Star Council Report

Please access the March 2024 Star Council report with the link below. 

Revised Criteria for the 2023-2024 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 BOTH SEMINARS:  Minimum of TEN members or Member-Eligible attendees for councils less than 100 members.  Minimum of FOURTEEN members or Member Eligible for councils over 100 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, 2024

• 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, 2023.   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 February 15, 2024

Supreme Council Records show the following as of March 1:  

• 103 councils (28% of active councils) have not submitted their Form 365.   
• 21 councils (6% of active councils) have not submitted their Form 185.
• 88 councils (24% of active councils) have not submitted the Fraternal Survey 1728
• 88 councils (24% of active councils)  have missing audits.
• 146 councils (39% of active councils) have not recruited a new member this fraternal year.   225 councils have recruited a total of 910 new members.  There are now 29 councils who has achieved their Membership Quota for the fraternal year.
• As of March 1, Ohio has 10 councils who have achieved 100% of their Fraternal Benefit event quota and will be listed on the report as “YES” in the Founder’s Award Column.  I will also include a separate “FBE Status 030424” so councils can check on the number of events and the total participants. 

Remember the quota is for a minimum of two events and with a total of 10 or 14 in attendance.  If you met your minimum attendance quota after one event, you are still required to sponsor two events.  If you do not meet your minimum attendance requirement after two events, you can sponsor additional events (more than two) to meet you minimum attendance.

Ohio needs to step up the Fraternal Benefit Event participation.   Please work with your field agents!

Please see attached PDF on the April 2 webinar by Ed Slott on “Retirement Savings and Distribution Planning.    Distribute the notice to your members and plan to participate in this Fraternal Benefit Event.  

• The OYP column (Office of Youth Protection) on the Star Council Status Report lists those councils who have been certified by Supreme Council for Safe Environment Compliancy.  There are now 98 councils (26% of active councils) that are compliant.   You can check your council’s Safe Environment status in the OFFICERS ONLINE section of the Supreme Council website, under COUNCIL, REPORTS, and then open SAFE ENVIRONMENT MEMBER STATUS. 
• The Columbian Award Application SP7 information is not available yet as this report is due later in the fraternal year.

The March report shows 17 councils (5% of all active councils) have not submitted their 2023-2024 Ohio State Council Per Capita payment.  Please forward your payment soon to our State Secretary Mike Felerski.

Points awarded to 349 councils (94% of active councils) for submitted activities for the “Let Us Be Worthy” State Program Contest will be listed in this report as of March 1.  Please note: every council receives 25 points for each of the four required officers who are certified Safe Environment compliant.  And each council receives 25 points for conducting and reporting one Fraternal Benefit Event.  Please submit reports for your Faith in Action activities.

Worthy District Deputies:   Please review your councils’ status and contact your grand knights to offer assistance on missing reports and recruiting.  If you need assistance, contact your Diocesan District Deputy Coordinator or Rejuvenation Chairman.  Thanks.

There are currently 4 councils that have both Membership Quota and YES for the Founder’s Award. (Listed in Green on the Star Council Report.    They are on track for Star Council Award.   But…we need more!  We have 4 months left in the fraternal year.  Plenty of time to reach 59 Star Councils!   Please contact me if you have any questions.  My email is [email protected] and my phone number is 330-608-1729.   PLEASE DO NOT HIT REPLY to this email!

Have a Blessed Easter!    Vivat Jesus!