MEMBERSHIP: 4th Quarter Promotion

In honor of the Holy Father’s visit to the United States, the Maryland State Council has notified all Councils of a Fourth Quarter Membership Promotion. For each new member initiated between April 1 and June 20, 2008, the sponsoring Council will be entered into one of two State Council drawings for a $300.00 annuity for the winning Council’s Chaplain or Parish Pastor. One award will be drawn for a Council assigned to the Bob Marlowe Agency and one award will be drawn for a Council assigned to the Harry Canter Agency. To qualify, Councils must submit their new members on a Form 100 to either the Marlowe or Canter Agency Offices. The Form 100s must be received at their respective offices by 5:00 p.m., Friday, June 20, 2008. We want to thank both the Marlowe and Canter Agencies for their support of this program in honor of our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI.

SAMPLER: Knight Life Council Newsletter (May 2008)

I was not sure we were going to see an official council newsletter or not and so I have taken the great liberty of putting another SAMPLER together for May. I recall that Vern Hawkins brought a sampler to one of our early meetings, but it was very cursory given the newness of our organization. I know Gerry “Jere” Clark volunteered, and is hard at work, but I suspect he was stimied by the lack of contributions from members. Unfortunately, this is common in most of our councils. The not so “secret” secret is that newsletter editors often become frustrated and do one of three things: 1) they give up; 2) they just throw a piece of junk together; or 3) they send incessant reminders to officers for articles and then write the material themselves. Yes, you heard me right; when officers and activity directors do not get their monthly articles to the editor by deadline they must suffer having the editor put words into their mouths! When chaplains are late the article from the state chaplain is substituted.

I cannot say the newsletter SAMPLER I did is fully up to specks. There is only a blurb from state and nothing really at all from supreme. There are events mentioned, but no calendar of upcoming events. Newsletters should also be ready for stapling with mailing information on the outside page… yes, even if most will read it online or by email. A few paper copies must still be made given that not everyone has a computer and that three copies have to be sent for judging.

I did not want our first, albeit truncated, fraternal year to pass without a newsletter. Much of the information is taken from the state and is simply material about what we do and about what others can expect. I helped with newsletters both at St. Mary of the Assumption Council in Upper Marlboro, MD and later at Dr. John Henry Griffin Council in Waldorf, MD. Dale Trott, PGK of St. Mary’s was one of the best newsletter editors I ever saw and his activity reports were award winners. It is important that we remain active and that we publicize our values and works through our newsletter and website.

Here is the newsletter SAMPLER I put together for May; consider it my gift to the council:

http://fatherkidd.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/the-knight-life-11adobe.pdf 

Brother Clark will eventually come out with the real deal. God bless!

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