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General Meeting Minutes for 2024
Grand Island Lions
Club Meeting Minutes
February 14, 2024 at Mallwitz Bowling
Lanes
Attendance:
Tom Rusert, VP
Shelia Ferrantino,
Membership Chair
Paul Bassette, Director
Anne Fahning, Director
Susan
Standora, Director
Dick Crawford – Immediate Past
President
1. Meeting called to order by VP Rusert at
6:35
2. Treasurer Report provided to all members by e-mail. Motion by
Lion Fahning second by Lion Ferrentino to
accept
report. Motion
passed.
3. President
correspondence:
a. None
4. Secretary Report:
a. None
given
5. New Business:
• Venmo only to be used for fundraisers
by members, we are charged for this service
• Commit Change and credit
cards can be used for the Spaghetti Dinner
• Request letter has been
sent to Manager Mike Maio at TOPS
• Basket Raffle – Anne, Shelia &
Kelly. Members are asked to either give a $20.00 donation or put a basket
together.
• All are asked to baked goods for the Spaghetti Dinner
Desert table.
• Review seating plan with Ellden’s for maximum
seating
• Tickets will be ordered and delivered and Publicity for
everyone
6. Old Business: None
7. Ferrentino was chosen for the split club. She picked a
silver kiss, so it continues.
8. Motion by Ferrentino, second by Fahning
to adjourn. Motion passed.
Adjourned – Lion Fahning second Lion
Ferrentino
Submitted By Lion Jim Ryan
Grand Island Lions Club
March 27,2024
Meeting Minutes
In
attendance: lions Tom R, Shelia, Dick C. , Susan, Anne F .and Paul K
6:38 pm
Call to Order
Treasurer’s Report – approval tabled.
Minutes for last
meeting – approval tabled.
From the treasurer, Tom W :
We are
eligible for $1,732.41 from the Community For Greater Buffalo Foundation, once
we obtain at least that amount in qualified charitable expenditures ( QCE’s)
from October 1,2023- September 1,2024. Currently we have spent $750 in QCE’s.
Previous rulings indicate General Account expenditures and Welfare Account
expenditures for scholarships, raffle tickets, Peace Poster contest kit and
prizes and Kids Picnic expenditures do not qualify as QCE’s
Dick discussed
our receipt of $1,000 in Gift Cards from Tops. This is a gift from them to our
club in celebration of their recent Grand Re-Opening. A photo will be submitted
to Isle de Grande .
Lion Tom W. requests $ 100 for food gift cards for the
State Convention . Tabled
Lion Anne F suggested a different location for the
April 10 meeting with the idea that we could encourage members to invite
prospective members in a social setting.
Read newsletter for details for the
meeting.
Lion Paul B is contacting Scott McManigle from Miracle League to see
if we can participate in future events.
Anne F suggested selling 50/50
tickets at Sabres games. We may need our 501c3 in place for that .
Committee
is still working on the slate for next year.
Lion Dick : Spaghetti dinner
plans underway. He will contact Tops, the Chef etc over the coming days. Raffle
committee is working on donations.
Lion Tom R. Please consider dropping
donations for the Neighbors Foundation at his home, at 895 N Colony, if you are
not able to attend meetings.
Loan Closet is overflowing so a day will be scheduled to clean it
out .
Lion Shelia: The BLC has been booked for the Kids Picnic
7:46
meeting adjourned
Respectfully submitted by
Lion Anne Fahning
Grand Island Lions Club General Meeting
April 10,
2024
Attendance: 9 Kelly McGarvey, Dick Crawford, Anne Fahning, Tom
Witkowski, Tom Rusert, Susan Standora, Jim Ryan, Donna Lavallee, guest Debbie
Hays
The meeting was called to order by Lion President Kelly at 6:56
PM
Pledge: Lion Donna, introduced guest Debbie Hays
Prayer:
Lion Kelly
LP Kelly acknowledged Lion Tom R for filling in in her absence.
March 27, 2024 minutes; Lion Dick made a motion to approve the minutes as well as the tabled 3/13/24 minutes, seconded by Lion Anne, all in favor, motion passed. Lion Jim will email the 3/13/24 minutes for review.
Treasurers Report: Lion Tom W: Welfare and General account balances were reviewed. Motion to accept the TR Lion Tom R, seconded by Lion Dick, all in favor, motion passed. Discussion on monies received from bottle donation, $469.64. It is possible that some of these donations came from the community. If so should the money go to welfare account. This money could not be transferred to general. Lion Dick made a motion that 2/3 money be allocated to the general fund and 1/3 to the welfare fund. Seconded by Lion Anne, discussion, vote 7 aye 1 nay, motion passed.
Secretary’s report: Lion Jim; requests from Excalibur, monies already sent and Riding Lions to sponsor a run on 9/14/24, this will go to the BOD.
Spaghetti Dinner:
Review of expenses and profit from last
year. After this year we will review at the August BOD meeting to see if
we should increase ticket price to $11. Lion Dick distributed tickets,
each Lion is encouraged to sell 10 tickets. The dinner will be at Eldens
4/22/2024 from 5-8 PM. Volunteers need to be there at 10:30 AM for set up
and then again at 4 PM. There will be sit down and take out.
• Lion Dick will ask Tops about food donation and Johns regarding
meatball donation.
• We need to boost on social media. Ads will be in
the Island wide dispatch. The press release will be in the Pennysaver and the
dispatch.
• The signs will go up the week before.
• Basket raffle; Lion Anne. We had 11 members donate for a total of
$245 plus 2 bottles of wine, Lion Anne will make 2 large baskets, wine and
liquor and lottery tix basket. There will be some smaller donated baskets.
We have help from Young Life.
• Lion Susan needs donated baked
goods.
St Pauly Textile: Lion Donna: Things are slowly moving forward the school district’s legal consultants need to approve then it will go to the school board meeting for a vote.
Old Business: Please remember items for the GI Neighbors foundation.
New Business:
1. Lion Tom motion seeking approval for
$100 in gift cards (grocery, Aldi and Dollar General) for the State convention
in Binghamton, seconded by Lion Anne, vote all in favor, motion
passed.
2. Reviewed the slate of officers for 2024-2025
President:
Jim Ryan
VP: open
Corresponding: Kelly McGarvey
Rec Secretary: Donna
Lavallee
Treasurer: Tom Witkowski
Lion Tamer/Tail twister: open not
necessary to fill
One year director: Anne Fahning and Susan
Standora
Two year director: Dick Crawford and Paul Krupa
Publicity chair:
Dave Chervinsky
Immediate past president: Kelly McGarvey
Motion for
proposed slate list to be sent to the membership to accept the slate; Lion Dick,
seconded by Lion Tom R. All in favor, motion passed.
3. Status of 501C3: Lion Jim. We need a 2/3 vote from the
membership Lion Jim will send out electronically and we need approval from the
BOD.
4. Merrittan meeting is 5/8. We will meet at Mighty Taco to leave
at 5:30 cost is $20.
5. Peace Poster: This meeting will be at the
Bridgeview on 5/22.
6. Installation Dinner: June 12, Lion Dick will look
into Eldens as the venue.
7. Lion President Kely: Kelly, Lion Jim and
Lion Tom W will be going to the WNY Lions District meeting. Lion Jim will submit
the slate of officers for 2024-2025.
8. Town wide clean up: April 20,
2024. The club’s responsibility is on GI Blvd between Webb south towards Taquito
Lindo restaurant. Time 8-until complete. Lion Dick will send out a reminder
email.
9. We have a request to zone chair Steve Smith to present
chevrons and install our officers at the June 12th meeting.
10. Lion
Tom W gave a brief update on the Medical RAM event in 2025.
11.
Discussion regarding a possible electronic recycling event. As the Town Highway
Department hosts a similar event it would be redundant.
12. Rotary Club
will be hosting their paint recycling event again.
Upcoming meetings and events:
April 22- Spaghetti
Dinner
April 24 – General and BOD meeting at Howard Hanna a Lion from the
Akron Lions Club will present on an “Avenue of Flags” fundraiser.
May 8 at 10
Merrittan Lions
May 22: Bridgeview tavern; Peace Poster
June 12:
Installation Dinner TBD
Split club: $22, Lion Adrienne, Lion Sarah Sweeney, Lion Anne…….a silver nugget. The split club will continue
Motion to adjourn: Lion Anne, seconded by Lion Susan, all in favor, motion approved. 8:36 PM
Respectfully submitted: Donna Lavallee
Grand Island Lions Club General Meeting
April 24,
2024
Attendance: 8 Kelly McGarvey, Dick Crawford, Tom Witkowski, Tom Rusert,
Jim Ryan, Paul Bassette, Donna Lavallee, guest John Diggs
The meeting was called to order by Lion President Kelly at 6:35
PM
Pledge: Lion Tom, Prayer Lion Kelly, introduced guest John
Diggs from Akron Lions Club
Prayer: Lion Kelly
Guest presentation:
John Diggs; Avenue of Flags fundraiser. Basically people subscribe to having a
flag erected in their front yard for 5 major holidays a year, Memorial Day, Flag
Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran’s Day for an annual fee of $50.
Flags are installed at dawn and taken down at dusk. Here is the step by
step process. Akron Lions generates about $28k a year after the pay out for
helper groups, the club gets $6 and the helper groups gets $4 per flag. Duties
for a club is an assembly of Flags, placing receptacles with caps and marking
the curb where the flag receptacles are, the flags are on 10 ft poles. Templates
are set and we can put our information on brochures and signs. If there is
bad weather the flags are not put up because it is difficult to dry out the
flags.
1. Determine how many flags you want to do
2. Create
budget
3. Create accounts
a. Bank accounts
b. PO
Box
c. Venmo
d. Facebook and other media
4. Order
signs
5. Order Literature
6. Order materials
a. Order
flags
b. Order pvc for collars
c. Order ¾” and 1 “
conduit
d. Order small and large caps
e. Order electrical swivel
collars
7. Build flags
8. Canvas area door to door building
routes
9. Find groups to work route
April 10, 2024 minutes; Lion Dick
made a motion to approve the minutes with changes to nominating as well as the
tabled 3/13/24 minutes, seconded by Lion Anne, all in favor, motion passed. Lion
Jim will email the 3/13/24 minutes for review.
Secretary’s report: Lion Jim; Thank you from the Lyndonville Lions Club for the “pop up eyeglass Clinic”.
Treasurers Report: Lion Tom W: will be going out tomorrow Gross
$6598.79 there are some bills to pay, the net will be in the report. Food
was free from Tops and John’s Pizza. Lion Dick will send a thank you note.
The report will be sent out by Friday.
The district has been paid for the
district training. There is still money to be made for the community fund
foundation, certain items are not eligible to go towards this fund.
Spaghetti Dinner:
Updates: 200 take out and a minimum of 175 sit down.
Minor changes for the for of serving food. Set up of tables and help was
good. 50/50 could have been better, Lion Tom R suggests that we do not
sell any online next year, only sell at the event for $1 ticket and $10 and arms
length, which is about 12 tickets. Sales were down from by about $150.
Bake sale about $542 and basket raffle about $1800.
St Pauly Textile: Lion Donna: No updates from last meeting.
Grand Island Clean up: Lions Dick, Susan, Anne, Kelly and Donna, we cleaned up 5 bags of garbage and served 1.5 hours.
Old Business: Please remember items for the GI Neighbors foundation.
New Business:
1. Nominating committee: Lion
Dick made a motion that corresponding secretary cast 1 vote for the slate as
presented. Discussion none, vote; all in favor, none opposed, motion
passed.
2. Merrittan meeting is 5/8. We will meet at Mighty Taco to
leave at 5:30 cost is $20. Lion Kelly, Tom W, Tom R, Dick C, Donna L so
far.
3. Scholarship committee: Will meet on Thursday May 2 at 7 PM at
Mark Frenzel’s office. We only have 2 applicants this year. Some changes
were made to entice more applicants these being, a change on the name and
dropping the essay portion. We have 2 applications for the Outstanding character
scholarship. We have $2500 in the budget for the scholarships, $2000 for
normal and $500 for the Character and Effort scholarship. Lion Paul
suggests that we are flexible this year in the allocations. Lion Paul received a
call from the school district that the scholarship will be presented June 13th
program for graduating seniors. Lion Paul B will present and all Lions are
encouraged to attend. The committee will have recommendations to the club
on possible changes to encourage more applicants. Motion: Lion Jim: that the
committee be allowed to decide on allocation of the scholarship monies as long
as we are within the advertised guidelines, seconded by Lion Tom W, all in
favor, motion passed.
4. Motion by Lion Dick to give $100 to Chef Chris
for helping on Spaghetti Dinner and $200 for the Brady’s for letting us use the
facility, seconded by Lion Jim, all in favor, motion passed. Lion Dick will get
the gift cards. The new management team that will be running the facility
met Lion Dick and we will try to get the event on the books for next year. If
there is an issue we can have the event at the school district.
Upcoming meetings and events:
May 8 at Merrittan Lions
May
22: Bridgeview tavern; Peace Poster
June 12: Installation Dinner TBD
Split club: $26, Lion Tom…….a silver nugget. The split club will continue
Motion to adjourn: Lion Dick, seconded by Lion Tom W, all in favor, motion approved. 8:06 PM
Respectfully submitted: Donna Lavallee