AM Meeting Minutes, 03/05/2015

Lions Present: – Steve, Walt, Phil, Don, Bill, Al, Ann, Dagi, Mort, Eli, John N, Herb, Ron, and Charlie.

Visitors: Sue Chen

Dates to Remember

–  March 5th, 6:30 pm, Project Linus, Odd Fellows Hall, 20589 West Homestead Rd, Cup.

–  March 16th, 5:30 pm, Bingo, American Legion Hall, 2120 Walsh Ave, S.C., Lions Scott Ludlum and Pete Perino

–  March 18th, 7:30 pm, Board Meeting.

–  March 28th, Charter Night Dinner, Blue Pheasant Restaurant, 22100 Stevens Creek   Blvd, Cupertino

Tail Twister

–       Tail Twister Lion Herb went around the room collecting happy dollars. Happiest were Lion John N who did not have to have a root canal and Lion Steve who was going out of town to visit his grandchildren.

PM Meeting Review

–       Project Linus

  • Tonight at Odd Fellows Hall
  • No need to call ahead
  • Bring family and friends and sharp scissors if you have them.

–       Fundraiser with Registrar of Voters

  • Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters is teaming up with District 4C6 to provide couriers for the General Election coming up on Tuesday, June 2nd.
  • Need to let Lion Walt know by March 15th if you are interested in participating. District 4C6 will need a count of those interested by that date.
  • Couriers are needed to bring ballots from the election booths to election headquarters in San Jose.
  • County will pay $100 for each team (driver and navigator) plus mileage.
  • Additional payment of $10 per person will be provided to attend the one-hour training.

–       Charter Night

  • 46th Anniversary of our lodge will be on March 28th at the Blue Pheasant.
  • Let Lion Steve know if you are interested in coming and what you would like to eat.
  • 32 people have signed up including 6 children.

–       Canine Companions

  • Sue Guzman, 14-year veteran of Canine Companions was guest speaker. Chapters provide service dogs for people with disabilities.
  • Service dogs provide physical help to those who are disabled.
  • They have an annual event each year to raise money at Memorial Park, Cupertino and are looking for volunteers who can help.

Golf Tournament

–       Need to line up sponsors. We have received $876 in donations so far.

–       Joe Preston, president of Lions Clubs International may be joining us.

–       Moffett Field Golf Course is in good shape.

–       See Lion Steve for fliers and entry forms.

–       Work party will be on June 11th.

Crab Feed Review

–       Lion Jim had a meeting with Regional representative of Fish Market.

–       The cost that we paid for the crab was what the same price they paid for it. No markup.

–       The Fish Market and its employees enjoy being a part of our Crab Feed. Good PR and positive feed back.

–       Unfortunately, this years Crab Feed left us with a $6600 shortfall.

Good of the Order

–       Zone Student Speaker Contest is this Monday, March 9th, 7 pm at Los Gatos Lodge, 50 Saratoga Ave, Los Gatos. Our club winner, Grace Zhou will be participating.

–       Our club has signed up a new member, Jerry Tammi

–       Sue Chen, a District Executive with the Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council of Boy Scouts of America visited our meeting. She would like to return in the near future and talk to our club regarding their upcoming breakfast which supports Scouts. The breakfast will be on March 31, 2015.

Lion Walt

Secretary