Knights of Columbus Council 7559
Minutes for the Meeting on
12 August 2014

Council Web Site: koccolumbiamd.org
St. John the Evangelist Parish: www.sjerc.org
District Web Site: TBD
MD State Web Site: www.kofc-md.org
Supreme Web Site: www.kofc.org
Councils in District 23: St. Frances of Assisi Council 12524 (Fulton), St. John Neumann Council 11618 (Elkridge), and Fr. Bernard Harding Council 12180 (Jessup), Columbia Council 7559 (St. John the Evangelist) 

	Meeting was called to order at: 8:00 PM by the GK. The Council offered a prayer followed by the Pledge. The minutes of the previous meeting of 8 July 2014 (which were posted on the web site) were approved. The roll of officers was taken as specified below (P=Present, E=Excused, & A=Absent). 

E	Chaplain Rev. Gene Nickol
P	Grand Knight Sonny Van
P	Deputy Grand Knight Alan Pultyniewicz
E	Chancellor Harry Lis
P	Recorder Andy Stack
P	Financial Secretary Bill Kotraba
P	Treasurer Hugo Tejeda
P	Lecturer Nick Clemens
E	Advocate Tim Lynch
P	Warden Greg Strakna
E	Guard Greg Friend
P	Guard Gary Stradone
P	Guard Joseph Toyang
P	3rd Year Trustee Boni Nwugwo
E	2nd Year Trustee Garland Payne
P	1st Year Trustee Nick Clemens

Applications:
	The Council voted to have approval/rejection of candidates done by Voice Vote. Following applications for membership, transfer or re-instatement were approved by the Council. 

	Name			Parish			Status
	None

Degree:
	N/A 

Grand Knight’s Report:
All brothers were welcomed and the following items were mentioned.
- Parish is implementing a new policy on selling tickets after masses 
- October Fest planning is underway; scheduled for 25 Oct 2014
- On Tuesday 28 Oct 2014 Council will have a First Degree followed by a Second Degree
- Columbus Day Ball on 11 Oct 2014 
- Car raffle and Tootsie Roll Drive will need help; please volunteer 
- Social meeting on Tuesday 26 Aug 2014 starts with Adoration followed by Columbia Pregnancy Center talk
- 15 August 2014 Holy Day - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- 15 August 2014 semi-annual Audit due to Supreme
- 26 August 2014 Social meeting 7:30 PM WLIFC
- 1 September 2014 Labor Day
- 2 September 2014 Officers meeting
- 9 September 2014 Business meeting 8 PM WLIFC
- 23 September 2014 Social meeting 7:30 PM WLIFC
- 6 October 2014 Officers meeting
- 11 October 2014 Columbus Day Ball
- 13 October 2014 Columbus Day
- 14 October 2014 Business meeting 8 PM WLIFC
- 25 October 2014 October Fest
- 28 October 2014 First/Second Degree followed by social meeting

- Please continue to recruit and to carry a Form 100 with you
- Remember to support the State Charity Fund

Chaplain’s Report:  
NTR

Treasurer’s Report:    
	General Fund:		$3,523.26
	Charity Fund:  	$2,605.25 
	Building Fund: 	$15,632.41 

The Grand Knight read receipts from the Treasurer to the Financial Secretary in the sum of $250.00, $320.00, and $369.26 which represents receipts from the previous meeting in July 2014. The Grand Knight also read the Treasurer’s voucher of deposit for $250.00, $320.00, and $369.26 which matched the receipts. 

Bills:
The following bills were read and submitted to the Trustees.
	Amount	Name			Rational
	1. $500.44	Alan Pultyniewicz	installation/picnic/newsletter expenses
	2. $72.44	Sonny Van		installation/car raffle expenses
	3. $162.69	Bill Kotraba		stamps & supplies
	4. $88.20	Gary Stradone		stamps

Total is $823.77

Communications:
Thank you letters: Columbia Pregnancy Center & Little Sisters of the Poor;
Activities:  Columbus Day Ball 11 October 2014 at BWI Marriot with cost of $65/person; State Family Picnic 13 September 2014 at Prince Georges Council 1-5 PM $16/adult; State Special Olympics 27 September 2014; State trip to New York City 14 December 2014 includes ticket to Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular $138/person – see GK or DD for details on all these activities; 
Merchandise: can now order K of C gear on the web at www.knightsgear.com (all kinds of gear are available including name brands like Adidas, Nike, Cutter & Buck, and Columbia) 

Financial Secretary’s Report:

	Amount	For
	1. $10.00	Dues
	2. $50.00	Knighthood banquet
       	--------------	---------------------------------------------------
  	     $60.00	Total Received at Officers Meeting 

Trustees Report:
The Trustees recommended that the bills be paid. The semi-annual audit was successfully completed and sent to Supreme. 

Chancellor’s Report:
No report 

Sick & Deceased:
Please keep the following people in your prayers: Sick –Stanley “Danny” Daniello, Candace Olds, Joan Fiscus, Bob Estright, Mike Hastings, Liz Siani, and Barbara Thompson
Deceased – Ed Strakna

Programs: (Program Director Harry Lis)
	1. Recruitment continues; retention committee meeting on 13 Aug 2014
	2. St. Agnes is hosting a “poker night”; $20/person 
	3. Council Picnic went well; thanks to all the Brothers who helped and who attended
	4. Car raffle coming soon; watch for the tickets in the mail
	5. Tootsie Roll planning underway; 4 Oct (HR), 11 Oct (DS); 18 Oct (KC), 25 Oct (HC)
	6. Columbus Day Ball; table has been reserved; let GK know if you want to go
	7. Installation was held; thanks to officers and brothers

Remember to check the Council web site (kofccolumbiamd.org/) for the latest news. 

Unfinished Business: 
	Remember to put 5% of the profits from fundraisers into the Building Fund and 5% in the Council Brothers Support Fund. 

New Business: 
	Under the Amount category, G = money to come from General Fund, C = money to come from Charity Fund, and B = money to come from Building Fund. Unless otherwise noted, all motions were approved by voice vote with no objections. 

Motion				Amount	Proposed By	Seconded By
1. Pay the bills (see above)		--------- G	Trustees
2. Columbia Pregnancy Center	$200.00 C	Andy Stack	Bill Kotraba

Schedule of activities for next fraternal year is posted on the web site. Pat and Peter attended the State Program Seminar and had the following to report:
-	State Soccer Shootout and Basketball Free Throw activities will occur
-	Columbus Day Parade on 5 Oct 2014
-	Living Rosary activity is popular, Council should try it as an activity
-	Remember to use the parish bulletin to inform people of K of C activities (and the results)
-	Sonogram machine project continues
-	Silver Rose program will have a stop in Washington DC
-	Support the State Charity Fund
-	Navy football game on 15 Nov 2014; State activity
-	State is starting a State Widows effort/activity
-	Consider (or continue) Christmas Card sales
-	Consider also selling all occasion cards
-	Consider holding a parish movie night
-	Councils should offer masses for deceased Council members

Insurance Agent’s Report: (Larry Prior; 410-823-3800 – Marlowe Agency)
Larry looks forward to meeting Brother Knights and their families. 

District (#23) Deputy’s Report:  Howard Johnson (DD23) & Nick Clemens (DW23); DW gave report
-	Greetings from the State; 
-	State Theme: Be Not Afraid, Our Faith is Our Courage
-	Pleased to be the District Warden
-	Remember goal of one First Degree per Council per Month
-	District meeting held; all GKs in attendance
-	Trying to start a District Second Degree team
-	State Picnic 13 September 2014
-	Special Olympics Day for K of C 27 September 2014
-	New State Deputy wants every Council to succeed (and all Districts also)
-	Please support State Charity Fund 
-	Overall recruiting goal: 1 new member/Council/month
-	Keep recruiting; Columbia Council’s goal is 12 new members and 4 new insurance members;
-	Remember that we are a faith-based organization
-	Remain under the care of Mary

Good of the Order:

Enjoy the company and refreshments. From our Lecturer: Will focus next several meetings on Ignatius Spirituality. The Ignatius Prayer was given. 

A closing prayer was said by the Council, the ode was skipped; and the meeting was closed at 8:55 PM.

Submitted by the Recorder