A.M. Meeting Minutes for 4/4/2019

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

Dates to Remember –

– City of Cupertino Earth Day April 13, 2019 from 11 AM – 3 PM
– Golf Tournament June 22, 2019

Tail Twister – Lion Pro Temp Tail Twister Eli collected happy dollars from Lion Joan for now being part of the Lions yellow jackets. Lion Eli and Lion Mort gave happy dollars for their grandson Little Eli giving the flag salute at the PM meeting.

P.M. Meeting Review –

Lion Al read of the slate of new officers for the 2019/ 2020 year starting July 1, 2019 :

President Jeff
1st VP – Vijay
2ndVP–Leslye
Club Secretary – Jill
Club Treasurer – Knox
Membership Chair – Andrea
LCIF Coordinator – Jen Smith
Marketing – Claire
Director at Large – Sashi

Project Linus Recap – 55 blankets were made thanks to Lions, friends/spouses, and Lion Claire’s girl scouts. Thanks to Lion Leslye for her continued support of project Linus.

Student Speaker Contest, Regional – Helen Hu Cupertino De Anza Lions speaker from Lynbrook High School won the contest. Helen wIll represent our club at the District level contest on April 20, 2019 at the American Legion Hall in Santa Clara.

Ride 4 Diabetes – The Ride4Diabetes has been rescheduled for September 8, 2019 due to permit and insurance issues to be resolved.

Camp Via West – Lion Bill said Camp Via West work party has not been scheduled yet.

Cupertino Earth Day is scheduled for April 13, 2019. Lion can to send out volunteer sign up sheet. Set up time will be 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM. Earth Day Cupertino will be held at the Civic Center Plaza,10350 Torre Ave.Cupertino.

District Convention – Lion Prez Jeff talked about the Lions District Convention, May 16 – 19th to be held in San Ramon. We have one delegate currently and have slots available for three more. Voting will be on Saturday May 18th and we have 4 votes for those who would like to attend. Lion Prez Jeff said he will send out the info to the club members.

Charity Golf Classic 2019 – Team Captain Needed 
We’d like a PM Captain for one of three Lions teams for a game to be played, whereby first place sits down after playing the round, 2nd place team serves them, and the 3rd place team cooks the food. Captain’s job is to get golfers and sponsors. The serving/cooking will take place at the Tail twister party(July13th). 
Take a look at the google doc of prizes listed so you can help out getting the silent auction/raffle items for the tournament. Contact Ray with questions. Many thanks to Ray for stepping up to chair the event.
Golf Tournament – June 22, 2019 at Moffett Field Golf Course with a shotgun tee time of 10 AM. Lion Eli said we already have two thousand dollars in sponsors already. There will be an after golf party held at Lion Leslye’s home on July 13, 2019.

Good of the Order –

Lion Ray gave the insurance certificate to Lion Joan to pass on to the R4D committee to show it to the City of Cupertino to see if it was acceptable.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations Lion Eli won.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lion Ron Ahearn

Board Minutes: April 2019

CUPERTINO DE ANZA LIONS CORPORATION & CHARITIES

Regular Board Meeting: 6:30 pm Tue., 16 April 2019

Location: Lion Andrea’s Casa (New locale this month, THANK YOU, Lion Andrea!)
1052 Tuscany Place, Cupertino, CA 95014
Telephone # (Just in case!): 408-446-1308

Meeting Called By: Lion Jeff Type of Meeting: Business Secretary: Lion Jill or Proxy
Meeting begins at 6:45

Board Members: Jeff, Charles, Jill, Ray, Andrea, Vijay
Lions: Al

Fiscal Review, Charities, Admin (501c3, 501c7): both clubs are viable and taxes (that we don’t owe) are paid. Looks good and reconcilable. Will publish to the club in a week with Board minutes.
District 4c-6 Convention 2019 Update: Saturday May 18th is the voting day. Al will take care of the forms. Ellen and Steve are registered to go. Al might be going by himself. We have four votes, but right now just two people going. This is in San Ramon. Ray will check his travel schedule. Jeff will send out one more email.
Charity Golf 2019 Update:We need one more captain for the Red, White, and Blue. We still need golfers and tee sponsors. Pat Coppe and R and B Construction/West Valley are sponsors. We also need raffle items. We have dropped off with tee sponsors in the last few years. Tee sponsors and golfers should really be the focus. Claire will redo the Silent Auction sheet to make it more manageable. Eli has a line on a golfing supply company that might donate items based on our number of golfers. Idea is to give any tee sponsor an automatic “best deal in town”.
Club Leadership 2019/2020 Submitted: Jill submitted the list. The installation will be on July 13th at the Golf/Tailtwister party.

Ride 4 Diabetes 2.0: Postponed to September 2019 for Actions Needed
There are new things to consider that haven’t been taken care of for the new proposed date. The three board requirements are: a member of the committee comes to the board to give an update, that we are staying in the budget, and that the name of the Cupertino DAL is included. At this time, we have the name confirmed. There are a number of fiscal responsibilities that need to be taken care of, per an email by Vijay. Andrea is updating us at this time. Joan contacted 18 riders, and 11 sponsors. Joan contacted the riders but Andrea needs a list of who actually got the money back.
Andrea says she need the list of the sponsors who said we could carry over the money. We want to continue to get updates from a representative at the board meeting. Lion Al suggests that the Ride committee use the list serves, and emailing the treasurer, to give the club updates and to ask budgetary questions from the treasurer.

Next Event, Recent Events and Club Approach
Cupertino Volunteer Fair, 11 AM to 3 PM, Sun. 5 May, Cupertino City Hall : Volunteer ideas to give out on this day. Andrea is asking the Ride committee to come. Camp Via is end of May and Golf Tourney Volunteers are needed.
Project Linus, Thu. 28 March, Odd Fellows Hall.
Whittaker Community Gathering, Sun. 31 March.
Cupertino Earth Day Event, Sat. 13 April.

7. By-Laws Review, Update:

Name Change: Cupertino De Anza Lions Club (will be the name for the corporation) Claire makes the motion, seconded by Ray. Unanimously passed.

Term Changes and Club Roles are the two other potentially important changes: these are both things that we can discuss next meeting. Previously, we decided not to use all the board positions because some of the nomenclature isn’t something we do. We will look at it ahead of the next meeting and decide. Then, whatever changes we may propose to the bylaws will go to the club.

Good of the Pride:
People who get inducted may want to read the installation/induction words ahead of time.
Ray and Ron drove the AJ Robinson Van to Gilroy, and Lion Leslye and Lion Joan helped pick up Ray at ungodly hours ( thank you so much!)
Andrea has an objection to the fact that we have lost some board members and gained some new ones that don’t have as much experience. She would like to have a full board, rather than a briefer one. She would like Charles to stay for example. Al has an opposing view and appreciates term limits to encourage flexibility and efficiency. Al has experience with all different sizes of boards. It is addressed in the bylaws as allowing that if we don’t have a quorum, we do let someone who is in attendance and in good standing can vote. The board’s responsibility is to provide resources and guidance to committees and their chairs. Claire’s input is that many boards have a range of how many board members. The discussion could be around a range, as long as it’s an odd number.

Adjourned: at 8:00.

Independent Fiscal Review, Charities (501c-3) and Corporation (501c-7)

PM Meeting Minutes: April 2019

Present: Ratners, Eliasons, Knoxs, Anne, Ron, Vijay, Ericksons, Ray, Jen, Claire, Pete, Charles
Commence: 18:38
Guests: Venkat, Siva

Minutes:

Call to Order – Lion Jeff
Tailtwister, li’l Eli – proxy tail twister

Reading of the Officers/Board Members for 2019/2020 Lion Year – commences on the 1st of July.

President Jeff
1st VP – Vijay
2nd VP – Leslye
Club Secretary – Jill
Club Treasurer – Knox
Membership Chair – Andrea
LCIF Coordinator – Jen Smith
Marketing – Claire
Director at Large – Sashi

No additional nominations or volunteers

Project Linus Recap – Was last week. 55 blankets were made.

Student Speaker Contest, Regional – Helen Hu from Lynbrook (Rotary) won the contest. She beat the region winner from last year. She will compete again on 4/20.

Earth Day Cupertino! Civic Center Plaza, 10350 Torre Ave. Cupertino

We will have booth on 4/13, 11 – 3. It’s also arbor day. We need people to fill in slots. Check the Google doc that went out. The new Leo Club will be there (twin table).

Via West Camp (Costanoan) Annual Work Party

We’ll be doing a work day again in May. Stay tuned for details.

Charity Golf Classic 2019 – Team Captain Needed

We’d like a PM Captain for one of three Lions teams for a game to be played, whereby first place sits down after playing the round, 2nd place team serves them, and the 3rd place team cooks the food. Captain’s job is to get golfers and sponsors. The serving / cooking will take place at the Tailtwister party (July 13th).

Take a look at the google doc of prizes for the tournament. Contact Ray with questions. Many thanks to Ray for stepping up to chair the event.

R4D 2019, Update

Announcement from the ride committee: Based on where they are with the permits and requirements, they won’t be on-track to get the event prep completed for the 5/5. They’d like to have it in Sept, instead.

Good of the Pride, Any Lion

San Ramon is the convention. We have one delegate currently and have slots available. Saturday the 18th of May is voting day.
Last Saturday, retirement party for Dennis Whitaker. Been involved in a ton of community activities. Retired Vietnam Vet (Ranger). We had a great showing of people, Mort, Ray, Ron, Coppe’s, Leslye, Herb.

Adjourn: 19:09

— DATES TO REMEMBER —
Tue., 16 April. 6:30pm Start, Board Meeting, location tbd
Sat., 13 April, 11am – 3pm, Lions Booth at Earth Day Cupertino!
Thu-Sun (Sat. Voting Day), May 16-19, 2019, 4-C6 District Convention
Fri-Sat., Late May 2019, Via West Camp (Costanoan)

A.M. Meeting Minutes for 3/28/2019

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

Dates to Remember –

– Project Linus March 28, 2019 starting at 6:30 PM at the Odd
Fellows Hall in Cupertino.
– Dennis Whittaker Retirement March 31, 2019 1-4 PM
20395 Pacifica Drive Suite 108
– City of Cupertino Earth Day April 13, 2019 from 9-5
– Ride4Diabetes May 5, 2019
– Golf Tournament June 22, 2019

Tail Twister – Lion Tail Twister Herb collected happy dollars from Lion from most Lions for the start of baseball season. Lion Don Lang rolled the dice for his birthday and rolled a four paying the tail twister four dollars.

Student Speaker Contest – Lion Dagi said the next contest includes our club student speaker Helen Hu who one the region contest. The next level contest, is the District Level and will take place on Saturday, 4/20/19, around noon time at the American Legion Post on Walsh Street (formerly Bingo venue) – exact details will follow closer to the date

Project Linus – Lion Leslie and Lion magi said they hope to create fifty-five blankets so they are hoping for 55 volunteers. Project Linus will be held at the Cupertino Odd Fellows Hall tonight March 28, 2019 6:30PM. Lion Leslie said the Lion Claire is bringing some of her girl scout to help.

Ride4Diabetes – Lion Ray said he is working on getting the insurance for the event.To be held May 5, 2019 at Cupertino’s Quinlan Center. Lion Ray and Lion Ron will meet with Lion Sashi and Lion Andrea Harris at storage so they can
See what we have for the Ride4Diabetes event. All the permits need to be done before they can print the informational flyers which we hope to have for the Cupertino Earth Day April 13th. The ride will start and end at memorial park in Cupertino.

Dennis Whitaker Retirement Party – To be held March 31, 2019 1-4 PM in Cupertino at 20395 Pacifica Drive Cupertino. We will meet at storage at 11:45 AM to get the tables, chairs and canopy. The club will set up an information booth to attract new members volunteers are needed.

Golf Tournament – June 22, 2019 at Moffett Field Golf Course with a shotgun tee time of 10 AM. Lion Ray said he will send a memo to Lion Prez Jeff about setting up teams. Lion Ray talked about the Rotarian golf tournament coming up if anyone is interested. There will be an after golf party held at Lion Leslye’s home on July 13, 2019.

Good of the Order –

Lion Joan said she would send out a google doc for volunteer signups for Cupertinos Earth Day on April 13, 2019. She said she would need the Lions canopy, tables and chairs for our booth that a space has been reserved for.

Lion Dagi discussed the different list serves that our club has and said a committee needs to be set up to see if we can merge them so we can go to one list serve and get the information on different projects. If we cannot merge the different list serves can we make it so all the list serves have the same information on the different projects and members.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations Lion Dagi won.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lion Ron Ahearn

Board Minutes: March 2019

Call to order at 1845 Hours (6:45 PM) by Lion Prez Jeff
Lion Al seated as Secretary Pro-tem.
Lion Board Members Present: Jeff, Ray, Charles, Jen, Claire and Andrea. (Quorum)
Lion Guests: Lions Simran,Leslye,Venkat, Al and Siva Gandikota.
Motions: None..
Discussions:
1. Fiscal YTD Balance Sheet Reports by Lion Al.
2. Project Linus March 28th at 6:30 PM at the ODD Fellows Hall.
3. Dennis Whitaker event March 31,2019 De Anza Lions Booth.
4. Earth Day 4/13/2019 11:00 to 3:00 PM Booth next to LEO’s.
5. 2019 4C6 Convention, San Ramon 5/18/2019 see Lion Al for registration.
6. 2019 Golf Classic June 22, 2019, need volunteers for Raffle and Silent Auction
Items, see Lion Ray ASAP. After Golf Party at Lion Leslye’s 7/13/2019.
7. R4D Extensive Report and exchange by Lions Simran, Venkat and Siva Gandikota
(prospective). 5/5/2019 solid date and event will be within Cupertino.
8. Extensive discussion regarding By-Laws, Officers and Directors for the 2019-2020
Lion Year and Membership database.
No actions taken by the Board of Directors, however, all discussions lead to further actions to be
taken by the Board Members and other Lions.
Meeting adjourned at 2030 Hours (8:30 PM)

A.M. meeting minutes for 3/21/2019

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

Dates to Remember –

– Region Speaker Contest March 27, 2019 7:00 PM
– Project Linus March 28, 2019 starting at 6:30 PM at the Odd
Fellows Hall in Cupertino.
– Dennis Whittaker Retirement March 31, 2019 1-4 PM
20395 Pacifica Drive Suite 108
– City of Cupertino Earth Day April 13, 2019 from 9-5
– Ride4Diabetes May 5, 2019
– Golf Tournament June 22, 2019

Tail Twister – Lion Tail Twister Herb collected happy dollars from Lion Joan for her attending the play Hamilton in S.F. Lion Leslie gave a happy dollar for her daughter Chelsea who is expecting with everything going well. Lion Don gave a happy dollar for the great turnout at the Odd Fellows Lodge for the charity pancake breakfast which there were 98 attendees. Lion Ron gave a happy dollar for his son’s tv show being nominated for five Emmy awards. Lion Dagi gave happy dollar for a reminder of the upcoming Project Linus on March 28, 2019.

Student Speaker Contest – Lion Dagi said the Region Student Speaker contest is scheduled for March 27, 2019 again at the Sunnyvale School District office building at 7:00 P.M. The contest includes our club student speaker Helen Hu.Please support our speaker by attending the contest.

Charter Night – Lion Ray said we had 54 adult’s and 9 children that attended Charter Night. Lion Ray said Lion Prez Jeff and former District Governor Liz Crooke who initiated the new club members did a great job. Other Lion’s Phil Lellman, Don Lang, Al Knox, Bill Reed, and John Smith talked about the club from its infancy to maturity over the past 50 years.

Board Meeting Review – No actions were taken but several issues were discussed and they were:
Project Linus – To be held at the Cupertino Odd Fellows Hall March 28, 2019 6:30PM.
Ride4Diabetes – To be held May 5, 2019 at Cupertino’s Quinlan Center.
Dennis Whitaker Retirement Party – To be held March 31, 2019 1-4 PM in Cupertino at 20395 Pacifica Drive Cupertino. Our club will set up an information booth to attract new members volunteers are needed.
Cupertino Earth Day – Earth Day will be April 13, 2019. Our club will set up an information booth to attract new members. Volunteers are needed from 11 AM – 3 PM.
District Convention – The District Convention will be held May 16 – 19. Lion Steve and Ellen have signed up to attend. Our club will pay registration fees for anyone that wants to attend. Contact Lion Al for further information.
Golf Tournament – June 22, 2019 at Moffett Field Golf Course. Lion Ray said he needs someone to chair the task of getting Raffle/Auction items. There was a discussion about setting a contest between the AM and PM clubs getting the most golfers, sponsors and the tee sign sponsors. It will be brought up at the next PM meeting. There will be an after golf party held at Lion Leslye’s home on July 13, 2019.
New Members – Talked about the new members installed and the possibility of another new member joining.
By-Laws – Lion Prez Jeff and Lion Jill are working on updating our clubs by-laws that need to be sent to LCI by April 15, 2019.

Golf Tournament – If we are setting up teams for the tournament we need 3 captains. Lion’s Al and Eli have said they would be captains so we need one member from the PM club to be a captain. Rules will be set up.

Good of the Order –

Lion Ray said he was stepping down from the clubs Board of Directors and would need a replacement for this who are interested.

Lion Dagi said she has De Anza Lions club apparel available and is offering our yellow club jackets for $10 (originally $35) for sale. Please contact Lion Dagi to let her know if. You would like to purchase one.

Lion Eli said he was trying to get info on our bike ride on the internet and was not able to find any, he would like to know what internet site has that information so we would have it for the information booth we are setting up at the Dennis Whittaker retirement party and the Cupertino Earth day celebration.

A discussion was held about the different list serves that our club has and said a committee needs to be set up to see if we can merge them so we can go to one list serve and get the information on different projects. If we cannot merge the different list serves can we make it so all the list serves have the same information on the different projects and members.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations Lion Charlie won.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lion Ron Ahearn

A.M. meeting minutes for 3/14/2019

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

Dates to Remember –

– Board Meeting March 19, 2019 6:30 P.M. Lion Al and Barbara’s
Home
– Charter Night March 16, 2019 Blue Pheasant Restaurant
– Dennis Whittaker Retirement March 31, 2019 1-4 PM
20395 Pacifica Drive Suite 108
– City of Cupertino Earth Day April 13, 2019 from 9-5
– Ride4Diabetes May 5, 2019
– Golf Tournament June 22, 2019

Tail Twister – Lion Tail Twister Herb collected happy dollars from Lion Eli for his grandson Little Eli and al his athletic prowess. Lion Steve and Lion Kent gave happy dollars for the Warriors.

Student Speaker Contest – Lion Dagi said the Zone contest went well with three student speakers including our student Helen Hu. At the end of the competition the Cupertino De Anza Lions student speaker Helen Hu won. Lion Dagi said the next contest is scheduled for March 27, 2019 again at the Sunnyvale School District office building at 7:00 P.M.

Charter Night – Lion Ray said we currently have 54 adult’s and 9 children signed up to attend Charter Night. He said that former District Governor Liz Crooke is scheduled to speak and initiate the new club members. We will also have Lion’s Phil, Don, Al, Bill, and John Smith talking about the club from its infancy to maturity 50 yers later. The dinner will be at the Blue Pheasant Restaurant in Cupertino with no-host cocktails from 5:30 P.M. to 6:30 and dinner starting at 6:30 P.M. Lion Prez Jeff will be the MC.

Ride4Diabetes – Lion Al said that he had been talking with the City of Cupertino and they need proof of our club being a 501-C3 charity. Lion Al said the Ride 4 Diabetes committee has been very active.

Golf Tournament – Lion Ray said he needs helping needs someone to chair the task of Raffle/Auction items. There was a discussion on a contest between the AM and PM clubs getting the most golfers, sponsors and the sign sponsors. We will bring it up at the next PM meeting.

Crab Feed – Lion Al said he is still reconciling the books and should have the net profit next week.

Good of the Order –

Lion Ray reminded everyone about the Odd Fellows fund raising pancake breakfast at the Odd Fellows Hall in Cupertino Saturday March 16, 2019 from 7 AM to 11 AM. Price is $7 per person with all proceeds going to a Cancer Charity.

Lion Joan and Lion Eli talked about the club having a couple of upcoming opportunities to promote our club. The two events are (1) a big bash birthday party for Dennis Whittaker who promotes the Wreaths Across America in December to which we contribute. The date is Sunday, March 31, 1 – 4 PM at 20395 Pacifica Drive Suite 108. The second event is the City of Cupertino Earth Day festival on Saturday, April 13, in the plaza next to the Cupertino Library and City Hall.

Lion Al asked if anyone is planning on attending the District Convention May 16 – 18.

Lion Al said he was taking care of the Foundation books for the club and Lion Vijay was handling the club books.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations Lion Phil won.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lion Ron Ahearn

A.M. meeting minutes for 3/7/2019

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

Dates to Remember –

– Board Meeting March 19, 2019 6:30 P.M. Lion Al and Barbara’s
Home
– Charter Night March 16, 2019 Blue Pheasant Restaurant
– Ride4Diabetes May 5, 2019
– Golf Tournament June 22, 2019

Tail Twister – Lion Tail Twister Herb collected happy dollars from Lion Joan for the rain and Lion Steve for his grandsons last hockey game.

Charter Night – Lion Ray said Lion’s Phil, Don, Bill, Eli, and Al were going to speak at the charter and relive the beginnings of the club. Lion Mort said she had some old photo’s that she would bring and if anyone else had any to share please bring them. Lion Kent will check with the Leo’s for volunteers for Charter Night.

Ride4Diabetes – Lion Kent said a member of the Monta Vista Leo’s club was going to join the R4D committee. Lion Al passed on the info he had about last years Ride 4 Diabetes.

Golf Tournament – Lion Ray said he needs help and asked if anyone had a copy of Amy’s google doc that she created for tasks to be done for the golf tournament. Lion Ray said he is working with Lion Al on the golf flyer. The cost of the tournament for golfers this year is $130 which includes a continental breakfast and Lunch. The golf tournament will have a shotgun start at 10:00 A.M. Lion Ray said he needs a chairperson for the Silent Auction/Raffle items.

Crab Feed – Lion Al said the biggest cost was the crab which cost $11.50 per pound. Discussions about getting the crab from someone else or trying to negotiate the price lower with the Farallon Fisheries. We don’t want to endanger our relationship with the Fish Market. Lion Steve wanted to thank Lion Pat Coppe for her donation to the crab feed of approximately $2,200 worth of wine. We all want to thank Lion Pat for her generous contributions.

Good of the Order –

Lion Ray reminded everyone about the Odd Fellows fund raising pancake breakfast at the Odd Fellows Hall in Cupertino Saturday March 16, 2019 from 7 AM to 11 AM. Price is $7 per person with all proceeds going to a Cancer Charity.

Lion Dagi talked about the upcoming Zone Student Speaker contest be held on Monday March 11, 2019 at the Sunnyvale school district office. Lion Dagi invited everyone to come and support our student speaker Helen Hu.

Lion Joan talked about the opportunity coming up at the Volunteer Fair held by the city of Cupertino and the Earth Day Festival on April 22, 2019. Lion Joan said this would be a great opportunity for a membership drive.

Lion Eli talked about Dennis Whitaker throwing a retirement party on March 31, 2019. Lion Eli said our Lion’s club could set up a Lions Booth for membership and making citizens aware of the Cupertino De Anza Lions. More info to come.

Lion Al said he processed 2 new membership applications and forwarded them to Lion Jill to add to the LCI roster for our club.

Lion Al said he was taking care of the Foundation books for the club and Lion Vijay was handling the club books.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations Lion Kent won.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lion Ron Ahearn

A.M. Meeting Minutes for 2/28/2019

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

Dates to Remember –

– P.M. Meeting March 6, 2019 6:30 PM @ Tony and Alba’s Pizzeria
– Charter Night March 16, 2019 Blue Pheasant Restaurant
– Ride4Diabetes May 5, 2019
– Golf Tournament June 22, 2019

Tail Twister – Lion Tail Twister Herb collected happy dollars from Lion Kent for the Warriors and Lion Steve for his grandsons hockey game.

Charter Night – Lion Ray asked several AM members if they would speak at the Charter Night on how the club has changed over the last 50 years. Lion Ray has sent out a sign up sheet for the dinner so we know how many are coming and what food dishes to order for them. Lion Charlie said he reached out to past Lion Ray Gamma and he said he would not be able to attend. Past District Governor Liz Crooke will be the main speaker.

Ride4Diabetes – Lion Kent said a lot of activity is going on. The city of Cupertino is looking at the permits and maybe we can get the central park for free. Lion Muni is working on the new routes for the ride/walk. He said Lion’s Andrea, Liang and Joan are working very hard on the R4D along with other members of the committee. The committee is trying to keep the ride routes all contained in the Cupertino city limits thus eliminating the cost of the municipalities route fees.
The committee is focusing on the event being a Cupertino community event.

Golf Tournament – Lion Ray said Moffett Field has not hired a GM yet so he is talking with interim GM. Lion Ray has confirmed the June 22, 2019 date with a start time of 10 AM. Lion Claire and Jen will handle the registration. Lion Dagi and Lion Al are working on the Pay Pal portion of the golf registration. Lion Ray asked if we still have an email list of golf participants from last year so we could send a shout out to them about the upcoming tournament, Lion Dagi said she would look into it. Lion Ray said we need to get the whole club involved in getting raffle/auction items and tee sponsors.

Good of the Order –

Lion Don Lang talked about the Odd Fellows fund raising pancake breakfast at the Odd Fellows Hall in Cupertino Saturday March 16, 2019 from 7 AM to 11 AM. Price is $7 per person with all proceeds going to a Cancer Charity.

Lion Dagi talked about the upcoming Zone Student Speaker contest and will let us know the time and place so our Lions members can support our speaker.

Lion Dagi put the Crab Feed and the Student Speaker photos on our website.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations Lion Steve won.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lion Ron Ahearn

A.M. Meeting Minutes for 2/21/2019

Lions Present: Lion’s Ray, Ron, Phil, Steve, Al, Herb, Joan, and Charlie.

Dates to Remember –

– Charter Night March 16, 2019 Blue Pheasant Restaurant
– Ride4Diabetes May 5, 2019
– Golf Tournament June 22, 2019

Tail Twister – Lion Tail Twister Herb collected happy dollars from Lion Joan for her friend becoming a United States citizen.

Board Meeting Review – Lion Al reviewed the crab feed statistics and feels we will net approximately $14,000. He is working on reconciling the tickets. Lion Al said we had 265 sold for the 1st seating and 187 sold for the second seating. Larger expenses other than the crab were the truck rentals for approximately $950. Lion Steve said there are two silent auction items that have not been picked up yet that were bid on but not paid for. Lion Steve reserved the church for February 8, 2020 for next years crab feed. As far as we know there were no complaints about the band being to loud this year.

There was a committee setup to look into getting a CPA to handle our treasury accounts and also do the tax reports every year. The thought was that it would be expensive.

Ride4Diabetes – Lion Joan said they are looking at scaling back and eliminating some of the items to make the ride shorter to help reduce the cost. Lion Ray said the R4D committee gave a great presentation to the board. The thought is we will still need 1 or 2 SAG vehicles. Lion Kent said last week that we have about $9,000 in corporate donations.

Charter Night – Lion Ray said he has sent out the menu from the Blue Pheasant and the sign up sheet. He is asking some of the longer term Lions ie: Lion’s Al, Phil, Eli, John Smith and others to speak about the change of the club over the last 50 years. He also asked members if the have old club photos to bring them to share. Lion Charlie will reach out to Lion Ray Gamma on Facebook to see if he would be interested in attending Charter Night and speaking.

Golf Tournament – Lion Ray said Moffett Field has not hired a GM yet so he is talking with interim GM. Lion Ray has confirmed the June 22, 2019 date with a start time of 10 AM.

Good of the Order – Lion Steve said he has purchased two more racks for the dishwasher at Saint Lawrence for next year to help with the speed in washing the dishes. Lion Steve said the church is also fixing the hot water heater which needs to heat the water to 180 degrees.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations Lion Al won.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lion Ron Ahearn