Newsletter Spring 2014 Volume 1. Issue 1. Hello everyone, This is Simi, your Metro division lieutenant governor. I hope everyone of you had a happy holidays and are having a great start to the new year so far. In this newsletter, you will find a recap of the fall semester, updates for the spring semester and some upcoming events. I have also included the contact information of all the presidents and vice presidents in our division. So if you have an idea for an awesome interclub with any of the clubs, do not hesitate to contact them or me. I look forward to seeing everyone of you soon!
Fall Semester Recap During the district board meeting in April 2013, we set some pretty high goals because we knew we had a great district which could achieve them. We set a service hours goal of 4000 hours, district membership goal of 360 members, K-family hours goal of 300, 65 FMR and 80 DCON attendees, reactive/charter 4 clubs and raise $1,300 for the Eliminate project. So far, we have done an amazing job in achieving all our goals! We have completed 2,482 service hours (71%), reached a total membership of 200 members (56%), completed 833 K-family hours (278%), reactivated a club (1%) and had 42 attendees at FMR (65%). As your lieutenant governor, I will like to thank you all for playing your parts in making these achievements possible. The Metro division has been particularly essential to the success of the district due to our combined and individual club efforts. So far, all the clubs in our division have paid district and international dues. On an individual club level, Georgia Tech has completed over 1000 service hours, Atlanta University Center (AUC) is the only reactivated club and University of West Georgia, Georgia Tech, Georgia State and AUC have attended at least one of the district events and interclub events that happened last semester.
Due to all of your hard work, the Fall semester has been a great success and I implore to keep this up in the new semester. Although it has been a great semester in most respects, we have way to go in accomplishing some of our goals such as raising $1,300 towards the Eliminate Project and achieving a membership of 360 members. Based on the progress that we have made last semester, I am a 100% sure that we can meet these goals for the new semester! So, club officers, take a little time to reflect on what went well last semester and what didn’t go as well. This will help you to make the necessary adjustments that will lead to an even more successful spring semester. And club members, you are the most important piece in making this division and district as successful as it is and I look forward to seeing the results of your hard work next semester.
Looking into the Spring... This semester has a lot of promise for us as a district to accomplish some of our really big goals. For the begin of the semester, I encourage all of you to focus on recruitment and advertising CKI on your campus. Also, you have all done a great job raising awareness for the Eliminate project on your campus, so I hope you will continue to do that this semester. As an incentive our Georgia District Governor Brittany Horton has promised to host a pizza party for the club that raises the most money for Eliminate. Finally, District Convention is about two months away so if you are interested in running for a district office or applying for a scholarship, it is time to start preparing your documents. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me and I will my best to answer your questions!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Martin Luther King Day Service project
When: January 20th, 2014, 9am to 5pm Where: The Butler Street Community Development Corporation What: To celebrate MLK day, we will be partnering with the 40-40 project to perform a service project! This event is an interclub of the Metro Division clubs so I look forward to seeing you all there.
Georgia District Convention When: February 21st—23rd, 2014, Where: Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center, Peachtree City, GA What: This is GACKI’s end of the year celebration! Awards will be given to various clubs and members; the awards packet can be found on the district website. Also, we will be electing the new district board. If you are interested in serving on the district level, contact me for more information!
Spring Social Service Tour When: March 28th—29th, 2014 Where: Young Harris, Georgia What: SST is a district event where all the GACKI clubs come together to perform a large scale service project and fellowship together.
District Officer Training Conference
Club Officer Leadership Training
When: TBD
When: TBD
Where: TBD
Where: TBD
What: This is the training conference for the in-
What: This is leadership for the incoming club offic-
coming district board. More info to come at DCON.
ers and committee chairs. More info to come.
Metro Division Lieutenant Governor Simisola O. Oludare Georgia Tech soludare92@gatech.edu 478-731-1092 Facebook: facebook.com/groups/gackimetrodivison
President Stephanie Zhang szhang9286@gatech.edu 516-996-9286 Website: http://gtcirclek.weebly.com/
Vice President Christine Farsi cfarsi3@gatech.edu 404-790-4408 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ groups/gtcirclek/
President Julian Taylor jtaylor126@student.gsu.edu 404-895-7038 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ pages/Circle-K-GSU/492563990761890? ref=br_tf
Vice President Russ Puckett and Katherine Savitz rpuckett4@student.gsu.edu, 770-778-8124 ksavitz1@student.gsu.edu, 678-617-7272
President Katie Chambers kchambe3@my.westga.edu 404-966-8783 Website: http://uwgcki.weebly.com/
Vice President Drew Kelley ckelly@my.westga.edu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ groups/28327234319/
President Wiletha Brown brown_wiletha@columbusstate.edu 985-974-3392
Secretary Charissee McKee mckee_charissee@columbusstate.edu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ CsuCircleKInternational
President Brittany Pruitt bpruitt1@scmail.spelman.edu 404-661-8264
Vice President Tanesha Slocumb taneshalslocumb@gmail.com 678-860-0251 Facebook: https:// www.facebook.com/ groups/128851893860786/