Knights of Columbus

Knights of = Columbus

St. Raphael= ’s Council 9880

Meeting Minutes

Date: November 13, 2007

Grand Knight &nbs= p;	P	Inside Guard &= nbsp;	P	=
Deputy Grand Knight	A	Outside Guard	A	Warden	P
Fin Secretary &nbs= p;	P	1 Year Trustee	A	Chancellor	A
Treasurer &nbs= p;	A	2 Year Trustee	A	Recorder	P
&nbs= p;		3 Year Trustee	P	Advocate	P

X&nb= sp; Meeting called to order at 7:30 PM

X&nb= sp; Council Officers role call

X&nb= sp; Reading of the Minutes. Motion to accept the business meet= ing minutes was put forward. The = motion past by the membership.

X&nb= sp; A First Degree Exemplification was held with= the help of members of St. Luke’s Council. Three new members were welcomed in= to the brotherhood. After the exemplification the business meeting was held.

X&nb= sp; We had two guests, Joe Sendelback, District = #8 Deputy and John Nussbaum, Regional District Deputy.

Grand Knight&= #8217;s Report:

X&nb= sp; Two members of our council made their Fourth Degree – Gilbert Hendricks and Steve Krajnik.

X&nb= sp; Joe Sendelback presented Bill Wolf with the = 2007 Service Award.

X&nb= sp; John Peel presented the check for the procee= ds from the BBQ Booth at the Parish Fair to Bill Wolf.

X&nb= sp; Jim Haag, GK from St. Luke’s, thanked everyone for their help in the Auto Raffle.

X&nb= sp; Family of the Month: John Steinauer and his son for the= ir work at Oktoberfest.

X&nb= sp; Knight of the Month: John Harrod for his work with Op L= AMB

TreasurerR= 17;s Report:

X&nb= sp; None

Financial Secretary’s Report:

X&nb= sp; Several more members paid their dues this mo= nth.

X&nb= sp; Wayne Burgess has applied for a transfer into our Council. A motion was mad= e to accept him. The motion was se= conded and carried.

Trustee’= ;s Report:

X&nb= sp; None.

Service Progr= ams:

X&nb= sp; Dave Demo reported that Operation Lamb 2007 = held its second street event on Friday, 10/12, Saturday, 10/13, and Sunday, 10/14. Contributions of $996 = were collected. This brings our to= tal for the year to $2,474.08. Th= anks to all the brother knights to offered their time to help in this effort!

X&nb= sp; The November Pancake breakfast was held on Sunday November 11^th. $430 was collected for the Holiday Food Basket Program.

X&nb= sp; Tom Smith reported that 150 to 175 bags of f= ood have been collected from the parish for the Holiday Food Basket Program. The baskets will be collected by t= he 60 needy families on Sunday November 18^that the shed. Baskets will also be collected for= the Christmas Holiday on December 16^th.

Old Business:=

X&nb= sp; John Gunther reported “Senior PromR= 21;, a social event for those over 50 years old, has been scheduled for May. The theme will be “Stairway = to Heaven”. It will be a s= ocial event, not a fund raiser. Det= ails will follow.

X&nb= sp; John Gunther reported that the Council retre= at will be scheduled for April 5th and 6th.&n= bsp; Contact him if you are interested.

X&nb= sp; John Gunther was looking for help to install= the flag pole in front of Raphael Hall on Saturday December 17^th.

New Business:=

X&nb= sp; Volunteers are needed to cook for the Advent Family Breakfast on December 15^th.

X&nb= sp; Mark Parrish reminded everyone with email to apply for the group email for electronic announcements from the Council.

X&nb= sp; Mark you calendars for the Annual Lenten Din= ners sponsored by our council and held each Friday of Lent. Help will be needed to prepare and= serve the food.

Fourth Degree= Report:

X&nb= sp; A dinner will be held on Sunday November 18<= sup>th to welcome the new Fourth Degree members.

Good of the O= rder:

X&nb= sp; Remember in you prayers:

Joe Send= elback as he recovers from surgery

John Harrod’s mother

John Harrod’s friend Corin

Peter Kraehenbuehl, a member of St. Luke’s Council, who has MS.

Respectfully Submitted,

Dave Demo, Recorder