Regular AM Meeting Minutes 12/09/2010

Cupertino DeAnza Lions Charities, Inc. Lions Club of DeAnza Corporation A.M. Meeting Minutes 12/9/2010
Lions Present: Lion Prez Steve, Ron, Phil, Bill, Don L., Ray G., Al, Jim G., Ray L., Herb, Kent, Mike M. and Charlie.
Guest – Walt
Tail Twister – Lion Herb paid up on his wager with Lion Jim G. on the Patriots vs the Jets with a happy dollar. Lion Mike M. paid a dollar for just getting in the door as the pledge began. Lion Ray Lancon gave a happy dollar for the pictures that Lion Ray G. took at the Lions Christmas party and the San Jose City Christmas parade.
Dates to Remember –
–    Visitor from Kid Power (Erika Leonard) December 16th –    Board Meeting December 14th at Lion Steves home at 7:30 –    15th Annual Crab Feed January 22nd 2011 –    Charter Night TBA –    Cupertino Host Lions Fish-A-Thon Sat. May 7, 2011 & Set up May 6, 2011 –    DeAnza Lions Installation dinner June 25, 2011 at the Big Dog Winery
Crab Feed – Lion Jim G. said the Fish Market was asking about the Crab Feed.
Lion Al said we have between seven and thirty-three tickets available for the first seating, of these 20 are spoken for but not paid for yet. We have sold 38 tickets for the second seating so far. The Rotary Club has until Dec. 22, to report how many tickets they have sold. Lion Prez Steve will send out a second email about the crab feed. So far we have approximately $6,100 in donations for the raffle and silent auction.
Habitat for Humanity – Lion Phil met with the Rotarians to discuss the new build for Habitat. The Rotarians have donated $25,000 for the build. Lion Phil said that they will meet again on January 16, 2011 and he will give us an update then.
Christmas Parade and Leo Update – Lion Kent reported that the DeAnza Lions had three participants with the Leo’s also having three participants. Lion Kent stated that he thought there were about forty Lions and thirty Leo’s that participated in the parade. The Monta Vista Lions helped as interpreters for the chinese community at the AJ Robinson screening van after the parade. Lion Kent also wrote up an article and provided pictures for the Christmas Parade for
the web-site and sent it to Dagi for review and updating the website as we still had last years info on the web site.
Speech Contest – Lion John Smith has discussed the Speech contest with the other clubs to make sure we don’t duplicate efforts. The contest is scheduled for February 8, 2011 at this time.
Charter Night – Lion Prez Steve sent out an email with three dates mentioned at this time. They are Feb. 12, March 12, or March 19, 2011. At this time March 19, 2011 is the front runner. The dinner will be held at the Blue Pheasant Restaurant in Cupertino.
It was also discussed that Dan and Yvonne Fimby were looking at having the DeAnza Lions Club Installation dinner at the Big Dog Winery on June 25, 2011.
Good of the Order – Lion Kent talked bout the Golf meeting that was held by Lion Eli on Wednesday February 8, 2011 with Lion Kent and Lion Ron in attendance. The discussion was around sending out Thank You notices to the Major Sponsors and the Tee Sponsors. He mentioned that it would be good if we could provide facts about what we have done in the community in the Thank You letter to the major sponsors. Lion Ron will work on getting the specfics and prepare a draft letter for discussion.
Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations – Lion Ray Lancon won.
Respectfully submitted by: Lion Secretary Ron Ahearn