* * * * * * Circle K * *Mtng. Minutes* * 1/30/03 * * * * * * ===> Make sure to come to the American Idol A Cappella Style Charity Concert TOMORROW at Rackham Auditorium, 8pm (read on for more info) I. CALL TO ORDER, President Mike Pearson, 7:10pm II. WELCOME to everyone, especially guest Downtown Kiwanian Don Kossick III. CONGRATULATIONS to our new committee members! * Christina Flanagan * Jennifer Gerteisen * Wendi Xiao Li * * Rula Nassar * Teresa Nguyen * Rose Shaver * * Sarah Shepherd * Erik Sippola * Kevin Zhao * IV. NOMINATIONS and CLUB BUSINESS Fernando Yarza announced this evening that, due to health circumstances, he will unfortunately no longer be able to serve as club secretary. He has resigned from this position, effective immediately. We would like to thank Fernando for all the time and dedication he has put into this club serving as secretary. He will still be a member of Circle K and will continue to serve his community in every way he can. The club unanimously voted to leave this position vacant until club elections on February 13, 2003. ~*~ TONIGHT'S NOMINATIONS ~*~ PRESIDENT: - Payal Patel, deferred - John Anderson-Dam, declined - Deepa Patel, declined VICE-PRESIDENT: - Matt Kochanek, accepted SECRETARY: - Lisa Slominski, accepted TREASURER: - Kelly Anderson, accepted - Jocelyn Cai, accepted - Jeredine Tan, accepted BULLETIN EDITOR: - Kabir Seth, declined Nominations will continue through elections. Nominations can be made during elections, but anyone nominated that day will not have their information included on the candidate bio sheet. V. PROJECT BUILDING Today we split into seven groups to brainstorm ideas for improving projects that we are currently working on. New project ideas included: - writing "Dear Abby" letter at the Peace Neighborhood Center in order to teach the kids about honesty - creating a field day in conjunction with our VIP Event at the Matthei Botanical Gardens - creating a book club for the teens at the Neutral Zone. * If you'd like to see a comprehensive list of all the new project ideas, please email circlek@umich.edu and we'll get you the list :-) VI. UPCOMING PROJECTS ** for more information on any of these projects or to sign up on-line, please go to http://www.umich.edu/~circlek/calendar.html American Idol - A Cappella Style --- Friday, January 31st - 8pm K-Kids ----------------------------- Friday, January 31st - 2-7pm Sequoia Place (Mock Grocery Store) - Saturday, February 1st - 9am-noon Sequoia Place (Computer help) ------ Monday, February 3rd - 5:45-8:15pm EMU Mass Meeting ------------------- Monday, February 3rd - 7:30-9:30pm Indoor Diag Day -------------------- Tuesday, February 4th - 9am-4pm Peace Neighborhood Center ---------- Tuesday, February 4th - 4:30-6:15pm Riverview Nursing Home ------------- Wednesday, February 5th - 6-8pm Valentine Sorting ------------------ Thursday, February 6th - 8-9:30pm VII. IMPORTANT UPCOMING EVENTS ************************************************************************* American Idol - A Cappella Style Get this, Circle K's Campus Relations Committee is putting together one of the best concerts this University has ever seen! Please come check out this amazing a cappella benefit concert at Rackham Auditorium at 8pm! All donations will benefit the WASHTENAW CAMP PLACEMENT ASSOCIATION, an organization that sends kids to summer camp who wouldn't otherwise be able to afford this opportunity :-) Tickets (costing $8) are NOW on sale at MUTO or you can buy them at the door for $9! Come be a part of this show featuring Amazin' Blue, Dicks & Janes, The G-Men, the Sopranos, and guest groups, the Wisconsin Mad Hatters and Pioneer High School's Harmony. It's a great cause so spread the word! Questions? Contact Courtney Istre - cistre@umich.edu ******************************************************************************* K-KIDS FRIDAY, JANUARY 31st --> 2pm - 7pm Come to BERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to help out with their k-kids club! k-kids is the elementary school version of Circle K so we'll be encouraging these kids to do service. If you'd like to be part of the planning of the activities, please contact Laura Fealk Questions? Contact Laura Fealk - lfealk@umich.edu PLEASE NOTE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7th WE WILL BE ATTENDING K-KIDS' CHARTERING CEREMONY :-) IT'LL BE A FUN TIME TO DRESS UP (AND SEE ALL THE KIDS DRESSED UP) AND OFFICIALLY GET THIS CLUB STARTED! *********************************************************************** Sequoia Place Two Awesome Projects!!! SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1st --> 9am - noon Help distribute food to the residents of Sequoia Place during a mock grocery store. This is a really great place to meet and interact with a great bunch of seniors so sign up :-) Questions? Contact Suruchi Lall - slall@umich.edu MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd --> 5:45 - 8:15pm Circle K-ers will work one-on-one with the seniors in the computer lab to teach them new skills, help them read their e-mail, and just hang out! (A maximum of four people may do this project on any given Monday - it's on a first come first serve basis, so sign up early!) Questions? Contact Suruchi Lall - slall@umich.edu ************************************************************************** INDOOR DIAG DAY TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4th --> 9:30am - 4:00pm Get out the Circle K - Volunteer at the Indoor Diag Day!!! In the Union Pond Room, there will be games, music, teaching people about Circle K and TONS OF FUN!! We are co-sponsoring this event with Dance Marathon and the Detroit Project so come check it out! Questions? Contact Elise Liadis- eliadis@umich.edu ******************************************************************************* VALENTINE SORTING Two Opportunities to help out! THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6th --> 8:00pm - 9:30pm (AFTER THE CIRCLE K MEETING) AND SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9th --> 2:00pm - 5:00pm Every year Mott Children's Hospital receives valentines from across the state of Michigan to distribute to their patients. This year, they expect over 100,000 valentines to distribute to all the patients in the University Health System. We'll be proof reading the valentines and then sorting them so they can be delivered to the patients. We'll have lots of Kiwanians and Key Clubbers to help us out as well, so don't miss it! Questions? Contact Mike Pearson - pearsonm@umich.edu ******************************************************************************* DCON (DISTRICT CONVENTION) FRIDAY, MARCH 28th - 30th Come to District Convention at Central Michigan University! This year's convention is themed "Jungle Fever" so come check it out! It'll be a weekend filled with great service projects, a semi-formal ball, and the welcoming of a new District Board!!! Questions? Contact Mike Pearson at pearsonm@umich.edu NOTE: THIS IS THE SAME WEEKEND AS THE DEROIT PROJECT'S DP DAY (March 29th). IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND BOTH, IT IS POSSIBLE -- PLEASE EMAIL MIKE PEARSON (pearsonm@umich.edu) BEFORE SIGNING UP FOR EITHER! :-) VIII. ADJOURNMENT Thanks again to everyone who came! Please join us again next week in the Kuenzel room for: * continued nominations * guests from local Kiwanis and Key Clubs * a Valentine sorting project immediately following the meeting! Thanks everybody - GO TO THE CONCERT TOMORROW! - IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME!!! ---THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN CIRCLE K--- * * * * * # # * MEETINGS: Thursdays, 7pm, Union * # # * "The greatest WEB PAGE: www.umich.edu/~circlek * # # * service to E-MAIL: circlek@umich.edu * ### * yourself * # # * is service OFFICE: 4213 Michigan Union * # # * to others" HOURS: 2-5pm M-Th * # # * PHONE: 615-0523 * * * * --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The mission of the University of Michigan Circle K is to: Inspire and empower college students to develop a lifetime commitment to serving the community through a variety of projects, a plethora of leadership opportunities, and a dynamic social atmosphere while allowing members to be engaged in what is important to them. Stola Stola Yeh Gia Gia Nom Stola Stola Yeh Gia Gia Nom Stola Stola Yeh Gia GIA NOM YEH GIA NOM! That was Happy Birthday (spelled out phonetically) in Polish =o) It's Nupur Kanodia's birthday Friday (tomorrow)!!! If you're reading this, please send an email to happy.birthday@umich.edu singing her happy birthday in any language you like =o) (Feel free to add other interesting phrases in the linguistic styling of your choice).