February 3 Cabinet meeting, District 19 I LCIF US LCIF -US I have been attending Zoom meetings with the US LCIF MD team monthly, plus have also started Zoom meetings with LCIF Area H, CA2, which encompasses WA, OR, CA, MT, ID and AK. (maybe others also). I am reminding clubs to send in their annual LCIF donations, and also reminding clubs that have ‘unnamed’ funds that exceed $1000 or more , to award Melvin Jones Fellowships to deserving Lions or community members. SERVICE We have reached 72% of our clubs (using only clubs that are active) reporting service, which means that 17 clubs have yet to report service during the 2023-2024 Lions Year. Offering to walk their secretaries / club administrators thought the process over the phone or email them step by step directions has helped some of the 17 clubs but am trying not to ‘hassle’ them too much. There are a couple of hiccups in the MyLion Metrics. 1. Trail Lions Club is still being listed as part of 19 I., although my understanding is that they closed at the end of the 2022-2023 Lions year. 2. All of the recent LEO clubs are listed on the MyLion metric page for our district. I know that some may have closed? Kelowna? Armstrong? Golden? Several are inactive: Leavenworth, Kamloops, Vernon as far as I know, but the clubs sponsoring those LEO clubs are paying the $100 per year to keep them on the books. 3. I did not know that LEO clubs are supposed to be reporting service? Why else would they be listed on our district metrics page? I will try to research with LCI to see what these requirements are regarding service reporting. How to report when there are no officers in an inactive LEO club? Lots of wonderful service being done all over our district. Getting folks to share some of their projects is a great way to get new ideas for your club. WE hope to have a session at the spring convention for clubs to do this. Most recently over the holidays, Leavenworth collected several dozen small stuffed animals to provide our local emergency services (fire / ambulance / hospital emergency room) with these to give children that have been traumatized in accidents. Wenatchee Central Lions has provided the hospital in Wenatchee tp give each young patient a stuffed Lion to help them through their time at the hospital. Each Lion has a tag ‘Provided by Wenatchee Central Lions Club’. Joyce Stevens, Service (GST) for district.