SKÅL USA MEMBERS GIVEN SKÅL INTERNATIONAL HONORS

Membres d’Honneur Recipients from Skål USA  

Nicolas Keglevich – SI Miami  
Gerard Martin – SI Baltimore  
Charles Powers – SI New York  
William C. Sweet – SI Colorado  
Lou Conkling – SI Louisville  
Schuyler Lininger – SI Tucson  
Carlos R. Banks –  SI Ft. Lauderdale & the Palm Beaches  
William (Bill) Moyer –  SI Washington DC  

Skål Ambassador from Skål USA  
2020 Roger Dow – SI Washington DC  

Honorary President Skål International from Skål USA  
2001 Charles F. Lawson – SI Cleveland

Past President of Skål International from Skål USA

1955-1956 Ivan Bullot – SI New York  
1959-1960 Godfrey MacDonald – SI New York  
1962-1963 Thomas Williamson – SI New York  
1965-1966 Charles F. Lawson – SI Cleveland  
1969-1970 Alfred R. Bone – SI Los Angeles  
1975-1976 Joseph M. Boggs – SI Miami  
1983-1984 Gerard J. Martin – SI Baltimore  
1987-1988 George Webber – SI Louisville  
1990-1991 John McCaul – SI Chicago  
2012-2013 Mok Singh – SI Los Angeles

Skål International Order of Merit Recipients from Skål USA

2001 William Chapman – SI Boston  
2001 William C. Sweet – SI Colorado  
2011 Bernhard Clever – SI Los Angeles  
2013 John Ruzich – SI New York  
2014 Nahid Olfati – SI San Francisco  
2016 Burcin Turkkan – SI Atlanta
2019 Holly Powers - SI Boston

SKÅL USA PRESIDENTS

1969-1971   Joseph M. Boggs – SI Miami
1971-1973   Henry Von Sieber – SI Houston
1973-1974   Gerard J. Martin –  SI Baltimore
1974-1975   Gerard J. Martin – SI Baltimore
1975-1976   Luis de la Reguerra – SI Dalla
1976-1977   Charles H. Harris – SI Cleveland
1977-1978   Melvin S. Smith – SI Miami
1978-1979   Al O. Bennett – SI San Francisco
1979-1980   George W. Webber – SI Louisville
1980-1981   Morton C. Treadway Jr. – SI Hartford
1981-1982   Willard A. Olson – SI Las Vegas
1982-1983   William C. Sweet – SI Denver
1983-1984   John P. McCaul – SI Chicago
1984-1985   Michael J. Feeney – SI Buffalo
1985-1986   Schuyler W. Lininger – SI Tucson
1986-1987   Marvin K. Hand – SI San Francisco
1987-1988   Arthur J. Moreau – SI Detroit
1988-1989   Joseph T. Neary – SI New York
1989-1990   William Pullen – SI The Palm Beaches
1990-1991   Eugene F. Leonard – SI Chicago
1991-1992   Jay T. Beagle -SI Los Angeles
1992-1993   Donald R. Maitland – SI Boston
1993-1994   David G. Ashcraft – SI Chicago
1994-1995   Jerome R. Sheehan – SI Chicago
1995-1996    William A. Lindsay – SI Indianapolis 
1996-1997    Charles E. Boos – SI Spokane 
1997-1998    Charles W. Powers – SI New York 
1998-1999    Dennis A. Klatt – SI Columbus 
1999-2000    Samuel C. Johns, Jr. – SI Tampa Bay 
2000-2001    Edward C. Antognoli – SI San Francisco 
2001-2002    Richard C. Anderson – SI Sarasota 
2002-2003    Thomas S. Shinar – SI Orange Coast 
2003-2004    Mike Kyle – SI Nashville 
2004-2005    John H. Bogrette, Jr. – SI Central Pennsylvania 
2005-2006    Ronny Region – SI Ft. Worth 
2006-2007    Mok Singh – SI Los Angeles 
2007-2008    Bob Bader – SI Memphis 
2008-2009    Bobby Husain – SI New York 
2009-2010    Jeff Penner – SI Oklahoma 
2010-2011    Lou Conkling – SI Louisville 
2011-2012    Llana Smith – SI Memphis 
2012    Llana Smith – SI Memphis 
2013    Tom White – SI Orlando 
2014    Carlos R. Banks – SI Ft. Lauderdale & the Palm Beaches 
2015    Martha McClintock - SI Jacksonville 
2016    John N. Mavros – SI Orange Coast
2017    Holly Powers – SI Boston
2018    Burcin Turkkan  – SI Atlanta      
2019    Lisa Conway  – SI  New York  
2020    Dave Ryan  – SI  Sacramento   
2021     Jim Dwyer – SI  New Jersey       
2022      Richard Scinta  – SI  Orlando    

 

SKÅL INTERNATIONAL CLUB OF THE YEAR 

All Skål Clubs worldwide who meet the qualifying requirements listed below are invited to participate. 

Clubs that wish to be considered for this award must submit information supporting the criteria below to the  SKÅL International Administrators and  SKÅL  VP of Administration by January 1st. Early submissions are appreciated. Please reach out to General Secretariat, Sandra Vera, for more information. 

QUALIFYING REQUIREMENTS

o   Payment of Club membership fees to Skål International before February 28 deadline.

o   Submission of Club membership list to Skål International before March 31 deadline.

o   Remittance of Form 2 (update of Club’s Officers) to Skål International before April 15 deadline.

o   A net increase of 10% in membership or a minimum of 10 new Active members for larger Clubs over one calendar year. As measured from April 30 to April 30 each year.

o   Providing an attending voting delegate at two Skål World Congresses over the past five years.

o   A donation to the Florimond Volckaert Fund within the past year.

This prestigious award is granted to one Skål Club each year from among all of the Clubs worldwide through a competitive judging process based on the Club’s administrative performance,  growth and participation to Skål.

Past Skål InternationaI Club of the Year Winners from the U.S.A.  

1989-1990 – SI New York

1991-1992 – SI Chicago

1999-2000 – SI Los Angeles

2004-2005 – SI Miami

2006-2007 – SI Orlando 

2013-2014 – SI Boston 

 

SKÅL USA FINALIST  CLUBS OF THE YEAR PRESENTATIONS  

2018 Northern New Jersey (SI Club of the Year – 3rd Place) 

 

 

2015 SI Tucson’s Presentation (SI Club of the Year 3rd Place)  

  2015 SI Ft. Lauderdale & the Palm Beaches’ Presentation  

  

Congratulations to all Skål Club of the Year Finalists,
and to the 2014 Skål International Club of the Year....

Skål International Boston!!!

SKÅL USA CLUB OF THE YEAR

The purpose of the award is to honor the Skål USA Club which, best exemplifies the spirit of Skål and has achieved the objectives of the Skål Movement during the calendar year.

IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR CLUB OF THE YEAR, A CLUB MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:      

·•      A club must be in good standing, maintaining a membership of no less than 15 members.

•       Pay their annual dues on time 

•       Complete the Skål USA Club Data Form online

•       Attended NASC the previous year

•      Have a net increase in membership of 5% or 5 members, whichever is greater, between January 1st and December 31st the year prior to application. 

AWARD:

The winning club will receive a single registration to the NASC Congress (in the year awarded) or $1,000 to be used for a club event.   

Congratulations to our 2021 Skål USA Club of the Year

SKÅL INTERNATIONAL NEW ORLEANS!

 

 

PAST WINNERS:  
2020 -   SI Philadephia
2019 -   SI New Jersey 
2018 -   SI San Francisco 
2017 -   SI Hawaii
2016 -   SI Arkansas
2015 -   SI Ft. Lauderdale & the Palm Beaches

Skål USA National Tourism Leadership Award

2018 Christopher L. Thompson – SI Washington DC, Brand USA 

2020 Roger Dow – SI Washington DC, U.S. Travel Association

2022 Anthony Melichiorri - SI Long Island, The Travel Channel 

2022  Glenn Haussman - SI Long Island, No Vacancy News