January 2021 Minutes
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Knights of Columbus Council 899
Meeting of 1/5/2021
1. Call to Order by: _Mike Turner, GK at 7:34pm
2. Opening Prayer: offered by _Mike Turner, GK_
3. Pledge of Allegiance ☒
4. Roll call of officers –
Officer | Name | P | A | Excused |
Grand Knight | Mike Turner | ☒ | ☐ | ☐ |
Deputy Grand Knight | Tom Schmidt | ☐ | ☐ | ☒ |
Chaplain | Fr. Rob Cook | ☐ | ☐ | ☒ |
Financial Secretary | Mike Kosik | ☒ | ☐ | ☐ |
Chancellor | Rick Schalz | ☐ | ☐ | ☒ |
Treasurer | Robin Brady | ☒ | ☐ | ☐ |
Recorder | Jose’ Arroyo | ☒ | ☐ | ☐ |
Advocate | Gerry Galinato | ☐ | ☒ | ☐ |
Warden | Jim Waters | ☐ | ☒ | ☐ |
Trustee (1st Year) | Vern Bauer | ☒ | ☐ | ☐ |
Trustee (2nd Year) | Robert Herrin III | ☐ | ☒ | ☐ |
Trustee (3rd Year) | John Murphy | ☒ | ☐ | ☐ |
Outside Guard | Luis Garcia | ☐ | ☒ | ☐ |
Inside Guard | Jeff Ford | ☐ | ☒ | ☐ |
Lecturer | T.J. Chesney, moving | ☐ | ☐ | ☒ |
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Field Agent | Trey Schorr | ☐ | ☐ | ☒ |
District Deputy | SK Skip Girard, PGK | ☒ | ☐ | ☐ |
4th Degree FN | Skip Girard | ☒ | ☐ |
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State Officer | Joe Dunn, Web Master | X |
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Faith Director | Tom Cotner | ☐ | ☐ | ☒ |
Family Director | Chad Casper | ☒ | ☐ | ☐ |
PR Director | Bud Lancaster | ☐ | ☐ | ☒ |
Community Director | Steve Howell | X |
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5. Chaplain’s Message
6. Approval of Minutes:
Minutes were emailed to members yesterday. Approved as read.
7. Report of Admission Committee and Reading of Applications.
a. Balloting for membership.
(New members, readmissions, reapplications, transfers.)
Posters!
b. Initiations
8. Grand Knight’s Report
· New ways to conduct meetings.
o Circulate minutes prior to meetings – which we are already doing.
o No reading through ‘gory details’ of each warrant. Bottom line, make things more streamlined.
o Officers’ Meeting separate
· Joe Dunn, Grand Knight for Nampa 2014, State Webmaster presentation. I will include the recording of the meeting with the minutes if those would like to review specifics.
o New Site – http://www.kofc899.org
o Joe Dunn – joe@kofc2014.org
· Chancellor resigned due to health issues.
o Nominations – Vocations head, keep touch with RSVP and other seminarians
· Coats for Kids
o Delivered used clothing from Boise Barbell club to Boise Rescue Mission
· Pennies from Heaven approved last meeting and delivered to Bauer family
· Cards to seminarians and gifts (passing around thank you letters)
9. Treasurer’s Report
Knights of Columbus Sacred Heart Council #899
Attached Spreadsheet with balance information. 
10. Reading by Grand Knight of Receipts of Treasurer to Financial Secretary and Treasurer’s Voucher of Deposit.
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11. Reading of Bills and Communications.
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12. Financial Secretary’s Report of Receipts of Meeting.
63 Assoc, 45 Ins members – 10 Inactive
Keep Christ in Christmas supplies delivered to Debbie Fischer
13. Report of Auditors and Trustees.
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14. Chancellor’s Report on Vocations.
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15. Report of Service Program Committees. (Grand Knight calls on membership and program directors, who introduce their committee directors for their reports.)
a. Membership Director
Online degrees available for 1st 2nd degree members to virtually get to 3rd degrees. Use the code MCGIVNEY2020 for Free Membership for a year!
b. Program Director
i. Church Director
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ii. Community Director
12 coats in box for coats for Kids. Need coats
Next year, if ordered before Oct 15th, Supreme will match orders (this year, they gave 2 for 1)
Financial Secretary can order. Giving Tuesday. Can
iii. Council Director
iv. Culture of Life Director
v. Family Director
Chad – Good meeting with family directors. Recognize Tom Schmidt for his work with the Food Bank.
Family of the Month – would like to start in our parish to recognize families each month. Allows to enter each a family to be recognized by the State and Supreme. Counts for 2 points to the Columbian Award. It is really easy to end up featured in the Columbia Magazine.
3 suggestions –
1. Fischer Family – Ken has been spearheading Keep Christ in Christmas for the past 6 or 7 years, Special Olympics Raffle, Golf tournament
2. Walker Family – includes the brothers Bob and Dennis Walker and Bob’s Wife Judy has helped with baby drive.
3. Brady Family – Robin and his family have been active in Bingo, Coffee and Donuts, Golf Tournament, etc.
4. Calivich Family – John and Angie
vi. Faith Director
Review of the Precepts of the Church
Statue Committee – Vern, Fr., and Tom
16. Report of Round Table Chairman
17. Report of Standing Committees
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18. Unfinished Business
December family of the month will be the Schmidt family.
Delivery to Stanton for Baby drive. ProLife News.
March for Life – not sure if virtual or live gathering.
Standing committee for Golf
Prayer Chain – 6 guys signed up for Prayer Chain. Email address, website link to email address will be part of new website.
19. New Business (Elections 1st item under New Business)
Emailed requesting assistance helping a lady move
Fraternal Benefit – Jan 19th will be web event and put in bulletin
Walking Rosary this month
20. Report of 4th Degree
No honor guard at this time. If there is a need, we do have access to state members
Tomorrow meeting
Will be sending out invite
Contributed to Coats for Kids as well
21. Field Agent’s Report
Trey Schorr spoke about the remote available to meet about insurance and also do Fraternal Benefits Night.
22. District Deputy’s Report
DD #6 good we are changing meetings
Star Council close
Fraternal survey form due end of the month
Best practices strategies for membership growth.
Church bulletin is through Skip’s wife! She will work with us!
Remember
Key points to join the KofC Any new members we can sign up electronically. http://www.kofc.org/joinus MCGIVNEY2020
In Memoriam | Sick or in distress |
1/7/2021 – SK Jeff Ford | Deacon Rick Bonney |
| Deacon Jude Gary and wife |
| Bob Zimmerman, quarantined to room and goes to dining hall now – doing fine |
| Jose’ Arroyo (Congestive Heart Failure) – Jose’s father |
| Bud Lancaster needs prayers, in and out of the hospital during the past few months, prostate cancer |
| Rob Walker |
| Deacon Dan Bawser, prostate cancer |
| Skip Gerard’s surgery on Friday |
| Robin’s dad in hospital Jeff Ford Judy Walker Rick Shalz Lauri Newby – Covid Tom Avacavenco |
1. Good of the Order
2. Closing Prayer GK Offered final prayer
3. Next Meeting
The next Business Meeting will be Feb 2, 2021
4. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 pm
Submitted by Recorder, Jose’ Arroyo.
Here is the link to the recorded Meeting
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