AM Meeting minutes for 11/15/2018

Lions Present: Lion’s Ray, Ron, Phil, Don, Steve, Bill, Al, Joan, Mort, Eli, Herb, Kent, and Charlie.

Dates to Remember –

– Thanksgiving Food Drive November 17, 18, and 19th.
– Lions Christmas Party December 8th at Lion Ray’s home.
– February 9, 2019 Crab Feed
– Ride4Diabetes May 5, 2019
– Golf Tournament June 22, 2019

Guest – Steve Hoy friend of Lion Herb’s

Visitors –
Thelma Batilo – District Governor
Rick Silveria – First Vice District Governor
Linda Pugliese – Second Vice District Governor
Chris Heiny – Cabinet Secretary

Also three members from the Super Almaden Lions Club

Tail Twister – Lion Tail Twister Herb received a Happy Dollar from Lion Steve for his grandsons first hockey game. Lion Mort gave a Happy dollar for the “Bluebells” practice for the upcoming Christmas Party.
Many Lions gave sympathy dollars for the fire victims in California especially in Northern California.

Food Drive – Lions Ray, Charlie, Herb, Joan, and Eli will take the food boxes to the Odd Fellows Hall on Friday at six PM. Lion Ray said we need more apple boxes and Lion Steve and Lion Joan said they could get more, Thank You. Lion Ray said Lion Mike Martin would get the refrigerator truck. Lion Kent said we had plenty of Leo volunteers for the stores. Lion Ray said we would start loading trucks for delivery of the food items at 6:00 AM at the Odd Fellows Hall because we have to be out of the Hall by 9:00 AM. Excess food will be donated to the Sunnyvale Community center or the West Vally Community center. Lion Joan said she would check with the West Valley Community center to see if they would accept the perishable items.

Christmas Party – Lion Ray talked about the upcoming Christmas party to be held at his home on December 8, 2018. A sign up sheet has been sent out by Lion Claire so be sure and sign up to attend and what pot luck dish you would like to bring. Lion Mort said the “Bluebells” would be in attendance for music and song.

District Governor – Lion Thelma Batilo is a member of the Milpitas Executive Lions Club. She congratulated our club on our upcoming 50th anniversary. She was very interested in our clubs Ride4Diabetes (R4D) event since LCI is now a major supporter of diabetes programs. She also asked about how the R4D is going about getting corporate sponsors as this would be of interest to other clubs.
The District Governor also mention the District Cabinet meeting to be held in King City on November 19th. Members of the club will not be able to attend because of our Food Drive.

1st Vice District Governor – Lion Rick Silveria about the AJ Robinson truck and trailer and how it needs to be replaced. He said the cost to replace them would be approximately $120,000. He stated that they currently have $11,000 in the bank with another $30,000 pledged. He said they were looking at matching funds from LCI. He stated this would be about an 18 month project. Lion Rick also mentioned that the Lions are receiving tickets in section 131 for the PAC 12 championship game on November 30, 2018 and for every ticket purchased $20 will go to the AJ Robinson Foundation. You can contact Lion Rick Silveria for more information.

Second Vice District Governor – Lion Linda Pugliese talked about the upcoming Student Speaker contest and talked about our student representative last year and was hoping they would be back this year.

Good of the Order – District Governor Lion Thelma Batilo mentioned that the district has donated $10,000 to the fire victims in Paradise and that LCI will be donating $100,000 to the California fire victims.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations to Lion Ray who has won two weeks in a row. He must be a serious challenger to Lion Eli who usually wins.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lion Ron Ahearn