Zone D – Spring Zone Minutes

Red Deer, AB

March 15, 2014

1. Call to Order – 9:30

2. O Canada – lead by Ponoka Kinsmen

3. Kin Song – led by Red Deer Kinsmen

4. Moment of Silence for departed Kin and service members

5. Welcoming remarks

a. Deputy Governors Donnie and Pam

b. Host Club – Len - Appointments

6. Address t the Chair “Don’t let the wee one get away”

7. Appointments:

a. Rules of Order Chair – Doris Kibermanis – Red Deer Kinettes

b. Secretary – Charmen Boyd

c. Sergeant at Arms – Red Deer Kinettes

8. Introductions

a. National

b. District – Jacquie Mvula District Govenor

c. Incoming District Govenor – Cathleen Cooper - Martin

d. Life Members – Doris Kibermanis

e. New Members – Lee

f. First Timers

9. Roll Call

a. Kinettes

i. Innisfail - Present

ii. Ponoka - Present

iii Red Deer - Present

iv. Stettler - Present

b. Kinsmen

i. Innisfail- Present

ii. Lacombe - Present

iii. Ponoka - Present

iv. Red Deer - Present

v. Rimbey – Not here

vi. Rockey Mountain House – Not here

vii. Stettler – Here

10. Rules of Order – Doris Kibermanis

11. Agenda

Amended

  • Addition of \Kin Campout
  • Motioned to accept the agenda as amended – Doris Kibermanis – Red Deer Kinettes
  • Seconded by Kirk Blake – Stettler Kinsmen

12. Spring Zone Minutes

Amended

  • 8d – New Members – the addition of Christina
  • Motioned to accept the minutes Spring Zone Ponoka AB as amended – Charmen Boyd – Red Deer Kinettes
  • Seconded by Ashley Hunter – Red Deer Kinettes

13. Ice Breaker

Love Note – fill in with a fruit or vegetable

Introduction of team members of Kin

14. 1st Call for DG Nominations

  • Tera Blake – Kinette Club of Stettler
  • Kirk Blake – Kinsmen Club of Stettler
  • Len Sisco – Kinsmen Club of Red Deer

WELLNESS BREAK

15. President Reports

Ponoka

Kinettes

  • Busy are on a steady incline. Served breakfast Ronald MDonald – Service Project Red Cross participated Kin Day, co-hosting Kin Campout

Kinsmen:

  • Steady at 10 members
  • Christmas raffle
  • Ponoka community phone book sales up with adds - $30,000
  • Silent Auction – April 26th
  • Kin Campout
  • Leased 30 acres of land to build a toboggan hill, bmx track

Red Deer

Kinettes

  • Annual Gala was a couples last year – Dueling Pianos
  • Summer raffle – aspire & outreach
  • Senior Light Tour
  • National day of Kindness to hand out coffees
  • Ladies Gala – April 26th, fashion night in Paris
  • Upcoming 50/50 Raffle – Aspire
  • Casino – July 10th & 11th
  • One new member – holding steady

Kinsmen

  • 21 members
  • Successful dream home campaign – best year sell out with 50/50
  • National Day - $10 gift cards to the Collicutt for the kids covering cost of the swimming
  • Senior Light Tour
  • $75,000 to Camp Alexo
  • $28,000 Women Shelter
  • $5000 – Fairview School for new gym equipment
  • $1500 – lift for disable son
  • $1000 – high school with dry grad
  • $50,000 – Sylvan Lake urgent care centre

Stettler

Kinettes

  • As presented in the bulletin

Kinsmen

  • Unofficial Poker night – most successful year
  • Selling ads for radio days
  • Casino – in the summer
  • Scaled back on events to focus on doing core events better
  • Steady membership

Innisfail

Kinettes

  • As presented in Bulletin
  • Dinner of Diamonds – just under $10k
  • Membership has struggled lost hall
  • New hall
  • New member installed at last meeting
  • Lots of fellowship

Kinsmen

  • Lost 3 members, gained 2 members and 1 pending
  • Annual community auction in May
  • Casino in June
  • Man power and money to build another playground

Lacombe

Kinsmen

  • 39 members, lots of new young members
  • Ladies Gala in the fall was new
  • Santa Anonymous
  • February Caleidh – Great party
  • Advertisers Auction – April Playground
  • Golf Tourney – June MS

Rocky

Kin

  • Nothing to Report

16. Installation of New Members

  • Tabled to end of the agenda

17. Young Gunz Presentation – Vice Govenor – Cathleen Cooper-Martin

  • Encourage DG’s and the value
  • Think of running for Vice Governors

District 4 Selling Tickets - $10 Airfare anywhere West Jet flies, luggage, camera

Wellness Break

18. Kin Grace - InnisfailKinettes

LUNCH

Guest Speaker – Rachel and Schizophrenia society

19. Joke Off–Kinettes

  • Innisfail – Twins
  • Ponoka – Farmer John & Mary
  • Red Deer – Turning Black
  • Stettler – Irish Funeral
  • DG Pam – Pearly gates –Timbucktoo

20. Public Speaking

  • Red Deer Kinette Club – DorieKibermanis “Amazing Grace”

21. 2nd call for DG Nominations

  • No new nominations

22. ICEBREAKER

  • Bingo

23. Joke off – Kinsmen

  • Red Deer – Whale
  • Stettler – Smelly underwear
  • Innisfail – Dog, cat, penis
  • Lacombe – Dewey goat
  • Ponoka Kinsmen – Not asked by Executive
  • DG Donnie – Newfie cow

24. maKIn love Presentation – Dean Faithful and any executive member from the team

  • Jacquie Mvula
  • Greetings from Makin love team
  • Pat sends his regrets
  • District Kinvention
  • Provost Friday – Red, white and pink
  • (bullying topic from keynote speaker)
  • No Service project
  • Meetings to end by 3pm
  • Bathing suits required for the hot tub section
  • Kin College was a success and hope to have the tradition continue
  • Kin campout first year to try

25. WELLNESS BEAK

26. District Conference Presentation – Provost Kinsmen

  • Theme is a Luau
  • Hotel rooms need to be booked – Kinalta
  • RnR
  • Campsites in town are available – Town of Provost
  • Thursday night at Kinelta 4-7 for early registration
  • Friday morning from all hotels to the Ag plex for meetings
  • VP Section – hot tub, drink service and lounge chairs
  • Ag Plex – cocktails and supper – Entertainment Free Twins
  • Governor`s ball at Provost Cultural centre – band
  • Come to Provost to get laid

27. National Kinvention Presentation

28. Old Business

  • Only old business is Pam

29. New Business

resolutions - Donnie

  • Resolution A-1
  • Ashley Hunter – Clarification in English
  • Len – changing the wording, so that Kin Canada is ready to handle through the non-profit act.
  • Cathleen – Why does this continue to be written in terms that people need a law degree to
  • Resolution A-2
  • Cathleen – Application is approved under the Not for Profit Act, if we didn’t proceed we wouldn’t exist
  • Resolution A-3
  • Self Explanatory – voted on at National
  • Resolution B-1
  • Jacquie – no discussion
  • Resolution B-2
  • Jacquie – Club is the member of the association, individuals are members of club. Word changes for bylaws, housekeeping
  • Two new Resolutions are being posed at District
  • Proposal to try a joint FLC
  • No exotic dancers at any Kin functions
  • A demonstration of exotic dancers would be necessary to make a decision

Kin Campout – Darren Ponoka

  • First year
  • May 30 – June 1
  • Fish and Game
  • Games & Pancake Breakfasts
  • Campers are asked to bring a pot luck dish
  • D4 website and in the bulletin

30. Awards

a. Rose Bowl

  • No Submissions

b. Prolific Award

  • No Submissions

c. Joke –Off

  • Winner – InnisfailKinettes
  • Winner – Stettler Kinsmen

d. Public Speaking

  • Doris Kibermanis – Red Deer Kinettes

e. Outstanding Presidents

f. Service Awards

  • Red Deer Kinsmen – Dream Home

31. 3rd call for DG Nominations

  • No further nominations

32. Call to close nominations

  • Motion to close nominations – Scott Bourke Red Deer Kinsmen
  • Seconded Shawn Morton – Lacombe Kinsmen
  • Election for Kinsmen DG
  • Len Sisco – Kinsmen Club of Red Deer
  • Kirk Blake – Kinsmen Club of Stettler

Secretary casts one vote for each DG

WELLNESS BREAK

33. Election of Deputy Governors, Zone D

Congratulations to incoming DG`s Zone D

  • Tera Blake – Kinette Club of Stettler
  • Kirk Blake – Kinsmen Club of Stettler

34. Remarks from incoming DG’s

  • Got you now bitches – Kirk Blake

35. Good of Kin

  • Marriage of the son of Ponoka Kinsmen & Kinettes
  • Stettler Kinsmen have donated $30,000 to the town for shitters aka Kin Crappers

36. Return of Regalia

  • Lacombe Kinsmen are going to give Ponoka the Rockey Gavel
  • Ponoka Kinsmen is giving back their golf tournament banners
  • Ponoka will battle with Rocky over the bell that Rocky currently holds
  • Rocky Kinsmen would like to give back the picture of Ponoka Executive to Ponoka as an honor of good faith

37. Sergeant at Arms

  • Red Deer Kinette Club – Lisa & Sarah moved the fines collected in the amount of $260 + $10 US to be donated to CF, seconded by Christine Bourke, all in favor, carried

38. Host Club final remarks

  • Thanks from Len – Red Deer Kinsmen

39. Deputy Governors

  • Donnie – Thanks to Morty and Len for the support and encouragement. Life changed a bit for me, and valued all the help he had with the role. Wish he could have done more in the role. Pat & Jacquie for their leadership. Kudos to Pam as she did all the work and responsible for the entire meeting. Great partner to have throughout this year
  • Pam – Diddo to everyone that Donnie said. Thanks to special Guests and judges. Takes a team
  • Door Prize – Robe = Al Brown
  • Next Spring Zone, motioned by Darren York – Ponoka Kinsmen to be held in Rimbey, seconded by Dave Rowland – Lacombe Kinsmen

Service reporting to be in prior to District as requested by Lisa M. Service Director. Not the last day, use the service reporting tool on the D4 website.

Kim Peters NVP – Candidate review and support. Prior District Governor and from LethbridgeKinettes. Financial support for her candidacy is much appreciated.

40. Adjournment – 2:41

Doris Kibermanis – Red Deer Kinettes motioned to adjourn, seconded by Christina York – Ponoka Kinettes