RE9,UES'I' TO USE KEY CLUB EMBLEM

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

4. RE9,UES'I' TO USE KEY CLUB EMBLEM

The Supplies Committee carefully considered the case of Carl Helpen of the Florida District, on the matter of the Use of the Key Club

International Emblem on gift items such as Key Chains, CU.ff Links, etc. Kiwanian Helpen stated that he had developed these items for

fund raising purposes for ^Key Clubs in the Florida District.

It was pointed out to Helpen that:

A. The Use o:f' the Key Club Emblem in this manner was unauthorized.

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Quality was inferior •.

o.

Competitive to standard Key Club Catalog item.

D.· 1.1.his matter would·be submitted to Kiwanis Committee on huse of :Emblem."

E. The Committee would soon write to ^h:im and report on the action talteh.

... 3 - The Committee recommends that:

l. The request to continue manufacture and sale of competitive items of Key Club materials by Kiwa.nian Hel:pen be denied, and the "Use of Emblem" Committee be notified to so inform Helpen.

I move that reconnnendation 1 be adopted.

2. The following items be added to our Supplies Catalog line:

A. New members celluloid luncheon badge •

B. ladies leather continental purse, in four colors.

c.

ladies charm bracelets with Kiwanis charms.

I move that recommendation 2 be adopted.

I move this report be received.

Respectfully, Charles A. Swain

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^Robertson

Don E. Mumford, Chairman

PRCGftESS REPOR'r OF COMMI'l:TEE ON

~lEVEMENT REPORTS

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J}nmediately after this committee was appointed in August of 1959, your chairman corresponded with the other members of the connnittee, and through this correspond- ence the committee program was prepared for presentation to the International Council at their fall meeting in Chicago.

All of the committee members were most helpful with their suggestions and ideas in the c1rafting of this form for the program, and we were also given a great deal of help by the General Office staff, and Whitey Witthuhn, our Counselor,

~e program was presented at the fall Council meeting much in the same man.t1er as the plan used in former years. Included was a "check list" and a new item, a

"tear-sheet" to be returned to the lieutenant governors.

Beginning early in January a series of letters were sent to club presidents, lieu- tenant governors, district governors, district secretaries, and district chairmen, to encourage complete filing of club Achievement Reports by the deadline date, January 25. Members of the International committee followed up with letters to district committee chairman and governors in their respective zones.

Of the

4,531

eligible clubs, there were received 4,312 Achievement Reports. This represents a percentage of club filing in the amount of 95,2%. While only three Districts- filed 100% by the deadline, we feel tj;1e over-all report was excellent.

Each member of the committee graded the 150 club reports selected as winners in their district. Final grading of the reports was completed at the committee's meeting in Chicago on April 24 and

25,

1960. The connnittee•s meeting in Chicago was a most productive one and all members present agreed this was one of the

finest Kiwanis experiences he ever had. A list of winners and honorable mention clubs and districts is attached to and made a part of this Progress Report, Plans were made to present the awards to winning and honorable mention clubs and districts at the Miami•Miami Beach Convention. Also discussed were the committee's participation in the Club Clinic and the jobs of the members who will serve as panelists in the scheduled "Workshop" sessions. All members of the Committee stated they would be at the Convention.

[he

1960

Committee on Achievement Reports appreciates the opportunity of working with this phase of the Kiwanis prograin. The committee also appreciates the help provided by the Committee•s Counselor and the General Office Staff.

Committee:

Samuel A. Wagner, Erie, Pennsylve,nia

Respectfully submitted, SAMUEL A. WAGNER, Chairman

Comnittee

on

Achievement Reports

Linus

w.

:Bsrtels, Cape Girardeau, Missouri

~ster

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I.arson, .Ravenswood, Chicago, Illinois Charles B. Mc~rland, Bethany, Oklahoma.

George F, Trautman, East Detroit, Michigan

ACHIEVEMENT REPORTS

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DISTRICT AWARDS·

1959

Gold Group

Winner ... Californ:i.a.-Nevada-Hawaii Honorable Mention:

Texas-Oklahoma.

Illinois-Eastern Iowa

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Winner - Florida Honorable Mention:

Ontario-Quebec-Maritime Michigan

Ora.n.ge Grou32 Winner .... Kansas

Honorable Mention:

Nebraska-Iowa

Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee Blue Group

Winner - West Virginia Honorable Mention:

Montana.

Alabama

ACHIEVEMENT BEPORTS

£LUB AWARDS ...

1952

Gold Section

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Winner• Oshawa, ontario Honorable Mention:

Morristown., New Jersey Rhoxville, Te!4~essee

Roseland, Chicago, Illinois Dallas, Texas

Silver Section Winner• Hollywood, California Honorable Mentio~:

Capital City, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Weymouth., Massachusetts

Raytown, Missouri

Dover, New Jersey Oran~e S~c!,ion Winner~ Hawthorne, California Honorable Mention:

North Central, Seattle, Washington Upper Dublin, Pennsylvania

Northwest Lawton, Oklahoma.

Carmi., Illinois Blue Section Winner - El Camino, California Honorable Mention:

Cleburne, Texas

Central Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Centralia, Missouri

Belington, West Virginia White Section

Winner,.. Bell and Ma~ood, California.

Honorable Mention:

Rock.mart, Georgia

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

Newport, Vermont Sussex., New Jersey

PROMOTIONAL EFFORTS

PROGRESS REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND CONSERVATION

JUNE 1960

Letters were written by International Committee Chairman and Zone Chairmen to district committee chairmen as soon as names were available, urging that a strong district program be developed for use in individual clubs. These were followed up with special letters of commendation to individual district chairmen who were doing a good job of promotion, or with encouragement for those who

seemed to be slow in getting under way.

District Connnittees in most instances have promoted the program through the use of monthly or quarterly bulletins and letters to club committee chairmen.

Promotion has also been carried on at district and divisional training confer- ences and in a few instances by appearances at individual club meetings by the district committee chairman or a member of his committee.

The General Office Staff has been most hel~ful. Following are some of the more im~ortant committee promotion efforts through the General Office.

In January, the committee cooperated with the Committee on Vocational Guidance in making available to our district chairmen Vocational Guidance bulletin #19,

"Agricultural Careers Da.y.u In the Ohio and New York Districts., this program has been disseminated to club level,

In February, the committee prepared a calendar of

"1960

Observances Related to Agriculture'' and a covering letter

on

"Second Quarter Promotion." our district chairmen in five districts directly mailed these materials to eaoh club in the district. Hundreds of others were distributed by the General Office upon direct recauest from individuals, Altogether, about 2.,000 of the calendars o:f' observ- ances have reached the clubs.

In the Bulletin for Kiwanis Officers, special effort ha.a been given to farm safety, with major enr,phasis scheduled for Fa.rm Safety Week, July 24-30.

The committee has had reprinted request cards for the Farm-City Week Kit and one of these has just been mailed to each club. The 1960 Farm ... city Week Kit is now being prepared and will be available on a request basis in July.

All club committee bulletins are being carefully reviewed and most are being revised in accordance with the recommendations of the S~cial Committee on Mem- bership Study in order that they will be up-to-date, concise, and useful to clubs of all sizes in all areas. Quantities of a new bulletin entitled "Suggest- ed Programs and Projects for the Committee on Agriculture and Conservation" are being distributed at our club clinic booth at the Miami-Miami Beach Convention.

Continual re~etition of ideas seems to be necessary in the promotion of this committee's work. Monthly bulletin$ prepared by district committees and the promotional work of the General Office are the two most etfec:tive methods and certainly should be utilized by the 1961 committee.

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EVALUATION OF PROGRAM

In general the committee program seems to have been well accepted by clubs. It has been called to our attention that more information applicable to Canada would be helpful to the Canadian clubs. Although the program in general is applicable to Canadian clubs, this point could well be kept in mind in 1961.

There is a definite weakness in the appointment of many district committees.

Some districts utilize divisional chairmen; others appoint committees at large.

District committee chairmen all too often have to do the work. '.l'he matter of reporting activities to the district chairman is also a troublesome one in many

districts. This seems to depend so much on individuals, however. Those district chairmen who have a close working relationship with their district secretary and with the lieutenant governors have little trouble in getting the information they need and want.

PROMOTIONAL PLANS

During the remaining months ot 1960, the committee will give major emphasis to the coordinationend. :promotion of Fa.rm-City Week.

OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

This committee must al~ays be conscious of the fact that it is promoting a

program which is important to all ;people bu·t; which

mat

have more of an appeal to those who live in rural communities. Thus it is important to dramatize in every way possible the dependence of city people on sound agriculture and conservation practices.

Future programs should continue to stress the inter-relationship between city and country. Emphasis should be placed on getting people to take an interest in public affairs, insofar as agriculture is concerned, Unless people under- stand issues and pro~ess relating to agriculture and conservation, they cannot act as responsible citizens should act,

Committee:

Respectfully submitted,

THEODORE H. FENSKE, Chairman Committee on Agriculture and Conservation

Theodore H. Fenske, St. Paul, Minnesota Donald R • .Barden, South Haven., Michigan Ralph Thomas Clay, Palatka, Florida Vernon M. Hawkins, Jr., Rutland, Vermont Robert N. Wall, Anadarko, Oklahoma

PROMOTIONAL EFFORTS

PROGRESS REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ATTENDANCE AND MEMBERSHIP

JUNE 1960

1. Regular correspondence with district chairmen by each member of the committee.

2. Regular bulletins issued to district chairmen by committee members in three zones.

3. General Office Staff has greatly assisted th~ committee program by excellent promotional publicity through the Bulletin for Kiwanis Officers and The Kiwanis Magazine.

4.

News releases prepared for district chairmen to send to district bulletin editors,

5.

Some district chairmen have kept running records of additions and deletions and duplicated bulletins to send to club and division chairmen.

6. Special additional ucircle ot Distinction" mailing in April with staff promo- tional letter to all club presidents.

7.

Commissioning of all lieutenant governors as "promoters" of the "Circle" just prior to installations of officers by lieutenant governors.

8. Special efforts at promotion must also include every president of every Kiwanis club everywhere who has presented the "Circle of Distinction" to a sponsor be- fore the entire membership of the club a_-rid also those wearers of the °Circleu who have become promoters of the program.

EVALUATION OF PROGRAM

I:f' a good promotional idea of the stature of the "Circle of Distinction" is adopted by the 1961 committee, the committee should note that there is a definite correla- tion between recorded results and publicity appearing in district bulletins.

The 1960 comm.it·cee¹ s appeal is to "Joe" Kiwanian, It ha.s been well accepted by most administrative promotional personnel but there continues to be a tend.ency in some · quarters also to place an emphasis on net gain per club. Tb.is may not be a weak- ness, and is certainly understandable because ot long and continued prior emphasis on gain per club, The same effort on "Joe ^II would be more productive.

PROMOTIONAL pr...,A.Ns

A schedule of direct publicity releases to "Joe" Kiwanian in district bulletins through the district chairmen. These public relations releases will be designed to add further distinction to the ncircle of Distinction" and will be pointed toward motivating "Joe" to bring in a new man to the honor of "Joe.⁰ The committee will continue to function and produce until December 31, 1960.

Our committee has concentrated on reversing the trend of membership in established clubs and bas not placed undue emphasis on increasing attendance percentages, with the conviction that attendance has been somewhat over-emphasized at the expense of membership increases. It is our thought that attendance percentages will be quite satisfactory in a "growing⁰ club but that an over-emphasis on attendance in a club with declining membership will only hasten the decline.

Committee:

Derral L. Clark, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin A. E. Coulter, Oshawa, Ontario

Respectfully su~mitted, DERRAL L. CLARK, Chairman

Committee

on

Attendance and Membership

Peter Johnson, Southeast Los Angeles, California Ted R. Osborn, The Bluegrass, Lexington, Kentucky R. F. Thalner, Flint, Michigan

PROMOTIONAL EFFORTS

PROGRESS REPORT OF COMMfil'EE ON BOYS AND GIRlS WORK

JUNE 1960

The International committee through the excellent cooperation of the district chairmen has made a serious effort to promote the 1960 theme: "HELP OUR YOUTH WALK 'J2A.LL." After the district governors were given the Boys and Girls Work program at the International Council meeting in Chicago, it was felt by all zone chairmen that we must carry the 1960 program on by setting up a six-month activ- ity schedule from January through June. Then a:rter the Miami Convention, the final six months' program of events would be presented and promoted throughout Kiwanis International.

All members of the International Committee on Boys and Girls Work have cooperated in this first half of 1960. As chair.man, I hope to see even mor.e participation in the remaining months of 1960 by not only the zone chairmen but by all district, divisional and club chairmen.

The district chairmen have done an outstanding piece of work in promoting the Boys and Girls Work program. Nearly 65% or 3000 clubs received the bulletin

BG#-4,

"Pen Pa.ls Abroad," as a direct result of the promotional effort carried out in January. We feel this sets some kind of record for a new project pro- moted during the first month of the year. Other programs intensively promoted

included the Achievement Team Project, and the wonderful new program, the Family Camp Weekend. These latter programs have been so recently emphasized that we are unable to give accurate figures on club participation, but we know much good will come from the efforts expended. We are in full accord with the effort being made by our Chicago Staff to review all programs and materials which have been devel- oped over the years and then dl"op or discontinue the old bulletins which have become obsolete or revise them in such a way as to me,ke them applicable to our present needs.

We would like to recommend the continued practice of setting up in advance monthly emphases for six months or the entire year, thus giving the district chairraen an opportunity to make preparations to promote the Boys and Girls work in advance. The Family Camp Weekend, Pen Pals Abroad and the Achievement Award programs were very well received and deserve to be promoted with zest and vigor again in 1961.

EVALUATION OF PROGRAM

Many outstanding projects are never presented on the club level because we do not get the club bulletins into the hands of the club chairmen. We must work toward strengthening our channels of communication; this can come only through careful selection and training of all persons we depend upon in getting promo- tional materials to the club chairmen.

PROMOTIONAL PIANS

We have set up the final six months projects, subject to alteration following the International Convention in Miami:

July: Continued promotion of the :Family Camp Weekend project

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August: Encouragement of programs against child molestation through distribution of cartoon-type booklets to children

September: Kids ' Day

October and November: The ''Dominoes for the Handicapped" project December: Christmas projects for underprivileged children

OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

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We have enjoyed the cooperation given by the International office and believe it very important to meet with the International Staff two or three times during the year. Af'ber the program ha,s been approved, there are many ·times an Interna- tional Chairman needs assistance.

Furthermore, if it can become practicable, we would recommend at least one meet- ing of the International Connnittee with the General Office Staff. In meeting together for a day, many problems could be avoided or solved, and this would be of considerably more value than a conference telephone call~

The cornmi ttee wishes to thank the members of the Interna·bional Board of Trustees for their excellent cooperation. All of the International Officers have been most receptive to our program for 1960: "HELP OUR l'OUTH WALK TALL,"

Respectfully submitted,

W ^o C. MILL.-q:R, Chairman

Committee on Boys and Girls Work

Committee:

Wilbur C, Miller, Polk City, Iowa

Charlie M. Johnson, Roswell, New Mexico I..arry Martin, Decatur, Georgia

Ted Roetman, Saint Ignace, ~Iichigan Bedri J. Saad, Spokane, Washington

PROGRESS REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON 9IRCLEE

JUNE 1960

The cooperation of the General Office Staff has been excellent and the committee members have also functioned in a very fine way. Several district chairmen are doing an excellent job; others are satisfactory but some seem to be relatively inactive. Harold Danner as Counselor has been very helpf\.l.l when advice was needed. We have appreciated his assistance.

PROMOTION OF 1960 PROGRAM

The committee has written many personal letters~ to stimulate interest, to answer specific questions and problems, to congratulate clubs on activities and achieve- ments, to presidents of new and reactivated clubs, to stimulate sponsors of in- active clubs and those with dues delinquency and low membership~ The chairman has written 755 letters, each with about three carbons.

The conn.nittee has also accepted speaking engagements in their respective areas.

All district chairmen reporting as of this date indicate speeches to training con- ferences, mid-winter conferences, conventions, clubs, etc.

The chairman has issued three bulletins, sending a copy to each district chairman in his own zone, with sufficient copies going t0 each member of the committee for him to send to the district chairmen in his zone or to use the information for his own bulletins. The district chairmen who mentioned these bulletins in their reports indicated they were an appreciated aid. Most district chairmen indicated that bulletins were being issued on the district level but with no uniform regu- larity.

The committee has worked with the Director in preparing the following materials:

International Board Policies Concerning the ]functioning of Circle K Clubs Bulletin on "Conducting a Circle K Club Officers Training Confel:'ence"

Bulletin on the "K-Pal Program." involving the assigning of individual Kiwanians to each Circle K club member with a. prescribed program of activities to be followed

A Manual for Circle K District Officers The "CQ⁰ program for Circle K

Revision of the Circle K Manual

The committee also made a detailed study of the Constitution and Bylaws of Circle K International which resulted in the suggestion of proposed changes. As re- quested by President Albert Tully, a report was made concerning two of the recom- mendations in the "Special Membership Study." Also a detailed report was made to the Board concerning the value of granting attendance credit to Kiwanians attend- ing Circle Kand Key Club meetings.

In April the chairman attended the first meeting of the Circle K International Executive Committee meeting held at the General Office. '!hose in attendance included the four Circle K International officers, Trustee Harold Danner and the Circle K Director. It was a good meeting and I believe worth while. The primary purpose of the meeting was to study certain fundamental questions regarding the