Board Meeting Minutes, 1/20/2015

Board Meeting

7:30 pm, January 20, 2015

Knox Compound, 217 N Milton Ave, Campbell

Members present: Lion Pres Jeff, Lions Walt, John N, Leslye, Ray, Bill, and Al.

Financial Review

–       Lion Bernie has posted the quarterly report.

–       Foundation quarterly will be completed shortly.

Crab Feed

–       Holding deposit of $1,000 given to garbage company.

–       250 2^nd seating tickets have been sold.

–       Help needed picking lemons 1:00 pm Wed at Ratner home.

–       Work party at Lester Santos home 6 pm Thu.

–       Crew needed Friday 9 am at Fish Market to pickup supplies.

–       Help still needed at Buchser Middle School on Saturday and at the Crab Feed.

Student Speaker Contest

–       Thursday Feb 5^th.

–       Applicants from all 5 schools. 6 students have been registered.

–       Need judges, tellers, and assistance from Lions for various odd jobs.

Future Volunteer Opportunities via Union Church of Cupertino

–       Mark, pastor of the Union Church does a lot of outreach work.

–       We may be able to link up with him on other projects.

–       Has shown some interest in coming a lion.

Club Communication Improvements

–       Our Lions club now has a Facebook page. Good opportunity to get our message out to the public.

–       More information on location and access will be coming. May need to be a Facebook user to have access.

Leos, LCIF, & Special Olympics

–       LCIF has invited our Leos to participate in the Special Olympics this March or April.

–       We are checking with LCIF to see if they will provide any financial support.

VDG Lion Jan Miller’s Special Cause Event

–       Lions Eyes Across California is a one-day program, March 28^th to increase awareness of Lions eyeglass collection program.

–       To increase awareness, our club will send out emails to all crab feed participants asking them to bring in eyeglasses on the night of the crab feed.

–       VDG Jan Miller will be at A.M. meeting this Thursday.

Other Charity/Foundation Updates

–       Project Linus will be on March 5^th at the Odd Fellows Hall. This is the 5^th annual event.

–       Lion Leslye says they would like to increase the event to twice a year.

Other Club Updates

–       Friends of Vijay have donated $150 to our Lions Club in honor of his marriage.

–       Bingo schedule is now posted on our website.

Walt Strach

Secretary