What’s New in Division 2 The Official Newsletter of Division 2 of the New Jersey District of Key Club International Volume 1, Issue 3 | July 2014 Dianna Torres
Absegami | ACIT | EHT | Pleasantville | Cedar Creek
ICON Recap
Table of Contents Page 3: Letter from your LTG Page 4-13: Everything about ICON Page 14: KCI New Bylaw Amendments Page 15: Art Contest Page 16-17: Follow us on Instagram Page 18: Our Advocacy Focus What’s New in Division 2 | April 2014 | Volume 1, Issue 1 | Page 2 Page 19: Save the Date Page 20: Contact Us! Quick Information: Club Monthly Report Forms: Due the 8th of every month to Zone Administrator, LTG, District Secretary & Kiwanis Advisors
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What is ICON? Key Club’s International Convention (ICON) is a gathering of over 1500 Key Clubbers from all over the U.S. and the world as they celebrate a year of service, attend informational workshops, and elect the new International Board! This year ICON was held in Anaheim, California. Some of the foreign districts represented at this years ICON in Anaheim, California include: -Aruba -Caribbean -Bermuda - Thailand -Jamaica So, why should anyone attend ICON? At ICON, you can meet hundreds of Key Clubbers from all over the world and get to know them. You can learn about their Key Clubs and projects, and gain new service project ideas, along with new friends. Along with making new friends, you can continue to grow your friendships with the Key Clubbers within your districts, and make those friendships life-long. Then with your new friends, and your district family, you can attend two different dances, and have tons of fun! Next year, ICON is being held in Indianapolis, Indiana where Key Club , Circle K, and Kiwanis will all come together to celebrate Kiwanis Internationals 100th year birthday! What’s New in Division 2 | July 2014 | Volume 1, Issue 3 | Page 4
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What went down…In a nutshell. By: Thomas Michael
The Key Club International Convention was a time well spent on making new friends, exploring new locations, and learning new lessons. For the New Jersey District, our journey to California started at the airport, and then with a five and a half hour flight later we landed in what most people would call paradise. We were lucky enough to fly out of New Jersey a few days before International Convention to take time to explore California and everything it had to offer, and also bond as a district. We had the opportunity to start off our International Convention with a gigantic meet and greet where we were able to trade pins and meet a substantial amount of people from around the world. Throughout the convention, we were able to intermingle with many different people from many different cultures from our own. During the convention, we were representing our state and our
of representing one of our own members Nicole Lema, who was running for International Trustee. We had the grand opportunity for more in depth workshops in which we could learn more about our duties as Key Clubbers and what we are accomplishing. International Convention is the place where the new Key Club International Board is elected and where major international bylaws and amendments are debated. We had the opportunity to listen to all of the candidates for the International Board during their caucusing speeches. The lucky few people from each school had the opportunity of representing their school during the House of Delegates sessions while we debated and some might say out right battled for changes within our bylaws. We also were the lucky few who were able to vote on who would fill the role of our next International Board. On our last day at ICON we attended the closing ceremony where we rejoiced to hear that our very own Nicole Lema would in fact be representing us next year as our International Trustee. During ICON bigger districts such as CaliNevHa could always be heard chanting and cheering on about their district, but when the New Jersey District heard that Nicole had won and was trustee, we were louder than ever chanting “NJ All Day”. We eventually settled down after our hands were hurting from clapping so hard, so we were able to finish the closing ceremony. ICON this year was a time that we will all cherish forever and never forget.
The trip we took. This year, the New Jersey District took off to begin their adventure on June 30th.
They hopped off the plane at LAX, with their dreams…and their Key Club pins, anxiously awaiting for the wonderful week to come. The NJ district was lucky enough to arrive in California two days before the convention, so what did they do? They took over CA. Well, kinda...the first day, they explored California Adventure land, and learned all about how Disney became Disney, and even got the chance to learn how to draw some well known Disney characters! Then the second day, the NJ District was able to get a close up look of LA with their own private tour. They checked out all the fascinating and historic landmarks of LA and Hollywood and shopped at the areas most exciting shops! Can’t believe it? Take a look… What’s New in Division 2 | July 2014 | Volume 1, Issue 3 | Page 7
NJ takes CA
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Then, later on the second day… There was… Meet and Greet. This night was one is which you can listen to some good music and meet Key Clubbers from all over! The Key Clubbers in which you would get to know and spend the rest of ICON with. A popular activity that was done at Meet and Greet was pin trading, Key Clubbers had the chance to collect pins from other districts! This helped them meet new people, and remember them too, with a fun new pin! Along with this, it was also the night where you could see our wonderful District Governor, Sam Levisay, as our mascot, a tomato (see background photo)! “Key Club ICON had me like a giant tomato.” – Governor Sam Levisay
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ICON July 3rd - 5th At ICON, the New Jersey District attended convention workshops, general sessions, House of Delegates, and an Eliminate Luncheon. They took part of the caucusing process, and helped elect a new Key Club International Board along with taking part in debating some important bylaw amendments. Along with that, Key Clubbers had the privilege to listen to a few inspiring leaders and people, and hear their stories. These people included Chris Bashinelli and Louise Ashby.
Something I learned and definitely found to be true‌
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ICON started with a
#Selifie.
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And after some serious caucusing,
ICON ended with the election of a brand new International Board! One of who, is New Jerseys very own, Nicole Lema!
She is now the International Trustee for the Alabama, Michigan, and Kansas Districts! Please note, that the International Trustees did not know what their Districts were to be until their first meeting, which was not at ICON.
And KCI’s New International President and Vice President are…
And New Jerseys assigned International Trustee is…
Barry Seng from the Pennsylvania District!
KCI New Bylaw Amendments This year at ICON’s House of Delegates, hundreds of Key Club delegates from all over, debated on amended bylaws. These are the ones that passed. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------In order to form a new district, the proposed area must include at least 15 active Key Clubs and at least 150 active Key Club members. -----------------------------------Any person, not in high school or an educational equivalent, who has performed some distinguished public service may be elected an honorary member of a club for a period of one year. Honorary members shall pay no dues and shall not be entitled to any privilege of a Key Club member. -----------------------------------Fifty cents of the dues of each member shall not be deposited into the Youth Opportunities Fund to create an endowment to fund grants to clubs and scholarships, instead it will go towards KCI deficit. -----------------------------------The new Key Club dues are $7.00 – that’s a 50 cent increase. -----------------------------------The membership of individual Key Clubs shall consist of students from the Membership should cover one's tenure in high school as stipulated by their education system. These members should be interested in service and qualified scholastically by school district requirements for extracurricular activities and of good character. No potential member will be denied the chance of membership in Key Club due to previous service experience or lack thereof. What’s New in Division 2 | July 2014 | Volume 1, Issue 3 | Page 14
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ICON!
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Important dates & Projects August 3rd, 2014
Divisional Council Meeting: I will be holding our second DCM at Starbucks, in Mays Landing, from 5:006:00. At least one officer from each school must attend.
September 14th , 2014
South RTC’s This year, the fall RTC’s will be held in Division 2’s very own, Egg Harbor Twp. High School. Save the date, because it is very important that every officer attends an RTC. More information to come.
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Contact Us! Sam Levisay District Governor Cell: (908)-319-9990 NJGovernorLevisay@gmail.com
Patrick Quinn District Editor Cell: (908)-635-9075 njeditorpatquinn@gmail.com
Srikar Gudipati District Webmaster Cell: (732)-421-6309 njwebmastersrikar@gmail.com
Jackie Dragon District Secretary Cell: (551)-795-6311 njdsecretarydragon@gmail.com
Daniel McCormack District Treasurer Cell: (732) 757-8551 njtreasurermccormack@gmail.com
Dianna Torres LTG of Division 2 (609)-774-5562 Dianna.ltg2@gmail.com