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Minutes of the January 11th Business Meeting
Below are the Minutes of the January 11th Business Meeting for your review. If you have any corrections please send them to the Grand Knight at SEGoldhamm@aol.com.
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MEETING DATE: January 11, 2012
TIME: 7:30
COUNCIL CALLED TO ORDER BY: GK Goldhammer
WARDEN ANNOUNCED THAT ALL PRESENT HAVE A CURRENT MEMBERSHP CARD.
PRAYER AND PLEDGEOF ALLEGIANCE LED BY: GK
ROLL CALL OF OFFICERS:
Chaplain: Father Rogers E Advocate: Kane E
Assoc. Chaplain: Deacon Cioffi E Inside Guard: Hayden P
Grand Knight: Goldhammer P Outside Guard: Fontaine E
Deputy Grand Knight: Cadigan P Trustee: McFarlane E
Chancellor: Taylor E Trustee: Krempasky P
Warden: Whitman P Trustee: Moore P
Treasurer: Feakes P Lecturer: Perry P
Recorder: Cozad P Lecturer: Gulban P
Financial Secretary: Hemke P
Minutes of Meeting(s):
Of December 14, 2011 were approved as posted.
The Council conferred the First Degree on the following:
The Grand Knight Reported:
Welcome. Thanks for coming. Thanks for remembering about our new meeting place and time.
We’ll see who shows up from St. Peter’s at 8:05 after they went there first. As you can see, Santa
delivered our new portable podium.
Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year celebration.
Since our last meeting, we’ve had Olney Theater, Christmas Party, Caroling, and a Second Degree.
Thanks to Chuck Cozad, Innocent d’Almieda, and all who made those things happen and attended
them.
Thanks to Greg Wolf, our webmaster, lots of pictures posted on website.
We’ve also had two funerals: Vince Pepper and Bill Ketter. That makes five council members who
have passed away this fraternal year.
The Council received our $1K matching donation from anonymous donor for Seminarian Fund.
The GK received his January newsletter on 12/24. It is hoped that all have received it. The
newsletter had to go to press early due the school vacation schedule for our newsletter servicer.
January issue of The Beacon is posted on our website. The Council is on P. 5 for Pro-life Rally
and P. 7 for Coats for Kids.
On Saturday January 7, Deacon Cadigan and the GK and spouses attended the State Mid-Year meeting
for GKs and DGKs. The theme was focused on recruiting new members by becoming ‘Fishers of Men’
and getting ‘Fish in the Boat.’
The Council has only seven new members this year and two others who are ready for First Degree.
The Council quota is 33, counting suspensions and withdrawals. We need to do a lot better. We
can do a lot better and we can still revive our tradition and make Star Council this year.
Every program we have is a recruiting opportunity. Invite friends to our events so they can see
what we do. We are the bait, our own advertisement, to get fish in the boat.
The GK collected lots of recruiting handouts at the meeting. One of them was an ‘Invitation’ to
send to prospects. The GK has asked you several times to invite a friend to join and said they
might just surprise you and say yes.
The GK announced that he is going a step further. He passed around a sheet and asked each member
to write down his name and the name, address, and phone number of someone you know who you think
would be a good Knight. Then the GK will send them an Invitation saying that they’ve been
identified as someone who we’d be proud to have in our order and that someone will be contacting
them about joining. If the prospect’s address and phone number is not known at this time, just
put their name. Then members can call or email the GK with the info. One name of someone is
needed from each of you.
We are the ‘boots on the ground.’ We need to put our faith in action by supporting our council
and recruiting new members to ensure the growth of our Order. The Council will be having
recruiting drives at St. Pat’s and St. Peter’s in the spring. That’s not enough. Members need
to ask a friend now.
Reminders:
Food for Families, details in newsletter
Shoe Boxes for Apostleship of the Sea continuing
Be Not Afraid recruiting program.
Fr. Kalita’s challenge: Take sons to First Friday mass
Take Your Lady to Dinner monthly drawing for free dinner
State Convention registration & shirt order before 4/1.
State Scholarship notice. Deadline is 1 February. See GK or Jan. newsletter for details
State Caribbean Cruise in February—GK has flyer
Knight of the Month for December is Innocent d’Almieda
Knight of the Month for January is Jack Giacalone
Family of Month for January is Mary and Chuck Cozad
Certificates and medals were presented.
Upcoming events
1/13: District 3rd Degree at Mater Dei Council, Our Lady of Mercy in Potomac.
Candidates at 7:00. Sponsors make arrangements to transport your candidates
to each of these.
1/22: Communion Breakfast. Flyer in newsletter.
1/23: March for Life. Bus from St. Pat’s ~ 1145. Back at St. Pat’s about 5:30.
1/25: Social meeting at Good Counsel HS, 7:30. Spouses invited.
Guest Speaker Larry Grayson, state Pro-Life Director.
1/28: Maryland Special Olympics Polar Bear Plunge at Sandy Point State Park.
Volunteers needed.
1/29: Apostleship Of the Sea Bull & Oyster Roast. $35 person.
2/1: Executive Committee. 7:30 at Cottage
2/8: Business meeting: 7:30 at Good Counsel
2/11: Council Valentine’s Day Dinner/Dance & ‘Four Bit’ Auction. 7:00 to 11:00 PM.
2/12: Valentine’s party at Marian Assisted Living Residence 3-5 PM. Need volunteers.
2/18: Council and District Free Throw Competition at Mother of God School in Gaithersburg.
Volunteers are needed.
2/22: Ash Wednesday and Council social meeting:
First Degree at Good Counsel HS. Candidates by 7:00 PM.
2/25: Pancake and Sausage Breakfast at St. John’s.
2/25: Tootsie Roll Awards Dinner @ Rosensteel Council
4/22: Charter Dinner @ New Fortune. Homer chair.
5/3-5/6: State golf tournament and convention, Ocean City
5/19: Clergy Appreciation Dinner at Council 2323. Jack Giacalone chair.
See February newsletter for upcoming state Pro-Life masses.
Upcoming Activities Director events monthly reports need to be submitted by
10th of month to DGK.
The Treasurer reported: Total Assets: $60,990.33
Details: Receipts: $2,208.50 Expenditures: $7,481.48
Check Book: $7,807.67 Investments: $32,285.57
Certif: $20,897.09
The following communications were read:
A. Thank you card from Marc Long Family
B. Thank you note from St. Mary Seminary
C. Note re $100 Seminarian donation from Elizabeth Malinowski
D. Thank you note from Seminarian. Estaban Ybana
E. Thank you note from Seminarian Pablo Antonio
The Trustees reported as follows:
A. The mid-term audit is planned and will be completed by February 15.
The following activities were reported on:
A. Jack Giacalone reported on the communion breakfast to be held at St. Peter’s following the
9:00 Mass on January 22. All arrangements are set.
B. Joe Feakes reported on the Dinner Dance to be held at St. Peter’s on February 11 from 7:00
to 11:00 pm. The cost will be $35.00 per person for dinner, open bar (beer and wine), and
dancing to the music of a DJ. All tickets to the event must be purchased in advance. The
evening will feature a “four bit auction”. Items are needed for the auction. Proceeds will
benefit the Apostleship of the Seas.
C. Don Hemke reported on the annual Pancake and Sausage Breakfast to be conducted in
conjunction with the Olney Lions Club. It will be held on February 25 at St. John’s
Episcopal Church in Olney. The cost is $7.00 per person. Workers are needed for the “early
and late” shifts.
D. Homer Chen discussed the Council Charter Dinner to be held on April 22. The cost will be
$26.00 per person for an “all you can eat” Chinese buffet. No workers will be needed.
Round Tables:
A. Jack Giacalone reported that St. Peter’s Church is getting closer to a decision on how to
spend the $5,000.00 donation that the Council is making. It appears likely that the money
will be used as part of the expense for a new statue of the Blessed Mother in the grotto.
Fourth Degree:
A. It was noted that the Forth Degree Exemplification will be conducted in April. All Third
Degree Knights should consider this.
District Deputy Jack Giacalone:
A. We all need to become “Fishers of Men” and recruit for new member.
B. We were encouraged to read The Beacon (state newsletter) which is posted on our website.
Brother Bushar announced that he would not be attending the State Convention as Second Alternate.
An election was held and Brother Joe Feakes will be the Second Alternate.
Prayers for sick, distressed and deceased are printed in the Newsletter, posted on the website,
and attached to the printed copy of these minutes.
Under Good of the Order:
50/50 was won by Deacon Cadigan for $11.50 which he donated to the Seminarian Fund.
Closing prayer was led by: Grand Knight Goldhammer
The meeting was adjourned.
Attest: ______________________________________________
(Recorder) Chuck Cozad
