NBZ Meeting
12-21-14
Happy 2015 NBZ Members! Hope everybody had a happy and safe
holiday season. The NBZ board and I had our winter meeting in December and
discussed many exciting events coming up this next season. Through the fall/winter,
we purchased many materials for the next summer’s neckerchief ceremonies.
Old
Business: Campsgiving was held in the city at a small restaurant.
There were about 15 attendees. For future campsgiving events, we plan on
finding a location more in the suburbs with easier parking opportunities.
New
Business:
Friends drive: NBZ will help spread the word of
this event (which allows children to receive scholarships to attend camp). More
information will be provided in January in a mailer sent out by camp.
Dues mailer: This will be sent out in
March/April. There will be a new form of payment online instead of only sending
straight to camp. In this mailer, we
also ask that you update any contact info that we may have gathered in previous
member gatherings.
Electronic Dues: We plan on beginning a form of electronic
payment using googlewallet through gmail. More information will be given on
this in the dues mailer sent out in March/April.
Bowling Event: Our Camp bowling event is back!
We will be hosting this at Deer Park bowling alley on Saturday, February 21st.
Charge 10 per person, 15 for couple, 25 for family: (unlimited bowling, 2
pizzas, soda, and cookie). This event is hosted by NBZ, but it is open to all
campers, friends, and families. More information on this event will be posted on
Facebook when the date gets closer.
Black Service Project: We have noticed that the service
projects done for the black service project have become short-term tasks to
seem as busy work. We want a more longitudinal task for them to work on through
the summer. We are open to any ideas that anyone may have. Please contact us nbzsecretary@gmail.com if you have any
ideas!
New NBZ Member Letters: We plan on beginning a new piece to the NBZ
induction ceremony, explained the following morning at flagpole. We would like
it if each new NBZ member receives a notecard from a NBZ member (alumni) with
an introduction, congratulation, and a memory. This will help our new members
realize the lifelong membership and old members maintain a connection with
camp. We would prefer these messages to be handwritten and addressed to camp (attn:
nbz). If this is not a possibility, an electronic one would be fine as well. We
plan on having the notes available to be written during the bowling event in
February, but if you want to write one early, here’s a template:
Dear new member of the Tribe of the
Nani-Ba-Zhu
Congratulations on becoming a Senior Master
Camper! My name is NAME and I earned my purple in the
summer of YEAR. It was a great summer for
me. I still remember insert fond memories here and how
I worked to/how I still goal you accomplished. You
should be so proud of earning your purple. Hope to see you at NBZ day next
summer!
Sincerely,
NAME
Send
to:
Camp
Edwards YMCA
ATTN:
NBZ
N8901
Army Lake Road
East
Troy, WI 53120
Other News: Jody is taking over purple
ceremony, counselors will be assisting. Our honors chair, Cala, will be
attending the staff training week to help out with explaining each ceremony and
how it should be presented to the campers. We also will be in the process of
digitizing the honors ceremonies so that they can be saved and used in a source
where more people can view them. Many of the documents are getting older and could
use a fresher-format so that they can be used during the ceremonies themselves.
We look forward to seeing and hearing from our members in the
upcoming events! If you have any ideas for us to discuss at future meetings,
please feel free to contact us!
Sincerely,
Kacie Swanson
NBZ Secretary
