December 23 Minutes

Meeting held at Sazon. Members present: Sarah Storrs, Byron Thomas, Doug Ryder, Wayne Wiedert, Bob Titus

November 25th Minutes – Approved as written

Treasurer’s Report – Lion Sarah Storrs for Dick Wedin
· Dues Account & Project Account balance
· Outstanding Eye Care Applications: 2

Old Business

Mint Sales: Lion Byron Thomas
· Byron turned in money collected last week.
· Will check again 12/29/08.

Cub Scout Den 480: Lion Byron Thomas
· Byron to attend January committee meeting.
· Will take remaining RMH tab houses to distribute to scouts.

Ronald McDonald House Pull-Tab Collection: Lion Sarah Storrs, No updates

Ellensburg Charm Trail: Lion Sarah Storrs
· Have sold 38 charms total (plus 1 donated as bunco prize)

Sight & Hearing Committee: Lion Sarah Storrs
· Approvals: 1 glasses only, 1 glasses/exam
· Decision made to not allow Lions patients to pay extra for "preference" options (transitions, A/R, etc. when not Rxed by Dr). Sarah Storrs will notify Valley Vision of this change.

Lions Health Screening Unit for Schools– Fall 2009, No updates

“Zone F-1 Pride” T-Shirts: Lion Sarah Storrs
· First order 50 shirts
· Submitted second order for 10 XXL
· Donated one for raffle prize at Zone meeting. Have sold 15 shirts so far
· Decision made to not charge more for XXL--all sizes $15 each
· Sarah Storrs working on a T-shirt order forms to mail to Club Presidents in January

New Business

Summary of 2nd Zone Meeting, 12/9/2008
· Spring Conference: March 20 & 21 (Friday & Saturday)
-Booth for fun night on Friday. Theme is "Day at the Fair." Members present were interested in putting on a booth. Ideas were for a dunk tank, "fishing" game, ring toss, and darts.
-Raffle prize donation. Members approved donation of 1 size M Zone Pride Shirt
· Leadership 101: March 20; Sarah Storrs to attend, club will pay $35 registration for workshop
· Next Zone Meeting: Wednesday, Feb 25th (Location TBA)

Passing of Naches Lion Bob Way

MD-19 CARE Project 2008-09 “Fight Child Labor in Bolivia”
· Defer final decision until Sec/Treasurer can confirm buget would allow for donation, but consensus was we should use our project fund for local service programs (glasses/exams)

Adjourn

Next Meeting: Tuesday, January 13
Next Program: Tuesday, January 27
Rolf and Michelle Williams, Kittitas County Parent-2-Parent

Zone Meeting Minutes 12/9/08

These will be posted as soon as I receive the electronic copy :)

CDC study projects large increase in rates of diabetes-related eye diseases.

As reported by MedPage Today Monday, HealthDay (12/9, Preidt) reported that, according to a study published in the Dec. issue of the Archives of Ophthalmology, "The number of Americans with diabetic retinopathy is expected to increase from 5.5 million to 16 million by the year 2050." Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "analyzed data from the 2004 National Health Interview Survey and the U.S. Census Bureau to predict the number of Americans with diabetes who will have diabetic retinopathy, vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and cataracts in 2050, when the country's population is expected to be 402 million." The investigators also predicted that vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy cases "will increase from 1.2 million to 3.4 million," and that "cataract cases among whites and blacks age 40 or older with diabetes will increase 235 percent." In addition, "glaucoma cases among Hispanics age 65 and older with diabetes will increase 12-fold."

AOA First Look, Dec 10, 2008

T-Shirts!

Our custom Lions T-shirts are ready. There are lots of L and XL, a few M. They are $15 each. You can buy one at the zone meeting Tuesday night (or contact Lion Sarah Storrs by email/phone, and I'll get one to you).

Show your Zone F-1 pride!