June 15, 2004 Program

Our guest speaker today was Ms. Shelley Nickel, the Executive Director of Georgia Student Finance Commission which is responsible for promoting and increasing education for students beyond high school to all Georgians by providing scholarships, grants and loan programs. In sharing with us about Georgia's HOPE scholarship program, Ms. Nickel highlighted the following points:

  1. Since its inception in September 1993, the HOPE scholarship program has provided more than $2.3 billion to more than 764,573 Georgia students attending Georgia's colleges, universities and technical colleges.
  2. The HOPE scholarship provides for book allowance, payment of fees, and tuition grants.
  3. To be eligible for a HOPE scholarship, students will have to graduate from high school with at least a 3.0 grade point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale or a "B" average in core curricular courses of English, mathematics, social studies, foreign language, and science.

Visitors/Attendance

Attendance today included no visitors and 19 members.

Future Speakers

June 22nd   Ms. Genevieve Tondi Bos, Publisher of Business to Business Magazine
June 29th   The Honorable Bobby Baker, Chairman of the Public Service Commission

Recognition

President Lantz expressed thanks to the several Kiwanians who attended the Evaluation meeting which was held at Ronni's place. Ray said that Club improvement may result from increasing diversity, inviting auxiliary groups to meetings, and giving more explanations about Club activities and projects. Praises were given to Ronni and George as delegates to International Convention and Georga, Jim, Ronnie, Antje, and Ray as delegates to the District Convention. President Lantz noted that an updated Directory will be made available very soon.

Pin Violations

With every Kiwanian being in proper attire, our compassionate Mel trotted smilingly all the way to the bank.

Kiwanis Education

A leave of absence excuses a member from attendance requirements but does not eliminate the dues required for membership.

President Lantz's Quote

"About the only problem with success is that it doesn't teach you how to deal with failure."
-- Tommy Lasorda

Announcements

  1. Kiwanis International Convention will be held in St. Louis during June 25-29, 2004.
  2. Our Georgia District Convention will meet on Jekyll Island during August 6-8, 2004.
  3. Dusty and George invite us to participate in our Fall Kiwanis Travel to a 16-day trip to India on October 5th and/or an 8-day trip to St. Petersburg (Russia) on October 10th.


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