November 6, 1975 Board Meeting Minutes – Lion Beck indicated he will proceed to make arrangements for the 15th Anniversary to be held on January 31st at the Linden Terrace in East Troy.

January 8, 1976 Board Meeting Minutes – Lion Seidel reported the village sign on Highway 20 had been struck by a motorist and the bricks will need to be replaced at a cost of $100. The frame did not seem to be sprung. However, the footings may need to be replaced. There is a meeting scheduled with the driver to discuss payment of the repairs.

March 11, 1976 Board Meeting Minutes – Lion Shecterle moved and Lion Herb Gauger seconded a motion to send $50 to LIF earmarked for the Guatemala Earthquake Fund, Motion passed. It was also decided to send $50 to CARE since it was already in the budget.

June 3, 1976 Board Meeting Minutes – Lion Dennis Gauger reported on the Chicken BBQ. 103 Cases of Pabst can beer have been purchased for $5.20 a case and it will be sold for $.50 a can.

June 3, 1976 Board Meeting Minutes – It was moved by Lion Shecterle and seconded by Lion Herb Gauger that Lion Young be appointed as chairman of the Ray Seidel District Governor Campaign Committee, motion passed.

Lion Gary Tilleros

Congratulations To Lion Scott Gunderson:

Congratulations to our New Officers: The traditional Lions’ assistance for the community and the larger Lions organization will continue in good hands. The club has selected the following officers for next year and they include:
President: Lion Bob Brandow
1st VP: Lion Mike Ciezke
2nd VP: Lion Ken Morgan
3rd VP: Lion Tim Raasch
Secretary: Lion Cindy Lotzer
Treasurer: Lion Don Schrack
Tail Twister: Lion Dale Rogahn
Lion Tamer: Lion Judy Bergersen
One Year Directors: Lions Bob O’Connell and Ken Miller
Two Year Directors: Lions Carl Henrichs and Ted Cain
Past President: Lion Gary Tilleros

Congratulations to New Members: On April 14th Roy Kenast and Nathan Libbey received membership in the Lions Club of Waterford. Lion Tal Janowitz, Region 3 Chair, conducted the ceremony.Congratulations to these new members. They will be important to the continued success of our club.

Skate Activity: Thanks to Lions Carr, O’Connell, Kossow and J.Lotzer for supervising the Lions Skate Party on March 26th for the K-8 Waterford area Students. These Lions reported that over 200 students participated and 8 crates of food were collected for LOVE INC.

Lions State Bowling Tournament: Thanks to Lions J. Lotzer, C. Lotzer, Lanting, Bergersen, Schrack, Raasch, Brandow, O’Connell, and Johnson for representing the club in the Lions State Bowling Tournament in Shawano on April 2nd & 3rd. Lion Bruce Kubitz from the Wind Lake Lions also joined them.

July 4th Parade and Raffle Ticket Sales: Club members will receive their allotment of raffle tickets soon. As in the past, this is one of our primary fundraisers and although we sell on the parade route on the 4th, it helps to get some tickets sold in advance. Lion Schrack reports that we have already secured as many poster advertisers as last year and that is good news. The run is scheduled at 8:00 a.m. starting at Whitford Park and we can use some early morning assistance at the park with traffic control and parking.

Joint Region 3 Meeting: Our club hosted the Joint Region 3 Meeting on Tuesday, April 26th at Waterford Senior Living . Region 3 Chair, Lion Tal Janowitz, presided over the meeting. DG Karla Harris, Vice DG Rick Steinberg and Foundation Director Dave Hempel PDG were also among the forty Lions attending. Thanks to Lion C. Lotzer for arranging the meeting site and personally preparing a great lasagna dinner. In addition to Lion C. Lotzer’s efforts, Lions Hinrichs, Schrack, Raasch, Kossow, Cain, J. Lotzer, Ludtke, Carr and myself were also present at the meeting to represent our club.

Show and Sales/Swap: This event, scheduled for July 16th in conjunction with the Chamber’s Waterford Balloon Festival, is being widely advertised thanks to Lion Mike Hobach’s work on our website and Lion C. Lotzer’s printing press. We will also have links on the Chamber’s website soon. Any club members needing flyers should contact me.

Lion Gary Tilleros

Parade Theme Announced: Lion C. Lotzer announced that “A Salute to America’s Heroes” was selected as the theme for the July 4^th Parade.

H & C Show: At our Board meeting we recognized Lions Hinrichs, Carr, J. Lotzer, McCullion, Gross, Cain, Brandow, Johnson, Bergersen, Lanting, O’Connell, and Raasch for representing the club in our booth at H & C Show.  We gave away some BBQ tickets, promoted the car show, shared “Diabetes Alert” and  “YesIWillWisconsin” organ donation information, and solicited new members. I am optimistic that the latter will result in at least one new member.

New Members: The Board voted to approve club membership for Roy Kenast and Nathan Libbey and they will be inducted at our April 14^th meeting.  I would encourage strong participation to welcome these new members. Also, those of you that did not have an opportunity to meet new member Lion Cyndi Stoebich during her induction last month, this would be a good time to meet her.

Car Show: Lion Mike Hobach attended the Board meeting and we recognized him for his work on our website and for arranging for the car show registration to be included on this site.  If you have not checked out Lion Mike’s work (with Lion Cain’s flyer), go to http://www.waterfordlionsclub.org/2011-car-show/. We also had a good discussion about the merits of registering online for the car show and paying through a Paypal account. The Board approved a Paypal account for the club so Lion Treasurer Schrack and Lion Hobach will be getting their heads together on setting that up.

Posting the Newsletter on the Website: Discussion was also held on the idea of posting the club newsletter on the club’s website. After initially talking only about member access, the club voted to provide the contents for anyone to view.  Lion C. Lotzer and Lion Hobach will be getting that organized.

Highway Pickup: Since Lion Hobach was present to represent the highway clean-up committee, we took advantage of the opportunity to schedule the first clean-up.  The date selected was April 30^th with May 14^th as a rain date.  We will start the day as usual with breakfast at McDonalds.

Vision and Hearing Screening Volunteers:  The club has inquired about volunteering our assistance with the Waterford Graded School District vision and hearing screenings in grades K, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 5^th and 7^th.  District nurse, Jill Sheeley welcomed the assistance, noting the screenings were typically done between January and April.  This year only grade seven vision screening still needs to be done at the Fox River School.  The Board decided the most efficient approach was for Lions that were interested in volunteering to contact Jill directly at 262-424-2868.  Be sure to note you are representing the Waterford Lions if you contact her to volunteer.  If you want more information before contacting Jill, feel free to contact me.  In thinking about later, I also realized this would be a great activity to team on with the Lioness.

River Rhythms Concert Food Concession: Lion Schrack reported to the Board on the securing June 2^nd for our RR food concession.  Lions Ciezki, Brandow, Johnson, Raasch and Carr volunteered to organize the activity.  However, all club members are welcome to show up to help and eat.

Four Lions for Four Hours: Lion Schrack is working on dates with the high bidder.  Lion Slauson is our only volunteer to date.  Lion O’Connell announced at the Board meeting that if we had more Lions volunteer, we could reduce the number of hours.  Interestingly, he did not volunteer.

Funds Distributed: Waterford Youth Baseball – $250 to sponsor a team and $100 for sign rental; Lions Camp for Kids Raffle – Ten raffle tickets for $10/ ticket ($100); Racine County Girl Scouts Summer Camp – motion to duplicate last year’s donation; Norway Church Food Pantry – $300 (Lions Ciezki, Johnson Brandow volunteered to shop for the nonperishable); Lions Camp Counselor Packages ­­­- motion to duplicate last year’s donation.

More News: Lion Miller has shared his new e-mail address. He can be reached at (hidden in online publication). Send Lion Miller a note welcoming him to our e-mail group. Also, thanks to Lion McCullion for the wall repair at Whitford Park. He does some great work.

Lion President Gary Tilleros

December 4, 1969 Board Meeting Minutes – Lion Bennett reported for the snow mobile committee. We can use the 18 acres behind Gushl’s station.  Work crews will lay out the track and drive posts on Saturday, December 6^th.

April 2, 1970 Board Meeting Minutes – Lion Hense reported on the possibility of buying the Ford Theater.  No decision was reached.

September 9, 1970 – Lion Mehring reported that we could buy the Ford Theater for $10,000 and it was appraised at $25,000.

November 5, 1970 – Lion Mehring stated that he had received back the offer to purchase which has been signed for the Ford Theater. Lion Bremer is in the process of taking care of the abstract.

March 4, 1971 – Lion Gauger reported that the Grand Opening of the Ford Theater would be March 5, 6, 7.  Flowers and crackerjacks will be given at the door and door prizes will also be given.

February 7, 1974 – The sale of the Theater is proceeding. A resolution is being drawn up by Lion Bremer. (GT – You can find a little Ford Theater cinema history at http://cinematreasures.org/theater/30443/ )

I would encourage anyone that is interested in serving in one of the above offices to contact Lion Brandow. Regarding these positions, I feel it is important for officers elected to make a sincere effort to attend most meetings. I recognize that periodically all club members find themselves unable to attend meeting. However, that should be an exception versus the rule while serving as an officer.

Lion President, Gary Tilleros

May 2, 1968 Board Meeting Minutes – 27 of 41 members have paid their dues. Delinquent members will be rebilled.

June 3, 1968 Board Meeting Minutes – Corn Raising: Lion Hanson reported that the corn needs hoeing. July 8, 1968 Board Meeting Minutes – Motion made by Lion Hense that in lieu of a family picnic, the club should hold a barbecue on Fox Isle and roast our own corn. Seconded by Lion Howell, Motion carried.

October 4, 1968 Board Meeting Minutes – A motion was made to drop the “Car through the Ice Contest”. Seconded by Lion Hanson, Motion carried.

February 3, 1969 Board Meeting Minutes – The date for the rummage sale was tentatively set for May 11, 1969. It will be held on Fox Isle. Decided to hold the event from 10:00 am until dark.

Lions President Gary Tilleros

Retain our current members and increase our club membership by 10%: Members added since July 2010 include Lions Tim Raasch, Verna Acker and Carl Henrichs. We also hope to add Cyndi Stoebich at our next membership meeting. According to Lion Cindy’s membership listing, we had 32 members on July 1st. It looks like I am getting close if all of our current members hang with me. Encourage all club members to serve and be an active participant on club committees: I managed to get everyone assigned to a committee and most committees have been active. At least I feel confident in asking specific committee chairs to update us on club projects and events. I feel strongly that involvement by individual club members is the key to maintaining and growing our membership. Check out the article on page 47 of the March 2011 Lion publication titles “Successful Committees = Successful Club”.

Arrange for our club to generate four press releases/quarter regarding club activities: That would be 16 press releases for the year. According to my count we are at six in the Waterford Post and two in the Wisconsin Lions publication. You can see it is important that I am reviewing my goals. I need to kick into high gear on this one in the remaining months.

Initiate a process to catalog and store The Lions Club of Waterford’s historical documents in the Waterford Public Library. The binders containing the documents have been prepared and the Waterford Public Library has added shelving specifically for our materials in the Waterford History Room. (The room we funded with our $25,000 donation a few years ago.) I plan to deliver the materials to the library on February 25th.

Share information from early club documents regarding the club’s history in our newsletter and other venues to recognize our 50th anniversary. I have included a section titled “Looking Back Over 50 years” in each of our newsletters since the August Newsletter was published. This information has been taken from earlier Board Meetings and is intended to provide current members with some idea of areas the club focused on in the past. We also had an article on our 50 years of service published in the Wisconsin Lions publication in November.

Run efficient and timely meetings. I keep trying to move the meetings along by referring topics that need further thought to committees or recognizing Lion Morgan for one of his timely motions. I hope club members feel we have provided adequate discussion time on topics without dragging the discussion on for too long.

One goal that I did not share in July was my plan to visit the Lions Clubs International Headquarters in Oak Brook, Il. That is still part of my bucket list for this spring. Information about Visits: The Lions Clubs International Headquarters building, located in Oak Brook, Illinois, USA, is home to the world’s largest service club organization. There, 280 employees work in 43 departments, organized under 11 divisions, to serve the programming and administrative needs of the association’s worldwide membership. The office is open to Lions and the general public from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Central Time, Monday through Friday.

Lion President Gary Tilleros

• Club in good standing-International per capita taxes and new member entrance fees are paid in full and there is no outstanding balance of US$50 or more that is ninety (90) days or more past due.
• Service- the club must conduct at least three service projects.
• Contribution- the club has either contributed a minimum of $10 for each club member to LCIF or awarded a Melvin Jones Fellow.
• Membership- The club achieved a net growth in membership (including branch club members when applicable) or sponsored a new club. The new members attended an orientation and were properly inducted into the Lions club.
• Communication- the club has publicized the club’s service activities to the public through local media and effectively communicated activities to club members.
• Leadership Development- All officer positions were filled in accordance with the constitution and bylaws by qualified Lions, a majority of the club officers participated in a leadership training program at the zone, district, multiple district or international level and the club was represented at zone meetings.
• Club Development- The club has hosted regular and meaningful club meetings and submitted the Monthly Membership Report, the Service Activity Report, and the Club Officer Report (PU-101) in a timely manner.

Congratulations to all of our members for making this award possible.  A special thank you is also extended to Lion Secretary Cindy for submitting 100% of the necessary reports in a timely manner.

Lion President Tilleros

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Lion Michael Hobach