Lions Clubs MD201 Q3
Module One
History and Structure
History
• Founder: Melvin Jones 1917
Chicago
• Australia: Bill Tresise 1947
Lismore
• Membership 1.3 mil Worldwide
• Australia: 28000 +
• Motto: We Serve
• Liberty Intelligence Our Nations
Safety
LIONS TIMELINE
1916
• 1917: First Convention
• 1920: Lions Clubs become
international
• 1925: Helen Keller
challenged Lions to
become knights of the
Blind
• 1927: 2200 Clubs 80000
members
• 1935: First Clubs in
Central America
• 1945: Lions given
consultant status at the
UN.
• 1947: First Club in
Australia
2006
• 1954: The motto “We
Serve” is adopted
• 1961: Melvin Jones dies
• 1968: LCIF is formed
• 1975: First Lioness Club
• 1987: Women are
included
• 1989: Sight First One is
launched.
• 1999: Partnership with the
Carter Foundation to
combat river blindness and
trachoma.
• 2005 Sight First Two is
launched.
Lion Members
Clubs
Club Structure
Club Members
Board of Directors
President
Vice Presidents
Secretary
Directors
Treasurer
Project Chairmen
Lion Members
Clubs
District
District Structure
Cabinet
• District Governor
• Vice District Governor
• Cabinet Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant Cabinet
Secretary, CBL Chairman.
• Immediate Past District Governor
(Members of the District Management Committee)
Zone Chairman
Development Officers
Portfolio Chairmen
Districts
35 Clubs
1250 Members
Lion Members
Clubs
District
Multiple District
Multiple District Structure
Council of Governors
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Council Chairman
District Governors
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Assistance for the Council from
Managers: Administration,
Marketing, Memberships Services,
and Youth and Community Services.
-Sub Committees Chairmen
Multiple District 201
Multiple District Convention
Council Chairman
Council of Governors
Administration
Treasurer
Legal
Officer
Insurance
Convention
Youth and
Community Projects
Marketing
Honours
Leadership
Youth Exchange
Web
Site
Membership
Youth of the Year
Lions Mints
Extension
Youth Outreach / Leos
Lioness
Community Projects
Club
Supplies
L.C.I.F
Gov. Youth Initiatives
Redistricting
Prostate cancer
Lions
Magazine
Public Relations
Membership
Services
Aust. Lions Children's
Mobility Foundation
Christmas
Cakes
Letters to
Father
Christmas
ALF. ALDAF.
Hearing Dogs
Lion Members
Clubs
District
Multiple District
Lions Clubs International
Lions Clubs International
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International President
1st Vice President
2nd Vice President
International Directors
District Governors
Membership
• Clubs: Individual Members
• District: Duly constituted Lions
Clubs within the Boundaries of
the District
• Multiple District: Duly
constituted Clubs within the
boundaries of the Multiple
District
• International: All Duly
constituted Lions Clubs.
Lions Clubs International
The Purposes of Lions Clubs
International
“To create and foster a spirit of understanding
among the peoples of the world”
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Youth exchange
Lions clubs international foundation (L.C.I.F)
Objectives:
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Major disaster relief
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Humanitarian services (sight first)
3.
Project grants
The Purposes of Lions Clubs
International
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Australian Lions Foundation (A.L.F.)
Objectives:
1.
National Disasters
2.
Emergency and Community Welfare Projects
3.
International Understanding and Cooperation Projects
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Club Twinning
International Hosting
International Assistance Programs
Peace Poster Competition
The Purposes of Lions Clubs
International
“To promote the principles of good government
and good citizenship”
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Lions/NAB Youth of the Year and Miss Personality Quest
Lions Quest Skills
Australian Lions Drug Awareness Programs
Sight Conservation and Work with the Blind
Hearing and Speech Action and Work with the Deaf
(Lions Hearing Dog Program)
• Provide and Maintain Recreational Facilities for the
Youth, Elderly and those with Special Needs
• Community Fund Raising Projects
The Purposes of Lions Clubs
International
“To fund and otherwise serve the civic cultural
social and moral welfare of the community”
• Road Safety Campaigns; Fire Poster and Drug
Awareness Competitions
• Develop Civic Beautifications Projects
• Provide Voluntary Assistance to Orphanages,
Senior Citizens Centres and Nursing homes
• Provide Outings for the Aged and Handicapped
• Provide Manual and Material Assistance to the
Elderly and the Infirm
The Purposes of Lions Clubs
International
“To assist financially, culturally, socially and morally the
disabled, disadvantaged and infirm of the
community both directly and also indirectly”
• Provide Special Equipment to those with Special Needs
and Hospitals
• Provide Funds for Medical Research
• Provide Volunteer Services at Hospitals and
Nursing Homes
• Assist with Cancer, Red Cross, Red Shield, etc
Collections
• Sponsor Ambulance Services and Blue Care
• Sponsor Meals on Wheels
• David Hart Walker Project
• Community Health and Awareness
The Purposes of Lions Clubs
International
“To unite the Clubs in the bonds of friendship,
good fellowship and mutual understanding”
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Interclub Visitations
Attend Lions Conventions
Attend Combined Zone and Region Functions and Projects
Attend Own Club Projects and Functions
Maintain Effective Communication Channels between Lions
The Purposes of Lions Clubs
International
“To provide a forum for the open discussion of all
matters of public interest; provided, however, that
partisan politics and sectarian religion shall not be
debated by Club members”
• Community Surveys to Identify Areas of Need
• Use of Guest Speakers at Club Meetings, Lions Conventions,
etc
• Media Releases of Lions Activities
• Provide Lions to Speak at Community Forums
The Purposes of Lions Clubs
International
“To encourage service minded people to serve their
community without personal financial reward and to
encourage efficiency and promote high ethical
standards in commerce, industry, professions, public
works and private endeavours”
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Conduct Incoming Club Officers Schools
Conduct Lions Awareness Courses
Conduct Development Courses
Provide Lions Information Books and other Educational
Material for Use of Members
Lions Clubs International
Lions Clubs International
Code of Ethics
• “To show my faith in the worthiness of
my vocation by industrious application to
the end so that I may merit a reputation
for quality of service”
• To be proud of what you do and do it to the
best of your ability
• “To seek success and to demand all fair
remuneration or profit as my just due, but to
accept no profit or success at the price of my own
self respect lost because of unfair advantage
taken or because of questionable acts on my part”
• To accept fair payment for a fair days work, but do not take
advantage of competitors by underhanded means
Lions Clubs International
Code of Ethics
• “To remember that in building up my own
business it is not necessary to tear down
another’s; to be loyal to my clients or customers
and to be true to myself”
• It is not necessary to destroy someone else’s business whilst
establishing your own. Don’t “rip off” your clients
• “Whenever a doubt arises as to the right or ethics
of my position or action towards others, to
resolve such doubts against myself”
• If there is a difference of opinion on actions that you have
taken, then listen to the opinion of others
Lions Clubs International
Code of Ethics
• “To hold friendship as an end and not as a means.
To hold that true friendship exists not on account
of the service performed by one to another, but
that true friendship demands nothing but accepts
service in the spirit in which it is given”
• Friendship is to be treasured, it cannot be bought
it must be earned
• “Always to bear in mind my obligations as a
citizen to my nation, my state and my community,
and to give them my unswerving loyalty in word,
act and deed. To give them freely of my time,
labor and means”
• Service to your community is the rent you pay for the space
you occupy on this earth
Lions Clubs International
Code of Ethics
• “To Aid others by giving my sympathy to those in
distress, my aid to the weak, and my substance to
the needy”
• Provide assistance to those in need by whatever means is
considered necessary
• “To Be Careful with my criticism and liberal with
my praise, to build up and not destroy”
• Provide praise not criticism, build on what you have achieved
do not destroy it
Lions MD201 Q3
Role of Chartered Clubs
Question:What do you consider to be the role of
Lions Clubs?
Answer:
Provide Voluntary Community Service
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Provide assistance to Individuals, organisations
etc. local councils and Governments in
providing services that are a benefit to the
community
Raise funds for community services purposes
To implement programs supported by the
District, Multiple District and International
Associations (I.e. Youth Exchange, Youth of the
Year, etc.)
Question:What sort of community service does your
club become involved in?
Each Club is autonomous as far as selecting what programs, etc.
that they wish to support
Obligations of a Chartered
Club
• To hold regularly scheduled meetings
not less than once each month
• Except as otherwise provided in the
Constitution, to collect from each
member minimum annual dues sufficient
to cover International, Multiple District
and District Dues, plus such other costs
as are incidental to Club administration
• To carry on activities for the
advancement of the civic, cultural, social
or moral welfare of the community and
for the promotion of International
Understanding
Obligations of a Chartered
Club
• To submit regular monthly reports to the
International Office on blanks provided by
it, containing such information as may be
called for by the Board of Directors of this
Association
• To report semi-annually to the
International Office on the financial
condition of the Club
• To elect officers, annually, not later than
the 15th of April, whose term of office
shall commence on the July 1st following
the election
Obligations of a Chartered
Club
• To encourage regular attendance
• To investigate the background of all persons
proposed for membership in the Club. Such
investigation shall include enquiries in the
community where the proposed individual
resides or has a place of business
• To uphold, preserve and enhance the image of
the International Association of Lions Clubs
Obligations of a Chartered
Club
• To abide by the policies and requirement as
determined, from time to time, by the
International Board of Directors
• To further the Lions Clubs International Objects
and the Lions Code of Ethics
• To resolve all disputes arising at the Club level
according to the Club Dispute Resolution
Procedure set out, from time to time, in the
policy of the International Board of Directors
What is expected of you as a
Member of a Lions Club?
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It is expected that you will: (Taken from Induction Ceremony)
 Abide by the constitution and by-laws of Lions Clubs
International and of your club
 Regularly attend your club meetings
 Support and further the interests of your club in all its
undertakings and to contribute you fair share towards its
financial support
 Assist in maintaining, building and strengthening the
membership of your club
 Make every effort to further the work of Lions by actively
serving on the committees to which you are appointed
 Practice in your private and public life, the principles of the
Code of Ethics and the Objects of Lions Clubs International
What is expected of you as a
member of a Lions Club?
“In short it is expected that you will give what time
you can to furthering the aims of your Club and of
Lions Clubs International, always remembering that
your family commitments must come first, followed
by your work and then followed by your commitment
to Lions.”
Lions MD201 Q3
Role of the Lions District
• The International Association of Lions Clubs is
divided, for administration purposes, into
Districts under the control and leadership of the
District Governor (DG) who is elected by the
representatives of the Clubs within that District
at an annual convention (there are over 750
districts worldwide)
• Districts comprise of a minimum of 35 clubs with
at least 1250 members
• When there is more than one district within a
defined area (our area is Australia, PNG and
Norfolk Island) then they form a Multiple District
Role of the Lions District
• The DG under the general supervision of the
Board represents the International Association
within the District and is responsible to the
Board for the conduct of the Lionism within
the District
• Districts are divided into regions and zones.
Lions are either appointed, or selected by the
DG to assist with the administration of the
District, they form what is known as the
District Cabinet
Role of the Lions District
• Region Chairmen (Club Care Regional Officers) and
Zone Chairmen are appointed to assist clubs to meet
their obligation to serve their communities. Zone
meetings are generally held 3 or 4 times a year
• Portfolio Chairmen (i.e Mints, Cakes, etc) are
appointed to assist the Clubs run their project
• Cabinet meets 4 times a year. In between the Cabinet
Meetings the Management Committee is responsible
for the day-to-day operation of the District. The
Management Committee consists of the District
Governor (DG), Vice District Governor (VDG),
Immediate Past District Governor (IPDG), Cabinet
Secretary, Cabinet Treasurer and Constitution & ByLaws (CBL) Chairman
Role of the Lions District
Basically the Role of the District can be
defined as:
“To assist Clubs to meet their
obligations to serving their
communities i.e. ‘To carry on
activities for the advancement of the
civic, cultural, social or moral welfare
of the community, and for the
promotion of International
understanding’”
Lions MD201 Q3
Role of the Multiple District
• Generally: The 19 Districts in Australia, Papua New Guinea
and Norfolk Island are grouped together to form Multiple
District 201. It is incorporated as an association under that
name in South Australia.
• The purposes are:
– To promote the objects of the International Association
of Lions Clubs applicable to MD 201.
– To hold, manage and control an annual Convention of MD
201.
– To take appropriate action on any matters relating to MD
201 consistent with the Constitution and By Laws of the
International Association and the policies of the
International Board
– To establish and maintain assets and Foundations for the
purpose of rendering help and assistance in the fields of
community aid, emergency relief and International
Understanding
Role of the Multiple District
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As with the international body, the members of the
Multiple District are the individual Lions Clubs within the
20 Districts and not individual Lions Clubs members
The District Governors within a Multiple District form
the Council of Governors, who seek to agree on policy
and methods of implementing the policies of the
International Board within the area covered by the MD.
They are basically responsible for the overall operation
of the MD.
Lions MD201 Q3
Role of Lions Clubs
International
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The International Association is governed by the International Board
of Directors which comprises the International President, the
Immediate Past International President, first and second Vice
Presidents and 33 International Directors.
Our Current Representative is Lion Djoko Soeroso who is serving the
second year of his two year term. Our representative is elected at our
MD Convention. We rotate with New Zealand and Indonesia
The international office employs an executive administrator who
leads a staff of 285 members of different nationalities
They provide support for our entire list of International Projects, and
also, run and maintain the Lions Clubs International Foundation
(LCIF)
Role of Lions Clubs
International
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Headquarters functions are divided into twelve major areas,
including:
 Preparation and distribution of thousands of publications in
various languages
 Coordinating and shipping of club supplies
 Keeping records
 Planning the International Convention
 Administration functions
 International and external public relations
 Legal services
Lions Clubs MD201 Q3
Module Six
Projects
Lions MD201 Q3
Club Projects
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Christmas Wish
Building / Maintaining Parks and Gardens
Helping the elderly with home maintenance
Magic show
Driver reviver stops
Catering vans
Catering for other organisations
Assistance to Youth
Providing aid to Special Schools.
District Projects
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Hearing Camp
Fire Poster
Disaster Relief
Adopt a Family
District Welfare
Environmental Projects / Clean up Australia / Greening
Australia Trees
Lion Leader Magazine
Queensland and Northern New South Wales Lions Medical
Research Foundation
Lions Miss Personality Quest
White Cane Dinner
Children of Courage
District Projects
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Other projects with District support / involvement
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Lions Camp Duckadang
Camp Quality
Lions Eyeglass Recycling Centre (Qld) Australia Inc.
Lions Emergency Accommodation Centre Sunshine
Coast
Lions Youth Emergency Accommodation Centre Pine
Rivers
Multiple District Projects
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Lions/NAB Youth of the Year Quest
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Youth Outreach
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Prostate Cancer
Environment
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Australian Lions Children’s Mobility
Foundation (David Hart Walker) 
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Australian Lions Foundation
Australian Lions Drug Awareness
Foundation
Australian Lions Quest Youth
Foundation
Australian Lions Multiple Sclerosis
Foundation
Christmas Cakes
Lion Mints
Letter to Father
Christmas
Hearing Dogs
Lions Magazine
Lioness
International Projects
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International Twinning
Youth Exchange
Diabetes
Hearing
Sight
Peace Poster
Leo Program
Lions Clubs International Foundation
(Incorporating Lions Sight First Program)
Lions Quest Skills Program
Lions MD201 Q3