1 202F District Newsletter Hi Everyone, It is with great sadness that I start tonight with the death of PDG Bob Gibson (1999/2000). Bob was a Lion for 52 years and at the time of his death was a current member of the Invercargill Central Lions. What an amazing life of service, our thoughts go out to Pauline and family also the Invercargill Central Lions Members. Allan and I had the pleasure of attending the 35th Anniversary of the Gore Pakeke Lions, what a great night this was and listening to what they have done over the last 35 years was very interesting. Since they started their recycling, they have raised over ½ million dollars and they had just held their annual book sale which raised over $26,000. What a great support you have been to your community over the last 35years Well Done. I have continued with my club visits and continue to be amazed with your stories of service. Our communities are certainly richer because of all you do. This week we were in Stewart Island and thanks to president Ben who took us Kiwi spotting after the meeting, we were able to see 3 kiwis’ in the wild. Certainly, is a great place to visit. Kind regards and stay safe. Sue Fleury 2 1 Message from DG Sue 14 Snippets 2 MD Vacancies 15 Snippets 3 202F Awards Entry form 16 Snippets 17 Snippets 4 LCIF 18 Snippets 5 Leos 19 Snippets 6 DG Sue’s Visits 20 Snippets 7 VDG Pam & 2ndVDG Jerry visits 21 Peace Poster competition 8 Gore Hokonui Quiz / TeAnau Kepler Home Show 22 Bulletins received 9 MMR 23 Next Southern Flyer 18th October 10 LMLCCT Luncheon 11 LCI Please send your bulletin to 12 202F Districts awards update [email protected] 13 Snippets https://www.lionsclubs.org.nz/members/covid-19-updates-and-notices 3 Wendy Goodwin District Awards Email: [email protected] Mobile: 027 2811 803 4 Dear Lion, What a great time to be a Lion! Now, you may be thinking, being a Lion is tough right now. Adjusting to life with the coronavirus (COVID-19) has been challenging. However, it is during difficult times that Lions shine the brightest. Lions and Leos are finding new ways to serve their communities while staying safe. Leos in New Jersey, USA even put together a virtual concert to raise money for LCIF! In addition, we are celebrating a major milestone for the foundation. I hope you read the August newsletter and feel inspired In friendship, Gudrun Yngvadottir, Chairperson Lions Clubs International Foundation 5 6 See also page 13 7 202F -VDG Pam Fiveash-Proposed Club Visits Thursday 15th October Waihopai City Tuesday 20th October Invercargill Host Tuesday 10th November Roxburgh & Districts Monday 16th November Makarewa Thursday 19th November West Otago Tuesday 1st December Waikiwi Email:[email protected] 202F- 2nd VDG Jeroen Schuurman-Proposed Club Visits 13th October Invercargill central 2nd November Ohai-Nightcaps 9th November Gore river valley To be rescheduled Alexandra Dunstan Email : [email protected] 8 9 Sue Miller Gore Host Mishel Kaaplan Gore River Valley Jim McDiarmid Maniototo William Leaupepe Ohai Nightcaps Elaine Aitken Ranfurly Maniototo Pakeke Ewen McLeay Riversdale Foliaki Taufa Riversdale Robbie Anderson Wanaka & Districts Colin Donald Wanaka & Districts Denis Harvey Wanaka & Districts It is with Deep Sadness we record the Passing of Glenys Anderson Alexandra Dunstan Club 10 11 Dear Lion Leader, As a leader, you have an opportunity to provide helpful tools and resources to help your club achieve their goals. The Club Quality Initiative (CQI) is a strategic planning tool that helps clubs identify opportunities for improvement. The program features LCI Forward and the Five Steps to help club operations become more efficient and find new directions. By identifying areas that can be improved, taking measured steps to accomplish goals and involving the whole club in this exciting process, every club can be even better! The CQI program focuses on LCI Forward and offers you three suggested ideas for implementing the Club Quality Initiative. 1.Single Working Session (Two hours or less): helps identify areas of improvement, establish priorities, and provide initial ideas to committees to further develop their club 2. Meeting Series (30 minutes during a series of meetings): Assess and plan during a series of meetings 3. Half Day Workshop (Four hours or more): Break into working groups to discuss club assessments and potential solutions in detail. Learn more about the CQI program and the benefits it offers your club by visiting the CQI website. The Club Excellence Award serves as your club’s road map to excellence, focusing on the key elements of a quality club: membership, service, organizational excellence and marketing. If you have any questions about the award, please contact us by email at [email protected] or by phone at (630) 468-6828. Join us October 28, 2020, as we host a webinar titled Excellence and Quality… Road Map to a Successful Club! During this event, we will review each program and its effectiveness to help clubs strive for success. Register for this exciting webinar today! If you are a Facebook user, visit us at Improving Lions Club Quality where you will find helpful information from Lions around the world. You can post questions, comments, stories and share new ideas to improve clubs within your zone. We look forward to supporting you. Please contact us if you have any questions by email at [email protected] or by phone at (630) 468-6810. Sincerely, Your District & Club Administration Division Support Team 12 District Awards 2020 updates Recently the Council of Governors accepted the updates to the Multiple District awards by a committee set up to review and update the awards. Some of which were well out of date and not relevant anymore. All District 202F Club secretaries were recently emailed the updated awards by District Secretary PDG Liz Murray. The information has been uploaded to www.lionsclubs.org.nz/awards on the New Zealand Lions website, or available from me. Community Service awards The District 202F Project award winner is sent onto the Multiple District MD202 Ron Usmar Award for Community Service. The main change is that this award is now presented in electronic form with a few changes to the points system. This award is based on service projects from 2019-2020 Lions year. Bulletin Awards The Ian Mathieson Award for best club bulletin and the Grass Roots IT award now at Multiple District level become the MD Ron Rowe Award Public Relations and Communication. The changes here are that Social media, webpages and local media have been included in the criteria and points are allocated for these areas. These changes were reached after consultation from Ron Rowe. This award is based on bulletins from 2019-2020 Lions year. Environmental Photos PDG Barbara Sharpe Environmental Photo award is a District award and remains the same so please take those amazing photos. size 8”x10 “in the sections of Animal Life, Landscape (urban or Rural) Plant life, Weather phenomenon. The photos must be taken within the District 202F district area. All entries to me by October 30th 2020 District F and J can enter this year’s Multiple District Convention award winners because of Covid cancelling our conventions. Please continue to publicize your Lions work on your Facebook page, local media and around your community. Spreading the word of the Lions projects will increase membership. Send photos and an explanation for the District Facebook page to DG Governor Sue, PDG Lynette Batt, or myself and we will upload to the District Facebook. Contact me if I can help with publicity for your Club or awards information. Wendy Goodwin PDG 202f Awards and Media coordinator [email protected] Mobile 0272811803 13 Hi Yvonne, I give permission for the Lions southern region to reproduce your article and photo in the Southern Flyer, credited to Yvonne O'Hara, The News. We do not own copyright for the photo of Frans Du Plessis and cannot grant permission to reproduce it. The Lions would need to contact the supplier of that photograph. Regards, Bruce (Editor) 14 15 Clyde & Districts Super exciting weekend! We had a hat trick at the Alexandra blossom Festival. First our float won the much coveted “People’s choice” Award and $2,000. Then our lovely Princess Kathryn Smit won the Festival Queen. Also our own Robyn McGregor was runner up Senior Queen. It does not get much better than that. As part of our preparations we enjoyed having Jerry Schuurman 202F 2nd DG visit our club. As part of his evening he helped us make paper flowers and then judged them for the Combined Lions Clubs of Alexandra and Clyde Blossom Festival Float. Jerry’s key messages to us were “Celebrate what you are doing and share with other members in the Zone Items we need you to donate: Have you got any of the following sitting around your garden sheds you would like to donate for a Garden Bin idea the Project Team has in mind? • Dutch Hoe • Short Handled Spade • Short Handled Fork • Small Shovel for digging • Edging Shears • Square Mouthed Long Handled Shovel Second Hand tools are fine as they can be refurbished. Also spare glass jars and tops for marmalade. BILL Wheelie Chairs: For Sale: $40.00 (cushions not included) Fabulous idea THE SEAWARD BUSH BRANCH LINE - INVERCARGILL- TOKANUI RAILWAY 1886-1966 by ALEX GLENNIE Toi Tois Tokanui Lions Club along with Alex Glennie are involved in producing this book. Over 280 pages full of colour photographs, documents and printed matter on the history of the railway.