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February 03, 2010 Please Read Bulletin before Meeting Chartered May 6, 1947 Bulletin No. LXII No. 15

Regular Meetings:

President: Richard Kaneko 1st

Wednesday: General Mtg Bulletin Editor: Philip Sharp

711 Luakaha St Kilauea District Park 6:30 pm 282 Mahimahi Pl

Honolulu Hi, 96819 3rd

Wednesday: Board/Committee Mtg Honolulu Hi, 96821

277-0885 Ka’imuki MS Cafe 6:30 pm 373-3998

[email protected] [email protected]

Our bulletin is on the D50 website: www.hawaiilions.org

and the Kaimuki Business Website: www.kaimukihawaii.com

Opening & Closing Ceremonies

February 3rd February 17th

Opening Song: 5 Koike, Ben 4Izuka, Roger

Flag Pledge: 6Nishida Hiroshi 5 Koike, Ben

Lions’ Pledge: 7Sharp, Phil 6Nishida Hiroshi

Invocation: 0Aratani, Ted 0Aratani, Ted

Closing Song: 8Torricer, Stan 7Sharp, Phil

Our Club Officers and Members

President Richard Kaneko 277-0885 [email protected] Members

Imm Past President Roger Izuka 395-3684 [email protected] Benjamin Aiu

1st V President Roger Izuka 395-3684 [email protected] Tsukumo Kawakami

2nd V President Stanford Ito 373-2645 Harry Kiyabu

3rd V President Dr. Ben Koike 373-1032 [email protected] Larry Lim

Secretary Hirosh Nishida 734-4729 [email protected] William Milks

Treasurer Ted Aratani 527-7283 [email protected] Gary Nip

Tail Twister Gavin Hall 222-8000 [email protected] Kimo Pestana

Lion Tamer Selvin Chin Chance 396-0175 [email protected] Shinji Soneda

1 yr Director Duane Ikeda 735-5560 [email protected] Henry Sung

1 yr Director Stanley Torricer 373-2659 [email protected]

2 yr Director Selvin Chin Chance 396-0175 [email protected]

2 yr Director Philip Sharp 373-3998 [email protected]

A welcome to our non-Lion Readers!

Thank you for your interest and welcome. If you are interested in our organization or being on

our direct mailing list, please contact Bulletin Editor Lion Phil Sharp, listed at the top of this

page. A map of how to get to get to our meeting place can be found at the end of this bulletin.

District 50 Region V Zone 2

Honolulu Hawaii

K O K O H E A D L I O N S C L U B B U L L E T I N

The Koko Head Lions’ Club Monthly Newsletter 1/29/2010

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Contents

Reminders/Notices 02

President’s Message 02 – 03

Heads Up: Vote to switch to one bulletin per month 03

Heads Up: Discussion on Inviting the MERLO Team 03

Heads Up: Discussion of attendance at PTSA meetings 03

Zone Project: D50 Lions in Sight project 03 – 05

Club Project: Niu Valley Middle School Career Day 05

Club Project: Request for Parking 05

D50 Project: Safe Sidewalks 05

Slate of Officers 2010 – 2011 05 – 06

General Meeting notes 06 – 08

Mark Your Calendars 09 – 10

Zone Meeting Times and Days 11

Map to Koko Head’s Meeting Site 11

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PLEASE TURN IN YOUR ACTIVITY REPORTS AS SOON AFTER YOUR EVENTS AS

POSSIBLE. YOUR SECRETARY NEEDS THIS INFORMATION FOR HIS REPORTS.

PLEASE READ THE CALENDAR AT THE END OF THIS BULLETIN.

UPCOMING EVENTS, TIMES, LOCATIONS, AND UNIFORM FOR THE EVENT ARE LISTED.

Reminders:

January 30th Safe Sidewalk Project in Waikiki 8:00 – 11:00 am

February 6th Middle School Parking @ KCC Lot A – 7:15 am – 10:00

February 7th SUPER BOWL!!

February 14 VALENTINE’S DAY!!

February 14th Zone Social @ Hale Ikena 10:30 – 1:00 am

February 14th Great Aloha Run @ Aloha Stadium 5:00 am – 9:00 am

President Richard Kaneko’s Message:

Wow! The first year of my term is fast approaching! Nominations are upon us and whom we

think should be in the different positions is another item to ponder. We must take these

nominations seriously and think of the best person for the job. We need to look at the

positions and their descriptions. We need to look at what tasks, roles, and responsibilities each

elected official has to fulfill.

With new officers, we have a clean slate to start with. We need to be operating more

efficiently. In order to do this, we need to become more aware of what we are supposed to be

doing in the day to day running of our club. We need to revisit our by-laws and the job

descriptions of the positions we hold within the club. If need be, we should alter, amend, or

totally change those items that are no longer applicable. We need to include things that are.


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Our By Laws should be a living document, reflective of what we are doing in and with our club.

Before and above all else, however, we need to take action on the things we say we are going

to do, not just talk. We need to think of and find ways to retain the members we have and

create an atmosphere that would make those who do not participate fully in the present

activities of the club want to. All we need is a few, even as few as three or four, more active

members to make our tasks easier to bear. I challenge all of you to think of things that you

would fine enjoyable to do during meetings or at functions. As Lion Phil says, we need to go to

Maple Garden once in a while so he can bring his home brew to share. Talk to me,

communicate with those you feel comfortable with. Let us all work to make our club GREAT!

Vote to switch to one bulletin per month

This topic was not discussed at the last meeting but it was in the last bulletin.

Any who may have had comments concerning it should have voiced their concerns earlier.

The comments concerning it are reprinted for your convenience.

1. The cost of postage for two bulletins is constantly going up.

2. The amount of NEW information in the second bulletin does not often justify it.

We often do not have enough activities to report on to justify two issues.

3. The amount of information on the title page and the calendars is, for the most part, a

repetition of the first bulletin. We pay for these pieces of information twice a month.

4. We only have one president’s message in the first issue, none in the second.

5. The turn around time between bulletins leaves no time to get all of the information needed

to put out a quality issue.

6. I would rather pay postage on ONE ten page report rather than two of them.

Discussion: MERLO Team and others

Discussion of a request of a member(s) from the MERLO team and others to give us a

presentation about retention and recruitment of new members. We did not get to this at the

general meeting. I have checked with Zone Chair and Secretary of Kaimuki Lions, Karen

Tsukiyama, and she is agreeable to having it at Crane Lodge.

Discussion: Discussion of attendance at PTSA meetings

Each school’s Parent Teacher Student Association meets to discuss issues pertinent to the

school. This is a GREAT time for us to interact with our schools to find out first hand what they

are doing, what they are having problems with and how we can assist. It makes us more visible

in the community and gives us opportunities for recruitment. It would also be a show of

support if Koko Head joined each of these associations as members. Fee is usually $10.

Meeting times are as follows:

Aina Haina School – 1st Tuesday of the Month.

Niu Valley Middle School – 1st Thursday of the Month.

Wilson School – 2nd Thursday of the month.

Zone Project: D50 Lions in Sight Eyeglass Collection

Koko Head, Kaimuki, and Diamond Head combined manpower and

skills to put on our part of the first District wide glasses collection.

Koko Head’s Lion Selvin Chin Chance took pictures from the

literature that was given to all clubs and pictures concerning the

cleaning and dissemination of eyeglasses from our archives to put

together a first class display. This picture of the collection box with a


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hand (mine) inserting a pair of glasses into the box became our

focal picture. Others are below.

Kaimuki set up a demonstration of waterless

eyeglass cleaning and the preparation of

eyeglasses for shipment. The members of all

three clubs participated in the cleaning

demonstration. Lion Ted Aratani’s daughter,

a member of one of the churches in Kaimuki,

asked if we could donate our eyeglasses to

her church. They will be leaving on a mission

to American Samoa to distribute the

eyeglasses. The donation was 800+.

We had GREAT participation from the

three clubs, Diamond Head, Koko Head,

and Kaimuki. (Hawaii Kai, our other zone

club member, did their activities at the

malls and shopping centers in Hawaii Kai.)

We enjoyed the camaraderie of our fellow

zone members whom we do not get to see

often enough. If there was a down side, it

was the lack of advertising that we had

expected to have come from the District.

Even without the publicity, we collected

45 pairs! Next year, we will do better.


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Photos Lion Selvin Chin Chance

Lion Karen Tsukiyama

Story: Lion Phil Sharp

Club Project: Niu Valley Middle School Career Day

We participated in Niu Valley Middle School’s Career

Day on January 27th. Selvin put together a

presentation for Stan Torricer concerning

welding. Stan Torricer was a welder for 50 years

and he wowed the students in grades 6 through 8

with underwater exploits and down-home things

to make better students of them all.

Although Selvin could not make the presentation,

Stan did the words and I shuffled the overhead.

We made a great team!

- Presenter: Stan Torricer

- Presentation: Selvin Chin Chance

- Visual Aids: Phil Sharp

Club Project: Request for Parking:

We have a request for parking at the Farrington/Kaimuki/Kalani Complex Middle School

Science Fair. See General Meeting Notes for details and map of this project.

D50 Project: Safe Sidewalk repairs:

The Safe Sidewalk project is starting up again. We will meet shortly before 8:00 am on

Kanekapolei Street near Food Pantry and Perry’s Smorgy Restaurant off Kuhio Avenue. Street

parking will be on Kanekapolei Street. This is a new parking site near Perry’s Smorgy. Parking in

this area will be restricted to the general public to reserve spaces for us. Patch work will be

performed on Nahua, Walina, Kanekapolei, and portions of Kukio and Ala Wai Boulevard. Wear

clothes for mixing and spreading concrete. Shoes are required by OSHA. So are safety goggles

or glasses. For those who still have their fluorescent green shirts, please wear them. Hats are

needed.

Slate of Officers for 201 – 2011

The slate of officers listed is both preliminary and temporary. Others may want to nominate

other members who have expressed an interest in the various positions. Some on the list may

be having second thoughts about their being on the slate. What ever the reason, we all have


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until March 3rd, nomination night, to make our final decisions before April 7th, election night.

- Richard Kaneko

- Gavin Hall

Position Name

President Richard Kaneko

Immediate Past President Roger Izuka

1st Vice President Gavin Hall

2nd Vice President Hiroshi Nishida

3rd Vice President Stan Torricer

Secretary Phil Sharp

Treasurer Ted Aratani

Tail Twister Selvin Chin Chance

Lion Tamer Hiroshi Nishida

1st Director Selvin Chin Chance

1st Director Phil Sharp

2nd Director Stanford Ito

2nd Director Ben Koike

General Meeting Notes: 01/20/09 Regular Meeting

Location: Kaimuki Middle School Cafeteria

Present (9): Aratani, Chin-Chance, Hall, Ito, Kaneko, Koike, Nishida, Sharp, Torricer

Visitors (2): Kaimuki Lions ZC Karen Tsukiyama and Joe Lum

A. Communications:

1. Niu Valley MS Principal Justin Mew – parking request.

Inaugural Kaimuki/Farrington/Kalani Complex Middle School Science Fair

Saturday, February 6

7:15 - 10:00 am

Kapi’olani Community College Parking Lot A. (map at the end of these notes)

Wear Lion’s vest T-shirt size needed.

[Chin-Chance(L), Hall(L), Nishida(M), Sharp(L), Torricer(M)]


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2. D50 Information/Deadlines:

Chair Greg Ayau for 74th Annual Convention Thursday April 29 – Sunday May 2.

[Covered under New Business]

B. Committee Reports:

1. Sharp, Sight Services (Chin-Chance, Lim): -0- used eyeglasses collected.)

2. Accepted January 6 Meeting Notes published in bulletin.

[Sharp reminded to inform “Sight is Beautiful” Poster Contest Chair Nakayama

of non-participation this year.]

C. Unfinished Business:

1. ZC Tsukiyama/Sharp explained activities and responsibilities of volunteers at the

D50 “Lions in Sight” Eyeglass Cleaning and Collection project

Kahala Mall January 23-24, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm

a)Volunteers from Koko Head:

Name Date Time Aratani, Ted Sat 12/23 09:30 – 11:30 Chin Chance, Selvin Sat 12/23 All Sharp, Phil Sat 12/23 All Torricer, Stan Sat 12/23 09:30 – 11:30 Ito, Stan* Sat 12/23 01:30 – 03:30 Izuka, Roger Sun 12/24 All Kaneko, Richard Sun 12/24 All Koike, Ben Sun 12/24 09:30 – 11:30 Nishida, Hiro Sun 12/24 All Soneda, Shinji Sun 12/24 09:30 – 11:30 Torricer, Stan Sun 12/24 09:30 – 11:30

2. Chin-Chance/Torricer discussed their involvement in Niu Valley Middle School Career Day

January 27.

3. Sharp and Torricer participating in D50 Safe Sidewalk Project,

Saturday, January 30, 8:00 am.

Liability concerns for Lions raised several months ago should not be a problem as both

the city and Lions International provides coverage.

4. To ensure this coverage for Lions projects, e.g. Chicken Fundraiser, appropriate forms

downloaded should be filed.

Recommended we arrange for RC Ken Nishibun to cover the subject at a future meeting.

5. ZC Tsukiyama: Zone Social, Sunday, February 14, 10:30 am – 1:00 pm, Hale Ikena.

a. Per past practice, clubs will be assessed $2 per member for “Seed Money.

Send check to Kaimuki Treasurer Yoshi Ono.

b. Club responsibilities:

Hawaii Kai (site)

Kaimuki (Program)

Koko Head (Door Prizes).


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All clubs responsible for checking in own members at door.

c. Budget: Estimated “Seed Money” = $220

1) Meal cost for 2 musicians ($28 cost e-mailed later to Nishida)

2) Balance available for prizes.

3) Attending:

[Aratani (Doris*), Chin-Chance (Frances), Ito, Kaneko, Nishida,

Sharp (Arlene), Torricer]

*Dropped at meeting, but, per subsequent call from Ted, she will be there.

6. Nishida: Great Aloha Run, President’s Day, Monday, Feb. 15.

a. Distribution of T-shirts to finishers.

1) Report no later than 5:30 am at gate #3 or miss admission to park. (Breakfast

available)

Note: Wear a Name Tag and carry a picture ID in case of security check.

[Aratani, Chin-Chance, Ito, Kaneko, Nishida, Sharp, Torricer]

7. Hall: Grandpa Henry Sung’s 100th Birthday Party, Saturday, February 20, 1:00 pm,

Royal Palace Restaurant, Ice Palace Shopping Center, $25,

PLEASE, NO PRESENTS… JUST OUR PRESENCE. [RSVP Feb. 12]

D. New Business:

1. Secretary Nishida informed Nomination Committee of Deadlines for Election of 2010-11

Officers:

a. Nomination Committee submits Slate of Officers to Sharp for February 3 bulletin.

b. March 3: Nomination Night Meeting

[Open to other nominations w/ prior consent of nominee]

c. April 7: Election Night Meeting

d. May 19: Charter Night and Installation Banquet

2. D50 Convention:

a. Nishida shared information from District Convention Chair Greg Ayau.

Club Chair will need to meet following deadlines:

1) Excursion Registration

2) Convention Function Registration

3) Hilo Hawaiian Room Reservation

4) Convention Pin Order Form

5) Souvenir Booklet Advertising Agreement

6) Club Report for Convention Booklet (by Secretary)

7) Convention Delegate Registration (Include all members who are attending).

b. Prexy Kaneko will arrange flight reservations for those attending, but cautioned that,

with so few flights in/out of Hilo, options will be limited.

Meeting adjourned at 8:36 pm.

/s/ Hiroshi Nishida, Secretary


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MARK YOUR CALENDARS For planning purposes, the calendar is for 6 months

(Includes Zone, Region, and District Functions)

January

27 Wed Articles and Reports due for 1st Bulletin of the month

30 Sat D50 Safe sidewalk project

8:00 am @ Waikiki C&C parking lot

Safe Sidewalk shirt or work shirt, shoes required, hat

February

02 Tue Aina Haina School PTSA Meeting

@ Library 6:30 pm

Vests, Pins, Name Tags, and shoes or covered sandals required.

03 Wed General meeting

@ Kilauea District Park 7:00 pm


04 Thru Niu Valley Middle School PTSA Meeting

@ Library 6:30 pm


06 Sat Parking for Farrington/Kalani/Kaimuki Complex Middle Schools’ Science Fair

@ KCC Parking Lot A 7:15 am – 10:00 am

Vests and shoes walking shorts, hat – shirts will be provided

10 Wed Articles and Reports due for 2nd Bulletin of the month

11 Thru Wilson School PTSA Meeting

@ Library 6:30 pm


14 Sun Zone Social

@ Hale Ikena 10:30 – 1:00 pm

Aloha attire

15 Mon Great Aloha Run

5:00 am @ Aloha Stadium

Work shirts and Hats

17 Wed General meeting/Board Meeting.

@ Ka’imuki Middle School, 7:00 pm


20 Sat D50 3rd

Cabinet Meeting

@ Kilauea Military Camp, (KMC), Volcano Hawaii



March


@ Library 6:30 pm






@ Library 6:30 pm



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@ Library 6:30 pm


14 Sun Honolulu Festival Parade

TBA





April


@ Library 6:30 pm






@ Library 6:30 pm


11 Sun Hoku BBQ Chicken Sale

@ Aina Haina School 5:00 am – 3:00 pm

Work Shirts and shoes or covered sandals required.

Sharp and Chin Chance in vest and purple shirts.



@ Library 6:30 pm






29 Thu D50 Convention – Hilo

D50 4th

Cabinet Meeting

@ Hilo Hawaiian Hotel

30 Fri D50 Convention – Hilo

May

01 Sat D50 Convention – Hilo

02 Sun D50 Convention – Hilo










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Zone Meeting Times and Days

Region V, Zone II (East Honolulu)

Diamond Head Lions Club Kaimuki Lions Club

1st & 3rd Mon 6:30 pm 1st & 3rd Tue 7:00 pm

Kapahulu Center Crane Lodge

Hawaii Kai Lions Club Koko Head Lions Club

1st & 3rd Thu 7:00 pm 1st & 3rd Wed 6:30 pm

Lunalilo Home 1st Mtg-Kailauea Rec Center

2nd Mtg-Kaimuki MS Café

Attend a meeting noted above for a visit or to make up a missed meeting.

Coming East on H1:

1. Take the Waialae Cut off and stay in the right hand lane.

2. Go through two street lights to Hunakai St. and turn right.

3. Go down Hunakai to Kilauea Avenue and turn right.

4. Go through the street lighted intersection at 22nd Avenue and Kilauea.

5. Take the first left into the parking lot where someone will be there to welcome you!

Coming West on Kalanianaole Hwy:

1. Stay in the right lane and take the off ramp just before entering H1 freeway.

2. Stay in the middle lane and follow the Waialae underpass.

2. Pass the first street light and get into the left lane and turn left at Hunakai.

3. Follow steps 3 through 6 above.

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