Eileen Rodriguez | ’20-’21 Director of Publicity
For the month of October, Region 3 held their annual RTC on October 17, 2020. An RTC, or Regional Training Conference, is where all the divisions in one region, in our case Region 3, come together to share what Key Club is and what it stands for. There are sessions/ presentations in different breakout rooms throughout the conference and there are many options to choose from when choosing which presentations to watch (there is so much you can learn in each). Since all the divisions in the region get together on one call you get an opportunity to see and meet Key Clubbers from all over. The Conference started with an introduction to all of the LTGs in our district including our very own D30S LTG Jennifer Vo. We then broke out into our first session where we could choose which breakout room to join depending on what topic would be discussed in each room. There were many different options to attend such as Presidents & Vice Presidents, Secretaries, Treasurers, and Editors workshops along with informational options such as Key Club 101, Climbing the Key Club Ladder, Public Speaking, and Circle K 101. Each breakout room would have presentations from 1-2 LTGs and they would spend about half an hour discussing their topic and answering questions. We then split up into our second breakout sessions where we have even more options to choose from. After our second session we went into a lunch break which then led us into joining our third session. The RTC ended with our fourth and last session and a good-bye from the LTGs. We then split into our individual divisions to have our monthly Division Council Meetings. Our DCMs are where 12 schools nearby us, who are also part of our division, come together to get our division updates, and to see other members get recognized for all the work they've put into Key Club. This month, Whitney Key Club got First Shining Club of the Month and one of our Directors of Activities, Ayush Shah, was named officer of the month! Overall the RTC went very smoothly and it was such a fun event to attend. If you didn’t have a chance to attend, be sure to come out to November DCM!
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