March 13th
2019
8:34 BOD meeting called to order.
Lion Kelly
suggested a Pancake Breakfast for a fundraiser. It was tabled.
Lion Dick
updated us on the loan closet
No new or old business
8:45 motion to adjourn Tom W second Anne
Respectfully submitted. Lion Anne
Fahning
Grand Island Lions Board Meeting
April 10, 2019
12 in
attendance: Henry Lobl, Annette Bois-Lobl, Anne Fahning, Tom Witkowski, Fred
Ruocco, Shelia Ferrentino, Dick Crawford, Paul Bassette, Kelly McGarvey, Tom
Rusert, Paul Krupa, Donna Lavallee.
Do we
have a pay pal account? If we have a paypal account people who are purchasing
placement ads can pay by paypal. Perhaps Venmo.
There are
4 more that need to pay from last year. 3 of the 4 are taken care of by
Lion Dick. Lion Shelia will ask Nate McMurray.
Old
business, no new business.
Motion to adjourn: Lion Anne,
seconded Lion Paul K.
Meeting
adjourned 8:43
Board
of Directors, Meeting
Hanna
Realty, June 26,2019
Attending: Dick Crawford, Tom Di John, Anne Fahning,
Shelia Ferrentino. Bob Goulding, Paul Krupa, Henry and Annette Lobl, Kelly Mc
Garvey, Tom Rusert, Tom Witkowski.
LP Shelia called the meeting to order at
6:05 pm.
Corresponding Secretary report: Kelly reported that we received a
note from transfer member Ann Ryan.
Spaghetti Dinner Dick Crawford reported
that a donation was made for $60 From a friend who could attend. There are 5
outstanding checks for ass.
Lion Fred stated that he has taken a job in
Arizona with the Dental school.. He and Tammy are relocating this summer. The
Directors thanked him for his many years of service and wished him all good
things.
MOW- Shelia reported that one route was not picked up last week. This
created aback-up. Annette will e-mail the people responsible for the next date
to remind them.
Treasurer’s Report. Tom reported that the Club has received
its allotment from the Community Foundation of Buffalo for $1500.
Tom W. made
a motion to donate $250 to Vivela Casa for the feeding of Congolese refugees.
Tom Rusert 2nd. Passed by 11 yes. 0 nos.
The new DG Regina Cecconi is
applying for a grant for $5000 for a district wide membership drive. Tom W
made a motion to donate $100 for this grant. 2nd by Dick. Discussion. Passed
unanimously.
Initiation Fee. 3 new members were not told there was a $25 fee.
Tom W. made a motion to waive the fee. 2nd by Tom rusert. Discussion.
Passed by 11 yes. New member Kim will be reimbursed the fee. The fees will be
reimbursed under the new membership grant initiative.
Tom W reported that the
Friendship Picnic is at St. Davids 8/11/19. Details in the District
Newsletter.
The first Cabinet meeting will be at Pendleton town Park on
8/01/19.
New Member. Dick nominated a new member Brad Bowman and provided
information. He made a motion to approve Brad as a member. 2nd by Tom W. Passed
unanimously..
Lawn Mower Race. Dick reported that $450 was collected.
Food and beverage will be paid out of this. The remainder will go to relay for
Life.
Special Kids Picnic
Annette reported that the schedule is the same for set-up etc. A request was
made to tone the music volume lower. Annette will talk with Pat
Patterson.
Meeting adjourned at 7:15 pm.
Annette Boies Lobl for Donna
Lavallee.
Grand
Island Lions Club Board of Directors Meeting
August 7,
2019
Attendance: (7 in attendance) Paul Krupa, Henry Lobl,
Annette Lobl, Tom Witkowski, Kelly McGarvey, Paul Bassette, Donna
Lavallee
Lion President Paul Krupa.
called the meeting to order at 6:36PM.
Motion to accept the minutes, all in
favor.
Items for discussion:
1. Accepting Brad Bowman as a new
member- induction would be at September meeting. Brad has already paid his
dues. Discussion on the process of new members. They should be
invited to a general meeting to meet everyone then the membership should vote.
This policy should be reviewed and the protocol be adopted by all members. This
will be discussed at the first meeting and Brad will be inducted at the
September 25th meeting.
2. Dinner meetings for the 2019/2020. We need to
sit down with the people at the Radisson and see what the charges will be. Lion
Annette and Lion Kelly will find out options at Radisson and BLC. Lion
Annette will make Lion Dick aware. Options are:
o Community room
at Burger King
o Elderwood
o Moose meeting with Merritton
3. LCI eligibility for matching service grant because of the new
members we added in April-June. This can be requested after they have been
members for a year, next June.
4. Update on kids picnic for 2020.
Possibility of a rain date, the following Wednesday. A cancel needs to be called
25 hours prior to the date so that buses can be canceled. In 2019 Lion Annette
received a phone call from 3 large groups to cancel, due to weather. We
will look into a rain date with Sig at the BLC. Outstanding bills, were deposit
for the tent, $75 that they are supposed return to us, popcorn $125 that was
forgiven. Paper products, hotdog sleeves, cups napkins, tang, these items can be
used next year and at the spaghetti dinner. Everything else was able to be
canceled, thanks to Lion Annette.
5. Briefing on speaker for 9/25, Ms.
Nichols from the Jerico Rd Community Health Center She will present on the Vive
Shelter and specifically the 150 people from Dem Rep of Congo and Angola.
Lion Tom would like to have her talk about the wish list and needs of the Vive
Shelter. Lion Kelly said that we received a thank you from Jerico
Rd.
6. IRS 990-N filed and pending
7. Budget for
2019-2020 Lion Tom is doing a self-audit, but Tom would like a volunteer to
review the budget and revise as needed. For an example Lion SEE program has
other requirements rather than monetary. i.e. help with transportation of
children. Maintain $300 in budget for adult glasses. Other funds in the budget:
$500 Vision Beyond Sight Foundation, $350 purchasing and maintenance of vision
screener. These funds are not needed. Motion: Lion Tom proposes that we
donate $850 to Vision Beyond Sight Foundation earmarked specifically for the
child’s needs, for examinations, extra glasses, transportation. Seconded by Lion
Henry. Vote: all in favor, motion passed. Lion Tom will keep the club
informed.
o Special requests to be considered
o To be approved
by BOD then club at September Mtg
8. Marketing the GI Lions Club- invite
Lion Aron Dey (PR marketing chair for our District) to speak about club
marketing. He is marketing chair for the District.
9. A schedule of
meetings needs to be discussed.
10. Review of
Committees:
o Program, need to assign someone as Cindy is no longer a
member. LP Paul will reach out to Lion Jeanine.
? Ideas, speakers on
vision aides, diabetes, retirement planning, Mike Hoplight on veterans, GI
historical would come
? We reviewed the committee list and reassigned what
we could.
11. Committees: The
committee list was reviewed.
o Changes made were:
? Budget:
addition of Lion Henry
? Bylaws: addition of Anne
? Christmas
Party: Tom W, Annette and we will ask Kim P
? Installation Dinner
Shelia
? Joint Meeting Committee: Tom W
? Loan Closet: Dave,
Dick Tom R and ask Sarah Sweeny
? MOW: add Anne
? Members
Picnic: Paul Krupa
? Membership: Paul B
? Program: LP Paul will
ask Jeanine Justen
? Sunshine: Annette
? White Cane: Anne
Fahning
? Zone chair is removed from committees
12. Member
Chair
o Rotary is losing members
o Need to address candidates’
passions offering our assistance in reaching their goals
o Advise
candidates of what we currently offer as community in our GI
services.
o Perform a Community Needs Assessment to determine
humanitarian needs in our community and possibly beyond
13. We would
like to get Lion Pat Patterson to attend a meeting to present his 40-year
longevity pin.
14. Can you help? Service provided in the Dispatch. How
can we use this when we need help with a project, NFP cares. We should refer to
this to see if we can help in any way.
15. Phishing attempt:
members should be careful before opening emails from LCIF official emails will
end with @lionsclubs.org. All other should be considered suspicious.
Contact LCIF at 630-571-5466 or 630-203-3836
16. August 3 cabinet
meeting summary. Ray Wheeler Foundation is currently at a surplus we can draft a
$1000 matching grant. Motion: that we donate .50 cents a member, vote: all in
favor. Peace Poster, no more color pencils, Lions SEE, 60k children were
screened, 20N 24,554 children with a 15% referral. Global leadership and service
3 members could come to the club to speak. Brandel Murphy is going great.
Veterans affair, Mike Hoplight to speak at club.
17. A2/A20N Lions
Picnic 8/11 at noon. St. David’s in Canada, Lion Tom will be
going.
18. Town of Wheatfield LC steak night 8/22 6 PM 5 Senses Park
6535 Ward Rd Sanborn $15
19. Other business?
o OP club 75
diamond club anniversary. Date October 5 at OP Country Club
o Dining in
the Dark, September 17 at the Hyatt
o Request from the Girl Scouts of
WNY for donation, this will be brought to the club.
o WNY Independent
Living, Inc request for donation this will brought to the club.
Motion to
adjourn by Lion Donna, seconded by Lion Kelly: Meeting adjourned: 8:40
PM
Grand Island Lions
Club Board Meeting
September 11, 2019
Lions
Kelly, Anne, Shelia, Tom W, Tom R, Annette, Dave, Henry, Dick,
Donna
Self
audit for treasurers reports, Welfare is in good shape, we did not give out as
many checks this year as we decided that we would wait until we were contacted.
The budget committee is Henry, Dick, Anne, Shelia and Tom W. Lion Tom will meet
with the budget committee. General Fund is in good shape. In part because
we did not have SKP.
Requests
from Young Life and Mercy Flight, Empire State games for the physically
challenged. Sister’s Hospital Foundation; Dr. Andy’s Day for Kids. We have
donated to all of these causes in the past. Checks will be issued as these items
are in the budget.
Lion
Dick: Merritton meeting: He will take care of the caterer’s at Moose. Our club
needs to be there by 6 PM to set up tables.
Protocol
for new members. The member comes to a meeting and the name is brought
before the board, then accepted. Members: Motion to accept
Brad Bowman as a member to be inducted at the next meeting. Motion to
accept, Lion Shelia, seconded by Lion Henry. All in favor.
Idea for
a meeting in spring for a talk about Erie canal, we could open to the public and
have dessert and coffee tea. Possible venues were discussed. We
could consider becoming a member of the Chamber, we could join, the new Holiday
Inn Express, new community room at the Nike Base, Trinity church.
Motion to adjourn: Tom R
seconded Lion Henry 9:12 Pm all in favor.
Submitted by Lion Donna
Lavallee
Grand Island Lions Club
Board of Directors
October 09, 2019
Meeting called to
order at 8:52 by LP Anne Fahning
11 in attendance: Lions Anne Fahning,
Shelia Ferrentino, Tom Witkowski, Annette Lobl, Henry Lobl, Dave Chervinsky,
Kelly McGarvey, Dick Crawford, Tom Rusert, Paul Krupa, Donna
Lavallee
Discussion regarding potential new member Gloria Wise. Lion Henry:
Motion made that we approve Gloria as new member, seconded by Lion Tom R, all in
favor. She will be installed at the Merritton meeting. Lion George Hostick from
Merritton Will install our new member. Lion Kelly will bring the
packet.
Budget: Budget committee met and the proposed budget was sent out via
email. Lion Tom reviewed the Welfare and General funds. Any income from the
public is to go into the Welfare account. Some items were cut from the budget.
Requests will be reviewed as they come in.
General Fund: We will drop Taste
of GI, Garage Sale/Hotdog, we may not participate, or have is yet to be
determined. We need to clarify how to replenish General Funds.
Motion to
accept the budget Lion Annette, seconded by Lion Tom R. All in favor, motion
passed.
Lion Paul Bassette: scholarship proposal;
• Mark
Frentzel and Paul met came up with the following proposal:
o Changing
the name to “Outstanding Character and effort Scholarship” or “strength of
Character and Effort Scholarship”
o This would acknowledge students that
do not get the usual recognition.
o Guidance counselors/and or Principal
would assist in selecting 2-3 students. The scholarship committee would select 1
student from this pool.
o The criteria for these seniors would be as
listed;
? Known financial need
? Unfortunate or challenging
circumstances
? 80 or above academic average
? Gives outstanding
effort in school
? Has positive attitude toward school and
life
? Has outstanding character traits
? Involved in community
and school activities
? Plans for post-secondary education after HS
graduation
• Changes after discussion. Take out the remuneration that
they cannot accept any other scholarships.
• This would be in addition
to the other scholarships that we award.
• Ideas: reduce the current
scholarship to $1500 and then we set aside the $1000 for this new
scholarship.
Discussion:
Motion: Lion Anne, recommend that we try both;
one $1000 and 2 $500 scholarships as we used to and one $500 with the new
criteria. This is contingent on what the answer is from the school district.
Seconded by Lion Dick, all in favor.
The loan closet may need cleaning
out. The new items need to be cleaned and loaned items come back
dirty. Reorganization is needed.
Motion to adjourn LP Anne, seconded
Lion Dave. There are 14 Merritton coming to the next meeting
Meeting was
adjourned 9:44 PM
Respectively submitted by Lion Donna Lavallee
Board of Directors
Meeting
November 13, 2019
Attendance: 10 LP Anne
Fahning, Henry Lobl, Tom Witkowski, Kim Pressley, Kelly McGarvey, Tom Rusert,
Paul Krupa, Dave Chervinsky, Dick Crawford, Donna Lavallee
Board meeting was called to
order at 9 PM
Discussion: resolving the outstanding payments for placemats
from the last Spaghetti Dinner, Lion Dick and Lion Tom will look at this.
We need to have this pre paid, either pay pal, square, we need to make it easy
to pay, maybe Venmo account. This can be resolved before the end of the
year.
Pat Patterson has a 40 year
pin. How should we present this to him? Present it at the SKP? He is retired
from the DJ business. We have asked him to come to a meeting, however, he
declined. Lion Dick will approach this subject again an ask if he will be
available at the SKP. Lion Dick will ask if he and Mary would like to come
to the Christmas Party. If he declines we will mail him the pin.
Brad Bowman and Fred Ruocco,
what should we do, drop them as a member in good standing? Brad requested
that he be dropped. We will send Lion Fred an email to see what his intentions
are for the remaining time this year. He may what to join another club, then he
should be dropped a member in good standing, and he has a year to transfer to
another club.
Should we keep one meeting
during the remainder of the year as a business meeting to discuss business,
marketing, etc.? Yes.
Lion Dick will talk to the
Radisson regarding the Spaghetti Dinner. We are not scheduled to have a meal
there until April 8, 2020. We could perhaps meet in the dining room. We do
not want to pay the $175 room fee.
District Governor Regina
Cecconi and Zone chair Paul Smith are coming to the Christmas Party.
Hopeful
Ways and SPCA are not in the budget will not donate at this time
Motion to
adjourn Lion Paul, seconded Lion Kelly.
Meeting adjourned 9:12
PM