
Wimberley Lions Club Management
Membership
Duties:
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Recruit and retain members and schedule Orientation Meetings at least quarterly.
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Ensure sponsors fulfill their responsibilities.
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Keep up to date on attendance - call any member who misses two consecutive meetings to ascertain the reason for the absence.
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Contact all members as needed and report results to the Board and follow-up on sick members status, including offers of help, as needed.
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Responsible for Flowers & Memorials. Send e-mail/call BOD/membership of deaths.
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Lion Development
Duties:
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Follow the activities of Lions in the Club.
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Recommend improvements of procedures as needed.
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Work with Membership and Attendance Committee for attendance records.
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Recognize outstanding service.
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Ensure grooming for future Club officers.
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Recommend "Outstanding Lion" and present awards.
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​Benevolent Committee
Duties:
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Provide meals/visits/assistance to sick Lions as needed.
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Public Relations
Duties:
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Obtain coverage of Club activities in local, Austin and San Antonio media.
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Develop articles on Club activities and achievements and submit them to Lions Magazine for publication.
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Prepare District Communiques when needed.
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Finance
Duties:
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Develop and prepare the Field & Administrative Budgets and Accounts.
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Present necessary updates, reports and modifications to the Board and membership.​​​​​​​
Risk Management & Safety
Duties:
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Identify possible accidental loss potential to the Wimberley Lions Club.
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Develop programs to minimize or prevent those losses.
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Analyze and recommend to the board means of financing risk.
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Website Updates & Development
Duties:
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Update data on shopmarketdays.com as changes are warranted.
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Develop new Lions Central Database (LCD) to centralize all Lions data related to vendors, day leasing, membership, volunteers, Leo's, etc.
Constitution & By-Laws
Duties:
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Assure that the Club operates within the parameters of the International, State and Local constitutions and by-laws.
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Recommend changes to the Constitution and by-laws as they become necessary.
Lion Emergency Assistance Program (LEAP)
Duties:
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Assure that guidelines are met regarding individual assistance to members in time of crisis, hardship or emergency and ensure that confidentiality is maintained.
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Keep Board informed of totals of disbursements, but not names of recipients.
Lion of the Year
Duties:
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Following established procedure, committee members will be past recipients of the Lion of the Year Award. It will be chaired by the most recent winner for the next year.
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Nominate at least three Lions for this award from the current membership.
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Additional nominees may be made from the floor, however, nominees cannot be previous recipients of the award.
Long Range Planning
Duties:
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Consider a 5 year projection that includes examines these issues: What should be the focus of the Club's activities; Development of a Membership Retention Plan; Club activities & organizational structure.
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As a minimum, consider the following areas: Buildings, Facilities, Location & Market Day; Community involvement; Lions District, State and International involvement.
Melvin Jones
Duties:
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Nominate deserving Lions from this Club as recipients of the Melvin Jones Award.
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Only past recipients are eligible to participate on this committee.
Nominations
Duties:
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This committee is chaired by the 1st Vice-President of the club.
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A committee will be formed to prepare a slate of nominees for open positions for the upcoming year and presented to the membership.