TO: International Director Ron Johnson, All Past International Officers, New England Lions Council President Tim Chase, PDG, Members of the New England Lions Council
FROM:Mark S. Lyon, District Governor, 23A
REF:District 23A – Remarks
Highlights:
September
Club Visitations (6)
NELC/Rindge/PID Lecius Banquet
MD 23 Extension Workshop/Canvassing
USA/Canada Leadership Forum
Westport Information Meeting
Yale Eye Center Discussion and Tour
October
Club Visitations (9)
PSTM/Region and Zone Chair Training Seminar
District 23A Cabinet Meeting
Shelton Information Meeting
MD23 Council Meeting
District 23A 100% Breakfast/Awards
Westport Information Meeting #2
November
Club Visitations (9)
Shelton Information Meeting #2
LLVC Meeting
Westport Information Meeting #3
NELC Meeting
Without a doubt, it’s been a busy couple of months since our last NELC Meeting. I remain focused on the tasks at hand, and have a lot of District 23A Lions very busy, especially regarding the chartering of new clubs. We are committed to putting our words into action, and making our District and our Lions stronger and more energized than ever.
The health of District 33-S is quite well.We have many projects that are doing very well.Hearing Foundation, Eye Mobile, Youth Speech Competition, very successful Operation Shoebox (materials to the troops),Eye Glasses collection, andPeace Poster contest.
Membership is still down by 33 as of the end of October. There have been four clubs with a total of 41 drops. Things are looking up, however, early figures for November show a plus 10. A new membership program is showing promise. There are two new clubs being formed. As of this writing, one club has 19 signed up while the other has 12. We will hopefully be having a GMT person coming in later in the spring to help us save 2 clubs that are faltering.
Respectfully submitted
Ray Hebert
District Governor 33-S Massachusetts
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Vermont Lions have been very busy working on two new Lions Clubs and two Leo's Clubs. One of the Leo Clubs is scheduled to be chartered on February 28, 2010.
Eleven Lions from District 45 attended the USA/Canada Forum in Memphis this past September. We all enjoyed socializing with Lions from around the country and benefited from the seminars as well.
Since taking office as District Governor in July I have visited 23 of the 40 clubs in Vermont and am adding to that total each week. I travel most often with one or more members of my home club, Vergennes, and have enjoyed every minute of the visitations.
At our recent Fall Conference in Killington we conducted a seminar on using the computer to do Lions' work. Conducted by our District web master, Chuck Burkins and Paul and Jill Bessette who are in charge of electronic communications in the District, the class focused on accessing the District Web Site. The room was packed and everyone encouraged a repeat seminar for a more advanced look at Lions and computers at the next Cabinet Meeting. We continue to make the District aware of the significant printing and postage savings we realize by e-mailing our newsletter to everyone with internet access.
Vermont Lions Charities conducted a new, very successful fund raiser called "The Big Dine Out" raising more than $8,200.
The 3rd Cabinet Meeting will be held Jan. 16th at Burlington Elks Club with the LCIF Super Raffle offering a $2,000 cash prize.
Our "Food From the Heart" project will be expanded from a three-club effort last year to a District-wide event in February to collect fooddonations and dollars for local Food Shelves throughout Vermont.
Plans are in the works for a new bath house to be built by Lion at the Austine Green Mountain Camp for deaf and hearing-impaired children.
These are just a few of things happening in District 45.
DG Bruce Bushey _________________________________________
