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APPLETON NOON LIONS CLUB
MONDAY NOON COLUMBUS CLUB P. O. BOX 762, APPLETON, WISCONSIN 54912 WWW.APPLETONNOONLIONS.COM APPLETONNOONLIONS@TPONET.COM |
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APPLETON NOON LIONS CLUB
MONDAY NOON COLUMBUS CLUB P. O. BOX 762, APPLETON, WISCONSIN 54912 WWW.APPLETONNOONLIONS.COM APPLETONNOONLIONS@TPONET.COM |
Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton, Wi. held its regular Board Meeting at the Columbus Club on Wednesday, Decembwer 14, 2005. The Meeting was called to order at 12:45 P.M. by President Otto Cox who acted as chairman, with the following board members in attendance:
A motion was made by Sawyers, seconded by Hahn, to approve the Sec. report as printed -carried. A motion was made by Pleuss, seconded by Mohr, to approve the Treas. report as presented - carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act $2366, Charity Act. $12487, Restricted Sight Act. $5788, Contingency Act. $786, Becker Account $19166. Total $40,593.
Lions Sawyers and Burr reported that they recently had a Braille Writer repaired at a cost of$lll for a very grateful Appleton resident. For that lady, Christmas came early. Thank you Lions. The Club recently received a Christmas present as well - a check in the amount of $100, from an Appleton resident. A thank you was written and an invitation to attend a club luncheon included.
On the matter of money, it was noted that Lions International is about to embark on another fund raising project - Sight First II. Their goal is $150,000,000. We will be hearing more on this soon. Keep your checkbook handy.
We still have about 20 Entertainment Books unsold. A motion was made by Piper, seconded by Burr to raffle these unsold books at the egg nog party - cost $5 per raffle ticket. Motion carried.
The Wis. Lions Foundation is looking to recognize youth doing service in the Community - be it individual or group. If you know of someone so deserving, please pass this information on to President Cox.
The Appleton YMCA is sponsoring a state swimming tournament at the Erb Park Pool in July. They are looking for 5-6 volunteers to work a concession stand that day. The date and hours are yet to be determinsd. If interested let Lion Karl Blahnik know.
Lion Blaine Priebusch, chairman of the membership committee would like to use lunch as an incentive to bring in more members to our club. With that in mind, a motion was made by Piper, seconded by Sawyers, that, once a new member comes on board, both the sponser and the new member be given a free lunch, courtesy of the club - motion carried. This will be for the period of January 1- June 30,2006.
The Lions survey which we all participated in earlier this fall will be the agenda item at the January 23rd meeting. Copies will be distributed beforehand with discussion to follow.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:30 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Tom O'Hearn, Secretary
Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton, Wi. held its regular Board Meeting at the Columbus Club on Wednesday, November 16, 2005. The Meeting was called to order at 11:45 A.M. by President Otto Cox who acted as chairman, with the following board members in attendance:
A motion was made by Langan, seconded by Mohr, to approve the Sec. report as printed -carried. A motion was made by Langan, seconded by Ferris, to approve the Treas. report as presented - carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $2477, Charity Act. $14445, Restricted Sight Act. $5935, Contingency Act. $786, Becker Act. $18849. Total $42,492.
The Wis. Lions Foundation has sent us their financial report. As a result, we did include a check in the amount of $1000 to be included in the Parade of Checks at the recent District Convention. The unpaid $1000, deferred from payment in May, 2005, is still on hold pending examination of the report by members of the Board of Directors.
Chairman Pleuss of the Committee on Charitable Donations presented the Committees recommendations as to how the
profit from our recent Senior Expo be distributed - as follows:
The amount of $500 be given to each of the following 8 agencies - Bay Lakes Council Boy Scouts of America,
Boys and Girls Club of the Fox Valley, Community Outreach (COTS), Emergency Shelter, Harbor House, St. Joseph's
Food Program, LEAVEN and The Thompson Community Center. In addition $1000 has already been given to
the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army.
This totals $6000 being given local charities with another $6000 being placed in reserve for use during the upcoming
months as requests come to us. The $6000 will be placed into our club's Charity Account.
A request for assistance for a Menasha resident will be referred to the Menasha Club for action. A motion to this effect was made by Sawyers, seconded by Madisen - carried.
Lion MJ Mohr presented a tabulation of the survey results. The Board will study these, discuss them at the Dec. meeting and bring them to the total club membership for discussion at the January meeting. She did an excellent job of tabulating the information being sought.
We still have 20+ Entertainment books sold, with many out yet which have not been paid for. Please help bring this project to a conclusion. We will soon be into the rose sale business.
We have 64 members, and as usual, are always looking for more. Consider bringing a guest (at club's expense) to our upcoming Egg Nog Luncheon - Mon. Dec. 19th. It might do the trick.
"The Salvation Army Needs More Help This Year" says the headlines in the Post Crescent. Please consider helping by ringing bells this year for the Salvation Army. You can choose your date and site by either visiting their website at www.safoxcities.org or by calling 955-1225. Let them know you are a Noon Lion and we will get credit for your time spent.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:30 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Tom O'Hearn, Secretary
Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton, Wi. held its regular Board Meeting at the Columbus Club on Wednesday, October 19, 2005. The Meeting was called to order at 11:45 A.M. by President Otto Cox who acted as chairman, with the following board members in attendance:
A motion was made by Piper, seconded by Langan, to approve the Sec. report as printed -carried. A motion was made by Pleuss, seconded by Ferns, to approve the Treas. report as presented - carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $2922, Charity Act. $15121, Restricted Sight Act. $5935, Contingency Act. $786, Becker Act. $18846. Total: $43,610.
A motion was made by Muck, seconded by Gamier, to have the financial report reflect that given month one year ago, so as to compare income and expenses - carried. Lion Treas. Piper has played with the spreadsheet, and has indicated that he can adjust the margin widths to accommodate another column in order to make this request possible. The October report, which will be presented at the Nov. board meeting will include this information.
The District Convention is upcoming on the weekend of Nov. 11-12, to be held at the Raddison Hotel here in Appleton. We have 64 members in our club, and as such, are eligible to have 6 voting delegates. We do have 6 who will represent us - Lions Cox, MJ Mohr, Ferris, Pawlak, Ebert and Garnier. At the Parade of Checks we will make the following contributions- Leader Dog - $300, Hearing Dog- $250, Wis. Diabetis Assn./Juvenile Diabetis- $125, Mission to Mexico- $ 100. This is 50% of our budget allocation for the year, the balance to be donated at the State Convention in Spring. You will note that no money is being sent to the Lions Foundation. $1000 is once again being set aside until we have seen a published audit of the Foundation books. We still have $1000 set aside from the Spring of 2005 for this purpose. At the Zone Meeting of Wed. Nov. 19, it was noted that these figures are available. We will see. Meanwhile, we will again contact the Foundation Board requesting same.
A discussion took place as to distribution of the profit from our recent Senior Expo. Lion Pres. Cox formed a committee to meet and come up with a recommendation to be brought to the Board at its Nov. meeting. On the Committee with Lion Pleuss as Chairman, are Lions Madisen. Piper, Muck and Pawlak.
Lion MJ Mohr reported that 48 of 62 Lions Club surveys distributed have been returned. She will share the results with us at an upcoming meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:30 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Tom O'Hearn, Secretary
Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton, Wi. held its regular Board Meeting at the Columbus Club on Wednesday, September 21, 2005. The Meeting was called to order at 11:52 A.M. by President Otto Cox who acted as chairman, with the following board members in attendance:
A motion was made by Lion Sawyers to accept the minutes of the previous Board Meeting as printed seconded by Lion Ferris. Motion carried.
A motion was made by Lion Schmidt to accept the treasurer’s report as printed seconded by Lion Garnier.
Motion carried. Treasurer Piper’s report is as follows: Admin Acct. $2813.43 Charity Acct. $17678.15
Contingency Acct. $659.86, Restricted Sight Acct. $6434.73, Becker Acct. $18845.61,
Total: $46,431.78.
Pres. Cox discussed the dues report as submitted by Sec. O’Hearn. It was mentioned during this report that Lion M.J. Mohr was working on a survey to be given to the membership which included the due structure as a part of the survey. Pres. Cox pointed out that Grand Chute devoted their profits from the State Convention to keep their dues lower. Lion M.J. Mohr then distributed copies of the survey to the board for comment and discussion. The intention is to have each lion complete the survey either at the meeting designated for that purpose or by mail if they are absent at the meeting. It was suggested the survey be mailed with the snort to the members not present at the meeting the surveys are presented. A few added suggestions were: (Cost of Dues) , (Names being Optional), (Committees listed that a lion member would not like to be on). A motion was made by Lion Madisen and seconded by Lion Pluess that the survey be given to the membership at the 1st meeting in October. Motion Passed.
Pres. Cox read a request from the Wisconsin Lions Foundation requesting gifts be made through them for the Katrina Hurricane Relief Fund. After a brief discussion it was pointed out that there are so many ways to contribute individually that this idea was tabled. As a follow-up to this discussion, Lion Madisen made a motion that we contribute $1000 to the Red Cross and $1000 to the Salvation Army for their use at this time rather than wait until our normal contributions at Christmas time. Seconded by Lion Pluess. Motion Carried. Lion Pawlak suggested funds be given to the Ephraim Resources. It was suggested that he bring this request to the November meeting when the profits from the Senior Expo will be discussed.
Lion Priebusch reported on the membership report he had received from Sec. O’Hearn. Lion Priebusch noted that membership had decreased from 1991 -2005 by 11 members. In 1998 we lost 6 members due to their untimely deaths. A discussion was held on each of the last 4 drops in the membership report. One drop was because of committee assignments. A follow-up on this reason will be made by Pres. Cox.
Lion Priebusch will hand out this report at a general meeting for everyone’s information. Pres. Cox indicated we should use the report to help us get new members and retain our old members. Lion Madisen suggested we should move around at lunch to different tables to get to know everyone and make everyone welcome. Lion Piper indicated we had 3 good leads stemming from the Senior Expo for possible new members.
Lion Ferris suggested we put the minutes on the web site at a spot where members could review them. It would not be obvious to the general public and Lion Ferris would explain how to get to them. A motion was made by Lion Pluess, seconded by Lion Muck to have this done. Motion carried.
A discussion was held on Eyeglass activity and it was suggested that Lion Dunlop give us a report on the eyeglass activity with Lenscrafter.
Lion Pluess made a motion to adjourn seconded by M.J. Mohr. Meeting adjourned at 12:36 P.M.
Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton Wi. held its regular Board Meeting at the Columbus Club on August 17, 2005. Meeting was called to order at 11:45 AM by President Otto Cox who acted as chairman, with the following board members in attendance:
Cox MJMohr Piper Langan Ferris Burr Sawyers Pleuss Schmit Piskor Ebert Hoeft Searl Tassoul Torkelson
Minutes of the Business Meeting
Lion Piskor took the minutes of the meeting in the absence of Secretary O'Hearn and Asst. Secretary Schuh.
President Cox opened the meeting by expressing the sympathy of the Lions Organization to Lion Torkelson upon the death of his son. Jerry.
A motion was made by Ebert and seconded by Sawyers to accept the Secretary's report as printed. Piper presented the treasurer's report as follows: Admin Acct. $3.126.03. Charity Acct. $15.113.65. Contingency Acct. $659.86. Restricted Sight Acct. $6.679.73. Becker Acct. $18.845.51. Total $44.424.78. Piper also provided the attendees with a list of Miscellaneous Income & Expenditures. He explained these items were not specified in the original budget. A discussion followed and Cox suggested the charity items be listed in the Charity Account for 2005-2006. Piper also reported that all of the booths had been sold for the 2005 Senior Living Expo. He also reported the eight (8) pages of ads had been sold. Tassoul mentioned he heard a couple of members stating the dues were too high and they were thinking of leaving the club. Torkelson said the Grand Chute club charges $60.00 per year. Cox mentioned he thought O'Hearn had a list of the various clubs and the dues paid. A discussion followed and was culminated with a motion by Burr, seconded by Fen-is that a committee be formed to do a survey of our membership to determine how the functioning of the club could be improved. MJMohr will head the committee. Burr and Sawyers volunteered to be on the committee. Motion was carried and the committee will propose a survey format at the next Board Meeting. MJMohr reminded the group that the Treasurer's report had not been accepted and motioned the Treasurer's report be accepted as presented, seconded by Ferns, motion carried.
Cox stated the club had eleven (11) eye transports in July. Huss for (5), Novitske for (2), and (1) each for Langan, Neton, Pleuss, and Tilque. Piper stated he had not seen reimbursement forms for many of the transports. All those who transported eyes should obtain a reimbursement form from Secretary O'Heam, complete it and give the completed form to Piper for reimbursement.
Cox informed the Board of a request from an exchange student from Guatemala for financial assistance with an eye exam and glasses. A discussion followed and ended with a motion from Piper, seconded by Pleuss to entitle exchange students to eye examinations and glasses if the student is located in Appleton for one school year, motion carried.
A motion to provide financial assistance for an individual's glasses not more than once every two (2) years was made by Pleuss and seconded by Piper, the motion carried.
A discussion ensued concerning payment for repair of glasses or replacement of broken glasses. Cox is to contact Dunlap to find out Lenscrafters' policy concerning glass repair and broken glasses and report back at tile next Board Meeting.
Ferris received an
e-mail request from a student in Ecuador who stated he was member of a Leo Club
and was looking for a pin. the e-mail was very ambiguous. After a brief
discussion a motion was made by
Sawyers, seconded by Piper to table the request. Motion carried. Cox brought up another e-mail request received by
Ferris from a woman requesting assistance from us to help pay the $400 for the Lions Camp for disabled children in
Rosholt, Wisconsin for her daughter who lias epilepsy and myasthcnia gravis. Motion was made by Sawyers, and
seconded by Burr to table the request. Motion carried.
Torkelson reminded the Board he still has the club's "Hot Dog Machine". A discussion followed concerning the
possibility of selling the machine. Torkelson is to get together with Ferris concerning the possibility of placing
the machine for sale on our website. To followed up at the next Board Meeting.
Ferris stated we use the TPONET.COM domain and suggested it was time our club have its own domain name. The
cost is estimated at $30 per year. A motion was made by Sawyers, seconded by Piskor for Ferris to set up the
Appleton Noon Lions Club with its own domain website provided the cost is no more than $30 per year. Motion carried.
Meeting adjourned at 1:05 P.M.
Recorded by Acting Secretary: Lion Tom Piskor