A.M. Meeting Minutes for 11/5/2020

Cupertino DeAnza Lions Charities, Inc. Lions Club of DeAnza Corporation AM ZOOM Meeting Minutes 11/5/2020
Lions Present at Zoom Video Conference: Lion’s Ray, Ron, Al, Steve, Eli, Mort, Leslye, Joan, Don, Dagi, Linda, and Herb.
Dates to Remember –
– Social Picnic at Camp Via West Saturday Nov. 7, 2020 from 11:30 -1:30
– Thanksgiving Food Drive November 21-23
– Charity Crab Feed 2021 (might be modified due to
Covid).
– Annual Golf Tournament June 26, 2021 – Ride4Diabetes will be scheduled in 2021
PM Meeting review –
• ROV (Registrar of Voters) Lion Al said him and Barbara worked 2 days and made 4 deliveries.
Lion Steve and Ellen were there until 7 PM one day. Lion Joan was told by the ROV site leader that he “hopes they are bored”, which means the ROV was properly re- sourced and it was an uneventful event.
Lion Dagi said her location was closed one day because of a virus scare. Lion Dagi and Lion Herb picked up approx- imately 150 votes on Saturday and 100 on Sunday.

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Camp Via West – Lion Joan talked about “The Green House” at the Via West Campus. Lion Joan said it is a never-ending job. We have some things growing / produc- ing (cucumbers). The Green house is proving good to start plants in and then move them to the garden. Pests can be an issue and the watering system takes tinkering [sic]. We have parts and pieces to improve the watering system in the green house.
The Open House event is outside and people can space out and wear masks. Great Covid-era activity. Sign up for this Saturday November 7th from 11:30 – 1:30. The Camp Via West board members have done a tour. Hoping for a Summer opening but they need +/- 3 months to hire and train people. Likely will open in the Fall.
Two goals: Farm to table is the primary goal. Campers learn about ecology and where food comes from and do activities (harvest, etc.). Teaching opportunity is the other opportunity. Lion Joan said she has a list of one-off projects which she send out to the club for individuals to sign up for.
Thanksgiving Food Drive 2020 – COVID Style – Lion Claire had an ad hoc meeting to discuss running the food drive on Monday night and talked what would we be collecting and distributing, etc. They came up with the framework of trying to serve the ‘normal’ families. We can’t really collect in the nor- mal fashion due to Covid, but considering community based donations where we reach out to our own networks (Nextdoor, churches, etc.) to collect and drop them off at your home. We might also ask members to approach grocery stores and ask them for donations.
The regular boxes we do would just be too much, so we are go- ing to cut out many items (i.e.: perishables, rice, etc.). We could also ask for cash (to then go to inexpensive grocery stores and purchase items). Sponsoring a family may be another interest- ing approach. Lion Claire will send out a plan / approach to the club in the next day or so. They are in the process of setting up Venmo for donations.

Good of the Pride –
• Lion Leslye submitted a draft of our newsletter to Lion Prez Jeff. Looks great! We will probably send it out quarterly. Lion John Smith recommended we enter it in the district bulletin competition. Jeff to write a “president’s post”. Al said we should start out with Volume 1; Issue 1.
• Lion Steve and Ellen and went to Via Camp West. He will use Wingets for mounting things on the walls. The Camp Via West board members walked through and liked what he was doing.
• Lion Al did some research on our finances. We generate about $1300 / yr through happy dollars, etc., which equates to about 30 dollars / member. Just based on that discussion Lion Steve sent a $30 check to Lion Al. If you want to send money to Lion Al to help fund the tailtwister fund, etc.
• Lion Al said our charity fund checks will be sent out tomor- row.
• Lion Eli said the Lions had a good turnout of Lions at the Bob Gustofson memorial. Bob was a big supporter of the Li- ons Golf tournament.
Opportunity Drawing – None
Respectfully submitted by: Lion Ron Ahearn