MEMBERSHIP GROWTH : "TURTLE PACE"

The "turtle pace" of membership growth in Sub District 411B (Tanzania-Uganda) needs to be viewed very seriously by all Lions Clubs Leaders and District Officers, the GMT leader, Past District Governor and Past Multiple Council Chairman Lion Abdul Majid Khan stated.

According to the monthly "health assessment" of statistics provided by Lions Clubs International, the sub district indicates only  meagre growth of 4.92% members or in other words the net growth  was 94 new members only. Looking at the progressive trend, the hard facts are that during the last month, new members who came into the Lions' den were 136 but old members dropped were 82 and hence the net growth recorded was only 54 new members.

The sub district has now a total of 1152 members in 42 Lions Clubs in Tanzania and Uganda. Another not-so-happy fact is that six clubs in both the countries are in bold red colour....Status Quo. The clubs after surpassing the deadline for various reasons including non-payment of international dues, might be facing the axe. The Lions Clubs are: Mwanza, Mwanza Valentine, Mwanza Victoria, Dar es Salaam Azania, Dar es Salaam Amani and Arua.

Past Governor Lion Abdul Majid Khan stated in his usual polite yet hard facts monthly circular: " My Dear Fellow Lions, let us look around us, everything changes. Everything on this earth is in a continuous state of evolving, refining, improving, adapting, enhancing and changing. We are not put on this earth to remain stagnant as we are stagnant with our membership over last four years."

He continued:" I strongly believe there are no real barriers to our success." He therefore urged club leaders and district officers, especially those clubs which have fallen into the trap of Status Quo.

The top priority of the District Goals of Governor Lion Wilson Ndesanjo is to increase membership and net retention of members. He has stated in his handbook: " It a nutshell when a team-work of more than 1,350,000 Lions throughout the world embrace "unity in service" the human kind miseries in the world will start shrinking in all aspects."

Past Governor and GMT Leader, Lion Abdul Majid Khan has repeatedly urged membership growth and retention policy of old members. Above and below picture from archives.

Story by Abdul Hai

Governor Lion Wilson Ndesanjo has emphasised membership growth and retention of members as his priority district goal for the current Lionistic Year 2013/2014.