AM Meeting Minutes for 2/29/2018

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

Dates to Remember –

– March 7th PM meeting at Tony & Alba’s Pizzeria @ 6:30 PM
March 8, 2018 Zone Student Speakers contest Odd Fellows Hall Cupertino @ 6:30 PM
June 16, 2018 Annual Golf Tournament at Moffett Field

Tail Twister – Tail Twister Lion Herb received Happy Dollars from Lion Eli for the closing of the Oasis Beer Garden the Stanford watering hole for 66 years. Lion Muni donated five dollars since he has missed several meetings. Lion Steve gave a happy dollar for not having to go for any tests for another 3 months.

Crab Feed – Lion Ray said he has set a temporary date for the crab feed at Saint Lawrence the Martyr church for February 9, 2019 just to make sure we have it reserved.

4C6 Cabinet Meeting – Lion Ray and Lion Phil attended the cabinet meeting in Monterey. Lion Ray said there was an announcement that a new Lions Club is being set up in Monterey for veterans. He said Trader Joe’s has donated food to the veterans which are returning from service has helped out. Lion Ray also mentioned that a young Leo girl is up forLeo of the year award.

Charter Night – Lion Ray said Charter Night is on March 24, 2018 at the Blue Pheasant restaurant in Cupertino starting at 5:30 PM with dinner at 6:30 PM. Cost of the dinner will be $40 per person and $10 for children. Lion Ray said he talked with District Governor Bob Stewart and he and his wife will attend Charter Night.

Zone Speaker Contest – Lion Ray talked about the Zone Student Speaker contest to be held on March 8, 2018 at the Odd Fellows Hall in Cupertino. He is still looking for volunteers to help out with the event. Currently he has speakers from the Saratoga Lions Club, Cupertino Host Lions Club, and our club.

Ride4Diabetes – R4D committee chair Lion Liang along with committee members Lion Muni and Lion Joan said they were all committed to the event and would like to make it a success. Lion Muni said he wanted to support the community and that that the Ride4Diabetes was a way in doing that. Being in the corporate world Lion Muni said that branding is very important to corporations in their donations to support major causes so the branding issues is still a big issue. Lion Muni said the R4D was the reason he joined the club and will do everything in his power to make it a success. Lion Ray said it needs to be presented to the Board by one of the R4D committee members because there are still several issues/concerns that need to be resolved. Currently the date of September 8, 2018 has been chosen. Lion Al said he would bring it up to the board to address all the concerns.

Good of the Order –

Lion Al said that the City of Cupertino is honoring the American Legion Stevens Creek Post 642 Cupertino for their program “Wreath’s Across America” on Tuesday April 3, 2018 at 6:45 PM. Lions Eli and Mort will attend and Lion Ray said he would also attend.

Lion Steve talked about the email he received from Lion Jim and Val Isaacson who attended the Crab Feed and bid on the Monterey Bay Whale watching excursion. They said when they went and had two visiting friends with them and when they went to go on the excursion the lady they talked with, when Lion Val mentioned that they had gotten the tickets thru our crab feed she said that your with the Lions your two visiting friends can go for free also. What a great company to support.

Lion Dagi asked if the club collected eye glass cases along with the glasses. Lion Phil said we really do not collect the cases and that he gives the cases we do collect to the Salvation Army.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations Lion Ron won the opportunity drawing.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lion Ron Ahearn