PM Meeting Minutes: September 2016

De Anza Lions PM Minutes: September 2016

Members: Jill, Jenni, Carl, Steve, Mary, Pete, Jen, Sundar, John, Ray, Ron, Phil, Kent, Ann, Mort, Vijay, Eli.

Esteemed Guests and Mini-Lions: Eli, Ana, Ellen, Levi, Lucia,

Stop Hunger Now: same weekend as our Thanksgiving food drive but Lion Susi (who couldn’t make it tonight), will talk about it next time.

Happy Dollars/Tailtwister: lots of dollars-sports, grandchildren, school, etc.

Omar’s Dream Run: Omar was able to do remote learning, when he was stricken with cancer, so he wouldn’t miss too much school.  The run was created in his honor and this year is the 4th.  We helped get it off the ground, with Mike R. and Teresa and now we still participate with set up of tables, water coolers, etc.  We do this on Saturday afternoon and then Sunday when the run is over we take the tables down and back to storage.  Eli really needs some extra help because many who usually help that day will be out of town.  This is on Saturday the 15th and Sunday the 16th.  Eli needs 3-4 people for each shift: before, during and after.

Get on Your Bike and Ride: A New Fundraiser Proposal-Lion Kent presents his well-thought out and detailed proposal.  Co-partner with American Diabetes Association-the participants are passionate about the ride but also about fundraising for a particular cause. Predicted to happen in Cupertino, De Anza College, preferably.  This area is considered to be a center of cyclists, too. An estimate is that if we had 100 participants it is possible to bring in thousands of dollars.  We would need routes and Kent needs to get Chairs for each of the 5 categories before it can get off the ground: Each category has anywhere from 5-11 separate details.  (Please email Kent for an attachment with the overview). All of the participants are recruited online and many experiences riders actually get their companies to match their fundraising.  The event registration is all online and so is the payment.  No auction for this kind of event, but a t-shirt needs to be designed for the event and given to all participants. The volunteers for day of come from an online recruitment system.  Many of the local companies (Google, SalesForce, etc.) already have teams that want to participate in these kinds of rides.  Vijay has made contact already with one corporation, but the calendars of these corporate teams fill up fast. (As in 2017 is getting full for the potential rider pool).

  • Overall Leader:  Kent

  • “Ride”:  John Noone.

  • Digital Marketing:  Sundar

  • Club/Corp. Team Marketing:  Jeff

  • Cause/Messaging: Ron

  • Event Day:  Ray

How much of the profit goes to ADA?  How much of the profit being given to ADA is necessary to get riders to get their commitment?  Branding this as Lions Club International and Cupertino De Anza Lions would be very important.  We get exposure and possibly new members.  WE ARE On For the Ride as we have Committee Chairs and this was the requisite for the Board Approval.

Board Meeting Recap: mostly we discussed the bike ride.  Charles suggested a calendar of events and a cheat sheet of what we do.  We reallocated some donations, if a cause or a champion of a cause has not been present.

Budget Proposal Approved!!

Food Drive: John Noone has confirmed that both stores from last year for Food Drive are on, and we have a reservation for the refrigerator truck, and the same 7 groups are very much ready for our help this coming season.  Next month, John will send out the sign-up sheet.

Special Thank You: Ellen Ratner you are the best and we couldn’t do this meeting without you and your child skills!

Monta Vista Leo Club: on Friday, Kent will be meeting with this club, and they have quite a few new members and he will be asking about the food drive.

Meeting Adjourned at 7:32.