Club Officer Training Conference

It was an absolute pleasure getting to meet all of the new club officers this past weekend at COTC (Club Officer Training Conference).  I hope everyone enjoyed learning everything they could want to know about Circle K, meeting members from all over the district, and how to lead your clubs to success this year!  Most importantly, now that I'm facebook friends with all of you (and not in a creepy way since we've actually met) I can stalk you to death until you turn in club monthly reports :)  I am really looking forward to working with all of you in the coming year!

50th Anniversary

Guess what!? It's the Carolinas 50th Anniversary this year!  Get pumped for an AMAZING year and an even more AWESOME DCON!

2010-2011 District Committee Chairs

It's official: Duke is taking over!  The following committee chairs have been appointed.  All of them happen to be from Duke but we'll love them anyways ;)

Conventions-Conferences and Laws & Regulations: Minerva Thai
District Service Project: Effie Kim
Governor's Project: Linda Li
Kiwanis Family Relations: Alice Ji

Grad School

For those of you worried about whether or not I would get into grad school and thus still be in Circle K next year...I GOT INTO UNC!!!  For those of you who were hoping and wishing on every star in the galaxy that I would go to NC State...I GOT INTO UNC!!!  Just wanted to share :)

Jamaica

Over Spring Break I had the pleasure of visiting the Eastern Canada and Caribbean District.  I was accompanied by Minerva Thai, current District Bulletin Editor, Scott Barron, Immediate-Past Governor of the Georgia District, and our International Representative Alex Garner.  We had an absolute blast seeing the sights and getting to know members of their District.

We flew into Kingston, Jamaica on Tuesday and were able to attend a club meeting that same night.  The meeting was run very differently than any I have seen in our District.  The meeting had an interesting mix of being more formal than ours by following Robert's Rules of Orders, while still being much more relaxed.  On Wednesday we were able go to a nearby beach and enjoy the Caribbean weather.  

Thursday was a day of traveling.  In the morning we hung out around the house (the DCON chair was nice enough to let us stay with her) and then all piled into a bus and headed off to Runaway Bay, on the other side of the island, where DCON was to be held.  We had Friday morning to ourselves so we headed out to another beach.  The water was crystal clear and we found a dock to jump off of.  If you look REALLY closely you can see our heads swimming way out there in the ocean :)

EC&Cs DCON had a lot of similarities to our DCON but it was also a lot different.  I really enjoyed being able to compare the two and get ideas on how to make our upcoming DCON even better.  They held workshops, caucusing and all the appropriate sessions, but what I most enjoyed was the Mr and Ms EC&C competition.  Contestants sang, danced and answered CKI related questions as judges voted on the winners.  It was quite entertaining!  

Overall, it was a wonderful experience being able to hear about and see how other Circle K clubs and districts operate.  I now also have friends all over Jamaica!  We also met members from a club in Aruba, so guess where the next International Circle K trip will be too?  :D

2010-2011 District Board Officers

The following people were appointed to the District Board tonight:

District Treasurer: Yuwa Harimoto, UNC

Coastal Lieutenant Governor: Demetria Chestnut, Coastal Carolina

Metro Lieutenant Governor: Mildred Sierra, Queens University of Charlotte

Triad Lieutenant Governor: Andrew Bannister, UNC

This almost completes our board!  This is the first time in at least the past four years that we have had all of the Lieutenant Governor positions filled!!!  I am super exciting to be working with such a full board this year!  However, we are still in need of a District Secretary.  If you are interested in the position please contact me at carolinascki@gmail.com. 

 

District Convention

DCON was a whirlwind.  Between hanging out with old friends, making new ones, caucusing, facilitating workshops, getting no sleep and a million other things throughout the weekend I somehow managed to have an absolute blast! 

I cannot put into words how honored I am to be serving as your 2010-2011 District Governor.  I absolutely love Circle K and especially the Carolinas District.  I am going to do everything that I can to rebuild our district this year and make it the best that it can be!