Knights of Columbus

Knights of = Columbus

St. Raphael= ’s Council 9880

Meeting Minutes

Date: March 10, 2009

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

X&nb= sp; Meeting was called to order at 7:30 PM in the Library.

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 was seconded and past by the membership.

X&nb= sp; In attendance at the meeting was North Carol= ina State Deputy John Gouldie, who was invited to sit at the head table.

X&nb= sp; Applications for the transfer of the followi= ng Knights were submitted: Thomas Indovina, Jeffery Trouch, and Manfred Gerhard. A motion was made th= at we accept these transfers. The m= otion was seconded and approved.

Grand Knight&= #8217;s Report:

X&nb= sp; Awards presented were: Family of the Month – January - Jackie and Gene Knight, Knight of the Month – Febru= ary – Jim Cody, and Family of the Month – February – Cody Fam= ily.

X&nb= sp; Gene Knight was nominated to fill the Chancellor’s position. A motion was made and seconded. Gene Knight was approved to be Chancellor for the balance of the fiscal year.

X&nb= sp; Dave Demo has been approved by Supreme to be= the Financial Secretary. Tom Smit= h will return to the 3^rd Year Trustee position.

X&nb= sp; Jim Welte was nominated to fill the Recorder’s position. A = motion was made and seconded. Jim We= lte will be the Recorder for the balance of the fiscal year.

X&nb= sp; Joseph reminded the membership about the McGivney Guild. Membership is= free of charge and anyone can apply on-line or by mail. The Guild was established for the = purpose of furthering the process of making Father McGivney, the founder of the K o= f C, a saint. Members of the Guild receive a newsletter in the mail.

X&nb= sp; Joseph thanked the membership for helping wi= th the Lenten Dinners. A discuss= ion was held about using any proceeds from the Lenten Dinners over the amount required to replenish the Scholarship Fund for “Room at the Inn”.

TreasurerR= 17;s Report:

X&nb= sp; Attendance at the Lenten Dinners was 299 for= the first week and 329 for the second week.&nb= sp; The profit for the two weeks was about $2,800.

X&nb= sp; 9 State Vacation Raffle tickets were sold and $81 was collected for the basketball raffle.

Financial Secretary’s Report:

X&nb= sp; We currently have 157 members.

Trustee’= ;s Report:

X&nb= sp; None

Service Progr= ams:

Coordinator &= #8211; John Peel, Deputy Grand Knight

X&nb= sp; Cou= ncil Director – Gene Knight – Gene reported that his trying to arrange for a group to attend the performance of “Lend Me a TenorR= 21; at the Raleigh Little Theatre. It will be April 26^th at 3:00 PM.&= nbsp; More information will be in the Knightlife.

X&nb= sp; You= th – Jim Lueck – A pizza party for the altar servers is being planned for May. Jim will have more detail soon. We will present certifi= cates for the servers.

X&nb= sp; Mem= bership – Tom Smith – A membership drive will be held in the atrium= at all masses on March 28 and 29. Please contact Tom if you can volunteer. Osman Chacon will help at the Span= ish masses.

Old Business:=

X&nb= sp; Delegates for the State Convention will be as follows: Joseph Smith and Joh= n Peel will be delegates and Dave Demo and Bill Wolf will be alternates.

X&nb= sp; Volunteers are still needed for the Lenten Dinners.

New Business:=

X&nb= sp; Manfred Gerhard builds hand-made nativity stables, without the figures. He has offered the Council one to be used as a raffle prize.

X&nb= sp; Tom Neilsen suggested a Super Bowl Pool for = next year as a fund raiser.

X&nb= sp; John Gunther reminded everyone about the St. Patrick’s Parade to be held in downtown Raleigh on Saturday, March 14^{th. Everyone is invited to walk along =
with
the float provided by Father Price Council. All should meet at Lenior and Harg=
ett
Sts. between 10:30 and 11:00 AM on Saturday.}

State Deputy = Report:

X&nb= sp; John Gouldie asked everyone to consider supporting the Marriage Amendment proposed for the State North Carolina. It is meant to specifically define marriage as being between one man and one woman at one time. Please support the movement to hav= e the amendment put to a referendum vote so that it is not left to the courts to decide. See CatholicVoiceNC.c= om for more information.

X&nb= sp; John complimented the Lenten Dinners.

X&nb= sp; John reminded us about the new K of C Insura= nce Policy for all members, even with pre-existing conditions. Four insurance members is our Coun= cil quota for the year.

Good of the O= rder:

X Lou Clark provide as discussion about the se= ason of Lent. He reminded us that = the Lenten season should be a time of penance, prayer and sacrifice in preparat= ion for the Resurrection. He also= gave examples of actions that we can take to address the three themes of Lent, w= hich are; Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving.

Please Rememb= er in Your Prayers:

X&nb= sp; Prayer intentions:

· Jim Cody’s boss

· Father Sal, who has been diagnosed with pros= tate cancer

· The Oliverio Philips family

· The astronauts on the Challenger mission

· All those who are suffering of who have lost their jobs during these difficult financial times

· Gus Kasopsky, who is having a hip replacemen= t

· John Peel’s daughter

· Bill Wolf’s mother-in-law in California

· All US Service men and women

Respectfully Submitted,

Dave Demo, Recorder