MEDNARODNE DEJAVNOSTI10 YEARS OF MACEDONIAN LIONISMThis <strong>2007</strong> the <strong>Lion</strong>stic Movement in theRepublic of Macedonia marks its 10thanniversary since the establishmentof the first club, the <strong>Lion</strong>s club ofSkopje. On the initiative of lionNebojsa Davidovski and several otherprospective society members, andwith the sponsorship and guidanceof the <strong>Lion</strong>s club Ljubljana TIVOLI onJune 17th 1997 the Charter Night ofthe club took place in the Daut-PashaBath (National Artistic Gallery). Almostimmediately after this happy event ofaccepting another country in the <strong>Lion</strong>sFamily, came the chartering of theclubs Skopje GAZI BABA, and SkopjeST. PANTELEJMON with Turkish andItalian sponsorship. But it was only afterthe establishment and chartering ofthe fourth <strong>Lion</strong>s club, Skopje VARDARand the Leo club of Skopje that theprovisional <strong>Lion</strong>s Zone Macedoniawas established and coordination andguidance was awarded to PDG JanezBohoric of Slovenia.This organized approach to lionism, and theexcellent guidance and coordination that theclubs received by PDG Bohoric, added to theperfect cooperation between him and ZoneChairman Davidovski brought the second tidalwave to positive development. New clubs werechartered two of them with Slovenian sponsorship,and a lot of the clubs entered into internationalcooperation with other clubs fromother countries, like club twinning, joint projectimplementation, and also due to the unfortunatelocation of Macedonia in the longtimecrisis and unstable region of the Balkansimplementation of Funds and Aid through the<strong>Lion</strong>s Clubs International Foundation Crisis ResponseProgramme. There are now 10 Chartered<strong>Lion</strong>s clubs, all in Skopje, and 2 applicationsfor chartering of new clubs are being processedand will bring an addition to the developmentof the movement outside of Skopje,with the <strong>Lion</strong>s club of Ohrid. There are also 3Leo clubs sponsored and chartered in Skopje.Out of these 12 clubs three have the sponsorshipof Slovenian lions: LC Skopje (LC LjubljanaTIVOLI); LC Skopje MACEDONIA New Century(LC Bled); LC Skopje SVETLINA (LC CeljeMOZAIK); two the sponsorship of Italian lions:LC Skopje St. Pantelejmon (LC Milan CAR-LO CATTANEO); LC Skopje Centar (LC Pompei);one the sponsorship of Turkish lions: LC SkopjeGAZI BABA (LC Istanbul SISLI); and one thesponsorship of Israeli lions: LC Skopje DENA-RIUS (LC Haifa CARMEL). One <strong>Lion</strong>s club, LCSkopje MACEDONIA New Century, has enteredinto club twinning with LC Málaga EL LI-MONAR from Spain, and LC Ljubljana OMNIAfrom Slovenia, and the first, Leo club of Skopjeis twinned to the Leo club of Ljubljana fromSlovenia.Although they’ve been in search of theirtarget group and specific mission statementall of the clubs in Macedonia have proudly acceptedthe title “Knights of the Blind ConqueringDarkness” and mostly work with people,and especially children with sight disabilities.A special computer center was establishedand equipped for the Union of the Blindof Macedonia, additional and various smallerdonations were made at several instances tothe Union of the Blind of Skopje, and bookswere published where blind people appear asauthors. Further to this Fight against MalignantDiseases and particularly Children Canceris one of the topics addressed by the Macedonian<strong>Lion</strong>s clubs and also the Trust Fundof the Friends of the Children Clinic in Skopjewas assisted on several occasions. Scholarshipswere awarded where particularly talentedchildren were spotted. Concerts for fundraisingwere organized. Sporting events weresupported and organized, and a lot of othervarious activities that really promoted thename LIONS and the mission statement of theOrganization.Janez Bohoričon Charter Night10 years agoThe last few years also mark the boomof the Youth Programmes, for two new Leoclubs were established Skopje OMNIA in2005, and Skopje AXIOS in 2006, and manyof our youth have participated in Youth Exchangeand in camps throughout Europe. Slovenia,being our sponsor and guide to LIO-NISM, holds the top place in YE for the Macedonianyouth, just as well as the Netherlandsand Germany. Italy, France and Denmark alsohosted Macedonian students in the last twoyears. Wishing to support this rather positivedevelopment of Youth Exchange and theestablishment of the spirit of understandingfor international cooperation, the <strong>Lion</strong>s RegionMacedonia this year welcomes youth fromother <strong>Lion</strong>s countries to the country capitalSkopje on a home stay with the Macedonian<strong>Lion</strong>s and Leos.In the year in which we mark our 10 th Anniversaryfrom the Chartering of the first the <strong>Lion</strong>sclub of Skopje, hoping to receive, as we alwayshave received the full support of our CL,PDG Bohoric, the Macedonian <strong>Lion</strong>s and our<strong>Lion</strong>s Leadership are looking forward to the finalizationof the process of initiating 5 newclubs and their chartering and the achievementof the status Provisional LIONS DistrictMacedonia.WE SERVE!Andreja Stojkovski,tajnik NCLC Skopje – Makedonija28 LION
LENDAVA GOSTINACIONALNOKONVENCIJOPred nami je 7. konvencija <strong>Lion</strong>s klubov, <strong>Distrikt</strong> <strong>129</strong> – Slovenija,ki bo potekala 25. in 26. <strong>maj</strong>a <strong>2007</strong> v Termah Lendava. Na največjilionski dogodek leta ste se lahko prijavili do 10. <strong>maj</strong>a, zdaj pa jetukaj še dvodnevni program, ki mu bomo skupaj sledili:Četrtek, 24. <strong>maj</strong> <strong>2007</strong>PRIHOD PREDSEDNIKOVIN PREDAVATELJEVPOGLED NAPREJPetek, 25. <strong>maj</strong> <strong>2007</strong>SEMINAR ZA PREDSEDNIKE9.00–9.30 registracija udeležencev9.30–16.30 seminar za predsednikeLIONS in LEO klubov(odmori z okrepčilom in kosilo)18.00 večerja in druženje s člani kabinetaSobota, 26. <strong>maj</strong> <strong>2007</strong>SEMINAR ZA PREDSEDNIKE8.00–14.00 nadaljevanje seminarjaza predsednike(odmori z okrepčilom)14.30 kosiloSEMINAR ZA TAJNIKEIN ZAKLADNIKE8.30–9.00 registracija udeležencev9.00–14.30 seminar za tajnikein zakladnike(odmori z okrepčilom)14.30 kosiloSobota, 26. <strong>maj</strong> <strong>2007</strong>SKUPŠČINA15.30–16.00 prijava delegatovza skupščino (na 10 članov je en delegat)16.00 11. skupščina Zveze lionsklubov, <strong>Distrikt</strong> <strong>129</strong> – Slovenija19.00 svečana večerja za vseudeležence, partnerje, prijatelje,znance (prispevek 14 EUR/osebo)O lokaciji lahko dodatne informacije izbrskate na spletni strani http://www.terme-lendava.si alijih izveste pri tajnici distrikta Tatjani Buzeti na tatjana.buzeti@zzv-ms.si. (telefon 041 797 508)Posebej vabimo vse lionke, lione, članice in člane leo klubov in naše simpatizerje, da se udeležitedruženja ob svečani večerji v soboto, 26. <strong>maj</strong>a ob 19.00 uri v hotelu LIPA, Terme LENDAVA. Izkoristitetudi ugodno ponudbo in prijeten ambient termalnega zdravilišča.70. MEDNARODNAKONVENCIJACHICAGO <strong>2007</strong>Se boste pridružili slovenskiodpravi na največje svetovnosrečanje lionov?Tokrat je na vrsti Chicago, mesto,ki je hkrati tudi zibelka lionizma. Takoimenovano vetrovno mesto na obalahjezera Michigan je pravzaprav idealnoza mednarodno konvencijo. S svojoedinstveno zgodovino, gostoljubnostjo,gurmanskimi restavracijami, visokiminebotičniki, muzeji in nakupovalnimicentri ponuja mnogo razlogov, zakajobiskati Chicago. V času konvencijebo v parku ob jezeru celo zanimiv kulinaričnifestival “Taste of Chicago”, ki slovenskegurmane kar kliče po udeležbi.In ker je to tudi rojstno mesto lionizma,se bo udeležencem ponudila tudi priložnost,da obiščete sedež <strong>Lion</strong>s ClubsInternational v Oak Brooku in se srečates osebami, ki upravljajo svetovno organizacijo,ki ji posvečate prosti čas, pozornost,tudi denar in v njenem imenusledite vodilu “We Serve”. Med mnogimiaktivnostmi, ki bodo spremljale konvencijo,so 3. plenarna seja, vsakoletnaparada narodov, sprejemi povabljenihgovornikov, mednarodna predstava involitev mednarodnega predsednika LCIza obdobje <strong>2007</strong>–2008.ChicagoCalgaryRAZISKOVANJEAMERIŠKEGA SEVERASvoje potovanje na mednarodnokonvencijo vedno združimo s spoznavanjemsvetovnih lepot, zato se tokratpo končani konvenciji odpravljamospoznati lepote kanadskih narodnihparkov Skalnatega gorovja. V olimpijskemmestu Calgary si bomo ogledalinajvečji rodeo divjega zahoda. V najboljpopularnih narodnih parkih Kanade,Banf in Jasper, pa bomo občudovalibujne gozdove, zasnežene vrhove,veličastne modre ledenike, jezera,slapove in divje reke vse do obalePacifika, do mesta Vancouver.Več informacij pri Borutu Šraju,Okarina Tours, p. p. 2937 – 1001Ljubljana.Telefon: 01 2562618, GSM: 04<strong>13</strong>36323, e-pošta: borut@okarina.siLION 29