RALPH E. WILSON
Fo W. SUMMERHAYES, Chairman
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THE DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA
Whereas:
And whereas:
And whereas:
March 8, 1971, was the Diamond Anniversary of the Volunteers of America,
Throughout all those seventy-five years, this great organization has brought comfort to those afflicted in mind, body, and estate, setting an example of selfless concern which nave been a constant inspira- tion to all,
Thousands of men and women in scores of communities have benefited because of this unflagging zeal to be of service where service is badly needed,
Be it therefore resolved: That the Kiwanis International Board of Trustees, speaking for two hundred and seventy
thousand members in thirty-six countries of the free world, ~xtends all good wishes to Volunteers of America and its workers everywhere upon the occasion of the Diamond Anniversary of the Volunteers; and that the Board of Trustees calls upon every Kiwanis club to render due and personal honor to the Volunteers everywhere Kiwanis and the Volunteers serve side by side.
KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL Chicago, Illinois May 3, 1971
THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF PILOT INTERNATIONAL
Whereas: October 16, 1971, is the fiftieth birthday of Pilot International,
And whereaij: Throughout all those fifty years, it has been the privilege of Kiwanis clubs and Kiwanis members to work with Pilot clubs and Pilot members in countless community service projects;
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And whereas: Hundreds of communities and thousands of your fellow citizens have benefited because of the unselfish service and desire to aid and improve which are the hallmark of Pilot, and the true embodiment of its great Golden Anniversary theme, "Fifty Years of Friendship and Service";
Be it therefore resolved: That the Kiwanis International Board of Trustees speaking for two hundred and seventy thousand members in thirty-six countries of the free world, extends all good wishes to Pilot International and its members everywhere upon the occasion of the golden
anniversary of Pilot International; and that the Board of Trustees calls upon every Kiwanis club to render due and personal honor to the Pilot clubs of those communities where Kiwanis and Pilot serve side by sideo
KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL Chicago, Illinois May 3, 1971
Exhibit. :/H6 REPORT OF BOARD COMMITTEE ON SPONSORED YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS
TO THE MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES May 1=4, 1971
Date of Commit.tee Meeting~ May 3J 1971 Place of Commit.tee Meeting~ General Office
Present~ Members - James Co Brooks., Gene Ho Favell Chairman = William Mo Eagles;MoDo
Staff Members - Robert Fo Lucas, .John P. Mockenhaupt, Gary R. McCord, Ro Po Merri dew
Others= Lloyd No Hardesty, Ted R. Johnson, Wes Ho Bartlett, Maurice Gladman, Ralph Eo Wilson, Ted R. Osborn
The Circle K Departmental expenses were reviewed with a great deal of care and concern. The committee considered planned expenses as compared with income and reviewed past records all of which indicated that the cost of Circle K operations continues to rise although income from dues has shown a marked decrease, as indi=
cated by the two sets of figures below (the first set indicating income from dues, the second set membership)~
1966 1967 1968
$42,443
$44J335
$43,856
(10,610) (11,083) (10,966)
1969 1970 1971
$51,362
$46,652
$35,026
(10,273) ( 9,312)
( 7,387 to date)
After a lengthy discussion which touched on Kiwanis subsidy, priority of expenses, Circle K attitudes, college outlooks and other areas, it was agreed that the Circle K would need to accept greater fiscal responsibility for their organizationo There will be additiona:1 discussions and specific proposals made along these lines to in-
sure full collection of dues for the services which are provided including more in=
volvement by Kiwanis sponsors, adjustments in office procedures, greater adherence to Circle K regulations concerning club obligations to the International organiza- tion and reduction of expenses in some areaso
The Committee. also reviewed the proposed amendments to the Circle K International Constitution which are attached as Exhibit A. Our concerns in connection with the first amendment stem from the fact that there is no specific provision for allowing closed sessions of the International Board for justifiable private discussions and that some may abuse this provision for political purposeso The second amendment would, of course, provide for female membership which the Committee believes will meet with a great deal of opposition on the part of Kiwanians on all levels. Al-
though no survey has yet been taken, it would be our opinion that the majority of Kiwanians would be adamantly opposed and that such action would cause the with-
drawal of a considerable amount of Kiwanis support for Circle K on all levels"
No action was requested from this committee but we have discussed all of these things clearly and candidly with President Lloyd and Director John so they will be able to present these facts and opinions at their next meeting in June" Since the amendment was submitted by a district the Circle K Board has no alternative but to submit: it to the convention"
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The Circle K International Board selected August 26-29, 1973 at the Playboy Plaza Hotel .in Miami Beach, Florida as the dates and site of their convention for that
year. We considered the fact that the Playboy name may cause concern on the part of some Kiwanians and this was included in the discussions held at the Circle K Boardo However, the proposal made by the hotel was excellent, it is a convention property with the actual Playboy Club being in Miami proper, the hotel has all necessary function space and sleeping accommodations (which fits this size con- vention better than the other hotels under consideration), the name will draw attendance in the college group and the Circle K Board felt it was the best pos- sible decision.
Recommendation {/=1 ~
The Committee recommends that the selection. of the Playboy Plaza Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida during August 26-29, 1973 as the site and dates of
the Circle K International Convention be approved.
I move that recommendation 1 be adoptedo
The matter of financing Circle K International officers was held over for the next meeting pending the completion of a study being inade by the Circle·K
International Board.
President Lloyd explained the study made by the Circle K Executive Committee in connection with the status of Trustee Allen Schabiliono It was firmly established that his former club at Southern Mississippi University was no longer in existence, that i.t would not be reorganized in the immediate future and that Allen was no longer a Circle K member. For these and other reasons the Executive Committee recommended that his position be declared vacant and that David Carillo, a past officer of the Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee District, be elected to serve the remainder of the termo This action was approved by the Circle K Board in a vote of 11 for, 2 against and 2 abstainingo The Circle K Board is developing pro- cedures to govern future nominations which will be in effect for all future con- ventions to avoid similar situationso
A proposed training calendar developed by the Circle K Board for their organization was next reviewed by the committee and we compliment the board for their work in
this regardo The only concern raised was the plan for a training session to be held at Valley Forge for the Board and Circle K Governorso Our discussion proved that it would be possible to include some training along with a program similar to that developed for Key Club so we could cover material for the organization and the Freedoms Foundation rather than simply holding a session similar to the Kiwanis CounciL The Committee feels this would be beneficial for the organizationo Recommendation #2~
The Committee recommends that the Kiwanis Foundation be advised of our support for a Circle K conference at Valley Forge including a program of training for Circle K officers as well as covering programs handled by the Freedoms Foundation which would be similar in nature to that now provided for Key Club.
I move that recommendation 2 be adopted.
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We then moved on to a review of departmental expenses for Key Club which appeared to be in order at this time. It was noted, however, that Key Club dues income was less than anticipated and some expenses higher than budgeted. Attempts will be made to overcome these shortcomings but it may be necessary for Key Club to use some of their surplus funds to cover this deficiency. Appropriate adjustments have already been made in the proposed budget for the 1971-72 school year.
William M. Eagles,M.D., who served as official adviser to the Key Club Interna- tional Board meeting, presented a verbal report of their session on February 19-210 He felt the meeting was successful and that the young men handled their discussions
and made their decisions in good fashion. He was pleased to note that a proposal to eliminate the word t'God" from the Key Club membership pledge was defeated.
The proposed amendments to be submitted to their International Convention in Anaheim, which appear as Exhibit B, were reviewed. The Committee has no concern
in this regard and feels the reasoning behind these changes is sound:
The Key Club Board also selected June 30-July 3 as the dates for their 1974 con- vention and choose to hold it at the Astroworld Hotel in Houston, Texas.
Recommendation #3~
The Committee recommends that the dates of June 30-July 3 at the Astroworld Hotel, Houston, Texas be approved for the 1974 Key Club International Conven-
tion.
I move that recommendation 3 be adopted.
A proposal for the Key Club District Chairmen and Governors Regional Training Conference was reviewed and found to be in order. These will be continued on a regional basis, rather than bringing the meeting to Chicago; they will be held in the fall; there will be three meetings rather than four so districts can be
switched to different meetings in order to avoid promoting sectionalism and the general plan meets with a majority of approval of those involved. Dates will be selected which do not interfere with Kiwanis District Conventions. A similar arrangement for Spring meetings has been arranged for Circle Kin their training calendar mentioned earlier in this report.
The Committee again reviewed plans for the establishment of Circle Kand Key Clubs in American or Canadian schools for Armed Forces personnel. We believe the plan to be reasonable and support the idea of providing programs of this type for the families of our servicemen. Despite the fact that there are limitations in this type of sponsorship, we feel the plan should be approved and pass this opinion onto the Board Committee on Laws and Policies which presently has this under consider- ation.
We have also studied a proposed "International Sponsorship Award" developed by Key Club International Chairman John Roberts to place greater emphasis on quality
sponsorship of our Key Club program. It is our feeling that the proposal has merit, particularly at a time when our major emphasis programs will center on unity between these two groups. Basically, he proposes that clubs be encouraged to· submit a report to the district chairmen at the end of the school year which will determine whether or not the club is to receive a banner patch indicating that it had either superior, excellent or quality sponsorship. A copy of the projected possible form and patch design is attached as Exhibit C.
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It is estimated that this p,rogram will cost approximately $1500 which we would like to suggest approval for but know that funds are simply not available at this time.
Our only alternative is to suggest that this program be used to replace the Project Awake Awards program which is currently in existence. The Project Awake Program is designed to promote joint activities between a Kiwanis Club and its sponsored Key Club. It requires the Kiwanis Club to complete a contest· entry form which is
graded at the district level and the Kiwanis Foundation supplies funds to cover the cost of 60 engraved trophies which are given to the two clubs which have had the best joint activities. The program has been in existence for two years but has not met with the success anticipated. Entries are scarce and some of them do not deal with the projects recommended.
The Key Club International Committee does not recommend dropping the Project Awake Program because it is not in competition with the new program being suggested.
However, it does not appear that we can afford to cover expenses for both activi- ties and it i~ questionable that we can expect the Kiwanis Club to file detailed reports for two separate competitions. Considering the value of both and the resources available, it is our recommendation that the Kiwanis International
Foundation be asked to use the funds (approximately $600) formerly assigned to the Project Awake Program for this new awards program and that they make the attempt to add the additional funds needed for complete financing. It wi 11 be further -recommended to the International Committee that consideration be given to includ-
ing the Project Awake idea in the International Committee program if the sugges- tion still has merit and that the districts be asked to continue supporting a district competition if they so desire.
Recommendation :/f4 ~
The Committee recommends that the proposal submitted by the Key Club Inter=
national Committee for an "International Sponsorship Award" be referred to the Kiwanis International Foundation for consideration with our strong recom- mendation that the Foundation switch funds assigned to Project Awake to this new idea and, if possible~ that additional funding be assigned to cover the cost of the full program on the basis that this has the potential for bring- ing Key Club and Kiwanis closer together.
I move that recommendation 4 be adopted.
The Committee. does not feel, however, that it will be possible to implement the program for the current year and that any plans made be geared to the 19 71= 72 year.
I move this report be receivedo
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES C. BROOKS GENE H. FAVELL
WILLIAM M. EAGLES,MoDo, Chairman
EXHIBIT A
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
THE CIRCLE K INTERNATIONAL CONSTITUTION Present Article VII2 Section 3
The Board of Trustees shall meet in Decem- ber of each year, at the annual convention of this organization, and at such other times as deemed necessary by a majority vote of its membership. Written notice of the time and place of such meetings shall be mailed to each member of the Board of Trustees by the Executive Director not
less than ten (10) days prior to said meeting.
Present Article III2 Section 6
Any male student of good character and of satisfactory scholastic standing, who is officially enrolled as a student in the institution in which a club exists, may be elected to active membership in said club.
Active membership in said club shall auto- matically terminate when the member shall
cease to be enrolled as a student of the institution in which said club exists, or when the member shall fail to meet the scholastic requirements for membership set by the institution in which said club exists.
Present Article IV2 Section 4
Each district shall hold an annual conven- tion, the place and date of which shall be determined by the Board of Trustees of the district unless in any year the Board of Trustees of this organization shall deter- mine that it would be inadvisable to hold
such a convention. Each member club of a district, in good standing with the dis- trict and with this organization, shall be entitled to two (2) delegates and two
(i2
alternates in any annual convention of said district. All elected officers of a
• district shall be delegates-at-large at any annual convention of said district.
Proposed Article VII, Section 3
The Board of Trustees shall meet in Decem- ber of each year, at the annual convention of this organization, and at such other times as deemed necessary by a majority vote of its membership. Written notice of the time and place of such meetings shall be mailed to each member of the Board of Trustees by the Executive Director not
less than ten (10) days prior to said meeting. Said meetings shall be open for observation by any member of Circle K In- ternational. The number in attendance shall be adjuste4_to the space available.
Proposed Article III, Section 6
Any student of good character and of satis- factory scholastic standing, who is offic- ially enrolled as a student in the insti- tution in which a club exists, may be elected to active membership in said club.
Active membership in said club shall auto- matically terminate when the member shall
cease to be enrolled as a student of the institution in which said club exists, or when the member shall fail to meet the
scholastic requirements for membership set by the institution in which said club exists.
Propo~ed Article IV1 Section 4
Each district shall hold an annual conven- tion, the place and date of which shall be determined by the Board of Trustees of the district unless in any year the Board of Trustees of this organization shall deter- mine that it would be inadvisable to hold
such a convention. Each member club of a district, in good standing with the dis- trict and with this organization shall be entitled to delegates in any annual conven- tion of said district according to the following schedule:
Size of Membership
25 or fewer 26-35 36 or more
Number of vot- ing_ delegates
2 3 4
All elected officers of a district shall be delegates-at-large at any annual con- vention of said district.
EXHIBIT B
PROPOSED ~MENDMENTS
TO THE CONSTITUTION AND BYlAWS OF KEY CLUB INTERNATIONAL Submitted to the 28th Annual Convention
Anaheim, California, July 7, 1971 To All Key Clubs:
The following proposed amendments to the Constitution and Bylaws of Key Club Interna- tional will be officially presented for action at the Annual Convention in Anaheim, on Wednesday, July 7, 1971.
Copies of the proposed amendments are being sent to each chartered Key Club in accord- ance with the provisions of Article 17, Section 1 of the Constitution. At the conven- tion these proposed amendments will be presented to the delegate body for considera- tion and action.
You will note in the column parallel to the proposed amendment is included the arti- cle and Section of the present Constitution and Bylaws referred to in the proposed amendments.
CONSTITUTION PROPOSED AMENDMENT:
Amend Article 8, Section 7 to read:
All officers, except the Director of Key Club International, shall serve without compensation and accept no remunerative employment from Key Club International.
Amend Article 10, Section 3 to read:
The President of Key Club International shall, when the program of an annual convention specifies nomination of offi- cers as the order of business, receive nominations from the floor for the sev- eral offices to be filled at the conven- tion. All nominees for International office shall be in attendance at the convention. He shall also give notice of, and cause to be held, a conference of representatives of the several dis- tricts to determine and submit to the convention its recommendation for the several offices from among the nomina- tions made from the floor or submitted during the conference. The conference to be constituted and to proceed as follows:
(remainder of Article to remain as is)
Present Article 8, Section 7:
All officers, except the Treasurer, who shall be paid one dollar ($1.00 per annum>
and the Director of Key Club Internation- al shall serve without compensation and accept no remunerative employmernt from Key Club International.
Present Article 10, Sec 3:
The President of Key Club International shall, when the program of an annual con- vention specifies nomination of officers as the order of business, receive nomina- tions from the floor for the several of- fices to be filled at the convention.
All nominees for International office shall be in attendance at the convention.
He shall also give notice of, and cause to be called, a conference of representa- tives of the several districts to deter- mine and submit to the convention its recom- mendations for the several offices from
among the nominations made from the floor or submitted to it prior to the conven- ing of the conference. The conference to be constituted and to proceed as follows.