Knights of Columbus - Council 7515
Business Meeting - Wednesday July 14th 2021

Date & Time
	Wednesday July 14th 2021 - 7:30pm
	
Attendance Count
	24

Opening Prayer
	Led by Brother __________

Roll Call
	P_________ Grand Knight (Brother John Perdoch)
	P_________ Deputy Grand Knight (Brother Walter Burek)
	P_________ Chancellor (Brother Lou Penge)
	P_________ Advocate (Brother John Bowan)
	P_________ Treasurer (Brother Paul Oesterle)
	P_________ Financial Secretary (Brother Rick Ogitis)
	P_________ Recorder (Brother Keith McGuire)
	P_________ Warden (Brother John Beck)
	P_________ Inside Guard (Brother Jim Dulin)
	P_________ Outside Gaurd (Brother Bill Moredich)
	P_________ One Year Trustee (Brother Joe Retallick)
	P_________ Two Year Trustee (Brother Wayne Tallman)
	A_________ Three Year Trustee (Brother Marc Hulin)

Minutes
	Accepted

Guest Speaker
	Father Will
		Thanked Brother Rick for Sacristan/Usher duty
		Parish Ministries coming back from COVID
		Liturgical Ministries are in need
			Altar Servers
			Ushers (specifically at the 4pm vigil mass)
	
	David Wells - Focus Missionary
		FOCUS - Boston University/College
		On-Campus (much needed evangelization)
		Prayer - partners in mission
		Prayer & Financial Support
		$3250/month needed year round
		$150/month request from council
		Timeline needed within the next month
		August 12th approval would be good for him

Finances
	Financial Secretary (Brother Rick)
		Envelopes prepared and ready for the auditors (Trustees)
		Walt will provide to Marc
	Treasurer (Brother Paul)
		Regular account 10,402.69
		Charity account 65,892.34 (12,075.17 reserved for Scholarship Fund)
	Len
		15K of approx 30K from Golf outing still coming in

Advocate (Brother John Bowan)
	Upcoming Degree Ceremonies
		No Live Degree ceremonies currently in our area
	Lou has an applicant for 1st degree
		John Bowan can do an on-line CD based degree ceremony
	Recruit, recruit, recruit
	
Commitee Chairmen Updates

	Baptisms (Brother Al and John)
		Two individual baptisms on June 21st served by Brother Al
		One baptism on July 11st served by Brother John
	
	Charity Commitee (Brother Kurt)
		Brother Len - Cradle of Hope - shelter for single mothers
			Who is going to step up and be the master of ceremonies for the Charity Commitee
			(since Brother Kurt is stepping down)
			GK has an idea about what to do
	
	Golf Committee (Brothers Rick/Len/Lou/Walt)
		May event raised 65-70K dollars (combined both councils, so half to our council)
		September
			Raising money - TV blocks
			
Installation Dinner
	September but NOT the Golf Outing weekend

Old Business
	Youth Purpose event on July 31st
		Volunteers Needed 
			-SignUp Genius link
			-Brother Paul mentioned that 
				a Youth Ministry background check needed for any indoor activities
		Sponsors Needed - $40 per child
	
	Brother Lou & Brother Bill (Tom Rossi son in law)
		Mary's Garden Rosary polls
		
	John Bowan
		Changes for the ticket fund raising

New Business
	Grand Knight asked if we know of anyone impacted by the recent floods

	David Wells - 1st motion - read by Brother Len
		$150/month for 24 months
			$1800/yr - in the budget
			1st reading accepted
			
	Brother Daryl would like to head up the Charity Commitee
	
	Brother Joe Kelly has the right attitude about giving

Prayer Intentions
	Peace
	Conversion of Sinners
	Salvation of Souls

Closing Prayer
	Led by Brother __________