A.M. meeting minutes for 3/7/2019

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

Dates to Remember –

– Board Meeting March 19, 2019 6:30 P.M. Lion Al and Barbara’s
Home
– 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 Joan for the rain and Lion Steve for his grandsons last hockey game.

Charter Night – Lion Ray said Lion’s Phil, Don, Bill, Eli, and Al were going to speak at the charter and relive the beginnings of the club. Lion Mort said she had some old photo’s that she would bring and if anyone else had any to share please bring them. Lion Kent will check with the Leo’s for volunteers for Charter Night.

Ride4Diabetes – Lion Kent said a member of the Monta Vista Leo’s club was going to join the R4D committee. Lion Al passed on the info he had about last years Ride 4 Diabetes.

Golf Tournament – Lion Ray said he needs help and asked if anyone had a copy of Amy’s google doc that she created for tasks to be done for the golf tournament. Lion Ray said he is working with Lion Al on the golf flyer. The cost of the tournament for golfers this year is $130 which includes a continental breakfast and Lunch. The golf tournament will have a shotgun start at 10:00 A.M. Lion Ray said he needs a chairperson for the Silent Auction/Raffle items.

Crab Feed – Lion Al said the biggest cost was the crab which cost $11.50 per pound. Discussions about getting the crab from someone else or trying to negotiate the price lower with the Farallon Fisheries. We don’t want to endanger our relationship with the Fish Market. Lion Steve wanted to thank Lion Pat Coppe for her donation to the crab feed of approximately $2,200 worth of wine. We all want to thank Lion Pat for her generous contributions.

Good of the Order –

Lion Ray reminded everyone about the Odd Fellows fund raising pancake breakfast at the Odd Fellows Hall in Cupertino Saturday March 16, 2019 from 7 AM to 11 AM. Price is $7 per person with all proceeds going to a Cancer Charity.

Lion Dagi talked about the upcoming Zone Student Speaker contest be held on Monday March 11, 2019 at the Sunnyvale school district office. Lion Dagi invited everyone to come and support our student speaker Helen Hu.

Lion Joan talked about the opportunity coming up at the Volunteer Fair held by the city of Cupertino and the Earth Day Festival on April 22, 2019. Lion Joan said this would be a great opportunity for a membership drive.

Lion Eli talked about Dennis Whitaker throwing a retirement party on March 31, 2019. Lion Eli said our Lion’s club could set up a Lions Booth for membership and making citizens aware of the Cupertino De Anza Lions. More info to come.

Lion Al said he processed 2 new membership applications and forwarded them to Lion Jill to add to the LCI roster for our club.

Lion Al said he was taking care of the Foundation books for the club and Lion Vijay was handling the club books.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations Lion Kent won.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lion Ron Ahearn