March Division Council Meeting

General comments: At the April DCM we’ll be looking for a new LTG for the division. Susie will assist anyone elected. Delegates for International Convention must be registered by April 30th in order to vote on important issues. Don’t forget the PNW Auction which ends on April 3rd . Find out more about it on the District Website at: https://k22.site.kiwanis.org/online-auction/. The Ross Island Early Risers are doing their annual wine raffle on April 21st - $5 per ticket. Contact Bob Munger at: robtmunger@gmail.com/

Speaker: Governor-elect from Louisiana, Mississippi. West Tennessee District - Rogena Wood-Mitchell. She was very inspiring and here are some points she made regarding strong clubs… It is important to understand your club & community. You need club diversity. You may need to change your meeting structure to make that happen. Don’t forget to ask your seasoned, (aging), members what would they like to offer the club. Ask…. Find out what they can do…. Embrace whatever change is needed… Figure out your sweet spot for potential membership growth. It is probably people about 10 years younger than your average membership age. This is because they are most like you. We need well-balanced clubs that are somewhat equal in strength for: Membership; Finances and Service. She recommended identifying a Signature Project, supporting Kiwanis One Day and emphasizing SLPs. In support of her comment about understanding your club & community - John Flaherty added that he will help any club do an Annual Evaluation.

Speaker: Pacific Northwest Key Club Governor Kyle Hanson. He is a Junior at Beaverton H.S. Cedar Hills is his sponsoring Kiwanis Club. His presentation was incredibly informative. He shared this year’s District Goals which were: providing member centric opportunities; increasing rural club engagements; filling vacant LTG positions and increasing membership. This is what was done for each: chat webinars were developed; more hybrid meetings and events were encouraged; LTG vacancies were reduced dramatically with a strong campaign to fill positions and membership increased by 10%, (1000+ more members). The District Project was “Help End Hunger” . He chose it because it is a local initiative, providing opportunities for members to participate in a variety of ways. Their goal for this year was to provide 100,000 meals. In February, they were already at 110,000 meals with 2 months to go! District Convention had 300 in-person attendees last year and it will have 1,100 this year! The best way to familiarize yourself with the PNW Key Club program is to visit their website at: https://pnwkeyclub.org/ or to join PNW Instagram. You can also subscribe to their Bi-Weekly Email Update at: https://pnwkeyclub.org/biweekly-email-update. Kyle shared that he plans to continue his Key Club leadership efforts by campaigning at this summer’s International Convention for the position of International President. We wish him the best of luck!