August 2007 – The PA Jaycees ROAR!

State Core Team

71st PRESIDENT As your executive team we have been able to

Sherry Cracium Hello Pennsylvania Jaycees! make the decisions necessary to run day to
(717) 227-0051 (H) day operations, however, there are some very
sherry.cracium@rlhcpa.com
July was a busy month with visitations to the important and big changes that we are going
Warren Jaycees 4th of July Celebration, to need your help with. We are at a
Hanover Area Jaycees Kid’s Karnival, and crossroads as Pennsylvania Jaycees and we
the Northern Schuylkill Jaycees Family need to make some tough decisions as to
Chairman of the Board
Kim Melachrinos Picnic. You can read more about these whether or not we continue with certain
(717) 512-9265 (C) chapter’s great events on our website at programs, what we need to do with a budget,
kimpossible70@gmail.com
www.jci.cc/pennsylvania. Check it out! and how we need to change our quarterly
conventions. We need your participation to
I’m sorry to say that I missed the Myerstown give you want you want from your state
Vice President
Jaycees Game Night and the Brogue Jaycees organization.
Mark Gibson
(717) 880-0711 Pigeon Shoot. I hear that both events were
gcubed@comcast.net successful and I hope to be out to visit with Since it currently appears that we will be
your chapters real soon! Thanks to everyone unable to conduct real business at our
that has been inviting me out to visit. meeting again next Saturday, August 4th, I
Secretary have attached a questionnaire that I am
Holly Zulick asking you to take a few minutes to fill out
(570) 385-4346 I recently represented the Pennsylvania
zulick@verizon.net Jaycees at a Global Leadership Forum and either mail or email the answers back to
sponsored by IBM in Washington, DC. This me. My email address is
was a spectacular event involving the top sherry.cracium@rlhcpa.com. Those chapters
Treasurer business leaders in the United States and I in attendance at the board of directors
Deb Baber
was honored to be invited to take part. We meeting will have the same questionnaire and
(717) 624-9239 will be working in small groups to come up
debbaber@earthlink.net discussed the future of our young leaders and
how we will need to evolve in the ever with the answers they feel are in our best
changing global economy. I won’t go into interest. We would like to hear from those of
detail in my newsletter, but I am going to put you that are unable to be there as well. This
Administrative Assistant
Tony Patte more detail on our website for those that are is your opportunity. Please…
(570) 347-0835 interested in how you can make a difference.
tpatte1@comcast.net PENNSYLVANIA JAYCEES…
As Jaycees, it is a priority of ours to take
LET ME HEAR YOU ROAR!!
action with issues like this one that has a
Executive Presidential
direct impact on young leaders! In Jaycee Spirit,
Advisor Sherry Cracium, 71st President
Andrew Bolin Your leaders of the Pennsylvania Jaycees
(717) 521-1400 want your input on some very important
linkbolin@gmail.com
issues. Due to a lack of interest from our
local chapters in participation at our quarterly
board of directors meetings, we have been
Newsletter Editor
Donna M. Hurd unable to conduct business as a board. Your
(717) 866-6087 executive team only makes up a small
4hurds@comcast.net amount of the votes at a board of directors
meeting. Each chapter in good standing
carries two votes at each of these meetings.
We are required by bylaws to have 25% of
our chapters in attendance at the board of
director meetings in order to conduct
business.
 Directors Meeting on Saturday August 4,
From the Desk of the Treasurer:
2007. It is very important that each chapter
send members to the board meeting to take
As you have probably heard by now,
part in this discussion and vote.
the Pennsylvania Jaycees will be shutting
down the bingo operation and closing
Also at the August board meeting, I
headquarters. As I reported at the May
will be presenting the report from the 2005
Board of Directors Meeting, bingo revenues
audit. The auditors have just about finished
have been steadily declining. It appears that
the 2005 audit, and the 2006 audit is well
the poor economy has hit hard. Fewer
under way. It should be completed well
people have been attending bingo, and the
before the extended filing deadline in
people who do come are spending less
November. I know there has been some
money. For the first quarter of 2007, bingo
concern about the status of the Pennsylvania
was operating at a loss, and that has not
Jaycees taxes. The 2004, 2005 and
improved through the second quarter (see
estimated 2006 taxes have all been paid.
the attached Second Quarter Budget to
The 2006 taxes are being prepared by the
Actual Report). The joint bingo and finance
auditors along with the 2006 audit and will
committees made a recommendation to the
be completed by the extended filing
executive committee that the bingo
deadline. At this time, we are waiting to
operation be ended and that the lease for
hear about any penalties or interest that may
headquarters be terminated. A motion was
be owed due to the late filings in 2004 &
made and seconded to accept the
2005.
recommendation, and the executive
committee voted unanimously in favor of
And last but definitely not least, the
the motion. The final night of bingo will be
Pennsylvania Jaycees are looking for a new
Friday August 31, and we will have the
state fundraiser and we need your help. This
month of September to get things moved out
is vital to the future of the Pennsylvania
of headquarters.
Jaycees. We have had a few suggestions,
and President Sherry has been talking to
Some important things to keep in
other state presidents to see how they raise
mind are that the Pennsylvania Jaycees have
funds in their states. If anyone has any ideas
opened a Post Office Box that will be our
to share, please bring them along to the
new address effective immediately. The
August board meeting. I look forward to
new address is P.O. Box 584, New Holland,
seeing you all there!
PA 17557. The telephone line to
headquarters will no longer be in service.
In Jaycee Spirit,
To contact the Pennsylvania Jaycees, you
can send an email to
Deb Baber
pennsylvaniajaycees@gmail.com or you can
PA Jaycee Treasurer
call our toll free number 1-800-395-7737
and leave a message. Of course you can
always contact any member of the executive
team directly.
The Dog Days of
With the loss of bingo income, the Summer!
finances of the Pennsylvania Jaycees have
changed drastically. Because of this, the
finance committee has been working very
hard to balance the 2007 budget. By cutting
the budget to the bare minimum, we came
up with the attached tentative budget which
will be presented for a vote at the Board of
 SURVEY

1. Our annual budget for operating the Pennsylvania Jaycees will be approximately $20,000
per year, based on current membership numbers. Please tell us how you think that money
should be dispersed over the following categories.

________________ Membership Training / Officer Training

________________ Quarterly Conventions & Meetings

________________ Marketing on Radio or Television or Direct Mailing

________________ Website Development

________________ New Chapter Extensions

________________ Outstanding Young Pennsylvanians Program

________________ Awards

________________ Sending Competitors to National Meetings

________________ Sending the State President to National Meetings

________________ State Mailings to Members & Chapters

________________ Administrative Expenses (Badges, Pins, Office Supplies)

________________ Liability Insurance

________________ Other, Please Specify __________________________

2. Should we continue to hold an Outstanding Young Pennsylvanian Competition?

3. How often should we hold individual development competitions (for example: speak up,
write up, and debate)? We currently try to have them quarterly.
4. How often do you think we should hold a state weekend convention?

5. Would you be more inclined to participate in a board of directors meeting if the cost was
only $10 and was only limited to a few hours on one day and did not include a meal?

6. What are the two most important things that the state organization should provide for
your chapter?

7. Do you have any ideas for a statewide fundraiser that would have a potential to profit
approximately $10,000?

8. Would you like to be able to participate in our board of directors meetings via the
internet?

9. Would you like to be able to renew your chapter’s membership dues via the internet with
the use of a Paypal account?
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 Pennsylvania Jaycee Creed
We Believe:
That faith in God gives meaning and purpose to human life.

That the brotherhood of man transcends the sovereignty of nations;

That economic justice can best be won by

free men through free enterprise;

That government should be of laws rather than of men;

That earth's great treasure lies in human personality;

And that service to humanity is the best work of life.

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Pennsylvania Jaycee
Eye of the Tiger:
Rising up to the
challenge
Donna Hurd, Newsletter
Editor
500 Houtztown Road, Lot 47
Myerstown, PA 17067