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The Desmond Hotel
Albany, New York
Friday,
March 27th – Sunday, March 29th, 2015
1 New York District Key Club Governor
Hello Mighty New York District!
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I would like to welcome you all to the 67 Annual New York
District Key Club Leadership Training Conference. For those of you
who don’t know who I am, my name is Jacob Spencer and I am
your soon to be retired District Governor.
This past year has been one of many triumphs in the New York District. We
have chartered seven clubs so far with another five being processed, we have
reached our fundraising goal and our service hour’s goal, and we are celebrating
the anniversaries of 16 Key Clubs throughout the district.
Leadership Training Conference is a time to learn, grow, and celebrate our
achievements. I encourage you to take advantage of every moment that you
have this weekend. At the end of this weekend, I will have been at an LTC for 282
hours, 16,920 minutes, and 1,015,200 seconds. I am glad to say that I have cherished
all 1,015,200 seconds and the best piece of advice that I can give you is for you to
do the same.
I thank you for an incredible year of service. It has truly been the best year of
my life. I encourage you to come up and talk to me this weekend. It would be my
pleasure! Now let’s celebrate!
Yours in Service,
Jacob Spencer
New York District Key Club Governor
New York District Administrator
To the New York District Key Clubbers,
Welcome to the 67thannual New York District
Leadership Training Conference. We would like to thank the
Desmond Hotel staff for all they have done to help make this
conference a success. Their support of this conference is
greatly appreciated. I want to also thank Mr. David Vail for
his 30 years of dedicated service to the New York District Key Club.
Congratulations my friend on a job well done.
Your District Board and Conference Committee have worked very long
and hard to make this event the best ever. They have tried to make this years
Conference a little different and even more enjoyable. They considered your
evaluations and where possible made changes. We have some new and
exciting workshops for you to try. We have brought back PLAY FAIR by popular
demand. Governor Jacob and I are very excited to offer you this great
conference and we would encourage you to take full advantage of all that is
offered.
I want to thank each of you for all the time and service that you give
to your communities and the world. You truly epitomize the term “Servant
Leaders.” It is a privilege to serve as your Administrator.
Yours in Key Club Service,
John Goldstein
District Administrator
2 Code of Conduct
1.
No Key Clubber will be permitted to leave the hotel building for any
purpose until the close of the Conference.
2. No adult will be permitted to leave the grounds for any purpose until
the close of the Conference.
3. Food deliveries from outside vendors must be delivered to the front
desk only, and before 11:30 P.M. An adult advisor must be there to
pay for the order.
4. No Key Clubber will be allowed to charge any expense to the hotel.
All Key Clubbers must pay cash for hotel expenses.
5. No Key Clubber will be permitted to drink or have in their possession or
in their room any intoxicating beverage. This rule applies to all Key
Clubbers regardless of age, as well as guests. If alcoholic beverages
are found in any room, all Key Clubbers or persons in that room at that
time may be held equally responsible for a violation of these rules. The
state police will be notified and violators subject to arrest. The same
rule applies to the use of any drug, narcotic, or controlled substance,
except prescribed medicine.
6. Care shall be taken not to deface any property. Throwing objects out
windows is strictly prohibited.
7. The Conference Staff are authorized to confiscate any materials
causing or likely to cause a disturbance of the orderly procedure of
the Conference.
8. No Key Clubber will be allowed to have fireworks.
9. A 12:00 A.M. curfew will be observed and strictly enforced. All
chaperones must make sure that those Key Clubbers for whom they
have assumed responsibility are in their assigned rooms at curfew.
Unnecessary noises at any hour are prohibited.
10. All persons attending the Conference will be expected to cooperate
with and respect the authority of the Conference Staff at all times.
11. It is a misdemeanor or criminal offense in the State of New York for
anyone to be staying in a room other than the one(s) he or she is
registered to, or to be under an assumed name.
12. No Key Clubber will be permitted in any room of the hotel assigned to
the Key Clubbers of the opposite sex.
13. A program will be held at each of the meal sessions. In view of the fact
that attendance is mandatory in such sessions, no Key Clubber or
other persons will be allowed to leave the room during a meal session
or program without the express authority of the Conference Staff.
Members of the Staff will be posted at the entrances to enforce this
regulation. Anyone not abiding by these directions will be held in
violation of these rules.
3 Code of Conduct
14. Name badges must be worn around neck at all times during the
Conference.
15. Attendance of all Key Clubbers at caucus sessions is mandatory.
16. No Key Clubber, Kiwanian, or adult advisor shall be allowed to be
present in any of the caucuses except the caucuses of the division in
which his/her Kiwanis or Key Club is located. However, the Key Club
Governor, District Administrator or persons designated by them shall
not be subject to this provision. All others must be accompanied by
one of the above-mentioned persons, or they shall only be allowed to
attend the caucus session of their home division. The Conference Staff,
Key Club Lieutenant Governors, and the Kiwanis Advisors shall enforce
this regulation and may prohibit any unauthorized persons from
entering the caucus. No person other than the assigned Key Club
Lieutenant Governor, a Key Club recognized by the Lieutenant
Governor, the Kiwanian assigned to the caucus or the assigned advisor
are allowed on the floor. No person other than Key Clubbers may
question a candidate and may only do so when recognized by the
Key Club Lieutenant Governor.
17. Jacket and tie is mandatory dress for all Business Professional sessions
and appropriate programs. Dress skirts, dress pants, or appropriate
pants are required for women. Jeans, designer, or other types, will not
be acceptable dress for meal sessions. Sneakers are not acceptable.
Neat dress and dress that is not distracting is expected during the
Conference at all times. At Saturday afternoon lunch sessions and all
Saturday workshops and contests (excluding the evening meal and
general session), Key Clubbers may wear “business casual” attire, i.e.,
pants and a dress shirt, sweater, or any other such attire excluding
sneakers and jeans.
18. Every person attending the Conference will be expected to attend all
general sessions, mandatory meal sessions, and other activities as
directed in the Conference Program.
19. All Key Clubbers running for office, campaign managers, and
committee members are to abide by the official rules for
campaigning, which are sent to each club and given to each
candidate.
20. Smoking is not permitted at any time in the hotel or on hotel property.
21. No person will be entitled to any refund of registration fees if dismissed
from the Conference for any and all disciplinary reasons. Anyone
dismissed from the Conference should understand that they must pay
their own expenses home and that a letter will be sent to their parents,
school principal, and their sponsoring Kiwanis Club.
4 Dress Code a nd Workshop
Symbols
The following is the description of acceptable dress for Conference weekend.
Under no circumstances whatsoever are clothing with inappropriate language
or graphics allowed. Neat dress is expected during the whole of the
Conference. Conference attendees must wear your lanyards and name
badges at all times. Please refer to the schedule to see the dress code for
each event.
Business Professional:
Males: Dress shirt, slacks, necktie, sport
jacket or tuxedo, appropriate shoes.
Females: Dress suit or skirt/slacks with
blouse, appropriate shoes.
(ALL RECEPTIONS, SATURDAY DINNER,
CAUCUS SESSIONS AND GENERAL
SESSIONS AS DESIGNATED IN THE
PROGRAM)
Business Casual:
Males: Slacks, collared shirt,
appropriate shoes.
Female: Slacks/skirt/skort, blouse or
collared shirt, appropriate shoes.
(WORKSHOPS, FRIDAY DINNER, FRIDAY
GENERAL SESSIONS, AND LUNCHES)
Casual:
Males: Jeans/shorts, collared
shirts/sweatshirt/t-shirt, casual
footwear.
Female: Jeans/shorts/skirt/skort,
collared skirt/sweatshirt/t-shirt, casual
footwear. (FREETIME AND BREAKFAST)
The following symbols indicate the workshop required for each Key
Club position. Nevertheless, every workshop is open to all Key
Clubbers.
Presidents &
Vice Presidents
Secretaries
Editors &
Webmasters
Treasurers
Advisors
5 2014-2015 Executive Boa rd
Governor
Jacob Spencer
Secretary
Heather Farley
Treasurer
Anusha Syed
Bulletin Editor
Sharon Lin
Webmaster
Danny Qiu
Executive Assistant
Kiera Solomon
Executive Assistant
Theresa Lin
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Division 1
Sarah Strebel
Division 2
Zachery Payton
Division 3
Christine Shen
Division 4
Rohit Mathew
Division 5
Matthew Garber
Division 6
Zainab Nathani
Division 7
Anish Jain
Division 8
Henry Wang
Division 8A
Cindy Pietrakowski
Division 9
Clifford Young
Division 10
Ryan Coffey
Division 11
Aaron Cheung
Division 12
Diyu Pearce-Fisher
Division 13
Jai Agarwal
Division 14
Chloe Peer
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Division 15
Logan Graham
Division 16
Hanna Nichols
Division 17
Hailey Etherton
Division 18
LeeAnn Owens
Division 19
Nathaniel Moretz
Division 21
Kenneth Vreeland
Division 22
Bryana Snyder
Division 23
Victoria Syracusa
Division 24
Rebecca Monroe
Division 25
Julia Dressler
Distinguished IP
Governor
Paul DeSantis
Laken Kelly
Trustee from New York
Division Liaison
Lillian Xie
Shane Meyers
Trustee to New York
8 2015 Conference Honoree
David Vail, Assistant Administrator
For 35 years of service to New York District Key Club
2014-2015 Kiwanis Committee
John D. Goldstein, District Administrator
David Vail, Assistant Administrator
Andrew Lowenberg, Michael Berthel, Kim Scharoff,
Charlotte Owens, Rebecca Ovadia, Herman Ovadia,
Leonard Gioia, Jason I. Steiner, Ed Sexton,
David Morse, Joseph Eppolito, Virginia Eppolito,
Patti Dean, Christina Frank, Jane Murray,
Kevin Love, Mary Beth Vail
2014-2015 Conference Committee
Conference Committee Chair – Kiera Solomon
Tech Chair – Danny Qiu
Elections Chair- Paul DeSantis
2014-2015 Conference Staff
Letitia Ryan – Norwood Norfolk High School
Shanaya Bulmer – Tamarac High School
Bhupindra Singh – Richmond Hill High School
Jessica Malleck – La Guardia High School
Brent Legenbauer – Tamarac High School
Jungwon “Olivia” Shin – Staten Island Tech High School
Erick Morocho – Sunnyside Community
Victoria MacMaster – Sunnyside Community
Evan Batov – Staten Island Tech High School
Kyle Pacia – Middletown High School
Carly Edelman – Staten Island Tech High School
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David Vail, Assistant Administrator
Biography
Mr. Vail has served on the Adult Committee for
Key Club since 1982, serving on this committee
under all of the district administrators since Judge
D’Auria. From 1985 to the present he has served as
Financial Advisor and Assistant Administrator of
New York District Key Club. Former Key Club members from all of these
years still comment on the influence he has had on their lives and the
lives of others through his service to the countless teenagers served by
Kiwanis. He has been Director of Conventions for many years, working
with schools and advisors to help get as many teens attending the
Leadership Training Conference as want to attend.
Mr. Vail has served all elected offices in Latham Kiwanis and has
continuously promoted the values of Kiwanis through services to the
Colonie community. He is the “go to” person in the area when Kiwanis
is needed to help in the community. He has served in numerous district
chairs since 1987, and this year as Kiwanis Spiritual Aims chairman. He
served on the Kiwanis District Foundation Board for three years.
He is a commissioned Deacon in the Lutheran Church of the Atlantic
District, and serves as Chaplain for the Good Samaritan Nursing Home
in Delmar, NY. He has served as the Human and Spiritual Aims
chairman for Capital Division and for Latham Kiwanis. Mr. Vail helps
with collections for Disaster Relief for the District.
Dave began his “Kiwanis”service in 1964 as an active member of the
Philip Schuyler High School Key Club. (Schuyler was Key Club #2
formed in the District). Mr. Vail and his wife Mrs. Mary Beth Vail are very
active on the Kiwanis Committee on Key Club and their daughter,
Susan, is a current Kiwanis LTG and an active Kiwanis representative at
Key Club meetings and activities.
In the Kiwanis Club of Latham he has served terms as treasurer, director
and President. Dave served as LTG under Governors Charlie Price,
Ralph Vasami, Justin Underwood and Bill Risbrook. Last year he serves
as Spiritual Aims chairman for Gov. Joe Aiello. He has driven probably
thousands of miles transporting Key Clubbers to local and District
events. His dedication to Key Club and its mission were prevalent
throughout his entire tenure on the Kiwanis Committee. Mr. Vail will truly
be missed.
10 Interna tiona l Trustee
Hello Key Clubbers!
I’m Shane Meyers and I currently serve as your
International Trustee! Welcome to the Desmond Hotel for the New
York District’s annual Leadership Training Conference (LTC). As a
resident of West Palm Beach, Florida, I’m hoping that New York’s
cold weather doesn’t bother me too much! I can’t wait to meet
you all and find out about the things your clubs are doing to serve
your homes, schools, and communities.
There are several reasons why I’m attending LTC, the first of which is to meet
members of the New York District. As the liaison between the Key Club International
Board and the New York District, it is my responsibility to get in touch with as many
members as possible. I love to share everything I know about Key Club with anyone who
will listen, so please don’t hesitate to introduce yourself if you see me at any time
throughout the weekend. One of my other functions is to discuss Key Club International
in a more formal setting during workshop sessions. This weekend, I’ll be teaching a
workshop on the process of running for higher officer positions. During my time at LTC, I
also plan to connect with the incoming District Board so that I can help ease the
transition between terms.
I look forward to meeting all of you this weekend and I can’t wait to hear more
about all the service clubs throughout the state are completing as I approach the end of
my term as International Trustee in June at the International Convention in Indianapolis,
Indiana!
Yours in service,
Shane Meyers
Interna tiona l Trustee
Hello, New York District Key Clubbers!
I am so excited to be joining all of you as an attendee
at this year’s Leadership Training Conference. Throughout this
past year, I have been given the opportunity to see the New York
District grow and devote countless hours to serving our homes, schools, and communities,
and this event is the perfect way to celebrate all of our accomplishments.
For those of you who have never attended a Leadership Training Conference
before, I can assure you, this will be one of the most life-changing experiences that you
will ever have. I attended my first convention four years ago as a freshman, and the path
that it has led me on has absolutely changed my life. The opportunities that you will
receive as a result of your attendance at this convention will be never ending. I strongly
encourage you to continue your service with Key Club and the Kiwanis Family after you
leave this weekend.
I cannot wait to meet each and every one of you at the conference this
weekend. If you see me, please feel free to come up to me and introduce yourself, I
would absolutely love to speak with you.
Yours in Service,
Laken Kelly
Key Club International Trustee
11 New York District Kiwa nis Governor
Key Clubbers & Guests:
I am especially proud to be writing this greeting, as the
first New York District Kiwanis Governor to have previously served
as a Key Club District Officer. I am proud to have been a Key
Club Lieutenant Governor and gotten my servant leader start in
High School.
This year, Kiwanians have concentrated much of our energies in a ReDedication to our Sponsored Programs, especially Key Club and Circle K. We have
asked clubs to become closer partners with their Key Clubs and to re-evaluate and
increase their financial support of your attendance at Conferences and
Conventions. I hope these efforts have benefitted your clubs.
Please stop and speak to me and my fellow Kiwanians in attendance this weekend.
You will find a group of adults committed to the Kiwanis mission of improving the
world, one child and one community at a time, and supporting your efforts as
servant leaders.
Congratulations to my good friend David Vail for his many years of Service
on the Kiwanis Key Club Committee! I was proud to have served with you.
And, Congratulations to Governor Jacob Spencer and his Board on a fine year. I
also want to thank Administrator John Goldstein and his hard working Kiwanis
Committee for their continuing dedication to the Key Club Program in New York.
Enjoy the weekend! I look forward to meeting you and hearing of your many
efforts!
ERIC G. PAUL
2014-2015 Governor
New York District
Kiwanis International
New York District Circle K Governor
Hello Key Clubbers,
My name is Renee Girard and I’m currently serving as the
New York District Governor of Circle K International, the collegiate
branch of Kiwanis, for the 2014-2015 service year. I recently graduated from Cornell
University with a degree in Hospitality Management and will be moving to Chicago
for work once my term ends.
I am thrilled to be spending this weekend with you. I always wanted to
attend LTC when I was a Key Clubber, but I never got the chance! Please feel free
to stop me to chat anytime throughout this weekend or at the Circle K booth, if you
have questions about Circle K or college in general. If you’re a senior and looking
for more information on joining Circle K at your college, visit nycirclek.org/join!
Enjoy this lovely weekend at the Desmond!
Yours in service,
Renee Girard
New York District Governor
Circle K International
renee.girard@nycirclek.org
P.S. Shout out to Eva Reese
(my favorite Key
Clubber…sorry Jacob!)
12 A Tribute to Pa st New York District
Governors
‘49-‘50 Donald Catone
’50-‘51 Darwin Bolden
‘51-‘52 William Wolfrom
‘52-‘53 William Dean
‘53-’54 Robert Mosell
’54-’55 George Leyland
’55-’56 Charles Darrow
’56-’57 Marty Fieldstrom
’58-’59 Robert Di Cocco
’59-’60 James Kelly
’60-’61 Michael Killion
’61-’62 Robert Beebe
’62-’63 Jon Wilcox
’63-’64 Steve Saunders
’64-’65 Nicholas Garaufis
’65-’66 James Estep
’66-’67 Mark Ruchman
’67-’68 Michael Abeles
’68-’69 Richard Levine
’69-’70 Neal Haber
’70-’71 Martin Sable
’71-’72 Richard Gorman
’72-’73 Richard Guertin
’73-’74 Phillip Calderone
’74-’75 Steve Spiro
’75-’76 Gregory Rajchel
’76-’77 Bruce Yablon
’77-’78 Dave Ott
’78-’79 Edward Hennessey
’79-’80 Scott Squillace
’80-’81 Nelson Raust
’81-’82 Kenneth Maiman
’82-’83 Denise Ippolito
’83-’84 James Goebelbecker
’84-’85 Ray Winicki
’85-’86 Matt Natcharian
’86-’87 Doug Madenberg
’87-’88 Adam Greene
’88-’89 Kristina Kolkas
’89-’90 Kyle Maxstadt
’90-’91 Joe McDonald
’91-’92 Mike Valvo
’92-’93 Gene Koo
’93-’94 Frank Vivacqua II
’94-’95 Eileen Faulkner
’95-’96 Jordan Factor
’96-’97 Mike Sosso
’97-’98 Adam Weiss
’98-’99 Laura Priester
’99-’00 Lindsey Freeman
’00-’01 Stephanie Kissel
’01-’02 Mahaliel Bethea
’02-’03 Katherine Thullen
’03-’04 Michael Berthel
’04-’05 Kristin Kramer
’05-’06 Kristen Reed
’06-’07 Joey Denoncourt
’07-’08 Karen DeMaria
’08-’09 Amy Lorenc
’09-’10 Allen Yu
’10-’11 Nadyli Nuñez
’11-’12 Domenick Pesce
’12-’13 Daniel Ivan Lin
’13-’14 Paul DeSantis
13 Sample Caucus Questions
1. How has Key Club shaped the way you view community
service?
2. Where does your biggest source of motivation come from?
3. What are your strengths and weaknesses?
4. Why did you first join Key Club?
5. What does service mean to you?
6. What is your favorite service project and why?
7. How well do you feel you are able to work with others? Why is
this important in Key Club?
8. How has Key Club influenced your life and how will your life
change, both positively and negatively, as a result of serving as
a district officer?
9. How do you intend to accomplish your stated objectives in just
one year in your position?
10. What is the importance of Key Club being a student-led
organization? What are the advantages and disadvantages?
11. What is your favorite service project and why?
12. What is your greatest weakness as a leader? How will you
address this in order to have a successful year in your position?
13. What sort of problems do you foresee in the future of our
organization and what would you do to address them?
14. What makes Key Club different from other student
organizations?
15. What would you do to improve communication between the
club and the district?
16. What unique skills and qualifications would you bring to the
New York District Board?
17. What do you think is the key to organizational growth? How will
you support growth through your position?
18. What do you believe should be a major goal or priority for NYD
Key Club in the next year, and what do you feel you could do
as a member of the International Board to help accomplish this
goal?
19. If elected, what would you do to strengthen relationships
between Key Club and other branches of the Kiwanis family?
20. How will you effectively voice the concerns of the members you
are elected to represent?
21. What other clubs and/or extra-curricular activities are you
involved in; and how will that affect your role on the District
Board?
22. What do you see as the biggest challenge for the person
elected to the position?
14 15 Key Club International Pledge
I pledge, on my honor,
to uphold the Objects of Key Club International;
to build my home, school, and community,
to serve my nation and God;
and to combat all forces which tend to undermine these
institutions.
Beaver Song
Beaver one, beaver all, let’s all do the beaver call!
Beaver two, beaver three, let’s all climb the beaver tree!
Beaver four, beaver five, let’s all do the beaver jive!
Beaver six, beaver seven, let’s all go to beaver heaven!
Beaver eight, beaver nine, STOP! IT’S BEAVER TIME!
Go Beaver! Go Beaver! Go Beaver!
New York District Song
I’m a New Yorker Born and a New Yorker bred,
and when I die, I’ll be a New Yorker dead.
Rah! Rah! New York, New York!
Rah! Rah! New York, New York!
Rah! Rah! New York, New York District GO WILD!
Conference Chair Kiera Solomon | © MMX by the New York District of Key Club
International. All rights reserved.
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