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Corio Bay Lions Club Geelong _ Lions Pride Chartered 1963 August 2018 Corio Bay Lions Club Geelong Zone 4, District 201 V2 Newsletter for Members, Family, Friends, Partners and Supporters. Full of information and good stuff! Serving the community for 55+ years. Secretary: Elaine Anderson President: Annaisse Novak Treasurer: Helen Bollenhagen The Club News Our Annual General meeting was incorporated into Already our new President, Lion Annaisse, has set her our 1st meeting of August. Being an Incorporated body mark and style upon our club, as do all Presidents. we need to fulfil our legal responsibilities. The steep learning curve of a new treasurer, Lion Hel- The first board meeting of this Lions year is to be held en, is greatly softened by the unstinting support of Thursday 23rd August. Great new board with a mixture past treasurer Lion Alan Dowler. of experienced Lions and with new Lions full of new Lion Elaine has quickly settled into the position of ideas. Always refreshing to engage with new ideas and club secretary, no surprise there. visions. The mail box, physical and electronic, has been con- The Geelong Eisteddfod is underway and the Lions stantly filling with information from LCI, District team assisting are doing a great job in support of this 201V2 and other clubs as well as external organisa- wonderful organisation. tions. There has been and will continue to be many The Geelong Show, Christmas cake sales and a Bunning calls on our club for assistance in a variety of ways. BBQ in October to raise some funds for ongoing com- Each request is carefully considered after due dili- mitments are just some of the commitments coming gence is given to the requesting organisation and or up in the next few months. person. We have limited resources and our largesse Lion Biddy Weel, the District Governor, is to visit, 20th is, we hope, directed by you the members to where it September, a major event for any club. will do the most good. Page 1 Index Partnerships Page 1 Top: Banner. Building partnership, as any business person will Page 1 Club News tell you, is important to success. Long term part- Page 2 left: Index, Date to remember…. Right: Lions nership are essential. Page 3 Top: Presidents report Corio Bay Lions club have constantly built partner- Page 3 Bottom: Meetings and You ships directly and indirectly. The benefits are Page 4 Top left& right: Lions sometimes not obvious or immediate other times Page 4 Bottom: Some reminders. there is a clear and instant gain. Page 5 Top: Lions Page 5 Bottom: Lions We like to create partnership where there is equal Page 6 Top: Lions Clubs international Foundation. gain. An example is with North Geelong Secondary P6 Bottom: NGSC. College. We provide a substantial scholarship an- Page 7 Top: Geelong Eisteddfod. Bottom: GAT. Spon- nually. Each recipient is supported over a four year taneous Volunteers in Emergencies period, years 9 to 12. The benefits are sometimes Page 8 Top: Lions Club Directory not seen until after the student leave NGSC and go Page 8 Bottom: Lions Alert. (Red Cross). on to further education of go into the workforce. Coming Events: Oft times we, the club, do not see the end result. 16th August: Club Meeting But we know we were of great assistance. 23rd August: Board Meeting Students who may wish to pursue a career in liter- 6th and 20th September Club Meeting ature or journalism now have an opportunity to 18th –22nd October Geelong Show Roster reminder: make a submission to The Pride. Sam Warelow was the first in last months edition. Who knows one It is your responsibility to ensure that if you cannot make a shift that you replace yourself. It is as simple as ringing day one of these students could win a Walkley around! Award for journalism. I can hear beginning of the Meetings are held at: Queens Park Golf club, speech now: “I got my start in journalism with Li- 19th hole Gather at 6.30pm for a 7.00pm meeting ons”. LCI and Club Dates Another partnership is with the Geelong Australia October 2018: Lions World Sight Day Day Committee. This is one of over 40 years and as October 2018: Royal Geelong Show a result of this partnership we have created many February 2019 : AirShows International May 2019: Multi-District 201 Convention—Geelong other partnerships Example being; SES, CFA, Scouts, Guides, Red Cross, CREST, Kerr’s Hire and many more. Pride Editor: Lion Colin Anderson Facebook Administrator: Lion Emily Ander- Airshows Downunder is another example, 20+ son: https://m.facebook.com/coriobaylions/ years we have worked with them. Webmaster Lion Scott Harrison: www:geelongcoriobay.vic.lions.org.au/ It is not just about the organisations we partner with. Club Contact (Secretary): [email protected] It is all about the people we partner with. Lion President Annaisse has her say... was at a loss about what I would contribute to my monthly blog in The Pride until a former president informed I me that I could write about anything I wanted. So this month I'm writing about something that has bothered me for a while: How one member of a club can hold all the others hostage because of their constant need to big note themselves and their contribution to their club. It is pure ego and a need to hear the sound of their own voice, in my opinion, completely oblivious to the effect their constant rambling has on the other mem- bers!! I think this behaviour is toxic and has been a regular source of complaints by other members who have felt powerless to rectify this ongoing issue. belong to one such club and am thoroughly sick to death of this situation. I have, in fact, almost resigned I about 4 times because of this one person's constant monopolizing of our meetings to the detriment of the group morale as a whole. But I will not relinquish my power because of ONE person's behavior, so I kept hanging in there. I have no intention of leaving because I am valued and I contribute as much as I can. Not to mention, I love being part of this group of wonderful people with well developed social consciences. e all know how much has been achieved by this one member. In fact, we have been constantly remind- W ed about it by them at almost every meeting!! It is absolutely wonderful that a member has done so much for our club and the community, but I do NOT feel like a "less than" because of their mammoth contribu- tion. Every member does the best they can for the club with the time they have available, taking into account their family and work commitments, etc. No one is superior to anyone. NO ONE. I don't care how much they've done. It was THEIR choice to do big stuff. A Nelson Mandela style of humility would be my preferred choice of behaviour for them, and would undoubtedly elicit respect from members, rather than animosity, which is the sta- tus quo. hich brings me to this point: What the hell can one do about this kind of demoralizing situation? Well, W we tried everything, to no avail. Hints and suggestions failed. So, I made my own personal decision to avoid this person at all costs because their toxicity was detrimental to my well being. Easy peasy. I have had no contact from them for months now because I blocked them on my mobile and emails, as well as on FB. PEACE AT LAST. ut only for ME. Other members still get calls, emails and, wait for it, visits to their homes, which has an- B noyed them intensely!! These visitations to one's residences in order to aggressively argue with them is a gross violation boundaries. I am appalled by this behaviour, but will let others deal with it cos I've done the best I can and don't want to be part of sorting this mess any longer. started to wonder if any of our Aussie Lions Clubs have members that manifest behaviours like those I have I described above? And what can, if anything, be done about them? I'd like to think that there aren't any such members, but I am far too realistic to expect that every club is all peace and love, putting good works and com- munity contribution above all else, as I suspect Melvin Jones intended. Lions has been successful for a century and I put this down to the 99.9% of members always putting their clubs FIRST, not their egos. In my opinion, if egos take over, clubs may fail. Just my opinion folks, not gospel. Annaisse Novak (President, which is, after all, just the noun for the verb "to preside") ‘Ego Is Not A Dirty Word’! SkyHooks 1975. Written by Red Symons. Sung by Shirley Strachan, Producer Ross Wilson. Mushroom Records Ed. Self-discipline is when your conscience tells you to do something and you don’t talk back. Remember; no one can feel inferior without your consent! Those who never make mistakes never make discoveries. Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope...Helen Keller Cash For Cows Funds Here is the follow up on the story of assistance for the Last Lions years our club directed many thousands of farmers affected by the St Patrick day fires. The Com- dollars into a variety of projects. These funds did not munity Engagement group from North Geelong Sec- just appear.