NAMI Starts Today

The North American Membership Initiative (NAMI) literally begins today. It is a goal of each club in District 30-M to increase their membership by a net of one new Lion by June 30, 2021. Let’s quickly recap how to get to that number.

DG Andy Kalinowski
The first objective is to greatly reduce the number of Lion membership drops. There are some unavoidable drops such as job or retiremenAt relocatAion or death. In most cases, these types of membership losses happen with advance notice or just observing life.

It’s the short-notice or no-notice membership losses that are a big concern. Many Lions drop their membership for very controllable reasons. One of them is having projects when some Lions cannot volunteer. An even bigger turn-off for newer Lions is the feeling of being a hostage by long, unproductive meetings. Hearing the words “We’ve done that before and it never worked,” or “You don’t understand the objectives of this club” is possibly the fastest way to have a Lion resign. Clubs can control some of those factors.

The goal of NAMI is not to find a new Lion in the next 12 months. The goal is to have a net membership increase of one in each of the 48 clubs. Each club, no matter if that club has five members or fifty members has the same challenge. It’s to have a net membership increase.

If a club loses one Lion, they need to induct two new Lions to meet the NAMI goal. One new Lion makes up for the membership loss. The other is the net gain.

In the next few days, each club president and club secretary will receive their specific membership goal. Just take a look at your current club membership roster. Whatever the total membership number is, increase it by one. It’s just that simple.

Over the next few weeks and months, we will provide you with ideas on how to increase your club membership and also how to curb your membership losses.

For the last 38 years, Lions in the United States have experienced a net membership decline. So have Lions in Canada. So have Lions in Europe. Lions in the United States are bound and determined to lead the way with positive membership growth.

Positive membership growth cannot happen without the help of each individual Lions Club. Will your club support the District Governor’s NAMI goal? Can we count on you to increase your club membership?

FYI – There will be no blog on Friday, July 3. Next blog is Monday, July 6th.  Happy Independence Day.


We Serve because Kindness Matters 
Lion Andy Kalinowski (Andy K) 
District Governor
662.549.3421 

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