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Magrath Lions Club February Meeting

16/2/2023

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Magrath Lions Club February Meeting
WHEN Thursday, February 16, 2023 7:00 PM MT - 8:30 PM MT
WHERE The Davies Box 152, 161 W 2nd Ave S Magrath, Alberta T0K 1J0 View Map
HOSTED BY Magrath Lions Club
We are going to meet on 3rd Thu this month!

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Magrath Lions Club January Meeting

26/1/2023

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Magrath Lions Club January Meeting
WHEN Thursday, Jan 26, 2023 7:00 PM MT - 8:30 PM MT
WHERE The Davies Box 152, 161 W 2nd Ave S Magrath, Alberta T0K 1J0 View Map
HOSTED BY Magrath Lions CluB

Minutes
Magrath Lions Club
Meeting 26 Jan 2023
7pm at the Davies
Attending: Lion Alex White, President, Lion Shauna Davies, Lion Roger Davies, Lion Lawrence Papworth, Lion Elizabeth Olsen (BC), Lion Larry Murray. Unable to attend: Lion Laurie-Ann White (VP), Lion Catherine Cai.
  1. 7pm Call to order by President Alex White.

  2. Annual financial reports to Jun 2022 ready for signature to send to the corporate registry (Society Annual Returns). Lion Roger will mail out with required check #118 $50. Reimbursement check to Lion Roger signed #117 $214.23 re Lions Dues paid in the amount of $150.50 US. Lion Alex noted that fees are expected to increase with increased US/Can exchange rates. Current balance on Lions accounts is $3808 with just over half of that in our Casino account. Link to online report is here: Lions 2022-23 Reports

  3. Lion Alex reported on his recent meetings with Lions and with the Town of Magrath. Town hall committee style meeting was held with other local volunteer groups (4H, etc) with plans for ongoing future meetings to coordinate needs and upcoming event times and places. 7 Feb 2023 is the next quarterly meeting. Lion Alex is ok to continue attending these on our behalf. Town is considering preparing the old curling rink for use as a community center. The brochure prepared for the Magrath Lions Club for our Dec 22 meeting will be used to introduce our club to this group. Lions zone meetings were in Lethbridge. Many upcoming Lions conventions and travel opportunities abound. Next zone leadership meeting is 23 May 2023 at Lethbridge Casino. District C2 Convention 3-4 Feb, Lethbridge Dog Walk 27 May, LCICon 2023 in Boston, MA 7-11 Jul, USA/Canada Lions Leadership Forum Reno, NV 14-15 Sep.

  4. Lion Alex provided a handout on club recruitment (see lionsclubs.org/MembershipChair page) discussing 4 steps a) Build a Team, b) Build a Vision, c) Build a Plan, and d) Build Success. These links provided for club members to review documents for future discussion.
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    Just Ask! New Member Recruiting Guide
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    Just Ask! Quick Tips
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    Membership Application Tri-Fold
  5. Discussed dates for upcoming club events. Food Drive will be held week ending Sat 29 Apr 2023. LDS Stake has approved that date by email and Lethbridge Food Bank emailed back to let us know they will have staff there to receive the collections on that date. Lion Alex proposed we hold our annual yard sale fundraiser week ending 3 Jun 2023. He will approach town for use of the appropriate venue (arena or curling rink) to store and sell these goods. Lion Roger suggested we purchase a large Magrath Lions Club sign/banner for use with these kinds of events. Date for annual No Cost Clothing exchange proposed for 24-26 Aug 2023.
  6. Casino report by Lion Lawrence Papworth. We are scheduled for Thu-Fri 16-17 Mar 2023. Discussed volunteer workers. Lion Lawrence has prepared a list of past helpers. An online form Casino Volunteers will be used to coordinate the scheduling. Lion Lawrence and Lion Larry will call to fill slots as needed.

  7. 8:30pm Moved to Adjourn. Next meeting will be held at 7pm on 16th Feb 2023 (as Lion Roger and Shauna will be out of town on the 4th Thu in Feb).​
Source: LIon Roger scribe, Lion Shauna Davies acting for Secretary, Magrath Lions Club

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Club Fact Sheet 2023

15/12/2022

 
We have prepared an updated Club Fact Sheet brochure for 2023 and our 85th club anniversary ..
See attached PDF

Magrath Lions Christmas Party 15 Dec 2022

9/12/2022

 
Calling all Magrath Lions Club Members! You and a guest are invited to our annual Christmas Dinner event.
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Thursday 15 Dec 2022
7pm at Magrath Seniors Center
for Magrath Lions Club Members and Guests
See you there for a great meal (we're serving 'cause We Serve) and a quick meeting!
Event notes: Lion Roger Dec 15, 2022 Magrath, AB

Thank you to all that were able to attend our Magrath Lions Chirstmas dinner event. Sorry to miss any of you that were under the weather or having to work that night. We hosted 4 honored guests from our District C-2 leadership with 16 total in attendance. A lovely meal was provided by Gwen Boylan and afterwards LCI Chevron Awards were presented to Lion Alex and Lion Laurie Ann, to Lion Shauna and to Lion Elizabeth from Lions HQ by guest of honor Kevin Gibbons (First Vice District Governor of District C-2 [1st VDG]). We were encouraged to attend the upcoming District C-2 8th annual District Conference in Drumheller, AB the weekend of Feb 3-4, 2023. BTW We agree there were at least 4 spirits in Christmas Carol movie ..

Dinner commenced at 7pm after welcome by Lion Alex and a blessing on food offered by Lion Elizabeth Olsen. Updated copies of the Club Fact Sheet v.2023 were available for review. We plan to circulate these throughout the town in coming year. Meeting concluded by 8:15pm. In attendance 1st VDG Lion Kevin Gibbons, 2nd VDG Lion Glen Garalde and travelling companions Lion Raquel and Lion Leslie, Club President Lion Alex White, Lions Elizabeth, Roger, Shauna, Larry, plus invited guests from community. Thank you again to all for attending with us! Next meeting will be in 2023 (4th Thu in Jan).

Meeting Minutes 17 Nov 2022

17/11/2022

 
Work Meeting - no minutes
Magrath Lions Club
Meeting 17 Nov 2022
7pm at the Davies

Attending: Lion Alex White, President, Lion Laurie-Ann White (VP), Lion Larry Murray, Lion Roger Davies, Lion Lawrence Papworth (prior donation).
  1. Assembled Operation Christmas Child boxes from donated items. Assembled boxes were taken to Lethbridge collection point the following Saturday. Thanks everyone!
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Community Collections for Operation Christmas Child 

Background: Reminder -  the drop off deadline is quickly approaching! From end of Oct through mid Nov (**must drop off by 6pm on Fri 18 Nov 2022 at the Magrath Pharmacy this year**) the Lions Club collects completed Christmas Gift Boxes to donate to Operation Christmas Child. Perhaps your family or community group would like to join in the fun with us! In addition to the boxes themselves, we encourage you to to include $10 per box to help cover shipping/delivery costs.

Although you can provide your own boxes, we also have a few pretty green and red empty cardboard boxes available for pickup at the Magrath Pharmacy and other locations around town .. Thanks Everyone!

Meeting Minutes 27 Oct 2022

27/10/2022

 
MInutes
Magrath Lions Club
Meeting 27 Oct 2022
7pm at the Davies

Attending: Lion Alex White, President, Lion Shauna Davies, Lion Roger Davies, Lion Lawrence Papworth, Lion Larry Murray, Lion Elizabeth Olsen. Unable to attend: Lion Laurie-Ann White (VP), Lion Catherine Cai.
  1. 7pm Call to order by President Alex White.
  2. Review prior meeting minutes, approved.
  3. Discussed plans for coming months. Nov 2022 meeting will be held Thu 17 Nov as a box filling event for Operation Christmas Child gift boxes so we can get boxes out by their deadline. We had hoped to use Seniors or SASH facility but both were booked for craft sales event that weekend. Donation boxes will be placed around town and school agreed to include our event in their announcements. Lion Roger will also collect donations at Magrath Pharmacy.
  4. Casino event scheduled for 16-17 Mar 2023. Mr B Pederson agreed to serve as our Casino facilitor again. Will need volunteers to work four shifts Thu 1-8pm, 8-4am, and Fri 1-8pm, 8-4am.
  5. Lion Alex encouraged any who can to attend upcoming zone and district events, especially 3-4 Feb 2023 in Drumheller, AB.
  6. Lion Lawrence moved that we make a donation to local family with teen age child undergoing cancer treatments in amount of $500 to assist with costs for medications and travel. Approved.
  7. 8:15pm Moved to Adjourn. Next meeting will be held at 7pm on 17th Nov 2022 (note: 3rd week vs 4th).



Meeting Minutes 22 Sep 2022

22/9/2022

 
Minutes
Magrath Lions Club
Meeting 22 Sep 2022
7pm at the Davies


Attending: Lion Alex White, President, Lion Laurie-Ann White (VP), Lion Shauna Davies (phoned in), Lion Roger Davies, Lion Lawrence Papworth. Unable to attend: Lion Elizabeth Olsen (BC), Lion Larry Murray, Lion Catherine Cai.
  1. 7pm Call to order by President Alex White.
  2. 1 minute silence held in memory of the recent passing of Queen Elizabeth.
  3. Casino report by Lion Lawrence Papworth. We are scheduled for Thu/Fri 16/17 Mar 2023. Bent Pedersen has agreed to serve as our casino advisor (facilitator). Final paperwork is being prepared for submission - need 5 volunteer worker application forms and void check for our casino account.
  4. Discussion on requirements for club executive by AGLC. The Secretary position is technically vacant and is being temporarily filled (by Lion Shauna). Options to be discussed at our next meeting.
  5. Discussed plans for next year garage sale and no cost clothing. Lion Alex to seek input from Town of Magrath re best dates and possible multi-day events and storage options.
  6. Discussed Operation Christmas Box project plans. Boxes will be made available at Magrath Pharmacy. Proposed our Nov meeting be held on Thu Nov 17th vs 23rd for dinner meeting and box stuffing event. Lion Roger to investigate booking options. Lion Alex to coordinate with DG to see if this night would be good for his club visit vs early 2023.
  7. Discussed options for December meeting. Proposed our Dec meeting be held on Thu Dec 15th vs 22nd for the club Christmas meeting.
  8. Lion Roger reported on adjustments to website and email needed to accommodate our shutdown of previously free Google Workspace features (email, drive, calendar). We have switched from *@magrathlions.com to a single magrathlionsclub@gmail.com email. Former email addresses now forward to new email via free forwardemail.net account. Some club emails need to be forwarded on to member email (ie lionalex@magrathlions.com was only going to new magrathlionsclub@gmail.com vs also ending up at Lion Alex’s personal email account) - now fixed.
  9. 8:15pm Moved to Adjourn. Next meeting will be held at 7pm on 27th Oct 2022.

Lion Roger Davies acting for Secretary, Magrath Lions Club

Lions 2022 Picnic in the Park

25/6/2022

 
Saturday 25 Jun 2022 we held our end of lionistic year meeting at the Magrath Fish Pond. The weather was lovely and we had a nice visit. Attending 5 lions, 4 guests. No cost clothing collections will commence 1 Jul 2022 and is scheduled to be held last weekend in Aug. Lion Roger

Calling all Lions 2022

3/3/2022

 
for the great reset apres-covid restrictions ..

MAGRATH,AB March 2022 We propose a restart of our in person meetings on 4th Thu of each month starting Thu 24 Mar 2022 7pm at the home of Lion Roger and Shauna Davies. We realize some of you may already have plans on that date or are already on a beach somewhere living the good life, but if you are available, come on back! Also, please add us to your monthly calendars on going!

We have much to discuss and prepare for:
  • - Lions Community Food Drive 2022 has been updated in our partners [the Magrath LDS Stake] online calendar for week ending Sat 7 May 2022. Lions executive have agreed that this new date will be a better fit for the club and community.
  • - Lions 'Annual' Garage Sale Fundraiser 2022 is proposed for mid April 2022 with collections to commence as soon as possible. Date and location TBD
  • - We have some work to catch up on our finances and reporting. Dues kept coming due and we have some catching up on required [arg] paperwork.
  • - club memberships and past dues 
  • - the many upcoming lions conventions and events
  • - other future plans and events
It will be good to see your faces again! We hope to see you all there as soon as possible.
Regards
Lion Roger Davies for Club Executive

Electing our new 2022/23 Executive

1/3/2022

 
ELECT YOUR NEW EXECUTIVE 2022-2023
We are to elect our new executive by the end of March and record the results with LCI. Even if the executive stays the same we must register next year’s executive with LCI. There no longer is a PU 101 form to fill.  Recording is done on line.
  • Log in to LCI and Choose MY LCI
  • Select MY LIONS CLUB
  • Select OFFICERS
  • Select TERM 
  • Choose NEXT YEAR
  • Select “add Officer” FOR EACH POSITION
  • Select: CLUB MEMBER FROM ROSTER LIST
Information will be shared with C2 for input into District Directories.
C2 requests that all information come ASAP so Directories can be published by July 1, 2022


C2 CLUB OFFICERS TRAINING SCHOOL
Once the new Executive has been elected, they are encouraged to attend the training school scheduled for Saturday, April 23, in Strathmore, AB 1hr east of Calgary.  I believe the school is from 10:00 to 2:00 but check the C2 website and register for the school: Districtc2lions@gmail.com Lunch will be served: cost will be $20/participant.
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LIONISM: “Service from the Heart”
"More hands provide for more service”
ELECT YOUR NEW EXECUTIVE 2022-2023

Leadership Forum 2022

10/2/2022

 
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USA/Canada Lions Leadership Forum 2022 September 15-17 Calgary, Alberta Register by May 31: lionsforum.org  Volunteer: 2022lionsleadershipforum.com

LIONS LEADERSHIP FORUM 2022
District C2 will be hosting the Canada/US Leadership Forum in Calgary on September 15-17, 2022.  Thousands of Lions will meet at the BMO Centre in Calgary.  Tyler Bray, Past DG, is chairman of the committee organizing this leadership forum and he is looking for volunteers.  He needs up to 400 volunteers from C2 to make this Forum a success.  This is a rare opportunity to engage with Lions throughout Canada and the US. Register on line: www.lionsleadershipforum.com
If you need more information please feel free to contact Lion Tyler: Liontyler14@gmail.com 403-990-3715

District C Convention 2022

1/2/2022

 
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Lions Multiple Dictrict C Convention 2022 Apr 29-30 Cambridge Red Deer Hotel 'Mosey on Down to Where the West is Fun' Registration: mdclions.org.conventions click on MD C Convention registration form.
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