CSU Northridge June Edition

Issue 1

1 Letter from the Editor

2 Calendar &

President’s Message

3 Introducing: 2015-

2016 Board Members

5 Leadership &

Fellowship

Letter from the Editor:

Hello Everyone!

It is such a pleasure to bring back the CSUN Circle K

newsletter. I hope you will enjoy reading these

throughout the year and I will try to get these

newsletters out to you on time and definitely try to

improve on my work.

I am so excited to be able to work on board again

and look forward to this term serving as your

publications editor.

If you ever have any ideas or want to submit an

article, feel free to contact me!

Stephanie Munson CSUN CKI Publications Editor

JUNE S M T W T F S

1 2

3 4 6:30PM: UCLA

Meeting/Potluck

5

6 Ryan Consebido’s

Birthday

7 8 9AM: ECC TV

Taping

9

6PM: CSUN General

Meeting

10 11 12 13 12PM: JUNE DCM

4:30PM: Metro

Banquet

14 15 Alex Nguyen’s

Birthday

16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 6PM: CSUN General

Meeting

24 25 26 27

28 29 30

Hello! My name is Clare Smith, and I am your 2015-2016 President! I am looking forward to reading

all the submissions you all have to offer, and very excited that we have a Publications Editor to

kick off the start of our year with a newsletter. I encourage you all to attend as many events as

you can during this year. I can personally guarantee that this year will be such fun and filled with

the best moments of your lives! I want all of you to step up as leaders and community service

providers, even if you are a general member—because there is no such thing as JUST a general

member, you are all special and wonderful people who have signed up to help change the

world! Y’all are awesome and I truly look forward to spending an amazing year with you all under

my charge. Have an awesome start of summer!

CKIx & LSSP

PRESIDENT: Clare Smith

VP OF ADMINISTRATION:

Kevin Zhang

VP OF SERVICE: Jerry Mendez

SECRETARY:

Megan Baldado

TREASURER: Erika Cervantes

PUBLICATIONS EDITOR: Stephanie Munson

HISTORIAN: Alex Nguyen

SERVICE CHAIR: Virginia Hernandez

CO-SERVICE CHAIR: Cindy Rojas

MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

& EDUCATION CHAIR: Connie Ng

TECHNOLOGY CHAIR: Eric Ramirez

CSUN Circle K’s Executive Board members were graciously invited by our current

faculty advisor, Margo Dutton, who was invited by her friend and fellow

Kiwanian, Jeff Dimsdale, to his esteemed Board Training for Magic Kingdom

Division. Mr. Dimsdale is Orange Coast College’s past Dean of Students and

current Kiwanis Advisor to the same school, and he has an extensive knowledge

on how to be a leader. Not only this, he is also a great teacher. I, myself, had the

immense pleasure of learning from him

and the Circle K members who

participated. I am positive my fellow

board members feel the same. We

learned skills such as interview skills,

team building, how to run general and

board meetings effectively, and Mr.

Dimsdale’s own, S.M.A.R.T.E.S.T. Goals.

We all benefitted from this training, so

to those thinking of running for board

next year, you will get to do this as

well. This was a very fun event and I

would like to thank both Margo, and

Mr. Dimsdale for having us.

The weekend after Board Training was Spring Training Conference (STC) South, again at Orange Coast College. This time, members and board members alike could attend the event. The few who signed up got to go to workshops hosted by other Circle K’ers from all over Southern California and Nevada (Hawaii, unfortunately, could not make the event). The workshops that I, myself, attended mostly had to do with my position as President. I went to the Executive Board Workshop first, where our District Governor, Tae Hyun Lim; our District Treasurer, Victoria Ortiz; our District Secretary, Paula Le; and past D-Gov, Byron Montilla explained to us the duties, the struggles and how to make our year the best, as executive board. Next, I went to the President’s Workshop, where I met half of the District’s Presidents (the other half would attend STC North). We shared our goals, our “moments”—why and when we decided to become president—and what we want to see change and it was very encouraging and inspiring to share. I was able to meet and become friends with so many other Presidents and participate in a really awesome trust exercise. The next workshop that I went to was the Fundraising Panel, where I learned how to host a fundraiser and the different types of fundraisers. Also about which fundraisers worked best for other clubs. After this workshop, came the Metro Divisional Council Meeting (DCM), where we discussed updates from the division, district and individual clubs. For lunch, I was very grateful for the chicken Caesar salad that was provided for me by our D-Gov and STC South Chair, Tae (since the pizza, being gluten, is a no-no for my overly paranoid immune system). After lunch, I went to a workshop called #365HappyDays. I made a new friend from UCLA, at the session, her name is Alondra. In the workshop we mostly just had fun learning the Electric Slide and interviewing our partners, asking questions like, “Who’s your celebrity crush?” (Tom Felton), “If you got a fully paid trip to anywhere, where do you want to go?” (New Orleans, or Stonehenge), or even “What super power would you want?” (Teleportation, or control of electricity). The last workshop that I went to was called Small/New Clubs Panel, and since CSUN falls roughly under both categories, I wanted to know the tips and tricks that others had to make things better for you all. This was a very beneficial workshop and I had many of my questions answered and even learned that there are many other schools who have struggled through the same struggles that we have, being small and new. I very much enjoyed this Training Conference, I do think that they were very prepared and it was much better than last year’s STC South. I encourage more members to go next year to Spring Training Conference, and I look forward to attending Fall Training Conference!

My experience of the CKI Bi-Annual was amusing and tiring because we all got to

spend the first day of summer together and enjoy the beautiful view and weather. I

almost forgot how much fun it is going hiking into the mountains

and hanging out with a couple of friends. At first it was scary

because we were trying not to slip and fall. But it was good that

we all were watching each other and had each other

backs. Then we went to another trail, which made it even more

tiring and fun. And somehow we all ended up having a craving

for Taco Bell. The fun part of the hike was that we played a

game in which each person had a word to say to complete a

phrase. The point of this game was that we all knew where

each other was so that we would never get separated from

others. Overall, the Bi-Annual Hike was successful and fun. I

hope next year, more people will come to the event so that we can play the game with a bigger group.

My experience at ECC’s EOTY Banquet was something I would call “magical”. This

banquet brought me many wonderful experiences and it really felt like prom. It was

magical because I enjoyed everything from the talent acts all the way to the prom

dance. I never attended prom and I kind of had a glimpse of how high school prom

would have been. What I enjoyed more than anything was the food that they served:

chicken alfredo, garlic bread, and salad. I loved the dessert that they provided: ice

cream with honey on top, chocolate strawberries, and yummy cupcakes and cookies.

The night ended with a bang with the king and queen announced and they started

grabbing people to join them on stage to dance. Many people danced or took

wonderful pictures in the creative and amazing photo booth. As a guest from CSUN, I

enjoyed this wonderful banquet as so many things made me smile. If you did not attend this banquet you missed out on all the action and fun.

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Clare Smith President

President.csuncki@gmail.com

Kevin Zhang

VPA vpa.csuncki@gmail.

com

Jerry Mendez

VPS vps.csuncki@gmail.

com

Megan Baldado

Secretary secretary.csuncki@

gmail.com

Erika Cervantes

Treasurer treasurer.csuncki@

gmail.com

Alex Nguyen

Historian historian.csuncki@

gmail.com

Connie Ng

MD&E mde.csuncki@gmail

.com

Stephanie Munson Publications Editor

publications.csuncki@gmail.com

Virginia Hernandez

Service Chair service.csuncki@gmail.

com

Cindy Rojas

Co-Service Chair serviceco.csuncki@

gmail.com

Eric Ramirez

Technology Chair technology.csuncki

@gmail.com

California State University, Northridge

Circle K International

I pledge to uphold the objects of Circle K

International,

To foster compassion and goodwill toward others

through service and leadership,

To develop my abilities and the abilities of all people,

And to dedicate myself to the realization of

mankind’s potential!