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Official Newsletter of Key Club International – New Jersey District – Division 15 Dickinson | County Prep | Union City | McNair | A. Harry Moore | Lincoln
Harsh Times LTG Introduction Greetings Key Clubbers! My name is Harsh Swaminarayan and I will be serving on the New Jersey District Board as the Lieutenant Governor of Division 15. It is an honor to be serving on the board and I pledge on doing my absolute best to serve my home, school and community. Outside of Key Club, I am a member of the yearbook staff and a writer/editor for the school newspaper. I enjoy spending my time reading, writing, watching movies and hanging out with friends and family. As Lieutenant governor, I have great things in mind for our division but to accomplish these extravagant plans, I need the full participation of every club and every member. Whether it is dues payments or monthly report forms, I am here for reference and help so feel free to contact me at any given time. In September if someone approached me letting me know that I would be the Lieutenant Governor of an entire division in the New Jersey District within a few months, I would have considered them to be crazy. Here I am, ready to serve and proceed in continuing
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to make Division 15 better than ever. As I look back, I can’t conclude on exactly what prompted me in running for the position but, today, I’m unquestionably glad I did. As an enthusiastic member at the Key Club of William L. Dickinson High School, I learned many things which I’m sure can help me pave our division’s further path to success. I am eager to get to work and work with everyone to make Division 15 better than ever. If anyone has fundraising ideas or something in particular they wish to do to help reach the Key Club fundraising goal for Children’s Specialized Hospital, our district project for the 2010-2011 service year, please feel free to notify me. I am always open to new ideas and believe that the only way we can thrive is if the opinions and ideas of everyone are considered.
District Convention Recap..............................2 PCM/OTC Purpose.........3 Announcements and Reminders………………..3 Important Contacts…….4
Yours in caring and service,
Harsh Swaminarayan
LTG Contact Information: Harsh Swaminarayan Harshltgdiv15@gmail.com
(H) 201-459-0007 455 Liberty Avenue (C) 201-839-7742 Jersey City NJ, 07307
District Convention Recap
Traveling the World of Service! The 64th Annual District Convention, held at the Valley Forge Convention Center in King of Prussia, PA from April 16 to April 18 attracted close to 700 Key Clubbers across the New Jersey District. The convention featured a speech from Kiwanis International President Paul Palazzolo, words from New Jersey Circle K Governor Robert Acerra and New Jersey Kiwanis Governor Mark Esposito. Campaigning officially began on Friday night and the candidates for executive office spent their time at caucuses, swaying the crowd with moving speeches. Saturday Morning marked the beginning of the appreciation session of the convention, workshops were also held on Saturday morning ranging from “How to run for a Position” to a “Belly dancing” workshop held by the Immediate Past LTG of Division 15, Sally Awad. Saturday
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Afternoon included meeting the candidates for executive office and international endorsement, preceded by the House of Delegates. After the House had convened, the new executive officers had been elected. Saturday evening included the Recognition Session of the Convention, followed by a “Board Auction” and dance. Sunday evening included a CSH Walk and the Farewell Session. In an emotional weekend, the New Jersey District Board of the 20092010 Service Year was also retired. Congratulations and good luck to all those who served on the board, you all truly did do an amazing job. At the end of the day, 21 new Lieutenant Governors and 4 executive officers had been installed to serve on the District Board of Trustees. The new executive board was announced Saturday morning, with the results as following:
District Editor : Nicole Darrah District Treasurer: Devan Corona District Secretary : Kevin Sun District Governor: Rachel Orbach
Picture Credits go to District Editor Nicole Darrah and IP District Secretary Namir Shah
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Announcements and Reminders Purpose of PCMs and OTCs PCMs, otherwise known as President’s Council Meetings allow the Lieutenant Governor to be on top of all of the things in their division and help towards the continued success. They are a meeting of officers from a division where international, district, divisional and club information is discussed. All Presidents are required to attend PCMs, in the event that a President can’t make it to the scheduled PCM, they should notify the Lieutenant Governor of their division and send a representative from their club. OTCs are an acronym for Officer Training Conferences and are a meeting of the officers of each club in the division held by the Lieutenant Governor meant to train the officers. In the middle of June, Division 15 will have its very first OTC to start training officers and give them their training manuals to ensure they carry out their jobs properly
throughout the course of the service year. It is recommended that all officers attend at least one OTC which is held because without the proper training, the triumph of their club can’t be guaranteed. Also, OTCs allow the Lieutenant Governor to personally meet the officers in their division and also allow officers from each club to become familiar with each other. The purpose of OTCs is not only to train officers but to come together, collaborate on ideas about events and projects and help each other out on things ranging from membership dues to upcoming service events. To ensure the wellbeing and continued success of our division, it is absolutely crucial for presidents and officers to attend every meeting that they possible can. These meetings will involve a alliance of ideas from every club in the division. It will also allow club officers to become trained to carry out their tasks properly and increase personal involvement in Key Club.
IMPORTANT REMINDERS Club Monthly Report Forms are due at the 10th of EACH month and are to be sent in to the Lieutenant Governor, District Secretary, Zone Administrator and Kiwanis Club The next divisional event will be a ribbon sale for CSH. Ribbons will be baby blue and will be sold for $1. All Clubs are encouraged to participate, keep an eye on your e-mails for more information
The first PCM will be scheduled once every club has had their elections and new officers for the 2010-2011 Service Year have been elected Key Club International Convention will be held in Memphis, Tennessee from July 7-11. If you are interested in attending, please contact me through an e-mail or a phone call
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Important Contacts The individuals who are listed here can assist you in anything related to Key Club. The executive board, consisting of an editor, treasurer, secretary and governor are those who have all the information regarding everything going on within the New Jersey District. The administrator of the New Jersey District is Mr. Barrie Werfel and the Zone Administrator of our Division is Mr. Stephen Gandley. The webmaster for the 2010-2011 Service Year is Shivam Patel, who is in charge of maintaining and updating the District website.
District Governor
District Secretary
Rachel Orbach 5 Beverly Drive Holmdel NJ, 07733 governor.orbach@gmail.com
Kevin Sun 19 O’Keefe Road Bridgewater NJ, 08807 secretarysun@gmail.com
District Treasurer
District Editor
Devan Corona 5 Toshi Ct. Jackson NJ, 08527 devancorona@gmail.com
Nicole Darrah 31 Church Lane Montville NJ 07045 njkceditor@gmail.com
Zone Administrator
Webmaster
Stephen Gandley 117 Pleasant View Road Hackettstown NJ, 07840 stephen.gandley@verizon.net
Shivam Patel 64 Rider Ride Edison NJ, 08817 spshivam72@gmail.com
District Administrator
LTG Division 15
Barrie Werfel 36 Williamsburg Drive Roseland NJ, 07068 NJDAWerfel@aol.com
Harsh Swaminarayan 455 Liberty Avenue Jersey City NJ, 07307 harshltgdiv15@gmail.com
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njkeyclub.org