December 2017: Board Meeting Minutes

Cupertino De Anza Lions Charities Inc.              

Meeting Date: Tuesday, 19 December 2017           SPECIAL Time: 6:30pm

Location:  Knox Casa (217 North Milton Avenue, Campbell)

Meeting called by: Lion Jeff, Lead by Lion Al                         Secretary: Lion Jill

Members Absent w/Advanced Notice: Vijay, Ray, Amy, Jeff;

Board Members Attending: Al, John, Carl, and Jill

No Actions Taken due to lack of quorum.

Board Meeting Minutes

  1.   Review November BMM: reviewed.
  • January meeting to the 10th, Jeff called Tony and Alba’s to confirm.
  1.      New Members inducted;  On-Boarding Summary, Support Plan:  1/Joan Chin Lawler, 2/Muni Madhdhipatla, 3/Liang Chao, 4/Danessa  Techmanski, 5/Andrea Harris, 6/Shar Vigil, 7/Randall Braun
  • All new members were inducted.
  1.   Re-ignite De Anza Lions Year Summary, “activities wheel” concept?
  • One person needs to be in charge of the wheel and updating it with new events and updates on progress to fundraising events. We could look at the wheel at each board meeting.  Does it match up with our calendar on the website? And, one should drive the other.  
  1.   Crab Feed 2018 Update? Steve wants to have a meeting on January 2nd at 6:00 pm. But John and Carl won’t be in town. Meeting will still be scheduled at that time.  Carl agrees that he will be in charge of kitchen and crew and salad prep.  Carl wants to go back to the site with Steve to get a plan.  Carl will set that up with Steve.  Al has ticket sales and reservations.  Al will talk to Jim and Mike about crab and refridge truck.  Facilities set up and table set up -is it Lion Ray?  They are all round tables this year.  We need Leo volunteers and Kent said we have over 100 members.  That Leo club has tentatively agreed to handle the volunteers.  Can we convince Lion Amy to help guide the volunteers and Kent will get them there.  Lion Steve will handle the keys, the raffle, etc.  and Steve will handle the band (on a stage) and the sound. The purchasing of costco, etc. is usually Jim and Al, with assist from Carl.  Al will send out a notice about the crab feed meeting.  Ticket sales for first seating is about 100, that are actually paid for, with commitments on another 50.  No tickets sold for second seating yet.  Emails will be sent out soon to people who participated in our previous events about the Crab Feed.  Question about sending emails to R4D participants would maybe go through Sundar since he has those emails.  Danessa wanted to give some flyers (hard copies) to give to her Cupertino City Council.   John will get some from Steve and bring them to Danessa because January 10th is a little late.  John would like to have a table with brag board and applications at the Crab Feed.  Lion JIll can sit at the membership table for the first seating at 4:30.

 

  1.      R4D 2018 Proposal Status: we don’t have an organizational proposal that John thinks is going to work, since Kent is bowing out.  Randall declined the offer to lead it.  John volunteered to lead it, but doesn’t think he is the best fit for that position and  that leaves two open positions that no one is willing to fill.  Is there any way this will change by next board meeting?  We will voice to the club that the ride is in peril because we haven’t started with planning and needed to and have no viable plan and leadership.  Table this item until next board meeting, but unless something changes there will likely be no proposal.
  2.      Charter Night 2018 – date considerations?  Good Saturdays in March are the 10th  and the 24th. Carl will send out an email to see which is preferable to the whole club.
  3.   Permanent Board Meeting Time Change, 7:00pm to new time 6:30pm? Jill will send  an email out for an electronic vote for the time change for the board meetings.
  4.      Good of the Order: none!

 

AM Meeting Minutes 12/07/2017

Lions Present: Lions Ray, Phil, Don, Steve, Bill, Al, Herb, John, Charlie and Dagi.

Dates to Remember –
December 9th: Holiday/Induction party at the Lancon Residence; starts at 5:30pm, Induction at 6:30pm
December 19th: Board Meeting, starting at 7:00pm; location TBD
February 3, 2018: Annual Crab Feed @ St. Lawrence the Martyr Community Center
February 8, 2018: Student Speaker Contest Odd-Fellows Hall

Visitors – None

Guests – None

Tail Twister – Tail Twister Herb collected Happy Dollars or fractions thereof, but definitely multiple happy dollars for Lions Carl and Jenny Erickson, as each of them got a prestigious award during the Pac 12 Championship. Lion Don commented that the 49ers are back, and Lion Phil was happy that his car has 283,000 miles.

New Members – Lion Ray read out a letter from IPP Bob Curlew (LCI) who complimented our club for reaching the membership goal of 2016-2017. The letter was accompanied by a patch for which Lion Herb will find a suitable place on one of our banners.

Special day today – Lion Ray reminded the fellow lions of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day today

Lions Holiday Party and Installation – Lion Prez Jeff has sent out another reminder with details of this Saturday’s event. The party starts at 5:30pm, with the induction of new members scheduled for 6:30pm, performed by our district Governor Bob Stewart. Food will be catered and delivered by Maggiano’s, but BYOB. There will be 55 adults and about 12 kids. Lion Kent might have to do a solo on the Piano, as the Blue Bells are not available. Be prepared to share in the singing! Lion Steve or Lion Al will bring name tags for the new club members – all Lions should wear their name tags to make it easier for the new members to put names to our faces, too.

Crab Feed – Lion Al reported that 72 tickets for the first seating have been sold, with 50 – 70 additional ones more or less committed. He is not worried about the first seating. No tickets have been sold yet for the second seating, so we have to push that seating with ads on NextDoor and a flier on the district website. Reserved tickets will be ‘reserved’ until the first of the year, when they will be sold to whoever gives cash to Lion Al. Both Lion Al and Steve mentioned that the facility is really great, even bigger than the one we used in the past years; parking will be no problem; the church will handle the parking for the 5pm mass. Lion Steve has received donations worth $ 3,684, with the biggest item being 2 tickets (@ $ 155/ea) to a Warrior Game in March, and a case of very good wine donated by Paul & Eddy’s.

Volunteer Hours – Lion Ray committed to verify with the district how volunteer hours should be reported. Lion John will investigate if there is a place in the (private) club files on our web site where each lion could report his/her hours any time.

More updates from the PM meeting – Two of our new club members, Andrea and Muni attended. Lion Prez Jeff reported from the latest India Eye Camp. See also our website (http://deanzalions.net/latestnews/ ).

Update – Lion Eli is doing ‘pretty good’, and will be trying to get to the Xmas party for a little while. Ex-Lion Walt who had planned to attend will not be able to make it as he broke his shoulder. Best wishes go to these lions for speedy recovery.

Change of ListServ – Lions Sundar and John are in the process of changing the group email address and all included fellow lions’ email addresses, from Yahoo to Google groups. Most lions are already receiving the group emails with the googlegroup email; Lion John will make sure that all old and new members are included and that the directory on our website is in synch.

Good of the Order –
Lion John Noone will add an organization chart to the Bike Ride proposal that he already submitted at the last Board meeting
Lion Mike Martin’s truck was damaged during the food drive; the repairs will amount to approx. $ 600.00; to be paid out of the Admin account
Lion Don would like Lion Treasurer Vijay to cut a check in the budgeted amount ($ 500.00) for EDGE, one of the charities we support again in this Lion year. More on EDGE here http://www.edgeyl.org/
Lion Al reminded the AMers to donate to the Christmas fund for our servers at Holder’s Country Inn during our morning meetings. He was subsequently pleasantly surprised by, and grateful for an influx of generous contributions.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations: Lion Ray won

Respectfully submitted by:
Lion Dagi (pro-tem for Lion Ron)

AM Meeting Minutes 12/21/2017

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

Dates to Remember:

January 3, 2018 PM MeetingTony and Alba’s
January 16, 2018 Board Meeting time and place TBD.
February 3, 2018 Annual Crab Feed @ St. Lawrence Church
February 8, 2018 Student Speaker Contest Odd-Fellows Hall

Visitors – None

Guests – None

Tail Twister – Tail Twister Pro Temp Eli went around and collected Happy Dollar’s from various Lions. Lion Kent rolled the dice for his Birthday, he rolled a nine and gave eight dollars to the club. Lion Ron gave a Happy Dollar for the return of Lion Eli to the AM meetings and he is recovering well.

Crab Feed – Lion Steve is hosting a Crab Feed meeting on Tuesday January 2, 2018 at 6:30 PM to discuss leadership organization rolls for the crab feed. Lion Al said ticket sales for the first seating are currently 140 and will probably be sold out, so we need to start selling tickets for the 2nd seating as there has not been any sold yet. There was a discussion about an email blast out to the previous crab feed attendees along with the golf and Ride4Diabetes email lists to promote the Crab Feed. Lion Ray said the Monta Vista Inn was buying a table and donating wine to the Crab Feed. Lion Kent said he has talked with the Leo’s club and they are they having a large number of volunteers. Lion Ray will take care of the seating chart and settings for the tables. Lion Eli reminded everyone that Crab Feed tickets make a great Christmas gift so buy them for your friends if you can. Remember the Crab Feed is at Saint Lawrence the Martyr Church in Santa Clara off of Lawrence Expressway and Cabrillo.

Board Meeting – Lion Al said there was not a quorum at the meeting so there was no action taken on the items discussed. There was a discussion about changing the time of the Board meetings to 6:30 PM. This will be proposed at the next Board meeting. It was also brought up that the new Google list serve does not allow members to send a message to the board members as a list so it is proposed at this time if you have an issue you want brought up to the board send it to one of the Board members and they will forward it to the other board members. There will be a vote on the continuance of the Ride4Diabetes event next year. There will be an survey sent out for our Charter Night dinner to pick a date of either March 10, 2018 or March 24, 2018.

Good of the Order –

Lion Ray talked about the MD-4 Convention to be held in San Diego, February 9-11, 2018 Crowne Plaza Hotel San Diego – Mission Valley. For further information check the MD-4 website.

Lion Eli said Lion Mort wanted to thank everyone for the honor of being given a Melvin Jones Award. There is no doubt Lion Mort that you deserve the award and we are honored to have you as a member of the club.

Lion Eli said the club received a One Hundred dollar donation from Carl Erickson’s parents in honor of the Erickson, Eliason, and Ludlum families.

Lion Ron read Thank You letters from the YWCA and the USO for our contributions.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations Lion Ray won.

Respectfully submitted by:
Lion Ron Ahearn

AM Meeting Minutes 12/14/2017

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

Dates to Remember:

December 19th Board Meeting time and place TBD.
February 3, 2018 Annual Crab Feed @ St. Lawrence Church
February 8, 2018 Student Speaker Contest Odd-Fellows Hall

Visitors – None

Guests – None

Tail Twister – Tail Twister Herb went around and collected Happy Dollar’s from various Lions. Charlie rolled the dice for his Birthday, he rolled a six and gave seven dollars to the club. Lion Don gave a ‘Sad” dollar for receiving a parking ticket for parking in front of his house. Lion Steve gave a couple of Happy dollars since he and Ellen will be in Frisco, Texas visiting their grandchildren for Christmas and will not be at next weeks meeting.

Lions Holiday Party and Installation – Lion Dagi wanted to thank everyone that sent pictures of the Holiday Party to her. Lion Ray said he would give her a write up on the party for her to publish. Everyone wanted to thank Lion Amy for the delicious catered food, and specially the desserts. Lion Ray wanted to thank District Governor Bob Stewart and his wife Becky for attending the party and participating in the installation of our seven new members. Lion District Governor Bob Stewart also presented to a very deserving Lion Mort the Melvin Jones Award. Congratulations Lion Mort you are such a treasure to the club.

Crab Feed – Lion Al said the crab feed would be discussed at the Board meeting on December 19th. Lion Al said ticket sales for the first seating are going well and will probably be sold out, so we need to start selling tickets for the 2nd seating as there has not been any sold yet. Remember the Crab Feed is at Saint Lawrence the Martyr church in Santa Clara off of Lawrence Expressway and Cabrillo. Lion Steve said we have $4,494 in donations and that him and Ellen have sent out 442 requests for donations. Lion Steve said that Lion Carl will be sending out a sign up work sheet for the event. Lion Steve said we will have three volunteers from B of A at this time.

Good of the Order –

Lion Ray said the the owner of the Country Inn was looking at our Lions Club using the meeting room as other groups are now wanting to use it. We will see what the final resoluteion is.

Lion Ray wanted to remind everyone that Wreaths Across America honoring our fallen veteran heroes will be this Saturday December 16th at 11AM at Gates of Heaven cemetery in Los Altos.

Lion Steve said that Maria has another appointment on February 23, 2018 in San Francisco.

Lion Dagi said that she has new name tags for the new members.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations Lion Don won.

Respectfully submitted by:
Lion Ron Ahearn

AM Meeting Minutes 11-16-2017

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

Dates to Remember:

December 19th Board Meeting time and place TBD.
February 3, 2018 Annual Crab Feed @ St. Lawrence Church
February 8, 2018 Student Speaker Contest Odd-Fellows Hall

Visitors – None

Guests – None

Tail Twister – Tail Twister Herb went around and collected Happy Dollar’s from various Lions. Charlie rolled the dice for his Birthday, he rolled a six and gave seven dollars to the club. Lion Don gave a ‘Sad” dollar for receiving a parking ticket for parking in front of his house. Lion Steve gave a couple of Happy dollars since he and Ellen will be in Frisco, Texas visiting their grandchildren for Christmas and will not be at next weeks meeting.

Lions Holiday Party and Installation – Lion Dagi wanted to thank everyone that sent pictures of the Holiday Party to her. Lion Ray said he would give her a write up on the party for her to publish. Everyone wanted to thank Lion Amy for the delicious catered food, and specially the desserts. Lion Ray wanted to thank District Governor Bob Stewart and his wife Becky for attending the party and participating in the installation of our seven new members. Lion District Governor Bob Stewart also presented to a very deserving Lion Mort the Melvin Jones Award. Congratulations Lion Mort you are such a treasure to the club.

Crab Feed – Lion Al said the crab feed would be discussed at the Board meeting on December 19th. Lion Al said ticket sales for the first seating are going well and will probably be sold out, so we need to start selling tickets for the 2nd seating as there has not been any sold yet. Remember the Crab Feed is at Saint Lawrence the Martyr church in Santa Clara off of Lawrence Expressway and Cabrillo. Lion Steve said we have $4,494 in donations and that him and Ellen have sent out 442 requests for donations. Lion Steve said that Lion Carl will be sending out a sign up work sheet for the event. Lion Steve said we will have three volunteers from B of A at this time.

Good of the Order –

Lion Ray said the the owner of the Country Inn was looking at our Lions Club using the meeting room as other groups are now wanting to use it. We will see what the final resoluteion is.

Lion Ray wanted to remind everyone that Wreaths Across America honoring our fallen veteran heroes will be this Saturday December 16th at 11AM at Gates of Heaven cemetery in Los Altos.

Lion Steve said that Maria has another appointment on February 23, 2018 in San Francisco.

Lion Dagi said that she has new name tags for the new members.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations Lion Don won.

Respectfully submitted by:
Lion Ron Ahearn

AM Meeting Minutes 11/16/2017

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

Dates to Remember –

Thanksgiving Food Drive November 18th thru the 20th, 2017
Board Meeting Tuesday November 21st, 2017 at 7 PM place TBD
December 9th Holiday/Induction party
February 3, 2018 Annual Crab Feed @ St. Lawrence Church
February 8, 2018 Student Speaker Contest Odd-Fellows Hall

Visitors – None

Guests – None

Tail Twister – Tail Twister Herb went around and collected Happy Dollar’s from various Lions for the quick recovery of Lion Eli. Other Happy Dollars for the 49er’s win.

Thanksgiving Food Drive – The food drive will be November 18th – 20th. Lion John said Lion Claire and Lion Jen are doing a great job. We are in great shape for volunteers. There are a couple of shifts where we need Lion volunteers. We also could use more volunteers for Monday morning loading and delivery of the food. Loading of food on the trucks starts at 6:00 AM and we need to be out of the Odd Fellows Hall by 9:00 AM. Lion John said the new store Lunardi’s is taken care of with volunteers.

Board Meeting Review – Lion Al said there were seven board members that attended the meeting. Lion Al said there were four new members approved. There will be six new members installed at the Christmas party on December 9th. Lion Jeff is looking at setting a different time and date for the December Board meeting. There was discussions about R4D and whether we will sponsor it next year and if so a budget needs to be set and a committee chair to be named. Lion John Noone said he would ask new member Randall Braun if he would be the committee chair.

Student Speaker Contest – Lion Dagi thanked Lion Don Lang for use of the Odd Fellows Hall on February 8, 2018. They will also need volunteers to help out at the event. Lion Dagi has contacted several people to be judges for the contest. Lion Dagi said we already have one committed speaker. Lion Ray will find out the date for the Zone contest.

Good of the Order –

Lion Steve/Al talked about the One Sight project. Lion Al said he sent in 11 vouchers to Luxotica and they will reimburse us the $550. LensCrafters will still provide the glasses but individuals will have to get there own eye exams now that Luxotica is no longer providing vouchers for the exams.

Lion Ron thanked Lion Al and Lion Dagi for filling in for him while he was gone.

Lion Ray said he attended the Saratoga Lions Club meeting and they are getting new members and growing. If you have any stuffed Bears or animals for the Saratoga Lions Bear drive you can give them to Lion Al.

Lion Phil presented to the club a patch from District Governor Bob Stewart for completing three of the four tasks set by the District. The patch was given to Lion Herb to put on our banner.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations Lion Dagi won.

Respectfully submitted by:
Lion Ron Ahearn

PM Minutes: December 2017

     CUPERTINO DE ANZA LIONS CHARITIES, INC.  

 

Regular PM Meeting:   6:30pm Wednesday,  6 December 2017

 

Tony & Alba’s Pizza

3137 Stevens Creek Blvd  

San Jose, CA 95117

 

Meeting Called By:  Lion Jeff Type of Meeting: Business

Secretary:  Lion S Lud

 

Present:  Vijay, Jenni, Carl, Anne, Jeff, Scott, Al, Barb, Jen, Ray, Ratner, Claire, Kent, Muni, Linda, Phil

 

— Agenda —   

 

  1. Call to Order –  18:44
  2. Flag Salute – Li’l Lions
  3. Membership Award

 

We received an award from Chancellor Bob Corlew (immediate past international president) for reaching membership development goals in the year 2016 / 2017, along with a patch to attach to our banner.  Very cool!   We will be inducting new members at the Holiday Party.

 

  1. Thanksgiving Food Drive Recap, 2018 –

 

We exceeded expectations again this year, with the caveat that Jen took over the sorting center.  Great job, Jen!  We fed 160+ families.  Each family got 2 boxes of food.  Jen has agreed to do it again next year.  Hughes thanks the club from the bottom of their hearts.  

 

  1. Dandeli Eye Camp 2017 Recap

 

Our sister club in India running the Dandeli eye camp (possibly the 10th year we’ve partnered with this overseas club).  Screened 240 patients for cataract surgery.  They did 42 surgeries.  Awesome!    

 

  1. Another Try, Tracking Club Volunteer Hours  

 

Everyone is putting in hours, and we need to be able to track those tallies.  Ray’s method of tracking on paper isn’t scaling.  We need to let the district know how active we are.  

 

  1. Tailtwister/Holiday Party DELUXE

 

Thank you again to the Lancon’s for hosting.  Board has approved catering for the event.  

People should not bring food, but… bring beer / wine / booze.  BYOB

District Governor and his wife will be there.

 

  1. Crab Feed 2018

 

2 tickets for the 3/14 game donated.  Tracking well for donations.  

72 tickets for first seating sold.  An additional 70 pledged.

Things are looking solid, according to Lion Al.

Feb-1 work party.  Beer, wine… and good times.

Volunteering sheet will come out in Jan.

 

  1. Good of the Pride

 

Next month’s meeting is moved to the 10th from the 3rd.

 

— Dates to Remember —

 

  • Board Meeting, 7:00 pm (note NEW time), Tue., 19 December, Location (TBD)
  • New Members Induction, Officers InstallationTailtwister/Holiday Fiesta –  Sat. 9 December at Casa Lancon
  • Crab Feed 2018! – Sat. 3 February at St. Lawrence Church, Santa Clara

 

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

 

November Board Meeting 2017

 

November 14, 2017 Board Meeting

Lions Present: Al, John, Amy, Charles, Carl, Vijay, Jeff

7:04 Start

  1. Fiscal- Vijay
    1. Completed Charity returns and submitted them to the IRS
    2. Too many accounts- currently have 5 all a the same bank
      1. Must maintain 2 accounts (charity & club)
      2. Vijay proposed having 3- charity, club and perpetual
    3. If you are a sponsor of a charity on our budget list, let Vijay know when he should send them the check.

 

  1. New Members
    1. Randall, Andrea & Shar already approved
    2. Joan, Liang, Muni have paid
      1. Motion made by Jeff to confirm, Vijay seconded the motion. Passed unanimously.
      2. John will find applications and get sponsors- let him know if you would like to be a sponsor
  • New membership packages are in route
  1. No word from Steven and no follow up on Rex

 

  1. Installation/fiesta Saturday at Lion Ray’s
    1. Amy will look at Maggiano’s and other options for about 50 people
    2. Available budget is $950 for food & beverages

 

  1. Good of the Order
    1. Melvin Jones Discussion
      1. Board established a committee to work on criteria
    2. December 2017 board meeting
    3. January PM meeting will be held Jan 10, 2018
    4. Going over the minutes & approval at the start of each meeting
      1. Goal is to make sure items do not get dropped off of the radar
    5. Food Drive is covered

 

  1. R4D Discussion
    1. Debriefing of comments that John put together
      1. John will send out comments to the club

Future of R4D Criteria

  1. Budget Concerns
    1. Approved by board & membership
  2. Branding Issues
    1. R4D vs DLC
  3. Calendar doesn’t compete with any other events
  4. Chair & Committees need to be established
    1. It will take a year from that point and then board will consider approving it then
  5. Project Plan Created
    1. Member tax on time does not conflict with golf
  6. John will update the Ride website to say something like “Check back for details about next year” keeping it open to go either way.

Meeting Adjourned at 9:15 pm

 

AM Meeting Minutes 11/26/2017

 

 

 

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

Dates to Remember –

Thanksgiving Food Drive November 18th thru the 20th, 2017
Board Meeting Tuesday November 21st, 2017 at 7 PM place TBD
December 9th Holiday/Induction party
February 3, 2018 Annual Crab Feed @ St. Lawrence Church
February 8, 2018 Student Speaker Contest Odd-Fellows Hall

Visitors – None

Guests – None

Tail Twister – Tail Twister Herb went around and collected Happy Dollar’s from various Lions for the quick recovery of Lion Eli. Other Happy Dollars for the 49er’s win.

Thanksgiving Food Drive – The food drive will be November 18th – 20th. Lion John said Lion Claire and Lion Jen are doing a great job. We are in great shape for volunteers. There are a couple of shifts where we need Lion volunteers. We also could use more volunteers for Monday morning loading and delivery of the food. Loading of food on the trucks starts at 6:00 AM and we need to be out of the Odd Fellows Hall by 9:00 AM. Lion John said the new store Lunardi’s is taken care of with volunteers.

Board Meeting Review – Lion Al said there were seven board members that attended the meeting. Lion Al said there were four new members approved. There will be six new members installed at the Christmas party on December 9th. Lion Jeff is looking at setting a different time and date for the December Board meeting. There was discussions about R4D and whether we will sponsor it next year and if so a budget needs to be set and a committee chair to be named. Lion John Noone said he would ask new member Randall Braun if he would be the committee chair.

 

Student Speaker Contest – Lion Dagi thanked Lion Don Lang for use of the Odd Fellows Hall on February 8, 2018. They will also need volunteers to help out at the event. Lion Dagi has contacted several people to be judges for the contest. Lion Dagi said we already have one committed speaker. Lion Ray will find out the date for the Zone contest.

Good of the Order –

Lion Steve/Al talked about the One Sight project. Lion Al said he sent in 11 vouchers to Luxotica and they will reimburse us the $550. LensCrafters will still provide the glasses but individuals will have to get there own eye exams now that Luxotica is no longer providing vouchers for the exams.

Lion Ron thanked Lion Al and Lion Dagi for filling in for him while he was gone.

Lion Ray said he attended the Saratoga Lions Club meeting and they are getting new members and growing. If you have any stuffed Bears or animals for the Saratoga Lions Bear drive you can give them to Lion Al.

Lion Phil presented to the club a patch from District Governor Bob Stewart for completing three of the four tasks set by the District. The patch was given to Lion Herb to put on our banner.

Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations Lion Dagi won.

Respectfully submitted by:
Lion Ron Ahearn

PM Minutes: 1 November 2017

     CUPERTINO DE ANZA LIONS CHARITIES, INC.

 

Regular PM Meeting:   6:30pm Wednesday, 1 November 2017

Meeting Called By:  Lion Jeff  Type of Meeting: Business   Secretary:  Lion Proxy

— DATES TO REMEMBER —

  •         Next Board Meeting (T), Tue. 14 Nov., location TBD
  •         Thanksgiving Food Drive, Fri-Mon, 17-20 Nov. – VOLUNTEER OPP.
  •         Officers Induction/Tailtwister/Holiday Fiesta – Saturday, 9 December – Casa de Lancon
  •         Crab Feed 2018! – Saturday, 3 February, 2018 at St. Lawrence Catholic Church, Santa Clara

— AGENDA —  

 

Lions in Attendance: Mike R., Jill, Carl,  Eli, Mort, Anne, Jeff, Steve, Mary, Claire, Jenn, John.

Guests: Ellen, children, Better Cupertino guests, Richard and Vanessa.

  1.   Call to Order –  Lion Jeff
  2.   Flag Salute – “Lions-to-Be”
  3.      Welcome Any Guest(s) / Distinguished Lions, etc.: Better Cupertino Guests

Happy Dollars from Tailtwister Carl.

  1.   Thanksgiving Food Drive 2017 – Lions Claire and Jen, 3rd store is going to be just for non-perishable items and not for the Oddfellows Hall. Jen met with Fimbys to get any advice on Oddfellow’s hall.  Spreadsheet will be passed around.  Still need volunteers for the two main stores.  The Leo volunteers usually help out at the stores, but Jeff will reach out to the president of the Leos.  Mary encourages everyone to volunteer at the store because it is easy to approach people, not scary at all. We need about 60 boxes and flyers for the stores. On the donation list, it would be helpful to have our website on the flyer.  We can tell them, but written down is better. Steve will add the address to the next 1,000 flyers he makes.  For Monday morning, the 20th, we need 10 SUVs or trucks for delivery. We need to replace Ron Ahearn on Saturday and Sunday, to work with ELi, for set up at store #2.
  2. Holiday Party is December 9th, at the Lancon house.  Lion John and Carmel Smith will be there and we will get to our board induction (finally!)
  3.      Crab Feed 2018 – Lion Steve, Any Lion:  49 donation requests (see date above).  272 per seating, 2 seatings.  We will give the church a layout and they will set it up. They also have a fast dishwasher.  Carl will be in charge of kitchen.  Al and Steve are co-chair.  The flyer will be on the website and was sent out by Steve to us by email.  The Thrown Together Jazz Band with a dance floor and high ceilings.  We will be closer to home at St. Lawrence in Santa Clara.
  4.      Summary Brief, October Board Meeting – we did not have a forum, electronic voting came afterwards for supporting website, new members, damage to Mike Martin’s car.  Three new members, we will be inducting new members into the club at the Holiday party. Randall Braun , Andrea Harris, Sharleen Vigil ,  and Joan Chin (also from Better Cupertino!).
  5. Questions about man who was hurt on the bike ride-broken arm was the major injury and just bruises other than that, as was reported by John Noone. Our guest, Vanessa, heard that the injuries were worse than that and was concerned.
  6. Good of the Pride, Any Lion:  Little League DirtBag Team, featuring Jak and Jon Ringer, are trying to raise money for a trip to Cooperstown.  They need extra fruit, so they will come and pick the fruit, and then they sell it as a fundraiser.  This will go on all year.  Let Mike Ringer know if you need help!  Trying to get to 14,000 thousand dollars.  

 

Meeting Adjourned:  at 7:21.