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District N2
District Governor
Peter Wallis

Cruising to Serve

Announcements :

WINTER CABINET CABINET MEETING

Eastern Passage-Cow Bay Lions Club
February 6th and 7th/09

REGISTRATION
Hospitality Books $20.00
Deadline for hospitality books is January 23
Registration: Lions Hall Friday night
Lions Hall Saturday 7-8:15
Buffalo Club Saturday 8:15-9

MEET AND GREET
Friday night at Lions Hall 65 Hornes Road from 7:00 pm to midnight
$5.00 per person

BREAKFAST
At Lions Hall 65 Hornes Road from 7-9 am
Bacon, eggs, sausage, hash browns, tea, coffee, toast and juice
$6.00 per person

CABINET MEETING
At the Buffalo Club 625 Cow Bay Road

NOON LUNCHEON
12 noon to 1:15 pm at the Lions Hall 65 Hornes Road
Roast beef dinner and dessert
$11.00 per person

REGISTRATION
At the Lions Hall on Saturday
Make cheque payable to:
Eastern Passage-Cow Bay Lions Club
send to: Lion Peter Reid
101 Cow Bay Road
Eastern Passage, NS
B3G 1J4
Information: Call 463-8910

HOTELS
Holiday Inn Harbourview
101 Wyse Rd.
Dartmouth, NS
463-1100
$144.45

Burnside Hotel
739 Windmill Rd.
468-7117
$69.00-$79.99

Future Inns Dartmouth
20 Highfield Park Drive (Dartmouth)
465-6555
$95.00

Best Western Dartmouth
15 Spectale Lake Dr.
463-2000
$149.00

DECEMBER VISITATION SCHEDULE

4-Bedford
9-Shubenacadie
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JANUARY VISITATION SCHEDULE

6-Lawrencetown
8-Sheet Harbour
12-Middleton
13-Spryfield
14-New Germany
15-Enfield/Elmsdale
19-Lockeport
20-Chezzetcook
21-Port Williams
22-Kentville
26-Sackville
27-Mahone Bay
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DIRECTORY CHANGES

Page 17: Zone Chairman Peter Reid's phone number is 463-8910-

Parrsboro presdent's phone number is: 254-2095 (Posted Oct. 10)

Parrsboro secretary's phone number is: 254-3004 (Posted Oct. 10)

Page 36; Correct spelling for Enfield-Elmsdale & District Lions Club. Posted September 25th

Parrsboro president's e-mail is: estherral@yahoo.ca (posted Oct.10)

Page 47: Wolfville & District Lions Club's address is: 36 Elm Streert, Wolfville, NS B4P1Z9 The club's phone number is: 1-902-542-4508

DISTRICT CHAIRMEN 2008-09

NOT ALL DISTRICT CHAIRS ARE LISTED. THE ONES LISTED ARE THOSE WITH WHOM CLUBS WILL BE IN CONTACT.

DISTRICT CHAIRMEN 2008-09

COMMITTEE	NAME	TELEPHONE	E-MAIL
MEMBERSHIP	Gerry Morine	467-0206	elmcrest@hotmail.com
EXTENSION	Peter Jeffrey	883-7018	lalmarine@eastlink.ca
RETENTION	Bucky Daye	897-2548	jdaye@tru.eastlink.ca
LEADERSHIP/ORIENTATION	Bobby Dean	865-7332	bodean@eastlink.ca
WOMEN DEVELOPMENT	Sharon Dykman	829-3127	sdykman@eastlink.ca
EDITOR NS LION	Gordie Johnston	787-2551	pasgov@ns.sympatico.ca
LONG RANGE PLANNING	Ken MacKenzie	679-3522	the mackenzies@ns.sympatico.ca
DIABETES AWARENESS	Roger Natarajan	863-6117	rogernatarajan@hotmail.com
LCIF	Alex Hancox	431-4993	alex_nslion@hotmail.com
PEACE POSTER CONTEST	Alice Neiley	765-6126	neileyalicem@av.eastlink.ca
SERVICES FOR CHILDREN	Dallas Moore	684-0112	dalmoore@eastlink.ca
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES	Reg House	678-8601	reghouse@eastlink.ca
SPEAK OUT	Dennis MacDonald	751-0482	denamacd@hotmail.com
SIGHT CONSERVATION/EYEGLASSES	Peter Reid	463-8910	pdreid@ns.sympatico.ca
HEARING & SPEECH	Nancy Veinot	644-3366	veinot-clan@ns.sympatico.ca
DRUG AWARENESS	John MacDonald	584-7226	jdaltonmac@hotmail.com
YOUTH OUTREACH	Bob & Barb Lyle	765-3225	bobbarb@eastlink.ca
LEO CLUB ADVISOR	Jane Gregory	825-2366	lionejanegregory@msn.com
PUBLIC RELATIONS	Leonard Bugbee	823-3001	bugbeel@eastlink.ca
BULLETIN JUDGE CHAIR	Mary Hartley	875-2998	mary.hartley@ns.sympatico.ca
TWINNING/INT. UNDERSTANDING	Brenda Anderson	461-4139	bl.anderson@ns.sympatico.ca
CONSTITUTION/BY-LAWS	Charles Uhlman	624-9363	pdgcharlie@bwr.eastlink.ca
SICK & VISITING	Jan Deveaux	461-0305	jandeveaux@hotmail.com
ORGAN DONOR AWARENESS	Dallas Moore	684-0112	dalmoore@eastlink.ca
POSTAGE STAMPS	Rhonda Trickett	463-8910	rmtrickett@ns.sympatico.ca

ZONE CHAIRMEN 2008-09

ZONE	NAME	TELEPHONE	E-MAIL
ZONE 1
ZONE 2	David Stroud	863-6038	dstroud@ns.sympatico.ca
ZONE 3a	Walter Jones	661-0917	awalterjones@yahoo.ca
ZONE 3b	Jack Falconer	897-2352	janice.rogers@hotmail.com
ZONE 4	David Hunter	827-4645	david.hunter@ns.sympatico.ca
ZONE 5	Gordon Conrad	542-9871	kayandgconrad@eastlink.ca
ZONE 6	Butch Fleury	765-6262	butchpat@ns.sympatico.ca
ZONE 7	Frank Illsley	825-4301	franki@ns.sympatico.ca
ZONE 8	Charlie Blake	742-9762	cblake@eastlink.ca
ZONE 9	David Baugil	634-3505	davidbaugil@eastlink.ca
ZONE 10	John Butler	864-1294	jgbutler@eastlink.ca
ZONE 11	Peter Reid	463-8910	pdreid@ns.sympatico.ca

OFFICIAL MINUTES OF FALL CABINET MEETING CONVENTION

Held At Shelburne on September 27th, 2008

The meeting was called to order at 9:00 am by District Governor Peter Wallis with 208 Lions representing 47 Lions Club in attendance.

The Meeting opened with the singing of O'Canada, the Lions Invocation and a minute of silence in memory of deceased members of the Lions family and for World Peace.

DG Peter welcomed all Lions to Shelburne and commented on the fine job the Shelburne Lions did in hosting the event last evening. Floor was turned over to Lion Mary Hartley who also welcomed the Lions to Shelburne. She also went over various rules and regulations around the school and mentioned the breakfast at the Hall on Sunday.

VOTING PROCEDURES

Constitution & ByLaws Chairman PDG Charles Uhlman explained who was eligible to vote and that the red delegate cards would be used for today's meeting.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

DG Peter introduced the head table and asked for any additions to the agenda. Five items were added.

Moved by ZC Peter Reid, Seconded by PCC Mike Gibbons the agenda be accepted. CARRIED.

APPROVAL OF DGO MINUTES

Moved by PDG Earl Einarson, Seconded by Lion Laurie Campbell the minutes be accepted as circulated. CARRIED.

OLD BUSINESS

(a) Amherst Convention Report - ZC Walter Jones presented report showing attendance of 350 and a loss to the Club of $65.43

(b) DGO Report - KL Peter Jeffery presented his report showing 125 Lions present at the Noon Luncheon with a profit of $274.54. $130 was donated to the Lions Foundation of Canada from the Tail Twister fines.

(c) Long Range Planning - PCST Ken MacKenzie - Notice of Motion as printed in the minutes of the DGO Meeting.

Moved by PCST Ken MacKenzie, Seconded by PDG Alex that we accept the motion as presented. CARRIED

(d) Peace Poster Trophy - PDG John MacFie - trophy has been located & he is looking for updates for the years 2002 - 2008.

ZONE CHIRMAN REPORTS

(a) Eleven Zone Chairmen passed in reports to District Governor.

DISTRICT CHAIRMAN REPORTS

(a) SightFirst II - PCC Mike Gibbons gave his final report. Forty Six Clubs in District contributed. Total funds collected worldwide was $200,329,000.00

(b) District SightFirst II - Lion Gary Langille  presented banner patches to AFR, Coldbrook & Dist., Dartmouth, Milford & Dist. And Sackville Lions Clubs and thanked everyone for their efforts. DG Peter thanked Lions Mike and Gary for their work with project.

(c) NS Lion - DG Peter, on behalf of PDG Gordon Johnston,advised this is 40th year for NS Lion. Next issue will be out in December.

(d) 2007-08 Bulletins - Lion Joan Jarvis. Bulletins for last year have been judged and winner will be announced at Noon Luncheon.

(e) Diabetes Awareness - Lion Roger Natarajan. $24,000 collected for Camp Lion Maxwell. He encouraged Clubs to look at presenting a Harry Newman Award.

(f) District Pins - Lion Don Poirier. Sales are down somewhat - $157.00 turned in to CST.

(g) Drug Awareness - Lion John MacDonald reported that a couple of small changes had been made and information was mailed out to all Clubs.

(h) Web Page/ International Director Fund - PCST Les Sanford. ID Fund collected $1,822 last year. Revised e-mail Directory was sent out to all Clubs.

(i) Environmental - Lion Reg House. Photo contest was completed � thanks to all who participated. A Speakers Bureau is being set up and he will advise Clubs when this is done.

(j) Speech and Hearing - Lion Nancy Veinot updated Clubs on status of Speech & Hearing clinics around the province, who needs them and encouraged Clubs to budget money to assist the hearing impaired.

(k) Lions Services for Children - Lion Dallas Moore. A Meeting will be held at 10:00 concerning the medic alert project.

(l) NS Lions Foundation - PCST Ken MacKenzie gave a brief history of the Foundation and presented year end audited report.

(m) Peace Poster Contest - Lion Alice Neiley. encouraged Clubs to get poster information to schools and have finished posters sent to District Governor.

(n) Postage Stamps - Lion Rhonda Tricket presented a report showing seven Clubs participating and 6130 stamps turned in.

(o) Public Relations - Lion Leonard Bugbee. Reminded Clubs of seminar at 10:45 and that handouts had been sent out to all Clubs.

10:17 Coffee Break

SEMINARS

(a) Public Relations -        Lion Leonard Bugbee
(b) Diabetes Awareness - Lion Roger Natarajan

12:00 - 1:15 - Noon Luncheon. 2007-08 Awards presented by PDG Alex Hancox.

1:30 - Business Meeting reconvened

DISTRICT CHAIRMAN REPORTS CONT'D

(p) Membership - Lion Gerry Morine - membership in District remained steady over the summer. Encouraged Lions to bring in new member.

{q) Extension - Lion Peter Jeffery. He is looking at putting on a seminar in the future and asked that he be contacted if you are working on a new Club.

(r) Leadership - PDG Charles Uhlman for PCST Bob Dean informed clubs of upcoming Lions Information Sessions and reported they had excellent turnout at the Zone Chairmen's School.

(s) Women's Membership Development-Sharon Dykman-1,794 Lions in N-2 of which 336 are women. Still 16 Clubs without female members.

(t) LFC-Sharon Dykman. Presented report on the Foundation sales booth, what is available and where proceeds go. May 31 is Walk for Dog Guides and then Clubs participated last year � would like to see more this year.

(u) Sight Conservation -ZC Peter Reid- Since his last report he has received eye glasses, lenses and cases from 13 Clubs.

(v)Youth Outreach- PCC Bob Lyle thanked everyone for supporting the Q Bear raffle sales and mentioned that there may be a Quest workshop in the Valley this year.

(w) District Eye Project - PDG Evie Morine- Almost entire amount of $25k has been collected and she is waiting to hear from LCI on matching grant. Anything above the $25k will be donated to the Eye Care Centre.

(x) Lions Foundation of Canada Director - PDG Earl Einarson. Reported on the changes going on at the Foundation, Memorial Forest and the progress we made last year. During past year, we raised funds for 4 CVC Dog Guides, 1 HED Dog Guide and completed donations for 4 SSD Dog Guides.

PDG Alex Hancox took the opportunity to announce the winner of the Scrap Book Contest and presented the Trophy to the Mahone Bay Area Lions Club.

(y) Speakout - Lion Dennis MacDonald. Reported on letter sent out to Clubs concerning the Speakout and he will be sending out Zone Speakout packages shortly.

(z) Advertsing - NS Lion - PDG Sid Francis. Letters have been sent out to all Clubs concerning advertising. Last year, we collected approximately $4000.00

FINANCIAL REPORTS

(a) 2007- 08 Audited Financial Report - Lion Ed Merry presented report along with comments on various aspects.

Moved by PCST Ken MacKenzie, seconded by PDG Alex Hancox that we accept the report as presented. CARRIED.

(b) 2008 - 09 Budget Forecast - Lion Ed Merry also presented forecasted budget for 2008-09 and explained reasons for various entries.

Moved by Lion Ed Merry, seconded by PCST Ken Mackenzie we accept this report as presented. CARRIED.

CORRESPONDENCE

DG Peter read letter from Lions Clubs International concerning Lions Day at the United Nations.

NEW BUSINESS

(a) February Cabinet Meeting - ZC Peter Reid presented information on eh upcoming February Cabinet Meeting in Eastern Passage Cow Bay. Information has been sent to all Clubs.

(b) MD Budget - DG Peter brought up the subject of the proposed MD Budget and how we ended up in position we are. He would like to form a Committee to look at issue and make recommendation on how to reduce budget.

Moved by ZC Peter Reid, seconded by ZC Jack Falconer the District Governor set up such a Committee. CARRIED.

A dues increase is also part of the proposed budget.

Moved by PDG J.J. O'Reilly, seconded by VDG Mark Durnford we give direction to District Governor Peter Wallis to vote against any dues increase at Multiple District N. CARRIED.

(c) Lion Laurie Campbell advised Lions of a youth in Sackville who has a rare illness and requested support from any interested Clubs.

(d) Environmental Photo Contest - Lion Reg House announced the winner was Zone 6 with a picture taken by VDG Mark Durnford. Will be forwarded to Multiple District.

ROSE BOWL

The Rose Bowl count was taken with following results:

1st Cole Harbour
2nd Deep Brook-Waldec
3rd Kingston

District Governor Peter thanked everyone for attending and also thanked the Shelburne Lions Club for hosting the event.

Meeting adjourned at 3:40 pm

Lion Peter Wallis,
District Governor

Lion Gordon Johnston,
CST

DISTRICT GOVERNOR'S NEWSLETTER

NOVEMBER 2008

"Keeping together is progress, Coming together is a beginning,Working together is success"

Here we are with fewer than two months left in the first half of our Lions Year.  My how time flies when you’re having fun.  As of today, I have completed exactly half (34) of my official visits to the clubs of the district.  Travel to date has been very good except for last Wednesday evening with my visit to the Hantsport & District Lions Club when we had our first snow of the year which tied up traffic in different areas.

FALL CONFERENCE: The Multiple District Fall Conference was held in Corner Brook, NL on October 24^th, 25^th and 26^th.  It was a pleasure to see Lions from Coldbrook, Milford, New Minas and Sackville attending along with VDG Mark and myself.  I will be putting out a full report to the district and clubs prior to the winter cabinet meeting.  There will be some issues that we will have to discuss at that time.

LIONS SERVICES FOR CHILDREN: Chair Dallas Moore has informed me that she is stepping down for family and personal reasons.  I have accepted her resignation as of November 19^th.  The district will require someone to fill this position as soon as possible.  If there is a Lion out there who is interested in working with youth programs and would like to take on this committee, please let me know.

MEMBERSHIP: Fellow Lions, we are having a very difficult time with membership in our district this year.  We are presently sitting at 1765 Lions, down 39 from July 1^st, 2008.  If we continue at the present rate of decline, we will have less than 1700 Lions by the end of June.  I am asking each club and each Lion to work hard to bring good quality members into your clubs.  It is very important to do that because each new member you bring into our organization will provide you with one more set of hands to help out with your community projects and fundraisers.  So Lions, lets turn the tide on this decline and turn it around for an increase of new members.

VISITATION SCHEDULE: My schedule for next week and for the month of December is as follows:

November 24^th   Hubbards      December 4^th    Bedford

November25^th    Shelburne      December9^th     Shubenacadie

November 26^th   Barrington

November 27^th   St. Mary’s

Please note that my visit to Liverpool on December 8^th has been changed to April 13^th.

CLUB DUES: In conversation with CST Gordon, there are still some clubs who have not paid their district dues to date.  We are asking you to please forward them to the CST as soon as possible.  The new district dues bill will be sent out the beginning of January.

M & A REPORTS: There are six clubs that not sent in any of their Membership and Activities reports so far this year.  Some clubs are only sending in their activities reports and others are just sending in Membership reports.  All clubs are requested to turn in a monthly Membership Report to Lions International by midnight of the last day of the month via email and if using the postal service, have it mailed by the 20^th of the month.  Clubs are reminded that they must forward an Activities Report to the DG, VDG, Zone Chairs and Editor of the NS Lion each month via email or must be post marked by the 2^nd of the next month. 

Yours in Lionism

Peter Wallis

DG Peter Wallis

Activities :

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OUTSTANDING SECRETARY: During his official visit to the Coldbrook & District Lions Club District Governor Peter presented Lion Wayne Little with the plaque for 2007-08 MD "N" Outstanding Secretary.

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