Programme
All events will take place in the Main Hall Winter Gardens-Seafront
Friday 03/05/24 Afternoon and Evening
| Parking at The Sovereign Centre (BS23 1HL)- shopping car park | Parking | |
| Registration Open | 13:00 | The Winter Gardens Foyer |
| Lions Shop Open | 13:00 | The Winter Gardens Foyer-Separate Room |
| Exhibition Centre Open | 13:00 | Main Hall -Winter Gardens |
| Registration Closes | 18:00 | The Winter Gardens Foyer |
| Lions Shop Closes | 18:00 | The Winter Gardens Foyer-Separate Room |
| Welcome Host Night - The Grand Pier. Amusements on the Pier open until 18:00 | 19:00 | First floor - The Grand Pier |
| Welcome Host Night - Start Besides the Seaside Theme & Entertainment |
19:15 | First floor - The Grand Pier |
| Carriages | 23:30 |
Saturday 04/05/24 Morning
| Activity | Time | Venue |
| Parking at The Sovereign Centre (BS23 1HL)- shopping car park |
Parking | |
| Registration Open | 08:00 | The Winter Gardens Foyer |
| Lions Shop Open | 08:30 | The Winter Gardens Foyer-separate room |
| Convention Hall open The Winter Gardens | 08:30 | Main Hall - Winter Gardens |
| Convention Call to Order | 09:00 | Main Hall - Winter Gardens |
| Receive Guest PID Teresa Dineen | ||
| National Anthems and Flag Ceremony | ||
| Council Chair Welcome Address | ||
| Service of Remembrance | ||
| Opening of Convention-Vice Lord Lieutenant Ted Allen DL | 10:00 | |
| Attendance Update | ||
| Minutes of 71st MD 105 Convention | ||
| Resolutions | ||
| Council Treasurer followed by Council Secretary's Report | 10:25 | |
| LCIF - Sight Savers followed by ROAR presentation | ||
| IPID and LCI Board Appointee Teressa Dineen to address Convention | 12:30 | |
| Lunch | 13:00 | Grab Bags in Foyer of Winter Gardens |
Saturday 04/05/24 Afternoon and Evening
| Activity | Time | Venue |
| Convention Reconvenes – Call to Order | 14:00 | Main Hall - Winter Gardens |
| Welcome and Attendance Update | ||
| GST Presentations – Including orphanage project update | 14:30 | |
| Vision screening and picture montage | 14:50 | |
| GMT Presentations ( Sue Wilding and Rav Sandhu) – inc New Voices, Picture Montage | 15:30 | |
| GLT Presentations including new portal |
16:00 | |
| International Service | ||
| LCI Awards & Recognition |
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| Convention Day 1 Close | 16:40 | |
| Lions Shop Closes | 17:00 | Winter Gardens |
| Gala Dinner - Bar Open | 18:45 | Winter Gardens |
| Gala Dinner - Open for Seating | 19:00 | Main Hall - Winter Gardens |
| Gala Dinner - Start | 19:30 | Main Hall - Winter Gardens |
| Gala Dinner - Entertainment | 21:15 | Main Hall - Winter Gardens |
| Carriages | 23:30 |
Sunday 05/05/24
| Activity | Time | Venue |
| Hall open for seating | 09:00 | Main Hall -Winter Gardens |
| Convention Call to Order | 09:30 | Main Hall -Winter Gardens |
| Receive Top Table Guests | ||
| Receive Council Chair David Pope | ||
| Receive PIDs and Council of Governors 2023/24 | ||
| Receive Council of Governors Elect 2024/25 |
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| Receive Council Chair Elect -Address PDG Lion Kavaljit Dev |
09:50 | |
| Key note Speaker -Lion David Evangelista 'Importance of Volunteers' Introduced by PID Lion Phil Nathan MBE | 10:30 | |
| Presentations on the following. Brain Tumour Research Youth Programmes – Our Future including Leos Our Foundation, An update from National HQ including Peace poster and Essay Competitions - Message in a Bottle and Spectacle recycling Presentation to RNLI |
10:45 | |
| MD Competition Awards | ||
| 2025 MD, International Convention and Europa Forum 2024 MD Host Committee and presentation of 2025 Venue and dates PDG John Chambers |
12:30 | |
| Closing Remarks | ||
| Convention Day 2 Close | 13:00 |
