2010-11 Roster Available
Some may receive a printed copy of the District Roster, but for those of you who are impatient or not on the list, here's an online copy that you won't be able to lose. It'll stay right here.
First District Newsletter Available
If you signed up to receive the newsletters via email, you should have received your copy already, but if not, here is a copy of the newsletter. If you would like to receive an email copy of all newsletters, please use the link at the bottom of the page to send a request. Special thanks to Lion Zone 6 Chair/Newsletter Editor Sunshine Cheek for putting this together.
District Club Wins Ginkgo Award
The Lions Club International recently held their 93rd international 2010 convention in Sydney Australia. There were 10,000 lions from over 100 countries participating in this convention from June 28 - July 2, 2010.
The president of Lions International only presented eight International Ginkgo awards to clubs or districts throughout the world. Lions International has over 1.3 million members and 45,000 clubs throughout the world. The Camarillo-Somis Pleasant Valley Lions Club was nominated and won first place in one of those eight categories. The category was "Largest Donation to LCIF by a Lions Club." It was Michael J. Brown's great honor and privilege to represent his club on receiving one of the eight International President's 2009-10 Ginkgo awards. The Camarillo-Somis Pleasant Valley Lions Club was the only club or district in the United States and Canada to win this very prestigious award.
Bulletin Judges
The following are the Bulletin Judges for the 2010-11 Lion year. They will be listed here for a short while and then will be located under Annual Committees.
- Carol Haynes, Chairperson
- Santa Maria Noontimers Lions
- 131 Stansbury Dr, Santa Maria, CA 93455
- 805-720-5908
- (E) Haysel2@msn.com
- Jesse Russell
- Shandon Valley Lions
- P O Box 173, Shandon, CA 93461
- 805-237-1838
- (E) Jamesjesse2@yahoo.com
- Judy Core
- Saticoy Lions
- 111 Saint Pauls Drive, Ventura, CA 93003
- (H) 805-642-7205 (B) 805-525-8044
- (E) judycore@aol.com
- Sheri Hughes
- Orcutt Lions Club
- 1199 Pino Solo Dr, Santa Maria, Ca 93455
- (H) 805-934-1246 (C) 805-714-8727
- (E) Sherihughes@Verizon.Net
Facebook and Google Pages
Now that the Cabinet meeting is behind us, it is time to work on our Google and Facebook pages. For the time being, the Facebook page is open (meaning you don't have to be approved to join it). Just click on the link at the bottom of the menu and go. The Google page requires that you ask to join and be approved. The reason for that (and the reason we'll probably have to do the same with Facebook) is that spammers start posting ads for products you don't want to hear about. When you submit your request on Google, please include your real name (no one knows your email address) and club affiliation.
If you have photos of a club event, feel free to put them up on the Facebook page's photo page. You can post videos on the video page as well. We'll leave them up for several months so everyone has a chance to view them. Putting pictures up is quite easy and a wonderful way to memorialize an event. Facebook is a nice place to chat with other Lions in the district as well as post quick announcements.
The Google site is more for structured discussions. We have quite a few discussion subjects of continuing interest, like: Programs/speakers of note, a list of Eye Doctors for Screenings, Disasters/hearing/sight Community of Interest and how to handle lots of referrals from a vision screening.
Club Signage
Zone One Chairman, Lion Nick Sherwin, has coordinated getting signs made for District Clubs. If your club doesn't have a sign outside their meeting place, doesn't have signs for events or needs a banner to attract attention at a distance, check out the special pricing and details in Lion Nick's flyer.
Calendar Items
If you have an event you'd like to put on our calendar, use the link at the bottom of every page on the site. If you wish to post a flyer along with the announcement, include the content of the flyer in Microsoft Word, Adobe PDF or JPG format and sent it as an attachment to Webmaster Toby Scott.
Calendar of Events
| September 2 | DG Visitation | Santa Ynez | 11:30 AM |
| September 2 | Region N Meeting | Lins Chinese, 112 E. Harvard, Santa Paula Please, at least President and Secretary, bring your club's report, be prepared to report on clubs membership activity, goals for 2010-2011, with hard copy to Region N Chair, Barbara Penny, (H) 805 532-9965 |
6:30 PM |
| September 2 | DG Visitation | Templeton | 7:00 PM |
| September 8 | DG Visitation | Ojai Valley | 6:30 PM |
| September 10 | Channel Islands Lions Golf Tournament | River Ridge Golf Course 2401 Vineyard Ave., Oxnard $125 per person (see flyer and reservation form) |
7:30 - Noon |
| September 13 | DG Visitation | Santa Margarita | 7:30 PM |
| September 14 | DG Visitation | Goleta | 12:00 PM |
| September 14 | DG Visitation | Paso Robles | 7:00 PM |
| September 17 | DG Visitation | Ventura Breakfast | 7:00 AM |
| September 18 | Region L Meeting | Region L Chair Stan Sharpe hasn't selected a location yet, but the Region L meeting will definitely be on this date. | |
| September 18 | Simi Valley Moorpark Lions Club Installation | Borderline Restaurant 99 Rolling Oaks Dr. Thousand Oaks, CA 91361 805-446-4436 RSVP: Lion Merleen Smith, 805-529-5859 Or Lion Elvie Marfil, simivalleylions@gmail.com (see flyer) |
3:30 PM |
| September 19 | Lou Benetti Memorial Golf Tournament & California Classic Blind Golf Tournament | Vandenberg Village Country Club $125 per golfer, $500 team Awards banquet to follow prox 6:30. Additional tickets $20. Contact Roger or Howard Shaw hemkshaw@verizon.net Please read the Sponsor Form and then fill out the Entry Form. |
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| September 20 | DG Visitation | Fillmore | 7:00 PM |
| September 21 | DG Visitation | Oxnard Channel Island | 7:00 PM |
| September 23 | DG Visitation | Santa Paula | 6:30 PM |
| September 26 | Oxnard Health Fair | Our Lady of Guadalupe Church 530 Juanita Avenue, Oxnard |
8 AM |
| September 28 | DG Visitation | Cayucos | 7:00 PM |
| October 5 | DG Visitation | El Rio Educators | 3:30 PM |
| October 6 | DG Visitation | Santa Maria Sunrisers | 7:15 AM |
| October 6 | DG Visitation | Santa Maria Noontimers | 12:00 PM |
| October 6 | DG Visitation | Santa Maria Valley | 6:30 PM |
| October 7 | DG Visitation | Ventura Downtown | 12:00 PM |
| October 8 | DG Visitation | Oxnard Noontimers | 12:00 PM |
| October 12 | DG Visitation | Cambria | 7:00 PM |
| October 14 | DG Visitation | Morro Bay | 7:00 PM |
| October 20 | DG Visitation | Orcutt | 7:00 PM |
| October 21 | DG Visitation | Carpinteria | 7:00 PM |
| October 26 | DG Visitation | Pleasant Valley | 7:00 PM |
| October 28 | DG Visitation | Ventura Westside | |
| November 4 | DG Visitation | San Miguel | 7:00 PM |
| November 4 | DG Visitation | Santa Barbara Host | 12:00 PM |
| November 9 | DG Visitation | Simi Valley | 7:00 PM |
| November 11 | DG Visitation | El Rio | 7:00 PM |
| November 12-13 | Second District Meeting | Cambria | |
| November 17 | DG Visitation | Saticoy | 6:00 PM |
| November 18 | DG Visitation | Nipomo | 8:00 AM |
| November 18 | DG Visitation | San Luis Obispo | 12:10 PM |
| November 18 | DG Visitation | Lompoc Host | 7:00 PM |
| December 1 | DG Visitation | Arroyo Grande | 7:00 PM |
| December 9 | DG Visitation | Shandon Valley | 7:00 PM |
| December 9 | DG Visitation | Vandenberg Village | 12:10 PM |
| December 14 | DG Visitation | Atascadero | 7:00 PM |
| February 22 | Student Speaker Contest Deadline for Clubs | ||
| March 14 | Student Speaker Contest Deadline for Zones | ||
| April 11 | Student Speaker Contest Deadline for Regions | ||
| May 2 | Student Speaker Contest Deadline for District | ||
| February 25-26 | Third District meeting | Carpinteria Club House | |
| February 27 | The Great Chili Cookoff | Cayucos Lions will be hosting the 3rd "Chili Challange".....All Lions Clubs in Region L (Zones #1 and #2) are invited to participate and attend..... Call Lion Dick Moon 805-995-1218 for info. | |
| May 13-15 | 2011 District Convention | Santa Maria, Raddison at the Airport | |
| June 4 | Council of Governors Meeting & MD-4 Student Speakers Final | San Jose |