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Club Guidance

Installation Script

The installation of club officers is a long-time Lions club tradition. It is a celebratory event that is an opportune time for a club to:

Express gratitude to the previous board members as they complete their term of service for serving the club. It may be appropriate to present outgoing board members with small tokens of gratitude.

Honorably transfer authority and responsibility from current leaders to newly elected directors and officers for the next fiscal year. Some clubs have a strong tradition of “passing the club gavel” from outgoing president to incoming president or other club properties from outgoing President-Secretary-Treasurer (PST) to incoming PST.

Recognize club members who have provided excellent leadership and service to the club the previous year. This is for those members who may have provided extraordinary efforts to large projects.

Officiator of the Installation Ceremony

Typically, the immediate past club president officiates the installation ceremony, which provides a symbolic passage of leadership authority from the current to the newly elected leaders. Occasionally, a district officer such as the district governor, region or zone chairperson may be available and invited as a special guest to perform the installation ceremony.

The installing officer should have an assistant for the ceremony, to manage documents and any presentation materials. This may be the club secretary, who can assist the incoming officers with their seating arrangement.

Seating for a Formal Installation

When a front table, small stage or dais in used, it is useful to have a planned seating chart of the incoming board of directors to ease the installation procession. Below is a suggested seating arrangement to facilitate an orderly ceremony.

Seating from left to center for all incoming board members:

  • Program Coordinator
  • Safety Officer (optional)
  • LCIF Coordinator (if not the Immediate Past Club President)
  • Club Branch President (if applicable)
  • Lion Tamer
  • Tail Twister
  • Directors
  • Outgoing Club President

Seating from right to center for incoming club officers:

  • Club Marketing Communications Chairperson
  • Club Service Chair Chairperson
  • Club Membership Chairperson
  • Club Treasurer
  • Club Secretary
  • Club Third Vice President
  • Club Second Vice President
  • Club First Vice President
  • Incoming Club President

In order to make it easier, the Club Officer can read the installation script below.

Installation Script