VOICES · Torch:U.S. · Fall 2016
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VO(I)CES
Successful Conclusion
Salvete!
This year has been an incre-
dibly productive one for the
officer board. I believe each of
us achieved our goals for the
year and learned so much in
the process. All of our hard
work as a team came together
beautifully last week during
National Convention. It was a
week full of camaraderie and
competition. Without any of
you JCLers, it wouldn’t have
been the huge success it was.
Last week was such a perfect end to this amazing term as president, and I cannot thank you enough for giving me this opportunity to work with such a fun and creative board.
Gratias tibia ago,
Brier Clough
2015-2016 NJCL President
A Mix of New and Old
Call me a pessimist, but I've always been counting down conventions -- after my first nationals, three left, after my second, two, etc.. Despite this, it seems like the end is always too far away to truly come -- but now it has.
This past year has been one of both major changes and familiar traditions for the JCL. We said goodbye to three National Committee members and, after more than sixty years of print publication, the TORCH:US moved to an entirely digital platform. On the other hand, NJCL returned for the fifth time to Indiana (the most frequent convention site). My tenure has been similar -- I continued Maya's excellent job of revolutionizing National Classics Week and modernizing NJCL pamphlets while still focusing on membership and publicity outreach. In addition, I worked tirelessly to secure media coverage for convention and make it run as best I could. I would particularly like to thank Ms. Catherine Sturgill, the new elected National Committee chair, for her mentorship and tutelage over this past year.
I can't thank thank you all
enough for this opportunity
and your support during my
time in office. My only
regret is that I didn't have
enough time to get to know
all of you -- but I know that
you are all destined for
great things. Keep on
making this organization
great!
Ad aeternum,
Michael Kearney
2015-2016 NJCL First Vice President
Love, Learn, Grow
Dearest JCLers,
Wow- what a year! Seldom in life do you experience feelings of true love, devotion, and dedication that convince you to stay with something forever, but this past convention was that experience for me. By no means did convention not present challenges for me, but your love and strength reaffirmed why I am in JCL every time I doubted anything. Thank you for an amazing convention and an even more remarkable year.
Between the creation of
handbooks, establishing a
new service contest, and
innovating the service and
spirit contests we already had,
this year I kept extremely
busy. Overall, I added two
more service projects to Club
of the Month per month,
created handbooks for
service, spirit, and activities in
addition to compiling, diting,
and writing the Contest
Handbook (containing non-
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