Jungle Jargon
A Monthly Broadcast to
THE
LIONS CLUB OF CRANBURY, NEW
Contact us at: http://cranburylions.org
“A Country Club Trying to Serve Its Country”
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Ideals in
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Mutual
Helpfulness |
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Social Progress |
Understanding |
Civic Betterment
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Fellowship |
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President |
Mike Kaiser |
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Directors – 1 year |
Walt Caldwell |
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1st Vice
President |
Andre Mento |
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Jon Goldstein |
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2nd Vice
President |
John Kobland |
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Tom Reilly |
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3rd Vice
President |
Dave Cook |
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Peter Turner |
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Secretary |
George Smith |
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Treasurer – Operating/Projects |
Glenn Johnson |
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Directors – 2 Years |
Ray Dickey |
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Assistant Treasurer - Projects |
Elaine Homoky |
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Pat Meehan |
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Dave Shaffer |
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Immediate Past President |
Rick Burke |
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Bob Virgadamo |
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Information Technology
Chairman |
Dave Shaffer |
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Publicity |
Rick Burke |
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Lion Tamer |
Frank Marlowe |
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Jargon Editor |
Bob Virgadamo |
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Tail Twister |
Peter Turner |
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Membership Chairman |
Jon Goldstein |
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September, 2007
September 4 – Board of Directors Meeting –
September 5 – Regular
Meeting –
Speaker: John
Haney, The New School Administrator will discuss the school and what he hopes
to accomplish
September 19 – Regular Meeting –
Speaker:
Zara Stassi, who we sponsored for the World Affairs Seminar at the University
of
October, 2007
October 2 – Board of Directors Meeting –
October 3 – Regular
Meeting –
Speaker: Tom Petrino
October 17 – Regular Meeting –
Speaker: Will talk to us about
antiques and will do one appraisal for each person who attends
Things To Know
Even though we have begun sending a revised “Calendar of Events” with each dues mailing, we’d like to remind all members to please, share the Jargon with your Spouse, so that our events may be better scheduled on your personal, or family, calendars for better attendance. Please Note that Spouses are invited to attend all meetings, but are wholly encouraged to attend “Spouse Night” meetings.
The “normal” Dress
Code will resume effective with the September 5 meeting. The dress code for the
Cranbury Lions is Business Casual; jackets and ties may be worn, but are
optional.
International President Mahendra Amarasuriya (
President
Our annual Trenton Thunder Baseball Game at a game between the Thunder (NY Yankees) and the Binghamton Mets was on Saturday, August 25. This year’s outing was pretty successful, as we had 51 people attending. And the Thunder won! Hope to see you there next year.
Cranbury Day
is coming up this weekend (Saturday, September 8), and we have two new
Co-Chairs-In-Training. After more than 10 years as Co-Chairs, Lions
As always, the week after Cranbury Day is the Golden Ager’s Luncheon
(Saturday, September 15), and the new
President Mike’s Company is preparing a Designer Show House at
Membership – Membership – Membership
As
always we are looking for new members. However, this year’s theme from
International President Mahendra Amarasuriya is “the Challenge To Change”, and
how, through change, we can increase Membership while rejuvenating existing
members to help to keep the Club young, active, and viable! Cranbury Lions Club
President Mike has adopted this theme, and is asking ALL members to assist Jon
Goldstein, our new Membership Chair, in attracting and bringing in new members.
With so many new homes in Cranbury, there are many opportunities for new
members. For more information about Family Membership, or membership in
general, or to obtain membership applications contact Membership Chair Jon
Goldstein, Secretary George Smith, or President Mike. Let’s try to keep our
Lions Club from being Cranbury’s “best kept secret”.
…And Attendance…
On the flip side of the membership coin, we also seem to be
having a problem with attendance. Over the last couple of years meeting
attendance has diminished from an average of 45+ members per meeting to an
average of plus or minus 25 members, per meeting. Our core volunteers have
always come from sign-ups at the meetings, and with meeting attendance down,
so are the number of volunteers. While we would love to see “a
packed house” at every meeting, it is understandable that many of our Members can’t
make every meeting due to the demands and obligations to their jobs and
families, however, the Board of Directors is asking every member to try to
attend at least one meeting per month. Using the tag-line, “If you build
it, they will come”, President Mike is asking EVERY
Cranbury Lion to provide suggestions on how we might be able to CHANGE the
meetings to appeal to broader range of the membership, in an effort to build a
stronger Cranbury Lions Club.
Reminders
Frank Marlowe has been our Program Chair for a few years now, and has done quite an excellent job lining up speakers for each of our meetings. You can all imagine how difficult it can be, finding 20 speakers per year that will be of relative interest to all our Members! We all come in contact with someone interesting on a regular basis. When you do, or if you have any suggestions for speakers, please give Lion Frank a call, or e-mail him at marlowe@cranburynj.com .
The Cranbury Lions Club is always in search of additional new fund raisers – different, entertaining, and most importantly, fun. Any member who has a FUNdraising idea should share the idea with President Mike, or bring it up at one of the meetings. The list of potential fundraisers, and the input from interested Lions, will be discussed at a Board of Directors meeting, and presented to the general membership at a regular meeting.
While it is important that we increase our fundraising
capability, it is equally important that we do it without continually
requesting donations from our small community on a too frequent basis. With
over 300 commercial locations in our immediate area, the website is one of the
easiest and best fundraisers we have. We ask every Member to please try to bring in at least one new advertiser per year.
Refer all advertising leads to Lions John Kobland,
Any member who learns of the sickness or death of another
member, or in a member’s family, or any other similar incident or emergency,
should contact Lion
Member Pick-Up – Ed Lawson
(5 S. Main)
Lion
Lion Frank Marlowe
has volunteered to be the “permanent” back-up driver.
Drivers: if you cannot make your pick-up, or need to switch,
please notify Lion Rick Cusworth (655-2426)
as soon as possible. Riders: please notify the assigned driver if you’re not
going to make a meeting