Star Council Report

Worthy Sirs,

Please access the April 1 2025 Star Council report with the link below. I have emboldened the council number for those 68 councils who achieved Star Council for the 2023-2024 fraternal year. Our state deputy’s Circle of Honor goal is 59 Star Councils again for this fraternal year.

I have also attached the April Supreme Council Report on Awards. (Actual update was March 28) This will show how many Fraternal Benefit Events your council has been credited with as well as the total attendees from all events. Please watch for upcoming Supreme sponsored webinars.

Criteria for the 2024-2025 Star Council Award.

• Membership Quotas 6% Net Growth. Minimum of Five – Maximum of Fifteen new members, based on total membership.
• The Founders Award (Insurance). All council must participate in at least TWO Fraternal Benefit Programs, live or on line. SUM ATTENDEES OF TWO OR MORE SEMINARS: Minimum of TEN members or Member-Eligible attendees for councils less than 100 members. Minimum of FOURTEEN members or Member Eligible for councils with 100 or more members. Grand Knight must submit Form 11077 on-line on Supreme website.
• Columbian Award Application SP7. Supreme Council is requiring 16 activity reports. Four activities or credits in each of the Faith in Action categories (Faith, Family, Community, Life). Sponsoring a “Featured” activity will count as two report credits.
  Columbian award Application must be submitted by June 30, 2025.
• Safe Environment Certification. No new changes. Remember: Grand Knight is prohibited from serving more than two council chairman positions. (Grand Knight, General Program Chairman, Family Activities Chairman and Community Activity Chairman.) All chairmen are required to have a personnel email address; not a generic address, like [email protected].
• Form 365 Service Program Personnel Report. Form must be submitted by July 1, 2024. Supreme Council will use the emails for the Grand Knight, General Program Director, Council Community Director and Council Family Director in order to forward safe environment on-line training.
  Form 1728 Fraternal Survey Must be submitted by January 31, 2025

Supreme Council Records show the following as of April 1:

• 89 councils (24% of active councils) still have not submitted their Form 365.
• 24 councils (6% of active councils) have not submitted their Form 185.
• 121 councils (33% of active councils) have not recruited a new member this fraternal year.
• 249 councils have recruited a total of 1089 new members. There are now 41 councils that have achieved their Growth quota.
• #1295 Audit. The Audit Status column will show the last audit submitted for those councils who are late with current audit. As of April 1, 109 councils (29% of active councils) have not been credited with submitting their current audit.
• Founders Award: There are 46 councils that have been credited with 2 Fraternal Benefit Events and achieving minimum participation quota.

Revised FBE Reporting: Supreme will now accept a participant who registers and views a webinar, without the Grand Knight reporting on a Form 11077. However, if a council presents a “watch party” where several participants viewed the webinar or attend a FBE seminar, then the Grand Knight is required to submit a 11077 with all the participant’s Names, (Membership Number if they are brother knights), Emails and Phone Numbers.

Safe Environment: 119 councils (32% of active councils) have been certified as compliant. Remember your compliant status is good for three years.
State Program Points. 344 councils (93% of active councils) have submitted program activities for the “Let us Be Worthy” State Program Contest. Points for council officers who have been certified as compliant for Safe Environment each receives 25 points for the state program. And each council who conducts one Fraternal Benefit Seminar or who promotes a webinar will receive 25 points for the first event only.

REMINDER: all state program reports must be submitted by April 15!

2024-2025 S.O.S. Campaign. $100,943 has been collected from 169 councils (46% of active councils) for the First Turn-in for S.O.S Campaign. Final Turn-in was April 1 and we will have a FINAL report on SOS on the May Star Council Status Report.
Fraternal Survey Form 1728. 69 councils are still missing the Fraternal Survey. Please submit this form soon. It was due January 31.
Per Capita. There are 22 councils still owing per capita. Please submit your payment soon to State Secretary Mike Felerski.
Columbian Award Application SP-7. Supreme has credited 14 councils with the SP7 submitted. There are many still being processed. You do not have to wait until the June 30 deadline!

We have 17 councils who have achieved both Membership and Insurance Quota! We have three months left in the fraternal year to reach our goal of 59 Star Councils. Continue to work on your Fraternal Benefit Event quota and make sure your four officers are compliant with Safe Environment. Brother. we can do it!!