July 2020 Minutes

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS #12130 MINUTES

07/16/2020

Called to order by Grand Knight Merlyn Weise at 7:31pm

Officers in Attendance: Grand Knight (Merlyn Weise), Treasurer (Paul Martin), Chancellor (Joe Henkels), Recorder (Travis Risvold), Lecturer (Dennis Wright), Trustee (Phil Stanislav).

New members: Congratulations to Tom Stahowick for becoming a Knight of the 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd & 4^th Degrees!

Chaplain’s Message: Worthy Lecturer, Dcn. Dennis Wright, reminded us that in a time of great divisiveness, be patient and respectful with those who we disagree with, & yield to fraternity and kindness whenever possible.

Reading of Minutes:  Motion to waive the reading of the June 2020 minutes due to their availability on the Ass’n Knights website (Tony Slack, seconded by Dcn. Dennis Wright). Ayes all present; motion carried.

Grand Knight’s Message: Worthy Grand Knight Merlyn Weise thanked our prior officers for their year of service & our new officers for serving in ’20-‘21. He was happy to see everyone, pointing out the cleaning habits & social distancing we’d undertaken enabled us to meet in-person.

Report of the District Deputy: Worthy Dist. Deputy Dennis Westover wanted to thank Phil Stanislav for his help in ’19-’20, he felt Phil represented our Council very well. There’s a lot of information coming from the State regarding activities this year – stay tuned. Finally, Dennis mentioned he was glad to see folks’ faces again.

Treasurer’s Report:

• Assets & Liabilities:
  • Assets:
    • $9,725 in checking & savings
    • $17,434 in our CD
    • $8,857 in the Geneser Feed & Grain Scholarship CD
  • Liabilities
    • $3,000 for the Knights’ Scholarships, $1,000 for the Geneser Scholarship
    • Historically we’ve pledged $2,500 for Ghana Scholarships
  • Reports/Forms: Our 6 month audit is done.

Committee Reports:

• Retention: No report.
• Scholarship: See New Business.
• Officer’s Meeting:
  • Discussed how to stay ‘funded’ in this short year
  • Charitable contributions:
    • $250 to the Diocese for seminarians
    • $1,000 to the Catholic Women’s Club
    • $1,000 to InnerVisions Healthcare
    • Matched the Social Justice Committee’s donation to Deb Feick’s work with the homeless, $250 + $250

Old Business:

• Fish Fry’s: Before cancellation, we were taking in $1,900 per fish fry, which gave us $5,700 for the three we held. (We’re short about $4,500 from what we would’ve gained throughout Lent).
• IA KC Convention: Held virtually.
• Event & Ministry Funding 2020-2021:
  • Second Reading.
    • We’d voted to transfer the difference between the CD amount & 10,000 ($7,434 as of this mtg) into savings, leaving $10,000 in our CD, ONLY as-needed & IF-needed, to cover our ministry and event funding in ’20-’21.
    • This is only as-needed and if-needed, due to the emergent nature of COVID-19 and its effect on our fundraising. Moreover, IF we do this, we will begin putting money back from our programs to re-fill what we used, as we’ve done in the past.
    • Motion to move funds over $10,000 from the CD to savings on an as-needed & if-needed basis to fulfull ministry & event needs (Joe Henkels, seconded by Tony Slack). Ayes all present; motion carried.

New Business:

• Scholarships:
  • Report from committee chair, Travis Risvold: We have 8 applications and more arrived via mail. The committee will meet soon, review the applications & anticipate presenting our finalists at the end of a 10am Mass in early August. (08/02 or 08/09 preferred).
• IVH Gala:
  • Report from Ken Welch: The virtual Gala was a success in some ways (the auction went very well) but not in others (overall numbers were down) but overall went well, considering the circumstances.
• IVH Dinner Dance:
  • This is up in the air – usually done at Ass’n every fall, & the KC councils usually sponsor tables. Right now it’s on the schedule.
  • Motion to sponsor one table for the 2020 IVH Dinner Dance for $400 (Ken Welch, seconded by Travis Risvold). Ayes all present; motion carried.
    • If no dance is held, this is a donation to IVH.
• Breakfasts:
  • Report from Doug Elbert: These are cancelled till Fall 2020 at this time (including the 141 Garage Sale breakfast), Larry Spellerberg & Doug Elbert are developing a plan going forward.
• Feast of the Ass’n 2020: Merlyn will check with the Pastoral Council & CWC and see if this is on.
• Tootsie Roll/PID Campaign:
  • Report from Travis Risvold: One of our main business partners, Casey’s, has been very hesitant to let us back around due to COVID-19.
  • Dennis Westover noted most councils are waiting till fall or later, to see if things improve
• Degree Teams:
  • Report from Tony Slack: In ’20-’21, we will bring our degree teams back, & do ‘live’ 1^st Degree ceremonies again.
• August 20, 2020 meeting:
  • Could be in-person, or Zoom. Council discussed a hybrid model? – How would this work?
  • Merlyn will see about a Zoom or digital component.
• Ghana Scholarships 2020:
  • Report from Joe Henkels: Father Dominic is asking for a donation from the Council to fund school scholarships in Ghana again this year.
    • First Reading.
      • Motion to allocate $2,500 to sponsor Ghana scholarships again in 2020-2021 (Joe Henkels, seconded by Tony Slack). Ayes all present; motion carried.
        • This will receive a second reading and vote before the Council before being put into place.

Meeting adjourned by Grand Knight Merlyn Weise at 8:30pm