April 2009 Meeting mins.

Members Present:

Brent

Brenda

Vanessa

Dawn

Sherrie

Steve

Sandy

Sabrina

Darla

Sharon

Sue

February 2009 minutes were read by Darla. We did not have a meeting in March due to a blizzard.

Sandy motioned to accept the minutes, Sue seconded. Motion passed.

Treasurer’s Report: Dues are due please pay Brenda.

Operating account: 378.87

Fundraising account: 1430.78

Steve motioned to accept report, Sherrie seconded. Motion passed

Old Business:

The International Convention is coming up July 6-12 in Minneapolis. Let Brent know if you are interested in going.

Shirts- we will order shirts again at some point. We need to order in groups of 12. In this last order, we ordered 3 extra to have on hand for new members.

Bowling Tournament: The tournament was a HUGE success.

Total profit was

1075 w/ Registration Fees

95 w/ the Fifty/Fifty

51.95 w/ the suckers

219 w/ the silent auction

Grand total:

$1440.95

Then

Sunset cost 138

Postage cost 218.40

Printing cost 153.85 (Sandy volunteered her time, plus quite a bit more materials)

Changes to next year’s tournament:

Definitely need to get a trophy.

Separate table for Silent Auction

Start earlier in collecting silent auction items

Open tournament up to family/friends.

500$ of the profit will go to Coats for Kids.

60$ to Feed my Starving Children, which will provide 352 meals.

Sandy motioned to accept this, Brenda seconded. Motion passed.

Other:

Should look into buying forever stamps, postage is going up to .45

Darla will use our gift certificate for the Lions online store in order to buy a banner for our club.

New Business:

New officers:

We will have new officers taking over in July

Brenda –President

Sue-Vice President

Vanessa-Treasurer

Darla-Secretary

Brent-Membership director

Sherrie/Sharon-Tail twister

Lion Tamer- Dawn

Darla called for a unanimous ballot, seconded by Sherrie. Motion passed. Officer training will be held April 18 at Shooting Star Casino, Mahnomen.

New Location: Discussed changing location and day of month we meet. It was decided that we would change to Bennigan’s in Moorhead, fourth Tuesday of the month.

Vanessa motioned to accept this change, Sue seconded. Motion passes.

It was decided that we will not do the fishing opener this year. Brenda is going to look into seeing if we can team up with Bob 95 for the governor’s opener. Possibly donating our Lion jigs.

Sandy will look into making up a downloadable form on the internet, possibly available on the blog.

Motion made to accept, Sue seconded. Motion passed

Police Unity Tour: Brenda spoke to us about the Police Unity Tour. Erin Reski, a friend of Brenda’s family, is riding in it. She is a police officer in Roseville MN and is riding bicycle in this tour May 13, 2009. The primary purpose of the Police Unity Tour is to raise awareness of Law Enforcement Officers who have died in the line of duty. It’s a 250 mile journey 250 miles from Chesapeake, VA to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC. It was decided we would donate 50$ to Erin.

Brent spoke to us about a Concordia student from Ghana who may need our assistance in getting glasses. He needs a specific type of eyewear. Dawn is going to check with a professor from MSUM to see if he can help. It was decided we should spend up to 400$ and hopefully if we present it to other clubs they will also donate.

Sharon motioned to accept, Vanessa seconded. Motion passed.

Steve brought a sucker stand he made in which to distribute around the community. It was decided that 15 sucker stands should be made. Allot 50$ for this purpose.

Sandy motioned to accept, Sue seconded. Motion passed

Other:

Darla will look into buying a banner from the Lions’ store for our face painting booths

Break down of donations decided upon at this evenings meeting:

500$ to Coats for Kids

62$ to Feed my Starving Children

80$ Goats

50$ Erin Reski, Police Unity Tour

Dawn motioned to adjourn, Sandy seconded. Meeting adjourned. NEXT MEETING TUESDAY MAY 19!