OTHER COMMENTS NOT COVERED BY THE ABOVE SECTIONS OF THIS REPORT 1. International Dues

1960 INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON ATTENDANCE AND MEMBERSHIP 1. Appraisal of the functioning of your Committee members

XV. OTHER COMMENTS NOT COVERED BY THE ABOVE SECTIONS OF THIS REPORT 1. International Dues

- 6 -

Recommend study of new methods to:

a. Acknowledge receipt of dues;

b. Follow up on delinq_uent dues.

Develop a new Receipt Form with enough information included to fill all re- q_uirements. Too much time of the Circle K Director and his Secretary is now used in writing letters to do this. They are excellent letters, are doubt- less appreciated by the recipient, are a means of disseminating certain

information to those receiving carbons, but it will be impractical to continue this practice with 500 clubs.

Consideration should be given to having the sponsoring Kiwanis remit both International and District dues and then collect from its Circle K Club.

Although this would largely eliminate delinq_uent dues, it would create new problems and doubtless has the disadvantage of reducing the feeling of finan- cial responsibility on the Circle K level, which is not a part of leadership training and the development of character, but this problem needs a solution.

2. Obtaining Circle K information.

Present Club Monthly Activity Reports are not satisfactory. Neither District Chairmen nor the General Office receive enough to be satisfactory.

District Chairmen's Annual Reports indicated that in general the following methods were being used to obtain club information:

a. Monthly Reports when available.

b. Miscellaneous reports from Division Chairmen, Lieutenant Governors, Kiwanis Club Circle K Committees, Circle K Governors and Circle K Lieutenant Governors.

c. Correspondence.

d. Personal contacts.

Perhaps uniformity of reporting would not be satisfactory in every District, but suggest consid.eration of Club Quarterly Activity Reports ( 2 to a semester) and then make a special effort to get them filed, with direct responsibility for doing so put on the sponsoring club's Circle K Committee.

3.

Study the problem of getting all Circle K International officers and Trustees to attend the following International Convention. Signing a commitment at election might help, the same as Lieutenant Governors do in some Kiwanis Dis- tricts.

4.

Study the problem of "dead wood" on the Circle K International Board; perhaps give the Circle K President, with approval of the Circle K Director and

Chairman of the International Committee, the authority to remove one from office and with the replacement being the next one in line at election.

5.

One District is very strong in its recommendation that Circle K International should not recognize a club as being in ¹¹full status" until District dues have been paid. Doing this would create a number of practical problems, but perhaps the International letter or receipt might stress the importance of paying District dues.

- 7 -

6.

One District recommended that Circle K Charters should also be signed by the Circle K Governor, as in Kiwanis. This may soon be done as we get more dis- tricts.

7 .

.Arm.ual Reports of District Chairmen were generally encouraging and indicated the growing strength of Circle K -- only one mentioned too much "lip service"

and too little "leg service" on the District level of Kiwanis:

a. Uniform approval of District organizations and values derived.

bo More interest and activity in organizing new clubs and helping weak ones.

c. Increased interest at District panels on Circle Kand Key Clubs.

d. More active Kiwanis sponsorship on club level.

8.

Cooperation of General Office staff has been excellent in assisting Circle K whenever needed.

CONCLUSION: Kiwanis is just beginning to tap the tremendous potential of this youth- sponsored organization. Circle K is still in its initial stages of development and will need special attention from the best qualified Kiwanians for the next five years if it is to achieve this potential.

This is a crucial period in its growth and development, and devoting to it what may seem by some to be an overly disproportionate amount of time and energy and some Kiwanis dollars, will pay immeasurable dividends in the future in the preservation of our freedom and the enlargement of our :American way of life.

Committee:

Respectfully submitted,

IRVIN C. CHAPMAN, Chairman Committee on Circle K

Irvin C. Chapman, Fullerton, California

Dr. William Mo Eagles, Chesterfield, Virginia Don S. Harper, Hannnond, Louisiana

Wayne W. Hilborn, Delaware, Ohio Ralph E. Kyte, Sr., Elaine, Arkansas

.APPENDIX n A1¹ CIRCLE K CLUBS ORGANIZED

1960

CIRCLE K CLUB

American River Junior College, Sacramento Frederick College, Portsmouth, Virginia Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, Virginia Troy State College, Troy, Alabama

St. Bernard College., St. Bernard., Alabama Hazelton Campus of the Pennsylvania State

KIWANIS SPONSOR

North Sacramento, California Portsmouth, Virginia

Lynchburg, Virginia Troy and Dothan, Alabama Cullman, Alabama

University, Highacres, Hazleton, Pennsylvania Hazleton, Pennsylvania Paducah Junior College, Paducah, Kentucky Paducah, Kentucky College of Marin, Kentfield, California San Rafael, California

Howard College, Homewood., Birmingham, Alabama Shades Valley, Birmingham., Alabama Columbus College, Columbus, Georgia Columbus, Georgia

Southwest Baptist College, Bolivar, Missouri Bolivar, Missouri Southwestern State College, Weatherford.,

Oklahoma

South Dakota State College, Brookings, South Dakota

Azusa College., Azusa., California

~ast Texas State College, Commerce., Texas Corning Community College, Corning, New York Belmont College, Nashville, Tennessee

Lee College, Baytown, Texas

Emory and Henry College, Emory, Virginia Concord College, Athens, West Virginia Wake Forest College, Winston-Salem,

North Carolina

Youngstown University, Youngstown, Ohio Northern Montana College, Havre, Montana

Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas Towson State Teachers College,

Towson, Maryland

The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina The College of Charleston, Charleston,

South Carolina

Southwest Missouri State College, Springfield, Missouri

Carbon College, Price, Utah

·san Jose City College, San Jose, California Indiana University, Gary Center,

Gary, Indiana

Coffeyville College, Coffeyville, Kansas Texas Western College, El Paso, Texas Wisconsin State College and Institute of

Technology, Platteville, Wisconsin

Oregon Technical Institute, Oretech Branch, Klamath Falls, Oregon

Anderson College, Anderson., South Carolina Grand Rapids Junior College.,

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Weatherford., Oklahoma Brookings., South Dakota

Glendora and Azusa, California Commerce, Texas

Corning, New York

Woodmont., Nashville, Tennessee Baytown and West Bay Town, Texas Abingdon., Virginia

Bluefield and Princeton~Athens., West Virginia

Twin City, Winston-Salem., North Carolina

Youngstown, Ohio Havre, Montana

Emporia and Hi-Noon, Emporia., Kansas Towson, Maryland

Charleston., South Carolina Charleston., South Carolina Springfield South, Missouri Helper, Utah

West San Jose, California Gary, Indiana

Coffeyville, Kansas El Paso, Texas

Platteville, Wisconsin Klamath Falls, Oregon Anderson, 'South Carolina Grand Rapids, Michigan

CIRCLE K CLUB

Frank Phillips College, Borger, Texas Brevard Junior College, Cocoa, Florida Phoenix College, Phoenix, Arizona Los Angeles Harbor College,

Wilmington, California

University of Maine, Orono, Maine Bacone College, Bacone, Oklahoma

- 2 -

KIWANIS SPONSOR Borger, Texas Cocoa, Florida

Valley of the Sun, Phoenix and West Phoenix, Arizona

San Pedro, California Orono-Old Town, Maine Muskogee, Oklahoma