Regular Meeting of the Kendall Lions Club - October 18th , 2007 

Meeting was called to order by Lion President Skip Scroger at 7pm. 

Pledge:   led by Lion Paul Dittman     America:   led by Lion Cliff Provost

Invocation:   led by Lion Bob Gregory

Songs:    led by Lion Cole Hardenbrook  

Guests:   Jerry Reamer introduced Grace Scullin and her dog “Balto”     and Bev & Karl Bloss from the Irondequoit Lions Club. 

Collected $396.00 for meals, We had 41 Lions and 3 guests   

Tail Twister collected $29.00 

Split Club (club portion) collected $47.00

Winner #1 Cliff Provost

Winner #2 Jerry Reamer 

Lion Debbie passed out information and questionnaires on the Fall Conference and Personal Biographies. 

Secretary’s Report Minutes were read by Lion Debbie. Motion was made to accept the minutes, carried and approved. 

Treasurer’s Report Lion Paul Dittman gave a treasurer’s report-as of 10/4/07, the club has $19,644.35 in combined checking accounts. $13,881.05 in the regular account and $5767.30 in the emergency fund checking account. There will be $3500.00 coming back into the regular checking account from the Football game. The Club paid out $167.20 for the soccer camp and $600.00 to NY State & Bermuda Lion Foundation. Committee Chairpersons should let Lion Paul know if there is anything that needs to be paid. Lion John Wing made a motion to accept the treasurer’’s report-Lion Cliff Provost seconded the motion, approved. 

Lion Paul reported on the Web site. Calendar is being closed, so no one can change it without permission. Calendar can be changed to start on Sunday if desired. If you want something on the calendar let Lion Paul know and he will update it.  

Thank-you’s and correspondence: 

Correspondence (continued) 

 

Committee Reports: 

Lion Sonny reported on the Hospitality room for the Fall Conference. There will be Red & White wine, along with Beer & soda, cheese and crackers and potato chips served. The hospitality room will be opened from 2-6pm.- this room is right off one of the main rooms. Lion Sonny needs 4 people to help- Lion John Wing has volunteered to help. 

Lion Sonny also reported on the State Convention held in the spring. Club will pay for members and spouses to attend the conference. If interested in staying the night, Sonny will reserve a room for you but will need a deposit of $125.00 by the end of October. 

Lion Randy mentioned that there was a change in the agenda for the Fall Conference. The vision screening will be held in the afternoon from 3pm til 3:45pm and the Lions Financial and Legal Issues seminar will be held from 11:00am til 11:45am. The 2 seminars are just flip-flopping. Lion Randy also mentioned that it would be nice to see a good representation from our Club. 

Lion Frank Downey reported on the Spaghetti Dinner-passed the sign-up sheet around for the 2nd time. 

Lion Craig Herman reported on the Football Game. There are still 6 tickets available. Please help Craig with selling these last 6 tickets. Cost is $75.00 each, includes bus ride, food, drink and ticket. If you know of anyone please call Craig and leave a message. Lion Skip suggested reviewing the cancellation policy

Lion Dan Peckham reported on the Pumpkin Patch. There were 32 Lion hours volunteered for this event. Pumpkins, apples and straw were donated by the Bob Wilson family, Cider was donated by Partyka Farms, Donuts were donated by Ryan’s Big M and coffee and cups were donated by Lion Dan. A monetary donation of $250.00 was sent to The School of the Holy Child, in memory of Joey Wilson.  

Lion Dan also mentioned that the Committee reports can be found on the Club’s web site for those of you on various committees that might need them. 
 

Lion Jerry Ellis reported on drivers for DG Terry Bliss. For November 5th- to Brockport there will be no need for a driver. 

Lion Jerry Reamer will be leaving the area on November 16th and there will be a need for a new Program Chairperson. Please see Jerry if interested in helping with this committee. 

Lion Dan Peckham, Lion Skip, Lion Mike Cusimano and Lion ? went to the Kendall School and met with the Superintendent, invited her as a guest to welcome her to our club. May be able to get her as a guest speaker. The 4 Lions are also getting together with the 4th grade classes for Liberty Day. Also, the school is very interested in vision-screening. 

Old Business: 

Lion Cliff Provost reported on Lion Ray. Ray’s surgery went well. Not quite up to visitors yet. Lion Debbie will find out how Ray is doing and see if he is up to visitors. 

Lion Skip reported that there are still some members who have outstanding dues. 

Lion Jerry mentioned that there are opening bids on the Fire truck. Vote is October 30th. Any resident 18 years of age or older can vote. 

New Business: 

There will be an Open House for Lion Jerry & Alyce Reamer on Sunday, October 28th at the Fire Hall from 2-5pm. 

Lion Skip would like feedback on relocating the Installation of Officers Dinner to a new location. Make this dinner/meeting more economical. 

Program: 

Lion Jerry Reamer introduced Grace Scullin and her dog “Balto”. Grace gave us a very informational program on “Leader Dogs for the Blind”. Balto is Grace’s 7th leader dog that she has owned. Leader Dog was founded in 1939 in Rochester, Michigan. The dogs go through 4months of training (26 days of training with the students). 55% of the dogs don’t make it as a Leader Dog. They are not destroyed but get a job in drug enforcement or even as a pet. The students during their 26 days of training are housed, fed and taken care of by a house mother. It takes about 6months to a year to become proficient as a Team. Grace also talked about “Tracker” a GPS for a blind person. This does not replace the dog but helps in conjunction with the dog and the “Tracker”. It costs $40,000 to put a Leader Dog team together.  

Lion John Wing makes motion to adjourn-motion carried.

Board of Directors meeting 

October 18th, 2007 

Attendees: Dan Peckham, Steve Cliff, John Wing, Skip Scroger, Bob Gregory, Debbie Ryan, Paul Dittman, Neil Rockow, Paul Gray, Karl Emilson. 

President Skip mentioned that Lion Jerry Reamer will be leaving on November 16th. The town is declaring October 28th-Jerry & Alyce Reamer Day. Lion Dan made a motion to give a donation of $250.00 to the Kendall Food Cupboard in Jerry & Alyce’s name, Neil seconds the motion, carried. The club will also present a plaque to Jerry on November 15th (Jerry’s last meeting before moving). The plaque expense will be taken out of supplies. 

Lion Karl has volunteered to be the Champion of Leader Dogs. Karl will look into what is involved to sponsor a pup. Lion Karl makes a motion to give a donation of $250.00 for “Leader Dogs for the Blind”. Lion Bob Gregory seconds the motion, carried. Lion Karl will remind the Club about putting this in next year’s budget so that a donation is made yearly. 

Lion Bob Gregory asked how we got Grace Scullin to visit? Does the Irondequoit Club help her with expenses? Need to get the answers. 

Discussion about a Program Chair. Lion Neil suggested asking a veteran if they would be willing to speak at our Club. He will look into this. Another suggestion was asking if an exchange student would be interested in speaking at our Club. Might be able to contact Ed Gaesser, he is head of AFS. Dean & Jeanne Brightly on Redman Road have an exchange student right now-may be able to speak sometime in March. 

Christmas Party-tentative date December 15th. Give this date to Lion Gary Kludt to see if this is feasible. 

Chicken BBQ fund raiser is set up as an in & out money maker. All the proceeds go to a needy cause and are not to be used for Club funds. This years proceeds will be going to the Kendall Community Park. 

Lion John Wing expressed that there was concern about having meat sauce for the spaghetti dinner. Lion Ray was concerned about vegetarians. Lion Frank will have a separate pot of Plain sauce. 

Lion Neil makes motion to adjourn, carried.