Circle K International
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Meeting Minutes
I. November 5, 2003
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A. Attendance
20 members, 1 advisors and 2 guests. Also see the Attendance Excel File, a copy of which is on file with the minutes.
Welcome and Call to Order
President Nesbit called the meeting to order at 7:03 pm.
The Pledge of Allegiance, Circle K Pledge and Motto were recited.
Officers, Advisors, Guest Introduction, and Committee Chair report
A.
Treasurer Divjak addivjak@wisc.edu
Secretary Johnson was not in attendance. Service hours for October are 482.35 and since April 1 1013.85
Vice President Fitzgerald mkfitzgerald@wisc.edu
President Nesbit announced that we have the most members in the W-UM district alnesbit@wisc.edu
B. Kiwanis: Satn invited everyone to the Kiwanis meeting this Monday at 11:45 at the Veterans Museum
C. Four members who were included in the raffle didnt receive their prize yet. If that is youvisit Andrea to get a cool Circle K logo prize!!
D. Fundraising: The downtown Kiwanis Club will be staffing the ice cream stand at mens basketball games and we will be helping out on weeks they dont have enough volunteers. We will need two volunteers from our club for each game. Enter at the left of Gate A if you volunteer.
E. Public Relations Chairperson Cedric is having a meeting after todays meeting for his committee.
III. Old Business
a. Halloween at the Zoo
Halloween at the Zoo was a great service project. We got to dress up and be the characters in a Haunted Maze at Henry Vilas Zoo. It was on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Oct 31-Nov.2 from 9-4.
b. Food to Second Harvest Food Bank
Andrea took the 224 lbs of food that was donated to the food bank on Friday morning
Club Magazinenot enough copies were sent, but the situation will be fixed.
IV. Current Business
a. Member Induction Ceremony and Social: Will be on Wednesday, November 12 instead of a regular club meeting. We will be going to Chuck E Cheese. It is $6 per person for 2 slices of pizza, soda, and 20 tokens. Monica suggested the great idea of pooling tickets and trying to get a toy to donate to the YWCA, so anyone who is interested can get in on that as well. It should be a lot of fun, so hopefully everyone will attend!! RSVP to Sarah Winchowky at skwinchowky@wisc.edu. If you dont want to go to Chuck E Cheese, you should still come to Union South for the induction ceremony!
b. Holiday Embrace 2004
The Holiday Embrace will be held in Gurnee, IL on Sat Jan 3, 2004. This is a fun dinner and dance put on by the Illinois-Easter Iowa District. There will be music, silent auction, a raffle and much more. The cost is $35 for dinner and dance or $20 for the dance. All proceeds support the Spastic Paralysis Research Foundation. If interested, you must register by Dec 2.
VI. Ongoing Service Projects
a. YWCA weekly events
Our club will be staffing the resource room at the YWCA on Monday from 6-7:30, and Thursday from 6-8. Katy passed around a sign up sheet for upcoming days. Also, every night the YWCA runs kids programs and they could really use help on Thursday nights with their Fun With Science program. Email Katy if you want more information on this.
b. Reading Buddies at Mendota Elementary School
Reading buddies is an awesome service project which involves one on one reading with students at Mendota elementary school. I go every Tuesday at 4, if you are looking for a great on going service project, you would probably really enjoy this one. The kids love it and look forward to seeing their buddy every week. If you are interested, contact Rosario, at rvela@madison.k12.wi.us or 204-7858. Or, if you just have questions, you can email or talk to Missy mljohnson9@wisc.edu
c. UW-Waukeshas Circle K Coat Drive
UW Waukesha is holding a coat drive until Dec 1 and hopes to collect 25 jackets of any type from each campus in the district. If you have any used coats to donate, bring them to a meeting and Andrea will collect them.
d. Governor Justins Snuggles Project
Governor Justin Hahns Snuggles project involves making/donating blankets for animals. If you make a blanket, you can count that as service hours! If you have anything to donate, bring it to the meetings and we will keep them in the office until we turn them in.
e. Pop tabs for Ronald McDonald House
collect all your pop tabs and bring them in to the meeting each week.
f. Box Tops for Education
Collect the box tops off of your favorite General Mills products and bring them in to the meeting!
V. New Business
a. Middleton HS Key Club Meeting
A group will be visiting the key club meeting at Middleton High School on Friday, November 14th to promote Key to College. Contact Monica if you are interested in attending. We would like it to be an interclub (which means at least four of our members would have to attend).
b. Basketball Game Concessions
See above for more infovolunteers from our club will be helping out at the games on Sat. Nov 8 as wellas Mon Nov 17 at 5 pm.
c. Key to College
We will be holding a Key to College event on November 19 at 3pm. This means that high schoolers will be coming to get a campus tour, attend a workshop and a circle K meeting. If you want to help, contact Monica.
d. Trip to Topeka to reclaim our mascot
A trip is in the works to head down to Topeka Kansas over winter break to visit Janet and get back the mascot. Possible weekends are Jan 10-11 or Jan 17-18. If you are interested in going along, contact Andrea.
e. Salvation Army Bell Ringing
Nov 21 and 22 at Kopps on University. Contact Katy Wheeler if interested.
g. Christmas for Kids
This involves donating money for a present for kids. More information about this will be given at a later meeting.
VI. Member Questions about events or anything?
VII. Happy Thoughts/Question of the Week
Todays question was What was your most memorable moment from last weekend?
Money in the Happy Thoughts jar goes to the Tomorrow Fund.
IX. Adjournment
Ms.Nesbit adjourned the meeting at 7:40 pm
Next weeks meeting is the member induction ceremony!! See you there!!
Respectfully submitted,
Missy Johnson
Secretary
University of Wisconsin-Madison
