QuirKEY Volume 2 Issue 4

Hey Key Clubbers!

It has been a while

since I last sent out

a newsletter hasn’t

it? I apologize for

that but I have one

just as we make our

transition towards a

new year and a new

year means new

time for service,

friends and fun! I’d

like to take this time

to highlight the past

major events that

have occurred in

this 2013 year. This

will have a brief de-

scription of all the

events that have

been covered before

and few ones that I

have not yet cov-

ered that range

from my last news-

letter to this present

date. If you ever

have any questions

or would like to

contact me my in-

formation is at the

back along with the

executive District

board members.

Please enjoy this

Holiday newsletter!

Yours in caring and

service,

Erik Lim

In this Issue:

Greetings 1

2013 Year Review 2-

5

What now? 5

Elections 5

District Convention 6

Key Club Motifs 7

Important Contacts 8

Greetings from your Lieutenant Governor

OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF

Division 16 of the New Jersey District

Holiday NEWSLETTER Volume 2, Issue 4

Q U I R K E Y

Erik Lim, Lieutenant Governor of Division 16

This was one of the first Divisional events that I had held and I

believe the initial time when I had met everyone in the division

at one time.. I’ll admit I was nervous before I met all of you

but soon I realized that despite the different towns that we

were from, we were all Key Clubbers and that definitely helped

me to relax a lot more with all of you. The meeting was held at

a Starbucks which would soon be a meeting place again as Star-

bucks is quite honestly a pretty good place to meet.

Spring Regional Training Conferences

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Q U I R K E Y

Regional Training Conferences was one of the very first events where I was able to meet the other clubs in my division. Unfortunately, due to ride problems and school policies I was only able to see one other club from my Division that wasn’t my home club and that was North Bergen. But I still appreciate that at least one member from my division that I had not met before was able to come and that made me feel great. For a lot of Key Clubbers this was the beginning of their Key Club chapters and the start of our 2013 year in review seg-

1st Divisional Council Meeting

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International Convention

I don’t want to go too much into detail on the Intenational Convention as I did have an entire

newsletter dedicated to the one event but I will say that an event that received a whole newslet-

ter from me means that it must be extraordinary. And International Convention certainly was,

as such I urge all of you to try and attend International Convention next year in Anaheim,

California!

2nd Divisional Council Meeting and Divisional Potluck Dinner

This was the second Divisional Council Meeting and it was paired with our first Divisional event which was the Divisional Potluck dinner. At this Divisional Event I was really glad with the amount of attendance that I had gotten from the Division. I saw how excited the rest of you guys were for the upcoming Fall Regional Training Conferences and Fall Rally. This was then fol-lowed up with the Divisional Potluck at which we had so much food to eat from. Along with having nearly every single officer present at this event trained I was able to leave satisfied with the amount of information that I was able to share with the Division. For the second Divisional Council Meeting I thought that it was nice for a change that it wasn’t at a Starbucks location this time.

Fall Regional Training Conferences

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Q U I R K E Y

On this Regional Training Conferences, things were very different when compared to the

Spring Regional Training Conferences. For instance, I was able to have near perfect attendance

of all the Emerson officers to this event and I was completely surprised and happy upon see-

ing the group there. I was also able to showcase a wonderful poster board created by the

Tenafly Club on FUNdraising which I was then able to use as part of my presentation later

on.

Fall Rally

On this wonderful event, the entire New Jersey District gathered together and was able to have a

ton of fun at Six Flags Great Adventure. The numbers that I saw after the event were absolutely

amazing, and I have to say it is thanks to the individual Key Clubs that advertised this event out to

the other clubs. So many Key Clubbers have told me of the fun and how they enjoy the experi-

ence that they had gotten after going to this event.

Third Divisional Council Meeting

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This was one of the more recent Divisional events that occurred. Unfortunately this didn’t

pan out as well as I thought it would due to weather conditions. Yet despite the harsh condi-

tions I was still able to meet quorum at this and with the minimum amount of club atten-

dance I was able to inform the rest of the division of all the upcoming events.

What now?

So now I’d like to ask those of you reading to think back to this past 2013 year and think wow,

how amazing was that? It’s great to ponder about the past from time to time but now I’m going

to discuss about now, the present and the future. We are literally days away from a New Year and

as such, think about upcoming events now, and if you will attend them or not as they will affect

the future later on.

I truly enjoy being Lieutenant Governor but I can-

not be selfish and have the position all to myself. I

have been at it for quite a while now and it is now

time for me to pass down the baton. I will be hold-

ing elections soon. They will be taking place on

Saturday, February 1st at 2PM at the Fairview

Library. Please take note of this and plan accord-

ingly. At this elections I will need the attendance

of at least 2 club members per representing club to

act as delegates. This is extremely imperative in

terms of the election process so please let me

know if there is any conflict with the scheduling.

You will be electing the potential new Lieutenant

Governor that will be representing this Division.

Elections!

Before the elections please take note that there will be our 4th Divisional Council Meeting

at this time.

District Convention

Q U I R K E Y

I started my first newsletter with a recap of District Convention and it seems that it has come

full circle with District Convention approaching soon. I urge all clubs to attend this event. I

have already sent out the packets with the corresponding information of how to register along

with links of promotional Facebook Coverphotos and Profile Pictures. Utilize these resources

as you please. Here is a quick list of things about things that you can do before the actual Dis-

trict Convention:

There are several contests to enter for including: A Talent show, Oratorical and Impromptu

Essay contest so you can start considering these options.

Scholarships for Key Club Seniors!

The Club Annual Achievement Award

Here are some

promotional

tools that are

available for y’all

to help promote

DCON!

Vision

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Key Club is an international student-led organization which pro-

vides its members with opportunities to provide service, build

character and develop leadership.

KEY CLUB

Core values

We are caring and competent servant leaders transforming

communities worldwide.

Mission Statement

The core values of Key Club International are leadership, charac-

ter building, caring and inclusiveness.

Pledge

I pledge, on my honor, to uphold the Objects of Key Club Inter-

national; to build my home, school and community; to serve my

nation and God; and combat all forces which tend to under-

mine these institutions.

Motto

Caring–Our Way of Life

Division 16 of the New Jersey District

Important Contacts of the NJDB

District Governor

Ryan Clarkin

gover-

[email protected]

District Secretary

Kelly Tran

[email protected]

District Treasurer

Penny Xu

njtreasurer-

[email protected]

District Editor

Pak Chau

dis-

[email protected]

om

District Webmaster

Yuya Ong

njwebmas-

[email protected]

Lieutenant Governor 16

Erik Lim

[email protected]

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

Hi Everyone!

Thank you all for taking the time to read my fourth edition of QuirKEY. I hope

that you all enjoyed it! It was quite a refresher for me to look back and see the past

events of this year and that helped give new perspective of the upcoming event of

this year. I will have my next newsletter focus more on things District-wide and Di-

visional so that you will know more information on this for the upcoming elec-

tions. Before the elections I would also like to plan club visits so I will be emailing

you all soon about that. Look forward to my next newsletter issue and as always,

have a splendiferous day!

Erik Lim