Meeting Minutes

Business Meeting Minutes 02-21-18

Business Meeting Minutes February 21, 2018 of Knights of Columbus 12017

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

Roll Call of Officers

Chaplain report: No report. 

Approval of minutes:

The minutes from the January meeting are posted on the council website. Motion made to approve, seconded and was passed.

Retention/Membership report: No  report.

Grand Knight report: Given by DGK Smith.

• A Second Degree will be held at St. Mark on saturday, February 24, beginning at 11:30. Six candidates have expressed interest.
• A Third Degree at St. Mary is scheduled for March 3 but there are no candidates so far so the degree may not come off. 
• The council will host two lenten dinners: Fridays February 23 and March 9. G. Schadt needs volunteers requesting them to show up at 3:30 for set-up, serving and clean-up.
• The St. Patrick's Dinner Dance tickets are moving well with over 150 sold. Volunteers are needed as food servers and clean-up crew.
• International Food Festival:
  • We will again cook hot dogs and hamburgers with T. Woodard.
  • We are sponsoring a large blow-up for kids.
  • And always help with parking. A sign-up sheet requesting volunteers was routed for volunteers. 
• The Yard Sale to support the St. Philomena fund may not happen until school is out. The church administrator is not in support of the business model. He suggested backing a parish-wide, Knights-operated yard sale.  
• There is a First Degree scheduled for 1/27.  Form 100s are in our mailslot for anyone having a candidate.  The Second Degree is being rescheduled.
• The Knights will host two Lenten Suppers (2/23 and 3/9 from 5-7pm). The cost will be $8 per plate.
• A SuperBowl party is being planned but the venue is up in the air due to poor TV reception (and lack of equipment). 
• The St. Patrick's Dinner Dance is a go and L. Greer reported that volunteers will be needed to set up from 7-9am that morning. Also needed will be food servers and cleanup crew from 11-midnight. It will be much easier since the food is being catered.  Youth Ministry will help with servers and cleanup. Also, the website has been promoting the event and accepting ticket purchases.  
• The Polar Plunge is set for 2/17 at Kure Beach. T. Niggel reports that we will have a room in the Marriott Courtyard for before/after refreshments. The Plunge occurs at 3pm. 
• Bowling and Bocce with 1074. Council 1074 is interested in cross-council social initiatives. Two brought forward were bowling and bocce in the Spring. 
• The Golf Outing had its first planning meeting under the new leadership of Scott Caparelli and Jason Theobald. Sponsors are needed as well as players. 

Bills and Communications: None. 

Treasurer’s report:  Gave report.

Financial Secretary’s report: Gave report. Mentioned that 93 people have yet to pay their dues of which 20 are unable to locate. A list of these 20 was routed for any knowledge as to their whereabouts. 

Trustees report: No report. 

Director’s reports:

Culture of Life (Breit) -

• M. Breit reported on the Honor Guard at the NC Mass for Life in the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in DC as part of the March For Life.  Two council Sir Knights of the six in the honor guard were from 12017: Breit and Decker. 

Church (Decker) - 

• The parish's Lenten Mission runs February 26 thru 28 evenings from 6:30 to 8. All are encouraged to attend. 
• The Dynamic Catholic gift is the book, Beautiful Hope, and is free to anyone who wants it. 
• G. Peters introduced the parish's new DRE and Third Degree Knight, Deacon Scott Watford. 
• M. Saldana requests that brother knights, especially retired ones, to spend an hour in Adoration Fridays from 2-3 pm. 

Council -

• Texas Hold'Em: The February event was cancelled due to personnel schedule conflicts and illness. The next event will be March 11. January's game produced over $1,700. 
• Parish Breakfasts - The February breakfast brought in over $400. Volunteers are needed for the 3/4 breakfast. It will be the annual Irish Breakfast with meat from Val at The Harp. The Lady Hibernians will provide Irish soda bread.  which will benefit the Columbiettes. 
• Golf Outing - G. Peters talked about this year's golf outing which will be on May 19 at "the Muni". Brochures will be available in the knights mailslot within the next day or two. Players and sponsors are needed. 
• Also introduced was a new First Degree Knight - Tommy Medon, son of brother knight Scott Medon. 

LAMB (Niggel) -

• Nine knights plus some family members braved the icy waters to take the Polar Plunge. A couple pictures are being distributed.
• Summer collections will start late May or early June. 
• LAMB fund recipients will be invited to either the March or April meeting to report on how our funds are applied. 

Old Business: None.

New Business: 

• A Nominating Committee has been set up consisting of L. Greer, T. Niggel and S. Shelton. 
• J. Bolger thanked all the knights and Columbiettes for their support in the passing of his wife.
• J. Bolger also provided retired service members with a token of appreciation. 
• S. Tascone contributed his Football Pool winnings to cover the dues of seminarian John Lewis. 
• C. Smith raised the idea of a council debit card.

Report of the Fourth Degree: 

• The annual scholarship contest has launched with an early May submission date. More info will be in the church bulletin. 

District Deputy Report:

• F. Weisgerber commented on the large crowd of about 35 knights in attendance. 
• He mentioned the two upcoming degrees and dates covered earlier in the GK's report. 
• Asked for volunteers for the Second Degree team.
• Mentioned that All Saints will have a fish fry on February 22.
• And lastly, that the State Raffle tickets have been given to teh Grand Knight.

Regional Consultant Report:

• Thanked the council for hosting the Second Degree.
• Asked for volunteers for the Marine Corps Trials (or Paralympics) being held at Camp LeJeune in March. More information will be forthcoming. 

Insurance Representative: 

• M. Yakimovich brought up two important things to consider:
  • If retiring and have insurance with/through the company, make sure to capture all the particulars before leaving. It's so much more difficult to track down afterwards.
  • Do you and your spouse know each other's "digital assets"? They are the accounts you have access to, the user ids and passwords you use to access them, etc.  Yes, bank accounts, insurance policies, investment brokers, etc. 

Good of the Order:

Prayers were offered for fellow Knights, relatives and friends. Specifically were named Paul Gilotti's mother who passed away, Fran Keenan, Sean Duncan who will have a catheterization, a friend of K. Dieppa in the ICU in Florida, Russ Cappello who will undergo brain surgery. Also, Kathy Wagner's cancer is considered under control. 

Closing prayer and adjourn

The closing prayer was led by the Warden. 

Greg Decker, Recorder