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THE OFFICIAL DIVISION 4 NORTH

A Word From Our LTG

Hello Division 4 North otters!

‘Tis the season to be otterly jolly! I hope you’re all excited for break and the holidays ahead. We’ll be able to spend the break with loved ones, relax, and most importantly, get the opportunities to do community service! During the next few weeks, the division leadership team and I have lots of fun in store for you all! Starting off with our Division Council Meeting on Saturday, December 22, 2012! On this day, we’ll also be having our joint event with Division 4 West- Caroling for Cans. Next up is our special holiday Movie Social/ Fundraiser on the 28 th of this month. For those of you attending Rose Float, please be sure to meet at the bus site ON TIME! Though this month there aren’t as many division events, be prepared for what’s in store for the next couple of months! District Convention 2013 is coming soon, so let’s end this Key Club year with a SPLASH! It's that time of year again- The time where some of our lovely members will step up to the plate and sign-up to run in hopes to become the next 2013-2014 Division 4 North Lieutenant Governor! If you are interested in becoming Lieutenant Governor, please continue reading for more information! Also, save the date on your calendars! Division 4 North Conclave is in approximately 1 month! Come witness the election of your 2013-2014 Lt. Governor! Participate in the caucus and meet your Lt. Governor elect! This is an epic event you don’t want to miss out on! Read more to see when and where Conclave will be.

Otter than that, have fun and enjoy your winter break! I hope you enjoy reading this month’s newsletter! Keep serving with your otter spirit and show your home, school, and community who the teal machines really are!

With Love, Mama Otter/ Division 4 North LTG, Helen Nguyen

Past Events Division 4 North Dance: White Wonderland

Division 4 North Ice Skating Social

The Division 4 North Key Club dance/ auction was a really memorable day. A lot of planning and stress was put in. The dance was a new deal, a new place, a new DJ, a new type of dance. It was an outdoor dance at Kiwanisland. The dance was a blast because of all the hard work Inviscus Entertainment put into with the lighting, music, and being our chaperones. On December 15, everything was put together with the stage, lights and music. The doors open at 5pm. The auction began at 5:30, with a lot of ambitious students being prepared to buy all the beautiful auctionees. As soon as the auction was over, the music began. Although there were a few technical difficulties with the stage at time, everyone began to boogie down. Our goal was to make the dance a fun time and a memorable experience for others. I hoop everyone had fun because Division 4 North Leadership team worked hard to plan the dance. Stay tuned for another dance coming soon from D4N! -Christine Nguyen La Quinta High School.

During the Thanksgiving break, all of us otters got to bond out on the chilly ice. Our Ice-Skating social started pretty slow, but many otters joined in on the fun to make an exciting afternoon. It was great of doing something different than a typical day at the park. Seeing all the otters falling, skating, clinging on the walls for dear life was hilarious. It was even better to know our blunders on the ice would help for PTP and other fundraisers. I can't wait to spend more time with my otter-ly amazing division!

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Fall Rally 2012 I really enjoyed going to Fall Rally this year. Our Division got off to a rough start at the beginning because we barely got our spirit packs assembled. In the end though, we pulled through and won the SPIRIT STICK!!! I couldn't believed that our division was able to do it, because we haven't won in several years. I also enjoy Fall Rally because it is a division event and it gave me an opportunity to be able to bond with members. I like Six Flags and going on roller coasters as well so that was an added bonus on top of why I love Fall Rally. I had a lot of fun cheering my heart out for the division and I am definitely looking forward to going again my senior year. It would be my last year so I have plans to make it very memorable. I love Key Club and Fall Rally is one of the perks of being a member to me. I can't wait for DCON this year too. There are a lot of exciting things going on in Key Club. –Tina Nguyen

Lincoln Education Center After weeks of signing up, I finally had a chance to attend Lincoln Education Center on December 7th, 2012. The previous year, I had regularly attended LEC because it was such a fun event to go to; I had not been able to go for the first few months of school because of other activities, or due to having a homework load. This time around, I was free and available, thus I volunteered to be PC as well. Duy, Thanh Van, Mimi, Jen K, Nancy, Khanh, and I all went to go grade papers; I spent my time grading English 2B and U.S. History (in fact, I had to grade the same content for U.S. History three times, making it a bit dull after some time). Since we had extra help as well from Kevin and Jeremy who decided to stop by, the majority of us finished early, thus a few of us ended up dancing a little to K-pop songs. Here at LEC, I learned that Duy has poor hip movements as he tried to mimic Abracadabra by the Brown Eyed Girls. In any case, LEC was a fun experience--one that I had sorely missed and hope that I can attend many more times before the school year ends.—Dominic Nguyen Bolsa Grande

Resource Fair On November 11th 2012 Rancho Alamitos High School attended the Resource Fair. This event was given to us by Jacky, for our club to help out the special ed kids as much as possible. We were given assignments and shifts in our separate booths.

We were assigned a number one rule to help the special ed kids as much as possible and to have as much fun with them as possible. We were especially astonished on the big costume that was there!

Tommy the bowling pin was a huge mascot worn by Alex Han and Me! It was a great experience being in a blow up costume that created much happiness and fun for us as it did for the little kids. A great 4 hours was passed on helping little kids to teenagers with playing bowling to the limbo contest, however, after lunch was over the Resource Fair closed and we said our goodbyes to the little friends we have made.– Joshua Wang Rancho Alamitos

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Upcoming Events Division 4 North Conclave Conclave is the elections in which we shall be electing the next Division 4 North Lieutenant Governor for the 2013-2014 year! Please save the date on your calendars for this date because it is an extremely important election that is crucial for everyone to show up on time. Tardiness for this event is unacceptable!

Date? Saturday, January 19, 2013 Time? 3:30-5 pm ; We will begin at 3:30 PM, so please be prompt!

Location? CHOC Clinic / 2nd Floor, Wade Education Center 455 South Main Street, Orange, CA 92868 Dress code: Business Casual; please dress professionally Process of Conclave?

-- Candidates will have their literature to present -- Candidates will present their speech (3-5 minutes) -- Caucus/ questionnaire for the candidates (4 minutes) -- Two delegates from paid-clubs vote

Pre-Officer Training Conference This year, Division 4 North will be conducting a training conference for those who plan to run for a club position for the 2013-2014 year. This training conference will give better insight on the tasks, responsibilities, and duties of the club officers. Save the date! This Pre-OTC will take place on Saturday, January 12th, 2013. Those who are interested in running for an officer position is RECOMMENDED to attend this event.

Time and location is still tentative. Please check with your current officers and check our division resources to keep you updated on when and where this event will take place.

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D4N+D4W Caroling for Cans

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Other News Aspiring to become the next 4 North Lieutenant Governor?

If you are interested in becoming Lieutenant Governor or know of a member who is interested, please e-mail me at d04n.cnhkc.ltg@gmail.com so you are able to receive the information needed to run for LTG! Please do the following when you send an e-mail: Subject- 2013-2014 D04N LTG Body- Confirm your interest in running ex: Hello! I am interested in running for Lieutenant Governor.

Once you send an e-mail, I will be replying with the following instructions, guidelines, and forms needed! *IMPORTANT* It is highly important that candidates refrain from campaigning or publicizing their candidacy in any way. The only appropriate materials are the candidates' literature. Other than that, there should be no declaration of candidacy on Facebook, Tumblr, within division, etc. The only exception is their home clubs if they are going through the process of receiving endorsement. If you see any posts violating these rules, please contact me.

Additionally, if you know they are campaigning offline, be sure that they do not continue with it. Any candidates who campaign may be disqualified from their candidacy. Be sure to communicate any infractions of this policy - 142.3 Campaign Material with the candidate as well as the Region Advisor.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to contact me atd04n.cnhkc.ltg@gmail.com.

Club Officer Elections Please conduct club elections before the month of February. This will help officers running to decide on attending District Convention before the on-time registration fee. Start announcing to the members about the leadership opportunities!

Apply For A Contest The 2012-2013 Key Club term is nearly coming to an end as District Convention slowly arrives in March 2013. It’s been nearly a year of service, commitment, hard work, and most importantly, achievements. After going through a term filled with tremendous successes, comes the time for recognition. Whether a dedicated member who attends countless events or an officer who has shown outstanding leadership skills, or an advisor who has been the strong foundation holding together the club; there is a chance to be recognized! The Member Recognition Committee have some great news! All guidelines for the 2012-2013 CNH Contests & Awards have been uploaded on the CNH cyberkey!

AVAILABLE CONTEST APPLICATIONS Advisors Advisor of the Year Marvin J. Christiansen Automatic Entry Achieved Increased Membership Distinguished Club District Tree District Project Division Newsletter Governor's Project Kiwanis Family Membership Retention Most Improved Division Overall Division Excellence Spirit Website Clubs Club Attire Club Newsletter Club of the Year Club Poster Club Video Most Improved Club Year-In-Review Officers President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Members Member of the Year Sandy Nininger Service Major Emphasis Single Service **Please note that the Club Attire contest will now be judged at the division level. The District Project contest has transitioned from an e-portfolio submission to an automatic entry. **

CONTEST DEADLINES The following deadlines apply to different CNH Contests: International Contests Postmarked by Friday, February 8th, 2013 Mailed to the CNH Key Club District Member Recognition Chair (please refer to specific contests for details) District Contests Received by Friday, February 8th, 2013 E-mailed to the CNH Contest Archive: cnhkc.contests@gmail.com Division-Judged Contests Division-Judged Contests > Received by Friday, January 18th, 2013 > E-mailed to d04n.cnhkc.awards@gmail.com

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Contact Us Helen Nguyen -d04n.cnhkc.ltg@gmail.com Christine Nguyen -Christineeenguyen@gmail.com Henry Quach -Unstandardly@gmail.com Jimmy Fung -d4n.keyclub.jfung@gmail.com Donald Truong -Ducky_10000@yahoo.com Division 4 North I Key Club