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Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the Grand Meridian on December 12, 2011. Meeting was called to order at 11:00 A.M. by Pres Bob Simon who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:

After the minutes had been read, a motion was made by Schuh, seconded by Schmit to approve the Sec. report as printed, after some name changes had been corrected - carried.

After the Treas. report was discussed, a motion was made by Schuh, seconded by Acker, to approve the Treas. report as presented - carried.
Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $3,297, Charity Act. $18,130, Becker Act. $18,389. Total: $37,798.

Discussion basically centered around the upcoming Christmas Party of Dec. 19th. Music will be that piped in by the Grand Meridian - no entertainers or live music this year. No fine will be taken up, but a collection for King will be, with a baskets at each table for this purpose. Profit from the egg nog sales will be added to the contribution to King, after the tip for Grand Meridian staff has been subtracted. (The tip will amount to about $1.00 per person in attendance for lunch). Money and other items for King will be delivered on Dec. 20th.

Christmas cards will be signed by club members to be sent to members who, for one reason or another, cannot attend our weekly meetings. This will let them know we still think of them, and wish them a happy holiday, even though they are not with us.

We welcome 2 new members to our club: Rev.Daniel Wissmann and Dr. Camille Wissmann, sponsored by Lion Pres. B. Simon. A motion was made by O'Hearn, seconded by Priebusch, to this effect and carried. Our membership is now back up to 58.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:35 AM.

Respectfully submitted,

Tom O'Hearn, Secretary

Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the Grand Meridian on November 14, 2011. Meeting was called to order at 11:00 A.M. by Pres Bob Simon who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:

A motion was made by Schuh, seconded by Randa, to approve the Sec. report as printed - carried.
A motion was made by Schuh, seconded by Randa, to approve the Treas. report as presented - carried.
Fund balances are as follows: Admin., Act. $3.057, Charity Act. $20,930, Becker Act. $18,352.
Total-$42,312.

The club membership is now down to 56 members with the withdrawl from membership of Tim Young and Mark Bertrand. All current members dues are now paid for 2011-2012.

Our profit from the recent EXPO is about $14,500. From that account will come $1,000 for a Melvin Jones Award, and $1,000 for a Birch Sturm Award to be given out at our Dec. 19th Christmas party. This is the result of a motion from Randa, seconded by Pawkak - carried. Our District Governor, Vice District Governor and Past District Governor as well as our Zone Chair have been invited to this event and will assist in the presentation of these awards.

A motion was further made by Randa, seconded by Pawlak, to distribute $9,600 of our EXPO profit to local non-profit agencies - 12 such agencies, each receiving an $800 check at the Christmas party - motion carried. The 12 agencies are as follows:

Bay Lakes Council Boy Scouts	Fox River Area Girl Scouts
Boys and Girls Club of the Fox Valley	Emergency Shelter of Outagamie County
Fox Valley Sibling Support Group	Fox Valley Warming Shelter
Harbor House	LEAVEN
St. Joseph's Food Program	Salvation Army
Outagamie County Chapter Red Cross	Thompson Community Center

A motion was made by Pawlak, seconded by Wieser, that we have Christmas music at our holiday event (during the period when we are having lunch) - carried. Lion Carolyn Cox will follow up on this with the St. Joseph's Middle School just across Oneida Street.

A letter was received from Jim Christman of the Evening Club, suggesting that our club, and theirs, establish an account with the Community Foundation - the funds to be used by the City of Appleton, to upgrade the equipment at Lions Park in Appleton, near AHS-E, as needed. Lion Jim Wieser agreed to be our club's representative and get further information for the Board on this topic. No action was taken.

The next meeting of the Board is Dec. 12th. There will be no club meetings on Dec. 26 or Jan. 2nd.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:00 Noon.

Respectfully submitted,

Tom O'Hearn, Secretary

Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the Grand Meridian on October 10, 2011. Meeting was called to order at 11:00 A.M. by Pres Bob Simon who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:

A motion was made by Schuh, seconded by Randa, to approve the Sec. report as amended - carried.
A motion was made by Schuh, seconded by Randa, to approve the Treas. report as presented - carried.
Funds balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $2,886, Charity Act. $23,356, Becker Act. $18,304. Total - $45,546.

Lion Randa reports that our profit from the EXPO will be about $14,500 not the previous estimate of $16,500. Nonetheless, it was a very successful event.
Oct. 16 is National Dictionary Day. Lion Randa indicates 1,000 dictionaries have been ordered for this year's 3rd classes, 300 of which we will distribute.

We welcome Dottie Piskor back as a member - we now having 57 Lions in our membership.

As relates to Nov. 7th and our meeting featuring Mark Murphy - there will be the usual Happy Bucks, and birthday raffle, but no fine that day. We need to know attendance by Mon. Oct. 31st.

The District Convention is being held in Manitowoc on Oct. 28-29. We can send 6 delegates -representing our club will be Lions O'Hearn, Schuh and Novitske. Others are welcome to attend as well. Lion O'Hearn needs to know ASAP, however.
Five checks will be presented at the Parade of Checks - To the Lion's Foundation - $800, Lions Camp - $250, Leader Dog - $400, Juvenile Diabetes Research $200 and Mission to Mexico-$100. With the latter exception, this is 50% of the budget allotted to these areas, the remainder to be presented at the State Convention is Spring.

Lion Madisen of the Awards Committee made an appeal for funds to be available to present Melvin Jones and/or Birch Sturm awards this year at our Christmas event. After much discussion, a motion was made by Schuh, seconded by Pawlak to present both a Melvin Jones and Birch Sturm Award this year. Motion carried. The Finance Committee will decide on the source of these awards - cost $1,000 each.

The next Board meeting will be Mon. Nov 14 - the 2nd Monday of the month.

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 Grand Meridian on September 19, 2011. Meeting was called to order at 11:00 A.M. by Past Pres Bob Simon who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:

A motion was made by Schmit, seconded by Edinger, to approve the Sec. report as printed - carried. A motion was made by Randa, seconded by Acker, to approve the Treas. report as presented - carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $2,629, Charity Act. $22,990, Becker Act. $18,244. Total - $43,863.
We have 4 CD's about to expire. A motion was made by Piskor, seconded by Schuh, to renew 3 of the CD's and place the 4th into the club checking account. Motion carried.

Chairman Randa indicates the profit from our recent Senior EXPO to be approximately $16,500. Sixty five vendors presented at the event with 490-500 guests in attendance. All of these figures exceed last year. In addition, more than 30 visitors took Lions information which will hopefully lead to some new membership. The White Cane promotion brought in $53. The National White Cane Day, incidently, is upcoming - October 15th. In conclusion. Lion Randa thanked everyone for their participation in this event. We, as a group, wish to thank him, as well, for his time and effort in making the day a success.

Mark Murphy, Pres. Of the GB Packers, will be our guest speaker on Mon. Nov. 87. Guests are welcome at a cost of $9.00. We will need final attendance figures by the previous Monday - October 31st.

Our 90th birthday as a club is upcoming. The 1st club meeting to be held was on March 1,1922. Twenty five members made up the first club which met at the Hotel Sherman in Appleton. Lions Huss and Cronmiller have agreed to chair this event to be held in March or April 2012. If you are interested in being on this committee, let them know.

The District Convention will be held in Manitowoc this year on Oct. 28-29. We can send 6 voting delegates, though as many as want to go are welcome. The club pays registration and lunch expenses. A 50/50 raffle is being held in conjunction with the event. Tickets are $2. The profit for this venture goes to fund Leader Dog expenses. See Pres. Simon if you wish to purchase tickets - a good cause.

Lion Ed Schmidt is resigning as chairman of the Membership Committee for health reasons, though he is retaining club membership. Lion Buettner will assume the chair position and Lion Madison will fill the vacant committee member position.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:55 AM.

Respectfully submitted,

Tom O'Hearn, Secretary

Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the Grand Meridian on August 8, 2011. Meeting was called to order at 11:00 A.M. by Past Pres Bob Simon 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 Schmifc Motion carried. A motion was made by Randa, seconded by Edinger, to approve the treas. report as presented- Motion carried Fund balances are as follows: Admin Act. $2048.98, Charity Act. $21359.93, Restricted Sight 0, Becker Act. $18,200.82, Total. $41609.73.

OLD BUSINESS

Bob Randa gave a report on the Senior Expo. 58 vendors are now on board as compared to 48 at the last board meeting. Bob Simon will make calls to those vendors that have not responded. Otherwise things are going as planned. Again a request for all Lions to participate as this is a labor intensive venture and it is our one BIG work effort for the year. Eight or nine are new vendors and about eight that were at the last expo aren't coming back. Bob remarked that e-mail was an excellent vehicle for setting up the expo.

A report from the Picnic committee for everyone to help get prizes for the raffle was made.

C Cox reported on the Timber Rattlers Game reservations. There are at this date 32 adults and 4 children coming.

White Cane day is still on the agenda but no report was made at this board meeting.

Rik Madisen brought up the subject of membership and the message was to really work on this since we are now down to 55 members. Several members indicated their efforts to encourage people they know to attend our meetings and learn about the club and its mission.

NEW BUSINESS

Pres. Bob brought up the topic of programs and indicated he had two letters from individuals who wanted to present a program to our club. Del Schuh took one of the program offers and Otto Cox took the other program offer.

Rik Madisen opened a discussion on the idea of improving the appearance of the 1st Hydroelectric station in the U.S. which is located in Appleton and according to Rik has fallen on hard times. Rik suggested that the Noon Lions supply the labor and materials to update this historic site and claim some notoriety via the Post Crescent More information will be forthcoming on this topic.

B Randa moved to adjourn the meeting and Ken Pawlak made the second for this motion. The meeting was adjourned by President Bob Simon at 11:30 A.M.

Respectfully Submitted,

Del Schuh, Ass't Secretary

Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the Grand Meridian on July 18, 2011. Meeting was called to order at 11:00 A.M. by Past Pres Bob Randa who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:

A motion was made by G. Schmit, seconded by C. Cox, to approve the Sec. report as printed - carried. A motion was made by G. Schmit, seconded by C. Cox, to approve the Treas. report as presented -carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $468, Charity Act. $17,634, Beclcer Act. $18,196, Total: $36,046. The Restricted Sight Account is zeroed out, and the Becker Account has those funds.

Our club membership has changed somewhat with the loss ofDottie Piskor and Dave Baer. We have one new member, however - Jennifer Hasart, sponsored by Bob Randa. A motion was made by Randa, seconded by O'Heam to bring Jen into membership - carried. Welcome Jen!! Our membership now stands at 57.

Lion Randa reports that 48 vendors have applied to have exhibits at the Senior EXPO, this as compared to 20 at this time one year ago. Some vendors, however, have indicated they will not participate. We will see how things go as we come closer to the dale.

A discussion took place relative to the Committee Meeting Day recently held. The general feeling is that if was a worthwhile effort. Written reports are now being submitted as to procedures used, etc;

We are looking at October as a possibility for White Cane Day - it will kick off at the Senior EXPO.

Brat frys are upcoming - Mark your calendar for Sat. Sept. 10 And 24 at Festival Foods on 00.

Reservations will be taken soon for the upcoming Rattlers game in August. All are welcome.

Dottie Piskor withdrawing from club membership leaves a vacancy on the Board of Directors. The nominating committee has been working on this. Chairman Randa made a motion to have Ed Ogurek become the replacement to fill out the 1 year term on the Board, seconded .by Acker - carried.

New District Governor Merle Strelow was in attendance to present at the Club meeting and was impressed by the Board meeting turn out of members and the manner in which business was conducted. Congratulations to all of us.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:35 AM.

Respectfully submitted, Tom O'Hearn, Secretary

Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the Grand Meridian on June 13, 2011. Meeting was called to order at 11:00 A.M. by Pres Bob Randa who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:

A motion was made by Schuh, seconded by Edinger, 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. $897, Charity Act. $16,878, Restricted Sight Act. $126, Becker Act. $18,567. Total: $36,468.

The Budget for 2011-12 was discussed and revised with $100 being set aside for use by the Membership Committee on a motion by Madisen, seconded by T. Piskor - carried. The budget, itself, was passed on a motion by Schuh, seconded by Edinger - carried. The total club membership must now approve the budget, which becomes implemented on July 1,2011.

The club membership now stands at 58, up from 57 at the end of our last fiscal year - June 30, 2010.

A request from the Grand Chute Club to contribute an amount of $120 to the Outagamie County Emergency Shelter for a new freezer was approved on a motion by O'Hearn, seconded by D. Piskor -carried. Other clubs in the area are also being asked to contribute a like amount.

A committee to look into a White Cane Day Project is being formed, with Mary Jo Mohr as Chairman. Those willing to assist should make it known to her. Details will be forthcoming.

A motion was made by O'Hearn, seconded by Madisen, to keep dues for 2011-12 at the same $80 figure we currently have- carried. Please note - dues for 2011-2012 are due July 1 ($80).

Sec. O'Hearn has been informed that international dues will be increasing by $2 for 2012-2013 and another $2 for 2013-2014. These items are on the agenda for discussion at the upcoming International Convention.

Our new District Governor, Merle Strelow, will be with us on July 18th to induct new members, install our new officers for 2011-2012 and tell us about the International Convention which will have just been concluded the week prior.

This was Lion Pres. Randa's last Board meeting as President. A thank you was extended to him for the excellent job he did for us this past year.

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 Grand Meridian on May 16, 2011. Meeting was called to order at 11:00 A.M. by Pres Bob Randa who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:

A motion was made by Schmit, seconded by Pawlak to approve the Sec. report as printed - carried.

A motion was made by Schuh, seconded by Edinger to approve the Treas. report as presented - carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $894, Charity Act. $11,187, Restricted Sight Act. $511, Becker Act. $ 18,529. Total: $31,121.

The State Convention is being held in Appleton this weekend - May 20-21. Our club can send 6 delegates. Attending will be Dale and Penny Schaber, Ron and Mary Jo Mohr and Otto and Carolyn Cox. They will take with them checks for the Parade of Checks -Wis. Lions Foundation $1,000, Leader Dog $400, Juvenile Diabetis Research Foundation $200. This is the 2nd half our our contributions to these areas -we having paid the 1st half contribution at the District Convention in November of 2010.

Vendors for the upcoming Senior EXPO are currently submitting their application forms with accompanying checks. The EXPO itself is upcoming fast. Mark your calendar for Thurs. Sept. 15th.

Lion Pat Cox announced that arrangements have been made for our club the attend the Rattlers game on Wed. Aug. 24th. Details will be forthcoming. We will advertise this to other clubs in the area who might want to join us for "Lions Night at the Rattlers."

Our club is hosting the Spring Zone meeting on May 17th, here at the Grand Meridian. We will have 8 of our Lions in attendance. There are 6 Lions Clubs in our zone - Appleton Noon, Appleton Evening, Butte des Morts, Neenah, Menasha and Larsen-Winchester. Lion Eugene Hardell of the Larsen- Winchester Club is the chairman.

We recently had a 5th reading machine donated to the club. We already have someone using it - a person with macular degeneration (Earl Brinkman). A thank you note was forwarded to the donor.

Other items of discussion were, requests for assistance, a White Cane Day Project and Brat Sales. More information will possibly be coming forward on these items.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:50 AM.

Respectfully submitted, Tom O'Hearn, Secretary

Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the Grand Meridian on April 11, 2011. Meeting was called to order at 11:00 A.M. by Pres Bob Randa who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:

A motion was made by Madisen, seconded by D. Piskor, to approve the Sec. report as printed - carried. A motion was made by Schuh, seconded by T. Piskor, to approve the Treas. report as presented - carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $1,011, Charity Act. $12,493, Restricted Sight Act. $546, Becker Act. $18,492. Total: $32,531.

The preliminary profit from the rose sale is $2,152, which is higher than expected. Our thanks to all who helped make it a successful fund raiser, especially Lions Cronmiller and Blahnik.

A motion was made by O'Hearn, seconded by Schuh, to bring on board David Lee as a new club member, sponsored by Lion Rik Madisen - carried. Welcome Dave, we are happy to have you with us.

A discussion as to how to follow up on absentee members. Perhaps this is a separate new committee, with the new upcoming year beginning in July. It was suggested that it might be in order to have a July meeting of committees to go over goals for the job assignments, goals for the year, etc;

In April of 2012, the Appleton Noon Club will celebrate its 90th birthday. How should we mark this event? If interested in being on such a committee, See Lion Bob Simon who will be club president at the time. We have a whole year to work on this effort, if we wish to pursue it.

Louise Ebert has exhausted her copies of the gold Snort newsletter. As a result, she is resigning from that position. A motion was made by Acker, seconded by Schuh, to give her a gift of $100 with a thank you note, expressing our thanks for her many years of work in our behalf- carried.
The Snort will now be by e-mail only, published by Lion Joe Ferris. Lion, Sec. O'Hearn will print out copies for those members not having a computer. Louise, incidentally, has now joined the Larsen Winchester Lioness Club, and she says she enjoys being there.

Upcoming Lions events:
April 22-23 - Our final candy sale - volunteers needed.
Wed. May 18 - Zone meeting. We are the host club.
May 20-21 - State Convention - Appleton - we can send 6 delegates.

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 Grand Meridian on March 14, 2011. Meeting was called to order at 11:00 A.M. by Pres Bob Randa who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:

A motion was made by Cooper, seconded by Madisen, to approve the Sec. report as printed - 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. $1,099, Charity Act. $9,347, Restricted Sight Act. $546, Becker Act. $$18,457. Total: $29,449.

The club currently has 57 members. A good discussion took place concerning the publicizing of our efforts in an attempt to gain new members to join our club.

Membership Chm. D. Cooper read a proposed letter to be sent to vendors of our Senior EXPO urging them to join or have someone in their employ join our club. A motion was made by Sund, seconded by Weyenberg, to, indeed, send out this letter. Motion carried. The letter will be mailed to the vendors as part of upcoming information soon to be distributed about our upcoming EXPO is September.

The Fox Communities Credit Union has sent us a check in the amount of $200 to be used to offset our dictionary project expenses. Thank you to Lion Weyenberg for making this happen. A thank you note will be sent in appreciation of their efforts in teaming up with us in this effort.

The Nominating Committee is looking for a 3rd Vice Presidental candidate to fill out the Slate of officers for 2011-12. Let Chm. M. Weyenberg know if you are interested.

The State Lions Convention will be in Appleton May 19-21. We can send 6 delegates. Let me know if you are interested.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:50 AM.

Respectfully submitted, Tom O'Hearn, Secretary

Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the Grand Meridian on February 21/28, 2011. Meeting was called to order at 11:00 A.M. by Pres Bob Randa who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:

A motion was made by Madisen, seconded by Edinger, to approve the Sec. report as printed - carried.

A motion was made by O'Hearn, seconded by Hardesty, to approve the Treas. report as presented - carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $1,619, Charity Act. $7,250, Restricted Sight Act. $1,1711, Becker Act. $18,419. Total: $28,999.

A motion was made by Pawlak, seconded by Acker, to provide software for a local student attending the School for the Blind in Janesville, WI. The cost being $1,165. Motion carried. Other local clubs will be asked to donate to this cause as well, offsetting our cost - the money to come from the Restricted Sight Account.

A motion was made by Sund, seconded by Weyenberg, to take out an ad in the upcoming State Convention program. The cost is $48. Motion carried. The advertisement will include a clip-out coupon, good for admittance to our Senior EXPO in September.

The State Convention will be held in Appleton May 19-21. We can send 6 delegates. Let me know if you are interested. The accompanying golf tournament will be held at High Cliff State Park Golf Course. We suggested Winagamie Golf Course but it was rejected, even though we agreed to assist were it to be held there.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:55 AM.

Respectfully submitted, Tom O'Hearn, Secretary

Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the Grand Meridian on January 17, 2011. Meeting was called to order at 11:00 A.M. by V.P. Tom Piskor who acted as chairman with the following members in attendance:

A motion was made by Madisen, seconded by Edinger to accept the Sec. report as printed - carried.

A motion was made by Pawlak, seconded by O'Hearn, to approve the Treas. report as presented - carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $$2,865, Charity Act. $8,185, Restricted Sight Act. $$1,711, Becker Act. $18,381. Total: $31,142.

A motion was made by Edinger, seconded by Weyenberg, to contribute the amount of $125 toward a ramp built for an Appleton resident by the Grand Chute Lions Club as per their request. All local clubs are being asked to contribute accordingly. Motion carried.

A motion was made by O'Hearn,seconded by Edinger, to accept into the club two new members - Jim Pleuss, sponsored by Howard Pleuss and Mark Bertrand, sponsored by Lion Tom Gasman - motion carried. Welcome Jim and Mark. We are pleased to have you with us.

Lion Mike Weyenberg has been contacted by a representative of the Fox Communities Credit Union, who indicated a willingness on their part, to help our club financially with a joint project, whatever that might be. Lions Weyenberg and Edinger will follow up as to this possibility and report back to the club at an upcoming Board meeting.

The Nominating Committee is beginning its search for officer positions for the 2011-12 year. If interested, let them know - Chairman Weyenberg and/or committee members O. Cox, Kroeger, Acker and Novitske.

Please the check the our Lion Club's website for information from the Wis. Lions Foundation, including their calendar of events for 2011. Their could be something there of interest to you.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:50 AM.

Respectfully submitted, Tom O'Hearn, Secretary