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DISTRICT CONVENTION

2016

NORTH LAKES

FRIDAY 30th SEPTEMBER to SUNDAY 2nd OCTOBER 2016
THE SPORTS STADIUM, NORTH LAKES STATE COLLEGE

(parking and entry via Innovation Place, off Memorial Drive, North Lakes)



Please see the Maps attached for directions

DISTRICT GOVERNOR’S BANQUET at NORTHS LEAGUES CLUB,

Anzac Avenue, Kallangur

Theme ‘Fire and Ice’ – come dressed in your best



Red and White

DON’T WAIT – REGISTER EARLY



NEED ACCOMMODATION? – BOOK NOW

There is no accommodation in North Lakes itself but the following options exist nearby:

Motels in Aspley and Chermside approx. 15 minutes to the south down the Bruce Highway and Gympie Road

Motels and Caravan Parks in Caboolture approx. 15 minutes to the north up the Bruce Highway

Motels and Caravan Parks at the coast in Redcliffe approx. 20-30 minutes to the east along Anzac Avenue

Contact Convention Chairman Bruce Unwin, 0418 352 555 or bruce.lions@bigpond.com if you have any questions









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PUBLIC RELATIONS AND PROMOTIONS – AUGUST 2016
Remember that it is your ATTITUDE, not your APTITUDE that will achieve RESULTS.
All have heard the saying that Lions is our best kept SECRET. WHY? Are we not proud of what we do, or what we achieve? Promotion of our organisation and our local community engagement is what we NEED to do. There is nothing special about our abilities or our aptitude, except that we join Lions to work with others, help where we can and try to make a difference in our community. We have an ATTITUDE, and that makes us different, because we care. So let’s use our ATTITUDE to support, encourage and grow our organisation. We can do this by making sure our communities, both local and District wide, know about us and what we do.
Recently I saw this statement written in an overseas Lions magazine:
It cannot be expected for every club to have a member capable of taking photographs, writing a story, or placing the article in an un-cooperative media. Even a club blessed with such a member can only result in sporadic appearance with no continuity. And then, most such submissions to date do not even have a picture depicting a connection with Lions such as an emblem.
So what does this story say to us? Well I think it highlights the aspects of Public Relations that a club needs to focus on to advertise and promote our Lions name and activities.


  1. Seek out those members who can take a photograph, any photograph is better than no photograph – ensure there is a camera at every event.




  1. Encourage those who like to tell a story to commit the words to paper, it only has to be short and factual, but highlight what is being done. Adding a personal aspect about the event will help with media.




  1. Make a plan to have an article ready each week, look at your calendar of events and write a story either about what happened at an event or what is expected to happen soon. A photograph with people in action is a great help as it draws the eye to an article.




  1. Ensure that the Lions emblem is clearly shown, on a vehicle, on the shirts of workers or on a sign.


A Challenge for Clubs?

So I have a challenge for Q3 Clubs and I wonder how many clubs will accept? As a promotion this year I will offer a prize for the club that engages the most media (number of articles of different club promotions), both in the local press and in district newsletter with articles or stories on their club in action. Please send me copies of your local media articles with date of publication. I will note all the district news articles to add to your local media total. Note: Advertising flyers in the newsletter will not count.



For Your Information? - This is Promotion of Lions in Action.

The United Nations General Assembly convened last month to discuss comprehensive strategies to tackle the world’s drug use problems. This was the largest UN event concerning drugs use in nearly a decade. Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) was there to represent Lions’ commitment to drug prevention and to advocate for the healthy development of all children through programs like Lions Quest. Lions Quest has demonstrated the prevention works, and the world is taking notice. Watch out for news of the reintroduction of Lions Quest in Australia later this year, it will be a sure fire way to get Lions noticed in your community and around Australia.



IPDG Rodd Chignell



LIONS CENTENNIAL – AUGUST 2016

What is in a Name like LIONS? In 1917 it was Liberty In Our Nation’s Service. However lately it appears to have become, L ets I ncrease O ur N umerical S trength. What do you see it as?

A few years ago an International President used,

L oving I ndividuals O ffering N eeded S ervice.

This seemed to hit the nail on the head, however there still appears to be some that see things differently. The following snapshot seems to sum it up:

Some members keep the organisation strong. Others join just to belong.

Some dig right in, some serve with pride, some go along for the ride.

Some volunteer to do their share. Some lay back and just do not care.

On meeting days some always show. There are others who never go.

Some always pays their dues ahead. Some get behind for months ahead.

Some do their best …. Some let things go.



Some never help the organisation grow, some drag, some puff, some don’t and some do.
Which one of these are YOU.
In the coming year we have the perfect opportunity to let our communities and the world know who we are and what we do. Let us use this opportunity to make things happen, to keep our organisation strong and to Serve with pride. Our International President, Chancellor Bob Corlew has said,
Dear Lions,
For 100 years Lions have answered the call to serve those who need us most. We have made it our mission to reach out to the poor and underserved, to promote peace and understanding, and to bring help and hope to humanity.
As we approach our Centennial in 2017, we have so much to celebrate. This once-in-a-lifetime event commemorates not just our association, but every Lion and club who has made a difference in the world. No matter where you are, there’s an opportunity for each and every Lion to join the celebration.
This year, I encourage you to continue strengthening your communities by helping us achieve our Centennial Service Challenge goal of serving 100+ million people. I invite you to celebrate our Lions legacy by planning a Centennial Legacy Project in your community. And I’m asking you to take our clubs and association to new heights by chartering new clubs and inviting family, friends and neighbours to join us in service.
As members of the world’s largest service club organization, we change lives. We serve because the world needs us now more than ever. And we can achieve so much more when we work together. I hope you’ll join me as we celebrate our storied history of service, look toward our second century of service and show the world that wherever there’s a need, there’s a Lion.
Very truly yours,
Chancellor Bob Corlew







What a Difference a Grant Makes

(Part One) July 2016
Over the past twenty-five years, the ways Lions and other Service Clubs raise funds has changed. Much could be written how several favourite methods from earlier days have diminished in importance, disappeared or re-appeared in another form. Large catering caravans disappeared, but in recent years Clubs have built or purchased smaller catering trailers for sausage sizzles and barbecues when various hardware and other firms realised that food would attract customers to their stores. When poker machines reached Queensland around 1990, the old reliable pub and chook raffles, trailer raffles, bingo and major art unions all but disappeared in many communities. However, the advent of poker machines brought the Queensland Government Gambling Community Benefit Fund and similar sources of grants which were recently amalgamated into one fund.
Of course this is not the only source of funds for Lions. Most Clubs would know a little about Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF), the Australian Lions Foundation (ALF), and other corporate sources of funds such as banks, Australia Post, philanthropic groups, and mining and similar companies in certain parts of the State. There are other ways that corporate support may become available, eg in one Club I arranged for the firm which built our catering trailer to sponsor Lions Members’ work shirts. You just have to ‘think outside the box’ and explore the possibilities.
The next round (Round 90) of the Gambling Community Benefit Fund (GCBF) opened for grant applications in mid-July, and will close on 31 August 2016, with a maximum grant of $35 000. It is the easiest grant for accessing funds, and applications are done on-line, so this article will deal with the GCBF. Other funding sources have different formats, but also common elements, and will be explained in later newsletters.
At this stage, your Club may ask itself:

- Why do we want to do this project, i.e. what is the need?

- Why is it important to Club Members, your clients or target group?

- How will the project make a difference and benefit the community, eg to meet your Lions Club’s

objectives?

- Who will manage the project?

- How will you measure whether the objectives have been achieved?


You may already have some of this information or documentation, but if not I’d suggest the following preparation and gathering of documents ahead of the call for grant applications:

- Open this website: abr.business.gov.au to obtain your Club’s ABN.

- This site usually also says if your Club is incorporated, and your Club should have a Certificate of

Incorporation, bearing a distinctive number.

- You will have to include a copy of your Club’s legal entity official bank statement detailing the BSB,

account number and the exact name of the bank account.

- Visit this website: www.justice.qld.gov.au/grants
On the main page look at the light blue section on the left hand side.

You will see ‘Register your organisation’.

If your Club hasn’t had a grant since 2009 – or never have had a grant – you need to register on-line.

Once you register, it is there for all future GCBF grants, and your Club will have a ‘Business Partner Number’ which is used on applications. You need to register now before you can apply for funding.

Your Club should be registered as a legal entity. You are not being sponsored by some other group.
The same site lets you access previous funding guidelines.

Round #90 guidelines (mid-July) is rather similar to previous guidelines, BUT… my advice is to download the current guidelines. Its seventeen pages will tell you about items eligible or ineligible for grants, and so on. Be aware that grants are for projects, not for recurrent funding. Successful applications will be notified about five months after the closing date.

I am not an expert on technology, but was advised to use the Internet Explorer Browser. You’ll know what that means. You need to ensure you know how to save your grant application so you can print a copy, and also how to submit it to the Community Benefit Fund.
The GCBF website and the Round #90 guidelines give you access to a lot of information, including names of successful organisations in previous rounds, the amount granted, and what it was for. They also remind you of some other matters:

- Grants are not for money already spent

- Before requesting funding for facility improvements, your Club must either own the building/ land,

or have an instrument of tenure, lease, or occupancy agreement with the owner, e.g. Council.

- Contact three referees, e.g. Local MP or Councillor familiar with your proposal, gain their agreement








Q3 LIONS Special Bus Tour

Often we talk about our tour, our journey in Lions, describing our service to the community our commitment to our Logo “WE SERVE”

Many of us sit down the back at the start of the tour, have a talk with the others, have a drink or two but just enjoy the fun not really sure where they are going or what the others on the bus are doing? Some on tour just enjoy the ride, others enjoy the scenery when the bus stops for visits. Others sit up the front of the bus where they can hear the commentary and learn about where they are going and the districts they are passing through. Some want to drive the bus and be the commentator and take on a leadership position.

The bus does not have a destination displayed on the front, but they all have a good idea where they would like to go and that is why it says “special”. This alerts others who may wish to board and that they cannot be picked up without prior arrangements, however the bus does stop to let people off when asked. They could be from down the back and are bored, could be the tour is not what they expected, could be they have been travelling for a while and just need to walk a bit.

It costs money to run the bus, it is essential to take on new passengers to share the costs and keep the tour affordable for all.

If too many people exit the tour the cost would have to increase.

As we ask new members to join the bus, they will all want to do their own thing and we need to be mindful of this and encourage the new passengers to become involved, participate and to fully experience every seat on the bus and most importantly, enjoy the trip.

Most of us started our journey down the back of the bus, and have sat in different seats and remember when the bus stopped on occasions and passengers have left us. However, we still travel on and ask others to join. We allow everyone to sit in whichever seat they like and encourage everyone to move seats in the bus, to move forward and to enjoy a memorable journey in the Lions Bus.

…Tickets please.

PDG Greg Rollason

to be listed and advise them that they might be contacted by GCBF regarding their support.

- You must use the latest guidelines and application form when they are released, not those for

previous rounds.

- At the time of submitting your application on-line, have someone help you if necessary to save the

application for future reference. If your grant application is approved, contact the GCBF for

approval before the items approved for expenditure.

- The Grants Officers at the GCBF are always very helpful if you have inquiries. Their phone number

is (07) 3247 4284.


My role:

One of my roles on 201Q3 Cabinet as Grant Application Liaison is to encourage and assist Clubs to submit applications for grants. I am reasonably familiar with available avenues for project funding and how to submit applications for funds. This article will hopefully be the start of educating Clubs on the type of grants available and how to apply.


While it is definitely not my role to write grant applications, I am happy to share knowledge from my experience of preparing successful grant applications if requested, and to offer feedback where required. I wish you every success in proving that you need funding support. Whether funding is granted is the sole decision of the funding body only.

If you have any comments, my email address is: (E) pboge@bigpond.net.au

As I said earlier, ’What a difference a grant makes’.

Yours in Lionism

Peter J Boge

District 201Q3 Grant Application Liaison






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Fellow Lions of District Q3.

Another Lions year has begun and we have a new batch of Presidents ready to tackle the running of their Clubs. Firstly, I would like to extend an invitation to you as Presidents to have me as a Guest Speaker for one of your Dinner Meetings. I believe I have a portfolio that is important to all Lions for the following reason.

Lions Clubs International Foundation is the sole fundraiser for Lions Clubs International, all the money you see going to help people in disaster areas, the money spent on eradicating river blindness or the eradication of measles, the new eye clinics all over the world, bushfires, floods, earth-quakes etc.

I could go on forever but the money for these things/events comes from Lions Clubs International and that means it comes from your Clubs and your members. So I guess you could honestly say that it is your Clubs and your Members that have done these wonderful things by donating to Lions Clubs International Foundation or by honouring a member with a Melvin Jones Fellow or maybe giving a deserving team in you Club, a gold, silver or bronze lapel pin.

You have given the child the tablet to stop river blindness or the vaccine needle to stop measles, you have handed bottles of water to a family that has lost every single thing they own and hold dear in a bushfire. You, The Lions Member and your Lions Club. And there is 1. 4million of you doing this wonderful thing.

So this leads me to asking you to step up again and DONATE to the Lions Clubs International Foundation. Don’t be concerned if you can only send $50. Those fifty dollars is 50 vaccine shots or 200 tablets to stop river blindness. Donate more if you have it to spare, our clubs are not banks; the money we raise is for our communities, our country and the rest of humanity.

If you have a small project to raise some money for L.C.I.F., you will also benefit your Club by putting your signs out in the community. Have a Lion that is a knowledgeable speaker for your club and improve membership at the same time, but most of all, put FUN back into fund-raising.

Thank you in advance.

Lion Bob,

District Chairman





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March 10-12 – the Queensland State Leo Conference will be held in Townsville. Start saving now, it is truly a wonderful weekend full of fun and fellowship from Leos from throughout Queensland.

It is hoped that we can expand the Leo Advisory Committee to include school based Leos. If you are interested, please let your Leo Advisor know and send me an email to liondes@hotmail.com


We look forward to working with you all throughout the year.
Des Sawyer

District Leo Chairman

District Young Leaders in Service Chairman

0419 797 300


Grace Walker

Assistant District Leo Chairman

0447 750 787

What’s Happening with Leos?
The District Leo Advisory Committee had their first meeting on 9 July. The committee consists of Leos from the four community Leo clubs in our district, Ashgrove The Gap, Aspley, Golden Valley Keperra and Samford. Unfortunately, Samford was not represented at the meeting due to their commitments at the Samford Show.
The Leos in attendance worked hard and have developed the following program of activities for ALL the Leos of Q3.
September 17 – District Leo Networking Day, a day with Leo and guest speakers intended for every Leo Club to participate – hopefully you will be able to attend.
September 30 – October 2 – District convention at North Lakes – The team is designing a special display; all Leos are encouraged to call in sometime over the weekend.
December 5 – International Leo Day – it is hopped to hold a fundraising event near this day to help Leos raise funds to reduce the cost of going to the Queensland State Leo Conference in Townsville in March.

February? (date to be determined) District Final of Leo of the Year. It is hoped that each Leo club school based and community based will have a participant. Come along and support the other Leos of our district.







From left to right: Des Sawyer - District Leo Chairman,

Jesse Pascoe, Grace Walker – Assistant District Leo Chairman, Emily Conn, Matt Dewar








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Lions Club of

Golden Valley Keperra
Members of the Golden Valley Keperra Lions Club recently raised funds for the PCYC Time 4 Kids (Police Citizens Youth Club).



Lions Club of Oakey Inc

Change Over Dinner
The Lions Club of Oakey Inc held their 55th Installation Ceremony and Dinner at the Oakey RSL on Saturday 25th June 2016. Around thirty Lions, Lions Ladies and Guests were in attendance and a great night was had by all.
The Installation Ceremony of the 2016-2017 Board of Directors was conducted by Zone 4 Chairperson Lion Carmel Goldsworthy who installed Lion Pamela Chamberlain as the new President of the Club.

During her President’s address, Pamela welcomed the new committee by saying “Unity is strength. When there is teamwork many things can be achieved.” We will work together as a team and look forward to the growth of the Lions Club of Oakey Inc in the next twelve months.


The Lions Club of Oakey works hard to support the community of Oakey and donates financial and physical assistance through its projects. Any member of the community who would like to become a member of the Lions Club of Oakey would be welcome and please contact Secretary Helen Bawden on 46911622.

The New Team for 2016-2017 left to right

Barry Bawden, George Florentzos, Kevin O’Neil, Gail Jones, Chris O’Keeffe, Donna O’Keeffe, Helen Bawden OAM and Pamela Chamberlain



Lion Darryl Robson presenting the GVK cheque for $200.

From left to right:

Matt Constance, MP Mark Furner, Darryl Robson all GVK Members and Councillor Andrew Vines.

Lion Darryl Robson rattling the bucket







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Global Leadership Team Report (GLT)

Elections are over, positions filled, Changeovers are behind us, and we have a whole year of activities to plan and enjoy.

Here’s a couple of question you may not have considered –


  • what can you do to position yourself for a board position next year?

  • who will be your leadership group next year?

Issue 2 2010-2011 of LCI’s Leader Network contains the following paragraph:

Who are our future leaders? Maybe they are the new members who exhibit an eagerness to lead committees and service projects. Or, maybe they are the Lions who have quietly added value to the club for years in whatever role they have been asked to serve. Our future leadership doesn’t come from a common mould. That’s why it is imperative that our current leaders make an effort to see to it that any club member who exhibits the effort and enthusiasm to “be a good Lion” is aware of the opportunities available.


As current leaders, it is up to us to:

  • encourage people to step up into leadership roles – increasing their responsibility as they prove to themselves they can do it. Know what their interest is, and encourage them to step up. And remember to say ‘well done; and ‘thank you’

  • help people understand what is required of a Lions leader

  • demystify leadership in Lions – it is not difficult

  • help people learn about Lions

As sponsors, it is up to us to: make sure that the Lion we are sponsoring is

  • engaged and given tasks to help them grow into Lionism

  • recognised for their effort and achievement

As Lions, it is up to us to take opportunities to show what we can do, and learn to make a difference in leadership in our Clubs.

Ron Edmonson identified 10 traits for potential leaders:



  • concern for others

  • interest (passion for Lions)

  • not a complainer

  • good character

  • teachable and open to suggestions

  • potential

  • excellence in following

  • confidence

  • reliability

  • people skills

That all makes sense, but I think he left out common sense and innovation.

And remember, there is a lot of material to support you – contact glt@lionsq3.org.au

Richard…On behalf of you Global Leadership Team



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