Membership Duties:

• Recruit and retain members and schedule Orientation meetings at least quarterly.

• Ensure sponsors fulfill their responsibilities.

• Track meeting attendance. Call any member who misses two consecutive regular meetings to determine the reason for the absence.

• Coordinate with the Secretary on membership changes.  

• Maintain the membership contact information in the Club's email tool.

• Contact all members as needed and report results to the Board and follow-up on sick members status, including offers of help, as needed.

• Responsible for flowers and memorials. Send e-mails to memership with notices of member passings.

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Lion Development Duties:

• Follow the activities of Lions in the Club.

• Recommend improvements of procedures as needed.

• Work with Membership and Attendance Committee for attendance records.

• Recognize outstanding service.

• Ensure grooming for future Club officers.

• Recommend "Outstanding Lion" and present awards.

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​Benevolent Committee Duties:

• Provide meals, visits and assistance to sick Lions as needed.

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Public Relations Duties:

• Obtain coverage of Club activities in local, Austin and San Antonio media.

• Develop articles on Club activities and achievements and submit them to Lions Magazine for publication.

• Prepare District communiques when needed.

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Finance  Duties:

• Develop and prepare the Field & Administrative budgets and accounts.

• Present necessary updates, reports and modifications to the Board and membership. ​​​​​​​

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Risk Management & Safety Duties:

• Identify possible accidental loss potential to the Wimberley Lions Club.

• Develop programs to minimize or prevent those losses.

• Analyze and recommend to the board means of financing risk.

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​Website Updates & Development Duties:

• Update data on wimberleymarketday.com amd wimberleylions.com as changes identified.

• Develop new Lions Central Database (LCD) to centralize all Lions data related to club information (membership, volunteers, Leos, etc.)

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Constitution & By-Laws Duties:

• Assure that the Club operates within the parameters of the International, State and Local constitutions and by-laws.

• Recommend changes to the Constitution and by-laws as necessary.

 

Lion Emergency Assistance Program (LEAP) Duties:

• Assure that guidelines are met regarding individual assistance to members in time of crisis, hardship or emergency and ensure that confidentiality is maintained.

• Keep Board informed of totals of disbursements, but not names of recipients.

 

Lion of the Year Duties:

• Nominate at least three Lions for this award from the current membership.

• Following established procedure, committee members will be past recipients of the Lion of the Year Award.

• The chair will be the most recent winner .

• Additional nominees may be made from the floor, however, nominees cannot be previous recipients of the award.

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Long Range Planning Duties:

• Consider a 5 year projection that includes examines these issues:

  • The future focus of the Club's activities

  • Development of a Membership Retention Plan

  • Club activities and organizational structure

• As a minimum, consider the following areas: Buildings, Facilities, Location & Market Day; Community involvement; Lions District, State and International involvement.

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Melvin Jones Duties:

• Nominate deserving Lions from this Club as recipients of the Melvin Jones Award.

• Only past recipients are eligible to participate on this committee.

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Nominations Duties:

• Prepare a slate of nominees for open positions for the upcoming year and present to the membership.

• This committee is chaired by the 1st Vice-President.