Business Meeting Minutes - February 2023

Knights of Columbus Council 13139

Business (General) Meeting

Feb 21, 2023

Note: Minutes of our Business Meetings are posted on the Council website for all members of the council for review and comment. The minutes will not be read at the next regular meeting unless requested by a member. Please direct all corrections and additions to Jim Hildebrand jrpah@comcast.net

• Pre - Meeting.

• Officers Roll Call

  • All Officers were present except for the Financial Secretary, Advocate, Chancellor, 3rd Year Trustee, life and Community Directors

• Chaplain Report -

  • The meeting was opened and closed with a prayer.

• Guests and Dignitaries

  • The District Deputy and Field Agent were present.

• Grand Knight Report:

  • Correspondence:

  • Report:

    • The Deputy Grand Knight position is open.

    • The Grand Knight and Deputy Grand Knight will not be able to attend the State Convention. We will have to determine if the alternates are available.

    • The GK thanked those that helped at Jupiter Jubilee. We did well at the event.

    • Fr Don has indicated that we can’t put our Literature KIOSK inside the church.

• Officers Planning Meeting Report

• Financial Secretary Report:

  • Financials

    • revenues ~ n/a

    • expenses ~ n/a

    • In Treasury ~ n/a

  • Trustees -

  • Deputy Grand Knight and Director Reports:

    • Faith: (Philip Colon)

      • Rosary Initiative -.

      • RSVP Program

      • Men’s retreat -March 3rd.

    • Family (open)

      • “Family of the Month” -

      • “Knight of the Month” -

      • Food for Families -.

        • Brother Bielski will check with the ministry to see if they could use gift cards that we would buy with our $500 donation (previously approved).

      • JTAA Christmas Parade -

    • Community (Dan Perez).

      • Coats for Kids -

      • Fellowship Breakfast—

      • Soccer Challange-

        • All Saints School has agreed to let us run the Soccer Challenge. We plan to include Parish and All Saints children. We may combine it with the May Continental Breakfast.

      • Catholic Essay Contest -

      • We are considering the contest as one of our Community Activities.

    • Life (Dennis ).

      • Special Olympics -

        • We plan to actively support Special Olympics activities. We are currently looking fr volunteers to support the upcoming games atDwyer High School.d

• Good of the Order:

• Recruiting/Retention

• Fund Raising -

  • Roger Dean Stadium -

  • 4th Degree Report -

    • We have a conflict with the St Patrick’s Day Party. We have a Spring Training Game the same afternoon as preparations for the party.

• District Deputy Report .

  • The DD maintains a calendar with district events of interest it. It can be accessed at richardgallant.com/district65.

• Field Agent

  • Brothers are encouraged to attend the upcoming financial planning webinar with Ed Slot

• Exemplifications

• Standing Committees

• Funt Report-

• New Business - .

  • We are planning an end of the year event similar to last year’s for the May Meeting

• Motions-

Jim Hildebrand

Recorder