Welcome to the Sac Central YMCA Delegations!

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Delegation Spring Conference Bulletin #4

(Check your email for attachments!)

Conference attendees have 3 important tasks to complete ASAP:

1) Register for the conference through the Reggo System here: https://app.reggo.org/events/view_public/15/HmTyOzggwdo9JRv49kGE
You'll register as "Capitol Coalition" delegation for this conference.
Role selection is as follows:
Rose - Assembly
Max - Senate
Maret - Assembly
Alex - Senate
Jazmine - NIC
Tony - CONA
Please complete your registration by tonight at 8pm.  Send me an email or leave a note in the FB group so I know you've registered!

2) Book your train tickets! Attached to this email is a flyer with instructions and the details. To receive the 10% discount you must either call or go in-person to the train station. Make sure you book EXACTLY the combination of bus/trains listed on the flyer. Check and double-check!  Send me an email or leave a note in the Facebook group so I know you've purchased your ticket. TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED BY 5PM ON FRIDAY, MARCH 15. Don't delay!

3) Do you have a tent you can bring that you're willing to share? We need one tent for the girls that can hold 4 and one tent for the guys that can hold 2. Please email me to let me know whether you have a tent you can bring.

Other deadlines:
A) Appointed and Elected Leadership Applications are due by March 22. Have you applied? Let me know!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dElORGJTWlBELVJycjFtSXRMZkNTckE6MA#gid=0
Appointed roles are selected and assigned before we get there. Elections are held on Friday night during the conference.

B) Bills and NIC proposals are due March 22. We can send one bill and up to 1 proposal per NIC delegate. Unlike the regular conference, neither is required, but both are strongly encouraged to be submitted. See attached Bill and NIC proposal information. Previous bills and NIC proposal examples can be found here: http://calymca.org/programs/spring/spring-conference-resources/

C) Mixed Bag sales and money were due last night at the meeting. If you have orders, you must deliver them to the YMCA by Friday, March 15. No orders can be accepted after that point.

Coming up:
- Next week's meeting (3/20) will focus on planning for summer events and the year ahead. Bring your calendar or planner. ALL delegates (regardless of Spring Conference attendance) are asked to attend!
- There will be NO meeting on March 27.
- The April 3 meeting is MANDATORY for delegates attending Spring Conference. Parents are invited and encouraged to attend. Delegates are required to be there.
- Job training opportunity: The Y is offering lifeguard training and classes start very soon. The Y will be hiring many lifeguards this summer. This training will qualify you for those jobs and probably many others. There is a fee. If you are interested, let me know and I'll send you the flyer (it was available at last night's meeting.
-Did you read all of this information? Send me an email telling me 1) the deadline for buying your train ticket, 2) whether you can buy your ticket online, and 3) the subject of our March 20 meeting and your lunch on the way home from the conference is on me!

If you have any questions about any of this - contact Christiana!

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Sac Central's Slideshow!

Check out our year in pictures (it takes a few minutes to load, but it's worth the wait):

Click to play this Smilebox slideshow

Friday, March 1, 2013

Spring Conference Bulletin #3

Missed the previous bulletins? Catch them here:
Spring Conference Bulletin #1
Spring Conference Bulletin #2

New Delegate Scholarship Information

Our first Spring Conference meeting will be next Wednesday, March 6. It's open to all interested 9th-11th grade students!

Returning delegates are encouraged to attend even if you cannot attend Spring Conference - we need your help to explain the program to our new friends!

Meeting attendees should bring:
  1. Completed Spring Conference Registration Forms
  2. A check for $200
  3. Completed Y-assist form (new delegates only; and make sure you have completed the on-line Scholarship Application as well.)
  4. Pen, paper, and your calendar/planner
For our first meeting, we will do a brief program overview, a short discussion about Spring Conference, and then dive right into leadership opportunities and the bill/NIC proposal process.

Mixed Bag catalogs will be available. Mixed Bag sales are open to those participating in Spring Conference or who will be returning next year. Sales will be credited to individual sellers (though the option to donate proceeds to the group scholarship fund is always available!). Mixed Bag orders and money will be due at our March 13 meeting. That gives you one week to get your sale on if you don't have a catalog already! (If you want to get selling sooner, additional catalogs can be picked up from Ashley at the Y.)

For those with catalogs already, remember that checks should be made payable to "Sacramento YMCA," and you do not need to calculate sales tax, it is included in the price of the bags.

See you Wednesday, March 6 at 6:30pm at the Sacramento YMCA!