MULTIPLE DISTRICT 60 TIMELINE
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2017
First Former Leo in MD to become Council Chair - Nadine Bushell (Trinidad and Tobago) -
2016 - 2018
First Former Lioness to become MD 60 International Director - Nicolin Carol Moore (Trinidad and Tobago) First Female MD 60 International Director - Nicolin Carol Moore (Trinidad and Tobago) -
2016-2017
First Former Leo in the District 60A to become District Governor 60A - Nadine Bushell (Trinidad and Tobago) -
2015
Multiple District 60 moves from Constitutional Area three (3) to Constitutional Area one (1) -
2012-2013
First Former Leo in the Multiple District to become District Governor 60B - Tony Buncamper (St. Maarten) -
2009-2010
First Female District Governor 60B - Shirley Quetel-Hendricks (US Virgin Islands – St. Thomas) -
2005-2006
First Former Lioness to become Council Chair - Alison Sloane-Seale (Trinidad and Tobago) First Female Council Chair – Alison Sloane-Seale (Trinidad and Tobago) -
1997-1998
First Former Lioness to become DG in Multiple District 60 and District 60A – Lion Maike Storm v Leeuwen-Eliazer (Suriname) First Female District Governor Multiple District 60 and District 60A – Lion Maaike Storm v Leeuwen-Eliazer (Suriname) -
1996- 1998
Second International Director – Terence Boswell Inniss (Trinidad and Tobago) First Former Lioness to become 1st Vice DG60A - Lion Maike Storm v Leeuwen-Eliazer (Suriname) 1996-1997. First Female 1st Vice DG60A - Lion Maike Storm v Leeuwen-Eliazer (Suriname) 1996-1997. -
1995
Twinning of District 60A and District 63 – signed by DG Iwan Toussaint (60) and DG Initiative of DGs Stephen Backer (60) and Rudolphe Robinel (63) -
1991- 1992
Lioness clubs converted to Lions Clubs across the Multiple District -
1990
First all female Lions Club established in MD60 – Port of Spain Upper Belmont Lions Club -
1988-1999
First Lioness District President 60A – Lioness Anna Marie (Maike) Storm van Leeuwen-Eliazer -
1989
First Mid Year Conference held November 11, Lions Cultural Centre Port of Spain -
1985
Lionism Extended to Montserrat -
1980
Multiple District 60 established (Grenada shifted from Region 3 so that there were enough clubs to form a separate district 60B)
First Multiple District Convention hosted by Kingston-Jamaica, 28 June 1980
First Council Chair IPDG60 Dr. Joe Robinson of Antigua. Vice Council Chair Gopichan Ramcharran DG60A, Member DG60B Cecil Sproul -
1979
Lionism extended to Anguilla -
1977
First Lioness club in 60A - Lioness Club Felice, sponsored by LIONS CLUB Paramaribo Central, LIONS CLUB Para and LIONS CLUB Paramaribo North March 3, 1977 -
1976 - 1978
First International Director Louis Chung (Guyana) -
1975
First Lioness club in Multiple District and 60B with the Lioness Club of Barbados North. -
1975
Proposal put forward to split the District -
1973
First District Trading Pin
First time all Caribbean Territories marched as one body at the International Convention with a standard uniform -
1972
First Leo Club established in 60A. Leo club Nieuw Nickerie January 1972. Second Leo club Leo Gado Tjo - Nov 29, 1972.
Lionism extended to British Virgin Islands
Lionism extended to Cayman Islands -
1971
Lionism extended to St. Kitts and Nevis -
1970
Jamaica joins District 60
Lionism extended to St. Maarten
Lionism extended to the Netherlands Antilles -
1969
District 60 became a Full District – First District Governor – John Fernandes (Guyana) -
1968
Lionism extended to Antigua and Barbuda
Lionism extended to Dominica -
1967
Lionism extended to St. Lucia -
1966
Lionism extended to US Virgin Islands -
1965
Lionism extended to Jamaica
Lionism extended to Grenada – Grenada Lions Club -
1964
Lionism extended to St. Vincent and Grenadines -
1963
Trinidad and Tobago joins Provisional District P -
1962
Lionism extended to Trinidad and Tobago -
1961
Lionism extended to Barbados Dec. 28, 1961 with Lions Club Barbados later name change to LIONS CLUB Bridgetown Barbados
Provisional District P established with Suriname, Guyana and Barbados
First District Governor – Provisional District 60P – Jan van Marion (Suriname) 1961-1963 -
1960
Lionism extended to Guyana Aug. 23, 1960 Lions Club of Georgetown -
1957
Lionism comes to Multiple District 60. Lions Club Paramaribo chartered May 8, 1957.
Lions Club Paramaribo changed to Paramaribo Central