SATURDAY, 20 MAY 2023

HOUSE OF DELEGATES
10:00 – 12:30
Get informed about the KI-E business and activities. KI-E President Martien van der Meer will chair the session, welcome and greet international guests. Delegates from clubs across Europe will vote on any amendments to the KI-E Bylaws; elect the organisation’s next leaders; announce and support the European candidate for the KI Trustee At-Large seat. The business session will end with the presentation of the venue of the 2024 European convention.

The House of Delegates on Saturday, 20 May 2023, will be streamed live online to also allow participants to follow the proceedings remotely. Voting is limited to those delegates present in the meeting room in Amsterdam. They will be contacted personally after being certified as a voting delegate. Watch kiwanis.eu for streaming information.

LUNCH (ticketed lunch to be booked via the registration form)
12:30-13:45
Take the opportunity to mingle during an amicable lunch.

PARALLEL WORKSHOPS
SWITCHING GEARS: NEW TYPES OF CLUBS
14:00-14:45
Is it possible to organise a club with wine producers or beer brewers, golf-players from the region, dealing with one theme such as child poverty or safety for biking kids? Do we need an acceptance committee and complicated admission procedures for new members?
Of particular interest to Lieutenant-Governors and Kiwanians who want to create new clubs, this session will explore new possibilities, dispel some of the myths and misconceptions about the creation of new clubs.

SIGNATURE PROJECTS DUTCH EXAMPLES
14:00-15:00
Come and hear how Dutch clubs create and implement projects that brighten up children’s faces and make them forget for a day or more their sometimes difficult daily life. You’ll hear how the Kiwanis Vliegerfeest gives hundreds of children the opportunity to experience the joy of flying a kite.
You’ll also learn how the Kiwanis club of Utrecht organised a fundraising and contest aimed at children’s education on the occasion of the 900 anniversary of the town.

PARALLEL WORKSHOPS
GET GRANTS FOR ORGANISING MEETUPS
15:00-15:45
Learn how to get up to €2,500 to cover the costs of organising Kiwanis MeetUps and create new clubs. Provisional district Romania set the example by organising MeetUps and gaining new members at each event. Join this workshop to gain knowledge about the Romanian example!

SIGNATURE PROJECTS DUTCH EXAMPLES
15:15-15:45
Discover how Kiwanis Club Halderberge-Rucphen helps to ease the physical and emotional burden of children with cancer. Through the Dutch Childhood Cancer Organisation, children receive the “Bravery cord” made of beads, each of which has a particular meaning (drawing blood, chemotherapy, ICU admission…). Helping children through treatment, it helps them better understand what they are going through – it also tells their own unique story!

A SIGNATURE PROJECT WITH AN OLD DUTCH CUSTOM
16:00-16:30
An initiative of Kiwanis Club Laren – the club from which KI-E President Martien van der Meer comes – Art Laren is an international open-air fair of modern and contemporary art. All net profits go to charities for the welfare of children such as the creation of school gardens to promote eating of more vegetables and fruits, taking children to an adventure park for a day.
Traditionally, this art fair starts with the “New Herring Party” – an old Dutch custom in which herring and cornwine are key elements of the party!

GALA DINNER (ticketed event to be booked via the registration form)
19:30-24:00
Pack your evening dress or black tie to join the gala dinner at the Leonardo Royal Hotel. Enjoy the company of your fellow Kiwanians from other countries, accompanied by some good food (soft drinks, wines and beers are included). The dinner will be enlightened by soft music so you can be sure that you can talk with your neighbour. After dessert, the floor will be cleared to make space for a bit more “TUNE IN, PLAY ON” practice – put on your dancing shoes for a live DJ session!