AM Meeting Minutes for 5/24/2018

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

Dates to Remember –

– June 2nd & 5th Voter Registration Volunteers
– June 16th Lions Charity Golf Tournament
– June 29th LCI International Convention Las Vegas
– September 8, 2018 Ride4Diabetes

Tail Twister – Lion Kent gave a Happy Dollar for the Ride4Diabetes and the progress it is making. Lion Don Lang gave a happy dollar for the family reunion that he just returned from. Lion Eli rolled the dice for his birthday and rolled a ten for a payment of $8.00 but the good guy that he is he donated $10.00. Lion Dagi gave $5.00 for her return from vacation and the work done at Camp Via West.

Camp Via West – Lion Ray said the the event went well and that we almost doubled the size of the vegetable garden area. He wanted to thank all those who participated especially the PM group with Lion Mike Ringer and his two sons and Lion Jim Gould.

Golf Tournament – Lion Al said we have 13 golfers signed up with approximately 75 golfers pledged. Lion Steve said they have sent out 92 requests with $2,580.60 in prizes. Lion Kent said he has a foursome. Lion Dagi put the event on the District website.There will be a packing party at Lion Steves house on June 14th at 5:30 PM with food and wine provided. There will be a run to storage on Friday the15th to pick up the table and chairs and any other items required. Lion Al said he would check on any items that need to be printed. Lion Kent said he would check on the Leo volunteers. Lion Dagi said she would update the Brag board. Lion Eli said that West Valley Construction has made a donation for a sponsorship. Question was raised about who will be the MC since Lion Jeff will not be available. We still need more golfers and sponsors both Major and Tee sponsors.

Registrar of Voters – Several Lion’s and spouses have volunteered to help out with election day. Lion Ray and Ron have attended their training course for couriers but have not heard anything yet about distribution yet. It was discussed whether the money could go to the charity fund instead the community fund. Lion Al said it could go into either fund.

Good of the Order –

Lion Ray said he talked to Judy at the Blind Center to see if it had transferred to the new Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Palo Alto. Lion Ray said the transfer has not taken place yet due to legal issues.

Lion Kent said he was approached by Lynbrook High school about starting up a new Leo’s group.

Lion’s Joan and Kent said that the Cupertino Chamber of Commerce wants to make Ride4Diabetes a full city event. Lion Kent said that the Chamber will be a Sponsor in Kind for the event as they have direct access to all the big businesses in Cupertino and that they liked the Ride4Diabetes website. He also stated that the Bay Club has donated $2,100 to the event.

Lion Don said he would check on the clubs magnetic sign cost and get back with the club.

Lion John asked if anyone had a copy of the club flag, several Lions said they would check and let him know.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations to winner Lion Charlie.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lion Ron Ahearn

Board Meeting Minutes: May 2018

Cupertino De Anza Lions Club

 

Board Meeting Minutes

 

Tuesday, 15 May, 2018 6:30pm

 

Location: Knox Residence

 

AGENDA

 

1/  Call to Order 6:33      Lion Jeff                                        

 

2/  Golf Tournament  (10 minutes) Need golfers and need sponsors. Flyers went to Moffett and Paul and Eddie’s that Ray dropped off. Ray L. said there should be 3 foursomes from Rotary.  Charles is bringing 5 foursomes. Steve was going to donate bottles of wine for the foursomes, instead of plaques and put a sticker on the wine. Jeff will discuss this idea with Lion Amy before moving forward with this idea, that is supported by board members.  We need 20 bottles of wine to cover awards. Jeff will ask for a weekly update on golfers and sponsors, including how many are pledged for the tournament.

 

*10 paid golfers and 7 sponsors, with total sponsorship money of $1700.  

 

3/  Camp Via West – Coastanoan Work Project (10 minutes). Ray said 2:00 on this Friday afternoon.  They have all the materials for the posts and the concretes, and then dig the holes. 9:00 AM on Saturday the rest of the work will happen. We currently have 6 people on Friday.  We have 8 people on Saturday. Some have to leave earlier than the scheduled work day. Carl will send the link to Jeff and will come up at 4:00 to see how it’s going. Via Services has spent $871.24 for the improvements, so they get back their money.  The balance will go to the campership. Give the full check to Rick and he will take out his portion and give the rest for camperships. We need an 8 foot ladder.

 

4/  2018-19 Board Confirmed, Budget Meeting, Future Meeting Locale: Board confirmed and entered, Budget Meeting on June 23rd at 3:00 PM in Al Knox’s garage.  You must come, or send an email to the board/Vijay, if you want to represent your cause and have it funded. Al will no longer be on the board, but is willing to be Parliamentarian, and doesn’t mind if we have meetings at his house.

 

5/  Board calendar (10 minutes): Charles reminded us that the calendar could be used to make sure we are rotating through our responsibilities in a timely manner.  Concerns is that will it be effective on a digital platform or a regular size of paper. Carl believes that if we have a Master Calendar with the benchmarks for what needs to be done for our fundraisers, but then could add bigger annual events into it, without the monthly meetings. This would be posted in the member section, but wouldn’t replace the calendar on the website.

 

*Proposed ongoing board item to look ahead and remember when to do certain things  (i.e. every March should be recruitment of next year’s Board)

 

6/  Club Award Criteria: Reviewed the awards we give, and discovered that there is no Susan B. Anthony award, but there is a Helen Keller Award. We are going to ask the Blind Center what they call their award.  Another questions for Judy at the Blind Center, which is newly called Vista. Let Vijay know the name for the checks in order to get those out during May. We may need to change the criteria for Blind Center, but we haven’t given a K-9 award for a long time.  We may want to make a budget item for the awards, since we have so many more members. Discuss awards recipients at least twice a year, suggested October and April. Once it’s finalized, we can publish the criteria.

 

7/  De Anza Lions Ride for Diabetes: some scheduling items are behind because of delays about discussions about marketing.  The event day items on budget are a little over the original budget, so that will need to be reconciled.. Why hasn’t the budget for the ride reconciled with the treasurer’s plan?  Vijay said he would be happy to help reconcile the budget as the ride progresses. John says that the two potential areas of problem is the budget being possibly over and getting ridership, which he says is going to take more of a personal effort than just an email blast. John knows that they have to reduce the money for insurance and that they will have to remove 1800.00 dollars.  The only condition that the board feels has not yet been resolved formally is the representation of our sponsors and our name. After discussion, the board felt that condition has also been currently met. Another concern is still how much cash in our pocket for our club will we get, after the cost of 16,000 comes back to our club. None of it will be unrestricted funds, like the golf tourney and the crab feed, but must be earmarked for diabetes related issues. Since the ride is advertised for diabetes, we should honor what the public believes and what the statement of the charity says. We told the public this was the case, but we have not voted on that as a board.Can we, if we vote to do so next year, change the wording to be more open to supporting our multiple causes, or a percentage of the net to do so?  Tabled for next year as a discussion and vote, if the ride continues. Concerns are still that the events that we have of golf tourney and crab feed, are possibly in jeopardy. The concern then is that if the money for the R4D is earmarked for diabetes related issues, and our other big fundraisers are suffering, because of loss of leadership or overlapping volunteerism, that we won’t be able to fund some of the other charities. Currently, the ride is in good standing and the board appreciates the update and that the ride committee is working at keeping within the boards voted on parameters. However, we still expect a representative to update us each board meeting on progress, including a budgetary update.

 

8/  Good of the Order         

We need to have a storage “area” for our documents in google for all our documents, and possibly link to the members only page, and how do we get to the board google email to add people (Jill is the owner).   

 

Jill will email Sundar, and John, to figure out how to manage the Board google email group.  We want people to be able to send us as a group emails.

 

AM Meeting Minutes for 5/10/2018

Lions Present: Lion’s Ray, Ron, Phil, Bill, Steve, Al, Mort, Eli, John, Kent, and Charlie.

Dates to Remember –

– May 16th – 20th 4C6 Convention San Ramon
– May 18th & 19th Via West work Dates
– June 2nd & 5th Voter Registration Volunteers
– June 16th Lions Charity Golf Tournament
– June 29th LCI International Convention Las Vegas
– September 8, 2018 Ride4Diabetes

Tail Twister – Lion Pro Temp Eli collected many Happy dollars for the success of the Warriors. Lion Mort gave a Happy Dollar for upcoming Mothers Day.

4C-6 Convention – Lion’s Ray, Ron, John, and Kent will be attending and voting at the convention in San Ramon, Ca. We will meet at Lion Ray’s house to commute to San Ramon together.

Golf Tournament – Lion Steve said he and Ellen have sent out 95 donation requests so far and has received $2,280.60 in donations back so far. Lion Eli and Mort and Lion Phil said they were they were going to be Tee Sponsors. We still need more golfers, sponsors and tee sponsors so let’s get out there and get them. Lion Eli said Sand Hill Properties will be a Silver Sponsor. Golf flyers have been passed out at Moffett Field and at Paul and Eddies Monta Vista Inn and at the Rotarians Golf Tournament. The Cupertino De Anza Lions were prominently mentioned at the Rotarian Golf Tournament for our support. Paul and Eddies said they would sponsor one of golf events.

Via West – Lion Bill Reed said Rick the manager of Via West has the supplies ($871.24 cost of materials) and he has both a generator and compressor if we need them. Lion Bill said we could bring wire cutters, shovels, hammers, tape measures and asked Lion Ron to bring his electric staple gun. Ron will go to storage and pick up water.

Cupertino Volunteer Day – Lion John Noone said he will use the Lion Tent to set up in the space. He said the Brag Board was fantastic and brought in a crowd. Lion John said he received 85 emails from individuals interested in our Lions club and feels maybe a third of them are potential Leo’s. He said next year the Monta Vista Leo’s should set up a volunteer tent next to ours. Lion John said the Mayor of Cupertino thought we had the best display at the event.

Good of the Order –

Lion Kent and Lion John went to the City of Cupertino Mixer meeting to basically promote the upcoming Ride4Diabetes. Lion Kent said he got feedback from individuals that attended the meeting. Lion Kent also mentioned that an individual (a Nurse) asked about joining our club. He said the next mixer event will be about June 13, 2018.

Lion Ray mentioned there will be a Budget meeting held at Lion Al’s home on Saturday June 23rd starting at 3 PM. If you have any charity you would like to support you are welcome to present it to the Board at that time.

Lion Al said he would send out the Voter Registration participants schedule for training.

Lion Eli said the Career Day at Buscher Middle School had the largest number of presenters to attend. It was a very successful event.

There was a discussion about the number of canopies that our club has since we currently only have four in storage and we should have at least 12. Lion Ray said he would send out an email asking club members if they had any.

Lion John Noone asked about the Club Survey that he sent out and several club members said they were not able to fill it out on line. Lion John handed out hard copies to those who could not fill it out on line.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations to Lion Ron who won.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lion Ron Ahearn

AM Meeting Minutes for 5/3/2018

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

Dates to Remember –

– May 5th Volunteer Event Cupertino City Hall
– May 16th – 20th 4C6 Convention San Ramon
– May 18th & 19th Via West work Dates
– June 2nd & 5th Voter Registration Volunteers
– June 16th Lions Charity Golf Tournament
– June 29th LCI International Convention Las Vegas
– September 8, 2018 Ride4Diabetes

Tail Twister – Lion Pro Temp Eli collected many Happy dollars for the success of the Bay area sports team.

4C-6 Convention – Lion Al read off the names of the club members who will be voting at the convention in San Ramon, Ca. Lion’s Ray, Ron, John, and Kent will be attending. Discussions were held about the changes to the 4C-6 by-laws and who we support for 2nd VDG.

Golf Tournament – Lion Steve said he and Ellen have sent out 91 donation requests so far and has received $1,842.50 worth of donations back so far. Lion Charbrought up in the PM meeting that we should put our GolfTournament on the Next Door site and she would do it for her area. Lion John has copies of the golf flyer to put in sporting goods stores. Lion Eli said he got Vallco as a Silver sponsor. Tests were done to see if Vallco could pay using Pay Pal and it works perfectly. We still need more golfers, sponsors and tee sponsors so let’s get out there and get them. We need to check with Lion Prez Jeff about the awards for the winners. Currently we have 5 Tee sign sponsors so everyone get out there and get those sponsors signed up.

Via West – Lion Bill Reed said we need to be there on Friday May 18th at 2 PM to get prep work done for the 19th. On Saturday 19th the work party will start at 9 AM to set the posts for the expansion of the vegetable garden. Rick the manager of Via West will get the supplies and he has both a generator and compressor if we need them. Lion Joan said she has an eight foot ladder she will bring on Saturday.

Club Officers – Lion Al read the slate of new Officers and Board Members to the club for members to approve for the last time. If the slate of officers is approved he will submit the acclamation to LCI by May 15, 2018 as required.

Cupertino Volunteer Day – Lion John Noone said he has 4 volunteers to work the booth. The event will go from 11-3 on May 5, 2018. Lion John said he will use the Lion Tent to set up in the space. He asked Lion Steve for copies of the golf tournament flyers so he could pass them out. He also asked for the Brag Board and Lion Ray said he had it.

Good of the Order –

Career Day at Buscher Middle School was discussed and what we need to do to support the effort. We will do a storage run on May 8th at 2:30 PM and deliver all the large tables (12) to Buscher at 3 PM, we will then pick up the tables on May 9th at 11:30 AM. A couple of volunteers are needed to help show participants where to park and guide them to the area to set up.

Lion Al said there will be a Budget meeting held at his home on Saturday June 23rd starting at 3 PM. If you have any charity you would like to support you are welcome to present it to the Board at the time. It was also talked about having the Installation Party on June 23rd after the budget meeting at Lion John Noone’s home, that will be discussed and see if Lion John’s home is available at that time.

Lion Al said he would send out the Voter Registration participants schedule for training.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations to Lion Charlie who won.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lion Ron Ahearn

PM Meeting Minutes April 2018

De Anza Lions PM MInutes May 2, 2018

 

Attendance: Charles, Ellen, Steve, Jeff, Jenni, Jenny, Amy, VJ, pete, Mike, Ron, Ray, Phil, Barb, Al, Kevin ,Kevin, Pam, Shar (sp?)

Kids: Anna, Levi, Lucia, Paige, Noah, Eli, Nicholas

6:40pm call to order

Happy dollars: collected by Eli W. Welcome back to lion jeff you were missed

 

Membership John -emailed survey but not many received it so he will try again. Please take the time to complete this when you receive it.

 

Membership Recruiting Opportunity: This Saturday, May 5th,. from 11am-3pm Cupertino Volunteer ‘s Day-contact John if you are willing to help. He would like to have a big happy group in attendance to help recruit new members.

 

Officers for the upcoming year:

2018-2019

Prez-Jeff

1st vice-Charles

2nd coordinator -Ray

Secretary- Jill

Treasurer- VJ

Membership-John

LCIF-Coordinator Mike Ringer

Director Service- Carl & Clair

 

Upcoming Event- Friday May 18th & Saturday May 19th

We need abled bodies to help expand & work on the garden. If you can help bring gloves and a hammer.

Generator and compressor needed

Contact Ray if you can help.

 

Golf Tourney

Need Sponsors & Golfers BIG TIME start recruiting

Amy mentioned how stressful it is on the team leads organizing this event when we wait until the last minute to really push for our numbers.

Shar suggested printing flyers & putting them on cars or handing them out at sports stores, golf centers, using Next Door and other social media platforms to get the word out early.

All lions can do this by going to the web site and printing materials or using copy/paste from our website.

Steve: donations $1,842 raised so far. Go Ellen!

# of Golfers 4

Website link- to all forms

 

Formalize Awards Structure:

Lion Charles is heading the effort to better understand how lions  earn specific awards.

 

Budget meeting:

Sat. June 23rd at 3:00pm At lion Al’s house

ALL IDEAS

If there are things you want the club to support, you should attend this meeting to present the idea  to the board

Email VJ for representation if you can’t make it and he will support you.

 

Dues:

If you have outstanding dues pay now so we can wrap up the fiscal year

 

Convention :

Ray, John,Kent, and Ron will attend

 

Voter volunteer:

Al shared set to raise $1,200  

June  5th 4 teams of 2

 

Sequoia Lake YMCA clean up:

Mike promoted Memorial Day Weekend- contact him for details

 

Board Meeting  @ 6:30 Tuesday May 15th location TBA

 

Meeting Adjourned 7:10pm

 

Addendum 7:12

Career fair Buchser Middle School: Carl

Volunteers needed  table delivery (12 needed) 5-8-18 @3:00 pm  & Return tables 5-9-18 @ 11:30am

Also, 2 or 3 volunteers to help direct traffic & welcome people Wed 5-9-18 7:40-8:30 am

Last they still need people  to share their careers 3 hour commitment May 9th 7:45-11am

Email carl if you are interested in helping

Meeting adjourned for the second time 7:20 pm

 

Board Meeting Minutes for April 2018

Notice of Regular Meeting posted “third Tuesday of each Month.”
Date: 4/24/2018 (meeting date changed to accommodate attendance)
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: 217 N. Milton Avenue, Campbell Ca 95008-1022
Call to order at: 6:38 PM
Call to order by: President Pro-Tem Lion Ray Lancon
Secretary Pro-Tem: Lion Al Knox
Lion Board Members Present: Ray L., Vijay C. and Al K.
Lion Board Members Absent: Jeff L., Amy B., Charles I., Jill E., John N.
and Carl E.
Quorum Present: NO, minutes represent no official action of the Board
of Directors.
Lion Guests Present: None.
Other Guests Present: None.
Regular Meeting Discussions:
Lion Treasurer Vijay provided digital copies of the 3/31/18 quarter close.
Reviewed Golf Tournament, $1500.00 in sponsorships received, Approximately
$1500.00 in donations reported at the April 1991 AM Meeting. No information on
number of golfers.
Ride4Diabetes reviewed, no representative present, update by Lion Kent sent at
4:30 PM did not make it to the Board until after the meeting. Here again detailed
budget and timely updates expected.
2018-2019 Slate of Officers and Directors was read. It has been previously read at
the 4/19/18 AM meeting and will be read at the 5/2/18 PM meeting and again at the
4/26/AM Meeting.
CON F I D EN TIA L

Balance of the Student Speaker Contest budget of $135.00 will be sent to the
Student Speaker Foundation.
The Club Awards Process is ready for Board review.
Major Fund Raising chairmanships was reviewed.
Lion Treasurer Vijay requesting the Budget Meeting to be held June 23, 2018 in Lion
Al’s Garage.
Next meeting of the Board of Directors by Posted Notice on 5/15/2018 location TBA.
Additions, deletions and/or corrections to these minutes may be submitted to Lion Jill

AM Meeting Minutes for 4/26/2018

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

Dates to Remember –

– May 5th Volunteer Event Cupertino City Hall
– May 16th – 20th 4C6 Convention San Ramon
– May 18th & 19th Via West work Dates
– June 2nd & 5th Voter Registration Volunteers
– June 16th Lions Charity Golf Tournament
– June 29th LCI International Convention Las Vegas
– September 8, 2018 Ride4Diabetes

Tail Twister – Lion Don Lang gave a few happy dollars since he will be gone for three weeks on a cruise. Lion Kent along with others gave happy dollars for the upcoming Sharks 2nd round playoffs. Lion Steve gave a happy dollar for Ellen’s birthday.

Board Mtg. Review – Lion Prez Pro Tem Ray Lancon, Lion Al, and Lion Vijay were the only ones in attendance so there were no official minutes since there was not a forum. The Ride4Diabetes was discussed and a detailed budget is needed. Lion Al read the Slate of Officers for 2018. Lion Vijay said there will be a budget meeting on June 23rd from 3-5 PM. The next Board meeting will be May 15th, 2018.

4C-6 Convention – Lion Al read off the names of the club members who will be voting at the convention in San Ramon, Ca. Lion’s Ray, Ron, John, and Kent will be attending.

Golf Tournament – Lion Eli said Lion Amy and Lion Jenni will meet with Richard at Moffett Filed to discuss the food for the tournament. Lion Steve said he and Ellen have sent out 82 donation requests so far and has received $1,500 worth of donations back so far. Lion Ray said he would check with Gary at MoffettField to see if they will donate two free foursomes for prizes. The question was raised about what we want to give away for prizes for the winners. We still need more golfers, sponsors and tee sponsors so let’s get out there and get them. We need to check with Lion Prez Jeff about the awards for the winners.

Via West – Lion Bill Reed said we need to be there on Friday May 18th at 2 PM to get prep work done for the 19th. On Saturday 19th the work party will start at 9 AM to set the posts for the expansion of the vegetable garden. Rick the manager of Via West will get the supplies. Lion Steve has a generator for us to use with the electric staple gun. We also need to bring drinking water from storage.

Club Officers – Lion Al read the slate of new Officers and Board Members to the club for members to approve for the 2nd time. If the slate of officers is approved he will submit the acclamation by May 3rd, 2018.

Cupertino Volunteer Day – Lion John Noone said he has 4 volunteers to work the booth. The event will go from 11-3 on May 5, 2018. Lion John said he needs the Lion Tent to set up in the space. He asked Lion Steve for copies of the golf tournament flyers so he could pass them out. He also asked for the Brag Board and Lion Ray said he had it.

Good of the Order –

Lion Ray said he talked with Lion Andrea Harris and she said she had not received her invoice for club dues.

Lion Al said he reported to the Santa Clara Voters Registrar our list of volunteers and he said it looks like we could make approximately $1200.00

Lion Kent asked if we had reserved the AJ Robinson van for the Ride4Diabetes on September 8th. Lion Ray said he would check.

Lion Don Lang said he was ready to order the magnetic signs for the club. He said he would check on the price for 12 signs and email it to Lion Ray.

Lion Mort said her and Lion Eli was in Auburn this weekend attending the funeral services for Auburn Lion Chuck Rodgers. Chuck was a long time fiend of Lion’s Eli and Mort and the Cupertino DeAnza Lions club. Lion Mort said Lion Chuck Rodgers was 72 and passed away from cancer.

Lion Herb said he would be gone for a couple of weeks to Maui. Have a great trip Herb.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations to Lion Steve who won.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lion Ron Ahearn

AM Meeting Minutes 4/19/2017

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

Dates to Remember –

– April 24th Board Meeting 6:30 PM @ Lion Al’s home
– May 5th Volunteer Event Cupertino City Hall
– May 16th – 20th 4C6 Convention San Ramon
– May 18th & 19th Via West work Dates
– June 2nd & 5th Voter Registration Volunteers
– June 16th Lions Charity Golf Tournament
– June 29th LCI International Convention Las Vegas
– September 8, 2018 Ride4Diabetes

Tail Twister – Lion Steve gave a Happy dollar praying Lion Carl’s boat motor works. Lion Ray gave a Happy dollar for making it safely back from his vacation in New York.

4C-6 Convention – Lion Al read off the names of the club members who will be voting at the convention in San Ramon, Ca. Lion’s Ray, Ron, John, and Kent will be attending.

Golf Tournament – Lion Steve said he and Ellen have sent out 82 donation requests so far and has received $1,174 worth of donations back so far. Lion Eli said the Vallco representative Sandy James said they would be a Silver sponsor for the tournament. Lion Steve said he would have a work/packing party on June14, at 5:30 PM. Lion Steve said we have sufficient goody bags, golf balls and bagels for the golf tournament. We still need more golfers, sponsors and tee sponsors so let’s get out there and get them.

Via West – Lion Ray said it looks like May19th is the date for the Via West work party. Lion Bill Reed said we need to be there on May 18th at 1-2 PM to get prep work done for the 19th. On the 19th the work party will start at 9 AM to set the posts for the expansion of the vegetable garden.

Club Officers – Lion Al read the slate of new Officers and Board Members to the club for members to approve. If the slate of officers is approved he will submit the acclamation by May 3rd, 2018.

Cupertino Volunteer Day – Lion John Noone said he has 4 volunteers to work the booth. The event will go from 11-3 on May 5, 2018. Lion John said he needs the Lion Tent to set up in the space. He asked Lion Steve for copies of the golf tournament flyers so he could pass them out. He also asked for the Brag Board and Lion Ray said he had it.

Good of the Order –

Discussions went on about needing a new storage area, various Lions said they would check out storage units around Cupertino.

Lion Al said he presented his Son-in-Law Brian with his Melvin Jones award and he was speechless and very grateful. Brian has helped our Lion’s Club in several work parties and other events.

Lion Kent said a new program for registration called Race Roster has been implemented for the Ride4Diabetes event. Testing is currently going on to make sure everything works properly.

Lion Ray said the he received a plaque from the American Legion for our participation in the “Wreaths Across America” event. He will give it to Lion Al.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations to Lion Mort who won.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lion Ron Ahearn

AM Meeting Minutes for 4/12/2018

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

Dates to Remember –

– April 24th Board Meeting
– May 5th Volunteer Event Cupertino City Hall
– May 16th – 20th 4C6 Convention San Ramon
– May 5th, 12th or 19th Via west work Dates
– June 2nd & 5th Voter Registration Volunteers
– June 16th Lions Charity Golf Tournament
– June 29th LCI International Convention Las Vegas
– September 8, 2018 Ride4Diabetes

Tail Twister – Lion Eli, Mort and other Lions gave Happy Dollars for Mort and Eli’s daughter Jenni Erickson was on TV Channel 7 (ABC) accepting a $10,000 check awarded to her school for “Excellence in Education” presented by the PAC 12 football conference. The children were also taken to the San Jose Technical Museum for the day. Good work Jenni. Lion Steve gave a Happy Dollar praying that Lion Carl’s new outboard motor works perfectly. Lion Al rolled the dice for his Birthday and rolled a 10 for a payment of $8.00 by the way being the Great Man he is he donated $20. Thank you Lion Al, you made the Tail Twister very happy.

Golf Tournament – Lion Steve said he and Ellen have sent out 81 donation requests so far and has received $1,144 worth of donations back so far. Lion Eli said he believes we have two major sponsors. He also said he was having lunch with the Vallco representative and hopes to get their support. He also said he believes he has 3 foursomes coming from one of his contacts. We still need more golfers, sponsors, and Tee sign sponsors. Lion Steve said he has the battery ready for the electronic sponsor sign.
Via West – Lion Carl sent out an email with three dates on it for the club to vote on for the work party to enlarge the garden area that we installed about 10 years ago.

Club Officers – Lion Al said he would send out an email with the slate of new Officers and Board Members to the club for members to approve. If there is no opposition to the slate of officers and board members to a position it will be submitted to LCI. The club needs to send in the PU-101 list of club officers form to Lions Club International before May 15th. Lion Eli asked Lion Al if he was going to remain on the board. Lion Al said he might take it under consideration.

Cupertino Volunteer Day – Lion John Noone said we have a space reserved so we can set up our Cupertino-DeAnza Lions tent. The event will go from 11-3 on May 5, 2018. Lion John said he needs a couple of volunteers to help him manage the booth handing out literature and answering questions.

Good of the Order –

Lion Kent said most of our sponsors from the Ride4Diabetes are returning for the ride this year. He also said the YMCA is going to support us again by promoting the ride at their facilities. Lion Kent sent out a number of “save the date” emails to corporate teams that he connected with last year. Hitachi and SAP replied stating they are interested in participating in this year’s event.  The Ride4 Diabetes website is almost completed.

Lion Al read off the names of the delegates that will attend the 4C-6 Convention on May19th. The Lion delegates are Lion’s Ray, Ron, John, and Kent.

Lion’s Joan, Eli, Mort, and Ray went to the Cupertino State of the City address on April 3rd that featured the Cupertino De Anza Lions and Cupertino Host Lions Clubs. If you would like to view the presentation the URL is –

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations to Lion Steve who won.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lion Ron Ahearn

AM Meeting Minutes for 4/5/2018

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

Dates to Remember –

– April 24th Board Meeting
– May 5th Volunteer Event Cupertino City Hall
– May 16th – 20th 4C6 Convention San Ramon
– May 5th, 12th or 19th Via west work Dates
– June 2nd & 5th Voter Registration Volunteers
– June 16th Lions Charity Golf Tournament
– June 29th LCI International Convention Las Vegas
– September 8, 2018 Ride4Diabetes

Tail Twister – Lion Tail Twister Lion Herb went around and collected Happy Dollars mostly for Warriors and Sharks.

Lion Linda Pugliese – 2nd District Vice President Candidate for 2018-2019
Lion Linda thanked us for our hospitality and allowing her to share her vision for the future of Lions. Lion Linda feels that Lions are in a transitional period. She feels we need to Learn from the Past but look into the Future. She feels that Lions are the world’s best kept secret and that we need to join the World Cyber Club in social media to help spread the word.

PM Meeting Review –

Talked about Charter Night and how well it went.
Discussions on who is attending the 4C-6 Convention and casting our votes.
Had discussion on the upcoming Charity Golf Tournament.
Lion Carl said he would co-chair the Charity Crab Feed and is looking for someone to co-chair with him.
One Sight Program was discussed now that Luxsotica is out of the picture. Lion Steve said the 5 Kids and 7 Adult vouchers we have must be used at VSP doctors. We are currently looking for a couple of eye doctors in the area that will accept them. The money in the budget for Luxsotica will be used to reimburse the Ratner’s for the the they spent on one exam already.
Lion Al said he needed names of Lions that are going to help out in the June Primary election so he can give them to the Santa Clara County Register of Voters.
Rick West Manager of Via West presented a project to our club. They would like us to expand the garden area that we put up approx. 10 years ago. The materials cost $860. Lion Carl will send out an email with several dates for club members to choose from.
Lion Al said we need to send in the club volunteers for the PU101 to LCI. We are currently looking for a new Treasurer and Secretary. Lion Dagi helps support the Secretary by completing the monthly reports that are required so please step and volunteer for one of these positions.

Golf Tournament – Lion Steve said he and Ellen also sent out 75 donation requests so far and has received $1,064 worth of donations back so far. Lion Claire said the PayPal option is not working because the PayPal forms need to be updated.

Good of the Order –

Lion Ray said him and Lion Eli took 1,239 pairs of glasses to Lions in Sight in Vallejo along with printer cartridges.

Lion’s Joan, Eli, Mort, and Ray went to the Cupertino State of the City address that featured the De Anza and Cupertino Host Lions Clubs. If you would like to view the presentation the URL is – https://youtu.be/RFg_xzxNBQ0?t=25m

Lion John mentioned that the City of Cupertino will be having a Cupertino Volunteer Day on May 5, 2018. We will be getting a space for our booth and set up our Lions Canopy. Lion John needs several volunteers to help manage the booth and pass out info about the Cupertino DeAnza Lions hoping to get new members.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations to Lion Ray who won .

Respectfully submitted by,
Lion Ron Ahearn