A.M. Zoom meeting minutes for 9/10/2020

 

Lions Present at Zoom Video Conference: Lion’s Ray, Ron, John Smith, Steve, Eli, Mort, Al, Joan, Herb, Don, Phil, and Dagi.

Dates to Remember –

– Board Zoom Meeting September 15, 2020 6:30 P.M.
– Project Linus Zoom Blanketeering September 19th 10am-noon
– PM Zoom Meeting October 7, 2020 @ 6:30 PM
– Annual Golf Tournament June 26, 2021
– Ride4Diabetes will be scheduled in 2021

Camp Via West – Lion Joan said she had talked with Rick (Camp Director) and that he had purchased the materials for the hoops to be made for the vegetable garden. Lion’s Joan and Dagi went to the camp on Wednesday and transplanted some of the vegetables, they also harvested some mustard greens and squash that Lion Joan took to West Valley Community Services. Lion Steve said he had tried to contact Lion Bill Reed but was not able to contact him. Lion Ray said he had contacted Lion Bill and everything is okay and that Lion Bill was busy with remodeling his rental apartments. Lion Joan will talk with Camp Director Rick and set up a date for Lion Steve and Lion Bill to talk with him concerning setting up a model railroad in one of the buildings for the kids.

Golf Tournament – Lion Al said at this time we have received $8,093 dollars in golf donations. We want to thank Lion Jenni and Lion Carl for setting up this event and Lion Al for tracking all the donations.

Registrar of Voters – Lion Ray will send out the sign up sheet for different volunteer opportunities. Lion Al has sent the current signup sheet into the SCROV so they know where we are on filling up the spots available.

Project Linus – Lion Leslye said she had purchased the 77 pieces of fleece for Project Linus. Lion Leslye said that Lion Claire has so many volunteers that she needs to go and purchase another 30 pieces of fleece. Lion Leslye said the packets are ready for pickup after 10 AM on this Saturday the 12th of September.

Food Drive – Discussions were held about what we could do pending the Covid19 restrictions. Lion Ray said he would contact Lion Jeff and Lion Jen Smith to see if they can contact the charities we support with the food drive and see if they can accept and deliver the food we provide them.

Good of the Order –

Lion Al said that the Perpetual fund has been set up with Charles Schwab and he will send that information to whomever wants to donate to the fund. Lion Steve donated 525 shares of HP stock to the fund. The Board will discuss when to sell the stock at their next meeting.

Lion Leslye said she tried contacting Lion Linda Sanders to see how she was doing after her surgery and when she will be sent home but was not able to reach her at this time. Lion Leslye said she would ask Lion Claire to send out the signup sheet once they get the date of when she is coming home. They will also find out if she has any dietary restrictions.

Lion Dagi mentioned that her friend Jane who always helps us at the crab feed lost her 97 year old mother to old age about 10 days earlier.

Opportunity Drawing – None

Respectfully submitted by:
Lion Ron Ahearn

A.M. meeting minutes for 9/3/2020

 

Lions Present at Zoom Video Conference: Lion’s Ray, Ron, Steve, Eli, Mort, Al, Joan, Herb, Don, Phil, and Kent.

Dates to Remember –

– Project Linus Blanketeering September 19th Zoom 10am-noon
– PM Zoom Meeting October 7, 2020 @ 6:30 PM
– Annual Golf Tournament June 26, 2021
– Ride4Diabetes will be scheduled in 2021

Camp Via West – Lion Joan said that the watering system is working well. Discussions were held about building bird netting cages for some of the vegetable gardens that we can remove easily to harvest the crops. Lion Joan said she ordered a tube bender for the metal hoops that we will be installing for the netting over the vegetables to protect them from the birds and ground squirrels. Lion Leslye offered her backyard to make the hoops in and then we can take them up to the camp. Lion Joan said we have harvested about sixteen bags of different greens and donated them to West Valley Community Services food bank. The goal is to provide the vegetables for the children at the camp once they are able to return for their meals. Lion Joan also mentioned a charity organization that teaches individuals how to plant and maintain their own garden. We could start seedlings in the green house and provided the seedling plants to the organization to give the individuals a start. Lion Steve said he will contact Lion Bill and Rick (Camp Via West Manager) about setting up a train set. Lion Steve will talk with Lion Bill to see when he is available to go up.

Golf Tournament – Lion Al said at this time we have received $8,043 dollars in golf donations. There was $2,105 donated by non-lions and $5,938 by Lions. Lion Ray said it was great idea from Lions Carl and Jenni for the Go Fund Me page with many thanks to them for spearheading this effort. Lion Al said there was still money coming in and Lion Ray said he just sent in a check.

Registrar of Voters – Lion Ray or Lion Al will send out the sign up sheet for different volunteer opportunities. Please take a look to see if you might be able to sign up for one of the vacant spots. Help make some money for the club. This could help support our Food Drive effort if we are not able to collect food due to the Coronavirus guidelines. Lion Ray was hoping that with 46 members we might be able to fill all of the spots and make approximately $2,000.

Project Linus – Lion Leslye went shopping with Lion Jenni to get the material and other items for the Project Linus Zoom blanketeering kits. They purchased 77 pieces of fleece that she will then put together packets together for individuals to pick up at her home on September 12th for the Zoom event on September 19th from 10 AM to Noon. Lion Leslye said that Lion Claire and her daughters girl scout troop will be putting together some of the blankets. Lion Claire said that she has even had interest from her daughters school who would be interested in helping with the project. Please join in as it is a lot of fun and supports a good cause.

Food Drive – Discussions were held about what we could do pending the Covid19 restrictions. Lion Steve and Lion Ron checked with the Lucky stores that we currently use and they said at this time we were not able to because of the coronavirus restrictions from the County of Santa Clara. There were discussions about the Lions exposure to all of the individuals coming and going to the store. It was brought up that Lion Jenni brought up at the PM meeting that we should check with the charities that we provide food to see if they are able to receive and distribute the food and what kind of food would be best and work from there. Lion Don said we need to check with the County to see what their restrictions were concerning the collection and distribution of food.

Good of the Order – Lion Leslye said she had heard via a blog that Lion Linda’s surgery went well and that she would be in ICU at least thru today and hopefully be moved into a regular room tomorrow. Lion Leslye and Lion Claire will set up a signup sheet to help provide dinner for her and her caretakers after she is released from the hospital so watch for the signup sheet.

Lion Leslye said she has set up Canine Companions for Independence speaker for the October 7th PM meeting. She will have two of the dogs with her one puppy and one that has already started the training to share with the club.

Lion Al said that the Perpetual fund has been set up with Charles Schwab and he will send that information to whomever wants to donate to the fund. Lion Steve and one of Lion Leslye’s sons-in-law wants to donate some stock also to the fund so Lion Al will provide them with the information.

Lion Leslye said she will send out information for a blog site that has been set up for Lion Linda Sanders so individuals can keep up with her progress.

Opportunity Drawing – None

Respectfully submitted by:
Lion Ron Ahearn

PM Meeting Minutes: Sept. 2020

Lions in Attendance: Jeff Ludlum, Claire Kalia, Al Knox, Leslye Noone, Jenni Erickson, Carl Erickson, Steve Ratner, Joan Chin, Ron Ahern, Ray Lancon
Guests:

Call to Order at 6:36pm
Flag Salute – “Lions-to-Be”.
Welcome Guest(s) / Distinguished Lions, etc.
Tail Twister, Let’s Go ‘Round for Some Lion Love. Lions shared their virtual ‘happy dollars.’ General discussion about Via West, fleece blankets for Project Linus.
Charity Golf Donation Drive 2020 Recap. Lion Al reported that between July 8 and September 2 we have raised $8043. Lion Jeff asked if all expected donations have arrived and Lion Al said that they have.
Project Linus, New Model, Same GOOD! Lion Leslye reported that she and Lion Jenni bought the fleece and the next step is to put the kits together. She needs paper grocery bags if anyone can donate. Sharon, the Project Linus chair knows about the project and we may be used as a model for future events. Lion Leslye will send another blast to the Club before the event asking for numbers of fleece needed. On September 12 the kits will be available for pickup at Lion Leslye’s house. Lion Lesyle will have a demonstration table set up. People will have until September 30 to get the blankets to Leslye. Lion Claire shared that her Girl Scout troop and another Girl Scout troop are joining, and also her kids’ elementary school will be joining as well. Lion Ron said that we should share this with the District. Lion Jeff said that DG Linda asked him for content for a newsletter she is creating, and he submitted information about our work at Via West for the newsletter.
The Green House at Via West Campus – Lion Joan, or other Lion(s) Involved. Lion Joan shared that they are harvesting zucchini and the engagement with West Valley for donations is there, lots of plants are growing in the greenhouse. Today most of the garden space was covered with compost. Five Lions have been going regularly but Lion Joan would welcome more people – just say what day is good for you. They can keep busy for weeks to come – transplanting, building structures to support bird netting. Lion Jeff asked how many additional volunteers she needs and she said that five people on any given day is good, but more people would allow more rotation. Lion Joan said she is keeping a log so people can schedule themselves and go on their own schedule. Maybe eventually a schedule on Google docs. Lion Joan said they are learning that the greenhouse is the best place to start the plants growing.
Prep/Roundtable: Thanksgiving Food Drive 2020. Lion Jeff started the discussion regarding the food drive. Lion Steve said that his local Lucky said no for now because only one door is open, but to call back in a month. Lion Ray said that Don Lang said the Oddfellows hall is currently closed and they can’t use it. We would need to show the County how we are following protocol if we do it. Many of the older Lions may be reluctant to be out mingling with people. Also, can the organizations even take food donations? Lion Carl asked if we could switch the conversation to, what can we do now? Lion Jenni suggested asking the people we usually service and ask them what they need and then work backwards from there. Lion Claire said that she has been doing a drive in her community via Nextdoor and it is pretty easy – people just drop off donations to her porch – so we could do the same with a non-perishable food drive. Lion Joan suggested that we do a list and also ask for cash donations to cover perishable items. Lion Jeff said we should reach out now to the organizations to see what they need.
Good of the Pride, Any Lion.
Lion Leslye gave an update on Lion Linda who is having surgery today. Lion Claire and Lion Leslye put together a meal signup for when she goes back home.
Lion Ray asked for volunteers for the registrar of voters. You get paid for the time you are there and training is via Zoom. If we fill out the whole roster the Club could make $2400. Please participate!
Lion Steve made a pitch for the stock fund. Lion Al said we have a brokerage account with Charles Schwab and will send details. Lion Steve gave an update that his surgery was $125,000 and he would have been in trouble without long-term health insurance.
Meeting Adjourned: 7:42pm.

A.M. Meeting Minutes for 8/27/2020

 

Lions Present at Zoom Video Conference: Lion’s Ray, Ron, Steve, Dagi, Eli, Mort, Al, Joan, Herb, Don, Phil, and Linda.

Dates to Remember –

– PM Zoom Meeting September 2, 2020 @ 6:30 PM
– Project Linus Blanketeering September 19th Zoom
– Annual Golf Tournament June 26, 2021
– Ride4Diabetes will be scheduled in 2021

Camp Via West – Lion Joan said that the watering system is working well. Lion Joan said she and Dagi put up netting over the vegetables on one of the outdoor gardens to keep the pests away. Lion Joan said when she talked to the representative while donating some of our vegetables that she found out that Apple also donates extra fruit and vegetables they grow at their campus to West Valley Community Services. Discussions were held about building bird netting cages for some of the vegetable gardens that we can remove easily to harvest the crops. Lion Joan said she would send out an email about going up to the camp on Tuesday Sept.1st and Wednesday Sept. 2nd. Lion Steve said he will be able to go up to the camp after September 5th to talk with Rick about setting up a train set. Lion Steve will talk with Lion Bill to see when he is available to go up.

Golf Tournament – Lion Al said at this time we have received $6,043 dollars in golf donations. There were $2,200 donated by non-lions. Lion Ray says he has tried to contact the golf tournament director at Moffett Field with little success. If he is not able to contact him Lion Ray will contact the General manager to discuss certain items in the contract for next years tournament.

Registrar of Voters – Lion Ray sent out the sign up sheet for different volunteer opportunities. Please take a look to see if you might be able to sign up for one of the vacant spots. Help make some money for the club.

Project Linus – Lion Leslye will go shopping to get the material and other items for the Project Linus Zoom blanketeering kits. She will then put packets together for individuals to pick up at her home for the event. Please participate as it is a lot of fun and helps a good cause.

Food Drive – Discussions were held about what we could depending the Covid19 restrictions. There were discussions about the Lions exposure to all of the individuals coming and going to the store. It was brought up if we wanted to look at adding another store like Whole Foods in Cupertino or Zanatto’s in Sunnyvale. Lion Steve and Lion Ron will check with our current Lucky’s stores to see if they are even open to the idea of having a food drive due to Covid19.

Good of the Order – Lion Linda talked about a request for a donation to “An Inner Wheel” Proposal. This proposal is to help raise funds for the expansion of West Valley Community Services (WVCS). The campaign is to upgrade their facility in Cupertino and purchase a customized mobile food pantry. The proposed remodel will double the size of their food pantry and increase space for case management and other safety net programs. Lion Ray will send out a full copy of Lion Linda’s request to the entire club along with information detail about the proposal. This will be brought up to the Board of Directors for the donation.

Opportunity Drawing – None

Respectfully submitted by:
Lion Ron Ahearn

Board Minutes: August 2020

Regular Board Meeting: 6:30pm, 18 AUGUST 2020
Meeting Called By: Lion Jeff Type of Meeting: Business Secretary: Lion Jill

Board Members: Jeff, Al, Leslye, Eli, Vijay, Jenn, Sudha, Claire
Call to Order – Lion Jeff 6:34
July Minutes Approval: revised to show Sudha as the Lynbrook Leo Advisor. Approved.
Update: Golf Virtual Fundraiser. $5,300-5,500 pending, even though the deadline passed, the funds are still coming in. Al will send the total out to the club soon.
Chartered! Lynbrook High School Leos Club; training for advisors, next steps. Sudha will talk to Kent and/or Liang for help in the advisor role, and all three of the advisors have to be certified with the Youth Protection Agency. Jeff will send the advisors this information.
Member Status: Charles Ice wants to step away from the club, been a member for 15 years, and has served as a board member, and worked hard for the club. We are saddened at the loss of Charles’ membership. Will cost less than $100 dollars to keep him as a privileged member for four quarters. He can still get awards, even if he has resigned in good standing. Should we check with Charles as to what he would prefer?
District 4c-6 Installation and First Cabinet Meeting Highlights:
Ken Ibarra presided over the introductions and installations in a kind and powerful way.
Our Lion President Jeff Ludlum was installed at this time.
“Kindness” was a theme throughout.
Leo clubs were announced and all three of ours were represented.
Honored 21 Lions who passed away.
Past DG Rick Silveira did a whole bunch of awards to many clubs.
District wants to encourage the club’s secretary to update LCI with events.
Then, the cabinet meeting followed. Leslye observed they are a tight knit group of leaders with clear ideas and goals. Our district has risen to the challenge of this difficult time.
Good of the Pride, Lion
Omar’s Dream Run: Virtual run (Oct. 18-25). They will put out race packets: bib, tshirt, goody bag, and then you run a 5k or a 10k between those dates and post run pics on #omarsdreamrun2020, tag Omar’s Dream Run Foundation. Registration will continue to be $35.00. More details go to omarsdream.org. Motion made by Lion Al to donate. $250.00 to Omar’s Dream Foundation Virtual Run. Passed unanimously. Discussion around an idea for a scholarship for those Lions that want to run.
Perpetual Fund: Al talked to an agent in Florida, but the process is moving along, and the new information has been sent to them, with more details about Al and Jeff.
Al sent the forms for name change and bylaws to the Attorney General. He has to deal with these agencies.
Sad news: Linda Sanders has pancreatic cancer and will have surgery soon. Leslye wants to set up a food sign up for her. She will be in the hospital for two weeks after the surgery and we likely can’t visit. We can send her some flowers and well-wishes while she is there.
Claire updated us on Carmel Smith’s cancer and she is staying strong and positive.

A.M. Meeting Minutes for 8/20/2020

 

Lions Present at Zoom Video Conference: Lion’s Ray, Ron, Phil, Steve, Al, Herb, Joan, Dagi, Leslye, Don, Bill, Kent, and Eli.

Dates to Remember –

– PM Zoom Meeting September 2, 2020 @ 6:30 PM
– Project Linus Blanketeering September 19th Zoom
Annual Golf Tournament June 26, 2021
Ride4Diabetes will be scheduled in 2021

TailTwister – Lion Herb took care of the tail twister duties.

Camp Via West – Lion Dagi said her and Lion Joan went to the camp on Tuesday and washed some more planting pots. Lion Joan said that we need to put up netting over the vegetables in the outdoor garden to keep the pests away, she talked to Rick concerning it and she will set up a date and time once the air quality is better from the fires.

Registrar of Voters – Lion Ray has sent out signup sheets for the activities for the Registrar of Voters, check your email for the dates, time and activities that need to be done. As Lion Ray gets signups he will forward that info to Lion Al to update the spreadsheet.

Golf Tournament – Lion Al said we currently have $5,693 donated to our fund raising request to the past golfers and friends of golfers. There is $3,488 donated by Lions and $2,205 donated by non-Lions. Lion Ray continues to talk with the Moffett Field tournament director about the contract. He has no response from the tournament director lately so he will contact the course manager if necessary.

Project Linus – Lion Leslye said the date has been set for September 19th with details to follow. The Blanketeering project will be over Zoom. Lion Leslye and Lion Linda Sanders will put packets together with necessary items for individuals to pick up from her home prior to the event. Lion Leslye will go to JoAnn’s Fabric to purchase the fleece for the blankets and she will contact Lion Jenni to see when she might be able to meet her so we can get the teacher discount on the purchase.

Good of the Order –

Lion Ron delivered the donation check to the Fisher House at the Palo Alto Veterans Hospital.
Lion Al said he sent the paper work into Charles Schwab for setting up the Perpetual fund. He is waiting for the account number and we can start accepting cash and stock donations for the fund.

Lion Al said the Board okayed a donation to Omar’s Dream Run for $250 from the non budgeted funds.

Lion Leslye said that Lion John Smith’s wife Carmel has finished her first round of chemo treatment for her cancer and is doing well.

Lion Leslye said that Lion Linda Sanders will be undergoing cancer surgery in the near future and will be in the hospital for a couple of weeks. Lion Leslye said she was in good spirits.

Respectfully submitted by:
Lion Ron Ahearn

A.M. Meeting minutes for 8/13/2020

 

Lions Present at Zoom Video Conference: Lion’s Ray, Ron, Phil, Steve, Al, Herb, Joan, Dagi, Leslye, Don, Bill, Kent, and Eli.

Dates to Remember –

– PM Zoom Meeting September 2, 2020 @ 6:30 PM
Annual Golf Tournament June 26, 2021
Ride4Diabetes will be scheduled in 2021

TailTwister – Lion Herb took care of the tail twister duties.

Camp Via West – Lion Joan said everything was going well at the garden sight and she was going to talk with Rick about adjustments to the watering system in therein house. Lion Joan said she emptied some of the plant trays that were standing in water and replaced them with trays that had drainage holes. She said all the plants are doing well but we need to look at something to protect the plants outside.

Registrar of Voters – Lion Ray has talked with the registrar and has sent out to the club signup sheets for the various activities that they need help with. Take a look and see what you might want to volunteer for.Lion Ray said this is a great opportunity for the club to make a few thousand dollars to help our charity fund since one of our major fund raisers the golf tournament has been postponed until next year due to the coronavirus.

Golf Tournament – Lion Al said we currently have $5,142 donated to our fund raising request to the past golfers and friends of golfers.

Good of the Order –

Lion Dagi said she was took Maria to the Lions eye clinic last Friday for her follow up testing. Lion Dagi said her next appointment is September 25th. Maria has eyed drops to see if that helps with the glaucoma and if not she might need surgery again.
Lion Leslye said her son-in-law wants to donate some shares of stock to the clubs perpetual fund so she asked Lion Al how to do that. Lion Al said at this time the local Charles Schwab office is closed here. He has contact information for a local representative and as soon as the account is setup in the El Paso, Texas office he will let everyone know. All correspondence is thru the El Paso branch until our local offices are reopened.

Lion Ray asked about the Leo’s club. Lion Kent said he had sent all the info to Lion Jill for LCI processing. Lion Kent said the Leo’s club from Lynbrook is looking for guidance from the Monta Vista Leo’s on how to get things rolling.

Lion Joan asked Lion Bill and Lion Steve when they wanted to talk with Rick at Camp Via West about the train installation. Lion Steve said maybe in a couple of weeks after he fully recovers from his surgery.

Lion Leslye said Canine Companions gave her the phone number of a local trainer and she will try to set up a Zoom meeting with her to talk about Canine Companions.

Lion Leslye talked about Project Linus which many of us have done blankets before, Leslye is wondering if we can do a Zoom blanketeering event. Lion Leslye could put together packages to pick up prior to the event. We are looking at doing it either on September 12th or 19th.

Lion Leslye said she forwarded her notes from the District Cabinet meeting to Lion Prez Jeff. Lion Leslye said they announced all of the Officers of our Leo’s clubs at the meeting. She also said that the Leo’s club advisors from our club needs to be certified.

Lion Al said he had sent off the paper work required to the California Secretary of State and the Attorney Generals Office.

Lion Leslye asked all of the Lions to remember Lion John Noone on the second anniversary of his passing. God bless Lion John.

Respectfully submitted by:
Lion Ron Ahearn

A.M. Meeting Minutes 8/6/2020

 

Lions Present at Zoom Video Conference: Lion’s Ray, Ron, Phil, Steve, Al, Herb, Joan, Dagi, Leslye, Don, Bill, and John Smith.

Dates to Remember –

– PM Zoom Meeting September 2, 2020 @ 6:30 PM
Annual Golf Tournament June 26, 2021
Ride4Diabetes will be scheduled in 2021

TailTwister – Lion Herb took care of the tail twister duties.

New member – Lion Ray introduced new member (returning member) Lion John Smith. For those who do not know Lion John Smith he is the father of two amazing young ladies who are members of our club, Lion Claire Kalia and Lion Jen Smith. John also updated the club on his wife Carmel’s condition, another amazing lady.

P.M. Meeting Review –

The Green House at Via West Campus – Jeff
Lion Joan has taken a special interest in this program, having ongoing activity with the green house and to support them. Covid has offered an opportunity to grow vegetables and see how well we can do with it. Food would go to West Valley. Per Ray L.: Joan has done a great job with this. Last Friday, Bill and Eli donated their trucks and Dagi, Ron, Ray, Chris and Joan got compost.
Lynbrook High School Leos Club, Next Steps – Lion Prez Jeff said Lion 
Sudha has agreed to be the advisor for the Leo Club. We’re in the process of getting everything confirmed.
Charity Golf 2020 Update, Next Steps – Lion Al said we are at $3513 towards our $10k goal. Post / Re-post to your social media! Carl & Jen said we are continuing to ask for donations. Final push will be on August 12th. People do not need to be golfers, so you can ask friends and family to help raise funds.
Camp Via West – Lion Joan said she and other Lions had planted seeds in the outdoor garden area and now in the green house. Lion Joan and other Lions will go to the Cupertino compost area on Friday and get two loads of compost and take them to Via West for the garden areas. Lion Joan and the Lions will go up to the camp on 8/8/2020 at 8:30 AM to plant more seeds in the green house and once they grow enough they will be transferred to the outside garden. Lion Joan said she was writing an article about our project for the District news letter.

Golf Tournament – Lion Ray said he talked to the tournament director about the number of players on the contract and he will change the number from 120 players to 100 players

Good of the Order –

Lion Dagi said she was taking Maria to the Lions eye clinic this Friday for follow up testing.
Lion Al moved to accept the minutes from the previous meeting. No objections.

How do we collect happy dollars during Covid? We can PayPal Al Knox. Jeff to test with a donation.

Lion Carl said right about now we’d be starting the Crab Feed thought process.
There is a possibility that the county will dictate whether we can have a gathering of some type. TBD, as Covid is an evolving, unknown situation.
Lion Leslye said Canine Companions are not doing graduations right now. They suggested if we wanted to we can have a Zoom meeting with a handler to see puppies and keep in touch.

Lion Leslye talked about Project Linus which many of us have done blankets before, Leslye is wondering if we can do a Zoom blanketeering event. Lion Leslye could put together packages to pick up prior to the event. We are looking at doing it either on September 12th or 19th.

Respectfully submitted by:
Lion Ron Ahearn

A.M. Meeting minutes for 7/30/2020

 

Lions Present at Zoom Video Conference: Lion’s Ray, Ron, Phil, Steve, Al, Herb, Eli, Joan, Dagi, Leslye, Don, Bill, and Charlie.

Dates to Remember –

– PM Zoom Meeting August 5th 6:30 PM 2020/2021 Board
Installation.
Annual Golf Tournament June 26, 2021
Ride4Diabetes will be scheduled in 2021

TailTwister – Lion Herb took care of the tail twister duties.

Camp Via West – Lion Joan said she and other Lions had planted seeds in the outdoor garden area and now in the green house. Lion Joan and Lion Dagi went up on Tuesday and planted herb seeds in the green house. Lion Joan said Rick (Via West Manager) said he had hand watered the outdoor garden and would continue to do so until he gets the watering system regulated. Rick put the green house watering system on a timer for twice a day. Lion Joan and other Lions will go to the Cupertino compost area on Friday and get two loads of compost and take them to Via West for the garden areas.

Golf Tournament – Lion Ray said hadn’t talked to the golf tournament coordinator at Moffett Field but try again today to clarify about payment of the number of golfers. Lion Ray said if can not contact the tournament manager he will contact the course manager. Lion Al said at this time he has donations from Lion’s of $1925 and $1388 from Non-Lions. Lion Al has been in contact with Lion’s Jeff, Carl, and Jenni about the Go Fund Me Page and found out that Go Fund Me is the 501c-3 for Pay Pal.

Good of the Order –

Lion Dagi said she was taking Maria to the Lions eye clinic this Friday so she would not be able to help at Camp Via West.

Lion Joan said she had talked to Lion Prez Jeff and she agreed to help write a news letter that we would provide to Lion District Governor Linda.

Lion Leslye said that the Ronald McDonald House will no longer accept the aluminum tabs that we have been collecting for them.

Lion Ron and Lion Ray delivered the check to the Fisher House and got the correct address for next time. The manager of the Fisher said she would get backwash me if there was any problem cashing the check since it was made out to the Fisher House Foundation she was not sure she would be able to cash it.

Lion Ray talked with the Optometrist office at Kaiser about putting an eyeglass box in their area and they said okay. They will call Lion Ray when the glasses need to be picked up.

Respectfully submitted by:
Lion Ron Ahearn

A.M. Meeting minutes for 7/23/2020

 

 

 

Lions Present at Zoom Video Conference: Lion’s Ray, Ron, Phil, Steve, Al, Herb, Joan, Dagi, Leslye, Don, and Bill

Dates to Remember –

– PM Zoom Meeting August 5th 6:30 PM 2020/2021 Board
Installation.
Annual Golf Tournament June 26, 2021
Ride4Diabetes will be scheduled in 2021

TailTwister – Lion Herb took care of the tail twister duties. Not a lot coming in today.

Board Meeting Review –

Date for the Installation of the 2020/2021 club officers will be at the Zoom
PM Meeting on August 5, 2020 at 6:30 PM please join in for the ceremony.
Lion Al said that Lion Suda has volunteered to be the Lions advisor for the Lynbrook Leo’s club. Thank you Lion Suda for supporting the Leo’s club of Lynbrook.
Lion Al made the motion to approve the 2020/2021 club budget and it was passed.
The bylaws of the club was approved and will be sent out to club members.
The current Golf Classic fund raiser is currently at $2,263. As of now Lion Al reported that we have $1250 dollars from Lions and $1,013 from non-members. Lion Dagi looked at the Go Fund Me page while we were discussing it and said that it is currently at $2513.

Camp Via West – Lion Joan and Lion Dagi bought some potting soil from Home Depot. Lion Joan said she talked with Home Depot and they would donate some of the materials we purchase if we give them a letter of our 501-c3 status and our tax identification number. There are others like Summerwinds that we can do the same with if we give them the same information. Lion Steve said he would send Lion Joan a copy of the letter that we use and she can edit it for the appropriate vendor. Lion Joan said a lot of work was accomplished and we planted vegetable seeds in the out door garden and would like to do some planting in the green house this weekend. Lion Joan got some volunteers to go up Saturday the 25th at 9:30 AM to start plants in the green house. If you would like to volunteer contact Lion Joan or be at Camp Via West at 9:30 AM. Lion Joan talked about getting free compost for the garden from the City of Cupertino compost area. We need a couple of pickups to load up the compost to take to Camp Via West. It was mentioned that the earliest the kids would be in the camp would be February. Any vegetables we harvest prior to that we would donate to West Valley Community Services.

Homeless Project – Lion Ray asked if we were finished talking about the Homeless project for the club. It was decided that it was too big of a project for our small club and that we would help via donations to charities that help the homeless in the Cupertino area.

Golf Tournament – Lion Ray said the annual golf tournament has been officially canceled for this year. He has set up the next tournament for June 26, 2021 at Moffett Field. Lion Steve said that he is working on the mass email and that it can be scheduled to activate at a certain date so he will talk with Lon Jenni and Lion Carl to see what day they would like to send it out. Lion Steve will go in for surgery on July 30th and be out of commission for a few days.

Good of the Order –

Lion Leslye said she contacted Canine Companions and the August 14 companion dog graduation was cancelled to the public. You can view it on their YouTube website.

Lion Bill read off a number of Thank You letters we received from charities we donated to. Lion Bill said we also received a returned check from Fisher House charities saying it was undeliverable. Lion Leslye said she would pick up all the mail and get it to Lion Al for processing. Lion Ron said if Lion Al would write a new check the he would deliver it directly to the Fisher House manager at the Palo Alto Veterans Fisher House. Lion Ron said he would get the correct address for the Fisher House so we don’t have this problem in the future.

Respectfully submitted by:
Lion Ron Ahearn