LIONS NATIONAL CONVENTION – BACAU 2012
Between 4 and 6 May 2012, at Bacau has been 18th Lions National Convention, District 124 Romania. Lions Club Ploiesti was represented by two members, president for the lionistic year which closes and the founder president.
Friday, May 4,in the afternoon was been done the last cabinet meeting for the lionistic Year 2011-2012, followed by a meeting of the District Past Governors. On dinner we met our colleagues and friends from the country, who we changed opinions, impressions, actions ideas.
Saturday, May 5 , the morning was reserved for the Convention works. Several foreign guests have sustained speeches for bring congratulations to our District for all the actions and activities on the Lionistic Year which will be finished in July. In the same time they give us the sugestions to continue the voluntary actions for the comunity, through the involvment and recruitment of a new members in the district clubs and through establishment the new clubs.
Following these speeches were the reports for the staff of the District in the Lionistic Year 2011-2012, and the short interventions of the Leo representative members who presented the main activities of year which will be ended. A very appreciate intervention was of the president for the commission of sight health. She presented all the actions done by the clubs about the prevention and the help brought to the persons with sight problems. An interesting presentation has been for the first dog guide, which arrived on Timisoara. The dog will accompany a young, blind teacher from the city on the Bega river. To the final, was very appreciate the intervention of a old lions member from Bacau, for the solidarity message and generous ideas transmited.
In the schedule were the traditional moments to flag changed between the president of the District and the presidents of clubs, giving the prizes and distinctions to the lions clubs and members with a lot of activities in the year.
After that, were the elections for the District management in the Lionistic Year 2012-2013. These have begin by sustaining the application for Vice Governor (VDG) I, VDG II and Governor. For VDG II was one application at Marius Popa from Timisoara, an old lions member and trainer for all leadership courses organized during the years at the District. Marius enjoyed us like every time with his speech very concrete and motivating. The application for VDG I was sustained by Mirela Grigorovici who will be the District Governor for the next Lionistic Year. For the Governor function in the Lionistic Year 2012-2013, the application was sustained by Paul Grecu, who will start the activities in July.
All the applications were validated through vote and at the final we listened the schedule of the new governor, the new organisation and management for District 124 Romania. We were informed about the datas for the cabinet meetings for the New Lionistic year. The Lions Club Ploiesti will organize for the first time, this year, second cabinet meeting which will be at the beginning of November.
Saturday evening was the Gala Dinner when the lions members from all the country have felt well and relaxed. We appreciated our lions colleague from Buzau who received the distinction Lyon of the Year for the humanitarian action regarding the help for the people affected by the snow from the Buzau county villages.
We Thank very much to the lions clubs from Bacau for the involvement in organization of the most important event of the lionistic year.