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LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT 201N5 The Lions, Lioness and Leo Clubs of Sydney and Norfolk Island
Lion Derek Margerison, District Governor 2018-2019 Phone: (H) 02 8834 9124 (M) 0406 909 423
Email: [email protected]
Address all correspondence to: 21 Downing Street Epping NSW 2121 Cabinet Secretary: Sunil Amaratunga (M) 0419 223 036 [email protected] Cabinet Treasurer: Peter Touzel JP (M) 0478 090 784 [email protected]
Lions Clubs District 201N5 Inc. of The International Association of Lions Clubs ABN: 38 076 542 210 Certificate of Incorporation No.: Y1259621 Authority to Fundraise No.: CFN 17192
MEMO From: Sunil Amaratunga, Cabinet Secretary To: District 201N5 Lions, Lioness and Leo Clubs and Cabinet Members Date: 27 Nov 2018 Subject: MONTHLY COMMUNICATION – Nov 2018 DEAR CLUB OFFICERS – PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO ALL YOUR MEMBERS AND LEO CLUBS, SO THEY KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT.
FIRST SEMI-ANNUAL DUES The Cabinet Treasurer recent correspondence, there are still couple of Clubs who still have not paid their dues. Please
Liaise with the Cabinet Treasurer [email protected] or ring him on 0478 090 784.
CLUB EXCELLENCE AWARDS – LCIF -2017/18 - CONGRATULATIONS Per LCI Health Assessment Oct 2018, only 5 clubs have been awarded LCI Club Excellence Awards for 2017/18. Here are the clubs who won these awards – Berowra, Blacktown Ponds, Crestwood, Kings Langley, and Manly. We believe there were more than 5 Clubs who sent their Applications to LCI via IPDG Ron Gattone. For example, Emu Plains, Parramatta did send their Applications to LCI. Would the Clubs check whether they did remit LCIF donations before 30th June 2018? I will investigate this anomaly soon. PEACE POSTER DISTRICT 201N5 CONTEST
The District Chair Peace Poster Mark Sing has run the contest and short listed the entrees. I am sure the selection
committee has selected the winner. The winner will be announced soon and will be represented at the MD 201 Peace
Poster Contest.
REGIONAL LIONS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE (RLLI) – Leadership Training 2019-20 RLLI helps Lions in their District achieve leadership excellence in their volunteer and personal lives. Develop your leadership skills and share experiences with others. Eligibility—preference will be given to Lions who have not completed a full term as Club President and any Leo (over 18 years). Lions who have been Club President are also eligible to apply and will be offered places depending on availability. Application forms available from your District GLT Co-Ordinator Chris Bowles or download form MD website www.lions.org.au The applications 2019/20 will be available in Feb 2019. FORM A12 ANNUAL SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL AFFAIRS – TIER 1 & TIER 2 INFORMATION
The Public Officer has the important role of ensuring your club is compliant with the regulations under the Department of Fair Trading through the lodgement of an Annual Return. Tier 2 (small) associations are required to lodge an Annual summary of financial affairs within one month after the holding of the AGM and not later than 7 months after the end of the financial year of the association, whichever is earlier, unless an extension of time for holding an AGM or to lodge an annual summary has been approved. The Associations Incorporation Act 2009 establishes a two-tier reporting regime for associations registered in NSW. An association is a Tier 2 association if: The gross receipts/total revenue (income/money collected) of the association for the association's financial year is less than $250,000, and the current assets (cash/bank accounts/shares) of the association for the association's financial year is less than $500,000. The fact sheet titled `Associations financial reporting' on www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au provides information on the reporting requirements for Tier 1 and Tier 2 associations.
NOTE: The association's financial statements must be presented to the AGM BEFORE the form can be lodged. The following fees apply for the lodgement of an Annual summary of financial affairs - Tier 2 (Form A12 - T2): If lodged not more than one month after the annual general meeting - $44.00. If lodged more than one month but less than two months after the annual general meeting - $71.00. If lodged more than two months after the annual general meeting - $78.00. (not sure whether the fees have changed this year) An association in a Tier 1 association: The gross receipts/total revenue of the association for the association's financial year exceeds $250,000, OR the current assets of the association for the association's financial year exceeds $500,000. The fact sheet titled `Association financial reporting' on www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au provides information on the reporting requirements for incorporated associations. The following fees apply for the lodgement of an Annual summary of financial affairs - Tier 1 (Form A12 - T1): If lodged not more than one month after the annual general meeting - $187.00. If lodged more than one month but less than two months after the annual general meeting - $277.00. If lodged more than two months after the annual general meeting - $302.00. For further details contact Department of Fair Trading on (02) 6333 1400 or 1800 502 042 or email [email protected] (Please note that the above information was extracted from Dec 16 Cab Sec Memo). Should you have any doubts of the above process, please seek assistance from our Cab Treasurer Peter Touzel on 0478 090 784 or email [email protected] GUEST SPEAKERS FOR YOUR DINNER MEETINGS & GRANTS FOR YOUR PROJECTS
Please get Chairpersons from Lions Foundations as Guest Speakers. This will enable your members to learn about these Foundations, besides your club can obtain Grants from ALF, LCIF and Save Sight Foundation. Here are the contact details for some of them – LCIF – Genevieve Jeny – 02 9948 444, Lions Hearing Dogs – John Chate – 0438 704 188, ALF – PDG Anthony Cheung – 0414 330 887, ALCMF – Greg English – 0411 045 148, ALCCRF – Rod Bowman – 0488 254 499, NSW/ACT Save Sight Foundation – Jean-Claude Legrand – 0414 556 725, Nurses Scholarship Foundation – Helen Rae 0417 206 062 Diabetes Awareness – Geoff Ingram – 0412 969 651.
MEMBERSHIP Nov 2018
As of 31st of Oct 2018, our membership was 1,577. The membership number as at 27th Nov 2018 was 1,569. A decline
for the first time since June 2018. There were 100 new members YTD Oct 2018. Unfortunately, 76 members departed
during the same period. YTD Nov net growth is 24, whereas YTD Oct net growth was 32.
CLUB REPORTING MMR – Oct 2018 – 100% reporting Once again, we managed to achieve 100% completion rate. Congratulations to all of you. Hope you will do the same
in Nov 2018 and going forward. ACTIVITY REPORTS – Oct 2018 – a slight disappointment
Regrettably, the number of clubs reported their Activity Reports in Oct 18 was 48, compared to 52 in Sep 2018. Your club can still report Jul 17 to Oct 18 activities in MyLCI. Should your club secretary need any assistance in this regard, please let us know.
DISTRICT 201N5 NEWS 1 NEW APPOINTMENTS TO CABINET District Chair Organ Donor Awareness Lion Mohan Nanayakkara was appointed as Shadow Cabinet Secretary effective immediately. DG Derek also appointed two new members Pearl Lin (Lions Club of West Pennant Hills / Cherrybrook) and Lion Yang Liu of Lions Club of Sydney Inner West to the District Marketing & Communications team. Welcome and best wishes to new appointees. 2 67TH MD 201 CONVENTION – GEELONG VICTORIA – 4TH MAY 2018 TO 6TH MAY 2019 – AT RYDGES GEELONG
We hope some of our members are planning to attend this convention. Already, there are about 10 members who are planning to attend. The Convention centre would be The Arena. The headquarters Hotel for the Convention is Hotel Rydges. Registrations & Displays are opened from Friday the 3rd evening. The official opening will be on Saturday the 4th May 2019. The registration forms are available in the MD201
Convention website md201conventiongeelong.com. The Registration Form is in Lions Australia website as well https://tinyurl.com/lions19 Please note the registration closes on Friday the 19th of April 2019. Rydges have limited accommodation. However, there are range of accommodation options which can be accessed through the Convention website. There will be Business Sessions, Remembrance Ceremony, Gala Dinner, two Partners’ Tours and plenty more. The Sydney 88 is in the process of organising a wonderful tour covering Geelong and other suburbs of Victoria. Sydney 88 will fly you to this City by the Bay -- Geelong with accommodation and many more. All for a great price that only Sydney 88 can offer. See future editions of Sydney News for further details. For bookings and inquiries, please contact Sydney 88 Chair Elizabeth Lessells 0416 032 498 [email protected] or Secretary Peter Touzel 0478 090 784 [email protected].
3 DG VISITS TO ZONES (DG DIARY) DG Derek Margerison visited Zones 10, 2, 7. He will visit Zone 11 on the 28th Nov and Zone 8 on the 29th of Nov. Zones 4 and 6 will host a joint Zone meeting on 8th Dec 2018. 4 DISTRICT LEO 201N5 Our Leos got together and formed a Leo District 201N5 at the last District Convention. MEMBERSHIP We have got 10 Leo Clubs in our District. Per MyLCI We have got over 125 Leo members in these 10 Clubs. Per MyLCI As per MyLCI, here is the breakdown of the Clubs – Baulkham Leos 10, Burwood Girls 2, Cherrybrook 42, Crestwood 21, Cumberland High School 23, Oatley 3, Sydney Asian Himalaya 22, Sydney Inner West 1, Sydney South Shapla 1, Note: - Oatley and Sydney Inner West have not updated their membership in MyLCI since 2017. I am sure these two clubs have more than 3 & 1. Hope the Leo Advisers of these two clubs will help the Leo Clubs to update the records in MyLCI. ACTIVITIES Crestwood Leo Club, Cherrybrook Leo Club and Sydney Asian Himalayas Leo Club have reported their Activities from July 2018 to Nov 2018 in MyLCI. I am sure other Clubs have carried out many projects and assisted their respective Lions Clubs in projects. Unfortunately, they have not reported in MyLCI. The Leo Advisers of these Clubs should assist the Leos to enter these important statistics in MyLCI.
ZONE NEWS – 1) Zone 10 – DROUGHT RELIEF CONCERT – CASTLE HILL RSL – SATURDAY 10TH NOV 2018
An excellent show superbly organised by Zone 10 Clubs lead by Zone Chair Elizabeth Lessells. It was very well attended, and everyone enjoyed thoroughly and lots of money for the drought-stricken farmers.
2) ZONE 7 – TRIVIA NIGHT NEED FOR FEED – EASTLAKES SPORTS CLUB – THURSDAY 22ND NOV 2018 Zone Chair Tony Moore and Zone 7 Club organised this event. It was a very successful night.
MAJOR CLUB EVENTS Nov 2018
The following events that were held in the months of Nov 2018 have been very successful according to post event correspondence and information.
1) Emu Plains held its Youth of the Year Quest on 22nd of Nov 2018. The event was well organised by the YOTY Chair.
2) West Pennant Hills / Cherrybrook had its YOTY on 26th of Nov 2018. It was an excellent night.
UPCOMING MAJOR CLUB EVENTS DEC 2018 1) SYDNEY CHINESE – CHRISTMAS PARTY – WEDNESDAY 12TH DEC 2018 AT ZILVER RESTAURANT, 477
PITT STREET, SYDNEY. COST $70.00 PER HEAD. 7.00PM FOR 7.30PM START. Tickets – Anthony 0414 330 887.
2) SPECIAL OLYMPIC AUSTRALIA (SOA) SOAR AND ROAR FESTIVAL – SUNDAY 9TH DECEMBER 2018 – SYDNEY
MOTORSPORT PARK, FERRERS ROAD, EASTERN CREEK – please get involved in this worthy project. SOA is
looking for around 50 Leos and Lions volunteers who could spend the day at the track starting around
8.30AM and going through until around 4PM. Volunteers will be signed in and given instructions on arrival,
will be provided with meals during the day and will be given an identifying volunteer shirt to wear. District
encourages members to support this project by registering as a volunteer at
https://www.soarandroar.com.au/volunteer#form. Tony Moore needs more Leos & Lions. Please ring Tony
on 0411 546 308.
3) KINGS LANGLEY VILLAGE FAIR –& X/mas Carols – Sunday 16 December 2018 The organisers along with Blacktown Council have arranged to hold the Fair along with Christmas Carols on 16 Dec 2018. If you are keen to book a Stall, please liaise with John Fernandes. His Mobile is 0419 663 466.
4) POP UP MARKET – LIONESS CLUB OF SUTHERLAND – Jannali – Uniting Church -15 Dec 2018 All proceeds to NSW Drought Assistance. Entry Gold Coin donation.
OTHER MATTERS PUBLICITY OF YOUR EVENTS AMONG OTHER LIONS CLUBS OF OUR DISTRICT
Please note publicity of your club events / projects among other clubs in our District is very important. It helps your club to achieve two things, a) It will publicise your club b) members of other clubs will participate / contribute to your event. As such, if you wish to publicise your event please send me the details, I will email to all clubs (with the approval of our DG), place your notice in my Monthly Memo, Send to Webmaster to upload to our website and send to SN Editor for publicity in Sydney News. However, should you wish to publish any news relating to your Club / Club Events in Sydney News / Website, you
can send them direct as well to SN editor PDG Roger Sherrington email [email protected] and
Webmaster Barry Wong email [email protected]
COMING EVENTS Remember to check the ‘Coming Events’ page of the District Website www.lionsclubssydney.org.au for the latest upcoming events. IT IS NOT HOW MUCH WE DO, BUT HOW MUCH LOVE WE PUT IN THE DOING
IT IS NOT HOW MUCH WE GIVE, BUT HOW MUCH LOVE WE PUT IN THE GIVING – Mother Teresa May this season of giving be the start of your better life Have a great, safe and blessed Holiday – Merry Christmas!
Kind regards
Sunil Amaratunga
Cabinet Secretary 2018-19 Lions Clubs District 201N5 Inc www.lionsclubssydney.org.au Email: [email protected] or [email protected] 21 Downing Street, Epping NSW 2121 (M) 0419 223 036 (H) 02 9869 3938
‘Working Together Hands On WE SERVE’