Comments from Regional Director Rick Lau
December 1, 2008
Thank you for
all who took time out of your busy day to attend the Mid
Year Cabinet meeting on Saturday November
15th
at
the Ilima Hotel. Do jah to Chef Jeanette who provided us
with delicious home cooked lunch. Encourage your members to
view the notes of the Mid Year Cabinet meeting at the
Hawaii website:
http://ysmenhawaii.org
And of course we again express our deep appreciation to APE
Phil Sammer who graciously loaned us his Conference Center
at the Ilima Hotel for no charge.
December
is Christian Emphasis month –
“Carefully
build yourselves up in this most holy faith
by praying to the Holy Spirit, staying right at the center
of God’s love.”
- Jude 20.
November
1, 2008
Aloha and hope all is well with your Y’s Men Clubs. Please
kindly take out your Daily Planners and calendars and mark
these important dates:
I
forwarded to all the club presidents the email I received
earlier from Josey Joseph ISD-PR. The campaign kicks off on
United Nations Day October 24, 2008 and each club is asked
to contribute a minimum of $ 7.50 for a Malaria Kit which
will distributed in Nigeria to help stop malaria. The
Hawaii Region will be soliciting your kokua and sending in
a check at the next semiannual dues to IHQ.
2.
Membership Growth
Continue
to work at recruiting new members to grow your club.
Remember any new member that is under age 26 pays only ½
dues. Look for young, dynamic people to join your club.
Y’s
Men and Women who commit to many volunteer hours for
projects, attending DG Phil Chun is forming a committee to
put together the dynamics of recognizing meetings, District
meetings, Regional meetings, etc. Final details will be
forthcoming.
4.
Brother Club Month
RSD
James Chong reminds all that November is Brother Club
month. Keep in close contact with your Brother Clubs and
continue to establish and promote international
relations.
“Our most basic common link is that we all inherit
this
planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our
children’s future. And we
are all mortal.” - John F. Kennedy
5.
Mid Year Cabinet meeting = November 15, 2008
9:00
AM – Opening session at The Ilima Hotel
Mandatory
meeting for all Club Presidents, RSDs and Regional
Counselors. Please encourage your board officers to also
attend. Lunch will be provided so please let us know your
final headcount. (Parking is very limited so please
coordinate car pooling with your fellow club members)
S/T
Bob Kuwahara sent you all the meeting agenda, budget, etc.
Help keep our
planet green and download to print the documents and bring
them with you to the
meeting so we do not have to waste paper. Neighbor island
participants are asked
to notify Bob Kuwahara your flight schedule if you need
transportation from and
back to the airport.
Aloha
and hope all is well with your Y’s Men Clubs. Please kindly
take out your Daily Planners and calendars and mark these
important dates:
Welcome Wayne Kim, President Kalihi Y’s Men
Effective
October 1 Wayne Kim will assume the 2nd
quarter
and be the new leader. Welcome aboard Wayne.
Members under 26 years old pay one-half of dues
Thank
you for all your supportive votes as the amendment to
Hawaiian Region
By-Laws passed with a majority 78% voting aye. Start
recruiting these young
members to add vim and vigor to your club.
Mandatory meeting for all Club Presidents, RSDs and Regional Counselors. Please encourage your board officers to also attend. Lunch will be provided so please let us know your final headcount.
“Keep learning about the world. Use your mind to the hilt. Life passes quickly and, toward the end, gathers speed like a freight train running downhill. The more you know, the more you enrich yourself and others.” - Susan Trott
August 11, 2008
Welcome
back from almost a 20-hour air journey from Denmark - IPRD
APE
Phil Sammer
who attended the 68th Y's Men International Convention in
Herning, Denmark. Congratulations to Phil who again
won the Henry Grimes Award. The Henry Grimes award is
given to the outstanding Regional Director. He is the
only person in the US to win the award 2 consecutive
years. And congratulations to Kalihi Y's Men Club who
received Certificates for Youth, World Service, Staff
Training and Membership Service; West Oahu Y's Men Club who
received buttons for Youth, World Service, Staff Training
and Membership Service; Club Bulletin Award went to Nuuanu
Y's Men and the Central Service Club. Congratulations
to Bulletin Editors
Maurice Shimonishi,
"Y's Up" and
Phil Sammer,
"The Y's Observer".
Club
presidents: August is Community Service month. If you
have any projects completed or being worked on, please
submit a report to Community Service RSD
Darryl Tupinio.
September is Endowment month. We missed the
submission deadline this year so Endowment RSD
Brad Ishida
will be sending out early reminders to you. Please
respond immediately and do not put it on the back burner as
you may forget.
2009
- 2010 Brotherhood Grants have been released by IHQ.
In August 2009 a grant is available to visit Lagos,
Africa. If you have a candidate that may be
interested, please contact Brotherhood Fund RSD
John Simpson.
The application must be completed and submitted to IHQ
by November 1, 2008. John will be sending out
details to you soon about the 2010 calendar for
Brotherhood grants.
Keep
up your good efforts of recruiting new members to add to
your club to make it stronger so you can do more for your
YMCA branch and your community.
"STRENTH
IN UNITY"
Y'sly
yours,
Rick
July
29, 2008
I recently returned from the US Area Council meeting in St.
Louis, MO. AP Fred Leonard desires all clubs to focus
on membership growth and extending more new Y's Men Clubs
in YMCA branches that do not have a Y's Men. The
Hawaii Region is off to a great start.
Congratulations to the West Oahu Y's Men Club who have
added 2 new members and also to Central Y Service Club for
adding 1 new member to their roster. Please continue
your efforts in bringing in new members to your
club.
APE
Phil Sammer will be representing the Hawaii Region at the
68th International Y's Men Convention in Herning,
Denmark. The convention will be from July 31 to
August 3rd. The US Area convention was tentatively
scheduled in Philidelphia next year but it will be
relocated to probably the West Coast as lodging
reservations fell through.
Dedicated
Y's man Russ Lynch is putting together the Regional
newsletter and it will be released soon. DG Phil Chun
is putting together a New Member Recruitment Program.
As soon as his committee firms things up, he will inform
you. Convention Chair Walter Osakoda is also in the
initial planning stages of having a great convention in
Honolulu. Remember to mark your calendars for the Mid
Year Cabinet meeting on Saturday November 15, 2008.
APE Phil Sammer has again graciously let us use his
facilities at the Ilima Hotel. ---
Rick
July
13, 2008
Congratulations
to all the incoming Club Presidents and Leadership Team in
the Hawaii Region. Let’s all make it a concerted effort in
giving them all our support and having “Strength in Unity”.
I just returned from the US Area Council meeting in St.
Louis, MO. The weather was muggy and hot but our stay at
the St. Joseph Motherhouse was great. Rachelle Reeg, PRD,
proposed “Roll Back Malaria by 2010” project. She has
proposed this project to the United Nations Council and
they accepted. Now it waits the endorsement of the Y’s Men
International Council. This will involve a participation of
$ 7.50 from each Y’s Men in each club. AP Fred Leonard is
proposing the goal of adding 9 new clubs this year.
Therefore I will be working with RSD Gary Bautista to see
if we can get a club started at the Leeward YMCA and also
at the Waiakea YMCA also. IHQ says we tentatively will have
a Brother Club visitation by a Y’s men from Africa in the
year 2010 who will attend our annual convention and spend 2
weeks to 1 month of home stay.
DG Phil Chun is working at forming an Orientation Team.
This ties in with what was discussed at the Area Council
meeting as very few clubs conduct New Member training. The
US Area Convention scheduled for next summer is up in the
air. Philadelphia was tentatively scheduled but things fell
through with hotel contracts and bookings. We may have to
relocate to the West Coast. More details later.
Y’all continue your great support in Y’sdom. ---
Rick