January 13 Minutes

Attendance - Membership: Sarah, Doug, Wayne, Liz, Dick; Guest: Rachel Toney

Call to Order – Lion President Sarah Storrs

Flag Salute – Lion Doug Rider

Invocation – Lion Wayne Weidert

Introductions & Tail Twisting – Lion Bob Titus. Not in attendance.

Approval of December 23rd Minutes –Lion Dick Wedin. Approved.
· Treasurer’s Report – Lion Dick Wedin
· Dues Account & Project Account balances
· Outstanding Eye Care Applications: 2

Old Business

Mint Sales: Lion Byron Thomas. Report via email.
· Have refilled several containers. Will have money to turn in next meeting.

Cub Scout Den 480: Lion Byron Thomas Report via email.
· Popcorn sales will start in February. They have the best!
· Pinewood Derby is 2/2/2009. That’s where the kids have built little cars out of a block of wood and they race them down a track. It’s FUN! No report.

Ronald McDonald House Pull-Tab Collection: Lion Sarah Storrs.
· Bring tabs to Family Eye Clinic for collection.

Sight & Hearing Committee: Lion Sarah Storrs
· Addendum to provider policy (no out-of-pocket patient preference items) sent to FEC and VV 1/4/09. Family Eye Clinic has signed agreement, Sarah will get a hold of Valley Vision to have them sign and submit. (Received signed agreement dated 1/21/2009.)

Lions Health Screening Unit for Schools– Fall 2009: Lion Liz Whitaker
· Committee: Liz, Doug, Dick, Bob T, Wayne. Should hear by the end of the month or the first part of February as to status of our request.

Ellensburg Charm Trail & “Zone F-1 Pride” T-Shirts: Lion Sarah Storrs
· Total Sales: 16 shirts
· T-shirt Brochure/Order Form to mail to Club Presidents, also features Lion charms
· Charm sales: Have sold 41 charms.

New Business

District F Spring Conference: Lion Rachel Toney.
· Conference is March 20 & 21 in Yakima. The conference will be held at the Howard Johnson hotel. Raffle prizes included: A trip through the Rockies or $4000 cash. There is a one day leadership program on Friday.
· Fun night is Friday, the 20th. Ellensburg club voted to donate a Zone Pride T-shirt for raffle prize. At 12/23/08 meeting, club decided to run a booth which may include a dunk tank. Sarah has researched dunk tank rentals, quotes have been around $700. Has some leads on less expensive rentals from Naches Lions, & will do further research on final costs should we sponsor a dunk tank.

Leadership 101: March 20 (at Zone Conference)
· Lion Sarah to attend, would be nice to have one other officer (or potential future officer)

Horsham Lions Club
· Blog featured in this month’s Lion Magazine – link on our blog

White Cane Days
· May 2-3 this year.
· Doug Rider agreed to chair.

Glasses
· Lion Wayne reported he has approximately 3 cubic feet of used eye glasses collected from our eye glass recycling efforts at various locations in Ellensburg. Decided for him to hold them until club decides on where to deposit them for recycling.

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

Adjourn