Lions District 39W Cabinet Meeting

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Lions District 39W
Zone Meeting

Lions District 39W Zone Meeting for Zones 4 and 5

Date: January 26, 2006

Location: Raedean's Restaurant, Boise

Meeting start time 6:30 PM

Zone 4 Clubs in Attendance

Boise Host- Angella Eckert, President

Boise Vista-Travis Palmer, 3^rd VP

Boise Capital-Laura Walls, President; Nancy Berto , Member; Jim Spanberger, Zone 5 Co-Chair; Nancy Spanberger, guest

Zone 5 Clubs in Attendance

Boise Bench-Curt Kelley, Zone 5 Co-Chair; Ken Marchetti, member ; David Kleinfeldt, Tail twister; Gary D’Orazio, PDG

Boise Riverside-Angela Qualman, VP; Jay Lugo, member

Meridian-Cheri Price, President; Don Carson, Secretary

Kuna-Jack Graham, President

Star-Kathy Donahue, 2^nd VP

Clubs not Present

Mountain Home, Grandview, Eagle, and Boise Sunset

Pledge- Nancy Berto

Invocation-Gary D’Orazio

The following is a synopsis of the highlights of the session

Club Reports

Capital Lions- Laura Walls, President

Six new members, 2 are transfers the other 4 are new Lions
Charter Party will be on March 15^th (tentatively) at Louie’s in Meridian
Fund raising should exceed last years

Meridian Lions-Cheri Price, President

Donated $600 to Zoo Boise to meet DG Deanna’s Challenge
Netted $4500 from rodeo, weather was really poor on Saturday which dropped attendance
Rodeo Queens contest is on April 29^th, which is the same date as World Wide Induction Day, perhaps the two can be combined, tabled for later discussion
Now have 40 club members with 2 or 3 since the last Zone Meeting

Kuna Lions-Jack Graham, President

Building the “Mason House” with as many donations as they can get for labor and materials. Mason is a small child who suffers from hurler’s disease which is a degenerative condition causing a short life expectancy. The proceeds from the sale of the house will be donated towards treatment. The house is located in Kuna and is a two story, three bedrooms, about 1400 square foot, nice family home.
The second edition of the car show is planned for the spring and they are expecting 500 to 1000 entries, so the chair is scouting locations since Kuna does not have the space for it.

Star Lions-Kathy Donahue, 2^nd VP

New club, they are working on identifying community needs
Conducting membership drive, at least one transfer member and have recruited several new members.

Boise Vista-Travis Palmer, 3^rd VP

Raised between $5k and $6k from Christmas Tree Sale
Casino Nights are wrapping up for the season

Boise Riverside-Angela Qualman, VP

Casino nights are wrapping up
Charter party in March
Donated Christmas gifts and game hens to the Garden City Senior Center
4 new members
Angela is also the Zone 4/5 liaison for Sight First II and the Sight and Hearing Liaison, so she will be visiting all the clubs in the zone next year.
The Gowen Field Officers Club project was completed, first time it has been updated since the 60’s (Rock On!).

Boise Club-Angella Eckert, President

Membership has stayed even
Golf tournament is the major fund raiser and will be held on May 11, 2006 at Shadow Valley GC
Participated in the Boise River Cleanup last Fall
The club worked with Riverstone School on the Peace Poster and it was very well received by the school

Boise Bench Club-Curt Kelley, member

Major fundraising projects are Jackpot X and Boise Best Antique Show. The club sells advertising and assists the vendors in setting up and breaking down the displays for tips.
The club provided Christmas Gifts for Mary Haven and also donates money and labor to help maintain the facility.
New meeting location, Plantation Country Club.

Committee Reports

Sponsor’s responsibilities toward new members – Lion Curt Kelley

· Proud Lion/Proud Sponsor Program, this is part of the mentoring program and gets both new and long term members involved, the worst thing for a new member is to be ignored and not involved in Lions activities. Both Lion Laura W and Curt Kelley have pins and cards. When the requirements are completed, please submit a picture and short article to Paw Prints.

World Wide Induction Day, April 29, 2006 – Lion Curt Kelley

· Meridian Lions would like to combine the Induction Ceremony and Meridian Lions Rodeo Queen contest. Meeting attendees agreed. The Contest is held at the Assembly of God in Meridian which has room, details will be announced at a later date.

Mid Winter convention on Feb 10-12 - Lion Curt Kelley

· Agenda was handed out and reviewed

· Nancy Berto discussed scrapbook contest, bring what you have as this is the preliminary review before Sun Valley

· Laura Walls discussed the Quilt and Tall Tales contest, have tall tales entry to DG Deanna or Dist. Sec Laura by February 3rd.

· Jim Spanberger discussed the Hors D’oeuvre challenge and threw down the gauntlet to PDG Gary

Officers School Training - Curt Kelley

PDG Jim Barley will conduct training which will be scheduled from 10 AM to 2 or 3 PM.
March 25^th has been sent to PDG Jim as the date which will work for Zones 4 and 5. Curt will follow-up with Zone 9.

Location Burger and Brew on Fairview

Progress Reports on organizing new clubs – Extension Chair- PDG Gary D’Orazio

Star Lions is the newest club and meets at the Star Fire Station at 7Pm on the 2^nd Monday. This is a fast growing area with a lot of potential
Meridian area is also growing and he is working on setting up a new club which would meet for lunch
Nampa also may have a new club
Horse Shoe Bend folded. When Lion John Wojahn moved the club simply folded and did not want any assistance to continue.
Need to grow faster and get media cooperation, signature activities, such as participating in parades helps develop media awareness.

Community Service Award- PDG Gary D’Orazio

The purpose of this award is to recognize individuals who embody the spirit of Lionism in their everyday lives, regardless of any association with Lions Club or any other service organization. One of the purposes of Lionism is to encourage service minded people to contribute to the community. The program should also raise visibility for Lions Clubs
Scheduled for June 6^th at the Doubletree Riverside
Next committee meeting is on February 15^th at Radean’s
The clubs have adequate time to select a good recipient, so they should be working on it.
Five clubs attended the 1^st meeting and 2 or three additional will participate.

Jackpot X – Lion Ken Marchetti, Chair

Bench sponsored fund (and fun) raiser for the Sight and Hearing foundation. Takes place at Cactus Pete’s in Jackpot, Nev on September 9^th.
The awards banquet/raffle will be held on Saturday, this is a change from the Sunday brunch as in the past.
The raffle items and tickets have been kicked up a notch, with the grand prize of a Dell Laptop and other valuable prizes for succeeding winners.
Lions Golf Challenge, first year for a trophy and banner for the winning team consisting of golfers from the same club.
Need major sponsors
Forms to be mailed out the week of January 30^th.

Winston Churchill Memorial Golf Tournament – Lion Dave Kleinfeldt

First annual will be held on June 22^nd at Boise Ranch GC, beginning at 11AM
Cost $65.00
Proceeds will go to the Dorothy Day House and Mary Haven. Dorothy Day house provides housing for up to 8 chronically homeless people and Mary Haven is a foster care facility for up to 6 children on a short term basis.
Outback Steakhouse may donate lunch, which will greatly increase the amount of money raised for the two charities.
Publicity will start in earnest in March

Sight and Hearing Foundation – Jay Lugo, Executive Director.

5 year Strategic plan was reviewed. – Position for Potential Growth, Recruit and empower personnel, increase eye donations by 100%, establish key partners with other eye banks and establish a satellite office in Eastern Idaho.
The mission has been expanded to include “serve throughout the world” since Lions is an international organization.
The Eye Bank tied a record of 276 transplants for the second time since 1969
65000 pairs of glasses were recycled in MD 39, fantastic number.
Meeting with Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Idaho Power and US Bank for Sponsorships for the MSU. Additionally, BSU is also interested in re-establishing a program.
The Personal Assistance budget of $90K ran out in March last fiscal year, so the foundation is seeking further grants to be able to meet the need for this fiscal year and recently received $5K from Monsanto.
Moving to a new building at 70 N Latah sometime this year. It is on a lease with option to buy as LCI will provide grant money to remodel, but not to purchase property. Eventually there will be room for Lions Clubs to meet, currently eyeglasses are being sorted and stored there for shipment.
Another big project is Idaho Monopoly which is chaired by Lion Ron Gill. There is a potential for up to $90K for the Foundation.

Adjourned at 8:45 PM

Yours in Lionism

Curt Kelley

Zone 5 Co-Chair

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