REGION 2 UPDATE – BOARD OF DIRECTORS REPRESENTATIVE FOR REGION 2
Dear Studio Owners and Region 2 Supporters,
BELOW you will find the latest Region 2 update from our Board of Director’s Representative for Region 2, Roy McDonald, Sa Bom Nim. If you have any questions, please let me know. If you wish to update your current email address please let me know, and I will add it to the most current list. Just email me at rob13927@gmail.com
D. K. Kwon, Sa bom Nim, of Kwon’s Soo Bahk Do , has asked me to post this information, please take the opportunity to attend this business meeting.
He has organized a business meeting to have the studio owners meet and discuss mutual areas of interest.
April 4th 2014- business meeting
@SBN Stinehour's Moo Duk Kwan Academy dojang 12:00pm -6 pm
143 Canal Street, Ellenville, NY 12428
845-647-2421, email: Ellenville.moodukkwan@facebook.com
Please RSVP to Cort Stinehour Sa Bom Nim
Hope to see everyone at the upcoming Dan Shim Sa in April.
This is now posted on the google calendar for Region 2. Also have you had a chance to visit the new World Moo Duk Kwan Facebook site?
Here’s the link: https://www.facebook.com/worldmoodukkwan Also here's the link to the Region 2 Website: http://r2.soobahkdo.org/
In Moo Do, Roberto Bonefont, Sr., Region 2 Webmaster
REGION 2 UPDATE
To: All Region 2 Members
From: Roy McDonald, (YOUR Elected Region 2 Director to the USSBDMDK Federation Board)
Date: January 22, 2014
First of all, I want to extend my Best Wishes to all, for a Happy Healthy and Prosperous New Year!
First, a reminder from your Region 2 Examiners (Mullins, Sa Bom Nim and Stinehour, Sa Bom Nim): 
The Spring Region 2 Dan Shim Sa will be held on Saturday, April 5, 2014, in Fallsburg, NY. All paperwork will be due around March 5, 2014. Details will be forthcoming.
YOUR USSBDMKD Board meet on January 15, 2014, our first meeting of 2014
The following is a brief overview of that meeting.
- 1. The 2014 National Festival will be in Region 8 pursuant to bidding process outcome. Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City Utah is the most promising at present
- 2. The Ko Dan Ja Shim Sa and Moment With The Masters during November 2014 at Younglife Oakbridge, San Diego
- 3. The Sa Bom Certification Study Kit processing fee has been adjusted to $395 effective Jan 1, 2014. (the same as KDJ rank processing) Existing Sa Bom Study Kit holders are grandfathered in.
- 4. The 2014 Kick-a-thons for the Moo Duk Kwan campaign include quarterly National Prize Periods during which top fundraisers are identified to win the prizes offered during each National Prize Period. Note that this is not saying that you have to do a Kick-a-thon every quarter, just that there are prized available each quarter. However, if you are interested in winning the Annual Prize then you can do more than just one Kick-a-thon.
- National Prize Periods to be scheduled:
- Qtr. 1 Jan 1 to Mar 31
- Qtr. 2 Apr 1 to June 30
- Qtr. 3 July 1 to Sept 30
- Qtr. 4 Oct 1 to Dec 31
- Each National Prize Period shall include a prize for:
- Individual level – Every individual raising more than $50
- Studio level – Each individual participating in a studio Kick-a-thon OR ONLINE FUNDRAISER even if their studio does not host one and who raises more than $150
- Region level – One individual in each region who raises the most over $250
- Studio Owner level (Year End Prize) – One Studio Owner who generates the most verified new students from their use of a Kick-a-thon as a new student recruitment tool and/or whose kick-a-thons during 2014 generate the greatest total amount of donations.
Specific prizes are not identified for each threshold so that directors may solicit their contacts to procure new prizes which can be used in various prize periods to help promote participation in the Kick-a-thons much as has been done in the past to acquire prizes for the Silent Auction. The Studio Owner national year-end prize is envisioned as an all-expense paid week at KDJSS or all-expense paid trip to National Festival, etc.
- 5. Price change awareness
Effective Jan 1, 2014, all prices from the Federation will be increased by 3%. However, a cash (or check) payment discount of 3% is available
There is no current update or changes on the USSBDMKD Federations litigation, regarding Trademark Infringement. We are waiting for a decision, from the Trial Judge, regarding a “Summary Judgment”. (A “Summary Judgment” is asking the Judge to dismiss all or part of the Kovaleski counterclaims. The Judge can do that if there is a preponderance of proof against the claims or there is substantial lack of proof for the claim… We have been waiting since before the New Year for the Judge’s ruling. According to our attorneys, the Judge’s ruling can be anytime from tomorrow to six months.)
- 6. Other Projects Current Being Worked On are:
- Working with the Boy Scouts on developing a “Merit Badge” or other tie-ins.
- Soo Bahk Do Institute Upgrades
- A program for Veterans that have disabilities
- Modifications and upgrades to the Federation Website, to better serve all.
You elected me to be YOUR voice in the Federation, so please share any comments, suggestion or concerns that you may have.
Remember, our Art has an ACTION PHILOSOPHY…so stay involved!!
My contact information is:
Roy McDonald
Cell: 570.650.1015
Fax: 570.343.7784
E-mail: wrm31127@gmail.com
