200904 Minutes 04 14 09

Knights of = Columbus

St. Raphael= ’s Council 9880

Meeting Minutes

Date: April 14, 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	P	Chancellor	E
Treasurer &nbs= p;	P	2 Year Trustee	A	Recorder	A
Chaplain &nbs= p;	E	3 Year Trustee	P	Advocate	P

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; A First Degree exemplification was held. Ben Briggs, Paul Onwudiwe, Gerard Roventini, and Paul Stapleton were warmly welcome into our council as Broth= er in the First Degree.

X&nb= sp; District Deputy Joe Sendelback was in attendance. He congratulated = the new members.

X&nb= sp; Tom Indovina, our Insurance Agent, gave a pr= esentation which reviewed the KofC insurance options with emphasis on annuities.

Grand Knight&= #8217;s Report:

X&nb= sp; Awards presented were: Nineteen “Knigh= t of the Month” certificates and four “Family of the Month” certificates were presented to those who helped at the Lenten Dinners.

X&nb= sp; The State Council Vacation Raffle tickets are available for $5.00 each. The council keeps $2.50 for each ticket sold.

X&nb= sp; A slate of officers is needed for the May meeting for the next fraternal year. Elections will be held at the June meeting.

X&nb= sp; In anticipation of the State Convention, the officers have made a scrapbook, taken an advertisement in the yearbook, sub= mitted our newsletters and applied for four state awards.

X&nb= sp; A rosary check was announced and everyone had their rosaries.

TreasurerR= 17;s Report:

X&nb= sp; The Lenten Dinners were very successful. We served 1900 dinners during the = six weekly dinner events. It is e= stimated that our profit will be over $6,500.

X&nb= sp; The bill for the defribulator to be mounted = in the church has been paid in the amount of $1698.38.

Financial Secretary’s Report:

X&nb= sp; Badges have been ordered for transferred and= new members.

X&nb= sp; The Treasurer and the FS are working on the Second Half Audit for 2008.

X&nb= sp; Contact Dave Demo if you need KofC supplies.=

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

X&nb= sp; You= th – Jim Lueck

X&nb= sp; Fam= ily – Mark Parrish – Mark reminded everyone about the website, KofC9880.org= and the group email. The new memb= ers with email should send their address to Mark.

A Mother’s Day flower= sale will be held on the weekend of May 10^th at all masses. Single roses will be sold for $2.00 each. We will purchase 500. Our cost will be less that $1.00 each. Contact Mark if you can volunteer to sell the flowers after the mass you usually attend. Proceeds will go to Gabriel House.=

X&nb= sp; Chu= rch – Lou Clark

X&nb= sp; Mem= bership – Tom Smith – A membership drive will be held in the atrium= at all masses on June 27 and 28. Please contact Tom if you can volunteer. Our council will hose a Second Deg= ree exemplification on May 2. We currently have two candidates for the Fourth Degree, which will be held in = Greensboro in October. Contact Tom if you a= re interested.

X&nb= sp; Com= munity – Bill Hast – Capital Towers will be held= on Saturday May 2^nd.

Old Business:=

X&nb= sp; John Gunther thanked all who helped with the Lenten Dinners, especially the wife’s of knights and other women in t= he parish. A “Thank You= 221; party is being planned for June.

X&nb= sp; John Gunther reported that he is still plann= ing to procure 200 “Keep Christ in Christmas” magnets. He is also investigating a distributorship.

X&nb= sp; John Gunther suggested that we plan our Chri= stmas luminary event for this Christmas. Plans have to be made in October.

X&nb= sp; John Gunther made a motion that the name of = the wife of each knight be added to the newsletter be to encourage communication with the wives. The motion was seconded and carried.

X&nb= sp; The Senior Prom will be held on May 23^r=
d. Ticket will be on sale this weekend. Elvis will be in the building that night.

X&nb= sp; Mark Parrish reported that 16 knights helped= at the outdoor Stations of the Cross lead by Bishop Burbidge on the St. Raphael campus on Good Friday. 700 pe= ople attended the event.

X&nb= sp; Manfred Varnhold has donated a handmade mang= er for raffle this year. Joseph = Smith is leading the planning for the raffle.

New Business:=

X&nb= sp; Tom Smith is planning to power wash the fron= t of the ECC building on Wednesday April 15^th. Contact him if you can help.

X&nb= sp; We will be painting the porch of the rectory= on Friday April 16^th. Contact Tom Smith.

X&nb= sp; Pancake Breakfasts will be held on May 17th and June 7^th.

X&nb= sp; Road Clean-up will be held on June 13^th=.

X&nb= sp; Pat Eagan made a motion that any excess moni= es over the $6,000 for the school scholarship fund made at the Lenten dinners = be donated to Room at the Inn. The motion seconded and passed. The amount will be calculated for = the next meeting.

Good of the O= rder:

X Lou Clark provided a discussion about the new initiative of Supreme called “Fathers for Good”. The program emphasizes the responsibilities of knights as Christian fathers. There much good information in the= Columbia magazine= and on a website called Fathersforgood.org.

Please Rememb= er in Your Prayers:

X&nb= sp; Prayer intentions:

· Tom Smith’s brother, who had bypass surgery

· Dave Bichler’s Family, on the loss of = his mother-in-law

· Gus Kasopsky, who is in rehab after surgery<= /p>

· John Peel’s daughter

· John Harrod’s nephew

· John Harrod’s friends, Mr. And Mrs. Ko= op

· Victim’s of the Titanic on this anniversary

· The Oliverio Philips family

Respectfully Submitted,

Dave Demo