Lions Clubs International District C-1 Newsletter
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DISTRICT GOVERNOR KRISTINE KOZORIZ 2017-2018 WE S ERVE DISTRICT C-1 BC • AB • NWT R AR Lions Clubs International District C-1 Newsletter Volume 3 Number 11 May 2018 DG Kris’ Notes May started with the MD Convention in Leduc and it was well attended by both districts. There were about [email protected] 240 lions registered and they all had a great time. The sessions were informative and well received. At convention we also received our C-1 Alberta Lions Emergency Response Trailer (ALERT). The trailer [email protected] has been booked to be in parades and be shown off. I completed a couple more visits and inducted new members at the [email protected] Wetaskiwin Lions Club. It always gives me great pleasure to induct new members as this brings new ideas to the clubs and increase our capacity to serve our communities. Lions Club of Morinville [email protected] member Colleen Turner took part in It is also the time that clubs should the Lions Foundation of Canada’s be electing their new executive Pet Valu Walk for Dog Guides held and should be updating MyLCI. in Morinville on 27 May. Lionsc1.org Even if you are not changing your - Lucie Roy executive you still need to report to MyLCI as the information is wiped Drumheller, Eckville, Edmonton out every year by LCI and you will Chinese, Edmonton Golden Gate, not receive the information from Edmonton Host, Edmonton Inner LCI. By not reporting it also makes City, Edmonton Korean, Edmonton it difficult to create the district Millwoods, Edmonton South directory, and to be able to contact If you think you Edmonton, Entwistle & District, clubs when we need to. Reporting Evansburg, Fairview District, Fort the executive in MyLCI only takes a can, or if you Saskatchewan, Galahad, Hanna couple of minutes of your time and Young, Hudson Hope, Innisfail, think you can’t, if you need some assistance please Jasper, KAC Lions, Killam, Lac La let me know. you’re absolutely Biche, Leduc Breakfast, Legal, There are 46 clubs that have not Lougheed & District, Oyen, Peace right! yet reported their new executives River, Red Deer Central, Ryley, and they are Alix, Athabasca, Sherwood Park Breakfast, Smoky Beaumont & District, Beaverlodge, Lake, Tofield, Torrington, Trochu, Blackfoot & District, Bowden, Wabasca-Desmarais, Whitecourt, Bruderheim, Carbon, Clive, Consort, and Yellowknife. May 2018 Page 1 Lions Clubs International is launching • Remind club officers to update and Clayton Maurer (Tofield), and something big this summer. It’s their membership rosters using Don Muczyk (Waskatenau) called MyLion, just like our official MyLCI or their regional reporting 10 Years: Angie Loo (Edmonton mobile app, now available in over system. Chinese), Carolyn and Gavin Greentree (Grande Prairie), K Strutt 70 countries. Starting in July, you • Encourage club officers to (Oyen), Megan Reis (Rimbey), canuse the new MyLion website submit their membership roster Darryl Krakowka (Tumbler Ridge) to report all your service activities. to MyLCI or their local reporting 15 Years: Corita Vachin (Bonnyville You may continue to use the MyLCI system prior to June 30, 2018 Lakeland 2000), Edwin Shaske site for one more year. While you’ll CDT. still use MyLCI or your local system (Smoky Lake) for everything else (membership • Inform current and incoming 20 Years: Ciaran Ormond (Rimbey), I have kleptomania. But when it gets bad, take something for it. management, club management, leaders that membership dues Marsha Tkach (Veteran & District), etc.), the new MyLion website will credits will no longer be issued. Gerald Stimsson (Whitecourt) be your one-stop destination for all Have a good month of June!For all 30 Years: Dave Dalby (Smoky Lake) things related to service. 35 Years: Alf Armstrong (Drayton June Membership Valley), Einar Losness (Lougheed & • All club-level officers will now be District) able to create, edit, and report Anniversaries 5 Years: Doreen Hill (Edmonton Host), 45 Years: Robert Wood (Bowden), on service activities. Harry Rubuliak, Leah Johnson, and Joseph Taylor (Edmonton Millwoods) • All officers will now have access Byron Johnson (Smoky Lake), Leslie and Marvin Latimer (Innisfail) to service reporting data from all Hall (St. Albert Host), Joe Penney over the globe through MyLion. • Want to learn more? Check out the site: http://www.mylion.org I attended the Webinar that was held by Lions International and is more user friendly and looks good. Starting on June 30, 2018, dues credits for membership drops will not be issued after the release of the semi-annual billings on July 1 and January 1. In the past, Lions Clubs International has given clubs a grace period in January and July to adjust their club rosters and receive a credit for unreported membership drops. This practice has been a courtesy extended to clubs by Lions International despite rules Food bank shelves restocked through food drive governing the practice in Board Lion Ted Fitzgerald presents a cheque to Pam Towers and Olga Horaska Policy. The board of directors from the Sylvan Lake Community Food Bank at the Lions Club meeting on recently decided that enforcement May 7, 2018. of existing policy is necessary in order to be in compliance with The annual Restock the Shelves Food Drive was held May 4-5 at No Board Policy. Frills, Sobey’s and Walmart in Sylvan Lake to collect food and monetary donations for the charitable organization. This will also provide greater alignment with district billing and According to Committee Chairperson Lion Ted Fitzgerald, the campaign create more accurate reporting brought in between 50 and 60 large boxes of food and $ 2,558.00 in cash that better reflects true membership donations. growth. We realize that this will have May 10, 2018 Sylvan Lake News an impact on some clubs, so we - Denise Valaire would like you to help them prepare for the upcoming billing cycle. Here are a few best practices that For all things Liony, check out the catalogue at: can help you prepare your clubs for https://www2.lionsclubs.org/ their July dues billing: May 2018 Page 2 CLERC Report get help replenishing our totals. If that the Multiple District N is support- Cabinet has any ideas, we would ing CLERC. Lion Brad Moss has done A lot has happened at CLERC this appreciate your input! We have an exceptional job setting up a sat- quarter. The hardest news was that hired a PR firm to help increase the ellite program at Bishop Falls Cor- Operations Chair, Darryl Rawleigh exposure of this Lions Program, ex- rectional Center in Newfoundland. had to get a double by pass. He plain the need for glass donations, To date this group has processed is doing well and will be returning and to ensure that we are doing 125,000+ pairs of eyeglasses since home this coming Monday. His du- all that we can to ensure that this 2015. Several of the Lions involved ties have been split up between the program continues to be success- in the program recently traveled to Board members, as we want him ful. The 5 Millionth Pair of eyeglasses Haiti, along with one of the Depart- to return healthy and ready. Darryl is done. CLERC will be attending a ment of Justice officials to work an is on the injured reserve list and will ceremony at the Calgary Correc- Eyeglass Outreach. Glasses from be out of action for 3 months. This tion Center celebrating processing this subsidiary have also been sent quarter we received 98,000 pairs of their 3 Millionth pair since the Lions to Chinandega, Nicaragua. So that glasses, with Lions Clubs collecting took over this program. The Minister is it for this quarter. Please spread 20% of those. We distributed 173,475 of Justice is rumored to be attend- the word in any matter possible that pairs to 38 different countries. ing, so there will be some excellent WE NEED EYEGLASSES for the CLERC CLERC is now suffering a chronic opportunity for some needed PR for program Lions and the Eyeglass Program. On short supply of glasses and are look- - James Lee CLERC Chair ing for help in a number of ways to the East Coast, we are very happy Incoming Club ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Executives 80 YEARS FOR 3 CLUBS Your 2018 - 2019 Club ex- GUEST SPEAKER PID DR. PATTI HILL ecutive and Board should be reported to LCI wheth- er or not you have made Lacombe changes. At the end of Innisfail Red Deer June, LCI deletes all cur- rent position holders in the Club and the names of position holders must be re-entered on MyLCI or forwarded to LCI on the infamous PU-101s, avail- able at: https://www.lion- sclubs.org/resources/EN/ pdfs/pu101.pdf This may be done by the current President or Secretary until the end of June. SATURDAY RED DEER We cannot communicate JUNE 2, 2018 PIDHERNEY CENTRE effectively with Clubs, DOORS OPEN 11 AM 4725 43ST,RED DEER and Clubs cannot com- LUNCHEON NOON TICKETS $25 Info & Tickets municate effectively with Lion Marvin Latimer (403) 227-2436 Lion Ed Hornett ([email protected]) (403) 392-2994 each other if you do not Lion Dave Schurman ([email protected]) (587) 876-4167 send in the necessary in- formation. The District Di- rectory relies on MyLCI Discover the MyLion databases for accuracy App at: and completeness. http://www.mylion.org/ May 2018 Page 3 Multiple District C Hall of many times over. She currently is the & FDI Excellence Series. She has also club secretary. Lion Betty Ann has been an organizer and presenter at Fame served as District Governor twice, a Regional Lions Leadership Institute DISTRICT C-1 Council Chair, Alberta Liaison for and a faculty member of DGE Diabetes Canada/Lions National schools.