Knights of Columbus Council 7559
Minutes for the Meeting on
14 October 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 12 August 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
P	Advocate Tim Lynch
P	Warden Greg Strakna
P	Guard Greg Friend
P	Guard Gary Stradone
P	Guard Joseph Toyang
P	3rd Year Trustee Boni Nwugwo
P	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
	Robert Cowen		St. John		New
	Curtis Obike 		St. John		New
	Christopher Cielo 	St. John		New
Juan Valle		St. John		New
China Tran		St. John		New
David Burrison 	St. John		New

Degree:
	N/A 

Grand Knight’s Report:
All brothers were welcomed and the following items were mentioned.
- Parish is implementing a new St. Vincent DePaul Society; Council will host a spaghetti dinner with the Society on 16 November 2014 in room 100 at the Oakland Mills Interfaith Center (OMIFC); Council will arrange and oversee the dinner; help is needed
- Thanks to all the Brothers who helped with the various activities in September and October
- October Fest is scheduled for 25 Oct 2014; please attend
- On Tuesday 28 Oct 2014 Council will have a First Degree followed by a Second Degree
- Council Soccer Shoot-out on 19 October 2014 after the Noon mass; District Shoot-out will immediately follow the Council Soccer Shoot-out; help is needed 
- Parish needs help in setting up reception after the Hispanic Heritage Mass on 19 October 2014
- All brother knights need to take the Archdiocese STAND training (working with children); see GK for details
- 25 October 2014 October Fest 5 PM WLIFC
- 28 October 2014 First/Second Degree followed by social meeting 6:30 PM WLIFC
- 1 November 2014 Feast of All Saints
- 3 November 2014 Council Memorial Mass 7:00 PM WLIFC
- 4 November 2014 Election Day
- 5 November 2014 Officers meeting 7:30 PM Zapata’s Mexican Restaurant, Columbia
- 11 November 2014 Business meeting 8 PM WLIFC and Veteran’s Day
- 16 November 2014 Spaghetti Supper 2:30 to 6 PM OMIFC 
- 25 November 2014 Social meeting 7:30 PM WLIFC - CANCELLED
- 27 November 2014 Thanksgiving Day
- 1 December 2014 Officers meeting 7:30 PM Zapata’s Mexican Restaurant, Columbia
- 8 December 2014 Feast of the Immaculate Conception
- 9 December 2014 Business meeting 8 PM WLIFC
- 12 December 2014 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
- 23 December 2014 Social meeting 7:30 PM WLIFC – CANCELLED
- 25 December 2014 Christmas

- 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:		$1,296.75
	Charity Fund:  	$2,305.25 
	Building Fund: 	$15,632.41 

The Grand Knight read receipts from the Treasurer to the Financial Secretary in the sum of $2,009.00 which represents receipts from the previous meeting in August 2014. The Grand Knight also read the Treasurer’s voucher of deposit for $2,009.00 which matched the receipts. 

Bills:
The following bills were read and submitted to the Trustees.
	Amount	Name			Rational
	1. $58.72	Jerry Carville		October Fest expenses
	2. $96.02	Sonny Van		food/supply expenses
	3. $27.02	Fred Gunther		food
	4. $16.09	Greg Strakna		food

Total is $197.85

Communications:
Thank you letters: Columbia Pregnancy Center; Supreme Council; Institute Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara Sisters
Other Correspondence: Annual Report for ARC of Howard County; National Federation of the Blind Maryland newsletter
Activities: 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. $883.00	October Fest
	2. $170.00	Tootsie Roll Drive
       	--------------	---------------------------------------------------
  	  $1,053.00	Total Received at Officers Meeting 

Trustees Report:
The Trustees recommended that the bills be paid. 

Chancellor’s Report:
No report 

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

Programs: (Program Director Harry Lis)
	1. October Fest on 25 Oct at WLIFC; $25/person
	2. Soccer Shoot-out 19 October 2014 after the Noon mass; help needed 
	3. Tootsie Roll drive underway; 18 Oct (KC), 25 Oct (HC)
	4. Car raffle was successful; thanks to all who helped; 
	5. Irish Festival 8 November 2014; TCP band is playing

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. 

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

Motion made to split the proceeds from the Spaghetti Dinner 50/50 with the St. Vincent DePaul Society (Alan Pultyniewicz; Bill Kotraba) and to place our split in the In-house Charity Fund. Motion passed. Hugo Tejeda made a motion to support Fr. Donahue Charity; motion was tabled and will be discussed at the Officers meeting.

Insurance Agent’s Report: (Larry Prior; 410-823-3800 – Marlowe Agency)
NTR 

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
-	Remember goal of one First Degree per Council per Month
-	October is Tootsie Roll Drive month; please support
-	Thank Council for October membership drive
-	Thanks for supporting the Columbus Day Ball
-	Overall recruiting goal: 1 new member/Council/month
-	First & second degrees on 28 October 2014
-	Keep recruiting; Columbia Council’s goal is 12 new members and 4 new insurance members;
-	Please support State Charity Fund 
-	State football game Navy vs. Georgia 15 November 2014, $37.50/ticket includes tailgate party
-	Remember that we are a faith-based organization
-	Remain under the care of Mary and pray the rosary

Good of the Order:

Enjoy the company and refreshments. From our Lecturer: The first level of humility (St. Ignatius) is to keep the law of God in all matters; avoid mortal sin (both in our deeds and in our hearts).

A closing prayer was said by the Council, the ode was skipped; and the meeting was closed at 9:00 PM.

Submitted by the Recorder