AM Meeting Minutes for 1/17/2019

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

Dates to Remember –

– Student Speaker Contest January 31, 2019 at the Odd Fellows
Hall.
– Next PM meeting February 6, 2019 6:30 PM at Tony and Alba’s
Pizzeria
– February 9, 2019 Crab Feed
– Board Meeting February 19, 2019 time and place TBD.
– Charter Night March 16, 2019 Blue Pheasant Restaurant
– Ride4Diabetes May 5, 2019
– Golf Tournament June 22, 2019

Tail Twister – The meeting started out with Lion Ray presenting a certificate of achievement for all the new members he has brought into the club. Lion Tail Twister Herb collected many happy dollars for the return of the Warriors winning ways. Lion Eli gave a happy dollar for his grandson Little Eli turning 9 years old.

Board Meeting Review –

Lion Vijay will be absent for awhile as he and his wife are expecting their first child any time now. Lion Al said the club should be looking for a CPA to handle our taxes and possibly our treasury reports.
Several new members were voted in by the Board. Lion Andrea will reach out to our new members and welcome them to the club.
There was a vote voting in a new Cupertino Community Leo’s club to be advised by Lion Liang. Lion Liang’s son is the club president.
The price of the golf tournament was discussed by the Board. We are looking at raising the price to $130 from $125 since Moffett Field raised the price of the golfers from $65 to $70. It was passed.

Crab Feed- Lion Al said we were sold out for the first seating and had sold 170 for the 2nd seating. We had to get three new permits from the City to carry on our crab feed and that has been taken care of. Lion Ray and Lion Ron will take inventory in storage so we know what we need to purchase for the crab feed. Lion Carl will send out a sign up sheet for the various jobs that need to be done so please be sure and sign up for what you would like to do. Lion Steve said he received a generous donation of wine from Lion Pat Coppe for the silent auction, Thank You Lion Pat. Lion Carl checked on the price of crab and it is quite high at this time, we expect it to drop some as we get closer to the crab feed. Lion Steve said that the dishwasher at Saint Lawrence the Martyr Church was fixed and running, hooray.

Charter Night – Lion Ray said there will be a Charter night celebration at the Blue Pheasant restaurant on March 16, 2019 for our 50th club anniversary. Lion Ray said there is plenty of seating available. He is asking members of long standing to share with the club their memories of how the club has changed over the years.

Student Speaker Contest – Lion Ray said Lions should attend this event so they could see the future of our country. The high school speakers are tremendous. Lion Joan said Lion Dagi has sent out a reminder to all of the schools concerning the speaker contest on January 31, 2019. Lion Joan said we currently have two speakers lined up.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations Lion Kent won.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lion Ron Ahearn