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 November 21, 2007. Meeting was called to order at 11:00 A.M. by Pres. C. Garnier who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:

A motion was made by Schuh, seconded by Piper, to approve the Sec. report as printed.-carried. A motion was made by Langenhahn, seconded by Schuh, to approve the Treas. report as presented - carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $2,798, Charity Act. $16,113, Restricted Sight Act. $4,161, Contingency Act. $100, Becker Act, $16,274. Total: 39,446.

Our club membership now stands at 59, with the loss of Dan Kocher and Jim Jacobs. Incidently, Lions Dave Searl, Forrest Weber, Tom Torkelson and Jim Jacobs were recognized during the Necrology Ceremony at the recent District Convention.

A thank you letter was sent to Past President, Paul Shoberg, for his contribution of $250 to our club's Charity Account. He is also invited to our upcoming egg-nog party.

We have been informed by the World Affairs Seminar Organization at the Univ. of Wis. Whitewater, that the World Affairs Seminar has been permanently cancelled. The reason was not explained. We have $2,000 in the budget for that program, offered to a high school senior at each of our local high schools. The funds will be returned to the Admin. Charity Act., until a determination is made as to how it shall be used.

The Charity Screening Committee and Senior Expo Committee have agreed to distribute $5,600 of the profits from our recent Expo, with the balance being held for future needs. Eight organizations will receive $700 each - Boys and Girls Club, Boy Scouts, Emergency Shelter, Harbor House, LEAVEN, Salvation Army , St. Joseph's Food Program, and The Thompson Community Center. Checks will be distributed at our upcoming egg-nog party on Dec. 17th.

We still have 14 unsold Entertainment Books. A motion was made by Cox, seconded by Schuh, to sell those to club members who have already bought one, or more, at half price. The remainder, if there are any, to be raffled off at the egg-nog party. Motion carried.

A suggestion was made by Ferris to look into the possibility of providing dictionaries to 3rd grade student in the Appleton Schools - cost $1.70 each. Lion Randa will check with the Evening and Grand Chute Clubs as to their possible participation as well.

Lion Randa and Simon have a rental contact in hand for Senior Expo -2008 to be held at the Players Choice - cost for renting the facilities - $1,200.

At our Nov. 7, 2007 meeting the membership approved the recommended changes in our club constitution and by-laws. A copy of these changes are on file with these minutes.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:15 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Tom O'Hearn, Secretary

Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the Columbus Club on October 17, 2007. Meeting was called to order at 11:00 A.M. by Pres. C. Garnier who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:

A motion was made by Schuh, seconded by Schmit, to approve the Sec. report as printed -carried. A motion was made by Schuh, seconded by Schmit, to approve the Treas. report as presented - carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $2,686, Charity Act. $17,169, Contingency Act. $100, Restricted Sight Act. $4,196, Becker Act $17,169. Total: $40,425.

A motion was made by O'Hearn, seconded by Mohr, to have Tom Gasman rejoin the Club. The motion was carried. Welcome back, Tom. We are glad to have you with us again.

Lion Piper reports that the profit from the recent Senior Expo will be about $11,500. Our thanks to Rik Madisen and Tom Piskor and their committee for doing an excellent job in making this event a success. The committee will now make recommendations to the Charity Screening Committee as to disbursement of the funds. An evaluation form sent back to us from the vendors indicate very high ratings, 100% of them wish to return again next year. With even more space being needed. Lion Randa recommended the EXPO by moved to The Players Choice on Edgewood Drive, just east of North High School. The date will be Wed. Sept. 10,2008. A motion was made by Schuh to go with this proposal, seconded by Langenhahn - motion carried.

Lion Piskor, chairman of the Constitution presented the proposed changes in the Club's constitution. Following discussion. Lion Pleuss made a motion to approve the changes as amended during the discussion. The motion was seconded by Randa - carried. The changes are to be made known to the total club membership, discussed, and voted upon after two such sessions. This means we will vote as a total group on the changes at our Nov. 5th meeting. Our thanks to Lion Piskor and his committee for their effort in this project - not an easy task.

A motion was made by Langenhahn, seconded by Mohr, to look into " Enclose Bid RX" as a fund raiser - carried. More information will be forthcoming on this topic shortly.

December 17th has been set as our Club Christmas Party. With that in mind, the Melvin Jones/Birch Sturm committee will be activated to determine award recipients. Lion of the Year Awards can also be considered. Should you wish to recommend someone, let Lion O'Hearn or Garnier know.

The District Convention is upcoming - Nov. 9-10, here at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton. We will be represented by 6 voting delegates - Lions Ebert, Garnier, Langenhahn, Madisen, Schuh and O'Hearn. We will contribute the following to the Parade of Checks: Wis. Lions Foundation $1,000, Leader Dog $300, Hearing Dog $250, WI Diabetes Assn, $125, Mission to Mexico $50, WI Eye Bank $250, Lion's Pride $1,000. This is 50% of our budgeted amounts for these donations, the balance being donated at the State Convention in Spring. Anyone in the club wishing to attend the Convention should let Sec. O'Hearn know ASAP.

Salvation Army bell ringing begins soon. Watch for registration information in the SNORT.

Respectfully submitted,

Tom O'Hearn, Secretary

Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the Columbus Club on September 19, 2007. Meeting was called to order at 11:00 A.M. by Pres. C. Garnier who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:

A motion was made by Mohr, seconded by Langenhahn, to approve the secretary's report as corrected - motion carried. The correction would be to add the fact, that not only booth sales bring revenue to the Senior EXPO, but ticket sales and advertising in the program do so as well. A motion was made by Pleuss, seconded by Schmit, to approve the Treas. report as presented - carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $2,575, Charity Act. $17,867, Restricted Sight Act. $4,196, Contingency Act. $100, Becker act. $16,271. Total $41,010.

We anticipate profits from the EXPO to exceed $11,000. There is a concern, however as relates to the cost of booth assembly to be dealt with first. The committee is pursuing this issue.

Our membership now stands at 60 with the loss of Diane Resch. Keep looking to add members. To date 59 of our 60 members have paid their dues.

District 27B1 is attempting to organize Club PR directors. This is an attempt to gain better PR for the Lions organization. Lion Rik Madisen will represent us in this endeavor.

A motion by O'Hearn, seconded by Schuh, moved consideration for contribution to Sight First II to the Budget committee as a possibility in the 2007-8 budget.

We can send 6 delegates to the District Convention on Nov. 9-10, to be held in Appleton at the Raddison Paper Valley Hotel. Anyone interested in attending, let Sec. Tom know. A motion was made by Pleuss, seconded by Schmit, to purchase a 1/2 page ad in the program for the event - cost $75. Motion carried. Lion Madisen will follow through as to what the ad should say.

A motion was made by Pawlak, seconded by Randa, to place the names of prizes winners at the EXPO on the website. As a further to that, it was suggested that all of our names and addresses be placed onto our members only site. Motion carried.

The Zone meeting is being held here at the Columbus Club on the evening of Wed. Oct. 3rd, sponsored by the Menasha Lions Club. Let Lion Tom know if you would like to attend.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:45 AM.

Respectfully submitted,

Tom O'Hearn, Secretary

Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the Columbus Club on August 15, 2007. Meeting was called to order at 11:00 A.M. by Pres. C. Garnier who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:

A motion was made by Piper, seconded by Schmit. to approve the Sec. report as printed- carried. A motion was made by Mohr, seconded by Langan, to approve the Treas. report as presented-carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $2,593, Charity Act. $14,893, Restricted Sight Act. $4,232, Contingency Act. $100, Becker Act. $16,274. Total $38,091

The club membership now stands at 61 with the loss of Sandy Phillips. To date 8 club members have not paid their dues. Each will be notified by mail shortly.

Our thanks to the outstanding job done by our recent picnic crew - Mike Tassoul, and Jim Jacobs co-chm. and George Schmit, Dick Novitske, Otto Cox, Tom Piskor, and Ken Langenhahn. We hope no one was forgotten in this list. It was a well-done activity which everyone enjoyed. Thank you.

Lion Madisen reported that all of the booths for the upcoming Senior EXPO have been sold. That is our one and only source of revenue at this activity. Lion Schmit indicates that workers are still needed for both and morning and afternoon shifts. Stay all day, if you can.

We are now bonded as an organization. Lions Piper and O'Hearn will co-sign checks as per recommendation of Lions International.

Open House at Lions Camp will be on Sat. Sept. 15. Forms are available to register.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:45 AM.

Respectfully submitted,

Tom O'Hearn, Secretary

Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the Columbus Club on July 18, 2007. Meeting was called to order at 11:00 A.M. by Pres. C. Garnier who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:

A motion was made by Acker, seconded by Langenhahn to approve the Sec. minutes as corrected - carried. A motion was made by Mohr, seconded by Sawyers, to approve the Treas. report as presented - carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $2,921, Charity Act. $9,350, Restricted Sight Act. $4,406, Contingency Act. $75, Becker Act. $16,274. Total:$33,030.

The correction in the minutes is the inclusion of Sharron Huss as co-chairman of the Flag Day Parade Committee. Congratulations to her and co-chair Ken Langenhahn for receiving a Quality Service Award from the club - well deserved.

The minutes of June referred to our joint venture with the Evening Club in obtaining a hearing aide for an Appleton youngster. We did not have to go in with them in this purchase, the Evening Club alone assuming the cost of this project - $676.

The Finance Committee will meet shortly to look at our Club's financial picture as relates budget, income , expenses, etc; Pres. Gamier appointed Lion Joe Ferris to also be on this committee.

The Constitution Committee has been meeting regularly but has not as yet completed their work. A report will be forthcoming upon completion of their project.

We received a warm letter from an Appleton native who told us how much they appreciated our recent efforts in improving the Disc golf facility at Plamman Park. Such letters are always well received and make one feel good to be a part of such a project.

A committee was appointed by Pres. Garnier to look into possible future sites for our club meetings, should the Columbus Club be sold. They are Lion Sawyers, Chm, Ferris, Tassoul, Piper and Garnier, the latter being added to check out prospective lunches.

Lion Madisen reported that he will, at the conclusion of this year, no longer co-chair the Sr. EXPO. Volunteers are welcome to come forward and work with Lion Piskor next year, if he is still around.

Lions International recommends that Lion Club have their officers bonded, we already paying for such with our Int. dues. This would require co-signing of all checks. A motion was made by Novitske, seconded by Acker, to proceed with this process -carried.

We have been asked by a friend to store a fiberglass Lion he purchased, and use it for whatever project we might want to consider. His wife says "NO - OUT." to storage. Lions Acker, 0'Hearn and Garnier will look into this effort. Suggestions are welcome!

The meeting was adjourned at 11:45 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Tom O'Hearn, Secretary

Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the Columbus Club on June 13, 2007. Meeting was called to order at 11:00 A.M. by Pres. M.J. Mohr who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:

Ten of our 18 board members were present, thus we had a quorum to conduct business. A motion was made by Gamier, seconded by Sawyers, to approve the Sec. report as presented - carried. A motion was made by Sawyers, seconded by Schmit, to approve the Treas. report as presented - carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $1,130, Charity Act. $3.853, Restricted Sight Act. $4,406, Contingency Act. $0, Becker Act. $16,274, Total: $25,634.

The expenditures for the recent Flag Day Parade were around $400. It was money well spent. The Board congratulates Chairman Ken Langenhahn and all who were involved. It was great publicity - "it wowed the crowd, especially the kids."

Our club membership is at 62 now at year end, this compares with 66 on June 30,2006.

A motion was made by O'Hearn, seconded by Piper, to assist the Evening Club in getting hearing aides for a 5 year old Appleton youngster who is deaf and mute. Each club will pay 50% of the expenditure - ours cost being $367. Motion carried. Funds will come from our Restricted Sight Account.

The Club Finance Committee is being asked to look into the financial structure of the Club. This particularly relates to transfer of funds from one account to another. Currently that situation is on hold. Members of this committee for 2007-8 are Lions Priebusch Chm., Piper, Cox, and Piskor, Tassoul and Garnier.

The Constitution Committee will continue to review the present structure with the intent of making changes as are in order and setting up procedures which are in compliance with our Constitution. Members of this committee are Lions Piskor Chm, Ogurek, Wieser, Spitz and Garnier.

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 May 23, 2007. Meeting was called to order at 11:00 A.M. by Pres. M.J. Mohr who acted as chairman with the following board members in attendance:

A motion was made by Schuh, seconded by Schmit to approve the minutes as presented, with 2 corrections. The corrections were the inclusion of 2 checks presented at the Parade of Checks at the State Convention - namely, $1,000 for Lions Pride and $500 to the Eye Bank of Wisconsin. The motion was carried. A motion was made by Burr, seconded by Novitske, to approve the Treas. report as presented - carried. Fund Balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $486, Charity Act. $2,480, Restricted Sight Act. $4,406, Contingency Act. $834, Becker Act. $19,227. Total $27433.

A request from Lions International to become involved in First Sight II was tabled by a motion by Novitske, seconded by Schuh - carried.

The budget for the 2007-8 year was presented by incoming Pres. Garnier. Much of the discussion centered on the Becker Account funds. A report, including the history of the account will be prepared by Lion. Sec O'Hearn to basically clarify the use of said funds. A motion was made by Lion Garnier, seconded by Schuh, to approve the budget for 2007-8 as presented - carried.

A motion was made by Piskor, seconded by Priebusch, that all major expenses of the Club be approved by the Board of Directors before payment - motion carried.

A motion was made by Garnier, seconded by Schmit, to not increase the dues for 2007-8, leaving them at the current $80 - due July 1, 2007. Motion carried. Our $80 dues are distributed as follows: $39 to International, $10.50 State Dues, $5 District Dues, with the remaining $54.50 remaining with the Club in our Administrative Account.

It is customary for the new District Governor to attend one of our July meetings to induct new members and install officers. There is, currently, no one accepting that position. We have not had a vice- district governor for this 2006-7 year. Any volunteers?

The meeting was adjourned at 12:15 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Tom O'Hearn, Secretary

Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the Columbus Club on April 18, 2007. Meeting was called to order at 11:00 A.M. by VP Charlie Garnier who acted as chairman with the following board members in attendance:

A motion was made by Sawyers, seconded by Schmit, ,to approve the Sec. minutes as presented - carried. A motion was made by Schuh, seconded by Schmit, to approve the Treas. report as presented - carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $882, Charity Act. $3536, Restricted Sight Act. $4406, Contingency Act. $685, Becker Act. $19,227. Total: 28,737.

Our profit on the recent rose sale will be about $3350. Thanks to all who were involved.

A motion was made by Schuh, seconded by Pleuss, to table a request for funds for a 4-H Youth Exchange Program - carried.

A motion was made by O'Hearn, seconded by Sawyers, to bring into membership Mike Thornton - carried. Welcome Mike - we are pleased to have you join us.

Three students from area High Schools will be participating in the upcoming World Affairs Seminar - 2 from AHS-East and 1 from Xavier High School.

We can send 6 delegates to the State Lions Convention upcoming. If interested, let me know. We will be contributing to the Parade of Checks the following: To Wis. Lions Foundation - $1,000, Leader Dog - $300, Wis. Diabetis Assn.$125. This is the 2nd payment we have made to these organizations. We had previously sent a like amount to them in November at the District Convention.

Lion Langenhahn filled us in on preparations for the upcoming Flag Dap Parade. We have a vehicle donated for our use from Stumpf Ford, a trailer from Tony Prinzen in New London and a cage from the Greenville Zoo. We will have the Lion from in front of the PAC, 3 cubs- donated by Little Chute Grade School, Insurances Services, and Lakeview School in Neenah.
We are in need of flags on poles, bales of hay, volunteers to load the Lions on the trailer, Lions to ride on the float among other things. Let him know if you can help out. A motion was made by Pleuss to approve up to $300 in expenses which may be incurred in this project. Seconded by Schuh - carried.
On the back of these minutes is information to be given to the TV crew to use as the parade passes by as requested by them. They may or may not wish to use it. The meeting was adjourned at 11:45AM.

Respectfully submitted,

Tom O'Hearn, Secretary

Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton Wi. held its regular Board Meeting at the Columbus Club on March 22, 2007. Meeting was called to order at 11:00 A.M. by VP Charlie Garnier who acted as chairman with the following board members in attendance:

A motion was made by Schmit, seconded by Novitske, to approve the Sec. minutes as corrected. The minutes indicate that the Membership Committee presented the slate of officers for 2007-8 when, in fact, it was the Nominating Committee who did so - motion passed. A motion was made by Pleuss, seconded by Sawyers to approve the Treas. report as presented - carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $1164, Charity Act. $1954, Restricted Sight Act. $4406, Contingency Act. $98, Becker Act. $19,227. Total $26,850.

A request to fund a portion of the Japanese/Appleton Neighbor to Neighbor project was tabled.

A motion was made by O'Hearn, seconded by Pleuss, to provide an amount of $300 as scholarship funds for students in Nicaragua, as selected by Lion Mary Beth Nienhaus and her friends. Motion passed. Since Mary Beth is a member of our club, it is felt that it would be appropriate for us to make a contribution to their continuing effort in Nicaragua. These scholarship funds will provide financial assistance to any number of high school and young adults they see the need for. There are currently 28 high school students being served via scholarship funds. The young adults involved, are either in college or seeking careers via tech school programming - nursing, auto mechanics, cooking and sewing programs, etc;

The Flag Day/150th Birthday of Appleton event is upcoming. Discussion took place as to possible participation in the parade itself Lion Rick Langan will present information for us at an upcoming meeting of the membership. We will then decide whether we want to become involved or not, and if so, what that entails.

We have had no response from any of the 5 local high schools, as yet, relative to the World Affairs Seminar upcoming. Should they not respond, the money set aside for this effort will be returned to our treasury.

Concern was expressed by many present relative to the telling of stories at Monday meetings. The telling of stories is not necessarily in order, if fact, should be used only sparingly and then only in good taste. Some stories can be an embarrassment to our membership, and even more so to our guests. We, as a club, cannot allow that to happen. This is not intended to quelch any attempts to keep our meetings from being a fun place to be, sharing a laugh or 2 with our friends, but rather a place where business at hand and a message from a speaker is given highest priority, for that is what Lionism is all about- becoming informed and serving the community.

A reminder - the State Convention is upcoming - May 18-19 in Oconomowoc; we can send 6 voting delegates.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:45 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,

Tom 0'Hearn, Secretary

Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton Wi. held its regular Board Meeting at the Columbus Club on February 21, 2007. Meeting was called to order at 11:00 A.M. by VP Charlie Garnier who acted as chairman with the following board members in attendance:

As a first order of business, VP Garnier appointed Lion Chez Hoeft to the Membership Committee replacing Lion Forrest Weber. Thus, the Membership Committee is entact.

A motion was made by Schmit, seconded by Sawyers, to approve the Sec, report as printed - carried. A motion was made by Schmit, seconded by Pleuss, to approve the Treas. report as presented - carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $1859, Charity Act. $1047, Restricted Sight Act. $4406, Contingency Act. $0, Becker Act. $19,227. Total: $26,639.

A motion was made by O'Hearn, seconded by Piper, to bring on board as a member, Jim Wieser, sponsored by Lion Pres. MJ Mohr - carried. Welcome to the Club, Jim. We are happy to have you with us.

The Membership Committee composed of Lions Cox Chairman, O'Hearn and Hoeft presented the slate of officers for the 2007-8 year beginning in July of 2007. The procedure is to present the slate at a regular meeting of the members. The total membership present will then vote on the slate presented, or modify as is seen to be in order. (See slate on back of these minutes. Please read and discuss as noted.)

The State Lions Convention is upcoming in Oconomowoc on May 18-19. We can send 6 delegates. If interested, let Lion Tom know. The International Convention is being held in Chicago this year - July 2-6. Our current president is first eligible to attend, should she wish, and then on to the vice-presidents, and board members in that order.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:40.

Respectfully Submitted,

Tom 0'Hearn, Secretary

Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton Wi. held its regular Board Meeting at the Columbus Club on January 10, 2007. Meeting was called to order at 11:00 A.M. by Pres. Mary Jo Mohr who acted as chairman with the following board members in attendance:

The Secretary' and Treasurer's reports were given but in as much as there being no quorum present, they were not officially approved. None the less, fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $2,125, Charity Act. $1775, Restricted Sight Act. $4,406, Contingency Act. $1,741, Becker Act. $19,227. Total: $29,274.

Our club membership now stands at 60 with the loss of Lion Forrest "Woody" Weber. Our membership committee is busy determining how our club can grow. This has been a tough year for us, we having lost 8 members thus far - Lions Creech, Newton, Clark, Torkelson, Ripp, Brickner, Searl and Weber. All were quite active in a number of projects, especially the Rose Sale.

Letters were sent to the Searl family thanking them for the gift of $450 made available to us at the Egg Nog Party, and to the Weber family noting our contribution of $50 to Lion's Camp in Woody's name.

Those interested in replacing Lion Karl Blahnik as mint sales person should make it known ASAP so as to make it easier for the personnel committee to take your early application into consideration when making a choice to replace him. Thank you in advance.

Likewise the Nominating Committee is about to make a world-wide search to seek qualified members for Lions Club office for 2007-8. You may be eligible. Don't be bashful. Step right up and volunteer for one of these high profile jobs. The rewards are beyond this world, so is the pay.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:35 AM.

Respectfully submitted,

Tom O'Hearn, Secretary