KEY CLUB
THE OLYMPIAN Lieutenant Governor James Florakis
Division 12
New York District Key Club January
Issue 7
Greetings from your Lieutenant Governor! By Lt. Governor James Florakis
Happy New Year everyone! Hope you all had a great winter break and are finishing the semester strongly! Good luck on any midterms and/or Regents Exams
Contents A Message from the Governor
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Articles from the Exec District Board
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Committee Articles
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Election Rules
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Club Spotlight!
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Paperwork
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Contact Info
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Important Dates! • Divisional/LTG Elections at Ramapo High School - Date TBA
• February Divisional - Date TBA Please Note We will hold two divisional meetings in February since we were unable to hold one in January. Meeting dates will be announced via email shortly.
you may have! Due to the snow, we have not yet held our Divisional/Lieutenant Governor Elections. We will hold them in early February. Since we did not hold any divisional this month, we will also hold a divisional towards the end of February. The dates of the divisionals will be announced shortly. Key Clubber Aisha Aliyu, from New Rochelle High School, and Key Clubber Marcus Mosley, from Woodlands High School, are running in the Lieutenant Governor Elections. Please attend the election divisional to support them, hear their speeches, ask questions, and vote! Please note, only clubs that are in good standing (clubs that have paid dues) can vote and two delegates are allowed per club. For more information, please see page 6 for the list of Election Rules. As mentioned previously, be sure to register for the Leadership Training Conference ASAP! The district and registration sites were down but are back up again. To ensure a spot, I’d say to register your club before mid-February. Register here:
www.conference.nydkc.org With the Leadership Training Conference coming up, the Booklet of Merits and Distinguished Key Clubber (DKC) Application are now uploaded! Please check them out online at: http://www.nydkc.org/ resources-paperwork/cat_view/88leadership-training-conference-2011 The Booklet of Merits contains competitive awards while the DKC Award is a noncompetitive award given to all qualified applicants. I highly encourage you to apply for the DKC Award as well as any other awards you would like to apply to! Hope you enjoy the rest of January and make sure to continue serving your homes, schools, and communities! If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, always feel free to ask me! Hope to see you at the Divisional/Lieutenant Governor Elections!
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Greetings from your Governor! By Governor Nadyli Nuñez
Happy 2011! The year has
ing to education your club writes, it counts for five hours.
started off well for many
For every signature on a letter, it is one hour. You do not
clubs. I want to give the
have to write each advocacy letter. Many websites provide
seniors a thumb up for
letters that you can sign. To report it, simply fill out the
surviving the college appli-
Monthly Report Form with the proper amount of hours.
cation deadline. In addition, I wish everyone a lot of luck on their finals!
Information on the Leadership Training Conference is coming your way. Stay tuned!
As many of you have noticed, the New York District Key Club website was temporarily down. Now that it is available again, be sure to submit any missing Monthly Report Forms. If you do not know what reports your club is missing, ask your Lieutenant Governor or Secretary Grace at gracena.sec@nydkc.org. The Governor’s Project is taking a new approach on ways Key Clubbers can participate. The Advocacy and Governor’s Project committees are teaming up to find causes related to education to advocate for. For every letter relat-
Secretary’s Greetings By Secretary Grace Na
Hello Everyone! I hope your vacation went well and the holidays were filled with warmth with the cold weather. Unfortunately, with the New Year the NYDKC website had gone down. Thankfully our Webmaster Emily L. has fixed it! With the website down many of you weren’t able to submit your Monthly Report Form online. I have sent out the PDF version of the Monthly Report Form through the Secretary Google group. I have also sent it out to all Lieutenant Governors. I expect Monthly Report Forms to still be submitted even if the website is down. If you do not have the PDF version please email me at gracena.sec@nydkc.org. Please keep in mind when you are filling out your Monthly Report Form to be as detailed as possible when describing events. Also please fill in all the information you can. For example when filling out how many hours accomplished at a fundraiser, please fill in how much money was actually fundraised as well. I need to know all information to help me track where the district is in reaching our goals. If you need any help filling out your Monthly Report forms please email me!
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Webmaster’s Greetings By Webmaster Emily Lew
I hope you all had a great holiday break! Recently, we’ve had many website issues, and I want to dedicate this letter to show some tips for them. From experience, I would advise all Webmasters to back up the website files weekly instead of monthly. If the site breaks down, the back-up will be more updated and less work for you! Another advice, keep close contact with the host of your website, because he or she will probably be the only person able to restore information you weren’t even able to back-up! Most importantly, make sure the public knows about the website breakdown, if not, all it’s going to do is get you a flooded email inbox. Also, Webmasters, remember to not panic, because nothing on the internet really disappears forever! (Especially if money is involved!) I hope these tips help you all out a bit! Have a great end of the semester!
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Kiwanis Family Relations By Lt. Governor Dylan Gross
Happy New Year Key Clubbers! Have you done a service project with another Kiwanis family club yet? If not, this is the perfect time of year to do so! The Kiwanis Family Relations Committee is here to help you establish communications and give you projects ideas to do with local K-Kids, Builders Clubs, Circle Ks, Aktion Clubs and Kiwanis clubs! We invite you to visit our committee’s webpage at www.nydkc.org/kiwanis-family-relations and take a look through our resources. We also urge you to contact any member of the committee with any questions that you may have. While we’re on the subject of resources, we need your help! Our next resource is to put together a packet of service spotlights of projects that Key Clubbers have done with other branches of the Kiwanis Family. We ask that you send your article and pictures to nydkfr1011@googlegroups.com, Editor Jensen & Webmaster Emily.
District Projects By Lt. Governor Rhea Singh
It’s January, and we’re almost there! As a District we New York Key Clubbers have raised $160,888.26 out of $175,000. That is an incredible number; we’re at 92%! 2011 is here, and as we set new goals let’s make this goal a reality. Key Clubbers you’ve done a spectacular job since May, and in the next few months we need to increase our fundraising to raise another $14,112. That not all that much, only 8%, you can do this by April, in fact I’m sure of it! This month is Volunteer Blood Donor Month, so if your Key Club helps out, or sponsors a blood drive with a local organization of that sort it can be listed as a “local cause” and the money raised can be counted to the District Projects. The beauty of service is a great thing, especially when it helps a local cause, the Mighty New York District and participants as well as recipients all at the same time! Let’s do this; Key Clubbers get out there and fundraise for one of the ten District Projects!
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Distinguished Key Clubber: The Booklet of Merits By Lt. Governor Sharif Mahfouz
At the end of every Key Club service year, the New York District proudly presents awards to all the clubs and individuals who have gone above and beyond the call of duty. All the information you need to apply for awards can be found in the New York District Booklet of Merits, located on the New York District website. The Booklet of Merits has awards available for every dues-paying club in the New York District. It includes 5 new awards and 1 new contest from last year, including the new Club T-Shirt Award and District LTC T-Shirt Contest. There are also four new Automatic Entry Awards – these require no submission, and you are automatically entered to receive the award if your club is in good standing. Encourage your fellow Key Clubbers to apply for awards. Feel free to contact the DKC Committee Chairperson, Sharif Mahfouz (sharifmahfouz.ltg@nydkc.org) if you have any questions regarding awards.
Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center By Lt. Governor Yasmin Soliman
Hey everyone! The Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center sponsors a variety of events to raise funds to support pediatric treatments. In order to increase funds, the trauma center gives out one trauma kit to every $1000 raised to be donated to a local fire department or ambulance service. The kit provides all the equipment needed for on-scene emergency needs of children. The Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center also provides an option of raising $150 to receive up to 5 KPTC pins that can be distributed to dedicated members of your key club. The Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma center committee has also created flyers to spread the word about the center. The committee has sent these flyers to your lieutenant governors, so make sure to hand those out to your members and fundraise for the Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma center. The New York district has raised $4,380 for the trauma center, and with the help of every Key Club, we can raise even more, so spread the word!
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Lieutenant Governor Election Rules By Lt. Governor James Florakis
The following rules must be followed during the election process. I have received these rules from Governor Nadyli Nuñez and District Administrator Mr. Lowenberg:
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An Adult Kiwanis Committeeperson or Advisor MUST be present.
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Candidates may speak for five (5) minutes and answer questions for five (5) minutes. No carry-over.
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The votes will be counted by the present Lieutenant Governor in the presence of the Kiwanian ONLY.
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No Adult may speak at the election. If the caucus gets out of hand, the Kiwanis Advisor, designated by the District Administrator, may interrupt to restore order.
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No one other than a Key Clubber in GOOD STANDING may ask a question.
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The club, either through a decision of the board or a vote of membership, shall choose TWO of its members in good standing to be delegates.
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Clubs that have not paid dues as of the date of the caucus may NOT VOTE. If this is violated, the election may be nullified.
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One Third of the clubs in good standing constitute a quorum. If there is not a quorum, the election cannot be held.
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Regular caucus rules apply; the decision of the chair is final.
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Neither a candidate nor the Lieutenant Governor may be a delegate from their home club.
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UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES is anyone other than the Lieutenant Governor and the Kiwanian to know the vote count.
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The Lieutenant Governor may designate a Key Clubber to act as time keeper and Sergeant-at-Arms.
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No candidate may hear another candidate speak or answer questions.
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Club Spotlight! Ramapo High School Key Club: Salvation Army By Ramapo President Dauminique Smalling
Ramapo High School’s Key Club participated in an annual Salvation Army Holiday Prayer Breakfast where we assisted in preparing meals for the Salvation Army, and then proceeded to the Palisades Mall where numerous Key Clubbers stood at the Salvation Army posts, sang Christmas carols, and helped fund money for the Salvation Army. The picture on the left is a picture of the Spring Valley Kiwanis members and the Salvation Army president holding a $1,004 check from our club and the picture on the right is a picture of some of the participants in the bell ringing.
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Paperwork Status Secretaries, remember that each MRF is due the 7th of every month and after submitting your MRF digitally, please forward the receipt you receive to me!
ERF and MRF Chart
ERF
April
May
June
July
Aug
X
X
X
X
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
X
X
X
X
Alexander Hamilton
Ardsley
X
X
Lincoln Mount Vernon
X
New Rochelle
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
North Rockland
Ramapo
X
Rye Neck
X
X
Saunders Spring Valley
X
X
X
X
X
X
Ursuline
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Woodlands
X
X
X
X
X
X
Yonkers Yorktown Heights
X
X
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Contact Information New York District Executive Board •
Governor Nadyli Nuñez nadylinunez.gov@nydkc.org
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New York District Division 12 nydkc12board@gmail.com - Please use for RSVPs •
Secretary Grace Na gracena.sec@nydkc.org
(914) 523-2837
Treasurer Safanah Siddiqui
329 Stuart Drive
safanahsiddiqui.treas@nydkc.org
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Lieutenant Governor James Florakis jamesflorakis.ltg@nydkc.org
Editor Jensen Cheong jensencheong.editor@nydkc.org
New Rochelle, NY 10804
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Division Secretary Caylin Acosta curly93@optonline.net
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Webmaster Emily Lew (845) 709-7809
emilylew.tech@nydkc.org
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Executive Assistant Jillian Harmon
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jillianharmon.ea@nydkc.org
Division Executive Assistant Samantha Suarez nycubana93@yahoo.com (914) 882-5428
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Kiwanis Committee Member Mr. Ed Sexton ed.sexton@asmnet.com (914) 523-6126
New York District Committee Chairs •
Governor’s Project - Lt. Governor Nicole Murray
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sharifmahfouz.ltg@nydkc.org
nicolemurray.ltg@nydkc.org
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District Projects - Lt. Governor Rhea Singh
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International Projects and Programs - Lt. Governor
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yasminsoliman.ltg@nydkc.org
James Florakis
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Advocacy - Lt. Governor Katie Cieplicki katiecieplicki.ltg@nydkc.org
Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center - Lt. Governor Yasmin Soliman
New Club Building and Reactivation - Lt. Governor
jamesflorakis.ltg@nydkc.org
Public Relations - Editor Jensen Cheong jensencheong.editor@nydkc.org
Susanna Novick susannanovick.ltg@nydkc.org
Kiwanis-Family Relations - Lt. Governor Dylan Gross dylangross.ltg@nydkc.org
rheasingh.ltg@nydkc.org
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Distinguished Key Clubber - Lt. Governor Sharif Mahfouz
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Laws and Regulations - Executive Assistant Jillian Harmon jillianharmon.ea@nydkc.org
For contact information of the entire New York District Board, please visit: www.nydkc.org/board/contacts
Fun Fact! Some notable former Key Clubbers include Elvis Presley, Bill Clinton, and Millard Fuller!
Reminders! •
Register for the Leadership Training Conference ASAP at www.conference.nydkc.org
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Visit the New York District Key Club website at www.nydkc.org
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Submit articles and pictures of exciting projects from your club to: District Editor Jensen Cheong (jensencheong.editor@nydkc.org) District Webmaster Emily Lew (emilylew.tech@nydkc.org)
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Pass on this newsletter to all your friends
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Attend divisional meetings
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Continue serving your home, school, and community!