MACKTOWN LIONS CLUB
Meeting Minutes
July 14, 2015
Meeting was called to order at 6:45 by President Mike Peavy.
Presidents Announcements-Lion Frank presented Lions Will, Frank, Mike, and Tracy with their
Centennial membership pins for sponsoring a new member during the membership drive months
Lion Mike read a thank you from the Rockton Post office for putting up their white lights on the building
Lion Mike showed the nice article that Lion Marianne out in the Rockton Herald wrapping up our year as
a new Lions club
Guests: Peter with Crazy Times
Peter gave a presentation on an annual event he and his partner have at Crazy Times.. I have put a full
report of the proposal in the Members area with more details. Club approved to assist with this event.
1st Lion Frank 2nd Lion Jessica. Lion Mike will come up with a sign up sheet. The event will be August 7th
and 8th
Happy Bucks:
Lion Jess- Happy that Scott received a job offer
Lion Jess-Happy that Christina is here and is ok after her car accident
Lion Mike- Happy that Peter has brought us the opportunity to help him
Lion Kim-Happy its warm out
Lion Kim-Shout out to Jess and I for staying on the running program
Lion Kim- Just cuz
Lion Brian- Happy they are getting the easy lock installed next week in the new vehicle
Lion Kristine-Happy they have their shipping box for Ecuador
Secretary Report: Vote was taking to approve the meeting minutes from June 23rd. Lion Will made the
motion, Lion Jess seconded the motion. Motion was passed unanimously. Reminder there is a
reminder section on the agenda take a look for important dates
Treasurer Report: Lion Will presented the Treasurers report. Lion Frank made a motion to accept the
report. Lion Christina seconded. Motion was approved unanimously.
Motion brought to pay the Domain name charge to Go daddy for $17.99 for the year. Lion Kim made a
motion and Lion Jess seconded. Motion was approved unanimously
USA/Canada Forum: the committee and the membership agree to disband this committee
Card Game: Lion Frank and Lion Jackie both won the card game. Frank won some lovely smelling
candles. Lion Jackie won some hand tools . Thank you Lion Will for bringing the gifts
Health Fair: Lion Brian, Sue provided an update on the Health Fair schedule for 09/26/2015.a full report
on this event is in the membership area.
Newsletter- The Spotlights Lion was decided upon- To be announced in the next newsletter 
Membership Committee: Members who are unable to attend the orientation sessions can find the
information in the Members area online. Please review and let your sponsor know if you have any
questions
New Business:
Lion Mike reported the first of 3 cabinet meetings will be on August 1st at 9:30am in Leaf River. This is a
requirement for this fiscal years awards to have members attend a cabinet meeting. Please let Lion Mike
know if you would like to attend .
Crafty Kids River Market- Lion Kim presented a motion to pay for Pickles the Clown for 2 hours from
6pm-8pm at the Kids Night. Lion Jess made a motion to accept. Lion Will seconded motion passed
unanimously. Lion Kim will contact Pickles the Clown
Rockton Rush Games- We discussed at length the Rockton Rush beer serving opportunity. The club
decided this does not fit into our focus with the youth therefore will reply with a decline.
RMH service activities- Lion Kim presented an idea of doing some events for the Pediatrics patients at
Rockford Memorial Hospital. First of which would be a movie night. The membership agreed with the
event(s). Lion Kim will contact Stacy and set a date for the event.
Tshirts/Hoodies/etc- reminder these are available for purchase, we would like to place an order soon so
if you would like to order a shirt please let Lion Mike, Kim or Dennis know. Prices are published on the
website
Canine Celebration Event- Lion Kim presented an idea for this and it was determined more information
was needed and we can discuss further. There is a report of this idea in the membership area
Old Business:
Reminder tomorrow night is the River Market, wear your Macktown shirts
Update no Hanz Beer Fest- Lion Will provided an update on the event. Was a lot of fun and the event at
last count has raised $30K towards the HHS scholarship fund in the late Todd Hansmeiers name
Lion Mike advised that DG Gary Meyers dad passed away- Lion Care Liason will send out a card
Lion Wear: Lion Jacklyn Phillips showed the first paracord bracelet that she has made for the club. Lion
Andrew updated everyone on what Jacklyn is doing with the bracelets.
Lion Will presented a couple of questions. We have not heard yet about the awards for the club but
the applications have all been submitted. At this time we have not been given a timeframe if the
Rockton Chamber office is going to be closing or not but we can continue to pursue other places
Treats for next meeting: Lion Brian will bring treats to the next meeting. This weeks treats were
fabulous 
50/50 Raffle: The winner of the 50/50 raffle was Lion Mike with a total of $6.00
Meeting adjourned at 8:07 pm by President Mike. Lion Jess made the motion to adjourn, Lion Kim
seconded it, motion passed unanimously.
Upcoming:
July 28-Next membership meeting at 6:30
August 1st-Cabinet meeting 9:30 am in Leaf River
August 7th and 8th Crazy Times Pig Roast- volunteers needed (must be 18 and older)