* * * * * * * * * # # * * # # * * # # * * # # * * # # * * # # * * ### * CIRCLE K * ### * * # # * Thursday, January 19th, 2006 * # # * * # # * * Meeting Minutes * * # # * * # # * * # # * * * * * * * * * I. CALL TO ORDER, President Nick Hoffman, 7:10 pm II. WELCOME Welcome to everyone, especially our guests Don Kossick from Ann Arbor Downtown Kiwanis and former U-M Circle K member Pam Handley. III. HAPPY CENTS Happy Cents is a segment of the meeting when anyone can deposit change into our special "Jaria Jar" and have the opportunity to share something that makes them happy. This week we heard that Karuna Seshasai was glad to see Pam Handley at the meeting; Nick Hoffman is thrilled to have been nicknamed Bob Barker, who he considers to be "almost the coolest man who's ever lived"; Stefanie Theis couldn't wait to move into her new room; Zeil Shah is looking forward to the tours of the Big House taking place the day before the Superbowl; Mike Moses is excited about the Circle K a cappella concert on February 17th, as well as the Make-A-Wish Foundation bracelets he is selling; Megan Foley urges everyone to consider signing up for the Dance Marathon on March 25th-26th; Yahong Yang hadn't been to a Circle K meeting in awhile was happy to join us again; and Kelly Cobb was happy to be wearing his black cashmere turtleneck sweater in spite of the criticism he receives for wearing it 3-4 times per week. IV. NOMINATIONS FOR OFFICE Elections for next year's Circle K Executive Board will take place at our February 23rd meeting. Nominations for the positions of President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Club Editor began tonight. Nominations: PRESIDENT: Stefanie Theis - accepted VICE-PRESIDENT: Phillip LaRue - accepted SECRETARY: Lindsay Grude - accepted TREASURER: None CLUB EDITOR: None Nominations will resume on February 2nd and continue until the day of elections. If you are interested in running for an Executive Board position and would like some more information, please e-mail ckiboard@umich.edu. V. PROJECTS IN REVIEW Kelly Cobb talked about Hunters in the Sky at the Leslie Science Center, where participants helped some youngsters make cootie-catchers with birds-of-prey trivia and dissect owl pellets. The highlight of the project was meeting all the wild birds, especially the great horned owl known as Major General Franklin Reginald Tuftfeather III, Commander of the Armed Bird Forces, Honorably Discharged. VI. CLUB ROUNDTABLES We spilt into small groups and held roundtables to reflect on our club and discuss ideas for new service projects, how to improve meetings, and how to maintain a welcoming social environment. Feedback from our members is very important in ensuring that our club is the best it can be. If you have any other suggestions or ideas, please feel free to e-mail Stephanie Mayne at slmayne@umich.edu or the Executive Board at ckiboard@umich.edu. VII. UPCOMING PROJECTS If you are interested in mentoring a 4th or 5th grader at Holmes Elementary school in Ypsilanti every Friday afternoon, please e-mail Karuna Seshasai at karunas@umich.edu. Mentors get to spend an hour with the students doing homework, talking, playing games, and more. Rich Torres talked about Arbor Hospice, where care is provided to seriously ill patients and their families in a peaceful and comfortable environment. This will be a weekly project and attending a training is required. For more information, please send an e-mail to rictor@umich.edu. Zeil Shah reminded us that Love Pit, a District-wide Circle K event featuring service, food, and friendly competition, will take place this Saturday at 12:30 pm. Lindsay Grude and Stefanie Theis told us about District Convention (DCON), an annual, weekend-long event with service projects, workshops, banquets, award presentations, a formal dance, and more. The cost for attending DCON, including two nights at the Clarion Hotel in Lansing and all meals, is $125; however, our club will reimburse you for a large portion of this amount. Registration forms are available at our meetings and are due back by February 9th. OTHER PROJECTS: Nature Conservatory~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sat. Jan. 21 8:00am-2:00pm Circle K PRing~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sun. Jan. 22 4:00pm-5:30pm Circle K PRing~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Mon. Jan. 23 8:00am-9:00am Riverview Nursing Home~~~~~~~~~~~~~Mon. Jan. 23 6:00pm-8:00pm Circle K PRing~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tues. Jan. 24 5:00pm-6:30pm Circle K PRing~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Wed. Jan. 25 8:00am-9:00am Artrain Volunteers~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Wed. Jan. 25 8:45am-12:15pm Circle K PRing~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Thurs. Jan. 26 8:00am-9:00am Community Kitchen Food Prep~~~~~~~~Thurs. Jan 26 2:45pm-5:15pm Community Kitchen Food Serving~~~~~Thurs. Jan 26 4:45pm-7:15pm To learn more about these projects and sign up online, go to: http://umcirclek.org/calendar.php VIII. ADJOURNMENT Thank you to everyone who came to the meeting! Afterwards we played some board games, Circle K style. Our next meeting will be the winter mass meeting on Thursday, January 26th at 7:00 pm in the Anderson Room of the Michigan Union. ---THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN CIRCLE K--- * * * * * # # * MEETINGS: Thursdays, 7pm, Union * # # * "The greatest WEB PAGE: www.umcirclek.org * # # * 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 develop leaders with a lifelong commitment to service ~~~~~~~~ It's a bird!...It's a plane!...It's Pinky and the Brain! ~~~~~~~~ "Gee, Brain, what do you want to do tonight?" "The same thing we do every night, Pinky: TRY TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD!" These lines were, of course, made famous in 1993 by Pinky and The Brain, two genetically enhanced albino lab mice who resided in a cage in the Acme Labs research facility. Each week Brain would design and lead a new plan for the two to take over the world, which ultimately would end in failure. Which of their infamous global take-over plans was your favorite? Also, if you wanted to take over the world, how would you do so and why? Send your responses to take.over.the.world@umich.edu.