Workshop Packets

Hey Everyone!

Technology Chair Jo will be uploading literature packets from the workshops at New York Speaking to the district website soon, but I thought I'd take this opportunity to share with you the packets for the two workshops I ran:

[Presidents' and Vice Presidents' Training Packet]

[Breaking the Ice and Building the Bond]

Thanks!

-Governor Michael

In case you missed New York Speaking...

Hey New York!

I'd like to thank everyone who came to New York Speaking on the weekend of October 30th to November 1st and helped make it the success it was! I'm sure most of you have seen pictures of the weekend (and karaoke videos of a certain Immediate-Past International Officer serenading a certain Governor) as they gradually pop up on Facebook, but for those who missed it, here's a brief recap of what happened over the course of the weekend:

We collected around 40 food items for our food drive and collated storybooks and made friendship bracelets to distribute to hospitalized children. Thank you to everyone who took part in the service project!

Over the course of the weekend, the District Board elected three members to fill vacancies that had arisen. Please join me in welcoming the following members to the District Board:

• Conferences and Conventions Co-Chair Carolyn Frantz of University at Albany was appointed and confirmed as District Secretary.
• Please be sure to include Carolyn when you submit your MPRFs each month. Her email address is frantz.nycki@gmail.com.
• Brittney Fitzgerald of Elmira College was appointed and confirmed as District Editor.
• Please contact Brittney at brittney.nycki@gmail.com if you need any of your club's contact/officer information changed for the district's records. Please also contact her if there is anything you want highlighted in future editions of "Circling the Empire" (AKA "The CTE").
• Governor's Project Program Development Chair Alex Geroux of SUNY Potsdam was appointed and confirmed as Northern Division Lieutenant Governor.
• Alex will be serving as the representative from the clubs in the Northern Division to the District Board. If your club is part of the Northern Division, please be sure that you are in contact with Alex. Her email address is alexgerouxcki@gmail.com.

Congratulations to our newest additions to the board! We wish them all the best of luck in the months to come.

I would also like to extend my congratulations to our Outstanding Members and Officers that were recognized at New York Speaking:

Outstanding First Year Member Award:

Kathryn Graves - Adelphi University

Tamarah Louis - Stony Brook University

Theresa Phamduy - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Stephanie Wexler - SUNY New Paltz

Oustanding Returning Member Award:

Erin Miller - Rensselaer Polytechnic University

Bright Varghese - Stony Brook University

Outstanding Club Officer Awards:

Non-Traditional Officer Position - Webmaster - Sarah Boyd - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Committee Chair - Shirmela Rambally - Stony Brook University

Treasurer - Matthew Maran - Stony Brook University

Secretary - Rafaela Estrella - SUNY New Paltz

Vice President - Alexandra Reich - SUNY New Paltz

President - Jennifer Yong - Adelphi University

At District Convention 2010, we will again be accepting nominations for the Outstanding Officer Award, and we will again be putting out the application for Distinguished Member Recognition Program, which will be open to all members and officers in the district. Be on the lookout for how to apply at some point this winter!

If you were unable to come to New York Speaking, don't despair! You can still come to District Convention 2010 in the spring! In case you missed our call to DCON, the theme for District Convention 2010 is "Going Golden: A Solid Record of Service", in honor of 50 years of Service, Leadership, and Fellowship! Join us on the weekend of March 19th to 21st at the Crowne Plaza in Albany as we celebrate NYCKI's Golden Anniversary!

-Governor Michael

New York Speaking - The Packing List is Online!

Call to New York Speaking!

New York Speaking - Food Drive and School Spirit Raffle!

Register for New York Speaking Today!

A message from New York District Conferences & Conventions Co-Chair Carolyn Frantz:

Hey NYCKI!

As we move through October, it's almost time for our annual fall conference: New York Speaking! From October 30th to November 1st, Circle Kers from across the state of NY will gather together in Lake George, NY to celebrate Circle K! It's a chance to celebrate the hard work and service that you are all doing, receive valuable information about members and clubs, meet members from all over the state, impress others with your karaoke skills, dress up for a "Masqu-arrr-ade Ball", receive awards, and have an awesome time! This year's theme is "A Service Life for Me", so pull out your best pirate costume!

For those of you who haven't attended a NYCKI convention before, I can assure you that it's an experience you don't want to miss! Take advantage of this opportunity and join us for the weekend. You won't regret it!

Ready to register? Click here to download the registration packet!

Need further information? Contact your Conferences and Conventions Co-Chairs:
Maggie: mbryant10@elmira.edu
Carolyn: frantz.nycki@gmail.com

We'll be happy to answer your questions!

Hope to see you all there!

Carolyn Frantz
Conferences & Conventions Co-Chair

New York Speaking Awards Applications!

Please see below for a message from New York District Awards Chair Jennifer Yong:

Hey New York District!

The Awards Packet for NY Speaking may be downloaded (in Microsoft Word and PDF format) by clicking the links at the bottom of this message. I encourage you all to nominate anyone you know who fulfills the criteria listed for each award!

This is a great opportunity to recognize your members – for all of their dedication, commitment, and service to Circle K. Without them and the work of all your officers, Circle K would not exist. So again, please encourage your officers and members to submit nominations and to try their best to attend New York Speaking, which will take place on Friday, October 30th – Sunday, November 1st. The weekend will be filled with a variety of workshops for officers and members and LOTS of FUN for Halloween.

Awards will be presented at NY Speaking and it will be nice if members from all over the District could see the winning individuals. If you have any questions at all, please feel free to contact me via e-mail xJennifer.Yong@gmail.com. I hope to see you all there and I look forward to reading all of your submissions!

Yours in Service,
Jennifer Yong
Awards Committee Chair

[New York Speaking Awards Packet - Microsoft Word]
[New York Speaking Awards Packet - PDF]

Congratulations to Our New Awards Chair!

Hello New York!

I am happy to announce that I have appointed Jennifer Yong, the President of the Circle K of Adelphi University, as our new Awards Chair. She will soon be distributing the awards packet for New York Speaking 2009.

Congratulations, Jennifer!

-Governor Michael

Six Cents Initiative - Whose Hair will be Dyed Blue at New York Speaking 2009?

Greetings NYCKI!

Help support the Six Cents Initiative by donating to either "Team Kristen" or "Team Imran" in the NYCKI Six Cents Initiative challenge. Check out my blog post from April here for more details about this challenge. If you'd like to see LTG Imran Yassin's hair dyed blue, donate to "Team Kristen". If you'd like to see International Representative Kristen Reed's hair dyed blue, donate to "Team Imran".

Kristen has created a promotional flyer for the event, so check it out here!

-Governor Michael

July Board Meeting Updates

Greetings!

The New York District Board met on Long Island last weekend (July 10^th to 12^th) for its summer board meeting, and we have some exciting updates!

This year's theme for New York Speaking (the weekend of October 30th to November 1st) is "It's A Service Life for Me!" In other words, we’ll be celebrating Halloween with a pirate theme and having a “Masqu-arrr-ade”!

I am also happy to announce that we have selected Charlotte Owens, a New York Circle K alum and a member of the Young Professionals of New York City Kiwanis, as our keynote speaker for New York Speaking. Charlotte is a former NYU Circle K member, a charter member of a Young Professionals Kiwanis, a Kiwanis Advisor to Key Club and Circle K, and an assistant district attorney in Kings County (Brooklyn), helping to keep the community a safer place.

We're still waiting to hear back from Kamp Kiwanis about whether we'll be able to have a clean-up/meeting there in September. Co-Conferences and Conventions Chairs Carolyn Frantz and Maggie Bryant will be looking into that.

We're also going to be placing a lot more focus on NYCKITV, so please continue submitting ideas for videos. If you'd like to make any on your own, please run them by me, and if they work out well, we can upload them to the YouTube channel.

In the next month or so, we'll also begin holding NYCKI online chats, and we'll try to hold them over the course of the year. They will focus on relevant topics over the course of the year.

I have selected LTG/Chair Josephine Lukito to serve as our Western Division Liaison, since she is the closest to the Western Division. She will keep in contact with the division until we find a Lieutenant Governor for the division.

For those attending ICON, our district shirts will cost $10 each, and our pins will be $3 apiece. OTIC Chair Kristen did an amazing job designing them! If you’re not attending ICON, don’t worry. We’ll be selling leftovers at New York Speaking! This is the design for our district pin, which centers around our Governor’s Project, “Neighborhood Nourishment: Feeding Our Friends and Families”:

We had a very successful meeting, and for that, I would like to extend thanks to some of the people who made the weekend possible.

I want to first thank Club Building Chair Kristin Leverone and her family for so graciously putting us up in their house for the weekend (in addition to feeding us dinner on Friday and breakfast on Saturday and Sunday!). I would also like to extend my thanks to LTG Rickie Santer and his family for arranging a meeting room for us at the Levittown Public Library and buying us lunch after the meeting on Saturday!

-Governor Michael

With District Treasurer Allison Jean Carruthers (left) and Club Building Chair Kristin Leverone.

New York Speaking Date Change

Hey NYCKI,

For those of you who have attended New York Speaking in the past, I'm sure you know that it's typically held the first full weekend in November. However, we will not be able to hold it that weekend, so the date has been moved to the weekend of October 30th to November 1st. We'll be sending out registration information in the fall.

Thanks!

-Governor Michael

Kristen vs. Imran: Whose Hair will be Dyed Blue at NY Speaking 2009?

At the 2009 NYCKI District Convention, IP District Project Chair Imran Yassin, IP LTG Matt Carney, and IP District Treasurer Gabby Martineau led a workshop on fundraising. After a discussion on "Locks of Love", International President Kristen Reed asked Chair Imran how much money would need to be raised for him to cut his hair. Because Imran refuses to cut his hair, we have launched a competition of between "TEAM IMRAN" AND "TEAM KRISTEN" to see which of the two competitors can raise the most money for the Six Cents Initiative by NY Speaking 2009! Whoever collects the most money will get to sit back and watch as LTG Josephine Lukito dyes the hair of the other blue. Why blue? WATER, of course!

Not familiar with the UNICEF Six Cents Initiative? Just six cents can save a child from severe dehydration. The more you raise, the more you save. To learn more, visit http://www.circlek.org/sixcents.

Your contributions to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. The U.S. Fund for UNICEF is a registered 501(c)3 organization.

To donate, visit http://www.unicefusa.org/sixcentsonline, and click on "Sponsor Participant". Search either "IMRAN YASSIN" or "KRISTEN REED" under the NYCKI Blue Challenge Team.

Whose hair do you want to see blue? Is there really any question?