AM Meeting Minutes 9/21/2017

 

 

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

Guest – None

Dates to Remember –

Omar’s Dream Run Sunday October 15, 2017
Thanksgivings Food Drive November 18th – 20th 2017

Tail Twister – Tail Twister Herb went around collecting happy dollars from all. Lion Eli gave a sad dollar for his granddaughter Sydnie’s volleyball team being 0-3. Lion Don Lang gave a happy/sad dollar for his wife who had a heart attack. She had a blockage and have a stent put in and is feeling fine now as is back home.

Crab Feed – Lion Eli said Saint Simon’s backed out of our agreement saying they do not partner with anyone so we are now looking for another venue. Lion Eli said he would look at the Quinlan center in Cupertino. Lion Ray said he had checked with Patrick Gannon at De Anza College and he said no. Lion Kent said that the Rotary has their crab feed there in the cafeteria. Lion Kent said he would talk with the Rotary and see if he can find out any info. Other places to check on are the Napredak Hall and the Elks club in San Jose and Los Gatos. Lion Ray said we need to get this solidified as soon as possible.

Omar’s Dream Run – Lion Eli said Lion Scott Harris and Lion Mike Ringer could use help returning the tables and chairs to storage on Sunday October 15th. Lion Eli said if you want to volunteer you must go to the Omar’s Dream Run website and register as a volunteer at omarsdreamrun.org/volunteer. Lion Al and Barbara Knox will handle day of registration.

Board Meeting Review – Lion Al said the ride4diabetes numbers are almost complete. Preliminary numbers show that the event lost about $2,000. Lion Kent said there were 87 riders registered with 16 no shows. Most of the proceeds came from donations. The Board will discuss what direction we want to take next year.

Lion Al said $1,000 each was designated for Hurricane Harvey and Irma victims. There is $3,000 dollars in unrestricted funds that will be designated for Melvin Jones awards.

Food Drive – Lion Al said Lion Jen Smith volunteered to handle the volunteers for the food packing and distribution. Lion Jen has already contacted the recipients. The food drive is November 18-20.

Good of the Order –

Lion Don Lang mentioned the Civic Influence Workshop at the Odd Fellow Lodge on this Saturday September 23, from 1-3 PM.

Lion Bill said Rick Webber from Camp Via has requested volunteers to help set up canopies on Friday October 6, 2017 from 1-5 PM.

Lion John No one sent out a survey questionnaire in fill able PDF format to all Lions for their input to the Ride4Diabetes. All input is to be anonymous.

Lion Steve said we currently have ten coupons left from Luxotica for our eye care exams. After they are used Luxotica is changing their method of support.

Lion Charlie met with Lions supporter Dennis Whitaker and discussed “Vision Walk” presented by “Foundation Fighting Blindness”. Mr. Whitaker said
Dr. Jeffery Libby President of the Northern California Affiliate to The Foundation of Fighting Blindness would like to speak at one of our Lions meetings.

 

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations Lion Steve won the opportunity drawing.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lion Ron Ahearn