A.M. Meeting Minutes for February 7, 2019

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

Dates to Remember –

– February 9, 2019 Crab Feed
– Board Meeting February 19, 2019 time and place TBD.
– Charter Night March 16, 2019 Blue Pheasant Restaurant
– Ride4Diabetes May 5, 2019
– Golf Tournament June 22, 2019

Tail Twister – Lion Tail Twister Herb collected happy dollars from Lion Al for being pain free after a current back problem. Lots of Happy dollars for the Student Speaker contest and Lion’s Carl and Jenni for the outstanding work they are doing on the Crab Feed.

Student Speaker Contest – Lion Dagi said the Student Speaker contest went well. We had three young female speakers all of which did a wonderful job. Lion Dagi wanted to thank all the volunteers that helped make the contest success.

Crab Feed- Lion Al reported that we were basically sold out for the first seating and had sold 170 and we might have 200 for the 2nd seating. Lion Carl sent out a signup sheet for various duties that need to be done for the crab feed. Please sign up now if you haven’t already as the sheet is still very vacant of volunteers. Remember Lion Steve is having a packing party tonight at Thursday February 7, 2019 at 5:00 PM at his home for the auction and silent auction gifts. Lion Steve said we need about 35 Leo’s for the 1st shift and 25-35 for the second shift currently we are short of the numbers needed. There will be a storage run on tomorrow Friday February 8, 2019 at 10:30 A.M. to get supplies for the crab feed.
Latest figure Lion Carl had for the price of crab was between $10.50 – $11.00 dollars a pound.

P.M. Meeting Review – Charter Night 2019, 50 Years of De Anza Lionism, Special Guest PDG Lion Liz Crooke: at the Blue Pheasant, Lion Ray is working on a program. Keep an eye out for emails for signing up.
Recap! Student Speaker Contest 2019: Lion Andrea recapped, 3 students from Homestead and Lynbrook and Fremont. Students were all female and amazing. The topic was “Freedom of the Press: What does it mean and Why Does it Matter”. 3 judges enjoyed so much that they want to come back next year. Dagi and Joan organized and everything went great.

Cupertino Community Leos Club, Richard Cao, Prez; (Lion Liang): confirmed and approved. Lion Claire became co-advisor and gave us a recap of how they are starting off and guiding them in what they could do to support the Lions.

“Helping those in our midst…” – Ms. Marisol Durani. Works for the county of the Dept. of Ed. She wants to let us know how we can support the Dept. of Ed. We have donated some clothes, shoes, and jackets and Marisol came to thank us.

Crab Feed 2019 – Lion Carl, all Lions Sign UP, please! We need 11 people in the kitchen each shift, and right now we only 4 and 5. Jeff reached out to Dave Zirkel, but didn’t hear back. Dave Zirkel is in for treasure chest and will be there to help prep at the church. The biggest new deal is the permit stuff. Carl is the point person for this. The biggest thing is “workers”: anyone who is serving or handling food. Good hygiene is emphasized (watches, jewelry, fake nails, etc.). Hair must be pulled back. Carl and Jenni will bring gloves and hair ties. Al is doing produce order. Ron said the “cash and carry” is done. First seating is full, and second seating is close. How is the storage stuff getting to the church? In the past we rented a box truck, and the Refridge truck. Eli will rent a U-haul truck with Jeff’s guidance for the storage stuff. Get how many canopies? Bring five if we have the space. This truck will go there on Friday and get the stuff. All items should arrive by 11:00 on Saturday at church. The round tables and chairs will already be out. There is a certain area we can’t park, but it’s blocked off, so we don’t need a parking person. Garbage duty is not filled, which is moving the trash out to the big bin. We were reminded to recycle by Dagi. Where are the starnos for the chafing dishes? We will need 24 and Ray will get some. Carl will get thermometers for each station, which will be about 8 or 10. What are table leads? Someone who helps the Leos, or whoever is in charge of a table (we usually have one Leo per table) , when the Leos don’t know where to get what, etc. Since we don’t know how many Leos usually sign up versus how many actually show up, we are currently low on Leos. Raffle update from Lion Steve. Sheets will go on each table, describing the different ways to give money: raffle, treasure box, cash “dutch” raffle, silent auction. Lion Liang was going to bring in the pizza for the Leos, so we are hoping she will still do this. Lion Jim said he appreciates that we stay true to ourselves. Lion Jen Smith is now in charge of the outdoor kitchen. Finally, we need people for 10 -11:30 Saturday night and Sunday morning clean up at 9:00 AM at Steve’s house. Work party at Lion Steve and Ellen’s at 5:30.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations Lion Eli won.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lion Ron Ahearn