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What’s New in
Division 2
The Official Newsletter of Division 2 of the New Jersey District of Key Club International
Volume 1, Issue 3 | July 2014
ICON Recap
Dianna Torres
Absegami | ACIT | EHT | Pleasantville | Cedar Creek
What’s New in Division 2 | April 2014 | Volume 1, Issue 1 | Page 2
Table of Contents
Page 3: Letter from your LTG
Page 4-13: Everything about ICON
Page 14: KCI New Bylaw
Amendments
Page 15: Art Contest
Page 16-17: Follow us on Instagram
Page 18: Our Advocacy Focus
Page 19: Save the Date
Page 20: Contact Us!
Quick Information:
Club Monthly Report Forms: Due the 8th of every month to
Zone Administrator, LTG, District Secretary & Kiwanis Advisors
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What’s New in Division 2 | April 2014 | Volume 1, Issue 1 | Page 3
What is ICON? Key Club’s International Convention (ICON) is a gathering of over 1500 Key Clubbers from all over the U.S. and the world as they celebrate a year of service, attend informational workshops, and elect the new International Board! This year ICON was held in Anaheim, California. Some of the foreign districts represented at this years ICON in Anaheim, California include: -Aruba -Caribbean -Bermuda - Thailand -Jamaica So, why should anyone attend ICON? At ICON, you can meet hundreds of Key Clubbers from all over the world and get to know them. You can learn about their Key Clubs and projects, and gain new service project ideas, along with new friends. Along with making new friends, you can continue to grow your friendships with the Key Clubbers within your districts, and make those friendships life-long. Then with your new friends, and your district family, you can attend two different dances, and have tons of fun! Next year, ICON is being held in Indianapolis, Indiana where Key Club , Circle K, and Kiwanis will all come together to celebrate Kiwanis Internationals 100th year birthday!
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What went down…In a nutshell.
By: Thomas Michael
The Key Club International Convention
was a time well spent on making new
friends, exploring new locations, and
learning new lessons. For the New
Jersey District, our journey to California
started at the airport, and then with a
five and a half hour flight later we
landed in what most people would call
paradise. We were lucky enough to fly
out of New Jersey a few days before
International Convention to take time
to explore California and everything it
had to offer, and also bond as a
district. We had the opportunity to start
off our International Convention with a
gigantic meet and greet where we
were able to trade pins and meet a
substantial amount of people from
around the world. Throughout the
convention, we were able to
intermingle with many different people
from many different cultures from our
own. During the convention, we were
representing our state and our
community. We also had the pleasure
of representing one of our own
members Nicole Lema, who was
running for International Trustee. We
had the grand opportunity for more in
depth workshops in which we could
learn more about our duties as Key
Clubbers and what we are
accomplishing. International
Convention is the place where the new
Key Club International Board is elected
and where major international bylaws
and
amendments are debated. We had
the opportunity to listen to all of the
candidates for the International Board
during their caucusing speeches. The
lucky few people from each school
had the opportunity of representing
their school during the House of
Delegates sessions while we debated
and some might say out right battled
for changes within our bylaws. We also
were the lucky few who were able to
vote on who would fill the role of our
next International Board. On our last
day at ICON we attended the closing
ceremony where we rejoiced to hear
that our very own Nicole Lema would in
fact be representing us next year as our
International Trustee. During ICON
bigger districts such as CaliNevHa
could always be heard chanting and
cheering on about their district, but
when the New Jersey District heard that
Nicole had won and was trustee, we
were louder than ever chanting “NJ All
Day”. We eventually settled down after
our hands were hurting from clapping
so hard, so we were able to finish the
closing ceremony. ICON this year was a
time that we will all cherish forever and
never forget.
The trip we took. This year, the New Jersey District took off to begin their adventure on June 30th. They hopped off the plane at LAX, with their dreams…and their Key Club pins, anxiously awaiting for the wonderful week to come. The NJ district was lucky enough to arrive in California two days before the convention, so what did they do? They took over CA. Well, kinda...the first day, they explored California Adventure land, and learned all about how Disney became Disney, and even got the chance to learn how to draw some well known Disney characters! Then the second day, the NJ District was able to get a close up look of LA with their own private tour. They checked out all the fascinating and historic landmarks of LA and Hollywood and shopped at the areas most exciting shops! Can’t believe it? Take a look…
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NJ takes CA
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Then, later on the second day…
There was…
Meet and Greet.
This night was one is which you can listen to
some good music and meet Key Clubbers
from all over! The Key Clubbers in which
you would get to know and spend the rest
of ICON with.
A popular activity that was done at Meet
and Greet was pin trading, Key Clubbers
had the chance to collect pins from other
districts! This helped them meet new
people, and remember them too, with a
fun new pin!
Along with this, it was also the night where
you could see our wonderful District
Governor, Sam Levisay, as our mascot, a
tomato (see background photo)!
“Key Club ICON had me like a giant
tomato.” – Governor Sam Levisay
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ICON
July 3rd - 5th
Something I learned and definitely found to be true…
At ICON, the New Jersey District attended
convention workshops, general sessions, House of
Delegates, and an Eliminate Luncheon. They took
part of the caucusing process, and helped elect a
new Key Club International Board along with taking
part in debating some important bylaw amendments.
Along with that, Key Clubbers had the privilege to
listen to a few inspiring leaders and people, and hear
their stories. These people included Chris Bashinelli
and Louise Ashby.
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ICON started with a
#Selifie. What’s New in Division 2 | July 2014 | Volume 1, Issue 3 | Page 11
And after some serious caucusing,
ICON ended with the election of a brand new
International Board! One of who, is New Jerseys very
own, Nicole Lema!
She is now the International Trustee for the Alabama,
Michigan, and Kansas Districts!
Please note, that the International Trustees did not know what their Districts were to be until their first meeting, which was not at ICON.
And KCI’s New International President and
Vice President are…
And New Jerseys assigned International Trustee is…
Barry Seng from
the Pennsylvania
District!
KCI New Bylaw
Amendments
This year at ICON’s House of Delegates, hundreds of Key Club delegates from all over, debated on amended bylaws. These are
the ones that passed.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------In order to form a new district, the proposed area must include at
least 15 active Key Clubs and at least 150 active Key Club members.
------------------------------------ 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 member.
------------------------------------ Fifty cents of the dues of each member shall not be deposited into
the Youth Opportunities Fund to create an endowment to fund grants to clubs and scholarships, instead it will go towards KCI
deficit. ------------------------------------
The new Key Club dues are $7.00 – that’s a 50 cent increase. ------------------------------------
The membership of individual Key Clubs shall consist of students from the 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. No potential member will be denied the chance of membership in Key Club due to previous service experience or lack
thereof.
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ICON!
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Important dates &
Projects
August 3rd, 2014
South RTC’s
This year, the fall RTC’s will be held in
Division 2’s very own, Egg Harbor Twp.
High School. Save the date, because it is
very important that every officer attends
an RTC. More information to come.
September 14th , 2014
Divisional Council
Meeting:
I will be holding our second DCM at
Starbucks, in Mays Landing, from 5:00-
6:00. At least one officer from each
school must attend.
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Patrick Quinn District Editor
Cell: (908)-635-9075 [email protected]
Sam Levisay District Governor Cell: (908)-319-9990 [email protected]
Jackie Dragon District Secretary
Cell: (551)-795-6311 [email protected]
Srikar Gudipati District Webmaster Cell: (732)-421-6309 [email protected]
Dianna Torres LTG of Division 2
(609)-774-5562 [email protected]
Daniel McCormack District Treasurer
Cell: (732) 757-8551 [email protected]
Contact
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