HEY, DISTRICT 41 LIONS……
“IT’S PARTY TIME”
What: District 41 Convention
Where: Samoset Resort, Rockport, Maine
When: April 24, 25 & 26, 2009
Come “Celebrate” all that the Lions of District 41
have accomplished this past year.
Have you made your reservations yet?
What are you waiting for??? Time’s a wasting!!!!!
Don’t miss out on all the fun, golf, fellowship, good food, seminars, etc.
Attached is a reservation form for the meals, etc.
To reserve your rooms call the Samoset direct 1-800-341-1650.
Tell them you’re with the District 41 Lions
Cutoff date for the hotel to hold rooms for us is March 30th.
After that date, the price goes up and you take what is available.
Some reminders:
Silent Auction
- This year we’re doing a “Silent Auction” that will be available in the
Monhegan Room right off the lobby. You may view and bid on at your leisure all weekend.
Sign up at the Registration Desk for a number. Keep checking and update your bids whenever
you wish. Winners will be announced on Sunday at the Luncheon.
Items are needed for the auction and as usual we hope that the
Clubs will again please donate one or two.
(A basket of goodies, gift certificates, jewelry, books, knitted items)
Be sure to put your Club’s name or your name on them and also the approximate value.
Friday Night Meet & Greet and Skits, etc. -
The Lions of Maine are full of fun and have lots of talent, so we’re asking the
Clubs to come up with a little fun for our Meet and Greet in the Rockland/Rockport Rom.
A skit, a club chorus, a soloist, a karaoke number, the sky’s the limit….
Use your vivid imaginations. Harrison, Damariscotta/Newcastle, Skowhegan and Massaabesic
are all planning to enter…. Now if they can do it, you or your Club can.
And, there will be prizes for “Most Original, Funniest, and Most Talented”.
Golf
PDG Bob Davis and Lion Alden McFarland are planning
a golf outing for Friday morning. Watch the next newsletter
or update for details. Know we have some golfers out there.
Door Decorating Contest
Use your imagination and make
a wreath or some sort of decoration for your door that in some
way depicts a Lions activity or fundraiser or anything about
Lions at all. It can be an individual or club effort.
We can use scotch tape, masking tape (NO duct tape)
and over-the-door hangers. Contest rules are attached.
There will be prizes for the “Most Ornate,
Most Original, Funniest, and Best Showing of Lionism”.
Banners
Clubs please remember to bring your Club Banner(s)
to the convention to place on display. They will be hung for all to see.
Let the Registration Desk know you have brought yours
so you can be directed to the proper place for exhibit.
Speakout Contest
This special event will be held Saturday afternoon
at 12:30 pm in the Bay Point Ballroom.
It is one of the highlights of the weekend.
Please plan on attending and enjoying our youth as they speak
on the subject of their choice.
Awards, Contest Winners and Recognitions
DG Harvey will be giving out Club Awards on Saturday afternoon at the
Cabinet Meeting and Individual Awards on Saturday night at the Banquet.
There may be some at the Incoming Officer’s Luncheon on Sunday.
Necrology Service
District Chaplin and CST Carl Talbot will
provide us with another of his moving tributes to the
deceased Lions of District 41.
This most moving service will be held on Sunday morning
at 9:00 am, sharp, in the Camden Room.
Display Tables
There will be table space available in the main hallway for organizations
or Clubs that wish to show off a particular project such as Diabetes,
Project Recycle, P.E.T., or whatever. To ensure you have a table,
please let a committee member know you wish to reserve a table.
4th Cabinet Meeting
Saturday at 2:30 pm will be the final Cabinet Meeting of the year in the
Bay Point Ballroom. DG Harvey will be announcing the
contest winners and presenting Club Awards.
Voting
Voting for District Governor, 1st Vice District Governor and 2nd Vice District Governor
will take place on Sunday morning at 11:00 am. There will also be a vote taken to approve
the “Proposed Policy Manual and Constitution and By-Laws changes” that were e-mailed to
all Club Presidents and Secretaries on February 13th. Please contact your President or
Secretary for a copy. Lions will gather in the Schooner Room and the actual voting will be
in the Penobscot Bay Room. Delegate cards are required to vote and Clubs must submit
their Delegate and Alternate lists to CST Carl Talbot by April 15th.
Hospitality Rooms
These are always soooo much fun. After the day’s events, we always look forward to
unwinding, letting go and really enjoying our fellow Lions…. not to mention the
great munchies and free “nightcaps” available.
DG Candidate Roger Blackstone and 1st Vice District Governor Candidate
Duke Goranites will be hosting a room on Saturday night.
Location will be posted at the hotel.
ID Candidate Ron Johnson will be hosting a room both Friday and Saturday night.
Location will be posted at the hotel.
“Borrowed” Gongs, Gavels, etc"
If somehow another Club’s gong, gavel or other item just happened to be in your possession,
(it probably just leaped into your hands), don’t forget the Visitation Rules call for these
“borrowed items” to be brought to the convention at the Samoset as they must be returned to
their rightful owners before the end of the Cabinet Meeting on Saturday. “No Questions asked"!
Dress Code Recommendations for the weekend:
1. Meetings, Programs, Seminars:
District Governor, Vice District Governor, Cabinet Secretary-Treasurer and Past District
Governors– green or navy blazer, gray, khaki or black trousers or skirts All others – casual
slacks/skirt, dress, sport coat, Lions vest.
2. Saturday Banquet:
a. Head Table – White Dinner Attire; VDGE optional whites/business attire/District dress.
CST - Business attire/District dress.
b. Past District Governors – White Dinner Attire or suit.
c. All Others – Business attire, District uniform, sport coat, dress/skirt, pant suit.
3. Incoming Officers’ and Awards Luncheon:
a. District Governor, District Governor Elect and Vice District Governor,
Vice District Governor Elect, Secretary-Treasurer, and Past District Governors –
green or navy blazer, gray, khaki or black trousers or skirts, or business attire
b All others - casual slacks/skirt, dress, sport coat, or Lions vest.
Contacts
Lion Carolyn Gile, Chair cgile@roadrunner.com 324-5994 (H) or 651-1126 (C)
Lion Paula Beach, Asst. Chair, padabeach@wildblue.net 634-5282 (H) or 399-7219 (C)
Lion Faye Roderick, roderfam@megalink.net 647-9438 (H)
Lion Duke Goranites, goranites@aol.com 647-9438 (H)
Lion Cindi LaHaye, goose58c@aol.com 865-9747 (H)
We’re ready to assist you in any way we can.
Club Presidents, Secretaries, all recipients of District News, etc. -
Please, please share this with your club members.
Please encourage attendance at this great event.
at The Main Lions Convention
Decorate your hotel room door using a variety of items showing “Lionism at its best”.
This is a time to show other Lions, hotel staff and other guests why Lions is important and
what Lions do. You can depict service projects, fundraising projects, or
just “funny” lions. This is meant as a way to have fun.
We will have judging in the following categories: Most Ornate, Most Original, Funniest,
Best Showing of Lionism. Judging will be happening Saturday sometime after 10:00 am.
Please fill in a registration form upon registering so we will have names and room numbers
of all Lions who wish to compete. Plan to come and have fun.
If any questions, please call Faye Roderick 207-647-8058 or e-mail
RULES:
The hotel has requested that the only tape to be used to adhere things to the doors
would be either scotch tape or masking tape (NO duct tape). Also, do not use screws, nails,
push pins, thumbtacks. Over the door hangers (such as for wreaths) can be used if the
door will close – otherwise your door will be open all weekend.
Maine Lions Together -Still
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DISTRICT 41 LIONS CONVENTION April 24-26, 2009
SAMOSET RESORT by the Ocean Rockport, ME
Featuring International Director Vince Vinella
Reservation Form
__ Lion __ Lioness__Leo ______________________________________
Club: __________________________________________________________
Phone #: _______________________________________________________
Address: _______________________________________________________
Guest Name(s)__________________________________________________________:
_______ Lion _______ Lioness _______ Leo
First time at convention? ____ yes ____ no Last one attended?______
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Registration No.____@$10.00 $___________
A. Friday Night Meet & Greet No. ___@ $15.00 $__________
B. Saturday International Banquet No. ___@ $35.00 $__________
C. Sunday Incoming Officers No. ___@ $30.00 $__________
D. Package Deal: Friday Meet & Greet, No. ___@ $80.00 $__________
Saturday & Sunday Banquets
TOTAL: $_________
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Saturday Banquet choices: _____Roast Pork or _____ Baked Haddock
Sunday Banquet choices: ___Chicken Piccata or _____ London Broil
Special dietary needs:______________________________________
DISTRICT 41 LIONS CONVENTION April 24- 26, 2009
MENUS
FRIDAY NIGHT MEET & GREET:
Join us in a delicious sandwich bar with all the fixings served with
Clam chowder and Minestrone soup.
CASH BAR from 7 - 10 p.m.
Show your talent! Either as an individual Lion or a Club effort.
We are hosting a talent show!
BREAKFASTS SATURDAY & SUNDAY as well as SATURDAY LUNCH:
On your Own. The on-premises restaurants include Marcel's for Friday dinner
and the Breakwater Cafe for lunch. If the links are playable the Clubhouse Grill
will also be available for lunch. .A special quick menu will be available for all Lions.
SATURDAY INTERNATIONAL BANQUET: plated dinner choice:
Roast Pork Loin: Served with Apple Shallot Compote and fresh seasonal vegetables,
OR
Baked Haddock: fresh New England Baked Haddock, Topped with lobster sherry
cream sauce, Served with a bouquet of fresh seasonal vegetables.
WITH BOTH: salad, fresh baked rolls, an appropriate starch: Chocolate Mousse;
fresh-brewed Gourmet Bean coffee, Premium Herbal teas, & iced tea.
SUNDAY INCOMING OFFICERS’ BANQUET: plated dinner choice
London broil with mushroom sauce. Served with fresh seasonal vegetables, an
appropriate starch, & fresh baked rolls.
OR
Chicken Piccata. Finished with Lemon Caper Buerre Blanc.
WITH BOTH: a Seasonal Fruit Medley salad, Apple Crisp.. Fresh-brewed Gourmet
Bean coffee, Premium Herbal teas, & iced tea.
**** PLEASE KEEP A COPY FOR YOUR RECORDS ****
Checks Payable to: District 41 Convention, 2009
Mail to: Paula Beach, PDG
PO Box 916
Norridgewock, ME 04957-0916
NO RESERVATION IS COMPLETE WITHOUT THE RECEIPT OF PAYMENT
Signature:__________________________________________________