A.M.Meeting Minutes for 2/14/2019

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

Dates to Remember –
– 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 the cash boxes being accurate. Lion Leslye gave a happy dollar in memory of Lion John. Lion Dagi echoed Lion Leslye’s thoughts. Lots of Happy dollars for Lion’s Carl and Jenni for the outstanding work they did on the Crab Feed. Other Happy dollars for Valentines day.

Crab Feed- Lion Al reported that we sold 265 tickets for the first seating and sold 189 for the second seating. Lion Al is hoping to net around $15,000 after everything is settled. Lion Carl, Lion Jenni, and Lion Jenn did an excellent job managing the event. Thanks go out to Lion Jim Gould for all the support he provided for the crab feed this year. The feeling was that we got a number of people from the add in the Cupertino Courier and from the Cupertino Next Door thanks to Lion Joan and Lion Danessa. A discussion was held about recycling and composting and how we might be able to do it better next year. Lion Steve will reserve the church for February 8, 2020 for next years crab feed.

Ride4Diabetes – Lion Kent said currently there are permit issues with the ride. Lion Joan said they are looking at scaling back the ride making them shorter.

Charter Night – Lion Ray said he would get the menu from the Blue Pheasant and send out a sign up sheet. He is asking some of the longer term Lions to speak about the change of the club over the last 50 years. He also asked members if the have old club photos to bring them to share.

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 Chao, 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 Santa Clara at 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 is going to bring in 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 Steve won.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lion Ron Ahearn