A.M. Meeting Minutes, 05/05/2016
Lions Present: Ray, Walt, Phil, Don, Steve, Bill, Al, Dagi, Eli, Herb, John, and Ron.
Dates to Remember
– May 11th – 14th, Lions District 4-C6 Convention, Woodlake Red Lion, Sacramento
– May 17th, Flag Day at Sutter School, 3200 Forbes, Ave, Santa Clara
– May 17th, 7:30 pm, Board Meeting, TBD
– May 18th, Buchser Middle School Career Day, 1111 Bellomy St, Santa Clara
– May 27th – 28th, Annual Maintenance, Camp Via West, 13851 Stevens Canyon Rd, Cupertino
– June 3nd, Hughes Elementary School, 3rd Grade Picnic, Fairway Glen Park, at the intersection of Calle De Primavera/Avenida De Angelina in Santa Clara
– June 11th, Dayton Lions Charity Golf Fundraiser, contact Lion Eli for details.
– June 18th, De Anza Lions Golf Fundraiser, Golf Club at Moffett Field, 934 Macon Rd, Moffett Field.
– July 23rd, 11 am, Back Pack for Kids Assembly Day, San Martin Lions Hall, 12415 Murphy Ave, San Martin.
Tail Twister – Many Happy Dollars were given. Most notable were those from Lion John for his wife’s successful surgery, Lion Steve for his upcoming visit to his son’s home in Texas, and for a “Happy Mothers Day” for which we men should not take our wives for granted.
Review of the PM Meeting – It was an exuberant meeting. Club welcomed back Lion Prez Jeff who will run next months meeting. Kudos to Lion Carl for filling in for him for the last several meetings.
Crab Feed – Lions Steve, Carl, and Eli visited the Portuguese Hall in Santa Clara to see if it would make a suitable replacement for St William Church. General consensus is that it could work but would require more labor. Seats 500 people but dining and social activities would be on two different levels. City of Santa Clara requires security. Parking may be an issued. Committee would like input from Lion Jim who is away attending to health issues of his father. Committee thinks we would seriously consider if we could negotiate a cost less than that of St William Church. St William is asking $2900 to use their facility next year.
Still no word from Sunnyvale Sunrise Rotary Club as to our proposal of 70/30 split of revenue on future crab feeds.
Golf Tournament – GOLFERS and TEE SPONSORS NEEDED. Lion Al said we currently have about 50 golfers. It takes around 80 paid players to break even. Lion Kent will arrange for the pizza and Lion Scott will pick it up.
Lion Steve reported that we now have $10,000 in donations thanks to Lion Claire. A large part of that is from the 110 coupons given by Willow Street Pizza for pizzas and burgers. The coupons will be put into the golfer goody bags. The work party will be at the Ratner home on June 16th at 5 pm. Lion Steve and Ellen will supply the ribs, beer, wine and soda.
Lion Ron will print out the Tee signs. He needs to know by June 11th the names of those people or organizations that have donated.
District 4-C6 Convention – The annual convention will be from May12th -15th at Woodlake Red Lion in Sacramento. Lions Ray, Al, Phil and Walt have been designated as our voting delegates. Voting will take place on Saturday morning, May 14th.
Fish A Thon – According to Lion Jim Isaacson this was another very successful year for the Fish A Thon. There were more participants, bigger fish, and more fish caught. Kudos to Lions Ron and Ray for helping out with setup on Friday and Lions Kent and Mary for helping the kids on Saturday.
Camp Via West – The annual maintenance work has been scheduled for May 27th and 28th at Camp Via. Work begins at 1 pm on Friday for power washing. The painting will begin on the 28th at 9:30 am. Bring rollers and trays for the paining. Let Lion Bill or Lion Ray know if you are willing to help.
Couriers for June Election – Volunteers are still needed as mid-day and evening couriers. Email Monique Herrera at the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters Monique.herrera@rov.sccgov.org if you are interested. For questions you can call her at 408-282-3284 or call Lion John Noone.
Each courier shift earns $65 for driver and $65 for partner. Only the driver is required to have training, but each trainee receives $10. Indicate that you are part of the De Anza Lions group so your pay can be put in a single check and go to our treasurer.
Good of the Order –
District 4-C6 Directory: We have submitted an updated listing of our club, president , and secretary for next years District directory. Lion Al has taken care of our Club’s ad.
Habitat for Humanity has sent our club a Thank You letter for our generous gift of $1,000.
Career Day at Buchser Middle School: Help is needed unloading and setting the tables up on Tuesday, May 17th at 3 pm and again at noon on the 18th picking up the tables and returning them to storage. Contact Lion Eli if you would like to help.
Hughes Elementary School Picnic: The date for the picnic has been changed to Friday, June 3rd at Fairway Park. The park is adjacent to Hughes Elementary School. Picnic will be at 11:30 am or 12 noon. Setup will be 10:30 am or 11:30 am depending on the time of the picnic.
Lions Eye Foundation: 1) A driver is needed to take Maria to her eye appointment in San Francisco on May 24th from 11 am to 5 pm. Maria lives in Willow Glen but could also be picked up at the Lens Crafter office in Westgate Shopping Center. Contact Lion Al if you are willing to help. 2) Our club has been contacted by a needy person from Iraq living in Cupertino who needs a sponsoring club to support his need for glaucoma surgery.
Share Card/E Script: ATTENTION ALL SHARE CARE USERS. Your Share card can no longer be used. You need to go online and sign up for E Script. Contact Lion Steve for more information OR SEE HIS RECENT EMAIL.
Silicon Valley Fall Festival/AJR: Lion Ray reported the AJ Robinson Screening Van will not be available for the Fall Festival at Memorial Park because of a conflict with another club. It has been scheduled for use in Monterey.
Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations to our winner, Lion Al.
Lion Walt
Secretary