1. Days Hotel Flafwoods
1-866-700-7284
ROOM RATES:
$80.10* tax - single per night
$89.10* tax - double per night
Advise reservation clerk that you are
17th
Annual
with the Lions Club.
Rates available until Jan. 6th
Leadership
School
CANCELLATION POLICY:
Registrations are transferable. Refunds
may be made up to 30 days prior to the
start of the School,lessa $10.00service
fee. Requestsfor refunds received
lessthan 30 days prior to the start of
the schoolwill be consideredby the
Committee on a caseby casebasis after
the schoolhas been concluded.
Mail completed Registration to:
WeServe
P.D.G.Kris Pinkerman
6270 ll2Little SevenMile Road
Huntington, WV 25702
(304) 638-40e6
skpinkerman@gmai com
l.

2. FROM THE DESK OF THB CHAIR S E MIN A R S -.-2013
OF THE WEST VIRGINIALIONS
plannedfornew Lions, hesidents,Secretaries,
Seminars
LEADERSHIPSCHOOL
experiencedLions, as well as Professional/Penonal
Development.
Lions, Friends,Guest,
The following Seminarsare plannedfor this year's
The 2013 Leadership School Committee
school:
would like to invite you to the 17th annual
WVa Lions LeadershipSchool Committeeto Keynote Speakers
be held at Flatwoods Davs Hotel on Januarv
Friday Dinner..... ...TomHeywood
25-27,2012.
Saturday
Lunch........ ...................PDG Cain
Wendy
The school committee has worked hard to Saturday
Dinner........ ..........JoePreston
assemblea group of presenters,seminars SundayLunch .ColtWlnn
and speakersthat will offer you a wide range
of topics to further your leadershipskills and Seminars
your knowledge of lionism. The seminars Parliamentarv Procedure
range from navigating the web to our own wvr-icn
sight foundation, club officers training to Club Secretary
diabetes training. How families servetogether Young Adult Recruiting
Traditional Ideasvs. Young Ideas
to better serve their communities and learn
Club Presidents
to work together with other organizations.
Navigating LCI beginner& advanced
The speakers are outstanding from Friday
Living with Diabetes
night with attorney Tom Haywood, Saturday
Diversity and You
luncheon with PDG Wendy Cain, Saturday Families ServingTogether
night banquet featuring PID Judge Haynes Public Speaking
Townsend from Georgia and finishing with Not Community Service
Becky Coakley, from Childrens Vision Care&Nurturing of Mature Lions
RehabilitationProgramon Sunday. Parhering with Blind
Club ExcellenceProcess
Our committee polled lions from acrossthe WVLSCF PortableEquipment
state as to where they would like to hold Leos & Youth
the school. The majority wanted Days Hotel Youth Exchange
and the committee honored the request.We Project Management
would be honored to have you join us. See Networking with other Organizations
Club Finances
you there.
(Seminarssubjectto change)
Pete Therewill be a "Training Thack"for Presidentsand
Chair WVLLS Secretaries
which can be applied toward 100%awards.

3. FeaturedSpeakers 2013
-
Thomas Heywood is the managingpartner of the Lions Firm of Bowels Rice McDavid and Love.
He graduatedStanford with a BA in 1978& JD Harvard Law School in 1982.He is a member
of the American Bar Associationand the WestVirginia StateBar. From 1989-1993 servedas
he
Chief of Staff for Gov. Gaston Caperton and recently served as Gov. Earl Tomblins campaign
chairman. He had clerked for the HonorableJohn Field of the US Court of Appeals. He has been
recognized as one of the l0 most influential businessleadersin WV and voted one of the best
lawyers in America. Attorney Heywood is the recipient of may service awards and is active in
many businessprofessionalcivic and charitableorganizationsand activities.
PDG Wendy Cain hasbeen a Lion for 20 years and is a Progressive Melvin JonesFellow. Shewas
electedDistrict Governor for l2-N in2006-2007, and has served Lionism at the Club, District,
and Multiple District levels for many years. Lion Wendy is a graduateof the 2000 Southeastern
Lions Leadership Institute. She has served on the faculty of one LCI and four regional Lions
LeadershipInstitutes. She has also;been a presenterat the USA/CanadaLions Leadership
Forum (four times) and Lions leadershipevents in several states. Lion Wendy has received a
number of awards,highlighted by the MD-I2 Lion of the Year (2001),InternationalPresident's
Certificates of Appreciation, and the lnternational President'sLeadership Medal. Wendy is an
engineerwith the U.S. Departmentof Energy in Oak Ridge,Tennessee. Sheis a projectmanager
for environmental managementprojects that are a legacy from the Manhattan Project efforts during World War II.
Wendy and her husband,Barry,live in Knoxville, Tennessee with their "canine kid" Bogie.
Haynes Townsend, from Dalton, Georgia, USA, was elected to serve a two-year term as a
director of The International Association of Lions Clubs at the association's 92nd International
Convention, held in Minneapolis,Minnesota,USA, July 6-10,2009.PastDirector Townsendis a
judge. A member of the Dalton Noon Lions Club since 1979,he has held many offices within the
association,including club president,region chair, zone chair, district governor,district librarian
and multiple district leadershipchair.rHealso servedas a presenter the USA/Canadaforum.
at
In recognition of his serviceto the association, has receivednumerousawardsincluding three
he
Lion of the YearAwards, 15District GovernorAppreciationAwards, the Ervin-Crumbley Award,
District 18-A Hall of Fame Award, six International President Certificates of Appreciation,
two International Leadership Awards, an International PresidentAward, a Membership Key Award, a Knight of
StrengthAward, 3 International President'sAwards and the Ambassadorof Goodwill Award. Director Townsendis
a Progressive Melvin JonesFellow.In additionto his Lions activities,PastDirector Townsendis active in numerous
profeisional and community organizations. is currently the chair of the Dalton-Whitfield Christmas Paradeand
He
was honored as the Judge of the Year by the State of Georgia. Past Director Townsendand his wife, Donna, also a
Lion and a Melvin JonesFellow, have two daughters.
RebeccaCoakley graduatedfrom Marshall University with a Bachelor'sDegreein Education,
specializing in Elementary and Mentally Impaired, and later received a Master's Degree in
LeadershipStudies/Administration from WestVirginia GraduateCollege. In 1990,shereceived
her Blind and Visually Impaired Certificationfrom the University of Virginia. Sheis a certified
Low Vision Therapistthrough ACVREP. Rebecca has worked in the field of visually impaired
since 1989. She presents the areaof low vision nation wide and has chairedseveral
in task forces
to establishlow vision projects in other statesand countries. Rebeccais has taught coursesfor
SouthwestMissouri StateUniversity and is currently an adjunct professorat Marshall University
Graduate College and West Virginia University. She serves as the Director/ Pediatric Low
Vision EducationSpecialist the Children'sVision Rehabilitation
for Programof WestVirginia University. Sheis not
administeringa projectfor Underserved Adults in coordinationwith the WV Lions.

4. Registration Form
SchoolSchedule PLEASE PRINT OF TYPE CLEARLY
[] Lion
Friday n Lioness
Noon - 7:00 p.m. Registration Name for Name Tag
7:00p.m. Dinner with Address
Attorney Tom Heywood
City State ZiP Code
9:00p.m. Expo
SpecialSessions for: Cell Phone
Home Phone
First Time Affendees
Moderators/Pre senters E-mail
Saturday Club Name District
8:00a.m.- Noon Regisffation
a.m. Seminar#l
I I am a flrst time attendee.
8:30
9:55a.m. Break
l0:l5 a.m. Seminar#2 If you have special dietary requirements,please advise.
I l:40 a.m. Break
Noon Lunch with
PDG WendyCain DISCOUNTED FEEIF POSTMARKED
oN oR BEFORE l2ll5lr0
2:00p.m. Seminar#3
$1OO PERSON
PER
3:25 p.m. Break
p.m. Seminar#4
afterl2ll5ll0
3:45
5:l0 p.m. Break Fee:$125perperson
NON.LION MEALS ONLYTICKETS. $85
6:00 Dinner with (No individual meal tickets)
PID JudgeHaynes
Townsend
EnterlainingActivity
Sunday
7:45a.m. Devotions Check (make payableto WV Lions
8:30a.m. Seminar#5 LeadershipSchool
9:55a.m. Break
10:15a.m. Seminar#6
l1:40a.m. Break Mail CompletedRegistrationto:
PDG Kris Pinkennan
Noon Lunch with 62701l2 SevenMile Road
Becky Coakley Huntington, WV 25702