RATING FOR A 1,000 POINT BULLETIN SCORE

*Program announcement…………………………………………………………….……………….75

*Announcement of day, time and place of meeting………………………….….………………..15

*Name of club, city and state…………………………………………………….….………………..15

*Name of President, Secretary, District Governor, Vice District Governor, Zone Chair and the Multiple District Executive Secretary/Treasurer…………..............................……………….15

*Resume’ of last meeting………………………………………………………………..…………….40

*Personal items about members…………………………………………………….………………75

*Masthead (name of bulletin, address and telephone of editor)…………………..……………50

Announcements of actions taken by club……………….……………………………...…………60

Activities mentioned…………………………………………………………………………...………40

Committee reports………………………………………………………………………………...……40

List of coming events (club, zone, district, etc)………………………………………………...…60

Items about zone and district events……………………………………………………………….40

Humor (jokes, amusing incidents, etc.)…………………………………………………………….40

Legibility……………………………………………………………………………………………....….60

Neatness…………………………………………………………………………………………………60

Convenience of size…….........…………………………………………………………………..……40

Attractive appearance…………………………………………………………………………………60

Regularity of issue…………………………………………………………………………………..…40

Style of writing………………………………………………………………………………………..…55

Editorials……………………………………………………………………………………………....…50

Illustrations……………………………………………………………………………………………....10

1000 CLARIFICATION OF SCORING

Bulletin should be judged by the score system as set forth in the above table.

The points set forth in the above table shall be the maximum allowable points for each item.

All stared items must appear in each issue of the bulletin.

The items without a star must be included in the bulletin once each month. (They may be included in every issue, but this is not necessary.)

Program announcements: The program for each meeting prior to the next issue shall be given. If the program for any such meeting has not been determined, that shall be noted and considered as satisfying this requirement.

Activities mention: This may be an activity completed or a future activity.

Personal items about members: This may be a birthday, anniversary, health report or other personal item about a member.

The following items shall be scored for each issue: Legibility, neatness, convenience of size, attractive appearance, regularity of issue and style of writing.

Single page bulletin: any bulletin printed on one sheet of pa[per of legal size or smaller shall be considered a single page bulletin.

Multiple Page Bulletin: any bulletin printed on more than one sheet of paper shall be consider a Multiple Page bulletin.

District Awards will be given to the club bulletin which, in the opinion of the Bulletin Contest committee, are the most outstanding in each of the two (2) categories, Single or multiple page. The district committee choices are entered into the Multiple District contest to determine the best bulletin in the Multiple District.

INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER (BULLETIN) CONTEST:

To enter the contest:

Each Lions Club should submit two copies of their best club news bulletins to the Public Relations Division of Lions International Headquarters no later then May 1^st.

There will be one winner and four honorable mention winners.

Winners will be announced at the annual International Convention.

Members of the Publications, Public Relations and Lions Information Committee of the International Board of Directors will judge the entries.

Winners will be awarded prizes.

All entries in the International Newsletter (bulletin) contest must be accompanied by the contest registration form.