KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS #12130 MINUTES

08/20/2020

Called to order by Grand Knight Merlyn Weise at 7:20pm

Officers Absent: Inside Guard (Ken Welch), Trustee (Dan Merry)

New members: None at this time.

Chaplain’s Message: None at this time.

Reading of Minutes:  Motion to waive the reading of the July 2020 minutes due to their availability on the Ass’n Knights website (Tom Letsch, seconded by Paul Martin). Ayes all present; motion carried.

Grand Knight’s Message: Worthy GK Merlyn Weise reported the following: Our June meeting was live, for purposes of officer installation. Thanks to all for joining on this Zoom KC mtg (& helping work through the initial issues)…September 17^th is likely on Zoom as well, we’ll consider that as time passes. No Feast of the Ass’n Mass or Feast were held this year due to COVID-19. And we want to recognize Deacon Tom Schenk & his wife Julia for the tenth anniversary of his ordination to the deaconate.

Report of the District Deputy: None at the time.

Treasurer’s Report: Worthy Treasurer Paul Martin reported the following:

• Assets & Liabilities:
  • Assets:
    • $9,134 in checking & savings
    • $17,434 in our CD
    • $8,807 in the Geneser Feed & Grain Scholarship CD
  • Liabilities
    • $3,000 for the Knights’ Scholarships, $1,000 for the Geneser Scholarship
  • Reports/Forms:
    • Just need to capture info for the scholarships.
      • Historically, the student’s name, SS# go on the check and it would be made out to the school.
      • It was suggested to use the student ID # instead of the SS# this year, & Paul will now have them cut directly by the bank.

Financial Secretary’s Report:

• Worthy Financial Secretary Tom Letsch reported the following:
  • Membership update – 21 unpaid, 118 paid, and 9 honorary life members to report. Best numbers he’s seen since he’s seen it!

Chancellor’s Report:

• Worthy Chancellor Joe Henkels reported the following:
  • IVH Winter Dinner Dance will be Friday, 09/18 at the Jasper Winery
  • IVH thanks the Council for our donation – we have a table – ALL KC 12130’s are welcome

Committee Reports:

• Retention: No report.
• Admissions: No report.
• Scholarship: Travis Risvold (Worthy Recorder, & committee chair) reported the following:
  • Our process was revised this year, & it went very well. GREAT group of kids and we wish we had been able to have more fish fries to ensure more scholarships.
  • Geneser Feed & Grain Scholarship update – there’s an additional $6,500 being donated & the official scholarship will increase to $1,500 per year going forward.
    • Committee agreed to send a letter of thanks to the Geneser Family for their generosity
• Officer’s Meeting: No report.

Old Business:

• 2021 Scholarships:
  • We anticipate $3,000 being offered from OUR pot of funds for 2021, & if short, we have emergency funds approved ONLY if needed.

New Business:

• Breakfasts:
  • Doug Elbert reported the following:
    • He and Larry Spellerberg are understandably holding off plans at this time.
• PID/Tootsie Rolls:
  • Travis Risvold (Worthy Recorder & ass’t PID chair) reported the following:
    • Plans are on hold until add’l guidance comes from various places regarding the COVID-19 situation.
• Agent’s Report:
  • KC Field Agent Steve Tatz, FIC reported the following:
    • Fraternal Benefits Zoom with Tom Hegna, 09/17/2020 – Retirement Planning
      • All parishes are invited
      • GK Merlyn agreed to be Steve’s contact person at Assumption
      • The Council discussed, and agreed, to move the 09/17 meeting to 09/24 to encourage members to log into the Fraternal Benefits Zoom
    • The Knights are celebrating Father McGivney’s declaration as blessed
      • Free membership for 1^st year members – sign up online using the McGivney2020 code
• Intentions:
  • Maryann Richards, Dave Nixon, Risvold family, College freshmen, ALL returning students of all ages

Meeting adjourned by Grand Knight Merlyn Weise at 8:01pm

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

Assumption Knights of Columbus Meeting Minutes – November 21, 2019

Meeting was preceded by Rosary, Mass, and meal.

Called to order 7:15 PM

Roll call – Not present: Advocate Bill Grell, and Trustees Kendall Geneser and Shannon Godwin.

Ken Wiley made a motion to waive the reading of the minutes, Tony Slack seconded the motion; motion passed (Travis opposed the motion).

Chaplains message:  Fr. Dominic sends his thanks for our support of the Ghana well project and Fr. encourages everyone to attend the upcoming mission December 8-10.  Dc. Dennis reminded us that Christmas is just around the corner.  Use these 4 weeks as a time of preparation to celebrate Christ’s first coming.

Welcome to new members Jim Gilchrist (1^st degree ceremony was prior to meeting), and Tom Stillman (transfer from Emmetsburg.  Also, Andrew Danner will be transferring to our council from OLIH Ankeny.

Grand Knight’s report:  There was a great turnout for the Parish grounds cleanup.   Thank You for helping last weekend by providing the hospitality table following 5PM Mass and breakfast Sunday morning.  Thank you to Tom and Kendall who purchased and delivered the “Coats for Kids”.

Treasure’s report:  $10,938 in checking, $16,967 in CD, and $7,160 in Bill Geneser Scholarship CD.  $4,700 in checking is allocated CPID Tootsie Roll Drive – ½ will go to Special Olympics, ¼ will go to On With Life, and ¼ will go to Camp Sunnyside.

Financial Secretary:  Dues collection is going well.  Please send dues payment in as soon as possible.  Cards for those that have paid were distributed at the meeting.  Travis and Joe are helping out on a team to collect dues from inactive members or get them off of our rolls if they no longer wish to belong.

InterVision’s open house:  The Knights of Columbus was recognized for our support in purchasing a new ultrasound machine.

Our next breakfast is scheduled for December 8^th.  It will be an omelet breakfast, and the proceeds will go to Social Justice Committee for Tamanique scholarships.

It was decided to do a $250 donation to the Joppa Down and Out fundraiser dinner instead of going in to purchase a table.

It was decided to keep Hot Rods and Hogs on the same weekend.  Ken Wiley has a plan to streamline car registration to avoid backups.  A registration packet could be handed out, and the cars could be parked immediately.  The registration could then be completed after the cars are parked.

There is a plan to order a Knights of Columbus table banner.  To be used at Knights events.

Tony mentioned that robes will no longer be used for 1^st degree ceremonies.  Sashes will be used instead.

Fish shack preparations are under way with a focus on safety.

Paul Hauser told us about a 5K walk/run which will be held at Jester Park to raise money for Mary’s Meals. The plan is to meet at 2PM at shelter #2.

The Joppa Christmas Party will be Friday, December 20 at HyVee Hall.  We will be providing food.  We will be hauling food to HyVee Hall Starting at 5PM.  We will start serving at 6:30PM.

There is a 2^nd/3^rd Degree planned for December 14^th at the West Des Moines Marriot.  Plan to arrive at 12:30.

The next Knights meeting will be scheduled one week sooner.  It is planned for Thursday, December 12^th, and will be in conjunction with the Catholic Women’s Club.

Travis told us that the nursing home had requested that we move this month’s bingo to the 29^th.  It is normally scheduled for the third Sunday of each month.  Please bring your kids.  The residents really enjoy that.

Meeting adjourned.

Assumption Knights of Columbus Meeting Minutes – September 17, 2019

Meeting preceded by Rosary, communion service, and meal.

Called to order 7:15 PM

Roll call – Not present: Advocate Bill Grell, Deputy Grand Knight Merlyn Wiese, and Trustees Travis Risvold and Shannon Godwin.

Tom Letsch made a motion to waive the reading of the minutes, Tony Slack seconded the motion; motion passed.

Chaplains message:  Pray; always.

Welcome to new member Jason England!  Jason lives in Polk City and is Gretchen Watznauer’s brother.  Joe Henkels reminded us to invite other to join the Knights.

Grand Knight’s report:  Thank you for so many Knights stepping up without being asked.

District Deputy:  We are an active council, but we need to recruit more.

Treasure’s report:  $8,866 in checking (~$4,000 is from CPID Tootsie Roll Drive – Dave is still collecting CPID funds from businesses), $16,967 in CD, and $7,160 in Bill Geneser Scholarship CD.

Financial Secretary:  Dues will be mailed out soon.  Please send dues payment in as soon as possible.  Several Knights paid dues by credit card at the meeting.  We are hoping to have an online dues payment system set up for next year.

The grill is in rough shape.  A new grill was purchased and used for the Intervisions dinner/dance.  The bill for the new grill was $475.95.

The Intervisions dinner/dance was a big success.  There was a record number of attendees, and ~$30,000 was raised.  There is an open house for the new clinic this Monday, October 21^st.  There is a plan to carpool from church at 5 PM.

Breakfast held on Sunday, October 13 was held to benefit the youth group.  We had good help from the youth group, and ~$500 was raised.  Youth group is planning to use the funds for homeless outreach.

Next breakfast is planned for November 10^th.  Joe Henkels made a motion to use the funds to benefit coats for kids; Tony Slack seconded the motion; motion passed.

Knights Mass previous weekend was very poorly attended.  Please make an effort to participate more.

We had a request from another council to purchase 15 raffle tickets for $10 each ($150) benefiting Hispanic seminarians endowment.  We were also asked for $100 to support Christmas care packages for seminarians.  Jodi Bermel made a motion spend $250 to support these initiatives; Tom Letsch seconded the motion; motion passed.

Paul Hauser presented an idea to have a fun run at Jester Park to raise money for Mary’s Meals.  This is planned for November 23^rd.

We have been asked to contribute to purchase new tables for the gym.  We decided we need to get more information about this and decided to defer the decision.

Joe Henkels talked about the Joppa Down & Out fundraiser.  Tables cost $1,250.  Joe has agreed to personally fund $700, and he asked for the Knights to contribute $500.  Joe made a motion; Jodi seconded the motion; motion passed.

There will be an officers meeting 10:00 AM Saturday, October 19 at the Food Depot.

Trunk or treat is planned for Sunday, October 27^th.

Fall cleanup of church grounds is planned for November 16^th.  Rain date will be November 23^rd.

We have been asked to provide hospitality November 16^th & 17^th after all Masses.

Shannon is not coordinating fish frys next year.  We need multiple people to stem up and lead.

VA Terrain Therapy Garden is underway!

Next meeting is November 21^st

Meeting adjourned.