11/5/09
Regular Meeting: 21 members present.
1) Report on Lions Hokes Bluff Clean up day: Kerry Wilson, Ray Sanford, Bobby Jarrells, and Jim McGuire participated, along with 4 Leos.
2). Builder key Award was presented to: Bill Street - 10 members, and Josh Horton - 2 members. (Josh was not present - will be preseneted in next meeting.)
3) District Gov. Coin presented to Bill Street (Ted forgot to bring the coin).
4) Bill Street made report on Brooms and mops. Turned in $827.00.
5) Treasurer Report: Car Sale Profit 2223.56. Balance in Activity Act $1,704.62.
6) Dues invoices were passed out to members.
7) Leo Club Report by Troy Reeves: Club has 75 members. Will be working tree sales, and unloading on 11/27, and working nights and weekends.
8) Christmas tree report by Richard dean. Trailer will be moved 11/24/09. Power needs to be turned on - R. Dean will call power company. Ball team will help unload, Don will call coach rob. Lion Dean request that all Lions stay healthy - NO FLU. First 2 weekends are the busiest. Need everyone to work first 2 weekends. Large trees sell early. Tree committee to meet tonight.
9) Richard dean made a report on the Patriots flight to Washington D.C. Guardians can go on trip and pay their own way for $400.
10) Minutes of last meeting read and approved.
11) Lions Don Jarrells will be making trips to visit clubs for LCIF and Lions International.
12) Ronnie Phillips won the pot $5.10.
Board Meeting: 12 members present.
1) Hokes Bluff Clean Up (See above).
2) Tree Sales (See Above)
3) Leo Report (See Above)
4) Ted Boozer signed a letter to 34 A District Governor, presenting Kerry Wilson as a candidate for 2nd VGD. Kerry Will had carry the letter to the Cabinet Meeting on Nov. 14th in Cullman.
Christmas Tree Committee Meeting:, Richard, Kerry, Don, Bobby, Ted, Curtis.
1) Schedule: Everyone needs to work first 2 weekend. The regular 8 people or so that work every day will make their own schedule amongst themselves.
2) Will contact Jim Hicks of Hicks TV for use of a TV.
3) Need to replace wax ring on toilet.
10/01/2009
Board Meeting:
1) Report on Car Show
2) Report by Troy Reeves on Leo trip.. Cost of trip and meal is $351, which is not in the budget. Motion by Troy and 2nd by bobby Jarrells, Passed. Try to get Jeff Cheatwood to drive bus and save money.
3) Candy Day: 10/10/09. Sign up sheet passed out. Jim Hill Chair. 7:30 am Need Leo. Last year - raised $900. Best day was $1,100.
4) Tree Sales. Ball Team Lined up.
5) Brooms and mops. $550 turned in tonight. $1243 for September 2009. Bill Street in Hospital.
6) Halloween Party moved to 10/22/2009.
7) Troy Reeves presented dates for Christmas needy Party.
8) Kerry Wilson presented himself for a candidate for 2nd Vice District Governor of Lions District 34A. Convention will be March 6, 2010 at Cullman CMRC on Hwy 157.
9) Lion Ron Seybold 2nd VGD visited club.
Regular Meeting:
1) Lion Seybold:
A) Lions announced a $20,000 first prize, $7,000 second prize, and a $3,000 3rd prize for a Violin Contest at the international convention.
B) Lions International will have a 2 week membership driver the last 2 weeks of January 2010. Goal to recruit 800 members. Suggest we set
up table with display board and pass out brochures at Piggly Wiggly and Dollar General the last 2 weekends of January.
C) District convention is March 6th CMRC Cullman Hwy 157.
D) November 14th - Cabinet meeting - Cullman Civic Center.
E) Special presentation was made to the two remaining Hokes Bluff Lions Charter Members: Beryl Bryant and Bill Street of the District
Gov. Coin.
2) Lion Richard Dean made a report on Honduras Eye Clinic Trip. Fit 2,000 people for glasses. Need $500 for purchase of glasses for trip.
3) Secretaries report read, accepted. motion passed.
4) Goal of 15 members this year. Recruited 12 last year. 1 member recruited so far this year.
5) Next meeting 10'/22/09 - Halloween Party. (Changed to 10/23/09, then changed again to 10/30/09.)
6) Richard Dean made a report on the Christmas Tree Project.
7) Treasurer report: Profit on Car Show: $1,964.26 (Later revised to 2,223.56). Donation will be made to cancer fund, then divided with Tawannah Club.
9-17-09
1) 20 members and 1 guest present.
2) Randy Campbell of Fitness Plus speaker.
3) Presented Past President Tab to Vince Schaeffer.
4) Troy Reeves reports a family in need of help to pay power bill.
6) Car show report. 40 cars registered. Expect 200 cars. 100 pre paid for breakfast.
7) Photo of cars for back end sales by Kerry Wilson
8) Jim Hill passed out sign up work sheet for Oct. 10th candy sales.
9) Treasure report read and approved.
10) Secretary report read and approved.
11) 2nd Vice District Gov. Visit: Oct. 1. Tawannah Club will join our club at 6:15 pm.
12) Motion by Lion Don Jarrells, 2nd by Ted Boozer and approved to purchase 8 Lions Safety Vest to use for Parking at the Car Show, and for the Candy Day. Charge to Activities Account.
9-3-09:
Board Meeting:
1) Car Show: Vendors lined up: Julios, Ribshack, )Polish Sausage, Cotton Candy, marsh Mellow Shooters.
2) 21 cars pre registered.
3) Split the pot - Bobbie Reeves it getting tickets, Road signs, and trophees.
4) Christmas Tree Salees: $50 additional allocation for Corner stone set in Hokes Bluff Municipal building in honor of W.A. Smith.
5) Finance: Michael Niemzak reports that Campaign Sight First II carry over was $201. It was decided to put the money in the treasury to use at a later date toward a 1,000 donation for a Melvin Jones Fellowship.
Regular Meeting
1) Ordered Lions Vests for Ronnie Phillips, Curtis Hardee, and Jeff Cheatwood.
2) Ordered Past Presidents tab.
3) Report on Brooms and Mops. Apx. 4,000 profit for the year.
4) Membership report. Met goal for 2008-2009.
5) Passed out membership cards to Lions.
6) Budget Report: 3955 surplus in activities account for last year.
7) Donald Jarrells filling in for jerry Heard for car show committee. Committee will meet every Thursday at 2:30 until show.
8) Judges needed to select top 10, Ladies Choice, Fire & Police Chiefs choices, Mayors. Total 14.
9) Breakfast lined up. Need to sell tickets.
10) Cornerstone set at City Hall in honor of W.A. Smith by Berl Bryant.
11) Report on Tree Sales. Trees ordered. New stands and drills at Bobby's house. Ladders needed. Lions bring ladders to use, but not to donate or purchase.2 75" garden hoses are needed.
12) Minutes read and approved.
8-20-09
21 Members, 2 guests in attendance.
1) Coach Rob was the guest speaker.
2) Attendance Awards passed out for 2008-2009 Perfect Attendance.
3) Broom & Mop Report by bill Street: regular sales $742 + 1527 for Yard Sale. Total 2269 for month.
4) Car Show Report. $400 received on car show. $200 fro Eye Foundation. $200 for Susan B Coleman Cancer Fund. Assignments for jobs will be mad next meeting.
5) Minutes Read, motion to approve by don Jarrells, 2nd Berl Bryant, approved.
6) Troy Reeves: Working on schedule for Leo's to visit Industry for the Blind.
7) Volunteers needed to check out the Tree Sales Trailor.
9) Candy ordered for Candy day which will be 10-10-09 by Lion Jim Hill.
10) 4 people needed for Ball Game 8-27-09.
11) Tawannah Club is not going to participate in Talladega Gate.
12) All Secretary reports have been made for July & August 2009 to Lions.org.
8-6-09
Hokes Bluff Lions Regular Meeting
1. 24 members and one guest present.
2. Brooms & Mops Report. Bill Street. New location for the yard sale, near the Kiwanis Building. First day of the yard sale - sales doubled from 1st day last year. Sales increased from 200 to 408. Jerry Heard is working Friday. Bobby Jarrells and Joey Cheatwood are working Saturday.
3. District meeting is this Saturday in Decatur.
4. Car Show is September 26. Need workers. All brochures are printed and mailed out. Set date aside.
5. Special meeting 8-13-09 with Tawannah Club 7:00 pm. Speaker Hon. Craig Ford.
6. Christmas Tree Committee activated. Committee met after regular meeting and decided on number of trees to order. Ordered about the same number as last year, with the addition of 2 of the large trees, and a few more wreathes. . A new Drill Jig has been purchased and received. Ordered along with stands.
7; Minutes of the last meeting were read. Motion to approve as presented by Don Jarrells, 2nd Ted Boozer. Passed.
8. Benevolence Committee Report: Troy Reaves. See Report. Committee presented the report to the Board. The Board approved it and presented it to the Club as a motion. Motion by Don Jarrells, 2nd by Jim McGuire. Passed. Benevolence Procedure Outlined will be followed by the club. Team members will notify committee when benevolence is needed.
9. Leo Report. Troy Reaves has placed a call to Mrs. Cantrill. School begins next Monday.
10. Installed new member Curtis Harden, by Don Jarrells. Sponsor Beryl Bryant. Member added to Lions Web Site.
11. Ordered 19 Annual Attendance Awards.
8-6-09
Board Meeting
1. Discussion of adoption of Benevolence Procedure as written by the committee. Motion by Don Jarrells, 2nd Ted Boozer. Board approved procedure to recommend to the Club as a motion.
2. Tree Sales. Glenn Lankford reported that he can get inmates to help unload trees.
4. Coach rob will be the speaker at the next meeting.
5. Correspondence was read.
6. Brooms and Mops. Bill Street turned in $500.
7. Talladega Work Day. Tawannah Club needs to decide if they want to continue the project.
Benevolence Procedures
The purpose of these procedures are to keep each club member informed of the hospitalization of each club member and the death of a member or death of a and immediate family member.
Club members, spouses, and children of all members are asked to notify a member of the benevolence committee of the following:
A. Death of a club member
B. Death of a member's immediate family including spouse or child
C. Admission of a club member to the hospital as an inpatient.
Members of the benevolence will notify the club president and team leaders or the person the team leader designates.
Team leaders will set up procedures for the each member of their team to be notified.
Members of the benevolence committee will take the following action:
A. In case of the death of a club member - send flowers, fruit basket or make a donation to an organizatin of the family's choice, as appropriate up to a $100 limit.
B. In the case of the death of a member's spouse or child - send flowers, fruit basket or make a donation to an organization of the family's choice, as appropriate up to a $50 limit.
C. In case of the hospitalization or long term health problem of a club member - send a card to the member.
The above procedures will be initiated by the club president for each year.
Hokes Bluff Lions Club Meeting Minutes
7-16-09 Regular Meeting
1. Updated Emails and Phone Numbers on Roster
2. Board approved the Budget and recommends it to the club. Motion by Board, 2nd by Harold Anderson
Discussion:
A. Troy Reeves asked if the 350 would be enough for the Leos to travel to Talladega. It was concluded that the tour is a suggestion only. Troy is asked to discuss the idea with Mrs. Cantril and bring a motion back to the Club for a vote at a later date.
B. discussion was made on how to distribute charity proceeds from the Car Show. Discussion is deferred to Committee.
3. Motion Passed unanimously.
4. Minutes of the Last meeting were read and approved.
5. Media Report by Jim McGuire. Car Show Brochures were printed and passed out.
6. Correspondence. Received a $100 donation from Mariette Smith in the name of W.A. Smith to Hokes Bluff Lions Club. President Ted boozer received several other request for donations.
7. Financial Report. Finances are in good shape. Current status is reflected in the Budget which is up to date.
8. Lancaster, Ford, Hayes are the names to be engraved on the
Gazebo.
9. Need to Activate Christmas tree Committee by August.
10. Glenn Lankford Donated $3.50 to start a slush fund for Special Needs from the Pot Drawing.
7-9-09 6:oo pm Lions Building / Board Meeting:
1. discussed Camp Seal Harris. We will pay up to $600 for a camper. We will not just donate $600 to the camp. We will coordinate benefits with insurance up to $600.
2. Family Christmas Party: budget amount decreased from $1,900 to 1,300 which was the actual amount spent in the previous year. It is suggest that a committee be formed made up of Hokes Bluff & Tawannah Club members to meet and agree upon a method of dividing the cost of the Christmas Party. Tawannah Club came under budget also last year.
3. Leo club. It is suggested that we charter a bus to tour Talladega School for the blind. Suggestion deferred to Troy Reeves to discuss with Mrs. Cantril.
4. Motion by Don Jarrells to accept Activities Budget. Discussion was made to move 3000 of a 4000 surplus from Administration to Activities for the new kitchen. The line item is for a place holder only. the club would have to vote before the money is spent. Then the project would be subsidized by the Lions Clubs - up to the budgeted amounts based on a time table for the expenditures. the committee will be made up of Don Jarrells, Charlie Boyd, and Brian nelson, and 3 members from the Tawannah Club. The committee will choose the Chair Person. The line in the budget will be changed to New Construction and reduced by $1000. Second by Ted Boozer. Motion Carried. Move 3121 from Administration Budget.
5. Administration. Motion by Charlie Boyd, and 2nd by Vince Schaeffer to approve the Administration budget, with the 1000 addition to income for dues start up money.
6. The money that we are moving to the Activities& Administration will result in the closure of the account at the Exchange Bank.
August 7, 2008
The regular meeting of the Hokes Bluff Lions Club was called to order on August 7, 2008 at 7 pm by President Vince Schaeffer at the Hokes Bluff Lions Community Center with 19 members and 1 guest in attendance.
Lion Ted Boozer led the pledge and Lion Harold Anderson led the opening prayer.
PDJ Donald Jarrells inducted Rovert Stants, Brian Nelson, and Jerry Gladden into the Hokes Bluff Lions Club.
Lion President Vince presented a Melvin Jones Fellowship to PDG Glenn Lankford.
Lion Bill Street gave a report on the broom and mop sale of $412 at the World's Longest Yard Sale. He also reported on the people they met while working.
Lion Glenn Lankford introduced his guest, Rev. Bruce Jenkins.
A treasurer's report was given by Lion Mike Niemzak. Lion Bobby Jarrells seconded the motion by Lion Mike to accept the report as read. Everyone agreed.
The minutes were approved as printed.
PDG Jim McGuire reported that he is working on a slide presentation for Comcast (Charter) Cable.
Old Business:
Lion Kerry Wilson named several potential areas for eye-glass boxed to be placed for collection of old glasses.
New Business:
1. The Christmas Tree Committee will meet next meeting.
2. PDG Donald Jarrells was to contact Lion David Helms about a $10,000 grant the eye clinic might be able to use with the testing of school children.
3. PDG Jim McGuire and Lion Mike Niemzak reported on the Cabinet meeting held recently in Guntersville. Membership in the district is on the rise at 734.
4. Industry for the Blind will have an open house on September 18th from 9 a.m. to 12 a.m.
5. Von Braun Lions Club will have a trade day on September 6th from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
With no further business to be conducted, the meeting adjourned at 8:20 pm.