MINUTES OF THE LCI D412 BOARD MEETING- 1st COUNCIL MEETING

MINUTES OF THE LCI D412 BOARD MEETING- 1st COUNCIL MEETING

Date: 12 August 2006
Time: 22: 20pm
Venue: Harare Institute of Technology (Leo Club of Harare West)
Call to order; Immediate Past Leo District President Leo Anthony Siyavunda called the meeting to order.
Attendance
Lion Dr Paterson Mapanda Leo Anthony Siyavunda Leo Simbarashe Mapira Leo Chris Bvunzawabaya Leo Bernard Muvhami Leo Letwin Mapanda
Apologies:
LDP Leo Melusi Lusaba
LDVP Leo Maipelo Mogotsi
LDT Leo Yotamu Muroiwa
LDS Leo Blessings Zindi
LR1C Leo Fred LR5C Leo Oreinele Masikara

Approval of minutes:

Since most of the board members from the past meeting were not present, the minutes were not tabled.

Matters Arising:
Present board members reviewed the past quarter and previewed their plans of action for the next quarter.

LR2C: Leo Chris Bvunzawabaya

To resuscitate Africa University with the formation of a Leo Club or a campus Lions
Club with the help of Lion Iqbal
To establish a Leo Club at Christe Mambo High School
To resuscitate Leo Clubs at St Mary's Magdalene and Kutama
To contact Lion Jessie Khaka and former Leo Tendai Mutimutema in resuscitating
Leo Clubs in Chinhoyi.
To work with Lions Clubs in Harare and form more Leo Clubs in Harare with
prospective being Watershed, Eaglesvale and Oriel.
To collect district dues from active clubs.

LR3C Bernard Muvhami:

To help revive Camelot High School Leos with the help of Lion Smith.
The new board at Shungu High is ineffective therefore should help rebuild the club
To see into the present status of Nkululeko, Drake and send their request for resuscitation.
Work closely with two new clubs Batanai and Goldridge and Educare
To contact Leo Advisors at Manunure, Regina Mundi, Victoria and Kyle and follow up.
To contact Lions in Zvishavane and Shurugwi and help build Leo Clubs

LR4C Letwin Mapanda:

To contact Khumalo Lions Club to formally charter Solusi University
To contact Lions Club of Matopos and Leo Thembi for the formation of a Leo Club at NUST
To help rebuild Gifford and Townsend
To contact Lion Jessie for the formation of a Leo Clubs in Victoria Falls and Hwange

District Board Reimbursements:

1.) Transport claims for 2005- 2006 Leoistic Year

Gweru Regional Meeting: Leo Anthony Siyavunda $200, 00
Thornhill Council Meeting: Leo Anthony $300, 00
Leo Denford Mbengo $1 50, 00
Club visits- Victoria and Kyle: Leo Anthony $806, 00
Leo Melusi Lusaba $300, 00
Leo Simbarashe Mapira $500, 00
Leo Blessings Zindi $300, 00
Total: S2550

2.) Transport claims for 1st Council Meeting 2006- 2007
Leo Anthony Siyavunda-$ 5000. 00
Leo Letwin Mapanda-$300, 00
Leo Bernard Muvhami-$2500, 00
Leo Bernard Muvhami-$5000, 00
Leo Simbarashe Mapira$1000, 00

Total: S18 800, 00

Total Reimbursements:$21350, 00

Reimbursements Collections:

Leo Anthony for Leo Melusi $300, 00
Leo Bernard for Leo Blessings $300, 00
Leo Simba for Leo Elizabeth $800, 00
Leo Chris for Leo Denford $150, 00

Bernard Muvhami read the minutes

Compiled by LR2C Leo Chris Bvunzawabaya and LR2C Leo Letwin Mapanda

ALPHA LEO CLUB OF PETERHOUSE REPORT TO THE COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 12TH OF AUGUST 2006 IN HARARE

ALPHA LEO CLUB OF PETERHOUSE REPORT TO THE COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 12TH OF AUGUST 2006 IN HARARE

Greetings to all Leos and Lions,

The Club

Our club consists of 24 members with 9 of them holding board positions. The Leos from Harare West inducted us all on The 17th of June and it was a memorable evening. For meetings we meet once every two weeks to discuss upcoming events and our visits.

Finances: Charity Account-Z$120m
Administration Account-Z$1.2m

ACTIVITIES

Once every 2 weeks we visit places in our community with the less fortunate, the sick, or the old. Although we strive to go once every two weeks there are times when we cannot do so due to circumstances beyond our control. These are some of the places in our community that we have been able to serve so far.

a) KUKURA NESHUNGU
This is an institute for mentally and in some cases physically handicapped children. The matron Mrs Gambe spoke to us in length about how important it is to embrace the less fortunate in our community. All the members were able to open up their hearts and express their love to these children and enthusiastically play games with them. We donated stationery that the children would use at school.
b) MARONDERA HOSPITAL
When we visited this place we always went to the children's wards. We sat with the children and gave them fruit and talked to them, as we tried to make them forget the pain they were experiencing. We wished them a speedy recovery and sang songs with them.
c) BORRADAILE TRUST
This is an old people's home. It is always very pleasant to sit down and chat with the residents of this place while they would be eating the cakes we would have brought for them.
d) MARIRANGWE SCHOOL
We visited this place for the first time. It is a school in Marondera that is still developing and has children who walk very long distances just to attend this school. We visited them once and we were able to lose ourselves and play with the children after school and do many other activities.
e) NYAMENI ORPHANAGE
This place is also known as Musha Wevana. This is a place where some of the orphans in our Marondera community stay. When we visited them the children wasted no time in dragging us to their favourite play spots and forcing us to play games some of us had personally never heard of before. We never imagined the day 5 year old children would teach us pupils how to do things right especially in the form of games and entertainment. This was an unforgettable experience for us all. We were able to donate blankets to the children to protect them from the cold weather during winter.
f) MRS MAPFUMO
She is the wife of one of the cooks at Peterhouse. This lady was run over by a bus in the communal lands and therefore got her leg amputated from the knee down. 3 years ago Leo Club bought her a leg brace so that she would be able to walk properly, but this year she was having trouble walking because it had worn out. Mr Mapfumo then told our club about this and that he could not afford to buy a new leg brace for his wife and sought for our assistance. We were able to buy her a new leg brace which was fitted in, in July 2006.
g) FUNDRAISING
To fundraise for the club we usually
1)run a tuck-shop at major sports events like rugby and basketball matches
2)Carrying out raffles is also another way by which we fundraise e.g. cakeraffles.
3)Pop corn sales and burger rolls sales are also usually a success.
4)In the beginning of the year we held a joke competition within the schoolwhich proved to be a great success.
h) TWINNING
So far we are twinning with Nyanga High School and they have invited us to their workshop on the 15th of September 2006.

I) UPCOMING EVENTS include:
• Soccer and basketball Tournament
• Leo Club Fun Day
• School clean up
• A raffle
• Team building event
• Various popcorn sales and tuck shops.

In ending this report I want to remind all of you of this poem which sums up what a real Leo does.


I WILL DO MORE
I will do more than care, I will help,
I will do more than earn, I will enrich
I will do more than dream, I will work,
I will do more than teach, I will inspire,
I will do more than forgive, I will forget
I will more than fair, I will be kind,
I will do more than believe, I will practise,
I will do more than be friendly; I will be a friend
I will be more than a citizen; I will be a patriot,
I will do more than give, I WILL SERVE

I AM A LEO

If I had my way I would include a line which I feel is prominent and of great importance to both the club and to society and it goes like this:

I will do more than my best; I will do what is right.

I AM A LEO.



LEO PRIMROSE NYAMAYARO
ALPHA LEO CLUB OF PETERHOUSE SECRETARY

LEO PRESIDENT
SIMBA MATUPIRE

Leo Club of G-West (UB) Report to 2nd Council Meeting

Leo Club of G-West (UB)

c/o SRC, University of Botswana, Private Bag 0022, Gaborone

tel: 3555071, e-mail: leosinub@yahoo.com

REPORT: Leo Club of G-west (UB)

TABLED AT: D412 Leo council meeting

DATE: 8-10 December 2006

AT: Kwekwe, Zimbabwe

BY: Leo Kago S. Mathengwane (President 2006-2007)

MEMBERSHIP: total-32

16 active

10 prospective

6 at large

FINANCE:

ADMIN A/C BALANCE: P30.00

CHARITY A/C BALANCE: P50.00

Projects:

Special Olympics (10-13 august)-Leos assisted the lions in preparing and serving food to over 400 participants during the Paralympics!

A lot of hard work but at the end of the day it paid off-was definitely worth it! The joy in those children's faces kept us going from as early as 0600 till around 2200pm!!!!!

Special thanks to the lions -who battled -with us, especially Lions president, Lion Carmo-she's a strong person!

Blood donation (September)-the blood donation is held every semester, twice a year in the university campus to assist the national blood bank whose cry is persistent blood shortage and reluctance of the general public to donate blood. This semester about 250 people donated blood.

Thanks to the dedicated leos of g-west lives have been saved and they continue to be!!

*District governor's visit (25.09.06)- District 412 District Governor Major Kebby Konnie paid us a visit en route from Lobatse and Jwaneng.we had a productive meeting and were given a banner for the club and some office bearers were given pins (secretary, treasurer and president). it was a very important day for our club-the district governor is not a frequent guest in any Leo club!!!!

Molepolole prospective Leos visit (07.10.06)-we are working with the lions club of Molepolole who want to charter a new Leo club and we visited the prospective Leos to chit-chat about leoism (experiences, leoism e.t.c).

Sponsored walk (14.10.06~) Lobatse-in support of the lions club of Lobatse and to try to recruit new members for the Leo club of Lobatse which we hope to revive soon! Leos were represented and our efforts paid off, we managed to talk some young people into recruiting their friends into the club. Some extra beautiful t-shirts were given to the Leos who attended and one for the club as memorabilia.

Many thanks to the lions of Lobatse..., for everything.

HIV/AIDS workshop (28.10.06)-the workshop was held as planned with the objective of establishing a practical partnership with senior schools in Gaborone and HIV/AIDS organizations. Despite the low turn over, the workshop was quite an experience.

December service trip (04.12.06)-This is an annual trip in which several projects are undertaken including: donation of blankets, toys, grocery to an identified destitute family (we'll also spend a whole day with them doing household chores!) Books will also be donated to the primary school where we will be lodging, car wash to raise money for the grocery, litter picking and grass slashing as our clean up campaign. We will also visit the pediatric ward of the hospital. In all we will spend 1 whole week this December passionately serving the Kasane community!

Great appreciation goes to the organizing committee, Leos Gaone,Hazi and Boitshepo

Carols by candlelight (10.12.06)-various, service organizations in Gaborone including us are organizing carols by candlelight for children in Gaborone. The event will be held on 10th December 2006.these are rotary club, round club, lions club and Leo club of g-west.

Leo D412 convention 2006-2007-We will be hosting the annual Leo district 412 convention at the university of Botswana during the 2007 Easter holidays and we are depending on all our lions to help us in every possible way. We are expecting delegates from all five Leo regions. Coincidentally Leos will be 50 years old next year, we want it to be a memorable 50 years birthday at the convention.(for more info refer to the convention update)

FUND RAISING:
Braai: objective is to have it every other weekend to raise money for our Kasane December service trip. This has not been realized so far because of problems with securing a venue for the braai.However, we have had 1 braai at a fellow Leo's residence.
Bookstall: it runs every Saturday spearheaded by the lions club. We get 15% of the sales.
Donation sheets: these were provided to every member of the club to raise money for the December service trip to Kasane.

NB: many thanks to the lions club of Gaborone who have sponsored our expenses to Kwekwe.

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KYLE COLLEGE LEO CLUB REPORT 1st Council Meeting 06

KYLE COLLEGE LEO CLUB REPORT
2nd Council Meeting Report

Membership: Active - 24
Non Active -0

Finances: Charity a/c- $26 280 000-
Administration a/c - $ 2 400 000-Committee members:

President Donna Enslin
Vice President Tanaka MutakwaSecretary Venus Khan
Treasurer Mufaro Makuwerere
PRO Michelle Hakuna
Tail Twister Niek van Hardewijk
Patron Mrs G Enslin

FUNDRAISING PROJECTS (from April Council meeting until 2 Aug '06)

• We held our first gig on 24 May 2006. It was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
• We held a games night on 17 June 2006. There were numerous board gameslike monopoly and chess available, as well as mini soccer (slug), play station 2,an eating competition, a very popular "Fear Factor" and Blind dates. Studentscould pay us to organize timed blind dates with 2 students of their choice. The night was a great success
• We held a World Cup Raffle. Students had to guess which country would winthe World Cup to stand a chance of winning

OTHER PROJECTS
• We held our annual Africa Day Soccer Tournament for the students on 25 may2006. This year we had 8 boys teams and 8 girls teams, involving about 132 students.
• We have started a garden in the school grounds to mark the 10th anniversary of our school.
• We held the annual voting for next year's committee. This is so that they can act as understudies for a term before they go into office next year, and to give the upper 6th students a chance to study for their final examinations. The resultswill be published next term.

Report compiled by Donna Enslin

Leo President

LDP 1st Council Meeting Report-12 August 2006

LEO DISTRICT 412

PRESIDENTS REPORT

Report to the 1st- Council Meeting held at Harare on the 12th of August 2006

Greetings to all, and I hope that we are all serving well.

Communication

Although we have not reached the desired levels in terms of our communication, I am glad to note that we are making effort to communicate fully at all levels from the clubs going all the way up. Please try by all means to communicate your activities to your region chair, the Leo Board, the Lions and International. Through communication our efforts can be recognised and thus rewarded.

Regional Meetings

Our council meeting gives us all the opportunity to meet and share ideas in various areas. This will be a platform to motivate all Leos as per our Theme this Leoistic Year. Not all of can attend these meetings and as such the region chairs will organize regional meetings now and again in the hope that all Leos have a chance to meet and learn. If a meeting is organized in your area please do make an effort to attend and learn, for it is in learning that we develop.

Leo Projects

One of the goals of our Leo program is for Leos to take a leading role in community development issues. After careful assessment of needs and thought the project takes off the ground and is implemented. The sad thing that I have noted is that although we are serving in some way ,are we getting a balance in our projects?I think we should all try to have wide ranging and different projects ranging from environmental projects, health related projects, personal development and of course our favorite, social projects. If we all aim for diversity in our projects we learn more and the community benefits more. So please can we have a variety of projects not the same projects over and over again. Don't be afraid of the challenge big projects bring, remember failure is the opportunity to start again, more intelligently and learn in the process .so go for it, what have you got to lose.

Membership:

We continue to have a steady membership base despite the problems that most Leos in Zimbabwe are facing. Leos in Malawi and Botswana are still serving but need a lot of motivation to help them serve better.

October is membership growth month. This is a month when all our clubs should focus our efforts on membership growth. Clubs should come up with different strategies on how to increase and retain members. Should you have more questions on this issue and how to plan your strategy please contact your Region Chair.
As an added incentive Leos who recruit three or more new members in October can receive the Leo Club Membership Growth Award. This is a lapel pin that will be award. Leo club advisors submitt(to the youth department at International Headquarters) their name and mailing address; the name of the Leo to receive the award : and the names of the new Leo Members. The closing date for the request is 30 November

So fellow Leos and Lions lets add new blood in our clubs. Remember that the only way a club can grow is to recruit new member to offset the ones that leave our clubs. Without this addition we would not have clubs after members leave.

District Dues

I know the Treasurer will have a lot to say regarding the payment of district dues. If your club has not paid its dues please do so, to help the district run smoothly

Finally, Allow me to take this opportunity to thank all my board members who are helping me. The teamwork that they have displayed is exemplary and they have been sure good team players. Keep it up fellow Leos

Also to all the Lions and Leo Patron for the various clubs in the district, I say to you, Thank you for showing faith in the Leo programe and the trust in the Leos and allowing them to serve. We don't take all your efforts for granted and thank you all

Fellow Leos, Lions and Friends remember to enjoy the little things in life, for one day you will look back and see that they were big things!

Leo Melusi Lusaba

Leo District President

4105Mkoba17 Mkoba.Gweru

Zimbabwe

Melusi@ipcs.mw

Melusi@comone.

co.zw +26311733338( cell)

+26354255686(Home)

+265 960010( Cell) Malawi

TEAMWORK AND MOTIVATION FOR QUALITY SERVICE