B R O O K E ’ S
B U B B L E
V O L . 2
the
Summer Edition Featuring ICON and Important Updates!
Greetings Division 10! I hope you are all enjoying your summer break, and looking forward to get into the Key Club groove this school year. In this issue, look forward to learning more about your responsibilities, including a wide variety of forms that must be completed! Also get ready to vicariously live the ICON experience in sunny Anaheim California!
Where will your club be this service year?
14,160 MEMBERS STRONG Getting to know your district Introducing our new International Trustee Barry Seng!
Save the Date! – RTCs! Officers must attend 1 North RTC
Central RTC
South RTC
Sat. Sept. 20 Hosted by Parsippany Hills High School
Sat. Sept 13 Hosted by Vorhees High School
Sun. Sept. 14 Hosted by Egg Harbor Township High School
9AM – 1PM
9AM – 1PM
9AM – 1PM
THE LOREM IPSUMS
SUMMER 2016
ICON in California! There were a lot of awesome workshops, which taught me a lot about how to be the best LTG. I can be – and even more, there was fun!
Workshop 1: LTG At this workshop, we learned about the importance of communication within our divisions and keeping up with our monthly responsibilities. Governor Sam even assisted in this presentation! NJ was well represented. Overall, it taught all us Lieutenant Governors the importance of being informed.
Workshop 2: Rustic Pathways I could have spent my time a bit more wisely perhaps in a more relevant workshop but it’s such an interesting program! There are dozens of locations worldwide to visit, and even programs designed specifically for Key
Workshop 3: YUDA Bands After completing this school project, I promised presenter Mr. Phillip Whiting that I would help him show off YUDA Bands to the other workshop-goers. I helped him testify of how fun and beneficial this project was, and got to re-live the YUDA revolution! I hope some division 10 clubs do this project, so stay tuned at upcoming DCMs – I’ll surely mention it!
Workshop 4: Social Media It’s often hard to reach a lot of you guys and figure out how to work everything around all our schedules, so I was introduced to some really cool software and techniques to keep everyone virtually up to date! I’m going to get everyone from Division 10 signed up on a remind101 ASAP, and try to use a planning website called “whenisgood.com” to schedule meetings.
2
2 1
THE LOREM IPSUMS
SUMMER 2016
The Non-Workshop Days All right, we all know the workshops at ICON are fun and informative, but in all realness, we were in California!
attraction, toured more touristy areas like Venice Beach, Santa Monica Pier, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and took pictures in front of the big Hollywood sign!
NJ is one of three or four other districts who come up early and leave late, in order to see Cali for what it really is.
Then of course there was House of Delegates (HOD). This was a very significant HOD with 5 new amendments proposed and passed! The new clauses are featured below!
We went through Anaheim on a lovely Garden walk, enjoyed the Disney theme park with a special tour of their new Cars
New Amendments 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 dues paid member.
In order to form a new district, the proposed area must include at least 15 active Key Clubs, and at least 450 active Key Club members.
Key Club International dues are $7.00 per club member 3
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.
Fifty cents of the dues of each member shall no longer be deposited in the Youth Opportunities Fund to create an endowment to fund grants to clubs and scholarships – rather, this will go towards Key Club International’s deficit.
THE LOREM IPSUMS
SUMMER 2016
Aliquam commodo nisi Fusce quis lacus
Vivamus fringilla
Curabitur vitae erat
Curabitur in dolor
4
2 1
THE LOREM IPSUMS
SUMMER 2016
A Message from your LTG. Hey Division 10!
made a plan for the first meeting yet, but I expect all clubs to have hosted a meeting in September.
Again, I just can’t express how fortunate I have been in being appointed to serve in your division. I know for a lot of you officers, it’s difficult to balance Key Club life with school responsibilities, family and social life, and other extracurricular activities, but I implore that you all persevere.
Furthermore, it is a requirement for me to have all of Division 10’s officers trained by October 12, the day of Fall Rally! Speaking of this important day, how many people from your club will be coming? Start recruiting now! Tell people about how awesome it is to scream your head off for an hour in all the Key Club excitement then scream some more as you ride on roller coasters for the rest of the day!
We are entering the heat of Key Club season what with Fall RTCs and Fall Rally already around the corner. I ask that you respond to my emails, and try to work with me to schedule dates for officer training. I’m happy to come to you after school one day, or meet up at a Starbucks on a Sunday, just please let me know what works best for you.
I know it’s sometimes overwhelming, but it’s also wonderful, and I am always here for all of you!
That being said, I’m going to begin contacting advisers if officers do not respond to my emails about club visits. It is imperative that I check in on you, and it’s only for your benefit!
Stay classy division 10, and good luck with the start of your school year, and continuation of this fabulous service year! Sincerely, Brooke Willemstyn
Now I know my home club hasn’t even 5
BROOKE’S BUBBLE
VOL. 2
Hope you all had great summers! Congrats to new LTG of division 1: Angela Becker! à
Our beautiful Governor Sam and the dashing LTG Jeff à
Brooke Willemstyn 11 Hasler Lane Little Silver, NJ 07739 ltg.brooke.div.10@gmail.com 732-832-9252
AND OH ME OH MY! A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO NJ’S OWN NICOLE LEMA ON BEING ELECTED INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEE WE ARE SO VERY PROUD OF YOU! ß Nicole with her campaign manager, District Treasurer Dan McCormack