Monday, October 1, 2012

Disrict Governor's Message - August 2012


We are on The Road!!!

My fellow Lions and Leos,

As we're nearing the end of our 2nd month in office I must say that I'm very pleased with the movement forward of the district. We have made a great breakthrough by getting the digital reporting format up and running on our new website which has led to many report flowing in on time and saving many the cost of mailing and the use of faxing. 

The members are reporting using the new formats and I'm extremely grateful to all as this makes the analyzing of reports much more manageable for all the cabinet officers involved. Many ZC have already kept their 1st advisory meeting and to those I say congrats. Let's keep all involved by sharing all information available to us so we can foster better understanding and working relationships in the clubs and district. I urge all to send their success stories to us so we can place them in our best practices tap online.

The Saint. Lucia Lions and Leos hosted the 100+ attendees at our 1st cabinet meeting in Saint. Lucia with much love and harmony and I can say we all enjoyed their hospitality to the fullest. The government of Saint. Lucia also agreed to work in close cooperation with the Vieux Fort Lions club to put in place the Lions Quest pilot program at the after school adopted by the Vieux Fort Lions Club.

Reading the various reports clearly shows that many clubs have taken on the challenge to start partner shipping with the NGO's and financial institutions to make the serve we make to mankind more meaningful through the greater impact we deliver together.
I would like to ask all clubs to continue have their members who didn’t complete the membership survey form to please do so as this will be a vital part of my audit. To the SABA Lions club I must say congrats for 100% completion of the membership survey! Let’s go Lions and Leos and let’s see who will be the 2nd club to receive 100%.
The district also signed a protocol agreement with Rotary district 7020 and the Alzheimer Disease International (ADI) to promote awareness and advocacy in the district by working together to get the most out of the awareness and advocacy. I'm proud to state that the Lions Clubs of Tropical gardens and St. Maarten are already busy with the Alzheimer project.
Presently the clubs in Jamaica have been contacted by USAID (United States Agency for International Development) with whom Lions International signed a MOU in Bussan Korea. It’s the intention to seek a working relationship in the field of Reading Programs and other areas that we can find common grounds. Lion 1st VDG Lion Izett has been charged with taking the lead in Jamaica on my behalf to ensure the best possible results for the district and Jamaica in particular.

I will be starting my audits in September and the lucky club for the 1st audit will be the Antigua Lions and Leo clubs. Also in September we'll be celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Antigua Leo club and the 18th anniversary of the Dominica Leo club. I must still stand still am minute and congratulate the Bridgeport Leo club on their 41st anniversary celebrated just recently in August.

Working in the disaster management area I know many islands are being confronted continuously with severe weather and I pray that all will be speared of any harm. As we move to the last month of the 1st quarter of our year I say keep the spirits high and continue to believe in what our motto says and means "We SERVE"
District Governor 60, Lion Claudius (Tony) Buncamper (MJF)

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