Saturday, March 21, 2009

Minutes for March 10th Meeting

Attendance: Sarah, Wayne, Dick, Bob, Byron, Doug, and Liz.

Call to Order – Lion President Sarah Storrs
Flag Salute – Lion Wayne Weidert
Invocation – Lion Dick Wedin
Introductions & Tail Twisting – Lion Bob Titus
Approval of February 24th Minutes –Lion Dick Wedin
Treasurer’s Report – Lion Dick Wedin
• Dues Account & Project Account balances
• Outstanding Eye Care Applications: Maybe 3
• Outstanding Hearing Aid Application: 1, pending on Kiwanis Club reply

Old Business

Highlights of Feb 25th Zone Meeting —Lion Sarah Storrs
• Spring Conference March 20-21 in Yakima. Continue selling raffle tickets. Registration $ due 3/13/09. Leadership course 3/2/09 still had some spots available.
• “Ending date” for RMH Pull-tab Zone Project is 3/21/09. Please drop off all collected tabs at Family Eye Clinic by Thursday, March 19th. Clubs can continue to collect tabs indefinitely. Need to have collected tabs to Sarah by March 19th.
• Officer Elections: must take place by mid-April, as PU101 and former PU19 must be submitted to MD19 by 4/30/09. No action
• District F NLF Sight and Hearing Trustee position is up for election (Marge Sheppard incumbent). Nominations taken at District Meeting during Spring Conference in March.
• Zone chair also up for re-election. Vote will happen at Zone Meeting at Spring Conference.
• Club Announcements: West Valley 45th Anniversary Dinner 3/19/09; Chinook Pass ATV Poker Run in June.

District 19 F Spring Conference —Lion Sarah Storrs
• Club hosting fishing booth. Have recruited one volunteer from TH Lions Club to help set up and run booth in exchange for 25% net profits.

Mints & Scouts —Lion Byron Thomas.
• The scout pack is growing and rolling along. Byron has been and will continue to attend committee meetings on the Lions Club behalf.
• Byron will be collecting monies and replenishing mints on Fridays. Mark has been collecting money and replenishing the mints at Perkins twice a week…busy.

White Cane Days May 1-2 —Lion Doug Ryder
• Doug ordered White Cane supplies. Will contact Super 1 for event. At the April 19th meeting, Doug will bring supplies for lick and stick party.

Lions Health Screening Unit for Schools–10/16/2009 —Lion Liz Whitaker
• Need to decide which school(s), if LHSU can move during day or not
• Public Screening 10/17/09?
• Cost of LHSU $150/day + driver meals/lodging
• Liz will follow up.

Hearing Aid Application —Lion Sarah Storrs
• On hold, pending Kiwanis response. Sarah will follow up with Mark as to response. Looking at a $70 co-pay to make it happen.

New Business

Indian John Hill Fundraiser —Lion Sarah Storrs
• July 3 8:00 am –7 8:00 am (?)—confirm stop time w/ Dick
• Wayne volunteered to be chair
• Byron will contact scouts about staffing a shift, preferably day shift on Saturday or Sunday. Dick will get ahold of Rodeo City Kiwanis about helping out this year.

Planning Session —Lion Sarah Storrs
No action on questions posed below. We will need to discuss at future meetings as an agenda item.
• What is our focus?
• What are some things we would like to accomplish?
• Projected Revenue/Expenditures
• Income Sources

o Indian John Hill
o Mints
o Tail-Twisting
o Play It By Ear Bunco (Portion stays in the club; if we do it again)
o Tshirts (One-time)
o Lion Charms
o White Cane Days (all goes to NLF)
o Another fundraiser???
• Expenditures
o Eye exams/glasses
o Hearing Aids
o Grant sponsorships (potentially)
o Supplies for IJH, Bunco, Tshirts
o VFW Support
o P2P Support (undetermined dollar amount)
o FISH Support
o Scout Den
• Current Projects
o Eyeglass recycling
o Mints
o RMH Pull-tabs
o Scout Den
o Eye Exams
o White Cane Days
o Play It By Ear
o Hearing Aids?

Adjourn

Upcoming Speakers
3/24 Jenny Carkner, KC Chapter American Red Cross
4/28 Gary Nystad, Solar Energy Project

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