GYMPIE SOUTH LIONS CLUB
PAST PRESIDENTS
Gympie South Lions Club was chartered on 24th April 1980
1980/81 Chris Lima
1981/82 Tony McKenna
1982/83 Mike James
1983/84 Larry Friske
1984/85 Alvin Corbet
1985/86 Morrie Wilbraham
1986/87 Peter Martin
1987/88 Francis Parkinson
1988/89 John Rackemann
1989/90 Len Dodt
1990/91 Richard Hausmann
1991/92 Will Bauer
1992/93 Des Fleming
1993/94 Bill McIntyre
1994/95 John O’Brien
1995/96 Brian Naismith
1996/97 Roger O’Grady
1997/98 Terry Kitchen
1998/99 Rod Matthews
1999/2000 Margaret Gollschewski
2000/01 John O’Dwyer
2001/02 Will Bauer
2002/03 Rob White
2003/04 John Rackemann
2004/05 Francis Parkinson
2005/06 Pat Bauer
2006/07 Gary Albrecht
2007/08 Gary Albrecht
2008/09 Alan Davidson
2009/10 Dudley Fisher
2010/11 Geoffrey Blackburn
2011/12 Dick Wheatley
2012/13 Les Sprott
2013/14 Mark Onion
2014/15 Joan Albrecht
2015/16 Joan Albrecht
2016/17 Bob Bland/Kaitlyn Anderson
2017/18 Kaitlyn Anderson/Bob Bland
2018/19 Bob Bland
2019/20 Debbie Kratzmann
2020/21 Debbie Kratzmann/Rob White
2021/22 Rob White
2022/23 Rob White
2023/24 Rob White
HISTORY OF GYMPIE SOUTH LIONS CLUB
1980 The Lions Club of Gympie South was chartered on 24th April 1980 as the 1259th club in Australia. Chris Lima was the charter president. The first major project was the building of the clock in the main street of Imbil.
1982 Gympie South Lions Club ran the first bar at the original Gympie Music Muster at the Webb Brother's property, Thornside, and have been doing it ever since. Three musters were held at Thornside before the muster moved to the Amamoor State Forest.
1985 Lions Clubs became incorporated. This brought some big changes. Our first set of laws were now the "Fair Trading" and "Collections" Acts with the Lions clubs constitution coming next.
This also meant changes to meeting procedures. Board members only are now responsible by Fair Trading, so decision making is now done by the board instead of the whole club as it used to be.
1989 Our first female member. Margaret Gollschewski, transferred into our club.
1991 We hosted our first District Convention and it is still talked of as one of the best.
1999 We hosted our second District Convention. It was also a great success.
2017 Gympie hosted the 201Q4 convention.
