At the last officer meeting a motion was approved to petition the Council to add great-grandchildren to the list of eligible applicants for the Archie Myers Scholarship. The program currently requires the applicant to be a son or daughter, grandson or granddaughter of a member in good standing. Owing to the advance ages of our members it was recommended we include great-grandsons and great granddaughters.
The family of SK Ray Newman has generously donated $1,500 to the council in memory of SK Ray Newman and his wife Beverly. The Officers recommend that the whole amount be set aside as the Ray Newman Memorial Scholarship.
Will the council vote to use monies allocated, but not spent on, the Right to Life Dinner for the Bishop’s Annual Appeal as requested by Bishop McDermott?
The budget has an allocation of $1000 for the Chittenden County RTL Dinner for food. In addition the St Stephen’s Council sent us a check for $100 to support the same event. We actual spent about $700 leaving a balance up to $400. Bishop McDermott has asked us to give more this year for the Bishop’s Fund than the $200 we gave last year. There is no allocation for the Bishop’s Fund in the Budget. The Officers passed a motion to Warn the $400 to the council.
Will the council approve the budget proposal prepared by our Trustees and approved by the officers for fiscal year July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025 in the amount of $17,500? See the proposal in this Newsletter.
The Diocese magazine Vermont Catholic has asked Knights of Columbus Councils to purchase Ads in the November Commemorative Edition of the magazine in honor of Bishop McDermott. A one page Ad is $900. We get credit for $125 for a free eighth page Ad. The Balance is $775. Split between the Council and Assembly we are Warning $387.50.