January newsletter

JANUARY NEWS KEY CLUB DIVISION 14 NEWSLETTER

Hi, 2016 Hello Division 14! There’s a new year upon us, which hopefully will be a year of prosperity and happiness for us all.

Spring/Summer 2016 will be packed with Key Club events including Spring Rally, DCON, and ICON. I would love to have a Divisional Council Meeting this month! I’ve been sending out weekly emails, and hopefully, after break, we can all decide on a date to have a meeting.

In IN THIS ISSUE

Hi, 2016 Monthly reports Spring rally

Monthly reports I will continue to remind you all of Monthly reports because of their importance to the board, as well as to you. Monthly reports helps us, the board members, stay updated and aware of how your club is doing!

The deadline for monthly reports are the last Thursday of each month! This month, the deadline is the 28h!

To access the form, please visit the Rocky Mountain Key Club website at rmdkeyclub.org, hover over the ‘Resources,’ select ‘Club Monthly Reports,’ fill out the form, and submit!

Dues? Dues.

DCON

ICON My first club visit Final thoughts

Spring rally Fall rally went off without a hitch, and myself as well as Division 9 and 11’s Lieutenant Governors had a lot of fun planning and having it!

Spring Rally is a bit different from Fall Rally since Spring Rally’s main focus is to elect a new Lieutenant Governor!

Spring Rally is scheduled to be on the 2nd of March, which is a Wednesday, so please mark your calendars.

Dues? Dues.

Key Club International is an enormous organization with about 270,046 members. To support an organization that big, dues are necessary. In the Rocky Mountain District dues need to $12.00 minimum, and it’s up to individual key clubs to decide if they want to raise that amount to fund other things such as club shirts.

Why pay dues? *info provided by the 2014-15 Capital District Treasurer, Ruthvik Gali Dues are the determining factor in a club’s status in the district. A club in ‘Good Standing’ is one which pays their dues on time. If a club misses the deadline to turn in dues, which is December 1st, the club will receive an official notice from the District Treasurer. When February 2st rolls around and a club hasn’t paid their dues, they are placed under Suspended status and the club will have to pay a $100 fine along with the dues the following year to be relisted as a club in ‘Good Standing.’

In the event that a club neglects to pay their dues two years in a row, the club will be listed as ‘Inactive,’ which can only be rectify by the Lieutenant Governor of the Division, who will have to recharter the club.

Rechartering a club requires a $300 fine and a minimum of 15 members and an official officer ceremony conducted by the Lieutenant Governor.

How to pay dues Visit the key Club International website, click the ‘Dues & Reports’ link and follow the onscreen directions.

Dates to remember November 1 – Early Bird Dues deadline December 1– Regular Dues deadline December 31 – First time late notice to Key Club President and Advisors to clubs that haven’t paid dues.

January 31 – Late notice to Sponsoring Kiwanis Club and Second late notice to Key Club President and Advisors

It is crucial that a new Lieutenant Governor is elected for Division 14, so that Division 14 is represented on next year’s District Board.

We, myself and the Lieutenant Governors of Division 9 and 11 had a good turnout for Fall Rally, but our goal is to increase attendance of Spring Rally!

So, any and all key clubbers of Division 14, please attend Spring Rally.

DCON Throughout our board term, we, the board members, work tirelessly to ensure that DCON goes off without a hitch and that you, members of the Rocky Mountain District, have an amazing DCON. Even though it’s just January, it’s never too early to begin thinking about how to finance your club’s trip to DCON and to start advertising DCON. DCON is where club members can attend forums and vote on policy or bylaw changes in House of Delegates, but the most important thing is the election of the executive District Board, which occurs during House of Delegates.

So, please keep DCON in mind as you’re planning your club’s spring schedule.

ICON Once the DCON season dies down, and all of the club members are out of school, ICON commences.

ICON is the convention that is facilitated by the International Board.

Attending ICON is incredibly important since it’s where the next International Board is elected and Bylaws and Policies can be changed in House of Delegates.

ICON is also a great place to meet other key clubs from beyond the United States!

My first club visit I had the pleasure of visiting Dakota Ridge Key Club in December, and it was a really fun and educating experience for me.

I was able to see how another club run its meetings, which left me with ideas to take back to my club president.. During my visit, the topic of a divisional-wide service project was brought up.

A divisional-wide service project is a really cool idea, and if any other clubs are interested, I’d love to start planning something for us.

If we ever decide on a date for the Divisional Council Meeting, a planning session for a divisional-wide service project will defiantly be on the agenda.

Contact me Audrey Dilgarde rockymountainltg14@gmail.com

Important contacts Zack Larson (Governor)

rockymountaingovernor@gmail.com Brayan Rodriguez (Secretary) rockymountainsecretary@gmail.com

Final thoughts I find it humorous and very human how we all try to reinvent ourselves at the beginning of a new year, but I do think that making goals for the new year is very important to our own personal evolution.

One of my goals for the new year is to finish my Lieutenant Governorship strongly: visit all my clubs, continue to communicate with my presidents/officers and advisors, and to have an amazing Spring Rally and find my successor.

I got my license in December and all I have to say is that driving is a very surreal experience once you first start.

In honor of the new year, I will leave you with a quote on the idea of rebirth and reinvention:

“There can be no rebirth without a dark night of the soul, a total annihilation of all that you believed in and thought that you were.� - Hazrat Inayat Khan

Dave Harris (District Administrator) RMDKCAd@aol.com