AM Meeting Minutes 5/18/2017

Lions Present: Lion’s Ray, Ron, Phil, Don, Bill, Steve, Al, Dagi, Eli, John Noone, Kent, Walt, and Charlie.

Dates to remember –

  • Via West work party May 26th 1:00 PM May 27-28th 9 AM
  • June 2nd Flag / Hot dog day start 10:45 AM
  • Packing Party Lion Steve’s home June 15th at 6:00 PM
  • Golf Tournament June 17, 2017 at Moffett Field Golf Course
  • LCIF/ADA Ride4Diabetes on August 26, 2017 De Anza College

Tail Twister – Tail Twister Pro-Temp Lion Eli went around and collected Happy Dollars for the Warriors and for the return of Lion Walt. Lion Dagi had Lions gear for sale.

Via West – Lion Bill said the work schedule would start on Friday May 26th through May 28th if necessary. Starting May 26 at 1:00 PM and May 27 – 28th starting at 9:00 AM. He said we will be leveling the benches, cleaning/sanding and painting/staining. Lion John as sent out a google doc for sign ups.

Golf – We had a good discussion @ the morning meeting about utilizing an electronic sign instead of our traditional banner, to recognize & thank our major sponsors. There are good reasons to think about going electronic, whether utilizing a smart tv or an electronic message board. We need to finalize this by next Thursday. If you have any thoughts, or have some time to look into the merits of either device, please get involved. Eli will put together the club’s thoughts, & research, & hopefully the morning group will make a recommendation to the board on Thursday, May 25. Send thoughts, information, or research to Eli. We are going to try to keep this project under $1,000.00. We have pledged funds for over half of that amount from Lions Charlie Waters & Steve Ratner. There will be a packing party at Lion Steve and Ellen’s home on Thursday June 15th at 6:00 PM. The main thing now is we need “More Golfers” and Tee sign Sponsors so round up your groups and get them registered with Lion Jen Smith before the end of May as the price goes up to $130.

Ride4Diabetes – Lion Kent said he Lion Dagi and Lion Sundar passed out info about our Ride4Diabetes at the Super Almaden Lions cycling event last Saturday. Saturday and we will be setting up a tent to promote the Ride4Diabetes. Lion Kent said he met with the Rotarians on Monday discussing our event. The YMCA has agreed to promote our ride at their 11 Bay Area locations and they can set up a tent at our ride to try and get new members. Lion Kent said he would need 11posters for the 11 YMCA sites. We currently have a couple of major sponsors but we still need “Corporate” sponsors.

Good of the Order – Lion John Noone and Lion Dagi are currently working with the web master on our new website and everything is going well.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations to Lion Al who won the opportunity drawing.

Respectfully submitted by:
Lion Ron Ahearn