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59th Annual MD23 Lions Mid-Winter Conference
Join us at the Mid-winter Conference
February 5-7, 2010
The Crowne Plaza Hotel, Southbury, Connecticut
Conference Chairman Dr. Stephen Polezonis, PCC
mgenlot@snet.net
(R) 860-635-5758
click here to download
the Registration Form
(requires free Adobe PDF reader)
If you wish to have a room at Crown Plaza, please
call
at 203-577-4886 and they will assign our
special room rate of $89 per night.
Conference Registration:
Lion Joan Eaton
83 Providence Street
Taftville, CT 06380
860-204-0194
Email: seaton04@snet.net
Governor M. Jodi Rell 87th Governor of Connecticut Our special Luncheon speaker. On January 3, 2007, Governor M. Jodi Rell was sworn in for her own term as Governor of the great State of Connecticut. She is the state’s 87th Governor and the first-ever woman Republican Governor of Connecticut. Governor Rell has held elected office in Connecticut for more than two decades. She holds the state’s highest office after serving as the 105th Lieutenant Governor for over nine years. Governor Rell also represented the 107th House District of Brookfield in the state House of Representatives where she held key leadership posts, including Deputy House Minority Leader and Assistant House Minority Leader. Lions know Governor Jodi Rell from her service to the community as a Lions Club member. |
Joseph F. Gaffigan,
PID
Our Banquet speaker.
Joseph F. Gaffigan of Silver Spring, Maryland, USA, was elected to serve a two-year term as a director of The International Association of Lions Clubs at the association’s 89 the International Convention, held in Boston, Massachusetts, USA June 30-July 4, 2006. He also served as board appointee 2008-2009.
Past Director Gaffigan is an attorney.
A member of the Suburban Lions Club since 1981, Past Director Gaffigan has held many offices within the association, including club president, region chair, zone chair, Multiple District 22 council secretary and district governor. Additionally, he has served as district and multiple district membership chair, leadership chair, constitution & by-laws chair and convention chair. He has served as trustee of the Multiple District 22 Vision Research Foundation, general counsel of District 22 C and chairperson of the Lions Eye Bank in District 22 C.
While serving as international director, he also served as sector coordinator for Campaign SightFirst II and as chairperson of Lions Clubs International’s Constitution & By-Laws Committee.
In recognition of his service to the association he has received numerous awards, including the 100% Club President’s Award, two club Prince of Pride Awards, the District 22 C Bull Throwers Award, 100% District Governor Award, the District Governor Excellence Award, five International President’s Medals, two International President’s Certificates of Appreciation, the International President’s Leadership Award and the Ambassador of Good Will Award, the highest honor bestowed upon association members. He is a James A. McCarty Fellow, Dr. Arnall Patz Fellow and a Progressive Melvin Jones Fellow.
Past Director Gaffigan and his wife Eileen, also a Melvin Jones Fellow, have one son, Robert.
2010 LIONS MID-WINTER SEMINARS
Saturday morning
Seminar Session "A" 8:30 - 10:00
CLERF
What is a Quality Club
Diabetic Emergency
Lions Websites
Seminar Session "B" 10:15 - 11:45
LCIF
So you Want to Be a Club Officer
Tail Twisting for Fun and Profit
Lions JeopardyPin Trading Club of Connecticut (P.T.C.CT) meeting.
Board Room at 10:00 a.m.
Program Highlights
To be announced
Conference Schedule
To be announced