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201W1

DISTRICT NEWSLETTER

www.201w1.lions.org.au www.facebook.com/LionsInWesternAustralia cabinet-secw1@bigpond.com

HUMANITARIAN SERVICE, DISASTER RELIEF, MEDICAL RESEARCH, SIGHT & THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF YOUTH

WE SERVE JULY 2018

POWER OF ACTION ROUNDUP It is with great pleasure your District Team and I welcome you to the new Lionistic year. We are all looking forward to visiting the clubs, meeting you all and hearing of the great work you do throughout our District.

Please join me in the theme of the year “Accept Connect to Serve”. There are so many ways of connecting: eyeball to eyeball, Facebook/messenger/Instagram, whats app, twitter, and MyLion.

Please also join me in the mantra of:

1. Staying focused with our community service;

2. Being always liberal with our praises for all our cohorts and most of all;

3. Continuing to carry that pride in our own humble ways as members of the largest service organisation in Australia and the world.

I am back in Perth from an enjoyable International Convention in Las Vegas and I wish to take this opportunity to thank you all for your passion and leadership.

“If you can’t, you must, and if you must, you can.” Anthony Robbins.

I agree. Therefore, if I cannot, I must and if I must, I can and I will most definitely.

On this note, please also join me in staying positive. Most of the time, the fear is so big that it paralyses us, we can and will scale down the amount of risk accordingly.

In saying that, the risks are already abated by applying our code of ethics and purposes. If we wear those on our sleeves, we will always stand in great stead. Being positive is a mindset, we can do this

together and create that kind of contagion.

As a segue, for every club visit, here is what our District DG Team will roll out: Code Sentence: IF WE CANNOT, WE MUST AND IF WE MUST, WE CAN.

We will be asking the clubs the code sentence and the prize will be for the month of July: a dinner for 2 at Bistro Bella Vista, 150 Bennet St East Perth WA 6004 or cash equivalent to the value of $55.00.

Conditions apply:

1. DG, 1VDG and 2VDG are not eligible for this prize because we know the answer

2. 1 winner each month.

3. Result of selection of winner is final; no criticism nor

Official Publication of Lions District 201W1

ASS EDITOR RICHARD TUNMER PO Box 2524 MALAGA WA 6944

(M) 0415 089 938(H) (08) 9209 1358 email : richardjill@bigpond.com.

DISTRICT NEWSLETTER Published First Week of Every Month

COPY DEADLINE 25th of the preceding month

A Colour Copy of this Newsletter can be requested through your Club Secretary. Alternative-ly a copy can be accessed Electronically through our website. http://201w1.lions.org.au/dg%20newsletters

DG Luen Chicote on right with Lions International President Gudrun Yngvadottir (centre). Left Dr. Jon Bjarni Thorsteinsson.

Graduation - DG Luen Chicote left with Sheryl Jenkins 2018 Seminar Group leader. Below graduation certificate. Just click to view

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Wildflower Country Convention at Moora FRIDAY 28th TO SUNDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER 2018

Moora Convention Committee is meeting regularly to organise your Convention.

We are hoping to see you all there for a weekend of enjoyment and country hospitality.

On Friday Afternoon District Governor Luen has organised a training session to be held at the Moora Performing Arts Centre. Details will follow at a later date.

Displays will be able to be organised from 3.00pm at the Moora Recreation Centre. If you wish to have a display please let us know as soon as possible.

In the evening we will have an informal get together in the Moora Performing Arts Centre which will include a meal of soup and crusty bread to whet your appetite for the weekend. This will be followed by two interesting guest speakers and fellowship.

Saturday is the Business Day for the Convention and this will be at the Moora Recreation Centre. This will start early with the Opening Ceremony which will include the Flag Ceremony and Remembrance Ceremony. This will be followed by the Official Business Session and Nomination Speeches for District Governor and First and Second Vice District Governors.

Throughout the day we will have various Speakers and Presentations. Morning and Afternoon tea and Lunch will be available. All Business will cease at 5.30pm and Members will adjourn to their accommodation.

At 7.00pm we will assemble at the Moora Performing Arts Centre for the evening Dinner and Entertainment- this will be amazing.

Sunday is a Country Style Breakfast which will be at the Moora Recreation Centre and hosted by 1st Vice District Governor Daniel. This will commence at 8.00pm. At 10.00am all will assemble at the Pony Club for an unknown destination where lunch will be served after a Car Trail to who knows where!

We have requested all clubs to support our raffle which is to help cover the costs of the Convention. 36 Clubs have agreed to sell some tickets and we thank them . If your club has not answered our request please feel free to contact us and we will send them to you.

The tickets were sent last week and should arrive at your club this week.

MOORA is only 200kms from Perth and is a great town to spend a weekend in. We love it and hope you will too.

To download registration forms please visit our District website - http://201w1.lions.org.au/district%20convention To view accommodation available in Moora please also visit our District website.

Please send registrations to Box 383 Moora, 6510 or email: westways@bordernet.com.au

SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER

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Zone Chairperson Training - 2018

District 201W1

Place: Subiaco Community Centre Date: Saturday 25 August 2018 Time: 10.30am – 15.00pm

RSVP: 22.08.2018

Christine Walker – GLT Coordinator 0417 000 276

leadershipw1@westnet.com.au

Invitation to:

All Zone Chairperson

Club Presidents Club Members

Here is your chance with

Special Guest Presenter

PDG Ann Eldridge

BROOME LIONS CLUB - The LIONS Cancer Institute Inc. Skin Cancer Screening Van conducts FREE screening

in Broome on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 June in partnership with the Lions Club of Broome!

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242 Steps Jacobs Ladder - club members raised $135 with all proceeds goes to Lions Club International projects.

A great start to keeping fit and having fun in fundraising

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AWARDS PRESENTATIONS HIGH TEA SATURDAY 9TH JUNE

Left Top - DG Sue Lowe presents a Melvin Johns Award to Beverley Burgess from the Stirling Lions Club.

Above - DG Sue Low presents a Progressive Melvin Jones to Mary-Anne Wolf from the Ballajura Lions Club.

PDG Ivan Sturgess presents a Lorna Dodd award to Christina Smelt.

PDG Clive Tonkin presents a James D Richardson Honour Award to Lex Thomson.

DGE at the time Luen Chicote dressed to take Las Vegas by storm.

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DG LUEN CHICOTE AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION IN LAS VEGAS

Camaraderie with the Honolulu Lions after the International Parade of Nations

The Lions is a whopping 50 tonner.

How apt Metro Goldwyn Mayer?

Dancing with the Leos, Lions and performers

DGE Celebration Banquet LV with Nicole, one of Cirque du Soleil performers

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CHILDREN'S MOBILITY STAMP COLLECTION It is astounding how much money can be raised

from things we throw away!

The Australian Lions Stamp Club presented a cheque for $4,600 to the Australian Lions Children's Mobility Foundation at the Canberra Convention [2013] and at the Convention in Tamworth [2014] we received another cheque for$7,000 and Newcastle [2015] saw us receiving a cheque for $9,200, now in 2016 in Echuca a new and incredible record $13,500! Our 100 year celebration in Hobart included another special celebration for the Foundation. We were honoured to receive yet another record amount of $15,500. Our wonderful journey with the Stamp Club with saw presentation in Townsville of a cheque in the amount of $25,500. What an amazing achievement !!

This stamp collecting project is something we could all contribute to, with little effort and no expense. It is for this reason that we are asking all Lions in Australia to collect used stamps, by placing a container in your home, and perhaps an office or business that you have contact with. Someone may even have an old stamp collection from their earlier days that they are willing to donate.

The stamps need to be cut around approx. 3mm. from the edge as the stamp fringe must not be damaged.

The Australian Lions Stamp Club places these into 1kg bundles and they are then sold at Stamp Auctions.

Please support this simple request and help Children's Mobility. We look forward to being inundated with stamps appropriately trimmed

ALCMF Chairperson PDG Michael Wolf

Mob:0433 085 170 Email : thewolfs@iinet.net.au

AUSTRALIAN ONLINE & TRAVELLERS LIONS CLUB

CHARTER DATE: JANUARY 3RD, 2018

We provide a unique “Service” Club membership and our primary focus is to retain existing Lions whose Lions Clubs may have closed and would still like to remain Lions.

To welcome those Lions who would like to travel for extended periods of time within and outside Australia and still remain a Lions Family Member.

To provide an option for those Lions who are unable to attend a mainstream Lions Club because they work away from home, who have health problems, or the nearest Lions Club is just too far away for then to remain Lions.

Our Lions Club goals are in keeping with the humanitarian, community spirited, fun and service mindedness of Lions.

Our members are dedicated to assisting other Lions Clubs in helping to make their communities a better place to live, work and grow.

We currently have members from Western Australia, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales and New Zealand.

For more information - Club President - Lion Hazel Pickwell. Email: hazel_pickwell@yahoo.com.au

Club Secretary - Lion Gwyneth Payne. Email: sagrpayne@gmail.com

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Youth of The Year National Final Townsville May 2018 I had the pleasure of attending the recent multiple district convention in Townsville.

Part of that was the Youth of the Year national final. Our state was represented by Henry Pemberton from Christ Church Grammar, sponsored through our district by Floreat Lions club.

From the Blazer presentation on Friday evening, through to the final of the public speaking on Monday, all the six students, representing South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia, impressed all who met them.

The national final was a victory for Tasmania, with the overall winner being Tom Rockliff. The public speaking winner was Lucy Witherdin from New South Wales.

Another great contest and another wonderful group of students who will lead the next generation, Congratulations all who took part and all those who were part of organising this years programme.

PDG Colin Heap

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WA LIONS HALL OF FAME

A Joint Project of Lions Districts 201W1 & W2

Chairman PDG Wally Barrett OAM

Correspondence to PO Box 182, APPLECROSS, WA, 6953

CALLING FOR 2018 NOMINATIONS Clubs in both Districts have recently received, via their Cabinet Secretary, a request to consider nominating someone worthy from their Club or another Lions Club.

To be eligible, the person must be a current Lion in your Club or a member of another Lions Club anywhere in Western Australia. Deceased Lions are also eligible, providing they were members at the time of their death. We are looking for Lions who have made a significant contribution to the community through Lions Clubs International over a number of years.

A nomination fee of $115.00, used to offset the costs of Certificates and meals for the new Nominees, should be included with the Nomination Form and sent to PO Box 182, APPLECROSS, WA, 6953. Direct credits may be made to District 201W2 Administration Account, COMMONWEALTH BANK BSB 066-165, ACCOUNT NUMBER 10024497. PLEASE SHOW CLUB NAME AS A REFERENCE.

In keeping with the significance and prestige of this award, only up to 3 people will be inducted this year.

If your Club has nominated a Lion in the previous 2 years, then you do not need to renominate them this year, as they are automatically eligible again this year.

A nomination form is available on the Hall of Fame web sites of both Districts 201W1 and 201W2,

http://201w1.lions.org.au or http://201w2.lions.org.au and select WA Lions Hall of Fame. The form is printable and once completed can be attached to an email to allanbcooper81@gmail.com

Nominations must be received by 5.00pm on the 31st August 2018 to be considered.

A Black Tie Dinner will be held on Friday 2nd November 2018, to announce the inductees into the WA Lions Hall of Fame. The venue will again be the Parmelia Hilton Hotel, Hill St, Perth at 7.00pm for 7.30pm. Cost of the Dinner will be $100.00. (No charge for NEW Nominees.) Further details relating to the Dinner will be advised to Clubs in September this year.

Nominations are open to all Lions in Western Australia and are being sought from Clubs in both W1 and W2.

We look forward to receiving one or more Nominations from your Club.

Yours in Lions,

PDG Wally Barrett, OAM Chairman

WA Lions Hall of Fame Committee 2017

Home: (08) 9531 2339 Mobile: 0407 778 235 Email: pinbus@westnet.com.au

NOTE: Please forward all Nominations to WA Lions Hall of Fame Committee Secretary, PDG Allan Cooper, PO Box 182, APPLECROSS, WA, 6953 or allanbcooper81@gmail.com

NORANDA LIONS CLUB Sunday June the 17th Noranda Lions were on duty at the Morley Galleria Flea Markets. Four clubs operate the markets in rotation. The other three are Morley, Bassendean and Ballajura Lions Clubs.

The clubs charge $10 a parking bay and also put out bins at various points to collect donations from the public visiting the markets.

On a good day, particularly if it is raining we can collect over $1700. Our markets are under cover which is a huge bonus in winter. We run the markets every Sunday throughout the year, except for December with the money collected shared between the four clubs.

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NAME SPONSOR CLUB

LAURENCE BRADY KEITH COOKE Ballajura

HEATHER FRUIN RICHARD TUNMER

Ballajura

ROBIN HUTTON LEO MC MANUS Claremont Nedlands

KERRY BAIN DAVE SPENCER Floreat

BETTY ANDRIYANI IPDG SUE LOWE Jurien Bay

MARGOT PLINT LLOYD JONEs Lancelin & Districts

JANET PORTER SHIRLEY HENNEBERRY

Moora

ROBIN PARKER DAVID MCCRACKEN

Northampton

DENNIS SIMPKIN KEITH REYNOLDS Northampton

LEAH ENGLISH JOY RIDLEY Three Springs

HESAMREZA DARABI

SANDRA LAUNDY Victoria Park

AROLDO AKIR SHOJI

SANDRA LAUNDY Victoria Park

JUNE 2018

WELCOME

New Members

EDITORS CORNER: Thank you to all clubs and District

Officers for your contributions to the July Newsletter. Please send through photos & articles for the August Edition. A newsletter will also be circulated in Digital Format which allows any additional content and provides greater picture clarity.

Email: richardjill@bigpond.com until further notice

SEND YOUR CLUB NEWSLETTER TO DG LUEN

If you have a club newsletter please send a copy, preferably digital, to DG Luen so that she can keep up with your news and put your club in the running for the annual Best Club Newsletter Award which is judged by the DG of the year and awarded at the District Awards function.

Your club could pick up this very special award.

Email: dear.lu@live.com

PO Box 557 Floreat WA 6014

HANNANS GOLDFIELDS LIONS CLUB - Above volunteer Gillian Blake, Branch Manager Sandy King and Hannans Goldfields Lions Club’s John Browner celebrating a $10,000 donation on Thursday, which was used to restock fridges and shelves after last year’s storm. Everyone is glad the Kalgoorlie-Boulder branch has finally overcome the storm’s impacts and that we'll be able to help out families in the Goldfields this winter.

DG Sue Lowe hands the gong & gavel to DGE Luen Chicote at the last cabinet meeting of the year.

NEW COUNTRIES ADDED TO OUR PRIDE OF LIONS

AFGHANISTAN MYANMAR

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NEW VOICES Objective

The New Voices Initiative celebrates the contributions made by women as Lions Clubs International welcomes its first female International President. This initiative promotes gender parity by focusing on increasing the number of women in Lions clubs, as well as closing the gap between men and women in leadership positions.

Program

New Voices will feature Lions who demonstrate exceptional influence of women in one of four areas: Service, Membership, Leadership, and Marketing.

New Voices will be discovered through two channels: District Governor nominations and our new digital platform. Utilizing both traditional and modern methods to recognize outstanding Lions in the areas mentioned will increase reach/ allowing New Voices to share their stories and best practices locally as well as globally.

DGE CELEBRATION DINNER AT THE MIRAGE LAS VEGAS

NEW MEMBERSHIP KITS

The coupons, pen and welcome brochures are in the new membership kits. Please contact DG Luen- dear.lu@live.com

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DG LUEN CHICOTE WELCOME BACK FROM THE

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION LAS VEGAS A small group was on hand at the Perth Airport to welcome DG Luen back from Las Vegas who arrived very tired from an exhausting flight.

Over a cup of coffee we learnt a little about Luen’s travels and experiences. With a two hour turnaround at Sydney some of Luen’s luggage did not arrive.

Left from City of Perth(Host) - L to R Tony Pallotta, DG Luen Chicote & Halina Young.

Below - L to R Mary Ann Powell, DG Luen Chicote, PDG Michael Wolf, Halina Young, Richard & Tarryn Tunmer.

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DGE’ 2018/19 AT THE TOWNSVILLE CONVENTION

Above - DGE Luen Chicote sitting at back left hand corner. Below - official photo of DGE Luen at Townsville Convention

GLOBAL ACTION TEAM Empowering Clubs through the Power of Action

The Global Action Team was built with a vision that one day every need in the world will be served by a Lion or Leo. It brings together the three key areas of Lions:

Leadership development

Membership

Service By unifying the Global Leadership Team (GIT), Global Membership Team (GMT) and Global Service Team (GST) as the Global Action Team, we will create synergy and new opportunities for clubs to grow and serve.

Our Mission — The Global Action Team will champion the vision of LCI & LCIF and build on the passion of our Lions and Leos through service.

Our Goal — To impact over 200 million lives through service, increase our membership to I .7 million Lions and Leos, and provide learning opportunities to over 500,000 members by the year 2020.

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LION CLUBS CHANGEOVER ROUNDUP

KINGSLEY WOODVALE CHANGEOVER

Club President Colin Heap presents an appreciation certificate to Margaret Glenn

Above - GLT Coordinator Christine Walker conducted the clubs changeover.

Right - Club President Colin Heap presents a Melvin Jones Fellow Award to Mal Miskelly.

Below - The new Board of Directors

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GIRRAWHEEN LIONS CLUB CHANGEOVER

Above - Lion Tony Turner officiates at the Girrawheen Lions Club Changeover

Below - the new board. Well done Lauren Ormesher (above) being the youngest.

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BALLAJURA LIONS CLUB CHANGEOVER

PDG Michael Wolf inducts new member Laurie Brady with his sponsor Keith Cooke looking on.

PDG Michael Wolf officiates on the evening. Newly inducted officers L to R Richard Tunmer, Mary-Anne Wolf, Jill Tunmer, Jill Middlemass, Kaye Scandrett, Greg Brennan & Paul Titheradge.

Left - Greg Brennan (Left) received the Lion of the year award for his dedicated service to the club.

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WANNEROO LIONS CLUB CHANGEOVER

Above - President Sue McDonald presents a cheque. Above - L to R Suzzane & Graham Dore with Mary-Anne Wolf Below - PDG Michael Wolf officiates at the changeover.

Below Left PDG Michael Wolf presents the gong & gavel Below Right Wanneroo Lions Members

Incoming President Sue McDonald.

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CANNING CITY LIONS CLUB

PDG Colin Heap officiated at the Canning City Lions Changeover.

Left incoming Lion President Christine Walker with PDG Colin Heap.

Lions enjoying themselves at a the Awards Presentation High Tea.