Taking Our Council To A Higher Level

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Taking Our Council To A Higher Level

• - How We Changed Our Council Culture -

GK Handbook
Serge
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ACTIVE MEMBER SURVEY
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ACTIVE MEMBER SURVEY

• Successful Program
• More than words
• More than a suggestion at a meeting
• Taking an initial idea, modifying it to suit
  specific situations, and implementing
• Solicitation of ideas and invitation to a
  Planning/Dinner meeting.

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INACTIVE MEMBER SURVEY
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INACTIVE MEMBER SURVEY

• We want to help you rekindle the flame...
• Tell us why youre not active
• Work related issues.
• The current program of activities is not of
  interest to me.
• Other members havent made an effort to interact
  with me.
• Other reasons Please explain

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SURVEY FEEDBACK
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SURVEY FEEDBACK

• Not enough service to Church and community
• Communication needs to improve

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SURVEY FEEDBACK

• The monthly meetings have no life
  I think most members dread them.
• When I attended my first meeting I really didnt
  know anyoneNo one came over to introduce
  themselves to meI felt like a real outcast.
  I never came to another meeting.

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SURVEY FEEDBACK

• I felt as though I had my arm twisted to join
  some guy I hardly knew coming up to me with a
  membership formI thought I was coming to the
  Church to find out more informationit turned out
  to be the First Degree Exemplification Ceremony.
  Because of this I have never attended a meeting.

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SURVEY FEEDBACK

• Need to have social time with our Brother Knights
  and with our wives.
• Need to recruit members of all ages and give them
  a reason to stay involved. I have seen new
  Knights join the Council. At an event there are 3
  or 4 new members with 18 others to do the work.
  We have 80 Knights who do virtually nothing...

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ROADMAP TO NEW PROGRAM

• Seven Directors Appointed
• Each Director to hold meetings with interested
  members
• Provide each member with an abbreviated Surge
  with Service program

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ROADMAP TO NEW PROGRAM

• Formulate committees, chairs, and build the
  Council Organization Chart.
• Build a Council Calendar for the Year.
• Design a Council Budget

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PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

• Increase Community Service Activities
• Increase Church Activities
• Improve Communications
• Phone Tree
• Email Reminders
• Council Newsletter
• Council Bulletin Board
• Monthly Calendars
• Council Website

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PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

• Membership Candidate Information Meetings
• Insure potential new members understood what
  becoming a Knight of Columbus really meant.
• Written Invitations to husband wife.
• Evening or Sunday Morning Meetings
• Wives of Knights present at Meeting.
• Explanation of Knights Internationally and
  Locally.
• Question and Answer time.

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PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

• How we treat new Members.
• Greeting at door to Council Meeting by Officers
• Mentors assigned at First Degree
  Exemplification.
• New Knights First New Friend.
• Introduce New Knight to Council Members.
• Call New Knight for Meetings and Activities.

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PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

• How to Make Our Council More Visible to the
  Parish
• Provide Council Vest after First Degree
  Exemplification
• Wear vests first Saturday and Sunday of each
  month.
• Publish pictures of Knight/Family of the Month
• Parish Bulletin Thank You for activity support
• Council Bulletin Board in church dining room

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PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

• New Member Information Packet
• Reviewed immediately following First Degree
  Exemplification
• Restructured our monthly financial report for
  clearer presentation
• Build council budget

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Monthly Business Meetings
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Monthly Business Meetings

• Utilize Power Point presentation software
• FS and Treasurer Reports
• Director Reports
• 4th Degree Report
• Field Agent Report
• District Deputy Report
• Pictures of Activities
• Send Power Point presentation to entire
  membership via email

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Knights of ColumbusSt. Joseph Council 8872

• November Business Meeting

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Membership RetentionDirector Pete Fortin

• Membership (Bob Watkins)
• Motion to accept the following Candidates for
  Membership
• Dave Kingma Glen Campbell
• Scott Charleboix Chris Boza
• Total New Members from Sept Oct Candidates
  Information Meetings is now 9.
• First Degree Exemplification is scheduled for
  this Saturday November 6th at 1000 A.M. with
  lunch to follow.
• Mentors for each new candidate have been assigned.

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Church ActivitiesDirector Jim Sever

• Religious Devotions (Chuck Killian) -
• Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is tomorrow
  evening Nov 5th from 500 to 900P.M.
• Sign up sheet after meeting for Dec 3rd
  Adoration.
• Vocations (Don Patchett)-
• Our Vocations Breakfast will be Nov 14th after
  both of the Masses.
• Seminarians as well as Novices Sisters will be
  in attendance so we can meet them.

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Pro-Life ActivitiesDirector David Gay

• Childbirth and Parenting Assistance (Ken
  Wise)The Laundry Basket Project provides parents
  with needed baby supplies and laundry baskets!
  Collect baby items such as diapers, blankets,
  pacifiers, teething rings, and clothes, then
  place them in a laundry basket for CAPA.
  Practical and fun, these baskets provide much
  needed supplies to our parents and their babies,
  plus a laundry basket to tote clothes to the
  Laundromat! 
• Campaign to be held
• Saturday Sunday
• Nov. 6th 7th and 13th 14th

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Coats for Kids Breakfast
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Community Service Director Bob Watkins

• Coats for Kids (Larry Knutson Leroy Bird)
• 190 coats were delivered to New Hope Resource
  Center.

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Keep Christ In Christmas TreePlanting
Blessing
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On Your Knees Prayer - 40 Days of Life -
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Membership Information MeetingDirector Pete
Fortin
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Community Service ActivitiesN.C.F.P. Food
SundayDelivery of Parish Food Donations
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Keep Christ in ChristmasChristmas Tree Lighting
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Keep Christ In ChristmasTree Lighting Dessert
Social
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Altar Server
Recognition Program
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Community Service ActivitiesWheelchair Sunday
BreakfastDirector Bob Watkins
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Community Service ActivitiesHuman Needs New
Hope Resource CenterDirector Bob Watkins
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Council Bulletin BoardDisplaying All Seven
Service Program ActivitiesKnight Family of the
Month Pictures Monthly Calendars
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Family ActivitiesWine ExperienceDirector
Dean Bryans
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Family ActivitiesParish Fish Fry
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Community Service ActivitiesN.C.F.P. Cool Room
ProjectFraming Out for Cooling Unit
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Community Service ActivitiesN.C.F.P. Cool Room
ProjectFinal Coat of Paint
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Family ActivitiesParish Auction
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Parish Auction Proceeds
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Monsignor Steiner Leads Parishin Celebration of
Councils Accomplishments
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Membership ActivitiesFirst Degree
Exemplification on May 7th
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Wheelchair Donation to Shriners Hospital for
Children
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Wheelchair Donations to Catholic Charities of
Spokane
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Taking Our Council To A Higher Level

• - How We Changed Our Council Culture -

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