Council Minutes 2007 November

Knights of Columbus

Good Samaritan

Council Meeting  

Date: November 13, 2007

The Council was called to order at 7:45 P.M by GK Tom Silver

Prayer was offered by GK Tom Silver

The roll call of officers:

OFFICE	NAME	Pres	OFFICE	NAME	Pres
Champlain	Sam Catapano	A	Advocate	Bill Hanson	A
Grand Knight	Tom Silver	P	Warden	Lenard Lopez	A
Deputy Grand Knight	Pat Karn	P	Inside Guard	Davone Yang	A
Chancellor	Randy Barenburg	P	Outside Guard	Graig Lyon	A
Recorder	Dan Cincoski	P	Trustee 3 yr	Marty Dehen	A
Financial Secretary	Bill Swing	P	Trustee 2 yr	Don Carsten	A
Treasurer	Mark Mertens	P	Trustee 1 yr	Bill Rudolph	P
Lecturer		A	Present P     Absent A

 

Presentation before the Council Meeting By Diane Lyngdal 

Diane discussed HNOJ policy and Father Tim’s directive that HNOJ have the safest of environments for vulnerable people of any type. Many of the parishioners and all of the staff have gone through certified training courses on Safe Environment Training.   Because of the Knights involvement with many parish activities, Diane recommends that the every member take the training and become certified. She will set up a special session for us and schedule it with her. 

COUNCIL MEETING

Opening Ode Odes were voted to not be sang

1. Opening prayer and pledge of allegiance were said

Recorder – Dan Cincoski 

1. Dan read the minutes from the Council Meeting of October 9, 2007. The following items were added:
   1. At he Marathon for non-public education 1124 hot dogs were served by our Council.
   2. The pancake breakfast and silent auction for the baseball field were successful. The silent auction brought in $1,968.00 Dennis read the list of donors who provided auction items.
   3. Meeting minutes were approved as amended.

New Membership

1. the two Heshler boys and Leo Steffel have filled out form 100s.
2. Tom Silver listed four additional men who expressed interest in joining, Tom will provide form 100s to them.
3. Father Paul has completed exemplification for 1^st through 3^rd degree in October.
4. Jim Siefert’s sun has joined the Knights at his school in Fargo ND.

Grand Knight – Tom Silver

1. Thank you for those members that have recently joined and to those members that have transferred in from other councils.

Treasurer – Mark Mertens 

1. Balance on account $9,094.78
2. Proceeds of the October 28^th pancake breakfast were $1,902.75.
3. We purchased additional sausage for the December 2^nd pancake breakfast.

Financial Secretary – Bill Swing

1. All 2007 dues are paid up by current members.
2. The membership list has been reconciled between our Council and State Supreme Council.
3. Bill handed out a list of current members to those who desired a copy.
4. The Owatonna Council submitted an invoice for Father Paul’s exemplification.

Trustee Reports – 

1. Bill Rudolph was acknowledged for his continued dedication for delivering the food collected at weekend Masses to Interfaith Outreach each Monday.
2. Randy Barenburg – There will be a blood drive during Wednesday Family Fine Dining sometime in January.
3. Pat Karn –

Prolife pancake breakfast gross receipts were $1,902.75 proceeds will be distributed to: Birthright of Minnesota PO Box 4607, St.Paul, MN 55104

Respect Life Office Life Fund 328 W. Kellogg Blvd. St. Paul, MN 55102

Cradle of Hope Motherhood Fund 1935 Cty Road B2 W. Suite 241 Roseville, MN 55113

The Council recommended a contribution of $600 to each program. The council would provide the difference to cover the expenses of the pancake breakfast. A motion was proposed and approved by unanimous vote of the Council.

New Business

1. Friday, November 16^th is the Angel Auction hosted by the Women’s Auxiliary. The proceeds will go the Battered Women’s Shelter
2. Council Christmas Party will be held December 11 at Vic Tarnowski’s. Dan Cincoski will contact his sister Peggy to coordinate the catering.
3. Pancake breakfast will be held on December 2^nd. The proceeds will go the HNOJ kitchen operation.
4. Prolife Sunday will be the last weekend in January 2008. This is the Cinnamon Roll event.
5. Ed Ayd suggested offering some funds for the Spanish class at HNOJ. Every year Ed and Jan Ayd bring in Spanish materials for the class from their trips to Mexico.   A motion was submitted to fund the class with $500. from the Council.       The motion was carried by unanimous vote. It was added that the Council could fund a different ed program each year.
6. A recommendation was submitted to have name tags for all of the Council members to wear at church events.

GOOD OF THE ORDER

• Dick Hargarten
• Davone Yang’s wife
• Bill Conway
• Sam Pesner, Randy’s brother-in-law
• Sidney Owens – cancer patient
• Marty Dehen

Closing Prayers were said at 8:50   PM

Respectfully Submitted by Dan Cincoski