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General Meeting Minutes 8/29/06

 

Meeting called to order by Emma Larson, President

Kate Sies, Secretary

 

Committee Reports

*Note: If new people attending tonight’s meeting want to know more about any committee, please don’t hesitate to contact the committee chairs. I will be listing all of the e-mail addresses at the end of this document.

 

Technology Chair (Phill Winecke)

·        Meeting minutes and agendas are now posted on the website and will be posted on a weekly basis. This weeks’ minutes will be put onto the website after they are sent out tonight J

 

K-Family Chair (Phill Winecke)

·        Normal K meeting will be this Thursday (8/30) from 7-8 a.m. To those that it applies to, you will be back in time for an 8 a.m. class. Bloomington K for next Monday (Labor Day) is cancelled but we will be going the following Monday (9/11). More information and a sign up sheet will be available at our next meeting (9/5).

 

            Scrapbook Chair (Anne Schneider)

·        Scrapbook co-chair is still needed to help create our scrapbook which will be presented at this years District Convention (DCON). More information will come later; plans are to start the scrapbook planning and lay-out sometime in October. Contact Anne or e-mail the club account (isucirclek@hotmail.com) if you are interested in becoming a co-chair. If you are interested, you will need to send the club one paragraph stating why you want to be a co-chair and why you would be great for the co-chair position J

   

            Membership Recruitment (Matt Koenig)

·        The following events are all tentative. Dates and times will be announced later. Here are some of the events Matt hopes to have for this semester J: Tailgating party before a football game, attending football games as a group (the first one is September 9^th-see the sign up sheet, or contact Matt if you want to attend and haven’t signed up), having a game night once a month, car wash in October. Matt’s also thinking about planning a club picnic where we can all hang out and have a good time. Possible dates include: 9/16, 9/23, 9/30 (Saturdays). More information to come later! He works at McDonald’s and might be able to have them donate snacks and beverages for an occasional meeting.

 

            Newsletter (Chuck Norris)

·        As great as Chuck Norris is (and come on.. the man’s a genius), we actually currently do not have a newsletter chair. You would be responsible for creating a monthly newsletter, and would ask club members to write blurbs or short paragraphs about their service and leadership experiences within the club. If you have any questions about it, contact the club or e-mail Susan who was last years’ chair. Emma will try and complete one for this month. If you are interested in helping her, e-mail her (e-mail listed below).

 

Advisor’s Reports

·        Both our faculty advisor and Kiwanis advisor were absent from tonight’s meeting, but new members-you will get a chance to meet them J

 

 

Officer Reports

Treasurer (Danielle Brown)

·        Fundraising: Possible fundraising ideas include: bake sale, Quad clean-up, bagging for tips at Cub Foods, car wash in McDonald’s parking lot.

·        Dues:  Dues will be due before October 31^st: they will be $40 with $25 going to international, $10 to our district and $5 to our club.

 

Secretary (Kate Sies)

·        Hours!I will be sending out the MRF THIS Sunday (9/2). Any individual and officer hours for June, July, August will be counted and included. If you have done any service with the club since classes started, I have the information already J

·        Member Interest Surveys: Handed out member interest surveys to new members.

·        Minimum Membership Requirements: to become a member in our club, you need to complete the following requirements per semester: perform at least 12 hours of service (whether through a service project arranged by the club or through individual hours), attend 75% of our meetings, and attend 2 interclubs. Interclubs are any activity that we do with another club (it can be another Circle K club, Key Club, Kiwanis Club, Golden Key, etc. but the majority of our members get their interclubs by attending the weekly Kiwanis meetings-Bloomington Kiwanis and Normal Kiwanis). If you have any conflicts in meeting these requirements, please don’t hesitate to e-mail me!

 

Vice Presidents (Susan Zeiger and Kim Meyers)

Susan

·        College Mentors for Kids: Susan has information regarding College Mentors for Kids. If you are interested, you would need to attend an info session as well as go to their website, print off the application and turn it in. There was a sign-up sheet tonight but if you weren’t able to sign up and are still interested, contact Susan (counts as individual hours).

·        Partners in Reading: Partners in Reading is looking for more volunteers. Responsibilities include reading to a child for 45 minutes a week. Please go to the Normal Public Library if interested and sign up because they will be planning orientation sessions between the volunteers and the children beginning next week (counts as individual hours).

·        Boys and Girls Club: We will be going there twice a week beginning next week. Going every Monday from 5:30-6:30 and every Thursday from 3:30-4:30. (Monday’s will be cancelled because it’s Labor Day). If you are interested in going, see the sign up sheet or e-mail Susan. You will need to fill out an application to be a volunteer there but you can sign up for a shift and then fill out the application in the car on the drive there J

·        Boys and Girls Picnic w/ Kiwanians: The Kiwanians will be having a picnic with the Boys and Girls Club on Saturday, 9/23 from 10am-1pm at Miller Park. Volunteers are needed to greet and direct families (9:45-11:15), supervise the children while the parents are listening to a speaker (10:30-11:15), and to serve food and dessert (12-1). Susan will be there for the entire 3 hours and she can drive people there and back if you plan on staying until 1pm. They need an estimate on how many volunteers to expect sometime this week, so sign up or contact Susan ASAP.

·        Jingle Bell Run/Walk time (well.. almost)!! The walk, which raises money for arthritis research, will be held on Saturday, 11/12. Volunteers are needed, however, on 11/2 and 11/9 (Thursdays) from 6-9pm to stuff goodie bags which will be handed out at the race. Volunteers are also needed at the race which begins at 7am on 11/12. Responsibilities include helping with registration, serving food, and encouraging runners.

·        Bromenn Hospital volunteering: If you would like to volunteer at the hospital, you would need to go to 1 hour orientation session-we would be going in groups of 2 or 3. You will also need to attend an interview and submit an application. They have volunteer opportunities beginning 9/8-9/10, so if you are interested, please let Susan know.

 

Kim

·        ISU Family Science Day: This will be held 2-8pm in the Bone Student Center on Sunday, 9/24. Volunteers are needed to help with science demonstrations, admission/registration, and food J

·        YMCA: Volunteers are needed for after-school programs (similar to work done at the Boys and Girls Club). Times will range anywhere from 2-5:30pm at several different schools in the area.

·        Humane Society: We want to start planning these for Tuesday nights! If you haven’t (and already have) been trained, you need to go through training again. Training dates are Saturday mornings around 9am. More information will be coming later, and orientation sessions will be set up J

·        Children’s Discovery Museum (CDM): There will be a Back to School program at the Museum this Friday, 9/1. Volunteers are needed from 10:15-12:30 and 12:30-3:00. You will need to attend an orientation session before you can volunteer. Kim will be setting up the orientation session, so more information to come later!

·        Habitat for Humanity: Habitat will be starting work on their first home next Saturday, 9/1. If interested, more information will come later. You will need to go through an orientation session.

·        Big K Little K: This is where a new member is paired with a current member. Through this, the new member meets tons of great people and is able to learn more about the club through their Big K J

 

President (Emma Larson)

·        Position on District Board! There is an opening for a position on the District Board. The position is for chairing the New Club Building committee. The chair would help to open new clubs and reactivate old ones J If you’re interested, talk to Emma.

·        Disability Concerns: If you are interested, talk to Emma or visit Disability Concerns (either in person, or go to their website). You would sign up to help a disabled classmate by writing notes for them or typing papers/reading tests. You would be asked to work on a call to call basis and you are under no obligation to do all of the above. This would count as 50 service hours a semester and you would be doing something great for a classmate J

·        School Supply Drive: Student Volunteer Center and Health Promotions will be holding a school supply drive on the Quad next Thursday, 9/7. Their goal is to stuff a firetruck full with school supplies for local school children. Feel free to donate any extra school supplies you have J The club/organization that donates the most supplies gets a pizza party.

·        Olamide Adeyooye Scholarship Fundraiser: There will be a bags fundraiser to raise money for the Olamide Scholarship Fund. Their goal is to raise around $20,000 for an endowment, and they are currently at around $14-15,000. The tournament will be held in front of the Alamo on Saturday, 9/5 from 11am-5pm. You can sign up to play, donate money, or show support for those that are playing and raising money for an amazing cause.

 

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General Meeting 8/22

 

Meeting called to order by Emma Larson, President

Secretary, Kate Sies

 

Committee Reports

      Technology: Phill Winecke

·        In the process of updating the website so it is more user-friendly. He’ll have it up and running within the next couple of weeks.

 

K-Family: Phill Winecke

·        Will be contacting the Kiwaniians and introducing himself as the new K-Family Chair. When the semester starts picking up, will be in charge of the sign up sheets for Kiwanis meetings.

 

Scrapbook: Anne Schneider

·        Wants to start the scrapbook earlier, sometime around October so there is enough time to prepare it before DCON. Reminds everyone to take pictures at any CKI events/service projects that they go to, and to keep anything from a service project that could go in the scrapbook such as a button, napkin, sticker, etc. Is also looking for a scrapbook co-chair, so e-mail her if interested (see the e-mail list below).

 

MRC: Matt Koenig (He’s the usual MRC, but Emma gave the report in his absence)

·        Wants to chalk to help recruit new members. Potential chalking dates would be anytime between Thursday and Monday or Tuesday. Discussed chalking this Sunday (8/27) morning at 11; see sign-up sheet if interested or if you are able to chalk at a different time.

·        Festival ISU!!!! This Thursday (8/24) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Quad! Emma has made informational fliers to pass out, and candy, as well as making new banners. Sign up if interested! Shifts will be by the hour, but if you are able to stay for a couple hours, sign up. There needs to be at least one person there at all times, but would like more. Someone will need to be there to close up and to give the materials and banners, etc to Emma at the end of the day. Festival ISU is always a fun time so sign up and help us recruit J

·        Informational sessions to help recruit new members and to provide information about our club and its services to potential new members. There will be three info sessions held: Sunday, 8/27 at 8 p.m., Monday, 8/28 at 9 p.m., Tuesday, 8/29 at 7 p.m. (before our meeting). Emma is able to make it to all three but would like to have at least one other person there with her. Sign up/let Emma know if interested!

 

Newsletter: currently nobody. If you are interested in becoming the newsletter chair, sign up! More info will be coming next week, if you’re interested.

 

Officer Reports

            Secretary: Kate Sies

·        Just another reminder to get your summer individual hours in sometime before labor day weekend. That’s a busy time, so send them in: the sooner the better. I will be filling out the summer MRF on Sunday, 9/3. I have the summer social info recorded, and am in the middle of recording down the ICON hours as well as the hours for those who attended the Bloomington K meeting yesterday (8/21).

 

Treasurer: Danielle Brown

·        Not too much now, but we have $565.11 left in our account, after the ICON Monday. J

 

Vice Presidents: Susan Zeiger and Kim Meyers

Susan

·        Handed out a survey to members regarding service projects we are able to do throughout the year. Was created to see which service projects the clubs liked best. It also included several new service project ideas such as the Bromenn hospital and Habitat for Humanity. More info will be coming in the next couple of weeks.

 

Kim

·        Just a reminder that Children’s Discovery Museum is always looking for volunteers. There’s a volunteer opportunity this Friday (8/25) from 5:15-8:15 p.m. Children are putting together a zoo-themed show and volunteers are needed to help the children learn lines and various dance steps. Talk to Kim/sign up if interested so Kim can let CDM know how many volunteers to expect.

·        CDM is having Dino Day activities next Friday (9/1). Volunteers are needed from 10:15-12:30 and 12:30-3:00. Sign up if interested!

 

President: Emma Larson

·        Board meetings for the semester will be held Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. in Watterson. The meetings will be held to the secluded room off to the right of the food court (round wooden tables). All committee chairs are encouraged to attend.

·        3 of our club members went to Boston earlier this month for ICON. Our club won 2 awards: we placed second in Club Achievement for the bronze division and second also in Single Service Project for our Safety Fair that we held. Congratulations, everyone J

 

I would just like to say welcome to the new people at our meeting tonight! I hope you decide to become a part of Circle K. It really is a rewarding experience and you meet lots of new people and have a great time helping out the community. J

 

 

E-mail Contact Lists

If you need to contact any of the committee chairs or officers for any reason, all of the e-mail contacts are listed below.

 

Phill (Technology and K-Family chair): pnwinec@ilstu.edu

Anne (Scrapbook chair): alschn2@ilstu.edu

Matt (MRC chair): mkkoeni@ilstu.edu

Kate Sies (Secretary): kmsies@ilstu.edu

Danielle Brown (Treasurer): djbrown@ilstu.edu

Susan Zeiger (Vice President): sezeige@ilstu.edu

Kim Meyers (Vice President): kameyer@ilstu.edu

Emma Larson (President): enlarso@ilstu.edu