NAME: Andy Pemberton OFFICE: GMT Coordinator

PROGRESS (or lack of) ACHIEVED SINCE LAST CONVENTION:

The membership statistics attached to the Registrars report are disappointing. Have you studied them?

There are programmes and resources available LCI publications on Membership Satisfaction, A Club Membership Chair persons guide and Just Ask membership recruitment guide. I am certain these can have an impact if put to use.

The GMT members cannot solve every club’s problems, every member is a member of both the Retention and Recruitment team. The best recruitment tool is the Service delivered locally, how good is your Club in getting the information to prospective members. Are you using the PR Toolbox, do you know it exists?

The Club should appoint a Membership Chairperson, smaller clubs ask the President to take on the role, but all members should accept membership is everyone’s challenge.

Make sure your Club Keeps (every) One

Why do we lose members? Does your Club know why somebody resigned and what lessons have to be learnt: - was it bad recruitment, failure to involve new members, have long serving members been side-lined, or was it lack of fulfilment.

Make sure the club members are happy, motivated serving the local community needs. Use the Membership Satisfaction Resource

Publicise your achievements web, Facebook and Twitter you have to tell the world around you give them a reason to want to join you. Does your community know you exist?

There will be a new Community Report. What did you do with the 1st Community Report? Have you researched the Needs of Your community?

Challenge your members to Ask 1, Contact your Facebook/Twitter followers, Present Every Penny Counts cards when collecting or carrying out a service Activity

This year we have no new Clubs or Branch Clubs We have not formed a new Club in 3 years, 3 new Clubs would have plugged the hole in membership PDG Doug will be talking about new club opportunities, support when you can, but ensure your club is on the right path.

We have agreed to invest reserves in developing Membership, let’s have more ideas on using the money to drive membership forward.

Centennial, have you told everyone about our centenary, what we have achieved to date and what we are targeting to achieve?

OVERVIEW OF DIRECTION FOR THE FORTHCOMING YEAR:

NAME: Douglas Cross OFFICE: GMT Liaison - Extension

PROGRESS ACHIEVED SINCE LAST CONVENTION:

All Region and Zone Chairman should be discussing MEMBERSHIP at every meeting to see if they can help clubs with few numbers

Lack of two Zone Chairman this year has been a setback

Remember we lost two clubs last year.

The scope for possible new clubs in 105M is enormous,

I repeat every time -- We should be forming new Lions Clubs - We still have both new locations and indeed locations were clubs have folded years which could be reformed – and were Lions service to the community is required.

Certainly Leamington Spa, Atherstone, Henley in Arden, Daventry and numerous Districts around the City of Birmingham.

Plus of course areas already being discussed in the Northern Area of 105M.

The oncoming spring is the best time to organise a new club if possible.

The membership committee’s main aim is to lift clubs struggling for members and we are working from the lowest number upwards firstly to 10 number, But again help is always required from senior Lions.

Remember

DG Ron's idea of using club membership officers in local areas working - I doubt it. Not many meetings have been arranged that we are aware of.

Please check with the Membership Committee if you are considering a card / leaflet drop of any type. Finance can be made available to pay for the cards etc but prior approval is required, help with delivery can usually be found

Any club under 15 can automatically reclaim the LCI Joining fee -- which goes up to 35$ next year from July 1st 2017 Please look at Lion Ann Pemberton’s up to date list for clubs membership numbers.

NAME: Melissa Murphy OFFICE: Membership Support

During the year, I have continued to support the development of a branch club, although it has been more difficult than anticipated to convert it to a club in its own right.

To continue to help clubs develop membership – please feel free to give me a call!

NAME: Ann Pemberton OFFICE: Registrar

Attached are the membership statistics from Convention to Convention.

I have continued to review the monthly membership numbers, but all DG Team, Region and Zone Chairman have access to membership information through MyLCI. I do not therefore circulate monthly numbers.

In summary our membership numbers, between Conventions, have fallen as follows

2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 Total Death -7 -18 -14 -39 Leavers -129 -91 -90 -310 New Members 109 85 81 275 -27 -24 -23 -74

I will monitor the submission of Officer 2017/2018 information to assist the District Secretary ensure the Directory Information is available to meet the timetable for preparation.

We have not achieved a significant improvement in the reporting of Activities through MyLCI, especially Centennial Activities. Club Secretaries need to attend Incoming Officer training and or the special MyLCI training organised by the GLT Team.

Clubs are to be encouraged to maintain full activity records, especially Centennial Target Achievements, to show exactly how much Service Lions Clubs deliver to their communities.

DISTRICT 105M MEMBERSHIP STATISTICS - Convention 2014 to 2017 Ytd Net Change Club Zone Mar-14 Feb-15 Jan-16 Feb-17 Aldridge & District A 7 8 8 9 1 Bilston & Willenhall A 10 6 5 9 4 Dudley A 8 9 8 6 -2 Kingswinford & Stourbridge A 29 32 32 27 -5 Walsall A 11 12 12 10 Wolverhampton A 8 7 7 7 -2 0 Birmingham Acocks Green B 19 19 18 18 0 Birmingham Chinatown B 22 19 21 27 6 Birmingham Handsworth B 23 25 26 26 0 Birmingham Moseley & Kings B 17 22 22 24 2 Heath B 15 13 12 11 -1 Birmingham Sheldon B 26 26 24 20 -4 Sandwell B 3 3 0 Birmingham Quinton Branch B 13 13 13 14 Sutton C'field & Erdington 1 Balsall Common C 37 36 38 40 2 Birmingham Exhibition C 8 8 8 6 -2 Castle Bromwich & District C 22 16 14 10 -4 Knowle & Dorridge C 31 27 25 25 0 Marston Green & District C 18 17 18 19 Shirley C 25 26 29 30 1 Solihull C 22 19 18 15 1 -3 Kenilworth D 39 46 47 47 0 Shakespeare D 29 31 29 30 1 Shakespeare (Alcester) D 7 7 9 9 0 Branch D 33 31 31 32 1 Southam & District D 16 15 12 16 Stour Valley D 21 17 19 19 4 Warwick D 28 28 26 24 0 Wellesbourne & District -2 Bromsgrove E 13 13 12 13 1 Droitwich E 18 17 17 17 0 Kidderminster & District E 12 13 12 7 -5 Malvern Hills E 23 20 19 22 3 Redditch E 19 19 20 19 Worcester E 20 13 13 15 -1 2 Barwell & Earl Shilton F 14 15 13 13 0 Bedworth F 14 14 13 12 -1 Coventry Godiva F 26 27 29 31 2 Coventry Leofric F 33 33 35 33 -2 Coventry Mercia F 22 18 17 19 Coventry Phoenix F 11 10 9 9 2 Hinckley & Burbage F 12 16 18 16 0 Nuneaton F 25 21 16 14 -2 -2 Northampton G 12 13 11 9 -2 Northampton 80 G 20 20 19 19 0 Rugby Rokeby G 22 23 24 24 0 Rushden & District G 6 5 5 5 0 Towcester & District G 20 18 19 19 Wellingborough & District G 14 13 14 12 0 -2 Bushby H 14 16 16 11 -5 Corby & District H 12 13 11 11 0 Harborough Twenty 12 H 21 23 24 22 -2 Kettering & District H 31 30 23 21 -2 Lutterworth H 11 11 11 8 Rowell & Desborough H 10 13 13 13 -3 0 Thurnby H 23 23 25 22 -3 1043 1016 992 969

Annual Change -27 -24 -23 -74