 Highlights from the Regional Convention held this past week and
attended by fourteen of our members was the program today.
Mike Boen was named District Sertoman of the Year.
Our newsletter team was congratulated on a second place
district finish and a first place regional finish. Thanks Pam
Sachs, Midwest Captions, Ty and Erika Eigner, Karla Nelson,
Cassie Gylland, and Bob Nibbe Ty and Erica are the proud parents
of a new baby boy, Peter. Congratulations.
The Sioux Falls contingent is still working hard to be named
as the largest Sertoma Club. Our five state region has 3483
members and 275 of them attended the convention.
 Our club has the GEM Award for adding new members and a brand
new banner because of our contributions to the foundation.Fas
829-7761 Steve Augustinack Of the $24,000 raised at the
Foundation Breakfast, $4,000 went in to the Happajoki fund and
our club contributed $3500 to the overall total.
Camp Confidence Sertoma awarded us and others who have
contributed to their success a patch for our banners.
Our new International Director is Patrick McCardle, a judge
from Nebraska. Some plain speaking brought out some of the
problems with Sertoma International which have been solved or
are being worked on by the new management. Some ideas that seem
to have some merit include having the regional convention
earlier in the year.
Plan on attending the International Convention in
Toronto--see Tami Webb for details. Next year’s regional
convention is in Minot. |
GEM Good enthusiastic members are hard to find. We get 30
new members a year and only a few of them get to the GEM status.
Fas 829-7761 Rick Cole. Today Sertoma congratulated Dave Clausen
and presented him with a plaque for his efforts. Jim Potvin was
also awarded a beautiful plaque for achieving his Tribune status.
Keep up the good work fellows.