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

Dates to Remember –
February 18th, 2020 Board Meeting
Charter Night March 14, 2020 at the Blue Pheasant . Restaurant in Cupertino.
Odd Fellows annual Pancake Breakfast March 14, 2020
June 20, 2020 Annual Golf Tournament at Moffett Field

Tail Twister – Lion Tail Twister Herb went around and collected happy dollars, for a great Crab Feed. Lion Eli gave a happy dollar for Lion Al and his wife Barbara for becoming Great Grandparents. Happy dollars were given welcoming Lion Ray back to the fold.

Crab Feed Update – Lion Al said that we net somewhere between $12 – $14,000 dollars. Great accolades for Lion Carl and Jenni for heading up the Crab Feed and doing such a great job. Also wanted to thank Lion Mike Martin for coming down from Reno, Nevada to help out with the crab feed. We were and a little short handed with volunteers but the high school students who were there did a great job. Lion Eli was grateful that the BBQ Barrel was sold so it does not reside in his yard any longer. Lion Steve mentioned that the next crab feed will be held on January 30, 2021. A big thank you went out to Lion Joan and Lion Dagi for all the hard work they did in the recycling of compostables and recycling of the plastic and aluminum. They collected 14 bags of compostable materials. It sounds like the butter for the crab is still an issue as far as recycling the containers and staining the new table cloths. We had a trial run of dispensing the butter and marinara sauce from a couple of different dispensers and it seemed like the plastic squeeze bottles worked the best. Thank you Lion Linda for testing them out at the second seating. If you have any issues or suggestions please fill out the comment sheet that Lion Carl has sent out. If you have a problem opening or filling out the comment sheet please send Lion Carl an email and he will handle it from there.

Good of the Order – None

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations Lion Kent won.
Respectfully submitted by:
Lion Ron Ahearn

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

Dates to Remember:

– Crab Feed work party at Lion Steve’s home on February 5th
Starting at 5:30 P.M.
– Thursday, February 6, 2020 Lions Student Speaker Contest
at the Odd Fellows Hall
February 8th, 2020 Crab Feed Saint Lawrence Church
Charter Night March 14, 2020 at the Blue Pheasant
Restaurant in Cupertino.
Odd Fellows annual Pancake Breakfast February 8th
June 20, 2020 Annual Golf Tournament at Moffett Field

Tail Twister – Lion Tail Twister Temp Eli went around and collected happy dollars, for the 49er’s big win in the playoffs and hopefully a big win in the Super Bowl.

Student Speaker Contest – Lion Dagi said as of this time we have no speakers but she will continue to ask the schools. If we get no response by Monday we will have to cancel the contest. Lion Dagi said that the Cupertino Host club draws from the same High Schools and we might have to start looking sooner beat them to the schools. Lion Dagi said another issue is the filtering down of the info to the right individuals. Lion Joan went to five different schools in person to try and get speakers. The contest is February 6, 2020 at the Odd Fellows Hall in Cupertino. The contest starts at 7:00 PM the doors open at 6 PM. There will not be any allowed in after the contest has started.

Crab Feed – Lion Al said the first seating is virtually (425) sold out and we have tickets available for the second seating (75). Lion Al said we were $500 above the budget for the Crab Feed. That means so far we have taken in more that $500 more than we budgeted, but he has not seen any receipts for expenditures as of yet. Lion Al said we have not heard fro The Redi Room as of yet. The Crab Feed work party will be on February 5, 2020 starting at 5:30 PM. Lion Steve said he sent out an email concerning the work party asking people to sign up so he knows how much food he needs to get. Lion Joan said she would purchase the real table cloths for the tables instead of paper ones. Lion Steve said he will pick up the keys for the St. Lawrence Community room on Thursday. We don’t know if anyone has talked with Dave Zerkel about running the Treasure Chest as of yet. Lion Joan and Lion Dagi talked about trying to go as green as we can for the Crab Feed, we are going in that direction as far as we can this year and we will discuss it further for next years Crab Feed. Lion Kent said he had talked with the Leo’s and we have a few signed up but there is and issue with them at this time because of the coronavirus, he will continue to discuss it with them. Lion Al & Barbara will pick up what produce we need and other items at Costco Friday morning. Lion Steve reminded everyone that the cleanup work party on February 9, 2020 will be at his house starting 9 AM.

Santa Clara Voters Registration – Lion Al said we were looking good for the voters registration pickup. The only time not filled in at this time is on February 29, 2020. If anyone would like to volunteer (Driver and helper) then we will have all the spots filled.

Good of the Order – None

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations to Lion Al who one and by the way he also one last week, just call him mister lucky.

Respectfully submitted by:
Lion Ron Ahearn

DeAnza Lions Board Meeting Minutes: January 2020
Regular Board Meeting: 6:30pm Tuesday, 21 January 2020 at Knox Residence
Meeting Called By: Lion Jeff Type of Meeting: Business Secretary: Lion Jill
Board Members in Attendance: Jeff, Eli, Charles, Leslye, Al, Jill, Claire, Jen.

Minutes: Call to Order at 6:36.

Approved Minutes, last board meeting: Meeting was called to order at 6:36, not 6:56. Unanimously approved.
Board Member, Membership Chair Vacancy –Lion Jeff appointed Lion Norm Eliason for the interim until new board members are decided in June.
Crab Feed 2020 Update: 14,000 worth of seats approx. sold now, goal is 20,000, if we hit 18,000 that will be a success. May move the bar to the adjacent wall to ease congestion. Raffle and Silent Auction items are coming in. First Aid set up with Benadryl, in case of allergies? Wine at the door depends on how many people sign up for bar duty. Lion Joan is trying to convert over to environmentally friendly items, so we may start with the tablecloths this year. Raffle, Silent Auction, and Treasure Chest in progress. Jeff will try to get in touch with Rotarian Dave Zirkel (d_a_zirkel@comcast.net). Membership applications and information-we need to have those there, especially for those people that volunteer outside of the club each year at our Crab Feed. Joan and Ron-talk to about inventory (glasses, water, soda, etc.)
Ride 4 Diabetes Event 2020 – 2020 date still pending committee proposal; other early actions underway. Sudha contacted Jeff, but she couldn’t be here. There’s no date set yet, but thinking of September. Muni has secured the website and Simran is in charge of permits.Jeff will follow up with Sudha, but we still need a rep. to come with feedback from a club survey to a board meeting. Jeff will send an email to Simran, Sudha, and Muni to get them to the Feb. board meeting.
SCC Registrar March’20 Election Volunteering – assigned to 4 days and 3 voting centers for us to participate and Al thinks we have them all covered. Training schedule coming out soon.
Charter Night 2020 update, Saturday 14 March 5:00 cocktail hour at Blue Pheasant. St. Patrick’s Day theme. Awards to give out, rather than a guest speaker. Lion Ray may have a dignitary in mind-Jeff will ask Ray. Claire will ask if the Leo officers they want to join for dinner, rather than just babysit.
Cupertino Earth Day 2020 (Sat. 04/18/2020) – Lion Joan and Dagi are interested and Jeff will make contact. The set up wasn’t ideal, so that should be something to consider. Good spot for handing out Lions club information.
Fidelity Trust Documents (stock donation). It should be relatively simple to set up. The president and the treasurer would be on the account. Hopefully it would be in an interest earning stock. If we had 25,000 at 4% interest, we would have about 1,000 to use for our charities. Agreed we should come up with a policy. If we had an advisor, they could help us with what type of investment we would want. But, we also may not want the middle person to keep it simple. Either way, we should have a policy by the Board, so that the plan is clear. While it would mostly be custodial for the president and the treasurer, we would still vote on what to do with the interest, etc. as we would with any budget item. Tabled to after Crab Feed.
Good of the Pride:
6th Bomber Association/WWII Veterans: want to incorporate documents and photographs for historical and educational purposes. They need to run the money through a 501c-3. They need to raise money to get the website up and running. Al makes a motion that we assist the 6th Bomber Association with their fundraising requirements. Discussion: is it legally allowed to do this when they aren’t a “service” club? We have supported Omar’s Dream Run in the same way and then they are now independent. Who is the treasurer for the 6th Bomber Association group? What is our responsibility if the website doesn’t get off the ground, tax-wise, etc.? We would take a loss. If they have a corporation in CA, that means they have been trying to get a 501c-3. We have too many questions about this at this time. Al withdraws the motion.
Bylaws: We do need to vote on the bylaws with a quorum of our members and it didn’t happen at the Holiday party. Could we do that at the Charter Night. We could send the text to the club ahead of time, and then vote at Charter Night if we have a quorum. Provide feedback by next Board Meeting, the 18th of February.
Pull tabs: Have they already been submitted? Check with Phil. They have to go in by the conference

8:11 Adjourned

STANDING CLUB CALENDAR REMINDERS

December: Crab feed progress report

January: Crab feed progress report

February: Start soliciting next year’s Board; Awards discussion; set Charter night

March: Report out of Crab feed finances, feedback, and proposal for next time; initial Golf tournament progress report

April: Golf tournament progress report

May: Golf tournament progress report, Set budget meeting

June: Set induction ceremony for new Board; initial Bike ride progress report

July: Report out of Golf tournament finances, feedback, and proposal for next time; Bike ride progress report

August: Bike ride progress report

September: Awards discussion, initial Food drive progress report

October: Report out of Bike ride finances, feedback, and proposal for next time; Food drive progress report
November: Confirm Food drive preparations, set Holiday celebration; initial Crab feed progress report

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

Dates to Remember:

– Crab Feed work party at Lion Steve’s home on February 5th
– Thursday, February 6, 2020 Lions Student Speaker Contest
at the Odd Fellows Hall
February 8th, 2020 Crab Feed Saint Lawrence Church
June 20, 2020 Annual Golf Tournament at Moffett Field

Tail Twister – Lion Tail Twister Herb went around and collected happy dollars, for the 49er’s big win in the playoffs. Lion Ray rolled the dice for his birthday and rolled a four and donated $5 to the club.

PM Review – Lion Eli, said we had a potential new member from Chase bank Ahmad and the club welcomed him. Lion Steve said that we have received 10 tickets from Disneyland and that we will auction them off in (4), (4), & (2) pairs.
Lion Steve also mentioned that we received $200 in cash that we would raffle off in two $100 dutch raffles. Another auction item will be a new Epson all-in-one printer. Lion Carl said that the Fish Market is set and ready to go for cooking and that the Thrown Together Jazz Band will be appearing. Lion Carl also mentioned that he would to have a meeting of the committee members this Friday January 17 at the Ready Room starting at 4:30, he will send a message out.

R4D Committee – Lion Kent said that it is difficult for the R4D committee to attend any of our meetings because the times are not convenient for them. He suggested that we contact them and see what would be the best time for the Board to meet with them or a better/closer location for the meetings. Lion Joan said that we need to take a lookout our Club/LCI materials for information on what we do and how to join the club.

Student Speaker Contest – Lion Joan said that we need a good turnout of club members to show support for the High School speakers. The contest is February 6, 2020 at the Odd Fellows Hall in Cupertino. The contest starts at 7:00 PM the doors open at 6 PM. There will not be any allowed in after the contest has started.
Crab Feed – Lion Ray said that we need all hands on deck for the crab feed. Lion Carl sent out a document for club members to sign up on so please take a look and volunteer for a task. Lion Carl also mentioned that he would to have a meeting of the committee members this Friday January 17 at the Ready Room starting at 4:30, he will send a message out.

Good of the Order –

Lion Ray said he sent out a couple of dates for the Charter Night celebration for club members to choose from they are March 14th or March 21st. Please let Lion Ray know which one is best for you.

Lion Bill said there are new regulations and cost for the liquor license. The cost now is a minimum of $100 depending on the number of people attending. The county also has new forms to fill out.

Opportunity Drawing – No Drawing Lion Charlie was MIA.

Respectfully submitted by:
Lion Ron Ahearn

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

Dates to Remember:

Wreaths Across America Saturday December 14, 2019.
22555 Cristo Rey Dr, Los Altos, CA 94024
Thursday, February 6, 2020 Lions Student Speaker Contest
at the Odd Fellows Hall
February 8th Crab Feed Saint Lawrence Church
June 20, 2020 Annual Golf Tournament at Moffett Field

Visitor – None

Tail Twister – Lion Tail Twister Herb went around and collected happy dollars for the the Holiday party and Thanks to Lion Ray and Barbara for hosting the party.
Lion Charlie rolled a big 2 for his birthday roll and donated $2.00 to the club.

Crab Feed – Lion Al said we have $6,000 in cash and $4,000 committed. Lion Ray said we need to check with the Ready Room and Paul and Eddie’s Monta Vista Inn to see if they will donate like they have done in the past. Lion Steve talked to Lion Prez Jeff about sending out the donation list to the club so we can sign up to start calling on them. Lion Ray said that Lion Carl reserved the refrigeration truck. Lion Steve said he would talk with Saint Lawrence to make sure everything is still on schedule. Lion Al said he would send out an email to prior attendees to remind them that the crab feed is coming up soon. Lion Eli reminded everyone that we still have the BBQ barrel for the auction/raffle.

Wreaths Across America – Lion Eli reminded everyone that Wreaths Across America is this coming Saturday December 14, 2019 at 10 AM. and asked those members who plan on attending to wear their yellow gear to represent our club.

Via West Services – Lion Jeff had said at the PM meeting that he would contact someone at Via West to see if they wanted to send a speaker to our PM meeting on 1/8/2020.

Student Speaker Contest – Lion Dagi said she will send out reminders to the high schools and that she would contact the judges for the upcoming event. Lion Al said that he would take care of the insurance for the Odd Fellows Hall.

Crab Feed 2020 – Lion Carl said the food permits are in progress. There is a new contact at the Fish Market which Lion Carl has met and talked with about their support this year. Sign-up sheet for volunteers to follow soon. There will be two Leo clubs (Monta Vista and Lynbrook) to hopefully get volunteers from.

Good of the Order –

Lion Dagi presented a sympathy card and a beautiful orchid to Lion Bill for the passing of his wife Jane.

Lion Ray said we need to start thinking of a date for Charter Night. He will send out a couple of dates in March 2020 to pick from.

With Lion Andrea Harris moving to San Diego we will need a new Board member.

Lion Al said he had been contacted by the Santa Clara Registrar of Voters about volunteers for the upcoming election in March. The election this year is spread over 11 days starting on February 21, 2010.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations Lion Don won.

Respectfully submitted by:
Lion Ron Ahearn