# Knights of Columbus # [Council 7515] (https://sje7515.org/) # Business Meeting ## Date & Time - Wednesday January 11th 2022 - 7:30pm ## Attendance Count - 24 (start of meeting) ## Opening Prayer - Led by *Grand Knight* ## Grand Knight's Report ## Roll Call - *Present* Grand Knight (Brother Walter Burek) - *Present* Deputy Grand Knight (Brother Bill Myer) - *Present* Chancellor (Brother Lou Penge) - *Present* Advocate (Brother John Bowan) - *Present* Treasurer (Brother Paul Oesterle) ~~Absent~~ Financial Secretary (Brother Cary Yonce) - *Present* Recorder (Brother Keith McGuire) - *Present* Warden (Brother John Beck) ~~Absent~~ Inside Guard (Brother Jim Dulin) - *Present* Outside Gaurd (Brother Bill Moredich) - *Present* One Year Trustee (Brother Wayne Tallman) - *Present* Two Year Trustee (Brother Chris Mazzeo) - *Present* Three Year Trustee (Brother John Perdoch) ## Meeting Minutes - Available and posted on-line for review prior to the meeting *Motion to accept previous minutes *Motion Accepted ## Grand Knight's Report - Two degree candidates (Sponsors: Brother Perdoch and Meyer) - John Webber sponsored by Brother John Perdoch (parishoner at 11:30am Mass) *Motion to accept John Webber as member of our council *Motion Accepted - Dennis Michaels sponsored by Brother Bill Meyer (parishoner greeter at 9:30am Mass) *Motion to accept Dennis Michaels as member of our council *Motion Accepted - Two transfers in - (Recorder missed name) - Brian Mursch (present) - active in previous council as financial secretary, etc. ## Financial Secretary Report *Brother Paul covering for Brother Cary* ## Treasurer Report *Brother Paul* - Dues returned (about 1/4 of council responded) - Refer to reports for confidential numbers *Motion to accept finances (subject to audit) *Motion Accepted ## Advocate Report *Brother John Bowan* *GK speaking towards this*/ - Exemplification - January 18th @ SJE *Next Wednesday evening at 7pm* - 8 new candidates from 4 different councils (2 for ours) - May Need Degree Team - 3 Presenters and Warden ## Charity Committee Report *Brother John Eidenhofer* 1. AHTN $1,500 (Brother Keith) - 2nd reading *Motion to accept 2nd reading *Motion Accepted *this is now a budgeted item 2. NAC Have a Heart $1,000 (Brother Len) - 2nd reading - Brother Paul asked some logistical questions about whether through Donor Advised or Regular Checking account - Result of discussion is that since we are working this as a pass through to a specific family, it makes the most sense to do this from the Regular Checking account *Motion to accept 2nd reading *Motion Accepted ## Program Committee Report *Brother John Perdoch* 1. Baptisms (Brother John Perdoch) - quiet because of Christmas and New Year - a couple of baptisms this upcoming Sunday at 1pm 2. COAL (Chance of a Lifetime (Brother John Bowan) - 143 sold, $715 - portion to state scholarship fund - portion to our scholarship fund - No selling tickets after Mass - Return address of council members who may have moved - Council member who no longer wants mail - Promote the scholarship more within our council 3. Coat Drive Update (Brother Lou) - Thank you note from St. John's Hospice delayed due to family issues - Successful event 4. Adopt-a-Family (Brother Jim or Brother Wayne) - Successful event - 218 kids (sometimes multiple gifts for each kid) - 92 families (lots of people served) - 10s of thousands of dollars of charity - Getting ready for Easter starting next Month - Parishoners are very generous 4. Creche/Banner Takedown (Brother Lou) - Volunteers 1/14/2023 at 8:30am - rake, 7/16th wrench, garbage bag, muscle ## Old Business/New Business - Masses for deceased members (Brother John Eidenhoffer) - George O'Neil, Robert Amadio, Robert Barlow, Guytano 'Tom' Rossi - by laws say 5 masses for each deceased member - proposing changing it to - 1 mass for each deceased member - monthly mass for all deceased members - we also have a memorial mass for all deceased members in November - need to review the back log and change the by laws - in advance of changing the by laws, we're going to vote on this *Motion to ammend the by laws as described above *Advocate ruled this as out of order *needs to be written up first as an amendment -then voted on and sent up the chain to supreme, etc. *we need someone who knows how to do revisions to the by laws - Update Memorial Plaque (Brother Al DiGregorio/ Brother Lou) - This also has not been updated in quite some time - Brother Len offered to contact Brother Al DiGregorio about both the Memorial Plaque and the by laws ## Good of the Order - Merit Awards for Service Well Done - Brother Wayne & Brother Jim - for their service on the 2022 Adopt-A-Family program - Brother Lou - for his service on the 2022 coat drive - Advocate reminded GK about Knight of the Year award ## Intentions and Closing Prayer for the Intercession of Venerable Michael McGivney - Ukraine - Josephine - Veterans - Friend who lost his aunt due to cancers and stroke - family needs prayers - First Responders - Best of Health for council and families - Steve Lobs cancer surgery and collapsed lung - in recovery - Cousin's son who walked in front of a train - Special intentions - Friends in Northern California - Grand Niece Monica 2 months premature in incubator - Peace on Earth - Connie Mordich and her cancer - wayne's father in nursing home - Kathy note in the bulletin on Sunday - World/America show the same kindness everyday - Peaceful repose of sould of Pope Benedict - Grandchildren - Webster family - Deceased members of our council ## Closing Prayer - Led by *Grand Knight*