Rocky Mountain District

ELECTIONS

At the April 18,2002 meeting, Ramona Richers (Kiwanis Club of Arvada - Jefferson) was elected as Lt Governor - Elect - Designate, to serve as Lt Governor for the 2003-2004 Kiwanis Year. John Bilby (Kiwanis Club of Lakeside), the current Lt Governor - Elect will serve as Lt Governor for the 2002-2003 Kiwanis Year.

KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

The Kiwanis International Convention will be held this year in New Orleans, LA June 21-25. Its time to start practicing your "Y-M-C-A moves" as the Village People will be joining Jay Leno for Superstar night on Sunday, June 23. Each club is entitled to send two official delegates to the convention. Official delegate sessions will be held on Monday and Tuesday, June 24 and 25. Attendees are sure to come away from this convention enthused about Kiwanis and their participation in this wonderful organization. Encourage your members to attend. Our Rocky Mountain District has been assigned to the Sheraton Hotel at 500 Canal Street, at the edge of the French Quarter. If groups would like to attend the Superstar Program together, it is essential that these ticket requests be sent in together.

Each club was assigned a goal of taking in a significant number of new members this year. 30% of your beginning membership count was the target number. That means that if your membership was 40 at the beginning of the year, you are expected to add 30% times 40 = 12 new members. The easy way is to do this throughout the year - in the example, one new member each month. Several clubs have added members, but some have not done so. The longer we go in the year, the more difficult it is going to be to catch up. If you haven't established a Membership Growth Committee in your club, I suggest you do so immediately. Jim Haberer is available to help you evaluate your situation and then determine the best way to find, induct, and integrate new members into your activities. Let's get going on this important activity.