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MD1 e-Magazine Lite Vol. 1 Issue 12 June, 2014

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Past International President Jimmy Ross and Lion Velda receiving US President’s Life Time

Achievement Award during 94th MD1 State Convention. Also you see CC Lydia & Editor Austin

Lion Van Stone – Lions of Illinois Foundation Executive Administrator with his lovely wife Lisa,

Son Wesley and daughter Melissa during LIF 40th Anniversary Brunch and his retirement party.

Greetings to All! Our 2014 State Convention is now over and from the many comments that have been spoken or written it was a great and successful convention. My hat is off to PDG Judy Tapper and her committee for working so hard and giving us a great weekend in Lisle. There were some

changes to formats this year and they were very well accepted. I want to say a personal THANK YOU to everyone who took the time to attend the convention. We also thank PIP Jimmy and Velda Ross for joining us for the weekend. It is always great to have them visit here in MD 1 and PIP Jimmy has some great words for us to listen to and absorb. I especially want to say THANK YOU to the First Timers who took the time to attend our convention and I look forward to seeing you all at conventions in the future. The 2013-2014 Council of Governors has worked hard this year and are still working to finish out their year knowing that they did the best that they could do in the running of the business affairs of MD 1. They worked hard at running our MD 1 like a business, no matter how much opposition came their way. We challenge the Council for 2014-2015 when they take office on July 8 in Toronto to continue this process and to not regress back into the past. We all must move forward and make the necessary changes that are required to maintain our MD 1 as a leader in Lionism. CHANGE - what a word and what meaning it has for our lives. Change happens to us everyday but it seems that no matter how we say it or what we do to make changes happen - there are always some who oppose the thought of changes happening in MD 1. Our State Magazine changed this year and is still being reworked and changed to help with the distribution of each issue. We thank PDG Austin D’Souza for taking on this task and doing a awesome job. So Cabinet Secretary’s need to change to make sure that all the clubs in their districts receive the magazine. Then Club Secretary’s need to change and be sure that eachclub member with a email address get each issue. I have heard the comment that “not all my members have emails” and my answer to this is to

make a copy and set up a “library type” system so that those who do not have email can check out the issue and read it and return it for another club member to read. There are always ways to make the necessary changes that are happening in Lionism and life. It has been a great honor to serve this 2013-2014 year as the Council Chair for MD 1. I strived each day to represent all the Lions, Lionesses and Leos of this great state to the best of my ability and keep their best interest in mind. Yes, I had some opposition to me in this position, and at times I struggled to understand why there was such strong opposition and I thank those who were willing to let me call and talk things out with them. However, for the most part I had great encouragement from so many others that I knew that I would come out on top. I am so very thankful for the opportunity to FOLLOW MY DREAM and I thank everyone who truly supported and encouraged me during this year. MD 1 must continue to make necessary CHANGES and make a determined effort to increase our membership, to retain our members who are rapidly going out the back door, and to start new clubs. We will be hosting the 2017 International 100 Anniversary Convention and we must show the world why we are MD 1. We must CHANGE and update ourselves into the social media world to get the word out that Lions are here and we are staying here in MD 1. We must CHANGE to attract new and younger members. We must CHANGE and double our efforts to keep our members from leaving our clubs. We must CHANGE and move forward and stop the backwards movement here in MD 1. We must CHANGE and set a example to the world that Lions are the best service organization in the world. We must CHANGE and grow here in MD 1.I want to leave you with a quote from a unknown author “ Today will Never come again. Be a blessing. Be a friend. Encourage someone. Take time to care. Let your words heal and not wound.” Please take these words to heart and may God bless you all.

Thank you for taking the time to Serve.

In Lionism,

CC Lydia Ellis 2013-2014

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Editorial:

Are We Doing the Right Thing?

Lions world over held their elections – in their Clubs, Districts, Multiple Districts and will be soon at International level to elect and select leaders to lead their Lionistic geograph-ical areas. How many of us can say boldly that we did the right thing in selecting leaders?

As usual, we had our own agenda in selecting leaders; we had our own selection based on our friendship, based on our own clicks and groups; and based on NOT WHAT THE CANDIDATES KNOW; BUT WHO THEY KNOW!

This is what spoils Lionism in this entire world; at our Club level; District level, Multiple District level and International level. Even though we are a group of Humanitarian Volunteers, we bring some selfish politics in our dealings and make things worse.

I must say that this is one of the reasons we are losing members due to power hungry people. I know it happens everywhere in our daily lives – at work, in our churches, schools, state, local and na-tional government level too.

Hurting someone is very easy with our careless acts of selfishness; however, bringing back that en-thusiasm, energy, power and volunteerism is somewhat very hard to achieve.

Let us do one thing – as we brag our service to humanity, let us maintain our relationship with fel-low members at any level and recognize their tal-ent, knowledge, education, experience and energy while selecting leaders in our Clubs, Districts, Mul-tiple Districts and International level.

If we really need or hungry for power, let us climb the tallest tree in our neighborhood and place a chair on the upmost top branch and let us sit on it forever; nobody will bother us and seek more pow-er than us to go higher.

Once again I remind all lions in this beautiful world of ours – let us read ‘Lions Code of Ethics’ daily until we improve our character, behavior, attitude and friendship toward our fellow lions and give them valid recognition, Amen.

-IPDG Austin D’Souza, Ph.D.

My e-mail is: ILStateEditor@gmail.com.

94th Annual Lions of Illinois State

Convention

Our Annual Convention is now history. We had over 395 attendees, including guests, Leos, Lioness and children.

The comments were great, the food was great and the hotel was great!

The hotel staff went out of their way to be sure we had everything we needed, including coffee Satur-day morning in the Silent Auction area and tea and lemonade Friday afternoon, along with cookies.

We want to thank all of you who provided items for the Silent Auction. We made over $1400. We also made over $400 at the live auction Sunday morn-ing, both of which will go to pay for the refresh-ments on Friday and Saturday.

It takes a lot of Lions to make a successful conven-tion and once again you all stepped forward to make this year’s convention work.

I want to give a special thank you to the following people:

Lion Nila Hemming, 1G; Lion Betty Thien, 1G; Lion Ken Horn, who filled in for the State Secretary Treas-urer, who was unable to attend; Lion John Barsanti, iJ; Lion Alan Barack, 1J; Lion Randy Ferguson, 1CS; Lion Tom Drez, 1B; Lion Snap Hornung, 1H; Lion Ron Fruit, 1D; Lion John Thien, 1G; Lion Bill Foli, 1K; Lion Chip Far-rington, 1CS; Lion John Allsworth, 1H; Lion Bob Lutz, 1H; Lion Dick Ronna, 1H; Lion Karen Gumino, 1J; Lion Trisha Simmons, 1H; Lion Mary Reading, 1F; Leo Becca Reading, 1F; Lion Carol Anderson, 1G; Lion John O’Brien, Lion Reveneal O’Brien, 1B; Lion Jim McCarter, Lion Carolyn McCarter, 1H; Li-on Susan Borgwardt, 1F; Lion Meg O’Brien, 1B; DGE Buzz Melton, 1H; Lion Sue Zarada, 1A; Lion Sarah Kallbrier, Lion Dan Kallbrier, 1G; Lion Andy Liamaga, Cab Sec/Treas, 1A; Lion Tim Berner, Cab Sec, 1B; Lion Steve Griffin, Cab Sec/Treas, 1CS (also DGE); Lion Nicole Fruit, Cab Sec, 1D; Lion Brad Cash, Cab Sec/Treas, 1E; Lion Shelly Gal-lagher, Cab Sec, 1F; Lion Cheryl Russell, Cab Sec, 1H; Lion Bonnie Bradbury, Cab Sec, 1J; Lion Dean

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Keller, 1L; All members of the Resolutions, Rules, Convention Site Selection, Sergeant-at-arms and Elections committees.

A special thank you to the Convention committee: 1A, Lion Steve Anton; 1B, Lion Paul Bennetazio; 1CN, Lion Lydia Ellis; 1CS; Lion Ruben Owens, Lion Sheryl Owens; 1D, Lion Darlene Pieper; 1E, Lion Ken Horn; 1F, Lion Sue Hastings; 1G, Lion Carol Anderson; 1J, Lion Sharon Endean; 1K, Lion Richard Hadley; 1L, Lion Jim Strange and the Hos-pitality Committees!

Thank you to the Council Members, a group that helped me put this convention together with their full support:

CC Lydia Ellis, VCC Fred Peska, Council Treasurer Mario Gumino, Council Secretary Tawny Hall, DG Dave Hansen, DG Dave Wheeler, DG Mo Ritzel, DG Moe Johnson, DG Butch Guennewig, DG Molly Penny, DG Johnny Anderson, DG John Pajkos, DG Steve Frankenstein.

This is just a few of the people who made this con-vention work. I apologize for anyone’s name that I have left off this list, your help was greatly appreci-ated.

I look forward to seeing you all in Effingham for the 95th Annual State Convention.

-Lion Judy Tapper,

State Convention Chairperson, 2013-2014.

MD1 Leadership Column:

This is the third article in a series based on the writ-ings of John Baldoni. In his handbook 180 Ways to Walk the Leadership Talk,

he identifies six important behav-iors that all leaders do. We have al-ready considered listening and learn-ing from others as well as energizing the organization. This month we will consider Acting for the Benefit of Eve-ryone:

Listen and learn from others

Energize the organization

Act for the benefit of everyone

Develop themselves and others

Empower others to lead

Recognize Achievement

When asked, What is Leadership? Many leaders

respond with one word: ACTION. This ACTION can involve one or more of the following: moving forward, sharing vision, communicating ideas, mak-ing decisions, and celebrating success.

-Communicate your ideas. Others must under-stand your plans and project before they can act. The more they know and understand the better the outcome.

-Just Do It! A leader makes good things happen for others and the organization, doing the best and the right thing for all.

-Set the Example. Get out among your club mem-bers or other clubs in your district. Get to know others. Solve problems with input from others. Walk the talk.

-Manage things. Lead People.

-Make decisions. Be timely. Be thoughtful. Re-member not deciding is to decide.

-Solve problems. Look at all possible outcomes and consider the “what if” of each outcome. Make the best choice.

-Avoid the Blame Game. Look for solutions, not a scapegoat.

-Be a champion for your team. Get them what is needed to do a good job. Address concerns quick-ly.

-Manage crisis. If things are in chaos, take a mi-nute to “cool down”. Assess and make the best possible decision with the information available.

-Earn Loyalty. Treat people the way you want to be treated. Show respect. Share in the jobs no one else wants to do.

-Solve disputes by seeking a win-win situation. Both parties need to leave feeling they have left the discussion with something, no loser.

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-Be Pro-Active. Look for roadblocks to change and act upon them. Get others’ opinions. Be relevant to your club and community.

-Manage your Time. There are only 24 hours in the day. Use it well.

-Change is constant, except for ideas such as hon-or, truth, integrity, and love, which remain constant.

-Admit your mistakes. No one can be right all of the time. Accept it, apologize sincerely, and learn from it.

-Map your Action Plan.

*Establish the vision, so everyone knows where you want to go.

*Articulate the strategies. Be sure people know how you will get there.

*Identify the benchmarks. Demonstrate how they will know when they are there and cele-brate the accomplishment of getting there.

*Provide a flexible way for continuous feed-back. Get input from others.

-Get Personal. Know your club and community. Reach out.

-Ask questions of yourself as well as others. Show tolerance of others’ points of view. Share ideas.

-Lion Jama Wahl,

MD1 GLT Chairperson

2014 Resolutions at MD1 State

Convention in Lisle - Results:

Lions of Illinois, Inc.

RESOLUTION

TO AMEND THE LIONS OF ILLINOIS CONSTITU-TION & BY-LAWS

CONSTITUTION - ARTICLE IX, STATE REVE-

NUE, Section 1

Subject: This proposed amendment would add the in-

coming Council Chairperson and the out-going Interna-

tional Convention Chairperson as two additional posi-

tions eligible for reimbursement of expenses for attend-ing the International Convention.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT Section 1, paragraph 3, of Article IX of the Lions of Illi-

nois Constitution entitled State Revenue, be amended,

effective at the close of the 2014 State Convention, by

adding the phrasing marked in bold below:

One Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50) per capita of

said fund shall be available for use for this State’s partic-ipation in the International Convention. Expenses of

each out-going District Governor, incoming Council

Chairperson, and out-going International Conven-tion Chairperson, in connection with his/her attending

the International Convention at or near the conclusion of

his/her term of office shall be considered a proper charge

against this International Convention Fund and reim-bursement for said expenses of such outgoing District

Governors, incoming Council Chairperson, and out-

going International Convention Chairperson, out of this fund shall be on the same basis as that allowed Dis-

trict Governors Elect under the Rules of Audit of and by

Lions Clubs International.

Lions of Illinois, Inc.

RESOLUTION

TO AMEND THE LIONS OF ILLINOIS CON-

STITUTION & BY-LAWS

BY LAWS - ARTICLE III, STANDING COM-

MITTEES, Section 1

Subject: This proposed amendment would eliminate the

one year requirement of serving on a district committee

before one would be eligible to serve as State Chairper-son of the committee.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the last two sentences of Section 1 of Article III of the Lions

of Illinois By-Laws entitled Standing Committees, be

amended, effective at the close of the 2014 State Con-vention, as follows:

With the exception of the Long Range Planning Committee, in order to be eligible for appointment as

Chairperson of a Standing Committee, the appointee

shall have served as a District Chairperson of that Com-

mittee for at least one (1) year. However, Iin the event that no application is received for a State Chairperson

position, or the Council is not in favor of any applica-5

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tions received for a particular committee, the Council

may waive the one year eligibility requirement and ap-point a Lion to fill the position.

Lions of Illinois, Inc.

RESOLUTION

TO AMEND THE LIONS OF ILLINOIS CONSTITU-

TION & BY-LAWS

CONSTITUTION - ARTICLE V, STATE ORGAN-

IZATION, Section 2

Subject: This proposed amendment would extend the

time limit a Past District Governor (PDG) would be eli-

gible to run for Council Chairperson to five (5) years. Currently, the time limit is three (3) years.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT paragraph two, of Section 2 of Article V of the Lions of

Illinois Constitution entitled State Organization, be

amended, effective at the close of the 2014 State Con-

vention, by replacing the word "three" in the first sen-tence, with the word "five", as shown below:

Candidates for the Council Chairperson position must be a Past District Governor, having served as an MD-1 Dis-

trict Governor within the previous three five fiscal Lions

years immediately preceding the year they are to serve as Council Chairperson. The Council Chairperson position

shall have voting rights in any Council action.

Lions of Illinois, Inc.

RESOLUTION

TO AMEND THE LIONS OF ILLINOIS CONSTITU-

TION & BY-LAWS

CONSTITUTION - ARTICLE XII, AMEND-

MENTS, Section 2

Subject: This proposed amendment would require all amendments originating from a club, district, or the

MD-1 Constitution and By-Laws Committee, to be re-

viewed and approved by the Council of Governors be-fore being presented to the delegates at a state conven-

tion for consideration.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT

Section 2 of Article XII of the Lions of Illinois Constitu-

tion entitled Amendments, be amended, effective at the

close of the 2014 State Convention, as follows:

Section 2. Any amendment proposed to the Con-

stitution shall be first approved by the Board of Direc-tors of the Club or the Cabinet of the District in which

the proposal originated, and shall be submitted in writing

by the Club Secretary or the Cabinet Secretary, respec-

tively to the State Secretary-Treasurer not later than 120 days prior to the first scheduled day of the State Conven-

tion. The proposed changes shall then be promptly re-

ferred by the State Secretary-Treasurer to the Constitu-tion and By-Laws Committee for consideration.

Amendments may also originate with the State Council

or the Constitution and By-Laws Committee. Amend-

ments submitted by the State Council shall also be

referred to the Constitution and By Laws Committee.

All proposed amendments, after being considered

and reviewed by the Constitution and By-Laws

Committee, shall be referred to the State Council by

the Constitution and By-Laws Committee, along with

the committee's recommendations, by the fourth

State Council Meeting, at which time the State Coun-

cil shall review all proposed amendments and make

the final decision as to which of the proposed

amendments are to be presented to the delegates at

the upcoming state convention for consideration.

After its consideration, the Constitution and By-Laws

Committee State Council shall report its recommenda-tions on the proposed amendment(s) to the State Secre-

tary-Treasurer not later than 45 days prior to the first

scheduled day of the State Convention, and the State Secretary-Treasurer shall be responsible for mailing cop-

ies of the proposed amendment, together with the rec-

ommendations of the State Council and Constitution

and By-Laws Committee, to each Club in the State at least 30 days prior to the first scheduled day of the State

Convention. The Council of Governors, at its discretion,

may direct the State Secretary-Treasurer to publish the proposed amendments in the State magazine in lieu of

the above cited mailings and in accordance with the pre-

scribed dates. Each District shall reimburse the State for

its pro rata share of the cost of the preparation and mail-ing of such copies, based upon the number of Clubs in

the District, and also for publishing same in the last issue

of the State magazine to be published prior to the State convention dates.

Lions of Illinois, Inc. RESOLUTION To Amend the Lions of Illinois Constitution and By-Laws Constitution-Article IX Section 1, State Revenue

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Subject: This proposed amendment would change the dollar amount and the distribution of funds for the out-going District Governor to the International Convention. Now, Therefore, Be it resolved that Section 1, Para-graph 3 of Article IX of the Lions of Illinois Constitution entitled State Revenue, be amended, effective at the close of the 2014 State Convention, as follows:

Section 1, One Dollar and Fifty Cents (1.50) per capi-

ta of said fund shall be available for use for this States participation in the International Convention. Expenses of each out-going District Governor in connection with his/her attending the International Convention at or near the conclusion of his/her term of office shall be considered a proper charge against this International Convention fund and reimbursement for said expenses of such outgoing District Governors out of this fund shall be on the same basis as that allowed District Gov-ernors Elect under the Rules of Audit of and by Lions

Clubs International. Fifty cents (.50) per capita of said fund shall be available for registration only for each outgoing District Governor to the interna-tional convention, and no transportation or lodg-ing costs will be included. Respectfully Submitted Lion Bonnie Bradbury Cabinet Secretary, 1-J

Lions of Illinois, Inc.

RESOLUTION To Amend the Lions of Illinois Constitution and By-Laws

Constitution-Article IX Section 1, State Revenue

Subject: This proposed amendment would change

the dollar amount going into the Promotional Fund and the distribution of funds that are over and above the cap of $50,000. Now, Therefore, Be it resolved that section 1, Paragraph 4 of Article IX of the Lions of Illinois Constitution entitled State Revenue, be amended, ef-fective at the close of the 2014 State Convention, as follows:

Section 1, Fifty Cents (.50) One Dollar and Fifty Cents (1.50) per capita of said Fund shall be used exclusively for the promotion, and election of candidates from Illi-nois to the International Board of Directors or to the office of Second Vice-President, First Vice-President and President of Lions Clubs International, provided howev-er, that the balance to be held in such Fund shall be lim-ited to and maintained at Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000). After this limitation has been reached, this One Dollar and Fifty Cents (1.50), or the balance thereof after bringing the Fund balance back up to the Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000), shall be applied as Follows:

A. 35% thereof shall be allocated to the Interna-tional Convention Fund, to be used exclusively for out of country outgoing District Governor’s convention expenses.

B. 35% thereof shall be allocated to the Magazine Fund

C. 30% thereof shall be allocated to the State Ad-ministrative and State Convention Administra-tive Fund.

A 25% thereof shall be allocated to the Adminis-trative Fund. B 25% thereof shall be allocated to the State Convention Administrative Fund. C 25% thereof shall be allocated to the MD-1 Fo-rum. D. 25% thereof shall be allocated to be invested

for future use for the State Administrative Fund. Any amount in excess of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) held in the Promotion Fund as of May 21, 1989 July 1, 2014 shall be allocated and transferred to the foregoing funds in the percentages indicated above. Respectfully Submitted Lion Bonnie Bradbury Cabinet Secretary, 1-J

Merger Question:

Shall Districts 1-E and 1-L Merge into One Sub-

District? Yes ____ No ____

Since this is a resolution, and not an amendment to the

constitution and by-laws, it requires only a simple ma-

jority to the affirmative, to pass. Simple majority is de-fined as anything greater than 50%.

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Measles Initiative Takes on

Another Level

Through our partnership with Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) Alli-ance, Lions have committed to raising US$30 million by our 100th anniversary in 2017 to-wards the fight to eliminate measles. The funds raised by Lions will be matched through the GAVI Matching Fund, which is financially sup-ported by the United Kingdom's Department for In-ternational Development (DFID) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, bringing the total to US$60 million. Through our joint efforts with GAVI and other partners, we will help immunize more than 114 million children and increase access to quality immunization services to benefit children throughout the world.

World Immunization Week was April 23-30, 2014. In celebration of World Immunization Week and the Lions efforts around the world to eliminate measles, all donations made for measles during the month of April were matched dollar for dollar by Lion Aruna Oswal of India, and her family, up to a total gift of

US$500,000. This $500,000 pledge by the Oswal family follows the largest personal donation given to LCIF (also by the Oswal family) of $6 million. Their most recent generous act resulted in the Lions of the world contributing $870,000 in April towards the Measles Initiative, allowing for their pledge of $500,000 to be added, totaling $1.37 million being raised during the month for measles. With the matching gift from the GAVI Alliance, the total money raised during the month of April for measles was $2.74 million! These donations will help save four times the number of children from the poten-tially devastating effects of measles. In addition, donations were eligible for Melvin Jones Fellowship credit.

Please keep the Measles Initiative in mind when making your gift to LCIF. Every dollar received will help protect a child from the devastating effects of measles.

-PID Bud Wahl, MD1 LCIF Chair

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Travels With the ID Bill McKinney

Upon our return home from the International Con-vention in Hamburg, Germany we began to visit various clubs and districts here in MD 1. In August, ID Bill went to Lions International in Oak Brook for a training session of all the newly elected ID’s. Sev-eral of them attended a Lions meeting at the invita-tion of PDG Jim Addington and enjoyed the even-ing. ID Bill traveled from Oak Brook to Rockford to attend a dinner where 1 VP Joe Preston was speaking.

November, 2013 we attended the MD 1 Forum in Normal, Illinois and got to thank many who helped with our campaign and election in Hamburg. In No-vember we also attended the Altamont Lions club meeting and the Governors night in Carmi. We also stayed busy with other events and meetings throughout the State.

December, 2013 we spent the holiday season with family and many friends. We also hosted our annu-al Christmas open house and enjoyed the time of fellowship with the many who attended.

January, 2014 we attended the Altamont Lions Club 75 Anniversary and enjoyed the evening with everyone. We also attended our Lions meetings and the Council of Governors meeting later in the month.

February, 2014 we attended 1-J and 1-G district cabinet meetings and found them to be very inter-

esting and informative. It is always a great experi-ence to hear what the other districts are doing for those that we serve.

In February we also were invited to the District Convention of 26M1 in Missouri and truly enjoyed our time with those hard working Lions.

Then later in the month we headed to San Diego to attend the International Board of Directors meeting. We once again had our hearts touched by the activ-ities that we as spouses and partners attended. Thevision screening event that we went to really showed me what a group of hard working Lions and volunteers can do in a day in dispensing hundreds of pairs of eyeglasses. Those who were being ex-amined were so patient with the wait time.

In March, 2014 we attended District 1-CS district convention and enjoyed seeing our many friends there.

March also found us traveling to District 43Y in Kentucky and what a great time we had with them. ID Bill and I received a very warm welcome and made many new friends. ID Bill and I were both honored by being named Kentucky Colonels in recognition of our service to Lions. We were also named honorary citizens of Hazard, Kentucky and were made a Duke and Duchess of the city of Haz-ard. We were touched by these great honors.

March also found us traveling to 14 U in Pennsyl-vania for their district convention and again we made many new friends in Lions. We also go to meet some of the other District Governors who at-tended the convention. We enjoyed our time with these dedicated Lions and had a great trip - we even had to have the plane deiced before we could fly home.

It is a great honor to be representing the Lions, Li-oness and Leos of the world as a part of the Inter-national Board of Directors. Thank you all once again for choosing us to serve.

To be continued.....

-ID Partner in Service, Lydia

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The Lions of the World will be descending on the

City of Chicago to celebrate their 100th Anniversary

in 2017. The Lions of Illinois, Multiple District 1

will serve as the Host Committee for the Centennial

Convention. It may sound like it is still far away,

but there is a lot to prepare for in the years leading

up to the convention.

The Centennial Convention will be June 30 - July

4, 2017. The main venue will be McCormick Place

and about 8 to 12 hotels will be used to house the

more than 25,000 attendees that are being antici-

pated to attend this milestone in our

Association’s history. The International Parade is

scheduled for Saturday, July 1 and will march down

either Clark or State Street.

The Host Committee is still in need of LIONS who

are willing to be an active leader. The Host Com-

mittee is responsible to promote the committee ac-

tivities and the convention at various functions

throughout the coming years; hosting of the visitors

during their stay in Chicago; the marshalling of the

parade and various sessions that will take place dur-

ing the convention and the fund raising to allow for

the committee to carry-out the committee responsi-

bilities. There are various areas that LION Leaders

are still needed to assist and be an active member in

the planning of the committee’s activities.

Right now, we have two projects that will step off

our fund raising efforts this Spring. This Commem-

orative Pin will be available to all Lions for a $5.00

donation to the committee. Pins will be available in

later February and at all District Conventions. The

other is a banner patch that will be given to the club

that makes a direct donation to the committee.

There are three levels of donations - $100.00,

$250.00 or $500.00. Each level of donation will

have its own distinct patch.

Over the next couple of years, the Host Committee

will be presenting programs that will inform the

LIONS of ILLINOIS about the duties and responsi-

bilities that are needed to coordinate the Hosting of

the Centennial Convention. LION Volunteers will

be a big part of this committee with a lot more in-

formation coming as we get closer to the conven-

tion. If you are interested in being an active leader

on the Host Committee, you can reach Lion Bob

Block, PDG at gov8990@aol.com or by phone

(219) 671-0287 for additional information.

Remember that there is always a place for

YOU to volunteer. We’re excited to finally announce the winners for Lions Clubs International’s first ever social media photo contest held in honor of #MatteosDream. In December, we asked Lions to share photos on Facebook and Instagram that show how your club makes dreams come true. The responses were great, and choosing a winner was no easy task! - See more at: http://lionsclubs.org/blog/2014/01/27/matteosdream-photo-contest-winners/#sthash.WWFjU2ZS.dpuf

MD1 State Convention, Hotel Hil-ton, Lisle, IL. May 16-18, 2014

International Convention, Toron-to, Canada July 4-7, 2014

MD1 STATE E-MAGAZINE

EDITED & PUBLISHED BY:

IPDG AUSTIN D’SOUZA, EDITOR

FOR MD1 LIONS OF ILLINOIS

E-mail: ILStateEditor@gmail.com

Letter to the Editor always welcome!

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