Structure Book

Leo Europa Forum 200., PlaceDate of LEF

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CONTENTS

1. The History of International Liaison Officers in Europe..........................42. List of Chairpersons and Deputy Chairpersons Chairpersons...............63. ILO Manual.............................................................................................6

3.1. Definitons................................................................................................................63.1.1. The ILO.............................................................................................................6

3.2. The ILO-Manual.....................................................................................................73.3. Qualifications.........................................................................................................7

3.3.1. Language.........................................................................................................73.3.2. Experience......................................................................................................73.3.3. Criteria..............................................................................................................73.3.4. Elections..........................................................................................................7

3.4. Duties........................................................................................................................73.4.1. Informing.........................................................................................................73.4.2. Supporting.......................................................................................................83.4.3. Contact.............................................................................................................8

3.5. Postion......................................................................................................................93.5.1. National............................................................................................................93.5.2. International...................................................................................................9

3.6. Instruments............................................................................................................93.6.1. National............................................................................................................93.6.2. International.................................................................................................10

3.7. The Chairperson..................................................................................................103.7.1. Purpose..........................................................................................................103.7.2. Qualifications...............................................................................................103.7.3. Duties..............................................................................................................103.7.4. Positon............................................................................................................113.7.5. Support...........................................................................................................11

3.8. The Deputy-Chairperson..................................................................................113.8.1. Purpose..........................................................................................................113.8.2. Qualifications...............................................................................................113.8.3. Duties..............................................................................................................113.8.4. Positon............................................................................................................113.8.5. Support...........................................................................................................11

3.9. The secretary.......................................................................................................123.10. Leo International Project.............................................................................12

3.10.1. Definiton....................................................................................................123.10.2. Purpose......................................................................................................123.10.3. Duration.....................................................................................................123.10.4. Range..........................................................................................................123.10.5. Acceptance...............................................................................................12

3.11. Appendices.......................................................................................................123.11.1. Term............................................................................................................123.11.2. Legal Basis................................................................................................123.11.3. Expectation...............................................................................................123.11.4. Support.......................................................................................................133.11.5. Issue............................................................................................................13

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4. ILO Contacts........................................................................................145. Country reports (Lef 200X)..................................................................14

5.1. MD – 101 Sweden...............................................................................................145.2. MD – 102 Switzerland and Liechtenstein..................................................145.3. MD – 103 France.................................................................................................145.4. MD – 104 Norway...............................................................................................145.5. MD – 105 British Isles and Ireland................................................................145.6. MD – 106 Denmark............................................................................................145.7. MD – 107 Finland................................................................................................145.8. MD – 108 Italy......................................................................................................145.9. MD – 109 Iceland................................................................................................145.10. MD - 110 The Netherlands..........................................................................145.11. MD – 111 Germany........................................................................................145.12. MD – 112 Belgium..........................................................................................145.13. D – 113 Luxembourg.....................................................................................145.14. MD - 114 Austria.............................................................................................145.15. MD - 115 Portugal..........................................................................................145.16. MD – 116 Spain...............................................................................................145.17. D – 117 Greece................................................................................................145.18. MD – 118 Turkey.............................................................................................145.19. D – 119 Hungary.............................................................................................145.20. D – 120 Estonia...............................................................................................145.21. D – 121 Poland.................................................................................................145.22. D – 122 Czech Republic...............................................................................145.23. D – 123 Russia.................................................................................................145.24. D – 124 Romania............................................................................................145.25. D – 126 Croatia................................................................................................145.26. D – 128 Israel...................................................................................................145.27. D – 129 Slovenia.............................................................................................145.28. D – 306 Sri Lanka...........................................................................................145.29. D – 351 Lebanon and Jordan......................................................................145.30. D – 352 Egypt..................................................................................................145.31. D – 414 Tunisia................................................................................................145.32. D – 415 Algeria................................................................................................145.33. D – 416 Marocco.............................................................................................14

6. Minutes of Lef 2006.............................................................................147. International Events.............................................................................25

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1. The History of International Liaison Officers in Europe

LEF 1990 – Vienna The discussion group has decided on the items below;

There should be an European Leo Officer for every country. This position should be taken for two, maximum three years, because the

Leo officer needs quite a time until everyone knows him. The address of the Leo Officer should be included in all countries

directories. This person will send information concerning other countries events and

activities and give these information to his national magazine or give a report at the district meetings.

(Final Report paragraph 4)

PreLEF 1991 - Weiden (Germany) – 2nd Feb 1991Attendees: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece-Cyprus, Italy, Netherlands

The name of the Leo Officer will be INTERNATIONAL LIAISON OFFICER (ILO) ILO has to send the directory of their country to all other ILOs and has to

inform each other about important events in their countries. ILO has to be presented at each Leo Europa PreForum and Forums. After

the official part, they have to organize a special meeting for ILO. ILO accepts to force themselves to answer the letters they receive

from other ILOs. ILO precises that they don't want to create another structure besides the

Europa Forum, but just improve the relationships in Europe. ILO improves the relationship between Oak Brook and the Leos in

Europe. ILO declares that they will take all the opportunities to meet eachother at

National Conventions. ILO tries to publish a special review "The European Leo News" to develop

in each country the knowledge of other Leos in Europe.

LEF 1991 - Weiden (Germany) – September 1991Attendees: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece-Cyprus, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom & Ireland, Poland, Russia and Estonia

The discussion group had three meetings and took the following decisions :

ILO should be presented at each Europa Forum and should try to go tothe PreForum. (Changed the point of the PreForum).

In the official timetable of the Leo Europa Forum have to be twice ILO meetings.

ILOs don’t underline being a part of European Leo Council but being the personwhich has all the information about the other countries.

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ILOs prepare a paper in which the structure of the Leo countries will be explained and this paper should go to the Lions Headquarter in Oak Brook to show them, how Leoism is in Europe.

PreLEF 1992 - Brussel (Belgium) – February 1992

Attendees: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece-Cyprus, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey and the United Kingdom & Ireland

ILOs decided to add an extra chapter to the Leo Europa Forums’ constitution which describes the tasks and responsibilities of the organizing committee including a description of the tasks of the International Liaison Officer and the Delegation Leader.

It was important to establish a structure for ILOs, so that this function obtains a deeper dimension.

Some of the ILOs received mail from Oak Brook already with the title ’ILO’. Their aim was to be accepted by the International Board within the next few years. They decided that the The European Leo News should be continued. After the second edition which both have been paid by France, ILOs decided to publish the News at least twice a year and send it to all ILOs, DLs, National and International Presidents.

ILO from Finland started up the idea of collection songs, typical and famous for each country. These songs will be listed all together in an European Leo Song Book so that in the future international events, all Leos will have the lyrics and can sing all together, no matter which nationality or language they are.

After talking to a number of European Lions as well as to some Oak Brook officials, they got the impression that many of them do not have enough knowledge about the structure of Leos in Europe and Leonism. It was about two years ago that they decided at Leo Europa Forum to create the position of ILO. One person from each country is now in charge of exchanging information within the European Leos and also of providing the Lions headquarter with all data necessary in order to give them a complete view on the Europe Leo movement.

The "European Leo News" is published twice a year by the French Leos to all European Leo Clubs and the so-called "Eurobike" has been travelling through Europe, from Club to Club, country to country for more than one and a half years now.

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2. List of Chairpersons and Deputy Chairpersons

Chairpersons

1991/19921992/19931993/19941994/19951995/19961996/19971997/19981998/19991999/20002000/2001 MD-117 Greece2001/2002 MD-107 Finland2002/2003 MD-107 Finland2003/2004 Anna-Mareike Schultz; MD-111 Germany2004/2005 Tolga Ozbabacan; MD-118 Turkey2005/2006 Christelle Genion, MD-103, France2006/2007 Aziz Mitry; D-352 Egypt

Deputy Chairpersons

2000/2001 MD-108 Italy2001/2002 MD-115 Portugal2002/2003 MD-115 Portugal2003/2004 Tolga Ozbabacan; MD-118 Turkey2004/2005 Christelle Genion, MD-103, France2005/2006 Aziz Mitry; D-352 Egypt2006/2007 Stefanie Sonnenschein, MD-114 Austria

3. ILO Manual

3.1. Definitons

The following expressions are called in this way hereafter: Manual of the European and Mediterranean ILO = ILO-Manual LEO Europa Pre-Forum = LEPFLEO Europa Forum = LEFNational Convention = NC

3.1.1. The ILO

The International Liaison Officer was created with the intention of maintaining contact and to exchange information between LEOs in Europe and the whole world. The ILO is the main person to be contacted and to pass information about the national and international LEO movement.

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Every European or Mediterranean country has an ILO or an equivalent contact person.

3.2. The ILO-Manual

The manual defines the function of the European and Mediterranean ILO. It applies to all European and Mediterranean LEO-movements and their countries as a recommendation only. So it has been formulated as general as possible in respect of every national LEO-movement with its typical structure. The manual can be changed at the ILO-Meetings during the LEPF and LEF.

3.3. Qualifications

3.3.1. Language

The ILO has to have a good knowledge of English; further languages are advantageous.

3.3.2. Experience

The ILO has to have experience in the national and the European and Mediterranean LEO-movement (NCs, workshops, LEFs etc.).

3.3.3. Criteria

The ILO has to have been at least club president.

3.3.4. Elections

The ILO has to be chosen according to the corresponding national constitution.

3.4. Duties

The main duties of the ILO are set out below:

3.4.1. Informing

General: The ILO has to inform his/her country (National Board, clubs) regularly about the national and international - especially European and Mediterranean - LEO-movement, e.g.:

LEO-events (LEF, LEPF, NC, workshops, seminaries, foundations, charter nights, club meetings, anniversaries etc.),

LEO-news (topics, activities etc.), LEO-situations (structures of the countries, club lives, problems etc.).

The ILO has to inform his/her country about his/her work, e.g.:

attending national and international LEO-events arranging and supplying contacts

The ILO has to inform the foreign ILOs about his/her country, e.g.:

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LEO-events (NC, workshops, seminaries, foundations, charter nights, club meetings, anniversaries etc.)

LEO-news situation of his/her LEO-movement (structure, problems, activity, etc.)

The ILO has to keep him-/herself informed about the national and international LIONS-Organization.

The ILO has to prepare a report twice a year, to be distributed to the ILO secretary. This report should be sent in the first two week after each meeting. The report consists of two parts:

Events, discussions etc. in the previous three months Events, meetings, plans for the coming months.

Specific:

The ILO has to inform his/her country about his/her current work by writing reports and participating in LEO-events. The ILO has to inform his/her Leos at all NC's and complete a written report at the end of the Leo year. The ILO has to keep his/her European and Mediterranean LEO Structure book updated and has to maintain the corresponding parts of the other ILO's Structure book. The ILO has to respond to the Chairperson's proposals, letters etc. within a month.

3.4.2. Supporting

General:

The ILO has to support LEOs of his/her country who want to establish contact with own or foreign LEOs. The ILO has to support foreign LEOs who want to establish contact with LEOs of his/her country. The ILO has to supply the contacts of his/her country's Leos when requested.

Specific:

The ILO has to pass on the National LEO-Directory or at least the main contact persons addresses of their country to the other ILOs as soon as possible from the new term of office. The ILO can be asked by his Chairperson to support him/her in administration at the LEPF or at the LEF

3.4.3. Contact

General:

The ILO has to be well-connected in the whole world (especially in Europe) to keep him-/ herself informed about their own and the foreign LEO-movements. So he/she has to be in good contact with LEOs as:

the European and Mediterranean ILOs, the members of their own and the foreign LEO clubs, the members of their own and the foreign LEO National Boards.

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The ILO has to have good relations to the LIONS of his/her country.

Specific:

The ILO has to attend national and international LEO-events as:

the NC, the LEPF, the LEF,

and as much as he/she can

foreign NCs, foreign and own workshops, foreign and own seminaries, foreign and own charter nights, foreign and own club meetings, foreign and own anniversaries.

If the ILO cannot attend the LEF, the LEPF or the NC, he/she has to send a representative who is well acquainted with his/her work.

3.5. Postion

3.5.1. National

By his/her election the ILO becomes an official representative of his/her country. He/she represents :

his/her country to the European and Mediterranean ILO Board, the National Board to the clubs.

By the ILO's election his/her country shows officially its confidence in its ILO. The ILO is elected for at least two and at most three years. The ILO becomes a member of the National Board in countries where a National Board exists.

3.5.2. International

The ILO represents the European and Mediterranean ILO Board to his/her country's clubs. The ILO is a member of the European and Mediterranean ILO Board. The ILO can be elected ILO-Chairperson.

3.6. Instruments

3.6.1. National

There are no particular rules how the ILO should organize his/her work in his/her country.

3.6.2. International

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ILO-Meeting : The ILO-Meetings are the official meetings of the European and Mediterranean ILO Board; they take place at the LEPF, LEF, Lions EF and a Leo-Event of a country of choice. European and Mediterranean LEO Structure book : The ELSB is the ILOs' official handbook about the European and Mediterranean LEO-movement:

The ILO of the hosting country is responsible for providing the material and printing as well the actual production of the structure book:

containing the ILO-Manual, containing the ILO-Meetings' minutes of the LEPF, LEF, Lions EF and in a

Leo event containing the ILOs' reports, informing about the European and Mediterranean LEO-movements

(structures, activities etc.).

Motions:

All motions regarding any ILO action towards their own MD, to be voted on in the ILO meetings at the Forum or Preforum should be sent to all the European and Mediterranean ILOs at least 90 days before the Europa Forum or Preforum starts. In order for a motion to be accepted and be included in the ILO manual, it must receive a simple majority of votes in favour from the ILOs present at the official meeting.

3.7. The Chairperson

3.7.1. Purpose

The Chairperson co-ordinates and leads the work of the European and Mediterranean ILOs; he/she is still ILO of his/her country.

3.7.2. Qualifications

The Chairperson has to have been ILO for at least one year. The Chairperson is an ILO of a country.

3.7.3. Duties

The Chairperson has to lead the ILO-Meetings. The Chairperson has to keep up the ILO-Manual. The Chairperson has to inform the European and Mediterranen ILOs about his/her actions besides the LEPF and the LEF. The Chairperson has to be in good contact with the LIONS-Organization (e.g. International Directors, the Multiple Districts etc.). The Chairperson has to inform, a minimum of 2 times every year (after every forum and pre forum) or more depending upon his/her judgement, the Lions body about the activities of Leos in European and Mediterranean countries and also about matters of Leos interest. For this, he has to hold a very good communication level with the chair of the Lions Service Activities Committee and a decent communication level with, at least, all the international Directors originating from European and Mediterranean Countries.

3.7.4. Positon

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The Chairperson is the representative of the European and Mediterranean ILO Board. He/she represents the ILOs

to the LEO-Delegations at the LEPF and the LEF, to the LIONS-Organization.

The Chairperson is the ILOs' spokesman at the LEPF and the LEF. The Chairperson is the manager of the ILO-Meetings at the LEPF and the LEF. The Chairperson is elected at the LEF by the ILOs for one year; he/she can be re-elected for one year. A straight majority is required for the election. The Chairperson's term begins at the LEF when he/she has been elected and ends at the next LEF.

3.7.5. Support

The Chairperson has to be supported adequately by the European and Mediterranean countries for his/her expenses caused by his/her administration work.

3.8. The Deputy-Chairperson

3.8.1. Purpose

The Deputy-Chairperson assists the Chairperson in his/her position; he/she is still ILO of his/her country.

3.8.2. Qualifications

The Deputy-Chairperson is an ILO of a country.

3.8.3. Duties

The Deputy-Chairperson assists the Chairperson in fulfilling his/her tasks. The Deputy-Chairperson may fulfill the Chairperson's duties in the absence of the Chairperson.

3.8.4. Positon

The Deputy-Chairperson may become the Chairperson automatically, if the Chairperson leaves that position before the term has ended. The Deputy-Chairperson is elected at the LEF by the ILOs for one year. A straight majority is required for the election. The Deputy-Chairperson's term begins at the LEF when he/she has been elected and ends at the next LEF.

3.8.5. Support

The Deputy-Chairperson has to be supported adequately by the European and Mediterranean countries for his/her expenses caused by his/her administration work.

3.9. The secretary

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The secretary is appointed by the chairperson among the volunteers for one periode.The Secretary is responsible for the ILO-Meetings' minutes.

3.10. Leo International Project

3.10.1. Definiton

The Leo International Project provides one common project/goal for all the European and Mediterranean Leo countries. It applies to all European and Mediterranean MD's as a recommendation only.

3.10.2. Purpose

The Purpose of the Leo International Project is to bring Leos closer and strenghten the Leo honest and ambitious offering to people in need.

3.10.3. Duration

One or more years depending upon the aims and needs of the project and upon ILOs agreement.

3.10.4. Range

The project may be adopted in MD, District, zone, region or club level based on each MD structure, will and scheduled activities.

3.10.5. Acceptance

Simple majority is needed to accept a project subject.

3.11. Appendices

3.11.1. Term

The term of office lasts from the 1st July to the 30th June.

3.11.2. Legal Basis

The ILO-Manual is an internal handbook for the European and Mediterranean ILOs. The individual countries (National Boards, Delegations at the LEF etc.) do not have overall control of the manual. However, they can be asked for ideas and advice. Changes (creations of new, alterations of existing or abolition of old paragraphs) can be done by the European and Mediterranean ILO Board itself; the countries only have to be informed about new facts (by mail or at the Delegation Leader - Meetings).

3.11.3. Expectation

The ILO has to invest sufficient time for his/her duties. He/she should not hold the position of ILO for his/her own advantage, but must commit him-/herself to the organization of LEO Clubs International. The ILO should set a good example of promoting the idea of LEO Clubs International. ILO = Service for LEOs

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3.11.4. Support

The ILO has to be supported adequately by his/her country for his/her expenses that incurre as a direct result of carrying out their official duties (administration, travel, participation in events etc.).

3.11.5. Issue

This edition has been ratified at the LEO Europa Forum 2007, in Leipzig, Germany and issued by the European and Mediterranean ILO Board on .....................

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4. ILO Contacts

5. Country reports (Lef 200X)

5.1. MD – 101 Sweden5.2. MD – 102 Switzerland and Liechtenstein5.3. MD – 103 France5.4. MD – 104 Norway5.5. MD – 105 British Isles and Ireland5.6. MD – 106 Denmark5.7. MD – 107 Finland5.8. MD – 108 Italy5.9. MD – 109 Iceland5.10. MD - 110 The Netherlands5.11. MD – 111 Germany5.12. MD – 112 Belgium5.13. D – 113 Luxembourg5.14. MD - 114 Austria5.15. MD - 115 Portugal5.16. MD – 116 Spain5.17. D – 117 Greece5.18. MD – 118 Turkey5.19. D – 119 Hungary5.20. D – 120 Estonia5.21. D – 121 Poland5.22. D – 122 Czech Republic5.23. D – 123 Russia5.24. D – 124 Romania5.25. D – 126 Croatia5.26. D – 128 Israel5.27. D – 129 Slovenia5.28. D – 306 Sri Lanka5.29. D – 351 Lebanon and Jordan5.30. D – 352 Egypt5.31. D – 414 Tunisia5.32. D – 415 Algeria5.33. D – 416 Marocco

6. Minutes of Lef 2006

LEO MD-103 FRANCEChristelle GenionInternational Liaison Officer 2003-2006CHAIRPERSON of EUROPEAN & MEDITERRANEAN ILO BOARD 2005-2006

LEO MD -351 EGYPTAziz Mitry

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International Liaison Officer 2003-2006DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON of EUROPEAN & MEDITERRANEAN ILO BOARD 2005-2006

LEO MD-112 BELGIUMGaëtan PluymInternational Liaison Officer 2005-2006Secretary of EUROPEAN & MEDITERRANEAN ILO BOARD 2005-2006

4th ILO MEETING 2005-2006, Part I LEF 2006 Beg Meil, France

Present Fabian Lipp aka “Dirty little man 2nd” ILO MD102 SwitserlandChristelle Genion (Chairperson) ILO MD103 FranceMarion François ILO-elect MD103 FranceChris Sims acting-ILO MD105 British Isles & IrelandJenni Jappinen ILO MD107 FinlandGiovanni Prearo aka “The Cayman” ILO MD108 ItalyChristian Alff ILO MD111 GermanyGaëtan Pluym (Secretary) ILO MD112 BelgiumBram Struyven aka “Crocodile Dundee” ILO-elect MD112 BelgiumElisabeth Ruppert acting-ILO D113 LuxemburgStefanie Maria Sonnenschein aka or “Steffi” ILO MD114 AustriaJosé Maldonado acting-ILO MD115 PortugalBurcu Babacan ILO MD118 TurkeyAndrea Prohazka ILO D119 HungaryAnna Moczarska acting ILO D 121 PolandAgnes Kozma aka “Agi” ILO D124 RomaniaPetra Lakner acting ILO D 129 SloveniaAziz Mitry aka “The dirty little man” or “Dimitry” ILO MD351 EgyptZeenah Haddad ILO D352 Jordan & Lebanon

Present in our heartsErik ILO MD110 The NetherlandsUrska Zaloker ILOD129 Slovenia

AGENDA

- Out of the deepest tombs in Egypt, the dirty little man has arisen. It looks like he has been working a lot during the past year (Leo-wise) and he looks ready to take on the ILO board after his former successes in Egypt.

- No less than 17 countries were present at this first meeting of LEF 2006.

- This meeting will go into history as the shortest ILO meeting ever. It took Christelle no longer than15 minutes to inform everyone on the very long meeting that will take place tomorrow.

- A special bus will take the ILO-board to a solitary place where the meeting will be held. According to Christelle, the meeting will start at 9.30 h Italian time. José already realizes that it will beimpossible for him to be there in time.

- Short interruption by Minna Särelä, the former Finnish ILO (who again left her husband at home todo the cleaning and stuff while she’s at LEF).

- Burcu has taken a strategic position (next to the secretary). Every 2 minutes, she’s paying attention on what the secretary is writing down. After being

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treathened several times during the past ILOmeetings, the secretary is considering to ask a restraining order for the Turkish ILO.

- The dirty little man is still candidate for the position of chairman of the ILO-board. In short, he explains his goals and targets concerning communication, ILO-manual, website, ILO-magazine, country-reports and so on. At the meeting tomorrow, we will get detailed information. So far, he has not tried to bribe us which is quite remarkable, since he is Egyptian. He might struggle to get enough votes in this way, but he still has POC and breakfast (on bed ???) to make up for this.

- There are 2 candidates for the position of deputy chairman being Stefanie Sonnenschein and Marion François. Marion’s intentions are not very clear though. She keeps on telling that she will vote for Stefanie. In case she would be a politician, this would be hard to believe.

- Crocodile Dundee will be the secretary for next year.

- Even though the meeting is being held outside in very nice conditions, Agi breaks the rule of smoking during the meeting. Normally, the chairman gives the sign for a collective smoking break.

- Burcu keeps on watching the secretary’s notebook with big interest.

To great relief of all of us, Agi officially announces that Romania might be running for LEF 2009 !!! Congratulations to Romania !!! The little smoking intrusion is hereby forgiven.

- The dirty little man is eating an apple. Is he trying to distract the new members of the board by giving a “healthy” impression ?

- The Cayman didn’t say a single word during this short meeting !

- The Yahoo! Group needs to be updated. Many new ILO’s are not on the list yet and didn’t receive the agenda that was sent.

To be continued

4th ILO MEETING 2005-2006, Part II LEF 2006 Beg Meil, France

Present Fabian Lipp aka “Dirty little man 2nd” ILO MD102 SwitserlandChristelle Genion ILO MD103 FranceMarion François ILO-elect MD103 FranceJenni Jappinen ILO MD107 FinlandGiovanni Prearo aka “The Cayman” ILO MD108 ItalyChristian Alff ILO MD111 GermanyGaëtan Pluym ILO MD112 BelgiumBram Struyven aka “Crocodile Dundee” ILO-elect MD112 BelgiumElisabeth Ruppert acting-ILO D113 LuxemburgStefanie Maria Sonnenschein aka or “Steffi” ILO MD114 AustriaJosé Maldonado acting-ILO MD115 PortugalBurcu Babacan ILO MD118 TurkeyAndrea Prohazka ILO D119 HungaryAnna Moczarska acting ILO D 121 PolandAgnes Kozma aka “Agi” ILO D124 RomaniaPetra Lakner acting ILO D 129 Slovenia

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Aziz Mitry aka “The dirty little man” or “Dimitry” ILO MD351 EgyptChristopher Lloyd Texas

Present in our heartsErik ILO MD110 The NetherlandsUrska Zaloker ILOD129 Slovenia

Present in bedJosé Maldonado acting-ILO MD 115 Portugal

AGENDA

At 9.57 h, the meeting is opened by the chairperson.

As expected, José didn’t make it in time and is probably still in bed.

1. Country News & Reports :Round table of past events. For further details, please read the country report of each country.

Slovenia : Fundraising : Organisation of a theatre play (every club was present !!!) + selling of Christmas cards (less success than the past years because of the fact that more people use email nowadays). A new club was founded in April. At the moment there are 273 Leos in Slovenia.

Poland : There is no national board, only ILO. 3 clubs were lost, 1 new club chartered. At the moment there are 200 Leos in Poland. Major activities : Persuading people to donate organs, helping high school and university students, collecting money and food for homeless people.

Interuption by the Dirty Little Man’s alarmclock-cellphone-agenda going off (at 10.05) to warn him for the current ILO meeting. To give you an idea of Egyptian time : The meeting should have started at around 9.30 !!!

At 10.06 José enters the meeting. He apparently lives in the Egyptian timezone.

Switserland : Major activity : Telethon. The number of members is growing each year. For the first time, their national convention will be held during an entire weekend instead of one day.

Luxemburg : Major activities : Telethon + attracting new members. There’s 2 clubs in Luxemburg, each consisting of around 20 members per club. The age limit is a major problem at the moment.

Italy : The Cayman made it easy by printing his country report for everyone. This makes it easier for us to have a good impression of what has been going on in Italy. After this, Giovanni starts his usual flood of words. For the first time, there was no hand signaling by the Cayman.

The Cayman hands out an invitation for the first international Leo meeting in Treviso, and explains what we can expect.

The Italians have had a loss of 500 members. According to Giovanni, they should rethink the image that Leos are giving in Italy. They will try to attract new members through radio,television, …

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Major activities : Helping at special Olympics + new website (public + private part)

Germany : Germany consists out of around 2900 Leos, spread over 16 districts and 173 clubs. Major activities : Leo service day (open to all Leo clubs). Christian points out that only 34 clubs (out of 173) were present this year. 48000 euro were collected for Tsunami victims.

It is difficult to get people interested for district or national board in Germany. At club level, everything is going fine though. Preparations for LEF 2007 are being made as well. They have a good cooperation with Lions and get a lot of support in organizing events. The support consists mainly out of a financial support and passing on of experiences from Lions to Leos and vice versa e.g. Lions organized Lions Europa Forum in 2005 and are passing on their experiences with the LEF 2007 orgateam.

Portugal : No major changes since MED workshop. To be complete and mainly for the new members of the ILO board, José explains the situation of Portugal. José has been the acting ILO for Portugal since ages. Their national convention will be held on October 27th-28th.Portugal has 250 Leos and 15 clubs. Portugal’s website : www.leosportugal.org

Alexander Welk was present at the past NC. He tried (together with José) to convince people to come to international events. The experience of international events is very learningfull as we all know, but as we all know as well, it is very difficult to convince people to attend them except for the die-hards.

Romania : The needy information is passed on to everyone by means of CD. The calendar with different Romanian events is given to the secretary as well. Be aware : Some of the fileson the CD are very big !!! Major activity : National Project for blind people (children especially). There is a good relationship with Lions in Romania although they get little funding from Lions. 67 projects last year (35 concerning children), were organized last year.

Finland : Finland hasn’t made its country report yet. A new club was founded in Rovaniemi. Next national convention will be held in Rovaniemi as well. Major activity: Projects for children : collecting second hand sports equipment for children of Carelia.

Belgium : The ILO-elect of Belgium is given the presentation because the Belgian ILO is busy writing down as much as possible and he forgot to make his country report as well. Major activity : NASOC (National Social Activity). On this event, each club + their social target group can attend. A whole day full of activities is organized and this all for FREE. This year 32 out of 34 clubs and more than 1000 people were present !!! In Belgium there is an online directory as well. We are anxiously waiting for a new candidate to host the international weekend after London (2002) and Brussels (2005). Egypt might go for it and may organize it in Sharm el Sheik.

Turkey : Major activities : Raising communication between districts + helping people in need by collecting food packages in supermarkets.

The LEF 2008 orgateam has been elected. Turkish national convention will take place December 1st – 3rd in Anatolia.

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The restraining order that the secretary is considering for the Turkish ILO is more actual than ever. During presentation of countries, the secretary’s shirt was torn apart by some bushes and by the Turkish ILO as well.

The secretary is hoping to be able still to write the report of the 3rd meeting of this LEF.

Austria : 2 new clubs were chartered and another one is about to have its charter. Major activity : Leo service day : Collecting food in supermarkets.

The yearly Sommerball in Vienna organized by Leo Club Wien St-Stephan was verysuccesfull. 30% of the participants come from a foreign country.

Difficult communication with Lions. New Lions chairman is not Leo minded at all. He deleted the function of responsible for communication Leo-Lions. Leos opposed to this and the function was put back on. Because of this, the commucation with the new Lions chairman has not improved.

Hungary : A Leo magazine (32 pages, 1000 issues) was distributed to people that might be interested in the Leo movement. At the national convention, Slovakian Leos were present and they were informed on international events. They also met a Spanish guy that wants to become Leo member and may even try to start up a club. Major activities : Helping at special Olympics + information stand at different music festivals + Children against diabetes program. Upcoming national action : Helping children to make a dream come true. The next national convention will take place on October 6th – 8th.

Egypt : The Dirty Little Man is trying to bribe the entire board again with the Egyptian candy sticks.

1/3 of Leos were lost. There is no new board at the moment and there are huge problems with the district. Clubs themselves work fine though. Major activities : Culture session with children (many Egyptian children don’t know their own country) + Ramadan packs for charity (5,5 ton of food was collected).

There is no relation with Lions whatsoever. Leos are trying to build up a district again from club level upwards, meaning that they will try to work together with some clubs and form a new district out of this cooperation.

France : 500 Leos. Major activities : Telethon + Don’t drink and drive

2. Leo Europa Project: Updates

“Warmth to Children” : 8 countries organized something concerning “Warmth to children”.

The next chairperson will determine a new project or theme.

In 2005, it was the first time that there was an ILO meeting at a Lions Europa Forum (in Stuttgart, Germany). A Lions Europa Forum is a good occasion to make Lions aware of Leos and Leomovement in general.

We need ideas for topics that can be discussed at Lions Europa Forum in Bournemouth !!!

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Lef 2006’s social activity is connecting to the Europa project “Warmth to children”. Great activity, loads of fun for everybody in general.

3. LEO Magazine:

1st edition of Leo Magazine was a success. It was distributed through the website and ILOgroup, but apparently not everyone got it. This is something that needs to be worked on.

4. Europeans and Mediterranean Tee-shirt

At least 15 more new T-shirts are needed. Prize between 12-15 euros. The quality of the shirts is good. Agi asks if it is possible to make the shirts in another country and by doing so, make them cheaper.

6. Voting for Chairperson, Deputy-Chairperson and Secretary

Chairperson : Aziz Mitry unanimous (and very suspicious as well)Deputy Chairperson : Stefanie Sonnenschein unanimousSecretary : Bram Struyven

7. Nr of meetings

Do we still need 4 meetings a year ? A lot of tools are on hand at the moment.

Forum, Preforum, Lions Europa Forum + national convention of some weak country. When should we vote in which country the fourth meeting will take place ? Everyone should think of a country that might be attended. Out of the list, a country will be chosen.

There is a God after all. Due to a tight time schedule, the dirty little man could only savour his unanimous (and suspicious) election for 5 minutes. After that, meeting was closed since we had to leave for “well-being activities”.

Meeting was officially closed at 12.00h.

4th ILO MEETING 2005-2006, Part III LEF 2006 Beg Meil, France

Present Fabian Lipp aka “Dirty little man 2nd” ILO MD102 SwitserlandChristelle Genion ILO MD103 FranceJenni Jappinen ILO MD107 FinlandGiovanni Prearo aka “The Cayman” ILO MD108 ItalyChristian Alff ILO MD111 GermanyGaëtan Pluym ILO MD112 BelgiumBram Struyven aka “Crocodile Dundee” ILO-elect MD112 BelgiumElisabeth Ruppert acting-ILO D113 LuxemburgStefanie Maria Sonnenschein aka or “Steffi” ILO MD114 AustriaJosé Maldonado acting-ILO MD115 PortugalBurcu Babacan ILO MD118 TurkeyAndrea Prohazka ILO D119 HungaryAnna Moczarska acting ILO D 121 PolandAgnes Kozma aka “Agi” ILO D124 RomaniaPetra Lakner acting ILO D 129 SloveniaAziz Mitry aka “The dirty little man” or “Dimitry” ILO MD351 EgyptZeenah Haddah ILO D352 Jordan & Lebanon

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Present in our heartsErik ILO MD110 The NetherlandsUrska Zaloker ILOD129 Slovenia

AGENDA

José is in time. He was late actually, but since the meeting was postponed by half an hour (without him knowing) he was well in time. Aziz started the meeting too late (according to him due to technical problems).

Meeting is started at 14.42h

1. ILO magazine :

Evaluation of ILO magazine :

Contents of 1st magazine did not interest many Leos. 1st issue gave an overview of the history of the current European Leo countries.

Distribution of the magazine didn’t work out very well sometimes. Size of the file containing the magazine was too big.

Not everyone respected the time schedule for handing in its article.

What needs to be done for ILO magazine in the future :

Interesting topics, small size and the ILO’s should write their articles in time.

It is proposed to have 4 meetings per year. Every ILO has too hand out an article before every official ILO meeting. Should the ILO meeting be in the magazine as well ? Maximum of 1 page per ILO. 2 people ought to be responsible for the magazine : One for collecting the data + one responsible for publishing.

1st issue should be ready before Lions Europa Forum deadline October 1st. (responable : Agi)2nd issue 2 weeks after Lions Europa Forum (responsable : Steffi)3rd issue 2 weeks after Preforum (responsable : Andrea Prohaszka)4rd issue deadline to be fixed (responsable Marion)

Topic for 1st issue : Exchanging European ideas.

The Dirty little man is speaking really fast and confuses some ILO’s in this way. According to himself, he is hot from the wine. (????)

After having said that, he tries to influence the secretary to censor some things he wrote down, like the remark above.

Distribution problem : Upload on German, Italian or Belgian website. Christian will find out how accesible the German website is.

It can also be published in the German and Romanian Leo magazine. Bram will look it up as well for Belgium.

2. Organisation of the different meetings :

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We need more structure. We need to agree on the location 2 meetings in advance (because of planning of travelling).

Next meeting will be at Lions Europa Forum (October 18th –22nd). Germany alreadyorganized a place to stay. Suggestion to have the meeting on Saturday. Hungary, Luxemburg, Switserland, Italy don’t know if they can’t make it. English Leos will inform us concerning fee, transportation and so on.

Meeting after Lions Europa Forum & Preforum : suggestions : Med workshop, national convention of Portugal, …

3. Country reports :

Country reports : We will still use the existing format of country reports. The new secretary will distribute it to all ILO’s. Country reports should be made before every ILO-meeting. Soft copy will do. Hard copy of county report is not necessary.

Christian has made an Excel sheet with all tasks concerning ILO. The Dirty little man doesn’t allow any smoking breaks anymore. In this way, for every ILO it is very clear “what” he/she should do an “when” to do it. Well done Christian.

Eventually Aziz allowed a 10 minute break. The Belgian delegation had to make a small preparation for tonights roomparty. José has brought some fresh made coffee as well to keep everyone fully awake.

4. ILO Manual and Structure Book :

Manual : ILO manual + Structure Book. The Manual is part of the Structure book. TheManual needs to be reviewed urgently. The Dirty Little man (from now on “Fidel Mitry”) is standing up during the rest of the meeting. Is he afraid of losing his authority already ?

Suggestion is made to remove all unnecessary topics in order to keep it more up-to-date. Only 2 parts will remain : A “fixed” part containing ILO manual + history + list of chairpersons and deputy chairpersons and a “variable” part containing ILO contact list, country reports, minutes of meetings and twinning forms

A draft version needs to be ready before Preforum in order to present it there and that it can be voted on the next LEF.

An ILO “kit” should be made and presented to every new ILO according to the Cayman.

Can we have a draft version ready before next ILO meeting ? Agi, Burcu and Steffi would like to work on this. Being the deputy chairperson, Steffi will be heading this commission.

5. T-shirt

Burcu models the T-shirt in front of the ILO board like a professional to great pleasure of the ILO board. Every country should ask their delegation how many T-shirts they would like to order.

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6. ILO-pins

All the rubbish, colour-losing, Egyptian made ILO-pins are still in Christelle’s garage. Marion will be responsable for the pins and the T-shirts, in one word, she’ll be responsible for all ILO resources.Fidel Mitry is treatening to review the report before being spread to the LEF secretary. 7. E-groupNot everyone is aware of the existence of the ILO-group. Past-ILO’s that are still member ofthe group will remain on the group but if they want to react, they can only do this throughtheir own ILO.

Fidel Mitry will be in charge of it. Quote of Fidel Mitry “I want to play with it a bit”. Read : “I want to control it.”

Interference by cell-phones going off and other disturbances will be fined from now on.

We are offered the possibility to still visit Concarneau. Nobody dares to say they want to visit this city since Fidel has taken his chair in his hands in a very treatening way.

7. Website

New website is needed. After 3 years, we still weren’t able to find Andrew (the responsable of the former Leonet website). Christian will check for free hosting by Mitja”The Lumberjack” Ledowski since he is the owner of the German server. Aziz will check on Pascal from Switserland. Bart Vandenbosch of Belgium is ready to help as well. Dirty little man the 2nd will inform in his own club as well.

Hosting + financing are the first problems that need to be tackled.

In the survey that was made up by Fidel Mitry, there were some people that were interested in helping out on the website. Those people will be contacted as well.

In case we should need to pay for the hosting, it is suggested that the hosting country of LEF will pay this fee.

Fidel Mitry will make up a draft for financial responsability of the website for the hosting LEF country.

8. Leo Europe Project

Change into “Leo International Project”. Suggestion to have a theme that is not very common. Every ILO should think of a reasonable project and propose it online. Fidel Mitry will send out an email concerning this.

Fidel Mitry and Christian Alff proposed to have some online “meetings” in between as well since not every ILO can attend every meeting.

9. ILO contract

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Fidel Mitry has made up a 1-year contract that every ILO should sign. In case the ILO should not be able to fullfil his contract, the National President of the concerning country should take appropriate measures.

Reviewing the reports, “forcing” ILO’s to sign a contract, “Playing a bit” with the E-group, … Is the chairperson a resident of Mubarak country ??? ;-)))

Anyway, it looks like Fidel Mitry has taken control over the ILO-board like it should be done and like we’ve known him the past years : Very driven, loads of energy, lots of Egyptian humour and not shy of some “dirty” tactics ;-)))

10.Various

Christian asks the other ILO’s to write some “international” articles since they want to reserve some space in their magazine for “international” articles.

Fabian is promoting the big Leo car sticker.

Since the function of ILO and DL is not well known in Italy, The Cayman suggests to have a clear definition of ILO (which apparently already exists) and put it in the Italian Lions magazine.

Elisabeth Ruppert informs the ILO-board that, being the ILO of Luxemburg (a country with just 2 clubs) is not easy. For that reason she cannot take upon her too many duties in the ILOboard.

Fidel Mitry would like to have an email list of all Leo members of each country in order to be able to inform all Leos concerning international events.

Andrea would like to know if there’s a country to organise the Central Eastern European Weekend. Hungary will organise it in 2007 but she would like to know what would be a good period to organise it.

Agi asks if the international Leo logo should be used or if it’s allowed to have an “adapted” logo as well. Since we are not “decision takers” but only “communicators”, it is our task to inform our country on this question and report on the reactions.

At Preforum of LEF 2007, there will also be the meeting of the national board an their districts. In this way they can find out more about international Leo movement.

Unofficial candidate for LEF2009 : Italy.

Belgium is no longer candidate for 2009. After financial study, it turned out to be too expensive for Belgium to organise it. Since Lions in Belgium host the Lions Europa Forum in 2010, they cannot grant financial support for a Leo Europa Forum in 2009.

Fidel Mitry closes the meeting by thanking us all and offering us a beer.

Meeting is officially closed at 18.00h

Thanks as well to everyone from my part for the magnificent past year, this being my last ILO-meeting.

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The secretary

7. International Events2006

DATES EVENT PLACE CONTACT INFORMATIONSeptember29th toOctober 1rst

InternationalLeo Meetingand FirstMD108 BoardMeeting

Treviso, Italy infoline: info@poentaebacala.comwww.poentaebacala.com

September30th

Chester ReunionBall

Chester, UK Mike Drakechesterleos.reunion@virgin.net

October 6thto 8th

NationalConvention

Kaposvar,Hungary

ILO Andrea Prohaszka(andrea_prohaszka@yahoo.co.uk)

October 18thto 22nd

Lions EuropaForum

Bournemouth,UK

Gemma (Fluffy) Adamsleofluffy@hotmail.comhttp://www.europaforum2006.org/

October 27th

Conference“The Leo clubfor AIRC”

Milan, Italy Giovanni PrearoPress and Scientific conference forthe National Service

October 27thto 29 th

NationalConvention

Porto, Portugal

José Maldonadojmaldonado@iol.ptMariana Lemosmarianaglemos@hotmail.com

October 28th

National Leotraining dayCenter Italy

Florence, Italy Giovanni Prearo

October NationalConvention

St.Pötten/,Austria

Stefanie Sonnenscheinstefaniesonnenschein@hotmail.com

November4th

National Leotraining day –North Italy

Bergamo, Italy

Giovanni Prearo

November10th to 12th

MD-Seminar(Workshop)

Bingen amRhein,Germany

www.leo-clubs.deChristian Alff (ILO)christian.alff@leo-clubs.de

November11th

15 YearsanniversaryLeo clubRapperswil

Rapperswil,Switzerland

Fabian Lipp Fabian.lipp@bluewin.ch

November11th

National Leotraining daySouth Italy

Naples, Italy Giovanni Prearo

November12th

PressConference

Italy Presentation of National Leo Day

November17th to 19th

NationalConvention

Carcassone,France

Marion François

November19th

National LeoDay

Italy Giovanni PrearoFunds raising for research for thenational service

November AIRC Italy Giovanni Prearo

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11th to 17th Awarenessweek

December1rst to 3rd

National Pre-Forum

Konya, CentralAnatolia,Turkey

Burcu Babacanburcu.babacan@cnbce.com>

December1rst to 3rd

2nd boardmeeting MD108

Chiavari, Italy Giovanni Prearo

December30th to 31rst

MD-Silvester-Party

Munich(München-Ottogrunn),Germany

ivo@sartori-fuhrmann.com

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2007

DATES EVENT PLACE CONTACT INFORMATIONJanuary 26thto 28th

Pre-LEF Leipzig,Germany

February 2ndto 4th

3rd boardmeeting MD108

Torino, Italy Giovanni Prearo

February 8thto 11th

Ski week-end Klosters,Switzerland

Eliane Hoffstetterehofstetter@gmx.ch

March 17thto 19th

Skiing Week, Zillertal Austria Isi Herget isi.herget@gmx.at

March 23rdto 25th

NationalConvention

Newquay,Cornwall, UK

Chris Simsleopenfold@hotmail.co.uk Theme:Hawaii

March 23rdto 25th

Spring Days Re Island,France

Marion François

Mid March2007

Conference“The Leo clubsfor AIRC”

Rome, Italy Giovanni Prearo

March orApril

SMS ProjectLaunch

Italy Giovanni Prearo Research funds fornational service with the national cellular phone society

March orApril

2nd NationalLeo Day

Italy Giovanni PrearoFunds raising for research for thenational service

March orApril

Concert: “Theguitar night”

Milan, Italy Giovanni PrearoFunds raising for research for thenational service

April 13th to15th

4th BoardMeeting MD108

Sorrento (NA),Italy

Giovanni Prearo

April 28th to29th

NationalConvention

Belgium Bram Struyvens

Last Aprilweek-end

NationalConvention

Poznan,Poland

April or May

National Forum

Turkey(District 118-E)

May 3rd to5th

NationalConvention

Wörgl/Tyrol,Austria

Stefanie Sonnenscheinstefaniesonnenschein@hotmail.com

May 3rd to6th

11th NationalConference ofMD108

Loano, Italy Giovanni Prearo

May 4th to6th

NationalConvention

Näfels,Switzerland

Fabian Lipp Fabian.lipp@bluewin.ch

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May 18th to20th

NationalConvention

Essen,Germany

www.leo-clubs.deChristian Alff (ILO)christian.alff@leo-clubs.de

May 22nd to24th

5th BoardMeeting MD108

Boario Terme(BS), Italy

Giovanni Prearo

May 25th to27th

NationalConvention

Cluj-Napoca,Romania

June 8th to10th

NationalConvention

Rovaniemi,Finland

hennipul@paju.oulu.fi

June 9th Summerball Castle ofLaxenburg,

Vienna,Austria

http://ststephan.leo.at

July 2nd to6th

LionsInternationalConvention

Chicago,Illinois, USA

August 4th to11th

LEF Leipzig,Germany

2008

January/February – Pre-LEF - TurkeyJune 23rd to 27th - Lions International Convention – Bangkok, Thailand

2009July 6th to 10th - Lions International Convention – Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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