October 10, 2005

Jon – Pledge

Jim Barger- Prayer

Brenda Sorensen introduced as the new Lt. Gov.

She requested new calendars from each club for 2005-2006

Brenda Introduced Guests:

1. Circle K club spaghetti dinner Oct. 21^st Friday

Amy Jenkins of the FSU CKI

Requesting help advertising the dinner 80/20 Katrina / Club fundraiser

2. April Martin is the vice president of Tiny Stars

Stopping the sex slave trade – She solicited our help with their organization

Minutes from the last meeting introduced by Lt. Gov. Brenda

Moved by Jim Wylie to approve the minutes

Jeff Askens with the second to approve the minutes

A. Update the District Meeting Amendments to the By-Laws

B. Service Projects

1. Assess your clubs projects to see how they are touching lives

2. Look for projects that maximize the efforts for the community

3. Building a Wakulla County Club

Had one at one point (Jere Moore)

Reasons for loss of the Club They did not charge for the meal through the dues

Changed the meeting times

Switched to every other week

Finding a good central location is difficult
The Rotary Club strong and has a large membership

Suggestions to help:
Have a division meeting at the Wildwood Golf Course (Cleveland’s suggestion) to draw attention for the Kiwanis Club

C. Request for improved communication

1. E-mail addresses

D. Membership Growth

1. 51 new members this year
2. Brenda’s goal she will announce at a later date

E. Sponsor Youth Programs
1. Please support these programs as much as possible

F. Education
1. Kiwanis College- 4 hrs course – March 11, 2005
2. 20% attendance from each club
3. District convention- 10% - August 24-27 at the Sea World Convention Center
4. International Convention- June 28^th – July 2^nd in Montréal, Canada
Encourage the newest and the oldest members to go.

G. Awards
1. Gov. Asked to pick out the club members to give out the 2006 mission statement pins.

Club Reports

Tallahassee Club
November 3^rd is the fair luncheon- speaker is from the agriculture dept. at the North FL Fair
Banner Made for Kiwanis Project with the Slogan on it. You can borrow it.
Habitat for Humanity
Leon County School – Immunizations and Money
Ralph D Football tickets 5K dollars
Vials of Life
Head Start Program
161 Members
December 14^th Division Project to Ring the Bell for the Salvation Army
Nancy suggestion shifts of 2 hours 10am to 8pm – Brenda to e-mail everyone - Sam Frazier heading this up- All on the same day

Capital City Club
Tim thanks Brenda for the inductions
New member drive for the month of Nov.
Ramp building program
5 members to the District Convention
ECHO apts. At Bethany for the back to school – under wears and socks

Killearn Club
Thanks Brenda for the installation
10 new members for the club –George Sweat was the chairman
27 active members and a goal to have 30 members by the end of the year.
Starting a club watch program for health issues
Priorty One committee reestablished
Good Golf Tournament – Chuck Walter
Gift to Katrina victims
Atkion club-Bob Bull
Hal on wheels -90 years old

Lake Jackson Club
Tim is the new President
Vials of Life -600 at Winn-Dixie
FAMU Club - working on getting it going
4 members to the district convention
Installation by Brenda at Nicholson’s
Pancake breakfast fundraiser – Oct. 22^nd Please come 7am -11am Sat. Morning- Lighthouse Girls come to sing
Grow the club is the #1 goal

Tallahassee Northside

Faith Pres. Weds. 7am in the morning for Breakfast

Cleveland on the road with the Red Cross

Jere with the immunization campaign

Jon Winters .5 million diaper goal- kickoff and sorting parties

Fred Martin and Dave Goodin on the membership committee

Lighthouse Children’s Foundation is a project.
Jere Moore asks the clubs to wear their immunization badges and ask all of the seniors to get their Flu shot early- Senior Center Wed. am- by end of Oct.
Request for $400 for bumper stickers for immunization: Leon County Immunization Coalition- for a new round of bumper stickers: Mail these to Jere Moore
Motion to use Division Money and have each club to include a portion when Division Dues come in Edith Madison
Second by Larry Spalding

Monticello
Brenda S. - Happer Payne is our newest member from the Jefferson County Nursing Home
Golf Tournament – Thanked the Killearn Club
New members 10 this year –
80^th year celebration
Watermelon Run
Brenda asked the group to set up goals and get them to her
Larry Spalding- requesting the birthday gifts and explaining the Foundations
Administrative costs for all of the sponsor programs
$5 for everyone on the role –please get it in this month
$5 for the international which is option
Hixson Award $500
Ralph Davis Scholarship $1000
Ways to Honor the members in the club and half price this year because of the nickels project

Florida Foundation
Sustaining Member $25 a year and the money comes back in the form of grants- Grants committee –Larry Spalding can vote on the project $5-10 K matches when applied for through the foundation and sometimes matched through International
Many years not even half is distributed because of the few entries submitted for a capital project (one time)
There are two separate entities International and the Florida Foundation. There has been confusion in the past. Larry suggests that clubs may want to come together to do a joint project.

Brenda Closing Business

Greg Smith CKI of FSU wants to develop a mentor program with the Kiwanians. Early planning stages are currently working. He would like our approval first. Meet once a month: career path goals, getting to know each other, and getting more interaction between the groups

Jo Willis – proposed that we get more serious about developing Lt. Gov. for the future- Perry had made a commitment but changed their mind, Quincy passed, and Tallahassee Club passed. We need to help Brenda find a replacement for next year. Tallahassee club will let Brenda know after the next meeting.

Meeting Adjourned by the Lt. Gov. at 8:35 pm

Minutes Taken by Gavin W. Boone of the Monticello Club