A.M. meeting minutes for 3/3/2022

Lions in person: Lion’s Ray, Ron, Al, Barbara, John S., Don, Joan, Leslye, Steve, Bill R., Herb, Bill H., and Kent.

Zoom attendees : None

Guest – Trevor

Dates to Remember –

– Cupertino Earth Day April 23rd
– Annual Golf Tournament Monday June 20, 2022
Spring Valley Golf Course, Milpitas 12:30 PM

Tail Twister -Tail Twister Lion Herb collected donations from club members for Lion Leslye and Project Linus.

Club Officers – Lion John Smith talked about the club officers for the 2022 – 2024 time frame. Now that they have been confirmed he will announce them at the next PM meeting. He announced the confirmed club officers for the 2022-2024 years at the AM meeting this morning. He also mentioned the Board of Directors and the various areas that they would be focused on. Lion John will send out an email concerning this issue shortly. The slate of Officers needs to be submitted to LCI by April 15, 2022.

P.M. Meeting Review –

The 2021-2022 Annual Charity Golf Tournament was discussed. Everything is ready to go, if you are available to assist on that day, let Lion Ray know, we will need some volunteers.

The Primary Election is coming up May 28th through June 7, 2022, again we are trying to provide volunteers to the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters. An email will be forth coming as to how you may participate. There are 8AM to 5PM positions paying our Club $115.00 daily and 5PM to 8PM positions paying our Club $65.00. At the Last election DeAnza Lions raised over $6,600.00 for charity. Contact Lions Al or John to volunteer.

A discussion was held regarding the April 23, 2022, Cupertino Earth Day. Lions Joan, Barb, Leslye, and Ray have volunteered to attend on a Thursday 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM at Cupertino City Hall. Great time to interface with kids and introduce the public to Lionism.

Lions Leslye and Claire have spearheaded Project Linus and anticipate there will be one- hundred and forty-four completed blankets. Sharing with two schools has provided our best effort ever.

There will be a 13th Annual Herman Deville Memorial Pancake Breakfast at the Odd Fellows Hall from 8AM to 11AM on Saturday 3/12/2022. This is a $10.00 great breakfast to assist the Odd Fellows who are superb perennial supporters of the DeAnza Lions Club, be there. Proceeds to benefit the City of Hope Cancer Center

Lions John and Barb have reached a consensus on confirmed Officers and Directors for 2022-2024 fiscal year period. Those Lions will be announced at the 3/3/2022 AM Group Meeting, published immediately thereafter to the Club, and announced again at the next two AM Group meetings and a final announcement at the April 6, 2022 PM Group meeting. Despite the Nominating Committees efforts an open nomination period will be held and subsequent voting as necessary. Deadline for submission of the 2022-2023 Officers and Directors to Lions Clubs International is 4/15/2022.

A.M. Meeting –

Student Speakers Contest – Lion Ray said he would check on the date for the Zone Student Speakers contest.

Odd Fellows Pancake Breakfast – Lion Don and the Odd Fellows club will be doing their annual charity Pancake Breakfast Saturday March 12, 2022 from 8 AM to 11 AM. We need a good turnout from the Lions club to support the Odd Fellows since they help our Lions Club with the Thanksgiving food Drive and the Student Speaker contest. Hope to see you there. Lion Don said the Odd Fellows are currently having a membership drive currently. You will be able to eat either inside or outside.

Golf Tournament – Lion Ray said it is time to start getting golfers for our annual tournament on June 20, 2022 at Spring Valley Golf Course. Lion Ray said he has five golfers already committed from his Wednesday golf group. He would like to have a count of golfers by the end of May as we need to let the golf course know whether we are going thru with the tournament so we can get our deposit back if need to cancel it. We need a minimum of forty- eight golfers and hoping for at least seventy-two. If you would like to play you can let Lion Ray know or there is an application on the DeAnza Lions website. We are looking for a couple of volunteers for the event so if your are interested in volunteering please let Lion Ray know.

Good of the Order –

Lion Barbara Knox said we need to update the district directory and she will be contacting club members to make sure all of their information is correct. She needs to turn this in by April 15, 2022.

Lion Kent mentioned that the Monta Vista Leo’s are looking at volunteering with the Registrar of Voters to help with their fund raising.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations to Lion Bill H. for his second consecutive win in the opportunity drawing. Is there a new King of the Hill taking down Lion Eli ?

Lion Ron Ahearn