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Official Publication ofLions District 201W2
District Coordinator:Bob Halford
[email protected]
DISTRICT NEWSLETTERNEXT EDITION: 10 FEBRUARY 2019
COPY DEADLINE: 7 FEBRUARY 2019
NEWSDISTRICT 201 W2
WE SERVE
www.201w2.lions.org.auwww.facebook.com/LionsWesternAustraliaEmail:
[email protected]
District Gover-nor
JANUARY 2019
HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER RELIEF,MEDICAL RESEARCH,
SIGHT and THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF YOUTH
“LIONS AND COMMUNITY WORKING TOGETHER”
DISTRICT GOVERNOR
BEVERLEY HAWKINS
IMPORTANT DATES
COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS’SMEETING SYDNEY18th, 19th and 20thJanuary
2019
Hello to all the Lions from our District 201W2. Our Lions year
isquickly coming to a close . We hope you all had a great Christmas
&New Year.
December was a quiet month for us with no official Club visits
to bedone.
Had the honour of presenting the Charter to the Leos Club in
Collie. Itwas a great night and I’m sure we will be hearing a lot
from them in thefuture.
Following that night, had to then visit the Baldivis Club to
induct another2 new Members. This Club is going ahead in leaps and
bounds.Apart from the web page, the majority of their new members
comefrom their Markets. So all the clubs that have markets and your
secondhand sheds, I hope you are all pushing for new members in
your areas.
At the end of December, I was very disappointed to see that 17
Clubshad not done their December MMR reports, 5 had not done
theirNovember and December reports and another 3 had not done
anyreports since March. If Clubs are having problems getting their
reportsdone, please contact Cabinet Secretary Margaret Amm for
help. TheCabinet Secretary has the authority to go in and do your
reports IFnecessary. So please, don’t be afraid to ask for
help.
To all Club Treasurers, please remember it is now time to go
onto theinternational site and print off your International
Membership invoices.They are there ready and waiting for you to do
so and then rememberto pay them immediately. You don’t have to wait
for your Club toauthorise them. I hope all Clubs have now paid
their first 6 monthfees.
The clubs all have a variety of projects and some are kept very
busy.It was good to see that the majority of the Clubs had already
done
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their constitutions and sent them in. Remember youonly have till
June 2019 to get them in.
Your Global Leadership team has organised the startof
training/information days/nights. Pleaseencourage all your members
to attend them. Thefirst one next month is focussing on Members
whohave been in Lions less than 10 years. Let us get afull quota at
these sessions please and get theMembers names to 2VDG/GLT Dot
Jacobs as perthe email sent last week.
Cabinet positions: I now have 2 vacancies to befilled. ZONE 3
Zone Chairman/person and now dueto family issues we need a new
Children of CourageChairman/person. 2VDGE Stephen Berry is
startingthe process of finding a suitable venue and gettingthe
forms changed. As soon as you receive these,get them completed and
sent in. The current datepicked is the first Sunday in April.
With the year going so quickly, please ensure yourCLUB ELECTIONS
ARE DONE BY END MARCH2019. The PU101 form must be filled in with
all thecorrect information and sent to our CABINETSECRETARY. You
must also then go into theMyLCI site and enter all your new
officers for thenew Lions year. This is required for the
MultipleDistrict Directory and our own state diary. As
thisinformation is also on the International site, it needsto be
correct. This is how International is able tocontact all clubs
direct. So Please, go online andcheck your club details are
correct.
Our current membership figures have nowdecreased to 1378. This
has mainly been due toClubs removing members who have not paid
theirfees or have not been attending meetings orprojects. If
members are unable to pay fees, whynot suggest that they are paid
off monthly to easethe burden on them. I know not all Clubs
havehealthy Admin. Accounts, but if members can pay alittle each
month, it will help.
I cannot emphasize enough this message from thelast Newsletter.
I have been learning of some issuesin Clubs that I thought this
would not happen. Ifyour Club has such problems and needs
help,please contact your Zonie first then the DG Team ifneeded. We
are all here to help you.
“”There have been several instances ofinappropriate use of
social media on theFacebook pages operated by Clubs. This
hasincluded things such as derogatory commentsabout other members,
bullying, and personalgrievances being played out in public.
DistrictPR chairs have been reminded of the importance
of adopting and adhering to the Lions AustraliaSocial Media
Policy.” That said, social media isan incredibly powerful and
effective way of ussharing Lions Australia projects, to
encouragepublic support and to increase membership –and it is to be
encouraged.””
I’m sure this will be part of our Council of Governorsmeeting
this month in Sydney. At the moment, Idon’t think it is a problem
in our district. One pointthat will be brought up at Council is the
dropping ofLion numbers in Australia. I can advise that thereare 10
Districts that are in transition (have less than1250 members). All
Governors are getting emailsfrom head office on this and all their
suggestions onhow to fix it. Please try and stop the Drops in
yourown Clubs.
With Christmas over, I hope all Clubs were able tosell all their
stock of cakes. I know my own clubsold out the Saturday before
which was great as wehad ordered a second batch of tins and they
wentquick. I will have more information when I returnfrom
Sydney.
With the end of our Lions year only 5 months away,I can advise
that all the GAT positions will becomevacant. 2VDG/GLT Dot Jacobs
can’t continue inher position as she will not have time due to
Clubvisits etc. IPDG/GST Grant Hewett is available tocontinue and
GMT Rob Dedman will be standingdown due to family issues, so that
needs to be filled.If you feel you are up for any of the positions,
pleaselet me know. They are positions that need quite alot of
effort and knowledge and a thoroughknowledge of the IT world, for
the work needed foreach position. If you feel you may be suitable,
pleasecontact myself or 1VDG Frank Camarri.
This week is the shutdown at Myalup Pines, so Ihope a few of you
have been able to go up and heldand get a few of the jobs
completed.
Please keep in mind in March 2019, when we willcelebrate the
National Lions Awareness Day andyou will receive information in the
coming monthsabout how we can celebrate the day and help toincrease
the knowledge of non -members aboutLions and attract new members. I
hope all Clubshave booked their date at Bunnings for the
sausagesizzle. It has been suggested that you use that datefor your
“Biggest BBQ” for the Australian LionsChildren’s Cancer Research
Foundation. If yourequire any posters, please contact PDG Peter
Lambwho is on the committee.
With our Lions year coming to a close in 5 months,don’t forget
to acknowledge your members with
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awards from one of our Lions Foundations. Theytake a about a
month to arrange, so don’t leave ittoo late.
Enjoy the rest of our Lions year and enjoy your cluband
projects, till next month.
The week before Christmas Bull Creek do-nated 1.29 tonnes of
rice to Foodbank to helpthem over the Christmas period. Foodbankhad
announced that they were experiencingshortages in the staples, so
the Club made a
decision to donate $2500 worth of rice. It washanded over on
Wednesday by Club Presi-
dent Brian Davis.
BULL CREEKDONATION TO
FOODBANK
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Webmaster’sTip of the MonthHappy New Yearto you all! Doyou have
plansto work on yourclub Facebook
page this year? A great idea is foryour Facebook admin people
to‘like’ the page Lions Global Forumthat has been set up by Lions
as ageneral sharing place for all thingssocial media related in the
Lionsworld: (https://www.facebook.com/groups/lciCyberClubs/). You
canread some interesting contributionsfrom fellow Lions and may
findsome posts relevant for sharing toyour club page.
On the District website https://201w2.lions.org.au/ you will see
inthe Events calendar that there aretwo workshops coming up for
clubadmin in Kulin (Saturday 9 March)and Baldivis (Sunday 31
March).Click on the event in the calendarfor more information, and
pleaseemail me if you would like to attendor would like more
information.These workshops are specificallyfor Oz Clubhouse admin.
If yourclub does not yet have a website setup then this is your
chance to makea start with some hands-on help.Numbers are strictly
limited soplease register early if you are inter-ested.
Kay White,IT/Webmaster [email protected]
AUSTRALIAN LIONSCHILDREN’S MOBILITYFOUNDATIONDistrict Chairman –
Lion Margaret Halford
Over the last few months there has been nochange in the status
for ALCMF, no newchildren requiring assistance and noundesignated
funds received.The only thing I have to report is that I went
toAdelaide on 13 December 2018 and met withVaal Dix, former Trustee
for WA. I took withme 14 kg of used stamps which were collectedfrom
Clubs around WA, mainly from the W2Convention. Vaal was extremely
pleased toreceive these and will add them to the nationalhaul.As
Vaal had been my guiding Lion since takingon the position of
District Chairman, I wasextremely pleased to meet with her and put
aface to the voice on the phone. I thanked herfor all the help she
had given me over the lastfew months. We now have another
temporaryTrustee for WA who lives in Queensland.Vaal asked if I
would be prepared to take onthe role of Trustee for WA but I
deferred mydecision, as Bob and I were in the process
oftransferring from the Lions Club of Mandurahto the Lions Club of
Pinjarra, and were notsure what the future would bring.Whilst in
Adelaide, I had the pleasure of takinga tour of the Australian
Lions Hearing DogsTraining Facility and was also invited to go toMt
Barker Shopping Centre with 2 trainers anddogs. One of the dogs was
Gidget. She wasgiven to a couple at Rockingham, butunfortunately
had to be sent back, not throughany fault of her own.
4th-6th May 2019
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The institute's Professor Jonathan Shaw said thefinding suggests
future demand for kidney dialy-sis and transplantation would place
an enormousburden on Australia's healthcare system.
"We've known for a long time that the totalnumber of people
requiring kidney dialysis ortransplantation was going up, but we
thought thatwas mainly due to increasing numbers of peo-ple with
diabetes," Professor Shaw said.
"The main concern is the increasing rate in theunder 50s.
"This is a really troubling finding, but hopefullyby improving
medical care, by aggressively man-aging blood pressure and other
cardiovascularrisk factors in addition to blood sugar control,we
can start to turn this around."
End-stage kidney disease occurs when chronickidney disease --
the gradual loss of kidney func-tion -- reaches an advanced state
and the kid-neys can no longer filter waste and excess fluidfrom
the blood, which should be excreted inurine.
When kidneys lose these capabilities, danger-ous levels of
fluid, electrolytes and wastes canbuild up, requiring dialysis or a
kidney transplantto stay alive.
DIABETES AWARENESS INOUR COMMUNITIES
Kidney failure is increasing in Australians agedunder 50 with
type 2 diabetes, a study has found.
The study of more than 1.3 million Australianssays it is leading
to reduced quality of life andgreater demand on kidney dialysis and
trans-plantation services.
The research, led by Melbourne's Baker Heartand Diabetes
Institute, calls for urgent attentionto reduce the progression of
kidney disease andhighlights the importance of aggressively
man-aging risk factors in people with younger-onsettype 2
diabetes.
The study examined trends in end-stage kidneydisease in
Australians with diabetes from 2002to 2013.
Researchers said it showed a progressive risein end-stage kidney
disease in people with type2 diabetes aged under 50, while
remaining sta-ble for those with type 1 diabetes and for type
2diabetes aged 50-80.
This finding, published in the American Journalof Kidney
Diseases, was supported by othersimilar studies.
It also found the incidence of end-stage kidneydisease was
higher in men than women, thoseliving in the most disadvantaged
areas, in indig-enous people and those living in remote areas.
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