A.M. Meeting Minutes, 4/21/2016
Lions Present: Lion’s Ray, Ron, Phil, Bill, Steve, Al, Dagi, Mort, Eli, Herb,
John and Charlie.
Dates to Remember:
– Lions Fish-a-Thon April 30th
– PM Meeting May 4, 2016 at 6:30 PM Tony and Alba’s
– District Convention May 11 – 14 in Sacramento
– Flag Day presentation May 17 at Sutter Elementary School
– Buchser Middle School Career Day May 17-18th
– Camp Via[1] West work crew May 27 – 28th
– Couriers/Navigators for Election Day June 7, 2016
– Dayton Valley Charity Golf Tournament June 11, 2016
– DeAnza Lion’s Annual Golf Tournament June 18, 2016 at Field Golf Club
– AJ Robinson Van @ Cupertino Fall Festival June 10, 2016
Tail Twister – Tail Twister Lion Herb went around and collected happy dollars from all the Lions. Lion Eli and Mort gave Happy Dollars for the great time they had in Cabo with the family. Lion Ron gave a Happy Dollar for his great family trip to New York.
Board Meeting Review –
FINANCIAL REVIEW – Club finances are fine. Cost of Quick Books upgrade will be split $189 each between Club and Foundation.
Foundation finances are also in good shape. Foundation distributed $12,343 in 3rd quarter. Expect to distribute $12,000 4th quarter.
Budget of $2700 for Camp Via will allow us to pay for 3 sponsorships in addition to annual painting and minor repairs. Lion Bill has been tasked to bring a representative from Camp Via to the next PM meeting to allow our club to make a presentation of the gift sponsorships to them at that time.
$1500 donation to Lions group in India. Dr Byakod will be visiting in June. We hope to give him a check at that time.
$1500 donation for Wounded Warriors has been tabled until next Board Meeting. The Board is looking to give the money to another veterans group that will do a better job of supporting our vets.
Lion Al stated the Club/Foundation would meet all obligations this year. However obligations will be impacted next year by any fundraising shortfalls.
CITY OF HOPE – We will be donating $1287.50 to the City of Hope in honor of retiring DG Jan Miller.
GOLF AND TEE SIGNS – Fairwaysponsors.com has offered to provide us with 60 signs for golf carts and large sponsor banner for $330. They also do Tee sponsor signs. The signs are under consideration for next year.
MAY 14TH DISTRICT 4-C6 CONVENTION – Lions Al, Ray, Phil and Walt have been selected as our voting delegates for the convention.
TREASURER TRANSITION – Lion Mike Ringer now has signature authority. Lion Vijay is working on getting authority. They have until June 30th to prepare for transition. Lion Al will take care of reporting for 4th quarter and help with transition.
ANNUAL CRAB FEED – Lion Jim and Lester Santos from Sunnyvale Sunrise Rotary Club had a meeting regarding proposed 70/30 split of profits next year. Lester was supposed to discuss with his group and get back to Jim. It has been about a month and we have not yet heard back.
Lion Carl suggested we consider the Portuguese Hall in Santa Clara for future crab feeds. The hall is large and can accommodate 500 – 600 people. Lions Carl, Jim, Eli and Ray have been selected to check it out. Lion Steve said there is limited parking at the hall which could be a problem.
Golf Tournament – Lion Steve said we could have as much as $11,000 in donated items and gifts in kind. Lion Al said we currently have several major sponsors but we still need golfers and tee sponsors. Moffett Golf course manager Gary is looking at hiring a new food manager. Lion Al said he would talk with Lion Amy about when the next of meeting will be held.
Good of the Order – Lions Al, Ray, Steve and Walt will attend the District Convention representing our club for voting purposes.
Lion Steve talked about the problem we are having with the Eye collection station at the Santa Clara main Library.
It appears that we will be losing several members of the club in the near future so we all need to pitch in and try and recruit new members.
Lion Bill said the work detail at Camp Via West on Friday May 27, will start at 1:00 PM instead of 12:00. No change for Saturday’s time. Friday we will do power washing and cleanup with painting on Saturday.
Lion John Noone talked about the Registrar of Voters request for volunteers for Election Day drivers and navigators. Lion John said there would be an email sent out to the club.
Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations Lion John Noone won.
Respectfully submitted by:
Lion Ron Ahearn for Lion Secretary Walt Strach
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