Doesn't anybody care about LIONISM anymore? SD-10 is slowly gaining on membership but we are having a hard time getting LIONS members to step-up into leadership roles. Every year these positions are getting harder and harder to fill. If this keeps up, in a few years there will not be a District-10 in the U.P. We have open positions right now that need to be filled for the next Governor's term. The past Governors, Committee Chairs, and Board Members are doing the best that they can. We need other LIONS to step forward now and help fill these positions. The LIONS in many of these positions are now getting along in years and are no longer able to travel long distances from their homes. Fellow LIONS members in SD-10 THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT, Don't you care?
According to the G.M.T., (Global Management Team) we in SD-10 are doing a good job in keeping our membership numbers up. One of the districts in MD-11 is also in good shape. When I was elected Governor, I put out a challenge to each club to bring in 3 new members. Some did, some didn't, and some brought in more than 3 members. We are still short of the 1,800 members that I would like to see before I leave office/ term. Will you help me achieve this goal?
On my last trip to the council meeting in Lansing, I took 7 cases of eyeglasses to the Lions of Michigan office. The donation of glasses from our district totaled more than 3,000 eyeglasses. WELL DONE SD-10!
PDJ Jim Decremer, of the Rapid River Lions Club, is the chairperson of the scholarship fund. He is looking for a donation from your club so the scholarship fund can make it's yearly awards. There are usually 8-10 awards given out each year, to handicapped high school seniors.
JDJ Decremer is also the superintendent for the Dairy Day Awards, that is held at the U.P. State Fair. Last year he asked that our clubs, if they could donate $20.00 each. This money is used for the trophies and awards for the 4-H and youth groups in the U.P. Last year 29 clubs donated $755.00, was your club in this group? If not, why not?
To all club officers, president, secretary, and treasurer, if you are keeping the same offices in the coming year, you still have to file a PU-101 form. PU-101's have to be filed EVERY YEAR for new and existing officers. Every year a lot of PU-101's are not filed and this make a difficult situation for the in-coming governor and LCIF. The governor will know in a short period of time, who did not file a PU-101 form. It always seems to be the same clubs that don't think they have to file the forms each year. This puts a unnecessary load on the new governor, so PLEASE HELP HIM OUT and file those PU-101's, on time!
All clubs have to be in good standing to vote at the convention. This means that all of the 101's, MMA's, MMR's, and all bills have to be paid up to date. There are still clubs that are way behind on these reports. There is one club that is fifteen months behind, why? This puts an additional load on the governor and LCIF contacts the governor wanting to know why he can't keep his reports up to date.
SD-10 now has a candidate for the position of 1st Vice Governor. He is currently serving as the Zone Chair of Region 3, Zone 1. He is also the past president of the Vulcan-Norway-Loretto Lions Club. He is James Wash. I want to thank Jim for taking this position. I know he and Gary Klop will make a good team for the upcoming term. I will do all that I can to help them and I am sure that everyone in our district will do the same.
