ORDER OF THE GOLDEN CHAIN
AFFIDAVIT
CLUB____________________________________ PRESIDENT ________________________________
SECRETARY _________________________________ LION ___________________________________
BASIC MEDAL________ TAB # ________
ELIGIBILITY: Every Lion who completes the following requirements between January 1st _____ and December 31st ______, shall earn the Golden Chain Award. The award may be earned each year the qualifications are met.
REQUIREMENTS: The Order of the Golden Chain contains two important parts. Part I includes five (5) activities that are mandatory. Part II lists twenty (20) activities a Lion may participate in. To qualify, a Lion must complete all five (5) mandatory activities in Part I and eleven (11) of the twenty (20) options in part II.
Completion of part I and part II before December 31st _______ qualified the Lion for the award. The completed affidavits must be mailed to the district chair of the Golden Chain award committee with post mark deadline of January 31st _______.
PART I - THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES ARE MANDATORY:
A. A Lion must attend a minimum of 75% of their regular club meetings during the period. Missed meetings may be made up by attendance at a local board of directors meeting or at meetings of other Lions Clubs.
Attendance _________________
B. Sign up a new member and help them become an active member.
Name ______________________________ Club ______________________ Date
__________________
C. Attend a local board of directors meeting. Date ______________________
D. Be active as a local committee member. Committee _____________________________
E. Attend a Zone, Cabinet, or Council of Governors meetings.
Date _______________________ Location
___________________________________
PART II - THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES ARE OPTIONS - Must complete 11 of the 20 listed.
1. Serve as an active local chair of an internal or external committee.
Committee ________________________________________
2. Submit a complete plan for a new project to the local board of directors. Date ________________
3. Serve as a local officer or director OR visit one of Florida’s two Lions Eye Banks.
Office Held _________________________ Eye Bank
____________________________
4. Write an acceptable article for publication covering some phase of a project activity for local or state publication, such as the Florida and Grand Bahama Island magazine, radio, TV, etc.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Attend a Council of Governors Conference in addition to required activities OR visit the Conklin Center.
Meeting/Visit ______________________________________________
6. Attend a Zone or Cabinet meeting in addition to required activities.
Meeting _____________________________________________ Date ______________________
7. Send five (5) eye wills to an eye bank. Date _______________ Eye Bank ___________________________
8. Serve as a speaker at a non-Lion meeting in support of a Lions project OR make a second official visitation to a regular meeting of another club.
Activity ___________________________________ Date _______________
9. Serve as a member of a successful expansion team and make three (3) visitations within the qualification period after the club is chartered, OR, visit the Florida Lions Camp for the Visually Handicapped.
Date ___________________ Activity _____________________________
10. Serve as a district chair, co-chair or vice chair OR attend a zone meeting in another zone. Date _____________
Zone ____________ Committee _______________________
11. Serve as a cabinet
officer OR participate in an activity determined by the local club in addition
to other options.
Date ______________________ Activity ____________________________
12. Reactivate a dropped
member OR have perfect attendance for the period with make up rules effective.
Member _______________________________ Club ______________
Date ____________ Attendance
__________________________________________
13. Introduce a prospect to a club, sign them up, and help them become an active Lion. (This must be in addition to the mandatory section.) Date ______________________
Club _________________________ Members Name ___________________________
14. Visit a regular membership meeting of another club as part of an official visitation team.
Club ___________________________ Date _______________________
15. Participate in the presentation of an orientation program. Date ________________________
16. Give invocation or benediction at a Lions meeting or lead the club in singing “America” or the “Pledge of Allegiance” to the flag.
Date _________________ Activity _______________________________________
17. Contribute a pint of blood to a Lions blood bank or get some else to contribute OR attend a second board of directors meeting.
Date _________________ Activity _____________________________________________
18. Attend an eye bank
meeting or the Florida Lions Foundation board of directors meeting.
Activity_____________________________________________ Date_____________
19. Participate in an activity determined by the local Lions Club.
Activity _____________________________________________ Date
____________
20. Participate in an activity determined by the local Lions Club.
Activity _____________________________________________ Date ____________
Signature of the club secretary verifying all of the above:
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