Council Minutes 2008 July

Knights of Columbus

Good Samaritan

Council Meeting  

Date: July 8, 2008 

The Council was called to order at 7:30 P.M by

Prayer was offered by GK Pat Karn

The roll call of officers:

OFFICE	NAME	Pres	OFFICE	NAME	Pres
Champlain	Sam Catapano	A	Advocate	David Stumpf	A
Grand Knight	Pat Karn	P	Warden	Earl Florrence	A
Deputy Grand Knight	James Seifert	P	Inside Guard	Davone Yang	A
Chancellor	James Grube	A	Outside Guard	William Goddard	A
Recorder	Dan Cincoski	P	Trustee 3 yr	Thomas Silver	A
Financial Secretary	Bill Swing	P	Trustee 2 yr	Martin Dehen	P
Treasurer	Mark Mertens	A	Trustee 1 yr	Don Carsten	A
Lecturer		A	Present P     Absent A

 

Opening Ode Odes were voted to not be sang 

Opening prayer and pledge of allegiance were said

Recorder –Dan Cincoski

1. Meeting minutes were read for the June 10^th Council Meeting.
2. Membership – Marty Dehen

Grand Knight Report–

1. new membership quota for our Council is 5 new members and 3 new insurance members. The insurance membership is separate from the new membership.
2. Planning meeting for officers would be beneficial with a meeting this Sunday, July 13 being scheduled. Focus of the meeting is to schedule the Fall – Winter Schedule for 2008-2009 season. Meeting to be held at Lunds @ 7:00 PM.
3. We have to submit a list of program leaders.       The list of directors from last year were reviewed by Pat Karn. Replacements for some of the positions have to be filled by August 1^st. There are manuals of with a list position descriptions that is available for our review.
4. Our insurance agent Dave Novak has suggested programs for the council beyond the council meeting. Lecturer’s Program is recommended after council meetings with a guest speaker or presider. Meeting order will be followed closely to keep the meeting moving along and on task.
5. Father Tim wrote about his first year at HNOJ.       He had a very supportive statement regarding our Council. Our service to the church for program support is greatly appreciated.       Some guidelines regarding how we provide the support were discussed. Pat Karn

 

Treasurers Report – Pat Karn

1. Balance on account $6,637.03. The Council spent $2,800 more than we took in for the last calendar year. The Grand Knight requested that we read the vouchers to know the financial activities of the council

 

Financial Officers Report

1. Website hosting management cost from Jennifer for $327 for the first 6 months of 2008. Rate is $25.00 per hour.
2. A check was submitted to Supreme for supplies.
3. There are members with outstanding dues. Letters were sent to those members describing that their membership would be suspended.
4. Thank you letters were read from Linda Corrigan and from the Kathleen Esh, St Josephs, Hopkins. ACCL for our contributions.

 

Old Business

1. Dennis Madden – finish baseball diamonds with fund raiser pancake breakfast on September 28^th. K of C will assist in the kitchen with serving by the baseball people. Motion was requested by Pat Karn and submitted by Marty Dehen, seconded by Pat Karn. Motion was carried.
2. We discussed having K of C cards and “plates” that promote www.hnojkc.org site that are available at the church.
3. Start “the” Breakfast club to meet once a month for social gathering. Marty will send out an e-mail to the membership with a date for meeting. 

New Business 

1. Mike Wagner – Fall Festival startup. The Festival will be Saturday and Sunday, September 13 and 14^th, . Mike asked the K of C to assist with essentially all the food for the Sunday events. Mike would need a person to head up the food management. Motion was called by Jim Seifert for the Council to provide the management and operation of the Sunday food at the Festival. Motion was called without discussion.
2. Pat Karn – request to provide past Grand Knight Tom Silver a service pin and another gift to present to Tom for his GK service. A jacket was suggested.
3. Jim Seifert – Jerry Wilichwoski’s passing.       We will order a Resolution of Condolence for the family on behalf of the Council.
4. Report of the 4^th Degree – no report

Good of the Order

• Family of Jerry Wilichwski
• Mark Best
• Davon Yang’s wife

Closing prayers were said

Meeting was adjourned at 9:15 PM