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APPLETON NOON LIONS CLUB
MONDAY NOON THE GRAND MERIDIAN P. O. BOX 762, APPLETON, WISCONSIN 54912 WWW.APPLETONNOONLIONS.COM APPLETONNOONLIONS@TPONET.COM |
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APPLETON NOON LIONS CLUB
MONDAY NOON THE GRAND MERIDIAN 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 Grand Meridian on December 14, 2009. Meeting was called to order at 10:30 A.M. by Pres. Mike Weyenberg who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:
A motion was made by Acker, seconded by Schuh, to approve the Sec. report as printed - carried. A motion was made by Cox, seconded by Acker, to approve the Treas. report as presented - carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $2,528, Charity Act. $14,103, Hertzfeldt Restricted Sight Act. $1,946, Becker Act. $17,944. Total $36,520.
A motion was made by O'Hearn, to bring into club membership. Mark Keller, sponsored by Joe Spitz. The motion was seconded by Bob Simon — carried. Our membership is now at 59. Welcome Mark, we are pleased to have you with us. We currently have 5 new members to be officially installed into Lions International. This will be done at our Christmas party on Dec. 21st. District officers will be present to recognize these new members and their sponsors.
A contribution to the Grand Old Army Home at King will be made at the Christmas Party in lieu of a tail twister fine that day. That money, plus profit from the egg nog party preceding the party (after bills are paid) will go to King with the clothing drive being contacted during the month of December.
We anticipate about 100 to attend the Christmas party - the cost of lunch being $11.00. Three of our local charities will receive checks from the club that day; the eight others to also receive $500 checks will get theirs in the upcoming months.
It is estimated that about 700 candy bars were sold at out December sale, which means about $350 profit for our club. Future sales will be upcoming. Meanwhile we are seeking sites to place boxes of candy to be sold to staff, customers, etc; Banks, credit unions, etc; would be good sites.
A support group for the visually impaired is being formed locally. We may be asked to contribute to this effort. More details will be forthcoming.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:30 A.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Tom O'Hearn, Sec.
P.S. The Grand Chute Chute Lions Club is participating in the State Lions Peace Poster initiative, and is asking local clubs to be a co-sponser. Each of the 4 clubs is being asked to serve as the "host club" for one of the 4 Middle Schools (Appleton Noon - Wilson). The Appleton Area Schools, (art department) will do all the work involved with this voluntary project, including the judging. .As sponsors we will be asked to share costs involved ($38.50 per club) and to invite the Wilson Middle School winner and his/her parents to a lunch at one of our spring meetings. Don Bangert, Grand Chute Club, is the chair of this event. I told him "We're in". Tom
Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the Grand Meridian on November 16, 2009. Meeting was called to order at 10:30 A.M. by Pres. Mike Weyenberg who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:
A motion was made by Garnier, seconded by Schuh, to approve the Sec. report as printed, with one correction - Howard Hardesty's sponsor is Tom Piskor, not Howard Pleuss - motion carried. A motion was made by Acker, seconded by Schuh, to approve the Treas. Report as presented - carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $2,462, Charity Act. $15,839, Contingency Act. $0, Hertzfeldt Restricted Sight Act. $1,946, Becker Act. $17,944. Total: $38,191.
The minutes of this meeting note that the 2009-10 budget was approved at a meeting of the club membership on Monday Oct. 26, 2009. A motion was made to this effect by Lion Randa, seconded by Lion Schuh - carried. From these budgeted funds comes our contribution to various programs we support as a club.
The following will be sent to the Wis. Lions office inasmuch as they were not taken to the recent convention - To the Wis. Lions Foundation - $1,000, Leader Dog $200, Juvenile Diabetes Research $200, Mission to Mexico $100, Lions Pride $500 and Wis. Eye Bank $500. This latter figure will be matched by some large Foundation, thus our contribution becomes $1,000 to the Eye Bank. We will contribute another $1,000 to the Lions Foundation and another $200 to Leader Dog in Spring 2010.
Lion Randa reported that, after all Sr.EXPO bills have been paid, including dictionaries for 3rd grade students in Appleton, our profit for this venture is $11,902.60, - $675 above our projected figure. Our congratulations to all who were involved. Well done!
Of these funds $5,500 will be given to local charities - each receiving $500. Rather than presenting all of the checks at our Christmas party on Dec. 21st, they will be presented as follows: 3 in December at that event (Emergency Shelter ofOutagamie County, Fox Valley Warming Shelter and The Salvation Army).
The other 8 agencies will receive their checks at upcoming meetings in Jan., Feb., March and April (2 per month). They are Bay Lakes Boy Scout Council, Fox River Area Girl Scouts, LEAVEN, St. Joseph's Food Program, Harbor House, Fox Valley Sibbling Support Group Network and The Boys and Girls Club of Appleton and The Red Cross, (which replaced the Thompson Center).).
Lion Karl Blahnik will replace Loren Ebert on the clothing to King committee and Lion Howard Pleuss will replace Ebbie on the Melvin Jones Awards Committee. These events are part of the upcoming Christmas event as well. Salvation Army bell ringing is also encouraged for all of us. We are also seeking sites to hold candy sales now in Dec. Let Pres. Mike know - a good holiday fund raiser.
A report from Lion Ron Dunlap notes that 11 Appleton residents (adults and children) have received eye glasses through him and Lens Crafters in the past 2 years. Those who request glasses who are not Appleton residents are referred to the Lions Club in the area in which they live.
Lions Weyenberg, Schuh, Madisen, Gamier and O'Heam attended the District Convention in Oshkosh on Nov. 14 and were impressed by the speakers and program. Noteworthy wa the Necrology program paying tribute to those Lions who passed away in the last year. There were 33 from our District, 4 of whom were former members of this Club - Lions Loren Ebert, John Jooss, Herb Krueger and Lee Loean. A codv of the printed program has been forwarded to the surviving family members.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:40 AM.
Respectfully submitted,
Tom O'Hearn, Secretary
Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the Grand Meridian on October 19, 2009. Meeting was called to order at 10:30 A.M. by Pres. Mike Weyenberg who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:
A motion was made by Schuh, seconded by Pawlak, to approve the Sec. report as printed - carried. A motion was made by Madisen, seconded by Novitske, to approve the Treas. Report as presented -carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $3,215, Charity Act. $16,738, Contingency Act. $1,230, Restricted Sight Act. $3,321, Decker Act. $16,274. Total: $40,778.
The Budget for 2009-10 was presented by Pres. Weyenberg. It will be shared with the club membership at the Oct. 19tfa meeting with hard copies and/or copies via internet available to members to look over prior to voting on the budget at the October 26th meeting.
A motion was made by Lion Huss to approve an amount of $300 to help fund a needy AHS-East student in need of a computer. The motion was seconded by Randa - carried.
An amount of $5,500 from the recent Senior EXPO will be distributed shortly to needy local non-profit agencies. Lion 0. Cox will chair a committee to determine the recipients and the amount to be given each, as well as to when this will take place. The Committee will report on this matter at the Nov. Board meeting.
Lion O'Hearn made a motion to bring on board two new club members - Howard Hardesty sponsored by Lion Howard Pleuss Tom Piskor and Janet Gray sponsored by
Lion Sandy Buettner. The motion was seconded by Lion 0. Cox - carried. We welcome our new members, we are happy to have you with us. This brings
our membership to 58.
Other bits of information to share -
- Kimberly Cark Foundation has matched the $250 donated to our club by John Jooss, daughter. The funds have been forwarded to use at Lions Camp.
- Nearly 1,000 deictionaries are currently being distributed to 3rd grade students in the area Appleton schools this week. Our thanks, again, to Lion Randa who spearheads this project.
- The annual Christmas/Egg Nog Party will be held on Dec. 21 this year at the Grand Meridian. Clothing, etc; for King will again be collected. We will need a new chairman of this particular task to replace Lion Loren Ebert.
Lions Weyenberg, Madisen, Garnier, Schuh and O'Hearn will represent the club at the District meeting on Sat. Nov. 14th. Lions Ebert, Logan, Krueger and Jooss will be recognized at the Necrology service at the Convention that day. Other members are welcome to attend as well. Let me know ASAP.
- The Club is always looking for new means to raise funds for our projects. If you have any thoughts on this topic please pass them on to Lion Pres. Weyenberg.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:40 AM.
Respectfully submitted,
Tom O'Hearn, Secretary
Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the Grand Meridian on September 21, 2009. Meeting was called to order at 10:30 A.M. by Pres. Mike Weyenberg who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:
A motion was made by Cox, seconded by Randa, to approve the minutes as amended. - carried. The correction states that the gross income from the EXPO will not approach $25,000, not $25,000 profit as stated in the August minutes.
A motion was made by Schuh, seconded by Acker, to approve the Treas. Report as presented -carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin Act. $3,055, Charity Act. $17,716, Hertzfeldt Act. $2.016, Becker Act. $17,944. Total: $40,731.
Lion Randa reported that attendance at the EXPO was about 500 guests with club profit estimated to be about $11,500. A big thank you to all who helped make this possible.
After much discussion, the budget for 2009-2010 was approved on a motion by Cox, seconded by Schuh - carried. Copies will be available for all members to see shortly.
There will be no brat-fry this fall, the dates available to us were unacceptable. We will pursue this project again in Spring. Candy sales will be on-going, but nothing is currently in the works.
The club membership stands at 56 today with the addition of 3 new members and the dropping of 3 former members. A motion was made by O'Hearn to bring into club membership the following: Mike Thomton, who is actually being reinstated. Sandy Buettner sponsored by Tom Piskor, and Gerry Edinger, sponsored by Dave Cooper. The motion was seconded by Tom Piskor - carried. We welcome all 3 to our club. We are pleased to have you with us.
We regret the loss of 3 members as well - Don Goodman due to health reasons, Lori Ploederl who has moved out of the area, and Linda Broussard-Norcross who cannot make our noon hour meetings. We regret this loss and wish them well. The club membership currently stands at 56.
The 27B-1 District Convention will be held in Oshkosh this year on Nov. 13-14. We will be able to send 6 delegates. If interested, let Sec. O'Hearn know. Everyone is eligible to participate.
Respectfully submitted,
Tom O'Hearn, Secretary
Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the Grand Meridian on August 10, 2009. Meeting was called to order at 10:30 A.M. by Pres. Mike Weyenberg who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:
A motion was made by Schuh, seconded by Acker, to approve the Sec. report as printed - carried.
A motion was made by Garnier, seconded by Simon, to approve the Treas. Report as presented -carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $4,447, Charity Act. $12,815, Hertzfeldt Act. $2,296, Becker Act. $17,884. Total: $31,442.
It was noted that the Club has sent two $50 memorials to the Lions Camp in honor of departed Lions Loren Ebert and Herb Becker. This information was published in the recent State Newsletter.
The special Budget Committee has yet to meet and will do so and report in to the Board at the September Board meeting.
The cost of exhibiting at our Senior EXPO has increased over 2008. That plus the problems with the economy have resulted in some presenters still
on hold this year. Nonetheless, our goal of $25,000 profit less than $25,000 Gross Income is still in place. Distribution of those funds will, of course reflect that figure.
Paul Shoberg still wants our trailer moved, but is not pushing us to do so. If there is any interest, let us know. We will check it out as to condition, etc; to determine what we really own at this point.
Our club membership is now down to 56 with the loss of 2 members - Fred Biesecker is transferring to Quincy, II and Maudie Gasman is non-renewing due to lack of time to attend meetings. We still have 6 members who have not paid their dues, as well - and are following up on their intentions.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:15 AM.
Respectfully submitted,
Tom O'Hearn, Secretary
Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the Grand Meridian on July 13, 2009. Meeting was called to order at 10:35 A.M. by Pres. Mike Weyenberg who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:
A motion was made by Acker to accept the minutes as they were presented, seconded by Garnier. Motion carried.
A motion was made by Garnier, seconded by Acker to approve the treas. report as presented- Motion carried Fund balances are as follows: Admin Act. $1153, Charity Act. 8142, Contingency Act. $0, Restricted Sight Act. $2296, Becker Act. $17,884. Total $29,475.
A lengthy discussion was held on some items in the proposed budget for 2009-2010. The entire proposed budget was reviewed by the board and the differences from the 2009 budget was explained by the committee that formed the budget. A discussion was held on the Lions Pride entry in the budget. Our 3yr. Pledge was finished with the 2009 budget and funding was not included in the 2010 budget. It was suggested that an ad hoc committee be appointed to look at the Wisconsin Lions Foundation portion of the budget and the Lions Pride portion of the budget to determine if some funding should be allocated to each item. A motion was made by Schuh and seconded by Randa to form this committee for the purpose stated above. Vounteers for that committee are Weyenberg, Garnier, Wieser.
Lion Cox noted the Nicaragua Project funds a foreign country project while our Lions Club philosophy is to fund projects of a local nature. The question arose, "Should our club be funding this project in a foreign country ?" This seems to be contrary to our past actions. It was suggested that the Charity Screening Committee be responsible for determining this in the future. A motion was made by Garnier, seconded by Randa, to transfer the $300 in the budget for the Nicaragua Project to the Charity Screening Committee budget. Motion carried.
A discussion was also held on the Mission to Mexico budget item and this item will be left in the budget.
Proposed budget approval will be tabled until the committee has time to meet on the items mentioned above.
Senior Expo Chairman, Bob Randa reported that the expo reservations are at about the same rate as last year at this time. Bob said he had 41 confirmations at this early date. A suggestion was made to have the Noon Lions sponsor a booth at our expo. After a brief discussion, a motion was made by Tom Piskor, seconded by Randa, to have a booth at this year's expo. Motion carried.
Lion Novitske reminded the club that we will have a brat fry at festival foods, scheduled for the latter part of August.
President Weyenberg reminded everyone that he has a 38 passenger bus set for the meeting to be held at the camp next Monday. Lion Pawlak reminded everyone he has about 25 reservations so encouragement was made to invite wives and prospective members to fill the bus. Time of departure is 10:30 A.M. from the Grand Meridian parking lot with lunch at the camp.
Tom O'Hearn reminded everyone the Governor of District 27B-1, Governor Len Quinn, will be here on Monday, July 27th to install our new officers for 2010.
President Weyenberg announced the picnic date, AUGUST 17, 2009, at Plamann Park.
A motion was made by Garnier to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Randa. Meeting was adjourned at 11:45 A.M. Motion carried.
Repectfully submitted,
Del Schuh, Asst. Sec.
Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the Grand Meridian on June 15, 2009. Meeting was called to order at 10:30 A.M. by Pres. R. Novitske who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:
A motion was made by Schuh, seconded by Acker, to approve the Sec. report as printed - carried.
A motion was made by Madisen, seconded by Schuh, to approve the Treas. Report as presented -carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act.$122. Charity Act. $9,034, Contingency Act. $0.00, Restricted Sight Act. $2,231, BeckerAct. $17,665. Total - $29, 152.
Of note in the Treas. Report is the fact that our contribution of $2,000 fullfills our commitment to that project - $6,000 over a 3 year period. We should be proud of our participation in this area.
A request from Special Olympics for funding has been referred to our Charity Screening Committee for deliberation, on a motion by Ferris, seconded by Schuh. Committee members are - Lion Huss, Chm., and Lions: MJ Mohr, Tilque and Pleuss.
The Badger State Games will be in Appleton this summer, and are looking for volunteers for various projects. If interested, see Pres. Novitske for details.
Our club has lost another Lion at the passing of Herb Krueger, dropping our membership to 58. One year ago (July 1, '08) our membership was 57, giving us a gain of one member for 2008-9.
The incoming District Governor has been invited to be with us in July - no response as of this date. We want him to install new officers and induct new members into the Club.
Louise Ebert will continue to run off and distribute our SNORTS. We thank here for that.
The Lions Foundation has informed us that the Kimberly Clark Foundation has agreed to match the $250 donated to the Foundation in the name of Lion John Jooss. The family will be so notified.
Transportation to and from Lions Camp is difficult for some campers. It was recommended that those of us who are willing to do so make it known to Lion Weyenberg who will coordinate this effort.
The Senior EXPO Committee wishes to make grants available to recipients spread over a whole year rather than all at our Christmas party. Thus, the accompanying publicity can be spread out rather than all take place at one event. This motion was made by Madisen, seconded by Schuh - carried.
A few reminders - Dues are due July 1st. The cost of which will again be $80 for 2009-10. - No meeting on June 29 as the Grand Meridian has a previous engagement to fulfill which will use the entire building. We will meet on Mon. July 6th.
A THANK YOU was given to Pres. Novitske, as this was his last Board Meeting as Chairman. Thanks for a good job, well done, in a difficult year to be president.
Respectfully submitted,
Tom O'Hearn, Secretary
Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the Grand Meridian on May 18, 2009. Meeting was called to order at 10:35 A.M. by Pres. R. Novitske who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:
A motion was made by Acker, seconded by Sund, to approve the secretary's report as printed. MOTION CARRIED.
Treasurer Priebusch was absent but the fund balances were reported by e-mail as follows: Admin Acct. $311.14, Charity Acct. $12,073.37. Restricted Sight Acct. $2331.05. Contingency Acct. $0. BeckerAcct. $17,664.70. Total $32,380.26.
President Novitske received some correspondence from an organization called "The Friends of Veterans Inc." requesting funds. After a short discussion, a motion was made by Madisen, seconded by Acker, to table this request. MOTION CARRIED.
President Novitske read an announcement from the Lioness about the Lioness Spring Banquet to be held at the High Cliff Supper Club on Sunday, June 14, 2009. NO ACTION REQUIRED.
A discussion was held concerning the disposal of the tent and trailer owned by the club and stored in former member Dr. Paul Shoberg's barn. The barn is going to be demolished and we have to do something with these two items. A motion was made by Madisen and seconded by Randa, to donate the tent to Dr. Shoberg to compensate him for the many years he has stored this equipment for us. MOTION CARRIED.
A second motion was made by Cox and seconded by Randa, to have President Novitske negotiate a price for the trailer with Lion Sund who is willing to purchase the trailer if it is in a decent condition. MOTION CARRIED.
A discussion was held on the production of the SNORT due to the untimely death of'Ebie" who handled that job. A suggestion was made to ask Louise Ebert if she would continue to do this as "Ebie" had done it. A motion was made by Cox, seconded by Pawlak, to contact Louise and see if she would continue this service. MOTION CARRIED.
A discussion was held on the copy needs of the club. Secretary Tom indicated he was using many different machines; Highlands School, places where he volunteers, and other sites to copy material for our club. The discussion involved buying a copier or authorizing Sec. Tom to contract to have the copying done. A motion was made by Cox, seconded by Randa, to have Sec. Tom set up a contract with a place of his choice to have this work done. MOTION CARRIED.
President Novitske passed around a sign-up sheet for everyone to volunteer their name for committee assignments for the 2009-2010 Lion year. The same sheet will be passed around at the next meeting for all members of the club to indicate their choice before assignments are made to committees. NO ACTION REQUIRED.
President Novitske read a request from Bernice Hobbs, 425 N. Linwood St., for transportation to and from the Lions Camp. She would need a ride to the camp on June 7th and a ride home on June 12th. Lion Mike Weyenberg volunteered to provide a ride home on June 12th. We still need a volunteer to get her to the camp on June 7th. If you can do this, please see President Novitske.
Lion Ralph Acker suggested we write a letter thanking the VFW for the services they provided the club during our transition period. A unanimous approval was given to this suggestion.
Secretary Tom made a motion, seconded by Randa to maintain our dues at the same level as 2008-2009. which is $80.00. MOTION CARRIED. THE DATE TO PAY YOUR DUES FOR THE NEW YEAR IS EFFECTIVE JULY 1st, 2009.
Lion Bob Randa made a motion, seconded by Bob Simon to form a letter to be sent to all the Lions Clus in the area with the information about our Senior Expo, encouraging them by offering free admission with the wearing of their lions pins. MOTION CARRIED.
President Novtiske made a motion, seconded by Bob Randa to adjourn the meeting at 11:20.. MOTION CARRIED.
Respectfully Submitted,
Asst. Sec. Del Schuh
Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the VFW Hall on April 20, 2009. Meeting was called to order at 10:30 A.M. by Pres. R. Novitske who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:
A motion was made by Schuh, seconded by Acker, to approve the Sec. report as printed - carried. A motion was made by Garnier, seconded by Randa to approve the Treas. Report as presented - carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $670, Charity Act. $8,443, Restricted Sight Act. $2,331, Contingency Act. $1,229, Becker Act. $16,435. Total - $32,888.
The balance of our candy will be sold on May 1st. We currently show a profit of about $1,600 for our effort thus far. Our thanks to lion Tom Gasman for making this possible.
A motion was made by O'Hearn, seconded by Kroeger, to bring into the club two new members - Dale and Penny Bernard Schaber, sponsored by Lion Mike Weyenberg - carried. Welcome Dale and Penny -we are pleased to have you join us. We have recently lost Lion Ken Langenhahn who transferred to the Greenville Lions Club leaving our membership currently at 60.
Lion Garnier, chairman of the Nominating Committee presented the slate of officers for the 2009-2010 year. (See list on back). They will be presented for approval by the total club membership at the April 27th meeting. There are currently 2 vacancies on the Membership Committee. Any volunteers?
Lion Randa reported that Woodward Communications is no longer interested in partnering with our club in sponsoring the Senior EXPO. Thus, we will go it alone. Plans are already underway.
The Becker Committee reported to the Board a list of recommendations. (See attached). A motion was made by Randa, seconded by Schuh, to accept the recommendations as presented— carried.
The Site Selection Committee survey was presented and discussed. (See attached). A motion was made by Gamier that the committee seek further information from 2 of the sites - Grand Meridian and Pullmans (in writing), before a final decision is made. Information sought will be in reference to cost, minimum required attendance, set-up cost, if there is one, availability of a podium, flag, microphone, audio-visual equipment, screen, storage, etc; The motion was seconded by Simon - carried. We will be hearing more on this shortly.
The State Lions Convention is being held at Wis. Dells on May 15-16. We can send 6 delegates. Let me know ASAP, if you are interested. The club pays for registration and meals at the convention.
P.S. As a follow up to the request of matching $250 from the Kimberly dark Foundation to match the $250 received from the John Jooss family, the following:
The KC Foundation will only match the $250 if the $250 from the Jooss family is sent to the Wis. Lions Foundation - a 501c3 organization.
The Lions Foundation was sent a letter from KC to determine where the initial $250 is deposited. The Foundation has not responded as yet. It is up to
us to decide this issue. We currently have set the money aside to fund our dictionary project upcoming in fall.
(minutes of April 20,continued)
At the regular meeting of April, the total membership agreed to:
1. approve the list of officers for 2009-10 as printed above.
2. move our club meetings to the Prime Meridian as of Monday May 18,2009.
3. send a check to the Lion's Foundation ($250) in the name of John Jooss, and in doing so, have the Foundation be the recipient of $250 from
The Kimberly Clark Foundation.
Respectfully submitted,
Tom O'Hearn, Secretary
President - Mike Weyenberg
Past President - Dick Novitske
Vice Presidents: 1st - Bob Randa
2nd-Bob Simon
3rd-JimWieser
Secretary - Tom O'Hearn
Assistant Secretary - Del Schuh
Treasurer - Blaine Priebusch
Lion Tamer - Bill Sund
Tail Twister - Charlie Garnier
Directors - 1 year - Ralph Acker, Ken Pawlak
2 years - Rik Madisen, Sharron Huss
3 years - Sid Kroeger, Dottie Piskor
Membership Committee - 1 year - Otto Cox, Chm.
2 years -Tom Piskor
3 years - Dave Cooper
Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the VFW Hall on March 16, 2009. Meeting was called to order at 10:30 A.M. by Pres. R. Novitske who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:
A motion was made by Schuh, seconded by Cooper, to approve the Sec. report as printed - carried. A motion was made by Acker, seconded by Cox, to approve the Treas. Report as presented - carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $1,100, Charity Act. $8,689, Contingency Act. $1,230, Hertzfeldt Act. $2,331, Becker Act. $16,435. Total: $29,765.
A motion was made by O'Heam, seconded by Schuh, to donate an amount of $50 to the Appleton Paper Museum, the funds then being matched by an anonymous donor - carried. There has been no response from the Kimberly Clark Foundation relative to matching the $250 donated by the Jooss family, the funds from KC to be donated to the Wis. Lions Foundation.
A motion was made by 0'Hearn,seconded by Ferris, to drop 2 members from the Becker Committee, Bob Muck and Dan Piper, both of whom opted to be removed, and replace them with 2 new members, both willing to serve - James Cronmiller and Karl Blahnik. Motion carried.
There is no report from the Senior EXPO Committee at this point, other than one of last year's vendors still has not paid their fee of $350 - an Extended Care Facility on West College Ave.
The Sight Section Committee continues its search with hopes of being finished with this task by the April Board meeting. We may be adding to our sites the 4ACES, now under new ownership again.
The Grand Chute Lions are interested in promoting a peace poster contest for Gr. 7-8 students in the Appleton area. It was recommended we await the results of their spring trial-run to see what may be involved. This was via a motion by 0'Hearn, seconded by Garnier.
A preliminary report notes we have sold 390 dozen roses and will distribute 441 on March 27-28. Other dates upcoming: State Convention at the Dells in May (we can send 6 delegates) and the International Convention this year being held in Minneapolis in July. Is anyone interested?????
The Nominating Committee is looking for club officers for 2009-10. C. Gamier is the Chairman of this committee. See him if you are interested. Don't hesitate to come forward, don't be bashful.
Respectfully submitted,
Tom O'Hearn, Secretary
Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the VFW Hall on February 16, 2009. Meeting was called to order at 10:30 A.M. by V.P Mike Weyenberg who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:
A motion was made by Wieser, seconded by Acker, to approve the Sec. report as printed - carried. A motion was made by Pawlak, seconded by Acker, to approve the Treas. Report as presented - carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $$1,029, Charity Act. $7,068, Contingency Act. $1,230, Hertzfeldt (Restricted Sight) Act. $2,506, Becker Act. $16,274. Total $28,107.
A motion was made by Garnier, seconded by Randa, to approve the expenditure of $125 to send Dan Wolf (Rod's son) to the Wis. DECA Conference - carried. This is 50% of the funds requested. A motion was made by 0'Hearn, seconded by Randa to use the $250 received from John Jooss' daughter, for use in funding our dictionary distribution project in the fall of 2009 - carried. One of her suggested uses of the funds was to provide books for kids, a cause John would heartly approve of.
A motion was made by 0'Hearn, seconded by Pawlak, to bring into club membership 3 new members-Maudie Gasman, sponsored by Tom Gasman, Sid Kroeger, sponsored by Tom O'Hearn and Tim Young, sponsored by Blaine Priebusch - carried. Our congratulations to them. Welcome to the Club. This brings our club membership up to 59.
The club relocation committee indicates that there is sufficient concern among the club membership, to warrant looking at another facility to house our meetings. They are currently doing so, and will be report to us as they proceed. Our thanks to Sid Kroeger for volunteering to be on this important committee as well.
A discussion took place concerning 2 of our financial accounts, both of which, were formed through donations by former Lions and/or their families:
The Hertzfeldt Account now has about $2,500 left in an account which once held $18,000. It is a restricted sight account, which specifies the
funds be used to benefit the visually handicapped in the Appleton area. The fund is currently used to provided glasses for the needy, as well as money
used for transporting corneas. The funds used by Lion Ron Dunlap come from this account. (See information on back).
The Becker Account has no such restrictions, funds can be used at the Club discretion. The original amount of $40,000 is now down to $28,000.
A committee monitors this account. VP Weyenberg reappointed Lions Ferris (Chm.), O'Heam, Priebusch and Tassoul, Piper and Muck to the committee and
placed himself on the committee to replace former member, Tom Torkelson. The committee by-laws indicate there be one member dropped and one added
each year. (See information attached).
It was suggested that the Club's budget and finance committee discuss whether the funds should be combined,
or added to, in order that they not become depleted. This could be a part of 2009-2010 budget deliberation. Lions Priebusch (Chm.), Cox, Madisen,
Piper, Novitske and Weyenberg comprise this committee.
Lions Randa and Simon reported that Woodward Communications (WHBY) is interested exploring the possibility of buying our Senior EXPO. We would still be co-sponsers and very much involved but they would take over the major effort required in sponsoring the event - getting vendors, etc; This is only in the discussion stages at this point with much more to be determined (financial repercussions, etc;) before anything happens. Were this to be proposed, the total club membership would have to approve^n" undertaking of this magnitude. We will hear much more on this in the weeks and months ahead,
The meeting was adjourned at 11:30 AM.
Respectfully submitted,
Tom O'Hearn, Secretary
Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the VFW Hall on January 19, 2009. Meeting was called to order at 10:30 A.M. by V.P Bob Randa who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:
A motion was made by Garnier, seconded by Acker, to approve the Sec. report as printed - carried. A motion was made by Schuh, seconded by Cox, to approve the Treas. Report as presented - carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $$2,661, Charity Act. $$6,557, Restricted Sight Act. $$2,786, Contingency Act. $ $1,230, Becker Act. $$16,274. Total: $29,508.
The Club membership is now at 56, with the loss of Lion John Jooss. We have a few interested possible members. That is good news for our club.
The Christmas party was considered a very successful event. 90 people attended. The recipients of our $8,800 were
very pleased and have responded in thanks. A total of $122 was collected in cash, in addition to our other items
for King - again, the recipients were well pleased with our effort. It is felt that we should be getting publicity
for our event from the Post Crescent and the Lions Magazine. It certainly was a newsworthy event. The publicity
committee will follow up.
Congratulations also to Lions Randa, Garnier and Dunlap for their awards -well deserved.
Lions Novitske, O'Hearn, Schuh and Priebusch attended a recent Zone Meeting, where it was noted that money given to Lions International for Melvin Tones Awards does, in fact, come back to the Wis. Foundation for use. These funds have helped fund projects at and around Lions Camp.
Our recent candy bar sales have netted an anticipated $700 profit to the Club. Another similar event may be in the offing in March. Our thanks to Lion Gasman for chairing this event. It was suggested that the publicity accompany this project indicate the funds generated by these sales will go to fund our next 3rd grade dictionary project in fall of 2009. The suggestion was well received by the Board.
Chez Hoeft has resigned from the Membership Committee, due to health concerns. Lion Dave Cooper has agreed to fill this vacancy. Thanks Dave. Chez was also a member of the Nominating Committee. If you are interested in helping out, see Lion Garnier Chairman of this committee.
Don Goodman is unable to carry on the task of dispatcher for our eye transportation project with the Wis. Eye Bank, due to his health problems. Lion Carolyn Cox has agreed to fill this role. Thanks.
Discussion took place relative to our relocation to the VFW. A survey will be given members and the discussion will continue again at the Feb. meeting, prior to signing of any contract with the VFW. This was the results of a motion by Schuh, seconded by Acker - carried.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:30 AM.
Respectfully submitted,
Tom O'Hearn, Secretary