Bobb Mahrer DIRECTOR

Knights of Columbus TEXASSTATE COUNCIL

The Passion to Serve

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING 2010 MEMBERSHIP1

Copyright © 2010, Knights of Columbus, Texas State Council, An Unpublished Work

Membership Goal - 5400Charity Goal - $900,000

Bobb MahrerDIRECTOR

1 New Knight + 1 Experienced Knight = 1 Great Knight

MEMBERSHIP2010 - 2011





Membership Goal - 5400Charity Goal - $900,000MEMBERSHIP

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Membership Goal - 5400Charity Goal - $900,000MEMBERSHIP TEAM

MEMBERSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RECRUITMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

BLITZ / FATHER WANTS YOU . . . . . . . . . .

ALL COUNCILS ACTIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

COLLEGE COUNCILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CEREMONIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

RETENTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AUSTIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

BROWNSVILLE / CORPUS CHRISTI / LAREDO . . .

DALLAS / FORT WORTH / TYLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

AMARILLO / EL PASO / LUBBOCK / SAN ANGELO

GALVESTON-HOUSTON / BEAUMONT . . . . . . . . . .

SAN ANTONIO / VICTORIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Bobb MahrerBrad Meyer

Rich Moken

Mike Gallagher

Tony Gutierrez

Clarence Fey

Larry ErmisLarry Ermis

Patricio Sanchez

Vincent Tunzi

Cruz Hernandez

Joe Suchecki

Ed Glisky






7/1/2009 State YTD YTD YTD Percent

Diocese Membership Goal Gain Loss Net Gain

AMARILLO 1,913 100 72 0 72 52%

AUSTIN 11,545 660 715 192 523 64%

BEAUMONT 3,144 120 124 54 70 33%

BROWNSVILLE 3,679 250 234 16 218 71%

CORPUS CHRISTI 4,781 325 233 60 173 49%

DALLAS 8,877 550 784 169 615 113%

EL PASO 2,251 150 124 30 94 47%

FORT WORTH 8,400 550 484 204 280 47%

GALVESTON-HOUSTON 19,501 1,055 1,138 292 846 65%

LAREDO 1,475 100 124 20 104 88%

LUBBOCK 1,796 100 60 61 -1 -.63%

SAN ANGELO 2,909 170 121 6 115 55%

SAN ANTONIO 11,961 750 705 298 407 44%

TYLER 2,458 150 160 48 112 56%

VICTORIA 6,666 250 160 38 122 27%

TOTAL 91,356 5,280 5,238 1,488 3,750 92%

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R DISTRICT DEP DIST DIOCESE GAIN LOSS NET Star %

1 Greg Kimber 081 DALLAS 156 4 152 276%

2 Roy Rabenaldt 083 DALLAS 162 17 145 403%

3 Jack Gunn 077 DALLAS 128 19 109 182%

4 Phil Apgar 085 DALLAS 109 6 103 224%

5 Larry Ermis 117 AUSTIN 105 6 99 177%

6 Mike Gallagher 068 GAL-HOU 97 15 82 210%

7 Victor Portillo 002 EL PASO 77 2 75 214%

8 Joe Zimmer 032 SAN ANTONIO 75 5 70 189%

9 Chris Rodriguez 034 SAN ANTONIO 73 11 62 163%

10 Ed LeSage 064 GAL-HOU 68 7 61 161%

11 James Torline 170 BROWNSVILL 58 0 58 276%

12 Clint Mendonca 051 GAL-HOU 59 2 57 184%

13 Bill Moeller 069 GAL-HOU 68 11 57 150%

14 George Webster 020 FORT WORTH 59 3 56 215%

15 David Jones 072 GAL-HOU 57 1 56 130%

16 Ernesto Ferrara 188 LAREDO 54 1 53 265%

17 Rich Butler 057 GAL-HOU 54 2 52 153%






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18 Ed Tydings 119 AUSTIN 53 3 50 152%

19 Oli Dangerfield 041 SAN ANTONIO 49 0 49 350%

20 Harold Benkoski 116 AUSTIN 61 12 49 196%

21 Tony Raineri 111 AUSTIN 57 8 49 117%

22 John Hinojosa 054 GAL-HOU 49 1 48 141%

23 Jack Schooley 024 FORT WORTH 49 2 47 162%

24 Isaac Sandoval 080 DALLAS 50 3 47 121%

25 Stan Hruska 060 GAL-HOU 48 1 47 100%

26 Jeremia O’Fihelly 126 AUSTIN 50 5 45 155%

27 George Cheney 036 SAN ANTONIO 55 10 45 141%

28 Mitch Chavez 167 BROWNSVILL 44 0 44 244%

29 Paul Ybarra Jr. 052 GAL-HOU 65 21 44 102%

30 John Massey 120 AUSTIN 80 38 42 131%

31 Joe Naderer 134 CORPUS CHR 45 4 41 205%

32 Ray LeBlanc 177 SAN ANTONIO 41 1 40 138%

33 Mike Connole 019 FORT WORTH 47 7 40 103%

34 Carlos Ortiz 014 FORT WORTH 76 37 39 144%






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35 Arm Villanueva 058 GAL-HOU 41 3 38 127%

36 Kenneth Braziel 016 FORT WORTH 40 2 38 106%

37 David Petty 022 FORT WORTH 39 2 37 119%

38 Bill Eckert 070 GAL-HOU 56 19 37 103%

39 Ron Alonzo 140 CORPUS CHR 39 7 32 152%

40 Juan Perez 063 GAL-HOU 30 0 30 136%

41 Henry de Salvo Jr 073 GAL-HOU 47 19 28 112%

42 Jerry Meauz 103 TYLER 33 5 28 112%

43 Don Ream 124 AUSTIN 27 0 27 270%

44 Patricio Sanchez 189 LAREDO 26 0 26 177%

45 Kenneth Oefinger 015 FORT WORTH 27 1 26 108%

46 TBA - Roger Scott 084 DALLAS 27 3 24 109%

47 Gil Appelhans 158 AMARILLO 22 0 22 138%

48 Ricardo Moreno 026 SAN ANTONIP 22 0 22 110%

49 Jose Sepulveda 172 BROWNSVILL 22 1 21 140%

50 Mike Steele 046 SAN ANTONIO 21 0 21 117%

51 Dwain Urbanczyk 156 AMARILLO 20 0 20 111%






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52 Alex Ybarra 056 GAL-HOU 18 0 18 120%

53 Luz Gomez 176 SAN ANGELO 17 0 17 100%

54 Rudolph Kralich 101 TYLER 17 1 16 123%

55 Tony Alaniz 173 BROWNSVILL 13 0 13 100%

56 Frank Heslin 006 EL PASO 7 0 7 100%

Star % - district deputies who met their Star District Membership Quota at 100% or greater.






• RECRUITMENT GOAL for 2010-2011

New Goal5,400

Knights of Columbus

MEMBERSHIPExperience of a Lifetime






• Recruitment Incentive – July 2010

NOW SHOWING

SHOW ME THE MONEYTexas State Council, Knights of Columbus

TAKE 5

Show Me The Money – Take FiveEach council will receive a State Per Capita

Credit of $5 for each new membernet gain (applied to 2010-2011 State Per Capita)

July OnlyNO LIMIT






• New Awards• Recruitment

• Recruitment Badge• for Individual Recruiters

• Silver Badge (3 or more new members)*• Gold Badge (5 or more new members)*

NOTE: The Supreme Council VIP List of Proposers will be used to determine winners. Badges will be sent to the District Deputy for presentation to the Recruiter






• New Awards• Recruitment

• Big MO trophy and t- shirt• for District Deputies

Knights of Columbus

Big MO AwardName Here

Knights of ColumbusTexas State CouncilMembership Recruitment

Division 12010-2011

Big MOAward






• Membership Awards• Individual Recruiter Awards• Ceremonial Awards• Council Awards• District Awards• Agency Awards• Assembly Awards• Special Incentives for Individual Recruiters• Special Incentives for Councils

Refer to Star Guide for details






• Membership Memorandum• Published monthly (email and posted)

• Distributed to Diocesan and District Deputies• will contain timely information about Membership in addition to Frontline Focus and Texas Knight

… posted at www.mahrer.us and www.tkofc.org

MEMBERSHIPMEMORANDUM






Brad MeyerCHAIRMAN

RECRUITMENT

2010 - 2011






Membership Goal - 5400Charity Goal - $900,000RECRUITMENT

• Monthly Recruitment Goals for 2010-2011• are based on historical trends

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100

200

300

400

500

600

JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN

AVERAGE

GOAL

ACTUAL

MONTH JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN TOTALAVERAGE 237 331 342 482 431 413 315 411 459 441 448 561 4871GOAL 307 353 448 489 448 451 407 495 499 500 500 503 5400ACTUAL 0 0






5400503500500499495407451448489448353307TOTAL

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15514141414141313131413118TYL

770717171717158646470645144SAN ANT

160151515151412131314131110SAN ANG

100101010998888866LUB

105101010101089910865LAR

1090100100100100100829292100927161G-HOU

600555555555545515055504034FTW

15014141414141212121312109ELP

600555555555545515055504034DAL

310292929292923262528262017COR CH

250232323232319212123211614BRO

125121212121291010101088BEAU

675656262626150565661564440AUS

1001010101097889865AMA

YTD

TOTALJUNMAYAPRMARFEBJANDECNOVOCTSEPAUGJUL

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DIOCESE

Monthly Recruitment Goals 2010-2011 by Diocese






• Recruitment by Division• Top 24 Districts was changed last year to• Top 10 Districts (3 divisions)

DIVISION 1AustinDallasFort WorthGal-HoustonSan Antonio

DIVISION 2BeaumontBrownsvilleCorpus ChristiSan AngeloVictoria

DIVISION 3AmarilloEl PasoLaredoLubbockTyler






• Recruitment – Supreme Council Contests• World Series of Membership

• Jul-Aug-Sep

• Membership Madness• Feb-Mar

• Membership Derby - Race to the Finish Line• May-Jun






• World Series of Membership• Jurisdictions will be divided into 6 divisions• Each division will include 12 teams

• Charity League• Unity League• Fraternity League

• Texas• New York• California + 9 others

• Patriotism League• Volunteerism League• McGivney League






• World Series of Membership• Prizes awarded to State Council

• First - $1,000• Second - $750• Third - $500• Fourth - $250

• Prizes awarded to District Deputies• For 10, 20, and 30 new members during Jul thru Sep

• VIP Recruiter Pin• For each recruiter who brings in 10 or more new

members from Jul-Dec will receive a specially designed “VIP” Club recruiter pin.






Rich MokenCHAIRMAN

BLITZFATHER WANTS YOU

2010 - 2011






Membership Goal - 5400Charity Goal - $900,000BLITZ & FWY

• Plan the BLITZ• Plan the Course

• Schedule a date with the pastor• Ask the pastor for …

• Pulpit announcement• Bulletin announcement• “Father Wants You” letter

• Order recruitment materials from Supreme• Posters – Pamphlets – Prospect Cards – CD’s• Form 100’s






• Plan the BLITZ• Plan the Course … continued

• Schedule recruitment drives after each mass• Utilize members and their wives• Utilize Field Agents• Set up presentation table

• Highlight council activities and awards

• Invite all prospects and their families to Council and Family events

• Add all prospects to:• Council Newsletter mailing list• Email list• Phone calling tree






• Plan the BLITZ• Plan the Course … continued

• Involve prospects in all projects as if they were already a Knight

• Plan a First Degree• Personally bring candidate to the First Degree

Knights of Columbus







• Use “Father Wants You” Letter• Solicit support from pastor

• Allows the pastor to be involved• Provides effective way to communicate

• Insert announcement into church bulletin• Send letter, email, fax, etc.

• Solicit list of new parishioners from pastor• Compare council roster with parish roster

• Send letter to prospects and former members






• Utilize Supreme Recruitment Materials• Pamphlets

• 389 – Recruitment Flip Chart• 921 – Prospect Information Card• 2041 – Recruitment – Wallet Flip Chart• 2678 – Pulpit Announcements• Form 100 – Membership Document

Knights of Columbus







• Utilize Supreme Recruitment Materials• Videos

• Experience of a Lifetime• Membership Recruitment Flip Chart• Life and Legacy of Father McGivney• Founding to Future

Knights of Columbus







• Utilize Supreme Recruitment Materials• Posters and Flyers

• 1267 – Did You Know?• 2761 – Insurance – Family Fraternal Benefits• 2773 – Member and Spouse Fraternal Benefits• 4245 – Experience of a Lifetime (poster)• 4257 – Why Join The Knights (poster)• 4495 – Knights of Columbus Overview (booklet)• 4496 – Youth Recruitment – Greatness of a Man (flyer)• 4497 – Faith-based Recruitment – You Can Make an Impact (flyer)• 4498 – Recruitment – Are You That Man? (poster)• 4500 – Man That Is Moved To Action (poster)• 4552 – Recruitment – Families Come First• 4553 – Recruitment – Serve Your Community• 9116 – Recruit Eighteen Year Olds (flyer)






• Utilize Supreme Recruitment Materials• 921 - Prospect Referral Card• 531 - Candidates Kit

Knights of Columbus







• Conduct the BLITZ• Follow the 5 Phases to conduct an effective

BLITZ

1. Preparation

2. Execution

3. Follow-Up

4. Orientation

5. FIRST DEGREE






Mike GallagherCHAIRMAN

ALL COUNCILSACTIVE

2010 - 2011

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Membership Goal - 5400Charity Goal - $900,000ALL COUNCILS ACTIVE

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DIOCESE

NUMBER

OF

COUNCILS

NUMBER OF

COUNCILS RECRUITING

COUNCILS

NOT

RECRUITING

PERCENT

COUNCILS

RECRUITING

AMARILLO 22 15 7 68

AUSTIN 88 71 17 81

BEAUMONT 28 21 7 75

BROWNSVILL 44 28 16 64

CORPUS CH 55 38 17 69

EL PASO 34 19 15 56

DALLAS 49 42 7 86

FORT WORTH 55 45 10 80






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NUMBER

OF

COUNCILS

NUMBER OF

COUNCILS RECRUITING

COUNCILS

NOT

RECRUITING

PERCENT

COUNCILS

RECRUITING

GAL-HOU 117 97 20 83

LAREDO 22 18 4 81

LUBBOCK 22 11 11 50

SAN ANGELO 32 21 11 66

SAN ANTONIO 99 72 27 73

TYLER 30 25 5 83

VICTORIA 32 28 4 88

TOTAL 729 551 178 76






• All Councils Active• Suggested Solutions

• Appoint a Membership Chairman in each council• Plan 2 Membership Blitz dates for each council• Plan a First Degree each month in the district• Follow-up on Form 100’s to Supreme• Target those councils that are not recruitment active






Tony GutierrezCHAIRMAN

COLLEGECOUNCILS

2010 - 2011






Membership Goal - 5400Charity Goal - $900,000COLLEGE COUNCILS

COUN DIST COLLEGE / LOCATION

07/01/09

MEM GAIN LOSS

06/01/10

NET

10600 167 University of Texas Pam Am, Edinburg 30 0 0 0

10624 117 Texas A&M University, College Station 244 52 5 47

10790 104 Stephen F. Austin U., Nacogdoches 37 5 0 5

12409 116 University of Texas, Austin 49 23 0 23

12445 021 St. Thomas More College, Fort Worth 22 0 0 0

13523 028 Assumption Seminary, San Antonio 80 10 0 10

13577 111 Baylor University, Waco 99 17 0 17

13940 051 University of St. Thomas, Houston 131 24 0 24

14426 200 Texas Tech University, Lubbock 68 16 0 16

14789 022 University of North Texas, Denton 33 10 0 10

14872 076 University of Dallas, Irving 0 34 0 34





Membership Goal - 5400Charity Goal - $900,000COLLEGE COUNCILS

• College Council Tips

• District Deputies should identify prospects for

College Councils as they know the area best.

• As District Deputy, continue to nurture existing

College Councils, as the turnover is 100% every

4-6 years.

• College Council Knights are our future leaders.

• When a College Knight turns 68, that means 50

potential years of service.






Larry ErmisCHAIRMAN

RETENTION

2010 - 2011






Membership Goal - 5400Charity Goal - $900,000RETENTION

• Membership Retention

The objective is Retentionnot Suspension

(A separate Retention presentation is available at www.mahrer.us)

If Suspension is necessary,follow the rules and use the

“Texas Proper Billing Procedures”Procedures are available in the Membership section of the Star Guide






• Membership Retention - Suspension• Two Forms are Required (1 of 2)• Form 1845 – Notice of Intent to Suspend






• Membership Retention - Suspension• Two Forms are Required (2 of 2)

• Form TX-1845-A – Texas Membership Conservation Form

Rev May 2008






• Reasons Suspensions are Declined• Form 365 did not name Retention Chairman• No personal contact was made or attempted by council• Two consecutive council audits were not filed• Council has incomplete audits• Audits show no members in arrears• District Deputy did not receive forms

• 1845 and TX-1845-A

• State Retention Chairman did not receive forms• 1845 and TX-1845-A






• District Deputy Checklist• When a council submits a Form 1845

• Verify Form 365 is filed with Supreme• Verify a council Retention Chairman is appointed

• Verify last two audits are filed with Supreme• Verify 1845 is signed by GK and FS• Verify TX-1845A is completed and signed by GK and FS

• Confirm “Remarks” section is complete and legible

• Verify council member has been contacted• Verify member is not facing financial or medical hardship• Verify member no longer wants to belong to Order

• Verify council member Catholicity• Verify council member is not Honorary Life






• Nine Principles for Retaining KnightsR – remember that a council’s most critical assets are its Knights

E – exercise good judgement when deciding who and when to drop

T – training Knights in all council program areas should be continuous

E – educate all Knights on Supreme and State retention policies

N – new Knights want to be involved in council activities

T – transfers and deceased Knights do not count against membership gain quotas

I – informed Knights are involved Knights

O – ongoing retention problems are simply “challenges”

N – new Knights are not to be considered as replacements






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A council mentor program is a very successful Retention Program

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Clarence FeyCHAIRMAN

CEREMONIALS

2010 - 2011






Membership Goal - 5400Charity Goal - $900,000CEREMONIALS

• First Degreesa. There are 123 certified Teams in Texas

- English and Spanish

b. Grand Knight is responsible for team- order ceremonial books from Supreme

- appoint a Degree Team Captain

c. District Deputy must certify the team- all parts must be memorized






• First Degrees … continued

d. District Deputy must report each First Degree

- use Form 450-NC (may be scanned and emailed)

- email to State Council: [email protected]

- email to Supreme Council: [email protected]

Note: Form 450-NC is on the Supreme website and is in “pdf” format. It can be filled out and submitted to Supreme, State Deputy, and District Deputy.






• Major Degreesa. There are 6 active Major Degree Teams

b. There are 4 Conferring Officers

c. San Antonio Team can also do Spanish

d. All Major Degrees include 2nd and 3rd degrees

- exemplified by the same team

e. District Deputy is responsible for requesting and hosting a Major Degree

- include diocesan deputy in planning phase

- contact Major Degree Team of choice

- determine availability and cost






• Major Degrees … continued

f. District Deputy will …- contact council who will host Major Degree

- inform council of cost

- make sure facilities are adequate

- fill out a Major Degree Request (MDR) form

- email MDR form to State Ceremonial Chairman

[email protected]

g. Ceremonial Chairman will …- approve Major Degree Request

- assign Conferring Officer (CO)

- inform DD, GK, CO, and Degree Team







h. Ceremonial Chairman will … continued

- mail two Certificates of Appreciation

- to the DD and GK

- two weeks prior to the Major Degree

- signed by the State Deputy

- DD should present certificate to GK at the end of the Third Degree

i. DD should contact the Degree Team Captain and CO- two weeks prior to the Major Degree

- determine what assistance is needed







j. Candidates should …- have a some sort of identification to

distinguish them from the members (recommend a ribbon)

- be kept separate from the members

k. Host DD determines who does the Knighting- special arrangements must be made in

advance

l. Encourage presence of Fourth Degree Color Corps at the mass







m. DD’s who conduct the Knighting will need their red DD robe and their sword

n. DD is responsible for reporting the completion of the Major Degree

- use Form 450-NC

- mail form or scan and email form

- email to State Council:

[email protected]

- email to Supreme Council:

[email protected]

Note: Form 450-NC is on the Supreme website and is in “pdf” format. It can be filled out and submitted to Supreme, State Deputy, and District Deputy.






• Ceremonial Reporta. DD’s should report each council visit

- use Form 2408

- this will assist the Supreme Council and State Council to determine if there are many more

First Degree Teams planned

- is the council using proper protocol






Paul WeiglVice Supreme Master

FOURTH DEGREE

2010 - 2011






Membership Goal - 5400Charity Goal - $900,000FOURTH DEGREE

Vice Supreme Master

Paul Weigl, PSD

Dist. 1 Master … Peter Tan

Dist. 2 Master … Michael G. Morrison

Dist. 3 Master … Mark Hesselgrave

Dist. 4 Master … Javier Correa

Dist. 5 Master … Mario Correa

Dist. 6 Master … Joe Moreno Jr.

Dist. 7 Master … Bernie Fonza

Our Lady of Guadalupe Province






• Mission Statement• Degree founded to foster sense of natural pride

within the countries that the Orders exists.• Councils should promote membership into the

Fourth Degree to all it’s members.• Assign a liaison from the Council for the Fourth

Degree• He serves as a means of promoting the Fourth Degree

to prospective Council members.• He is the answer man for Fourth Degree subjects.• Keeps Council aware of activities the Fourth Degree

are involved in.






• What does the Color Corps Exemplify?

• Charity – by the gift of their time and energies necessary to

practice, perfect, and perform the ceremonials and sword drill.

• Unity – by the united efforts of Sir Knights to practice and

perfect coordinated drill for the good of the Church and the

Order.

• Fraternity – by expressing an “Esprit de Corps”, sharing a

common desire for drill experience and camaraderie.

• Patriotism – by performing precision drill as a salute to God

and to country and visually exhibiting a love for both.






• Purpose of the Color Corps• Bring visibility to the Knights• Honor the clergy• Foster the spirit of patriotism• Provide presence at religious and civic activities• Encourage active Catholic citizenship






• Facts• Only 17% of Knights in the Texas are 4th Degree

members.• Council members who complete their Fourth

Degree, are more likely to …• pay their dues on time• actively participate in council events• sponsor and/or chair council events• hold council office• be an insurance member• recruit more Knights






• MEMBERSHIP JEOPARDY• Game





Membership Goal - 5400Charity Goal - $900,000SUPREME THEME

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