Belton Lions Club – May 5th, Noon, The GIN
Welcome and Call to Order by President Corsi
Members Present: John Corsi, Reese Davis, Brett Beamesderfer, Wayne Carpenter, Sam Listi, Jon Fontenot, Mike Matthews, Billy Conway, Karen Stagner, Danny Dossman, Patti Powell, David Leigh, James Harrison, Mac Hickerson
Guests: KOM Beau Wiist
Song: by Lion Davis
Pledge: by Lion Fontenot
Prayer: by Lion Hickerson
Exercise: by Lion Harrison – feeling GOOD
Joke: Lion Dossman – something about a hearing aid – had to be there …
Plate Spin: Lion Hickerson
Announcements
– Flag Program – Unpaid participants (35) have been emailed their final notice – letting them know that during the week of May 23rd, any remaining unpaid flags will be picked up. Route Lions will be emailed their route lists to start contacting the unpaid.
– Quarterly Dues Invoices – thank you for paying promptly.
– Belton Lion Business Cards – keep handing out those cards – inviting prospective new members.
– The Club will return to having a separate Secretary and a separate Treasurer for the 2022-2023 year. Lion Stagner will remain as Secretary. Please consider volunteering to serve as Treasurer. Our new year begins on July 1st. –
– Plate Spinning Contest – Judy Garrett loves the idea and will keep this in mind for upcoming events.
– Eyeglass Drop Boxes – the Post Office no longer sells old mail drop boxes to the public. David Leigh has found large free standing “mail-boxes” at a reasonable price.
– Heritage Park Plan – Belton Lions Wall – keeping it on a front burner
– Next Board Meeting – May 19th
– Auction – remaining supplies from STAMPEDE purchased by David Leigh $200 to be invoiced. Banana Bread auctioned – 3 loaves – $20.00.
Program: – Stampede, April 30th: After Action Meeting:
Everyone was applauded for their contribution to the EVENT. Special accolades were given to David Shaw for the untold works that he has done each year in the background – WOW … just WOW!
Some of the notes for STAMPEDE improvement:
– Patti Powell volunteered to create a Stampede on the Chisholm Trail facebook page.
– KOM Beau Wiist volunteered to coordinate and communicate with Wheel Brothers and other bike ride clearing houses.
– John Corsi is creating a “play book” for the event; with a timeline starting in January.
– The Club (John Corsi) has created a committee for the Event – dividing responsibilities – they will start meeting soon to plan for next year – March 29th.
– KOM Beau Wiist, Brett Beamesderfer and Reese Davis anticipate that we could have 400 riders next year – we will need additional help with registration.
– Starting in 2023, we will have a Friday evening Packet Pick-up.
– We need to send out in-kind donation request letters to Shipley’s, Church’s, Starbucks, H-E-B, Wal-Mart and Sam’s in February.
– Contact Belton Area Chamber for Welcome Bags in early February – include Belton Lions business’ promotional items and/or coupons. Solicit other coupons to include.
– Jon Fontenot has created and will propose an alternate route to eliminate the Hwy 95 portion.
– Jon Fontenot has designed a photo op backdrop and will get pricing.
– Plan to supply tent canopy for Rest Stop 3 and 4.
– Mike Matthews advised us that each of the route detailed layouts can be mapped and a QR code applied for riders to download. KOM Beau Wiist offered to help with this.
– We will need more Gatorade, bananas, power bars, etc. – plus maybe some oranges.
– The Club will invest in new directional arrow signs.
– James Harrison suggested that the Club explore accepting credit cards, venmo, paypal, etc.
Future Program Assignments:
May 12 – Sam Listi – State of the City
May 19 – Rob Potts – Rucker Preston, Executive Director, Family Promise; Board Meeting following
May 26 – Gene Ellis