Business Meeting Minutes March 20, 2019 Knights of Columbus 12017

These minutes are abbreviated due to unforseen circumstances. 

Grand Knight Greer called the meeting to order. The Warden reported all had membership card and rosary. The opening prayer was led by brother Deacon Watford and the Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

Roll Call of Officers  

Grand Knight	Larry Greer	Present
Chaplain	Fr. Pat Keane	Excused
Deputy Grand Knight	Chris Smith	Absent
Chancellor	Gary Wool	Present
Advocate	Mark Pahl	Present
Lecturer	Miguel Saldana	Excused
Treasurer	Sal Tascone	Present
Financial Secretary	Greg Decker	Present
Warden	George Schadt	Present
Outside Guard	Sean Duncan	Present
Inside Guard	Pete Kotas	Excused
Recorder	Ronn Girardi	Present
Trustee 1	Ken Dieppa	Excused
Trustee 2	Ken Merck	Present
Trustee 3	Jeff Godshall	Present

Chaplain report: Chaplain excused, no report

Approval of minutes: The minutes from the February meeting were not posted on the council website. Instead they were distributed at the meeting. Motion made to approve, seconded and was passed. (The February minutes have since been posted.)

Retention/Membership report: no report

Grand Knight report: Not recorded.

Financial Secretary report: 221 Members, 1 transfer in. We have about 75 members in arrears. The list has been turned over to the Retention Chairman Godshall for followup. 
Non-Financial:

• Badges are in and should be picked up.
• Parking help is needed for Easter Sunday and IFF.  Signup sheet is being circulated. 
• State Raffle: We had less than 50% participation in the raffle this year so our council only made $677.50. No tickets will be accepted after tonight’s meeting. 
• Golf Outing: Like last year, our golf outing is at the MUNI (Wilmington Municipal Golf Course). It’s an afternoon event starting at 12:30.  We need sponsors and we need players. Last year we brought in over $5K for our various charities and programs. The co-chairmen of the outing are Jason Theobald and Scott Caparelli.
• Final Four Pool: Three games with payouts of $250, $250 and $500. It’s $20 and limited to 100 tickets. Proceeds will help our patriotic involvement. 

Treasurer’s report: provided report on finances.

New Business:  Not recorded. 

Field Agent Report: No Report

Family:

• Please help out any way you can for the International Food Festival which is a huge event and helps raise a lot of money for a variety of needs. Parking, setup and teardown are in need of colunteers. 

Report of the Fourth Degree: No Report

District Deputy Report: William Vertoli:

• The DD thanked us for the council's support of the State Raffle and accepted our turnover of stubs and proceeds. 

Community:

• Recipients of LAMB funds attend our meeting and each gave a brief presentation on how the funds help their particular area.  Of the ten or so recipients, each was more heart-warming that the previous.

Good of the Order:

• Prayers were offered for fellow Knights, relatives and friends. In particular for 1074 member and sir knight Mike Fedarko who died last night. 

Next Meeting April 17.

Closing prayer: was led by brother Deacon Scott.