Knights of =
St. Raphael= ’s Council 9880
Meeting Minutes
October 22, 2008
Grand Knight P = ; &n= bsp; Inside Guard P&n= bsp; = ;
Dpty Grand Knight P&nb= sp; = &nb= sp; Outside Guard P = &nb= sp; = Warden P
Fin Secretary P &= nbsp; &nbs= p; 1 Year Trustee P = ; &n= bsp; = ; Chancellor P
Treasurer = E = ; = 2 Year Trustee A &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; Recorder P
Chaplain = A = ; = 3 Year Trustee A &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; Advocate P
- = Meeting called to order at 7:30 PM
- = -Council Officers role call
- = -Reading of the Minutes. Motion to accept the business meet= ing minutes was put forward. Moti= on passes.
Grand Knight&=
#8217;s
Report:
- = No new applications.
- = Officers meeting will be on the first Monday of each month at 7:30 pm .
- = Photographers are wanted for Knight’s events.=
- = Raphael Hall will be run by parish committee. John Gunther is investigating the possibility of Knight’s sponsored bingo.
- = There is a K of C Insurance Agent recruitment drive. There is a $200 incent= ive for recommending a person for that position. Four or five positions are availab= le.
- = The annual audit if available for review.
TreasurerR=
17;s
Report:
- = None.
Financial
Secretary’s Report:
- = 163 members.
- = Membership dues are now due for 2006-2007.
- = C. Rogers will mail membership cards.
Trustees̵=
7;
Report:
- = None.
Service Progr= ams:
- =
Bill Hast reported the monthly
- = Bill Hast reported that Operation Lamb will be held= the weekends of September 29th and October 6th, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Two hour shifts at Harris Teeter, Walmart and K-Mart.
Unfinished Bu=
siness:
- = A motion was made that the Council spend a max of $= 400 for a TV/Video combo and donate it to the RICA program. The motion passed. John Gunther will shop for the TV/= Video.
- = A motion was made that we provide the Social Justice Committee with $599 to purchase coffee and tea to support a group which buys coffee and tea from South American farmers at a fair market price. The objective is to raise awareness of fair wages for small Latin American coff= ee and tea growers. The coffee a= nd teas will be sold with a mark-up at Knight’s event (most logically pancake breakfasts) and all profits will go to the Knight’s for charitable use. The profit is estimated to be approximately $200. The motion passed.
New Business:=
- = Clayton Rogers is organizing the Scholarship Raffle= for this fall. We will stuff enve= lopes for mailing at the September meeting. There will be a $3000 payout this year which is inline with our prof= it of past years. Details will be available soon.
- = Clayton Rogers is reviewing the by-laws. Please contact him if you are inte= rested in help with this worthwhile effort.
- = The Pancake Breakfasts will be scheduled for the 3<= sup>rd Sunday of each month, with the exception of November and April. There will be no Pancake Breakfast= in November and in April it will be on the 4th.
- = The Madonna House work is yet to be scheduled.
- = Dave Demo will present a sales plan for considerati= on at the next meeting for selling “Enjoy the City” Dining Discount books this fall as a fund raiser. He will try to get a sample book.
- =
John Gunther will get information about staffing a
booth at the
- = The State Mid-year meeting will be on January 6-8.<= /p>
- =
The 2006 Annual Golf Tournament will be in
- = Jim Lueck presented the Grand Knight with a plaque = from state which acknowledged our collection of $5,056.50 last year.
- = A picnic sponsored by the Fourth Degree Assembly wi= ll be held for 3rd and 4th degrees Knights and their fam= ilies on Sunday August 20th at the lake at Father Price.
- = Family of the Month – Cody Family for support= of the handicap ramp for J. Somers
- = Knights of the Month – All those Brother Knig= hts who helped build the ramp (and Dan Cody too!)
Good of the O=
rder:
Prayers for Tom Smith’s father, who is in the hospital.
Prayers for John Harrod and his father, who is recover=
ing
from cracked ribs.