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Appleton Noon Lions Club of Appleton WI. held its regular Board Meeting at the VFW Hall on December 16, 2008. 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 Gamier to approve the Sec. Report as printed - carried. A motion was made by Schuh, seconded by Pawlak, to approve the Treas. Report as presented - carried. Fund balances are as follows: Admin. Act. $2.883, Charity Act. $13,985, Restricted Sight Act. $2,786, Contingency Act. $1,230. Becker Act. $16,274. Total: $37,158.

A motion was made by Schuh, seconded by Randa, to drop Tim Mutterer from membership, he having lost contact with the club for several months and being unable to be reached. Motion carried. This drops our club membership to 57.

A letter was received from the Appleton Area School District thanking us for the distribution of 1,162 Dictionaries to 3rd grade students in the community. Other clubs received a similar letter, they also being a part of this distribution project. Special thanks to Lion Bob Randa for his efforts

Our egg-nog party committee is ready for our holiday event on Dec. 22. Thank you in advance for the effort put forth to make it a festive occasion. Joan Neton, wife of Lion Joe Neton, will provide piano music for us to listen to and to "Sing Along with Charlie " The topic of tip/Christmas present was discussed for wait staff and a subsequent motion to do so again was defeated . Previous to this year, a gift was given to the staff at the Columbus Club as a thank you for their year-long effort in our behalf.

The amount we paid for meals at the Columbus Club, 4ACES and now at the VFW all have included and still do include money for tax and tip. This year those funds will, instead, be included in our gift to the Grand Army Home at King.

Incidently, any mints we have left over from our recent sales will also be sent to King - that project being closed down due to lack of sales.

Our Entertainment Book Sales have netted $375 to our treasury. Our thanks to Otto Cox and George Hahn for conducting this project, which is also being discontinued with this 2008 sale.

A guide for club members was put together by Past President Mary Jo Mohr some years ago, and is distributed to new members when they join our club. Thus, Lion Garnier is disbanding his committee of one, not wishing to reinvent the wheel, in putting together a policies handbook for members. What we have is sufficient and does a good job in telling our story.

The contract given us by the VFW to sign appears to be one, which does not apply to our situation. Our relocation committee will meet with the VFW on a new contract, and in the process, share some concerns, which have arisen since our transfer of meeting sites. Lion K. Pawlak is the chairman of this committee, with Lions Garnier, Tassoul and Ferris also representing our club.

Respectfully submitted,

Tom O'Hearn, Secretary