Silver Centennial Lion
Earn the Silver Centennial Lion award once the new member or new club remains in good standing for 1 year and a day.
Silver Centennial Lions will be recognized in the following ways:
A Limited Edition Silver Centennial pin
Name featured on the LCI Centennial website
Gold Centennial Lion
Earn the Gold Centennial Lion award once the new member or new club remains in good standing for 2 years and a day.
Gold Centennial Lions will be recognized in the following ways:
Member will receive a Limited Edition Gold Centennial pin
Name featured on the LCI Centennial website
Recognition at area forums and district conventions
Diamond Centennial Lion
Earn the Diamond Centennial Lion award once the new member or new club remains in good standing for 3 years and a day.
Diamond Centennial Lions will be recognized in the following ways for their special achievement:
A special Limited Edition Diamond Centennial pin and certificate
Featured with fellow achievers in LION Magazine
Photo featured on the LCI Centennial website
Recognition at LCI’s International Convention
Recognition at area forums and district conventions
REPORT OF MD 18 GMT CHAIR – LION JANE PRICE, PDG:
All MD18 districts continue to actively work on new club development and club-rebuilding. The Gwinnett College campus club
was chartered in October and conducted their charter celebration in November. There are currently 9 clubs in formation: 4 regular
clubs; 4 branch clubs; and 1 campus club. A few membership stats for the 1st half of this Lions year:
DG Goals
Actual YTD
To Do
New Clubs
Regular
4
0
4
Campus
2
1
1
Leo
2
1
1
New Members
785
335
450
Net Membership Gain
16
-116
132
Retention remains an on-going issue. Old, small clubs are failing. Some are not accepting assistance to re-build, so they will most
likely slowly go away. However, there are some challenged clubs that are asking for assistance, but the District Governors and the
District GMTs are having trouble finding qualified Certified Guiding Lions to assign to help them. There also continues to be a
lack of communication between the zone chairs and the district GMTs. This results in the GMTs not receiving current information
on the status of the clubs’ health and activity. I would like to request the districts make a plan to do the following:
1. Place a strong emphasis on chartering the new clubs currently in formation;
2. Make renewed efforts to improve communications between the zone chairs and the GMTs;
3. Form a task force to address club-rebuilding including identifying failing clubs and training and assigning qualified
Certified Guiding Lions to help them;
4. Continue to identify under-served areas in each district and begin the groundwork to form clubs in those areas.
The districts in MD18 have been struggling with membership issues for years. There have been successes as well as failures.
There is no one membership plan that seems to work well for all. It might be time for the DG teams, GMTs & GLTs (state &
district), and other to-be identified leaders to get together in one room and share ideas for membership success going forward. It
might be time to try a different approach to membership and club vitality to ensure the continuance of our Lions legacy in MD18
Georgia. Please let me know how I can help you.
DG Andrews, 18-L, stated that there was talk at the work session last night about having a task force in each district. He asked
PDG Price to send each Governor a list of qualifications for people to serve on that task force. PDG Ed Hashbarger asked if the
Lions of Georgia could attach something such as information on the state organization to the posters being used in connection
with the Centennial Program at the Airport. DG Andrews, 18-L, made a motion that Council pursue the membership thrust;
motion seconded by DG Hubbard, 18-I, and motion carried. PDG Price will begin to put together a plan for Council approval.
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