DIVISION REV13W
MARCH 2015
TABLE OF CONTENTS
2. Table of Contents 4. Message from the LTG 5. Meet the LTG 6. DCON 8. Upcoming Events 9. Contact Information
Message from the Lieutenant Governor Hey everyone!
As we count down the days to DCON, I want to emphasize how important it is to After a wild year with the division, here keep your club members enthusiastic and we are at the very last newsletter of my involved. The period of time following the term. Let me thank you all for giving me beginning of the 2015-2016 term is more the opportunity to serve you over this past important forever, and you’ll need to year as your Lieutenant Governor. Being make sure to stay in contact with the next with Key Club has given me some of the LTG to guarantee a great start for anothmost amazing experiences of my life, and er year of service. I really appreciate all I’m glad I’ve been able to share many of the hard work you’ve all done throughout them with you all. It’s hard to believe how my term, and I’m sure you can keep it up. far we’ve come since last DCON! I’ve truly enjoyed being able to work with you Once again, I’m happy to have had this all, and I’m looking forward to all the hard position, and I think all the work the ofwork your incoming Lieutenant Governor ficers and members of this division have Harry will bring to the division. done has really paid off. I’m glad to see many of your clubs becoming as active One week from now, hundreds of Key as they are, and I have no doubt you’ll Clubbers from all around Capital District be able to continue your success. Thanks will be meeting in Baltimore to celebrate for making this a great year! a year of service and achievement and -Matthew Gendreau District Convention. While I’m there, I’ll be running for the office of District Editor, which I will try my hardest to win so I can further serve this division and the rest of the district. I hope to meet some of you there! If you can’t make it to DCON, you can still expect lots of exciting news and a recap from me after the convention.
Meet the LTG Hi! My name is Harry Ross, and I am excited to say that I will be Division 13 Lieutenant Governor for the 2015-2016 term. I have many ideas brewing for my term, many of which involve inter-club events and activities. With that in mind, my hope is that we can make a concerted effort next year to create a diverse and cooperative Key Club experience in our division. As I’m sure many of you are aware, DCON is approaching, so I hope we can have as many people from our division attend as possible, and I look forward to meeting all of you. Again, I would like to restate my enthusiasm for this upcoming year let’s make it a great one!
DCON
As you all know, District Convention 2015 is this weekend! Here is an article I wrote for the latest edition of the Capital Key concerning the convention: “Come join us at our annual Capital District of Key Club Convention on March 20-22 in Baltimore, Maryland! At DCON, you can meet hundreds of Key Clubbers from around the district, attend engaging workshops, explore Baltimore, watch a talent show, and vote on next year’s district officers! This convention’s theme is Superheroes of Service, so make sure you bring your costumes to dress up for the opening ceremony. After that, look forward to a weekend of fun! After arriving at the convention, you can expect an opening session with a giant crowd of enthusiastic Key Club members dressed up in crazy costumes, along with the Parade of Checks, where club representatives march to the stage to report the amount of money their club has raised for The Eliminate Project. To conclude that first day, attendees can party it up at the convention dance before curfew. On the second day, get ready to go to your caucus room, where all of the candidates for district office will be delivering their speeches. If you’re a delegate for your club, you’ll be able to vote for the candidates along with certain amendments at the House of Delegates the next day. If you don’t have voting privileges, don’t worry! All Key Club members are able to ask candidates any questions they please during caucusing. Feel free to talk to the candidates during the convention too! After that, we’ll head into the first few workshop periods. Hosted by various board members and club officers, these sessions often carry valuable information that can help you learn more about club office positions, planning events, using technology in Key Club, and more! Definitely plan on bringing back some important insight to your the members of your club who can’t make it. Also during this time will be the public speaking and essay writing contests. You can register for these at the convention! Once the workshops have finished, you’ll have a good amount of time to explore Baltimore and go to lunch with your friends. After a few hours, hurry back for the next block of workshop sessions.
Next, you’ll want to visit the service fair, where many club members will be setting up presentation boards filled with unique ideas for service projects that you can take back to your clubs. You’ll also have an opportunity to interact with some of the candidates for district office! You can conclude the second night of DCON by going to the Awards Banquet Dinner, where tables will cover the main convention floor as attendees eat a delicious meal while watching awards given out to outstanding clubs and members and contest winners announced. Finally, the day will close with a second convention dance. On the third and final day, voting members will be attending the House of Delegates in the morning to cast their votes on candidates for district office and make their decisions to support or reject amendments. The winners will be announced at the farewell session breakfast shortly after, where you’ll watch the current board retire before heading home. On the behalf of the Capital District Board, we hope to see you at DCON!”
UPCOMING EVENTS
Key Leader is a truly life-changing experience where you can meet Key Clubbers from across the district and learn about how you can better yourself and become a better leader. While I was there as a student facilitator, I made many good friends, enjoyed a beautiful camp, and received a great amount of hands-on experience with leading others. The next event will be April 17th-19th in Williamsburg! You can register and pay online on the Key Leader website.
ICON 2015
International Convention 2015 will be in Indianapolis, Indiana from June 25th to June 28th! This will be an extremely fun and significant convention, as all three of the brances of the K-Family (Key Club, Circle K, Kiwanis) will be having their ICON there at the same time in honor of Kiwanis’ 100th anniversary! Stay tuned for more information.
Anastasia Slepukhova District Governor slepukhova.anastasia@gmail.com Hojin Yoon District Secretary hojinyoon98@gmail.com Jack Morris District Editor jxmorris12@gmail.com Ruthvik Gali District Treasurer vsruthvikkumar@gmail.com Missy Zimmerman Zone Administrator pasbehegh@verizon.net Joe Stankus District Administrator keyclub@verizon.net
CONTACT INFO
Matthew Gendreau D13 Lieutenant Governor mrgendreau@gmail.com 757-727-3993