Bentham Blab Newsletter

June 30, 2008
  

June Board Meeting Minutes

The Bentham Lions Club of Portland, Oregon, held its regular Board Meeting at the home of Stanley Nagel, June 12, 2008.  The meeting was called to order at 7:10 pm by Stanley Nagel, who acted as chairman, with the following 9 members in attendance:

Stanley Nagel, President
Frank Gorshe, Secretary
Cannon Kitiyama, Treasurer
Don Roach
Colan Slaght
Clyde Wood
Frank Fujitani
Al Abe
Leonard Neubauer 

May board meeting minutes were approved.

Cannon presented the status of our budget and the treasurer’s report as follows:
Administrative Account: $785   Activities Account: $865 

Don discussed the shifts for the MSU at the Blues Festival on Sunday, July 6. 

Kent Wong, who recently resigned, will be replaced by Frank Gorshe, as a 2 year director for the coming year. 

There was a discussion of our final meeting to be held at the Old Country Kitchen.

Clyde reported that the problems at the Raphael House have not been resolved yet, so there will be no more work parties for now. 

Colan plans to have a meeting with the Cascade Lions, regarding the Brew Sake event planned for the third week of October at the same location as last year.

A motion was passed to keep our dues at $80 for the coming year. 

Frank read a letter from Kathy Phelps of the District O Youth Exchange Committee asking for volunteers to host a total of 30 students during the summer. 

Colan discussed our proposed August garage sale in Vancouver and has met with Barbara Bell.   Clyde’s business is no longer available as a storage location, and the items will be moved to Stan’s garage for now. 

The meeting adjourned at 8:27pm. 

Frank Gorshe
Past Bentham Secretary 

July Board Meeting

The July board meeting will be at 7:00pm, July 10, at Mt Scott Park, located between SE Harold and Woodstock on SE 72nd Avenue.  We will meet in the central area near the play area.  This will be the first board meeting, chaired by our new President, Clyde Wood.  All Bentham members are welcome to attend board meetings. 

Photos from the last Meeting Needed

If you attended the last meeting of the year and took digital images, please forward a few to me at fgorshe@comcast.net, as I will be updating the Bentham website to reflect our new officers.   A group shot of the new officers and board members would be most appreciated, as well as other images of personal interest.  Please note that our website domain name has changed from www.benthamlions.com to www.benthamlions.org. 

Dues are Due

Our new year (2008/2009) starts July 1st.  The Board at the last meeting voted to keep the dues at $80, the same as last year.  Please remit your dues (payable to the Portland Bentham Lions) in the amount of $80 as soon as possible to: 

Frank Fujitani
14335 SW McFarland Blvd.
Tigard, OR 97224

Thanks,
Frank Fujitani
Secretary, Portland Bentham Lions Club 

Eye Bank Runs

Thanks to Harue Ninomiya, Linda Thomson, and Richard Hedlund for their numerous eye banks runs between March 15 and May 15, as reported in the recent Oregon Lion publication. 

New Blab Editor

Norm Rice will be doing the Bentham Blab newsletter, starting with the next issue.  I have been doing it for over a decade, so it is time for a change.   I will continue to support the Bentham website, which I developed in 1998.  Frank Gorshe