REPORTS SECTION 1: REGIONS AND ZONES NAME: Kanu Patel OFFICE: Region 1 Chair DATE: August 2015 No Report Submitted NAME: Stewart Sherman-Kahn OFFICE: Zone Chairman, Zone B DATE: August 2015 DECISIONS REQUIRED: None JUSTIFICATION FOR DECISIONS: N/A ACTIONS SINCE LAST MEETING: N/A ACTIONS PLANNED BEFORE NEXT MEETING: First Zone Meeting 27th August Zone Membership Activities Zone Membership Budget: £250.00 Amount spent: £0.00 Amount committed: £ 0.00 Club Name Members Membership Actions Done and to do Cost planned Last report This report Poten’l Birmingham Chinatown N/K 23 2 Birmingham Handsworth N/K 25 0 Birmingham Moseley & Kings Heath N/K 22 0 Sandwell N/K 24 1 Club Activities since last report (separate table for each club) Club Name Birmingham Chinatown On MyLCI? Community Services We are involved on the Planning of Chinese National Day which takes place on 14 September 2015 No Fundraising Activities Bowling Comp 070715 £1,700 raised No Fellowship Activities Members clay pigeon shoot on 120715 with lunch afterwards No Other Comments Have a stall at the Exotic Animal Awareness Show on 090817 Chinese National Day Event 140915 Autumn Moon Festival Dinner 260915 Elderley Persons Lunch late September No
Attended LRP Meeting Attended District Handover Attended F & A Meeting ACTIONS PLANNED BEFORE NEXT MEETING: Organise Zone Calendar Plan Zone meeting (September) Plan YL in S Meeting Zone Chairmen - Additional Information Club Name Members May Members Current Members Potential Membership Actions Done and to do Birmingham Acocks 18 17 0 Report Not submitted (figures taken from May return). However noting the loss of Lion Mike Smith who has sadly passed away. Birmingham Sheldon 14 13 2 Club will be discussing membership at its September meeting. Knowle & Dorridge 25 26 0 Report not submitted (figures taken from May return). Shirley 26 29 1 One member resigned for health reasons; however three new members inducted. Solihull 18 19 1 Membership schemes continue using the Marston Green method.. Club Name Birmingham Acocks Green Community Services No report Fundraising Activities No report Fellowship Activities No report
Fellowship Activities Visit of President June Wilkinson to Handover of Presidency of Chateaudun Lions Club, France., President June Wilkinson and IPA Cath Kendall present at District Changeover Luncheon and Zone Presidents Meeting, Dinner Meetings held in various restaurants and A Dinner meeting held in Pres. June Wilkinson’s home. Other Comments None Club Name Northampton 80 On MyLCI? Community Services Reading Action Program – Member listening to children read in local school on a weekly basis. Talking Newspaper – Members reading articles and acting as technicians for the talking newspaper on a monthly basis. Recycled spectacles – 1576 collected and recycled. Hope Centre – BBQ held for all the volunteer staff White Heather Club – transport provided. MIAB – Contact made with local fire service to remind them of the scheme and bottles handed over. – Snooker table donated by Kislingbury Bowls club delivered to Billingbrook Special School for their youth club. Meeting held with two Borough Councillors and chair of the Youth Forum for Northampton to provide information regarding Lions Youth programs. Special School Sports Festival - attended Dogs for the Disabled -Sponsored Lands’ End to John O’Groats tractor journey Mencap – Undertaken garden and ground maintenance on a bi-weekly Hospital transport – members conveyed patient to Oxford over a number of days for treatment. Fundraising Activities sums being collected for the Easter Egg Raffle Fellowship Activities Picnic at Cannons Walk and meal Handover Sunday lunch. Lion Trevor Harrison and Lion Doug Cooper awarded Melvin Jones Fellowships
Fellowship Activities Monthly social events with partners country walk, Summer hand-over Meal and cheese tasting evening Other Comments None Club Name Wellingborough and District On MyLCI? Community Services Took part in the Zone Special School Sports Day Recycled spectacles. 3 members are helping schools with reading Fundraising Activities Fashion Show with Kettering Lions raised £1200 Fellowship Activities Canal trip in June during which we held our handover at Foxton Locks Took part in the Kettering Clubs quiz evening Club BBQ Other Comments None NAME: Vacant OFFICE: Zone Chairman, Zone I DATE: August 2015 SECTION 2: INTERNATIONAL NAME: Femi Onabolu OFFICE: International Committee Chairman, DATE: August 2015 and Europa Forum. DECISIONS REQUIRED: That the final balance of £2,000.00 pledged for completion of the Fendell Village Primary School building Project in Liberia be forwarded. JUSTIFICATION: The Fendell Village project in Liberia is nearing completion and we shall soon be requested to forward the remaining £2,000 of our pledge to enable completion before the start of the new School year in September. £5,000.00 of the pledged £7,000.00 has already been sent and photographs of Construction works to roofing stage had been forwarded to us. I believe over £6,000 has already been collected from our members and Clubs. Subsidy if required will be under £1,000.00. ACTIONS TAKEN SINCE LAST MEETING: International Committee: Membership of the committee for the new Lions year is constituted as follows: Bill Ranautta over as International Relations officer. He served on the committee as LCIF officer for 3 previous years. Carole Moseley retains her position as Water Projects and Street children officer for the 3rd successive years. Jaap de Jonge joins the committee as North Sea Lions officer PDG Heather Lee brings her wealth of Lions activities into the committee as LCIF officer I retain the position of Chairman in the committee and will continue to look after the “Adopt an International Lions Club’s Local Project”. The committee met in June for a Change-over and to familiarise themselves with their new colleagues and counter-parts and brain storm on the programme for the year. ACTIONS PLANNED BEFORE NEXT MEETING: Firstly, I wish to DG Heather for providing the committee with 5 members this year; it will ensure successful implementation of programmes. . It is my objective this Lion’s year to: