (d.getMonth()+1));
		events.addItem("Past Events", "/calendar.asp?Filter=past&My_Year="+(d.getFullYear())+"#0");
		events.addItem("RSVP for Event", "/event-rsvp.asp");
		
		var mbr = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("mbr"));

		mbr.addItem("Benefits", "/membership.asp");
		mbr.addItem("FAQs", "/faq.asp");
		mbr.addItem("Join", "/join-hftp.asp");
		
		//==================================================================================================
		// write drop downs into page
		//==================================================================================================
		// this method writes all the HTML for the menus into the page with document.write(). It must be
		// called within the body of the HTML page.
		//==================================================================================================
		mtDropDown.renderAll();
	}