Future of Key Club Convlave

Devanshi Kothari | 12 | President

On January 14 th , Division 30 South elected their new LTG, Austin Alves. Serving as president this year and attending this event, I had the opportunity to be a delegate this year, one of the two delegates from Oxford Academy. This was my second time serving as a voting delegate but this was my first time voting in-person. I got to the auditorium at around 8am, checked in and was able to find a seat amount the other D30S delegates. First, they held opening session where we went over introductions, conclave procedures and guidelines which was a great learning process about the whole event. Next, the candidates slowly began giving their speeches and going through their caucus sessions. First, the divisions with more than 2 candidates went through a nominating conference to narrow down the candidates for the actual round of voting.

Then, we moved onto candidates from every division, giving rousing speeches, specific and confident answers to the questions members were posing. As a delegate, I listened to each candidate and made sure to get up to ask questions when needed during the caucus sessions. Finally, we moved on to voting and turning in our ballots. While they were tallying up the votes, we were given updates from the region on DCON and information about registration, attire and events. Then the moment came for what we’d all been waiting for, the announcement of the new Region 3 LTGs. The announcement of our new LTG was exciting and we all were happy that the division would be in good hands for the next term. We ended off the event with a quick DCM and that ended off my fourth and final Conclave as a Key Club member.

Helen Tran | 11 | Vice President

When I reflect on this past term, I can’t help but feel a twinge of sadness, of a regret about missed opportunities. Division 30 South has had an interesting year, and I can’t help but reminisce about the division prior to the pandemic, in what could be considered a “golden” era. Regardless, this past month, Conclave passed by, during which Division 30 South welcomed its new Lieutenant Governor, Austin Alves. He recently was officially instated as LTG after winning LTG-elect, and I can’t help but get a sliver of hope again as he attempts to tackle handling this huge division. He has been a bright Key Clubber with a truly unique take, and I can’t wait to see what he does in the future! I’m looking forward to wrapping up this term, as well as a new term with our new Sunny LTG!