Report on a meeting of the Southeast Springfield Lions
Membership Committee on Tuesday, July 22, 2008.
Present: Larry Evans, Ruth Gardner, Jim Ragain, Dennis
Washam and Hubert Morris, committee chairman
1. Regarding visitors:
a. When a person visits our Lions Club meeting at the invitation of one of
our members, our
member pays for their lunch.
b. On the second visit to our club meeting by the visitor, our club pays
for the lunch.
2. Regarding prizes given for our members who bring new
members into the club:
a. Our members are eligible to win a cash prize of $35 at
the end of a designated two-month
period if they bring the most new
members into the club by the end of the two months,
provided they have
brought at least two new members into the club .
b. We propose that the three periods of two-months each shall be
September-October,
January-February, and April-May.
c. When a club member brings a new member into the club, our club member's
meal is
provided on the day the new member is publicly received.
3. The committee requests that our club program chairman
occasionally introduce to the club a
person who is the recipient of a
cornea transplant or a seeing-eye dog, etc.
4. The committee requests our club secretary to provide for the committee
a list of former
members of the club or inactive members, so that they may
be invited to renew their
membership in the club.
5. The committee wishes to highlight for the club some
"selling points" for us to consider when
inviting prospective members to
join the club
.a. Becoming a member \ of Southeast Springfield Lions Club provides a
means for newcomers
to Springfield to get "connected" with the members of
our club and to become better informed
members of our community by hearing
our guest speakers.
b. It provides a means to unite with others in what may be the greatest
service club in America
and collectively raise funds that help the blind
and deaf receive sight and hearing. Helen Keller
calls the members of
Lions Clubs her "knights of the blind."
6. If the executive board of our club approves the
committee's recommendations, are
there steps that the executive board would like to see the committee take
to initiate the
membership drive in September-October?
