AM Meeting Minutes, 10/06/2016

Lions Present: – Al, Walt, Phil, Don, Bill, Steve, Eli, Herb, Kent, Vijay, and John.

Guests/Visitors – None

Dates to Remember

–       Oct 8^th, Camp Via

–       Oct 16^th, Omar’s Dream Run

–       Nov 8^th, Couriers for General Election

–       Nov 18^th-21^st, Thanksgiving Food Drive

–       Jan 28^th, Crab Feed

–       Feb TBD, Student Speaker Contest

–       June 17^th, Charity Golf Tournament

–       Aug 27^th, Bike Ride

Tail Twister

It was Lion Herb’s birthday so he rolled the dice then gave a donation. Happy Birthday, Lion Herb! Lion Eli gave a Happy Dollar for his granddaughter, Sydney whose volleyball team won the league champions. Several Happy Dollars were given for the SF Giants who was victorious in their playoff game last night.

PM Meeting Review – Lion Al

STOP HUNGER NOW: Suzie De Unger with Sunnyvale Host Lions presented our club with a patch for our ongoing support to the Stop Hunger Now program. The next Stop Hunger Now packaging event will be on November 19^th, 10am at St Francis Episcopal Church, 1205 Pine Ave in San Jose.

GOLF TROPHY AWARD: Lion Amy presented Jerra Rowland with a trophy for her team’s division win at our Golf Tournament last June. According to Lion Eli her team is VERY GOOD and has won the last several years. Jerra Rowland is the president of the Cupertino Rotary and has volunteered as a judge at our Student Speaker Contest for many years.

CAMP VIA WEST: The Fall Festival is this Saturday, October 8^th at 10:30 am. Volunteers are needed to help with the carnival. Come and help if you can.

OMAR’S DREAM RUN: There is a mandatory meeting for all volunteers at 11 am this Sunday, October 9^th at Hellyer Park in San Jose. The Race is on Sunday October 16^th. People are needed to walk or run the race. For more information see: www.omarsdream.org.

Thanksgiving Food Drive – Lion John

The signup sheet is online at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/140sr18C_Afu7xR2rDMnMrWFR_36qton_dl4SK4kdJjg/edit?ts=57f2748b#gid=1541926580. Please signup soon. Many volunteers are needed. We also need people to collect apple boxes. Can you help?

Lions Yvonne and Dan have agreed to take charge of packaging. Their Car Club has collected $425 so far and food for 60 people. GREAT JOB!!

Bike Ride – Lion Kent

PLANNING: is going well. Routes have been developed. Lion John is getting approval from the cities involved. Website will be built by the same person who did the same work for Omar’s Dream. Website has to be ready by January for use by future participants.

BUDGET: Lion Vijay says Bike Ride needs to come up with a preliminary budget.

INSURANCE: Lion Kent says he is looking into coverage available through LCIF. LCIF may not meet all our needs. He likes the policy from McKay because McKay insures most of bike rides.

Good of the Order

Crab Feed – Lion Steve & Lion Al

DONATIONS: Requests are about 4 per day. Lion Steve says he could use some help. If you have a favorite restaurant why not ask them if they are willing to donate. $950 worth of donations are left over from Golf Tournament.

CREDIT CARDS: Participants will be able to use their credit cards at the Crab Feed. We need a volunteer to sit between donation table and refreshments to run credit card purchases.

TICKET SALES: Tickets are on sale now. If you are interested contact Lion Al. Tickets have been reserved for those who attended last year and will be held until at least mid December maybe early January. That leaves only 36 tickets for the first seating.

Opportunity Drawing – Lion John

Congratulations to our winner, Lion Don!

Minutes prepared by: Lion Walt