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Cupertino DeAnza Lions Charities, Inc. Lions Club of DeAnza Corporation Regular Meeting 2/3/2011

Lions Present: Lion Prez Steve, Bill, Al, Don, Ray G., Mike M., Jim, Dagi, John N., Yvonne, Dan and Walt.

Guests/Visitors: NONE.

Tail Twister:  Lion Jim.

Dates to remember –

–        Next Board Meeting February 8, Lion Steve’s, 7:30 PM.

–        Lion 1VDG Liz Crooke AM  visit February 10th

–        Student Speaker Contest February 15th

–        Lion 2VDG Bob Ferber AM visit February 17th

–        Bingo – February 21st – Lions Dagi & Walt.

–        Lion 1VDG Liz Crooke PM  visit March 2^nd

–        Charter Night March 19^th (at Blue Pheasant)

–        Cupertino Host Fish-a-thon May 7^th

–        DeAnza Installation Dinner at Big Dog Winery June 25th

PM Group Meeting Review – Lion Prez. Steve. reviewed the February 3, 2011 meeting.

Crab Feed Update – Reconciliation is still in progress, looks like $8,000.00 to $9,000.00 net per club.

Charter Night Review – March 19^th at the Blue Pheasant. Kids welcome this year.

Installation Dinner Review – Lion Yvonne has set up a Taco Night at Big Dog Winery in Milpitas, details will be forth coming. Kids welcome.

Opportunity Drawing won by Lion John N.

Respectfully submitted by:

Lion Al

Secretary pro-tem.

Cupertino DeAnza Lions Charities, Inc. Lions Club of DeAnza Corporation A.M. Meeting Minutes 1/27/2011
Lions Present: Lion Prez Steve, Ron, Phil, Bill, Don L., Ray G., Al, Dagi, Jim G., Eli, Herb, Ray L., Walt, and Charlie.
Dates to Remember – –    Bingo February 21, 2011 Lion Dagi. and Lion Walter Strach. –    Liz Crooke Visit A.M. group Feb. 10, 2011 –    Lion Bob Ferber visit the A.M. group Feb. 17, 2011 –    Liz Crooke Visit P.M. group March 2, 2011 –    Lion Bob Ferber visit the P.M. group April 6, 2011 –    Charter Night March 19th, 2011 Blue Pheasant Restaurant –    Cupertino Host Lions Fish-A-Thon Sat. May 7, 2011 & Set up May 6, 2011 –    DeAnza Lions Installation Dinner June 25, 2011 at the Big Dog Winery
Guests – None Visitors – Lion Jim Goodheart
Tail Twister – Lion Tail Twister Jim G. started off by saying Thank you to all who participated in the annual crab feed dinner and made it a success. Happy dollars were flowing again for all the new grandchildren in the Lions community.
Crab Feed – Lion Al started out by saying he would estimate is that we could hopefully make around $19-$20K dollars depending on the cost of the crab. Lion Jim G. said that he thought the cost of the crab would be around $4.00 lb. for the first 1400 lb.. and $6.00-$6.50 a pound for the 310 lb.. Lion Al then stated that his estimate would be around $13-$15K dollars. Lion Al called for all expense receipts associated with the crab feed so he could finalize the crab feed billing. Lion Steve noted that there was 3 auction items that did not sell, one of which was a wooden chair valued at approximately $310. He will send out another notice about the chair and see if we can sell it. Several items discussed were:
• Date for next years crab feed. • Ticket sales with the Rotarians. • Putting the auction items online prior to the crab feed. • More announcements about auction items and the closing of the silent auction
at the crab feed. • Changing the venue back to the Campbell Community Center after the rebuild
is complete.
• Rotarians did not make signs for the crab feed saw horses. • Parking lot filled up early needed to direct the 5:00P.M. seating to the school
parking lot.
Lion Steve stated that we made around $1,300 dollars more on the auction this year. Lion Steve also stated that one of the winners of the key box drawing gave their winnings back to the Lions/Rotarians.
Leo Update – All Lions in attendance at the crab feed stated that the Leo’s and the other helpers did an excellent job in the crab feed service and sales of the keys and raffle tickets.
Speech Contest – Lion John Smith sent out the following information about the Lions speech contest. Lion Walt Strach volunteered to help out with the speech contest which will fill the needs of volunteers for Lion John Smith.
Date: 2/15/2011
Time: 6:30PM Venue: Jesuit Retreat Center, 300 Manresa Way, Los Altos, 94022
Entries received from Monte Vista High School (3 students), Fremont High (3 students) Judges: 3 invited and accepted *Volunteers for the event: J Smith (tentative), C Smith, M Eliason, L Noonan Additional volunteers required: 1 (Lion Walter Strach volunteered)
Costs incurred: $100 (for venue, including light catering)
Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations – Lion Al won. Respectfully submitted by:
Lion Secretary Ron Ahearn
*Removed Jill Eliason from volunteer list as it was incorrect. *Replaced Lion Ray Lancon with Lion Walt Strach for Bingo night on Feb. 21, 2011

Cupertino DeAnza Lions Charities, Inc. Lions Club of DeAnza Corporation A.M. Meeting Minutes 1/13/2011
Lions Present: Lion Prez Steve, Ron, Phil, Bill, Don L., Ray G., Al, Dagi, Jim G., Eli, Herb, Ray L., Kent, and Charlie.
Dates to Remember – –    Bingo January 17, 2011 Lion Charlie W. and Lion Ron A. –    Crab feed wrapping party Lion Steve’s home Jan. 20th, 6:00 P.M. –    15th Annual Crab Feed January 22, 2011 –    Liz Crooke Visit A.M. group Feb. 10, 2011 –    Liz Crooke Visit P.M. group March 2, 2011 –    Charter Night March 19th, 2011 Blue Pheasant Restaurant –    Cupertino Host Lions Fish-A-Thon Sat. May 7, 2011 & Set up May 6, 2011 –    DeAnza Lions Installation Dinner June 25, 2011 at the Big Dog Winery
Guests – None Visitors – Lion Jim Goodheart and Lion Ted Becker
Tail Twister – Lion Tail Twister Jim G. was summoned by Lion Phil to roll the dice for the Lions Club founders birthday, he rolled eleven so everyone had to pay a dollar. Lion Ray Gamma rolled the dice for his birthday and rolled a three for $2.40. Lion Ray Lancon rolled an eight for his birthday for a payment of $6.40.
Financial Report – Lion Al gave the financial report for the club and community funds. He then said they were on the list server for anyone interested.
Crab Feed – Lion Al started out with ticket sales for the crab feed. The Lions first seating is sold out and approximately forty tickets available for the second seating. The Lions and the Rotarians will meet at 4:00 P.M. today to go over the current ticket count. Lion Prez Steve stated that we had about $12,000 dollars in donations which includes the donations from the Rotary club. There was a discussion about needing volunteers for various crab feed functions. There was a discussion about the insurance on the refrigeration truck. Lions Jim G., Lion Prez Steve and Lion Ray L. will check on the insurance.
Leo Update – Lion Kent stated that all the slots for servers was filled for the Leo’s group and the other groups also. There was a discussion about giving the Leo’s and other kids groups service hours for tickets they sell to the crab feed.
Website – Lion John Noone was able to get the DeAnza Lions crab feed flyer on the 4C-6 web site. Lion Eli stated that there is a website and golf meeting scheduled for January 27, 2011.
Good of the Order – Lions Eli mentioned that Lion Mort, Leslye, and Yvonne are scheduling Flag Day presentations to several Cupertino grade schools at this time. Lion Ted Becker mentioned that H4H had a playhouse available to donate to Via West if they are interested.
Opportunity Drawing – Congratulations – Lion Ray Lancon won.
Respectfully submitted by: Lion Secretary Ron Ahearn

De Anza Lions PM Minutes Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Lions Attending: Jill, Scott, Pete, Mike M., Ray, Charlie, Leslye, Jim, Yvonne, Dan, Carl, Jeff, Ron, Steve, Al, Eli,Vijay, Howie, Mort, Eli, and new member, Maria, and Mike Ringer.
The Best Guests: Ellen, Barb, Sydnie, Sophia. *Special thanks for Ellen Ratner’s art table-it’s a hit (as is she!).
Mike Martin led us in the flag salute and the meeting started at 6:40. General poll shows that this new Campbell RT location gets a thumb ups!
Tailtwister: fined a phone going off, and then proceeded to collect many Happy Dollars-lots for Pete and Rene, Sydnie and her new doll, the New Year, and for Charlie’s new granddaughter, Stanford’s big win!
Induction of New Member: Welcome, Maria Rivera! Al led the ceremony, assisted by Steve Ratner. Maria lives in San Jose, works as a dental assistant, was introduced through Ellen and Steve. Maria is also taking an eyeglass box to help us with eyeglass collection.
Crab Feed 2011: Steve said that there are $ 8,600. 00 in donation money. We have sold 270 tickets to the first seating, DAL have sold out the tickets we have, Rotary still has some. We have sold 180 tickets to the second seating. Put the word out and the flyer to get the second seating filled. Al is asking Jim to get a hold of the Rotarians for a $400.00 dollar donation. Jeff is asking why we don’t use Craig’s List, if necessary. Put it on Facebook, send it to your email friends, get the word out, get the money, and give them a ticket. Carl will get the sign-up sheet on Google docs tonight. ALL hands on deck-all the work assignments are on there, including parking people. Leos will also be involved. The 20th of January, Thursday, at the Ratner’s is the ticket tearing and the preparation of the raffle items. The 21st early Friday, is the Crab cracking party. The Saturday morning prep crew will be at Buchser Middle School again, in the same room. Then, there will need to be a crew for the Sunday AM clean up. Donuts and coffee will be available at Ellen and Steve Ratner’s , and the clean-up crew will be located in their driveway. The band is 90% in. We are still looking for an emcee for the evening. Saturday we can get into the church at 2:00. Board approval asked for by Jim to get a coffee maker to melt butter in for $25.00.
Charter Night 2011: The celebration of our club’s birthday is to take place on March 19th at the Blue Pheasant. There will be a choice of fish, chicken, and beef. The price is going to be the same as last year. Good time, food, and company-and the presentations and emceeing by John Smith.
Lion Flag Day 2011:
Lions give a flag day presentation, but it can be done any time during the school year. We need a chair and co-chair for this part of our club. The chair and co-chair contact and go out to the schools, and give a presentation to the students and flags.    Mort will chair the committee and Yvonne and Leslye will help her present.
*Check the bullet points for tidbits and reminders at the top of the notes, especially Liz Crooke visits up and coming.
Good of the Order:
    Installation dinner (organized by Yvonne) which will be in Milpitas at the Big Dog Winery on June 25th , there will be a band, food, etc.
 Website-Carl says small changes are that the public calendar closely mimics the private calendar. Kent wants a list of what we do and Carl suggested we use Twitter for that (events, glasses, pull tabs). If you want to add a tweet-send it to Ron, Carl, or Jeff 140 characters or language.
    Carl Erickson’s parents sent a check for $150.00 in the name of the Erickson, Eliason, Ludlum Lion’s Club.
Adjourned at 7:55.

1. Go to www.twitter.com
2. click “sign in” (in upper right corner)
3. enter user name and password, then click “sign in”
4. in the text box labeled “whats happening now” enter a 140 character message. (note there is a counter of your characters left below the text box).
5. Click “Tweet”