Building On Our Success
27-D1 District Cabinet Meeting - August 5, 2018
Coachman's Golf Resort, Edgerton, WI
Cabinet Meeting Minutes
Call to Order at 12:35 by DG John Elverkrog
Pledge led by 1st VDG Conrad Dreyer
Moment of Silence - DG John Elverkrog asked that we observe a moment of silence to remember PDG Peter Meyer of Beloit who passed away on July 7, 2018.
Words of Wisdom from Melvin Jones, given by 1st VDG Conrad Dreyer: “You cannot get very far until you start doing something for someone else”.
Installation of Cabinet was conducted by PID Phil Ingwell.
IPDG Jodi Burmester was recognized for her service with a plaque. Words cannot express how much IPDG Jodi means to our District through her leadership and actions. Not only was IPDG Jodi our first woman District Governor, she was the first Council of Governor's Chair from our District since PDG Glenn Hauge represented 27-D1 20 years ago.
DG John Elverkrog's Goals for 2018-2019:
✔ Establish a new Lions Club in Barneveld, Wisconsin; previous club was disbanded almost 20 years ago.
✔ Establish 2 new LEOs Clubs in the District.
✔ Ask each club start a new service project during 2018-2019; diabetes and childhood cancer have been added to the focus projects.
✔ Increase women members in the Lions, 30% of the District's members are women and 50% of new members are women.
✔ End the year with positive membership.
He reported that with excess funds from last year's 100 Celebration Budget IPDG Jodi purchased 10 “Pop Up Style” tents, one for each District. The tents are yellow with Lions logo and can be used by any club in the District.
Secretary report - DG John Elverkrop reported the minutes are on the District website. There were no questions or discussion about the minutes. Motion to approve by PID Phil Ingwell, seconded PDG Bob Faliveno. Motion approved.
Treasurer report - CT Bill Severson was not in attendance. DG John Elverkrog briefed that cabinet on the audit of the financial records completed on July 27, 2018 by PDG John Jenson. The Administrative and Activities Accounts are in sound financial condition. Several Activity Accounts have a lot of monies in them and committees should think of ways to use the funds. Motion to approve by PDG Bob Faliveno, seconded by PDG Dick Schwedrsky. Motion approved.
A Presentation of the Childhood Cancer Project was given by Lion Doctor Sri Vasudevan of the Port Washington, Wisconsin Lions Club. Dr. Sri is the WD27 and 27-A2 Children's Cancer Chair. He spoke about the $100,000 matching grant that was approved by the LCIF Board of Directors for the purchase of a piece of equipment called a Flow Cytometer. The equipment will be used at the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Over $10,000 has been raised towards the matching goal, but the remainder most be raised by November 11, 2018. Future discussions will be with the Carbone Cancer Center at the University of Wisconsin about another Flow Cytometer. DG John Elverkrog will be our District's Chair for this project.
Verbal Committee Reports:
GMT - Lion Tara Vraniak reported that in July the District added eleven new members, but we lost twelve members. She stressed retention of members. The exit evaluations she received from members during 2017-2018 showed that 30% of the members dropped had been Lions for 3 years or less.
GLT - Lion Mike Keller reported that 230 District Lions members attended the spring officer training sessions, which represented 85% of the clubs in the District. Zone Chair training was held on August 1, 2018 with 100% of the Zone Chairs attending.
GST - Lion Bruce Voight reported that 1,923 service projects were completed by the District clubs during 2017-2018. The 5 main focus projects represented 1,300 of those service projects. He would like to see a 10% increase in District projects during 2018-2019.
WLF - Past WLF President John Dickson welcomed Lioness Julie Baglama to the District WLF Directors team. He has signed construction contracts for the Honors Garden expansion at the Lions Camp. This will be completed over a several years time period. Another good year for campers attending the camp. He will be completing his sixth and final year as a WLF Director on June 30, 2019 and reminded us that anyone considering the position must apply by December 2018 to be on the ballot for March District Convention. Lion John was the first WLF President to represent our District in 20 years since the late PDG Don Johnson.
LCIF - Lion Bill Clausius reported that donations to LCIF increase from $33,164 in 2016-2017 to $38,832 in 2017-2018. While this increase was great to see, he encouraged all clubs in the District make a donation to LCIF.
Lions Pride Endowment Fund - PDG Rollie Manthe has been a strong believer in the endowment fund since its inception. So far he has donated $24,000 to the fund. The interest earned by his donation will pay for one camper each year for life. PDG Rollie has a personal goal of donating $30,000 to the endowment fund that will sponsor 2 campers for life and he is challenging the clubs in the District to match his goal so that 2 campers would be sponsored by the District for life.
Restoring Hope Transplant House - PDG Bob Faliveno reported that the house's six bedrooms are always full and many people have to be turned away. The MD27 has a goal of raising $300,000 from Lions clubs in the state for the construction of an addition to the house. So far $253,777 has been raised. It is hoped that the remaining amount will be raised by June 2019. Our District 27-D1 has raised $84,480 of the total. Construction of the $1.5 million addition has been delayed because of utilities interruptions caused by other construction if the area of the house. PDG Bob said there is a display about the house available for District conventions. There is a wish list on the RHTH website for items needed every day at the house.
Hearing Conservation - PDG Rick Koch reminded clubs to continue making donations to the hearing conservation project in light of the demands to fund new projects. Between 18-20 applications are approved each year from people in Wisconsin requesting financial assistance in getting hearing aids.
Children's Vision Screening - Lion Dave Hineline reminded clubs to report the number of children screened to him on the new reporting form. Screenings completed and reported for the July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018 are: Forty-One Lions & Lioness clubs have participated and reported a total of 13,363 children screened and 1,062 referred. That is a 7.95% referral rate. It also is an increase of 2300 more screenings over the previous year. A Children's Vision Screener training session is scheduled for September 6, 2018 at the Village Center in Waunakee.
Stuff the Bus - DG John Elverkrog announced that many clubs will be collecting school supplies in the coming weeks for students in the schools located in our District.
USA/Canada Forum - Lion Greg Clark and 2nd VDG Tammy Rockenbach will be among those attending from our District. PID Mark Hintzmann is the chairperson of the leadership forum to be held in Columbus, Ohio. The forum kicks off with a tailgate party and everyone is encouraged to wear their favorite team gear. Many sessions are planned and great speakers have been lined up.
Annoucements:
PDG Jerry Sherwin donated 250 Lions pins to the Youth Exchange Abroad Program. The pins were given to PDG Glenn Hauge and PDG Rollie Manthe to be given to Lion Ben August, the District Chair of the youth Exchange Program. PDG Jerry, past District Pin Chair, receives the pins from Lions and families of deceased Lions in the District to be given to youth in the exchange program to be shared in their travels abroad. The District recognizes the efforts of PDG Jerry to promote goodwill and Lionism in our youth as they represent our District as they travel abroad.
Lion Adam Crowson reported on a partnership with the Salvation Army for Bell Ringers this winter. Only 35% of the bell ringer openings are filled annually. This is a way for Lions to get involved.
Lion Bill Clausius announced that the Sun Prairie Lions club has raised the matching goal to $15,000 for the gas explosion disaster in the City of Sun Prairie.
The Diabetes Committee will be meeting with Representative Mark Pocan about changes in coverage under the Affordable Care Act for people with diabetes. They also hope to meet with Senator Ron Johnson.
District Governor Golf Outing, Birch Sturm Golf Outing, Monroe Cheese Days 3rd week of September, Cross Plains Lions September 30 th celebration, Kettle Moraine Lions 25th celebration with 3rd IVP Brian Sheehan of Bird Island, Minnesota.
Adjourned at 2:37pm
Reports:
Agenda
Minutes from May Cabinet Meeting
Treasurers Report-Activities (pdf)
Treasurers Report-Administrative (pdf)
2nd Vice District Governor Report
District Audit Letter (pdf)
Children's Vision Screening Report (pdf)
Children's Vision Screening Reporting Form (Excel)
Combat Blindness International Report
Diabetes Committee Report
Environmental Report
Global Leadership Team Report
Global Management Team Report
Health and Wellness Report
Hearing Preservation Report
International Convention Committee Report (pdf)
LCIF Report
LCIF 2018 GRANT FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER
Leader Dog Report
Leo Report
Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin Report (pdf)
MyLCI Report
Peace Poster Report
Pin Report
Region 1 Zone 2 Report
USA Canada Forum Report
Wisconsin Lions Mission Report
Youth Exchange Report (pdf)
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