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     CUPERTINO DE ANZA LIONS CHARITIES, INC.  

“You can’t get very far until you start doing something for someone else.” – Melvin Jones

Regular PM Meeting:   6:30 pm Wednesday, 11 July 2018

Lions in Attendance: Claire, Jen, Mort, Eli, Anne, Jill, Jeff, Charles, Ray, Phil, Steve, Linda.

Esteemed Guests: Ellen and five young Lions to be.

Meeting Called to order at 6:45 by:  Lion Jeff Type of Meeting: Business

Secretary:  Lion Jill

— DATES TO REMEMBER —

• Tue., 17 July, 630pm Start, Board Meeting, the ICE House 2045 Lynwood Terrace San Jose.

• Sat., 8 Sept., 2018 Ride4Diabetes
• TailTwister Fall Fiesta 2018 – Sometime After the Ride
• Fri-Mon. 16-19 Nov., Thanksgiving Food Drive

Minutes

 Call to Order –  lion jeff

1. Lion Charles Guest Tail Twister
2. Election Day Activities for Lionism –  several Lions contributed to volunteer on July 5th, the county then gave money to the volunteers, who then donated it to the club. This accounts for almost ½ of our administrative budget.  There is another election in November, so consider putting that on your calendar. And, we got a letter-bonus! Election Pins were given to Lions Linda, Ray, Don, Dagi, Herb, Liang’s husband, Al, Barb, Ron, John and Leslye.
3. LCI convention Las Vegas – Lion Eli, Mort, and Ray attended this year. It was amazing to see the world-wide international effects of Lionism. The outgoing president spoke in an arena holding 15,000 which was almost full. He presented the poster award to a girl from China who also spoke. A theme that was spoken of is “kindness matters”.  There is also a Lions app, so look for it! 1 million + members. In so many areas of the world, Lionism is taking off. The power of “we” was stressed. The Lions Parade included representatives from all over the world: Mort and Ray walked in the parade.
4. 31st Annual Charity Golf Classic 2018: we made about $12, 000.  This was a good event even though we had fewer golfers, but we still will be able to use this money for our charities. ( For Jeff -Club Division Winner: Cupertino Rotary). Moffett has enjoyed having us and want us to continue coming for our tourney.  Lion Mike Ringer will be the chair and we are looking at different dates for the tournament that offer less of a conflict for our participants. The golf tourney is also a great social fellowship and a fun event. It would be great to have a marketing background, a current or new member, to help get our participant numbers up.
5. R4D 2018 Update: no committee member is in attendance to review progress.  They have some people signed up, but Lion John has mentioned to get the word out through social media and other avenues to get people signed up.  The board has asked to have a rep at the board meeting next week for an update. But, we know that the ride will need support from our club.
6. June Board Meeting Minutes Review: we have 90,000 in our bank account, which is right on the threshold of three years of operating costs.  This year we have earmarked to spend more on charities. We have a lot in our bank to cover the “deficit”, which you would see as 24,000 in the budget.  We are not counting on moneys from the ride, so what we get would be a bonus. Jeff is sending friendship banners to Sister Cities, such as one in Italy called “Coppertino” (No Joke). In traveling, Mort and Eli have enjoyed sharing pins, etc. with Lions clubs (such as Hawaii).  But if you can take a Friendship Banner and pins, wherever you travel if you see a Lions Club and go to a meeting. Where do we get pins and banners? Claire and Anil did the same in Curacao and loved it (3 course meal!). They meet twice a month and do this every time.
7. Tailtwister Fall Fiesta 2018: We usually have a tailtwister party and the installation at the same time.  A competition was brought up by Lion Kent, that we should have a contest to see who can bring in the most riders. The event will be in the fall after the ride in later September. Lion Claire inducted some members in Montgomery Village Lions club, including Lion John Smith (our former esteemed) as the President.  Possibly, Lion John Smith could come down to do our installation for officers for this year.
8. Club Leadership Opportunities This Lion Year – Many Paws, Light Work, AJ Robinson Mobile Health Screening Services, Flag Days, Via West Camp (Costanoan), Project Linus, eye exams & glasses via OneSight, THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE, Eye glasses recycling and other charitable causes in our community and around the world.  Bravo, Lions of De Anza, BRAVO!

to find out how you can be a leader in this club, to keep our amazing programs going! We are in transition and need Lions to step into the leadership roles because there are people who count on us.  Most importantly is CRAB FEED, to help Carl with the front of the house, since we no longer have Lion Jim to help us.  

1. Good of the Pride:

• Lion Mort thanked everyone for coming and said that she isn’t planning on wearing the hat, but Jeff volunteered to take the hat.
• Lens Crafters is no longer supporting the efforts in providing eye glasses to people in our community (formerly One Sight).  Anne and Ellen are working with West Valley to try to keep this program going. Right now, we are using Costco because the exam and glasses are reasonable.  The other place is in Santana Row which is helping out, too.
• Lion Claire’s daughter is taking a box for glasses donation to her school.  We really need glasses in Vallejo, so it doesn’t take that much work to place a box in a location and collect once a month. If you need a box, Lion Ray will get you one.  You put your name and phone number on there so the place can call you if it gets full to come and get the glasses. Leave the box!

Meeting Adjourned: about 7:50.

DeAnza Lions Club
June 23rd, 2018

17:00-17:40 Hours

Campbell, CA

Special Board Meeting in-lieu of Regular Board meeting of June 19th, 2018 Called to order at 17:03 Hours by Lion President Jeff

Lion Al seated as Secretary Pro-tem.

Directors present and comprising a quorum: Lions all Charles, Al, Ray, Vijay and Jeff.

Guest: Lion Phil

Lion President Jeff indicated he had received a Letter of resignation from Lion Amy Brindos. Without objection the Board accepted same as an honorable separation from the Lions Club of DeAnza Corporation effective July 1, 2018.

The remainder of the meeting entailed a discussion of having the combined TT Party and Officer Induction in late September and a discussion on the necessity of securing a 2018-19 Golf date. Lion President Jeff also reported he had Five Friendship banners and was in touch with Cupertino Mayor Darcy and was providing a banner for the Cupertino Sister City in Italy.

There being no further business to come before this Special Board of Director’s meeting, the meeting beginning at 5:03 PM was adjourned at 5:40 PM.

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

Dates to Remember –

– June 29th LCI International Convention Las Vegas
– September 8, 2018 Ride4Diabetes
– Thanksgiving Food Drive November 17, 18, and 19th.

Tail Twister – Lion Tail Twister Herb received a Happy Dollar from Lion Ray for the new Saratoga Lions club and the meeting he went to and met three people from Staten Island, New York. Lion Steve rolled the dice for his birthday and rolled a nine and promptly gave Lion Herb ten dollars for the kitty. Lion Dagi gave a sad dollar now that we are passed the summer solstice and the days are getting shorter.

Golf Tournament – Lion Ray said the preliminary numbers on the golf tournament are about $12,400 with sixty-four golfers we did quite well. Lion Steve said the silent auction sold all of the items and brought in $1,555. Thank you goes out to Lion’s Amy, Jenni, Claire, Jen, Carl, Charles, Steve & Ellen, and Jill for taking on the major responsibilities. Lion Ray wanted to thank Lion Jerry Tammi for his emergency run to the closest store to get ice since Moffett ran out of ice for the beer tent. Special thanks go out to Lion’s Carl and Herb and Herb’s friend Steve Hoy for putting up all the sponsor banners. A big thank you to Lion John Noone for doing an excellent job with the electronic sponsor sign. Lion Dagi said she would try and get the email addresses for the golfers to send pictures of their foursomes to them. A big thank you to Wendel Stevens and the Rotarians for supporting our golf tournament.
A grateful Thank You to Lion Scott Harris for loaning his pickup truck to us to use during the tournament we could have not done it very easily without the use of his truck. Lion Ray would like to set up the date for next year as soon as possible so it works out for everyone and dates are still open at Moffett. Lion Ray said we need to do a couple of things better next year and will be brought up at following meetings.

Good of the Order – Lion Steve mentioned the Budget/Board meeting on Saturday June 23rd at Lion Al’s home starting at 3 PM. Anyone who has a charity they would like to fund should present it at the meeting. All of the charities we have supported over the years will be reviewed to make sure they are still good ones to donate to.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations to winner Lion Dagi.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lion Ron Ahearn

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

Dates to Remember –

– June 16th Lions Charity Golf Tournament
– June 29th LCI International Convention Las Vegas
– September 8, 2018 Ride4Diabetes

Visitors – There were four visitors from the Los Gatos Lions, President Kevin Johnson, Denny Gruber, Clyde Nunes. The Los Gatos Lions mentioned they have a golf tournament on July 20, 2018 at Coyote Creek. They also mentioned their Camp for Kids with Diabetes fund raiser on Saturday June 23rd from 12 to 4 PM at the Santa Clara Elks Lodge #2347 1680 Martin Avenue Santa Clara 95050. For further information you can go to their website at:
www.losgatoslions.org

Tail Twister – Lion Tail Twister Herb received many Happy Dollars for the Warriors.

Registrar of Voters Volunteers – Lion Ray said we had six teams of 2 Lions each and figured that the club made approximately $1,500. Lion Al said he would let us know the final amount when he receives the check from the ROV.

PM Meeting Review – A big thank you goes out to Lion Jim Gould, Lion Jen Smith’s friend Shawn, and Lion Mike Ringers two sons for all the help and guidance we needed to complete this task.

Budget/Board meeting to be held at Lion Al’s home on June 23rd at 3 PM. If you have any charities you would like to donate to bring it up to the Board at the meeting or email one of the Board members.

Discussion about the upcoming Tail Twister party maybe in August . Need a venue to hold it at ?

Golf Tournament – Lion Al said we have 53 golfers signed up with approximately 75 golfers pledged. Lion Steve said they have sent out 96 requests with 36 answered and about $6,300 in pledges. There will be a packing party at Lion Steves house on June 14th at 5:30 PM with food and wine provided. Lion Amy sent out a google Doc sign up sheet for jobs that need to be done so be sure to go out and sign up for something. Lion Al said he would print up the Picture of beer tickets. There will be a run to storage on Friday the15th to pick up the table and chairs and any other items required. Lion Dagi said she put the flyer on the District website and in the Cupertino Courier. Lion Steve said he purchased 120 bottles of water. Lion Ron will go to the storage unit to see if we have any Best Deal envelops made up and check on the tables and chairs.

Tail Twister Party – It was discussed about having the tail twister party in August and where to have it. It was suggested that we have it at Lion John Noone’s home, we will need to check with him and Leslye.

Good of the Order –

Lion John said he received a copy of the clubs Friendship banner from Lion Bill.
Lion Kent talked about updating the banner to reflect our current Silicon Valley Technology.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations to winner Lion Charlie.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lion Ron Ahearn