Virginia JCI Senate Newsletter 2017-2018 LIVE LONG AND PROSPER MAY 2018 Presidential Report Inside this issue: 2019 MAI Bar Chairman 2 Vice President 3 Wanted: Hospitality Volunteers for MAI 3 2019 MAI Chairman 4 Return the Favor 4 Thank You, Hospitality Village 4 Feb 2018 Minutes 5 Benefit the Foundation 7 Prom Night at MAI 8 MAI 2019 Registration Form Donate a Bottle - MAI 2019 Bar Bartenders Help Wanted - MAI 2019 9 10 11 Hi! I m Betty Esenberg, PhD, Captain of the United Federation of Planets ship Enterprise. It is time for my final newsletter article as President. As I said at the beginning of this year. Greetings from the great Commonwealth of Virginia and the Virginia JCI Senate, a new colony of the United Federation of Planets. In the spirit of the UFP we say to all Live Long and Prosper. This year our colony members and Starfleet officers have been concentrating on the part of the Jaycee Creed that states the brotherhood of man transcends the sovereignty of nations. We are members of Federation colonies that rule themselves but also Quoting the Jaycees -- practice the art of living together in the spirit of brotherhood and in the true interest of humanity. Parallel to this part of the Jaycee Creed are the guiding principles of the United Federation of Planets. These are the principles of universal liberty, rights, and equality. Thus the Virginia JCI Senate Colony of the United Federation of Planets has been working to exemplify the joy of universal brotherhood while serving our communities in the interest of humanity. In serving our communities we plan to work closely with the Virginia Jaycees. Along with our work this year, we have been having lots of fun and fellowship! We kicked off the year by flying our shuttle in for our Summer Outing (August 4-6) in Virginia Beach, VA. There we did some planning and celebrating of our new colony. We started off Friday night with a Tides ball game. We were accompanied to the game by the Virginia Beach Jaycees. We were very happy to have Region III NVP Rick Rutter as our special guest along with Bruce Hufford, President of West Virginia JCI Senate. Next we attended USJCI Senate Fall Board Meeting in Pasco Washington. We used our shuttle to get there and fly low over the scenery. We had a good time and I m happy to say that thanks to the hard work of Troy Anderson as Virginia s Return the Favor Chairman, Art Esenberg won one of two Return the Favor rewards for his work with the Virginia Beach Jaycees. In addition, our Ariel Jones, was awarded one of two top Performer Awards for her work as the National Return the Favor Program Manager. On October 28, Kathleen and Tom King hosted the VA/ MD Social, the Olympic Games. We were glad to have USJCI Senate President John Robinson as our special guest along with Gary Deal, Chief of Staff. November 17-19 the Senate colony met with the Virginia Jaycees in Sterling,VA. The Jaycees elected their new Board headed by President Lin Martin. We had special guests Gary Deal and Diane Deal. Lieutenant Amy Tenhouse worked very hard to make it possible to welcome 3 new Senators at that meeting. Also during the Fall Board meeting in Sterling, we voted (Continued on page 2) VA JCI Senate Colony of the United Federation of Planets (UFP)
PAGE 2 VIRGINIA JCI SENATE NEWSLETTER 2017-2018 Presidential Report (continued from page one) for the unanimous approval of Ariel Jones as a National candidate for Secretary, the first time for Virginia in over 20 years, and Tom King as a candidate for NVP, Region III - both are slated to serve, if elected, in the 2018-2019 year. As the year has progressed each member of Board has earned at least a promotion to Lieutenant in Starfleet. Everyone has been doing an exceptional job. They have each pitched in to help each other. I know promotions will continue as the year goes on. Our shuttle put on some lights and bells and flew to the house of Beth and Craig Lane outside of Richmond for our Holiday party on December 2 nd. Games were played and fun was had by all. We were back on board the Enterprise for our Winter Board trip to St. Augustine Florida. There again we had a great time touring and socializing. We also worked hard to raise money for the USJCI Senate Foundation and the Presidental Sweepstakes. When we returned from Florida, we attended a Board meeting with the Virginia Jaycees in Virginia Beach on February 9-11 where we continued raising funds for our USJCI Senate Foundation under the leadership of Elizabeth Benka Region III Rep and for the Presidential Raffel. We had some special guests- Connecticut JCI Senate President Nancy Gianetti, US JCI Senate Treasurer Lawrence Pittman and his wife Karol. That night after the banquet we held the famous Martini Shake-off and our guests judged the results for us. We thank them for their help! Lisa Smith one the infamous trophy cup. As the year progresses we will have more fun and challenges as well. I could not have faced any of them without the great crew I have this year. We are financially sound. Our membership status is good. We have almost a full slate of prospective officers for next year lead by our outstanding Vice President Melissa Sleeth as the candidate for President. At MAI in Deleware Elizabeth Benka led an effort which resulted in our raising a lot of money for the Foundation Scholarship fund. Ron Sleeth was awarded with the prestigious Friendship award which honors the support of the spouse of a hard working Senator. Ron was chosen over many applicants and approved by our NVP Rick Rutter. Ron Sleeth is Friendship #84. Congratulations! One more piece of good news so far this year. Thanks to Christina Brunner and her committee we now have a Foundation Scholarship winner from Virginia, Michael Lenzi, Jr. I look forward to hearing more about this at our next meeting in the beautiful mountains of Virginia. Finally I would like to thank each Lieutenant who is a hardworking member of the Senate Board this year: Vice President, Melissa Sleeth; Chairman of the Board, Kay Faries; Treasurer, Jeff Bobich; Secretary, Jennifer Rebby; Hospitality Director, Hope Ellison; Director at Large, Jackie Julien; Rooms, Reservations, and Outings Director, Chris Heinz; Bar Director, Chris Taylor; Chaplain, Vanessa Kinsley; Return the Favor Chair, Troy Anderson; First Timers Chair, Sherry King; Scholarship Chair, Christina Brunner; Audit Committee Chair, Kathleen King; Historian, Gerry Sproles; Senate Newsletter, Dawana L. Harris-Bey; Senate Website and Virginia s most Sprightly Photographer, Paul Showalter; Sergeant at arms, Art Esenberg. To all Colonies of the UFP I say the brotherhood of Man transcends the sovereignty of Nations, we are all brothers and sisters. Live long and prosper! LIVE LONG AND PROSPER Betty Esenberg, #72227 President 2017-2018 MAI 2019 Bar Chairman Hello Everyone, I m in charge of the bar for MAI 2019! Virginia always puts on a great meeting and we will need your help to make it a success. To help offset the cost of running the bar I am asking for donations of alcohol. I will have a sign-up sheet available at the May meeting. I will also have a sign-up sheet for those who would like to work the bar. The more we have sign up the easier it will be to assign the shifts. Working the bar is a lot of fun and a great way to meet people. We will need your help! (See pages 10 and 11) Troy Anderson, #67983 MAI 2019 Bar Chairman
LIVE LONG AND PROSPER PAGE 3 From the Vice President Hello fellow Senators! I can't believe it is May already and that we have come to the end of another great year. It has been a pleasure to serve as your Vice President this year. I have enjoyed all of our meetings and extra events as we celebrated President Betty's year of Live Long and Prosper. Thanks Betty! I want to thank my team who led us very ably this year. First, to Hope Ellison, who coordinated our hospitality village and kept us happy with jars of snacks all year! Next, to Chris Taylor, who jumped in and took over the duties of the bar master and kept our thirsts quenched. To Chris Heinz, our Rooms, Reservations and Outings Director, who found great restaurants and sites for us to eat and socialize happily. To Dawana HarrisBey, who once again took our newsletter and made it better than ever with her great ability to produce a thoughtful and beautifully laid out document. To Paul Showalter for continuing to maintain our website and serve as our official photographer. And finally to Jackie Julien, for taking on the role of Director-at-Large and pitching in wherever she was needed all year. I also want to give a final thank you to the rest of the Board and the many of you that attended our meetings and outings. I appreciate all the support and look forward to the new year about to start! For the Senate, Melissa Sleeth #69220
PAGE 4 VIRGINIA JCI SENATE NEWSLETTER 2017-2018 MAI 2019 Chairman We made it to Dewey Beach, DE the weekend of April 5-8 to present our bid for MAI 2019 which will be hosted by the Virginia JCI Senate in Hampton, VA at the Crowne Plaza right on the Hampton River. Our hospitality suite will be right next door to Bull Island Brewery and is 150 feet away from the main entrance to the hotel, so there will be no problems with disturbing hotel guests! The committee has been hard at work as we plan to Expect the Unexpected our theme for the meeting. Kay Faries #70346, Troy Anderson #67983, Hope Ellison #71378 and Chris Heinz #75470 have been contacting fellow Senators to serve as Committee Chairs for the different committees from Hospitality to Sponsorships to Registration to Bar Captain plus more! We are excited to be working together and have some different things planned for the weekend, which will be March 28-31, 2019 so mark your calendars! Tours will include a Fort Monroe Tour, Brewery/Winery/Distillery Tour, NASA Air and Space Museum Tour and a new tour where you will be able to test your creativity as we will be hosting a Painting Tour in the Hospitality Suite and you will leave that tour with a painting that you have created! There will be more details to come on the other Unexpected things we have planned. We hope that you will get involved as we will be needing many Senators to work at some point during the weekend. Our goal is to continue the Virginia JCI Senate tradition of hosting a MAI meeting that will be talked about for years to come. Expecting the Unexpected! Alan Richardson, #50550 MAI 2019 Chair Return the Favor Hello Everyone, It s time to start getting your Return the Favor info together. This year the Virginia Senate has been a major leader with the Return the Favor program and we have had one of our own recognized as an Outstanding Senator on the national level. The third quarter submissions are due May 27 th. Now if you have been helping local Jaycee chapters by mentoring or providing manpower throughout the year but have not turned in any hours, it s not too late. Third quarter submissions can encompass the whole year, so if you helped a chapter earlier in the year you can still turn it in for credit. I will post the forms through the list serve and on the Senate FaceBook page. If you are unable to fill out the forms then send your information to me and I will fill it out for you. The Virginia Senate continues to give back to the Virginia Jaycees during a time when the Jaycees can use our help. There is still time to give back to the local chapters. Many chapters have lots of events outside as the weather warms up and they are happy to have our support and guidance. Let s finish the year on a strong note! Troy Anderson, #67983 Return the Favor Program Manager 2018 Third quarter submissions are due May 27 th!
LIVE LONG AND PROSPER PAGE 5 VA JCI Senate Membership Meeting Minutes Feb 10, 2018 Virginia JCI Senate Winter Annual Meeting Holiday Inn & Suites North Beach, Virginia Beach, VA February 10, 2018 President Betty Esenberg #72227 opened the meeting at 2:03 pm. The invocation was given by Chaplain Vanessa Kinsley #70895. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by the Veterans. Approval of the Agenda: Motion was made to approve agenda with changes by Art Esenberg #26704; seconded by Ariel Jones #65423. Motion passed. Approval of Minutes: Motion was made to approve minutes from the November meeting by Art Esenberg; seconded by Tom King #59642. Motion passed. Recognition of Guests: Anne Johnson #49625 introduced the following: Lawrence Pittman #53932, US JCI Senate Treasurer; Karol Pittman, Friendship Award #55 from the North Carolina Senate; Nancy Gianetti #69463, President, Connecticut Senate; and Vice President, Washington DC Senate; Tom King #59642, US JCI Senate/ JCI USA Liaison; Kathleen King #68704, Region 3 Future Directions Program Manager and Committee Chair; Ariel Jones #65423, US JCI Senate Return the Favor Program Manager; Cheryl France #57391, First Timers Program Manager; Jim France #44665 from the Maryland Senate and Chauffeur to Ms. France Special Guest: US JCI Treasurer Lawrence Pittman #53932 thanked Art Esenberg, Tom King, and Kathleen King for their hospitality. He extended greetings from US JCI Senate President John Robinson. Lawrence thanked the Virginia JCI Senate for their representation and participation in the US JCI Senate and the First Timers program. Lin Martin, 2018 Virginia Jaycees State President, spoke of turning things around in Virginia. She distributed flyers for the JCI USA National Convention to be held in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, April 18-22, 2018. She also distributed a list of all the state chapters with membership totals; there were 355 Virginia Jaycees as of January 1 st. Unfortunately, Norfolk, Williamsburg, and Roanoke will no longer exist at the end of this quarter. She is trying to grow those chapters below 20 members. Only 20 active Jaycees are at current convention. Officer and Director Reports: Vice-President Melissa Sleeth #69220 thanked those present for attending meeting. Bar: Chris Taylor #75972 announced a post-banquet Martini Mix-Off. Judges will be President Betty, Special Guests Lawrence Pittman and Nancy Gianetti. Hospitality: Hope Ellison #71378 thanked the Village for providing food. Suite fee will be $10 in Rm 101. We will play Left-Right-Center; half the proceeds will go to the Foundation and other half will be the winner's choice. Rooms, Reservations and Outings: Chris Heinz #75470 thanked everyone for attending the Dutch-Treat Social, location chosen by President Betty and Art Esenberg. He thanked Chris T. for help with the upcoming Martini Mix-Off. He promoted MAI to be held in Delaware, April 5-8, 2018. The main hotel is full; secondary hotels are available. Registration deadline is March 15, 2018. He announced the LMA/Senate meeting will be May 18-20, 2018 in Pembroke, Va. Newsletter: Dawana Harris-Bey #68527 was not present. Melissa Sleeth reported newsletter was sent out and thanked Senators for great articles. Website: Paul Showalter #65156 requested to please let him know if he needs to share any information or make any corrections. Director-at-Large: Jackie Julien #74251 reminded us of the points system to track Senator participation. She has forms available for Senators to complete and return. Graduation will be in May. Appointed Executive Committee Reports: Secretary: Jennifer Rebby #75071 stated no report. Products: Lee Wolfe #73613 has hats for sale, $10 each. Money will go directly to the Senate. Treasurer: Jeff Bobich #72309 was not present. A Balance Sheet as of February 6, 2018 and the 2017-2018 budget were distributed. Chaplain: Vanessa Kinsley #70985 requested to advise her of any birthdays, anniversaries, or family losses. She needs the year too for milestone birthday recognition the national eblast. Liaison: Amy Tenhouse #72693 was not present. First-Timers: Sherry King #67690 reported 5 Jaycees participated; 3 from Farmville and 2 from Peninsula. She thanked Special Guests Lawrence and Cheryl France for their participation. Return the Favor: Troy Anderson #67983 reported 3 rd Quarter reports are due June 1 st. Senators can submit activities from previous quarters. Now is a good time to help and mentor chapters. (Continued on page 6)
PAGE 6 VIRGINIA JCI SENATE NEWSLETTER 2017-2018 Feb Membership Meeting Minutes (continued from page 5) Sergeant-at-Arms: Art Esenberg #26704 collected money for the Sweepstakes, Mentors Magazine, and the Suite Fee. He presented gifts from the National Convention. He still has Banquet tickets available. He discussed digitizing VA JCI Senate records; Vanessa Kinsley offered to help scan records. Paul Showalter suggested to make digitized records available on the website. Immediate Past President/COB: Kay Faries #70346 stated no report. Committees: Constitution and By-Laws: Kay Faries reported they are reviewing the Constitution and By-Laws. Changes will be presented to the Executive Committee in May. If any changes are requested, please advise Committee by the end of February for presentation in May. Good of the Senate: Peggy McHugh #62466 reported 12 past Senate Presidents met as an advisory group for the Executive Committee. The 50th Anniversary Celebration, chaired by Art Esenberg, is planned for Summer 2019. It will be a picnic in Hopewell. Finance: Jeff Bobich was not present. Anne Johnson reported the following motion was previously discussed at the Finance and Executive Committee Meetings. It was brought to the membership at this time for approval: A motion was made to allot up to $500 from the Virginia treasury to help pay for ads in the following publications for the two Virginia candidates who are running for national office: The May Mentors: pay for one fourth of one ad for the four candidates who are running for US JCI Senate national office in 2018-2019 MAI 2018 Program Book in April: pay for one ad together for Tom King #59642, who is running for 2018-2019 Region 3 National Vice President; and Ariel Jones #45432, who is running for 2018-2019 US JCI Senate Secretary National Convention in Pittsburgh in June: pay for one individual ad for Ariel Jones in the Convention program book. All four candidates running for US JCI Senate national office will be submitting their own ads. The motion was made by Vanessa Kinsley and seconded by Jim Nefflen #18012. The motion was approved. Kathleen King made a proposal that the Virginia JCI Senate pledge up to $700 to host a regional luncheon with the Maryland and West Virginia JCI Senates, during the US JCI Senate National Convention in Pittsburgh in June. The Maryland JCI Senate has pledged a similar amount. The West Virginia JCI Senate will meet on April 28, 2018 and will discuss a similar motion at that time. Kay Faries made a motion to approve proposal and Sabitha Venkatesh #71858 seconded. The motion was approved. JCI Senate Foundation Scholarships: Christina Brunner #74135 reported receiving 82 applications. She submitted the top 2 applicants as nominations from Virginia. Nominations and Elections: Kay Faries with Kathleen King and Troy Anderson reported the following Senators are interested in positions: Melissa Sleeth #69220 for President, Sabitha Venkatesh #71858 for Vice President, Kenny Loyall #63743 for Bar, Vanessa Kinsley #70985 for Rooms and Reservations and Outings, and Jennifer Rebby #75071 for Communications. Hospitality and Director-at-Large positions are still open. Senator Review: Amy Tenhouse #72693 was not present. Historian: Gerry Sproles #14886 discussed the phrases Leadership Training and Community Development. Another past program was SPOKE: Service, Participation, Orientation, Knowledge, Enthusiasm. Old Business: None New Business: US JCI Senate Year End Convention, PA: President Betty reported no new information from Pittsburgh. May Election Meeting: President Betty reported flyers are available for the joint LMA/Senate meeting to be held at Mountain Lake Lodge in May. Command Staff Promotions: President Betty promoted the following Command Staff to Lieutenant: Jennifer Rebby, Art Esenberg, Kathleen King, Sherry King, Troy Anderson, Ariel Jones, Paul Showalter. Christina Brunner received her Board pin. MAI 2019: Kay Faries reported the committee met, including Chairman Alan Richardson, Chris H. Troy Anderson, and Hope Ellison. Theme will be Expect the Unexpected. Committee needs to prepare a presentation to submit bid at this year's MAI in Delaware to be held April 5-8, 2018. Presidential Raffle: The raffle was held and $110 was raised. Foundation Raffle: The raffle was held and $137 was raised. Elizabeth Benka #47053 requested to please bring baskets to MAI 2018 for auction; goal is to raise $400 for the U (Continued on page 7)
LIVE LONG AND PROSPER PAGE 7 Feb Membership Meeting Minutes (continued from page 6) SJCI Senate Foundation. President's Remarks: President Betty recognized Jack Ferry #76561 for attending his first VA JCI Senate meeting and for delivering the Treasurer materials to Jeff Bobich in his absence. The Jaycee Creed was led by Ariel Jones. Meeting adjourned at approximately 3:36 pm. Respectfully submitted: Jennifer Rebby, #75071
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VA JCI Senate Dawana L. Harris-Bey, #68527 Editor We re on the web : http://www.vajcisenate.org/ COLONY DATE (Outing Dates and Due Dates) 2017 Aug 12 Aug 19 Sept 14 16 Oct 5 7 Nov 1 Nov 17 19 West Virginia Steak Fry Maryland Crab Feed U.S. JCI Senate Fall Board Meeting in Pasco, Washington Florida Bash Newsletter Articles Due, harris.bey325@gmail.com VIRGINIA JAYCEES CONVENTION, Northern VA 2018 Jan 18 21 U.S. JCI Senate Winter Board Meeting in St. Augustine, FL Feb 1 Newsletters Articles Due harris.bey325@gmail.com Feb 9 11 VIRGINIA JAYCEES YEAR END CONVENTION, Virginia Beach Feb 15 18 Florida JCI Senate Feb 23 24 Region IV Meeting Apr 5 7 MAI, Delaware May 18 20 VIRGINIA JAYCEES LMA/SENATE SPRING MEETING, Pembroke Jun 17 22 U.S. JCI Senate National Convention, Pittsburgh, PA