A.M. Meeting Minutes for 10/22/2020

 

 

Lions Present at Zoom Video Conference: Lion’s Ray, Ron, Al, Steve, Eli, Mort, Kent, Joan, Phil, Don, Dagi, and Herb.

Dates to Remember –

– PM Zoom Meeting November 4, 2020 6:30 PM
– Thanksgiving Food Drive ?
– Annual Golf Tournament June 26, 2021
– Ride4Diabetes will be scheduled in 2021

Board Meeting Review –

Discussed the Train set for Camp Via West and approved a $1,900 budget for the project. Lion Steve said he will need some help from some of the younger and stronger club members to do some lifting.
Discussed the Camp Via West Garden project and said how well is was going.
Talked about the possibility of working with the Odd Fellows on the Food Drive. Also discussed the option of members putting a message on your local “Next Door” app asking for donations and put a box in front of your home for people to drop off non-perishable food items. Lion Prez Jeff will contact last years recipients to see if they would accept food donations this year.
The Perpetual fund was discussed about an investment strategy and setting up a committee to investigate. Lion Al will contact Charles Schawb to see what they would recommend, we would like to get at least a 4% return. If you have any ideas send them to Lion Prez Jeff or Lion Al or Lion Kent.
Lion Al said we received a Thank You letter from West Valley Community Services for our donation to their program.

Camp Via West – Lion Joan talked about getting compost tomorrow, Friday October 24 at 8 AM at the Cupertino City compost site. Lion Joan said we have approximately 80% of the planting done at this time. There is an effort going on to regulate the watering system in the green house and the outdoor garden. Lion Al asked Lion Joan if she could provide him with receipts from Cupertino Community services for the value of the produce we are giving them. Lion Joan and Lion Al will discuss this. Lion Joan talked about having a picnic for all club members in the Camp Via West amphitheater in November so club members could see the results of our hard work. Lion Kent said the Garden and Train set projects at Camp Via West would be a great article for the Cupertino Courier if we could provide them with photos and info.

Registrar of Voters – Lion Al said we have everything covered that we were asked for by the ROV. Lion Al said he would send out the info he has on the sites we are to cover. If anyone has any questions they can contact Angelina at the ROV at 408-282-3006.

Good of the Order –

Lion Dagi said she received an email from a mother who had been on our website asking if we might be able to help getting her son glasses as his broke and would not be able to get another pair for 6 months. Lion Ray said he contacted an individual at the Lions eyeglass center and he said they would be able to get the individual pair of glasses. Great work from Lion Dagi and Lion Ray in helping this individual. Lion Ray said that we are still collecting used glasses so keep up the good work. Lion Eli talked about the prisoners that work on and classify the returned glasses and that this is a skilled position that when the prisoners finish their sentence they usually have a job offer for their technical skills.

Lion Steve said he is able to get a 10% discount on the train supplies we need for the project.

Opportunity Drawing – None

Respectfully submitted by:
Lion Ron Ahearn