A.M. meeting minutes for 1/03/2019

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

Dates to Remember –

– P.M. Meeting January 9, 2019 6:30 PM Tony & Alba’s Pizza
– Student Speaker Contest January 31, 2019 at the Odd Fellows
Hall.
– February 9, 2019 Crab Feed
– Charter Night March 16, 2019 Blue Pheasant Restaurant
– Ride4Diabetes May 5, 2019
– Golf Tournament June 22, 2019

Tail Twister – Lion Tail Twister Herb collected many happy dollars for the upcoming rain and snow that is projected to come.

Crab Feed- Lion Al said we are close to being sold out of the first seating and the second seating is doing well. Lion Al said he was working with Lion Andrea Harris for possibly two tables for the new club members. Lion Carl will be sending out a signup sheet for the various volunteer requirements for the crab feed. Lion Steve said they are working on the dishwasher and should have it completed in a few days. There was a discussion about the loudness of the band in years past for those tables sitting upfront next to the band. Lion Steve said the speaker system is turned all the way down when the band is playing but he will look into it.

Charter Night – Lion Ray said there will be a Charter night celebration at the Blue Pheasant restaurant on March 16, 2019 for our 50th club anniversary. Lion Ray said he called and left a message for his contact at the Blue Pheasant to check on the room capacity. As of yet he has not heard from them, he will try again. Lion Ray suggested that we trying get some of the original/older members of the club to attend the 50th birthday celebration of our club.

Golf Tournament – Lion Ray met with Gary Pearce of Moffett Field golf course concerning the golf tournament. Moffett would like us to start the tournament at 9 AM instead of the usual 11 AM. Lion Ray said he would discuss it with the board and Moffett to see if we can maybe start at 9:30 or 10 AM. Lion Ray said we could discuss it further at the PM meeting. Also the golf course is raising the price of the golfers to $70 up from $65 Lion Ray said he sent a message to the board about raising the price for participants to $125 to cover the increase in price.

Student Speaker Contest – Lion Ray said this event forLions to attend so they could see the future of our country. The high school speakers are tremendous. Lion Joan said Lion Dagi has sent out a reminder to all of the schools concerning the speaker contest on January 31, 2019.

Good of the Order – LionKent mentioned that Recology has said they would be a sponsor for the Ride4Diabetes.

Lion Kent talked about Lion Liang’s son wanting to start a Leo’s club with Leo’s from different schools. Lion Kent said they need to look at the Leo’s constitution and see if that is a possibility. Lion Kent said that Lynbrook High School does not want any more service clubs on their campus that they already have to many.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations Lion Herb won.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lion Ron Ahearn