Attendance Make-Up Rules

 

1. Absence from a regular meeting of a Lions Club be made up within the time limit of 13 days following the date of the miss in any one of the following ways:
1. Attendance at a meeting of any other Lions club, regular or special.
2. Attendance at a meeting of the member's home club board of directors.
3. Attendance at a duly constituted meeting of a standing committee of the member's home club.
4. Attendance at any meeting scheduled or sponsored by the member's own club, including club fundraising and service activities.
5. Attendance at a region or zone meeting.
6. Attendance at an international, state or dist convention, or any other recognized Lions meeting.
7. A visit within said time limit to the office of Lions Clubs International or the office of any district or state outside the country of which the visiting Lion is a member.  Cards evidencing such visits shall be made available to Lions.

 

2. A member who is forced to miss a meeting(s) by reason of illness shall automatically be granted attendance credit for the meeting(s) missed upon.

 

3. A member who is forced to miss a meeting(s) as result of military service, jury duty, elected government position or other statutory requirements be given attendance credit for the meeting(s) missed.  In each case, the club board of directors shall decide if credit should be given for missed meeting(s).

 

4. Any Lion who finds it necessary or is assigned to perform occupational duties for an extended period in a place from which he or she cannot re attend a Lions club meeting may, at the discretion of his/her club, be granted credit for meetings missed thereby.

 

5. Responsibility should be placed on the club secretary to verify that the member has fulfilled attendance requirements.

 

6. The Executive Committee shall use its discretion in granting continuous membership in cases in which a political situation is involved in a country.

 

7. A member who is forced to miss meeting(s) by reason of pregnancy or childbirth shall be granted attendance credit for meeting(s) missed for appropriate period of time to be mutually a upon by the club's board of directors and the member.