LUTHERAN PIONEER MINISTRY NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES Date: June 2, 2007 Time: 9:30AM - 11:58AM Place: Menomonee Falls, WI Members Present: Fred Banaszak, Dale Beutin, Pastor Kolander, Chuck Hucek, Jim Kluetzman, Bryan Sowatzke, Gary Vanderheyden, Tom Palubecki, Tim Hart, Dale Lorfeld, Carol Grulke Members excused: Pastor Putz, Pastor Loescher, Kevin Wegner, Pastor James Fischer, Loren Lange and David Zimmermann. 08:30AM - 09:15AM: Committee Meetings None 09:30AM -10:04AM: Bible Study – Dale Lorfeld Bible Study: Dale Lorfeld “Male Spiritual Leadership” Started 9:31 Ended 10:04 10:10AM Council Business 1. Call to Order......................................................................................................Chairman 2. Opening Prayer..................................................................................................National Chaplain Pastor Kolander 3. Opening Comments...........................................................................................Chairman Thanks to Carol for attending Pastor Kolander’s last official meeting 4. Minutes of Previous Meeting(s)........................................................................Secretary Motion: To accept the minutes of the February meeting as printed Motion Moved Seconded, no discussion, Approved or Carried 5. Reading of Special Correspondence..................................................................Secretary none 6. Approval of Charters.........................................................................................Executive Director Charters: 797 Tree of Life, Calgary, Alberta Canada 798 Abiding Word, Highlands Ranch, Colorado Motion: To accept the charters Motion Moved Seconded, no discussion, Approved or Carried 7. Appointments and Resignations of National Officers...................................... Executive Director Appointments: None Resignations: Dale Baxman Motion: To accept the resignation Motion Moved Seconded, discussion as noted, Approved or Carried Discussion: Dale will send a letter of thanks 8. Lutheran Pioneer Foundation Report.................................................................????? No report Committee Ministry Plan Reports 1. Building & Grounds.........................................................................................Hucek Motion: To replace or repair the air conditioning system if needed this summer Motion Moved Seconded, discussion as noted, Approved or Carried Discussion: Line of credit would be used, it appears that a bearing is going, the unit is old, building is well insulated to cut down on HVAC costs already, the size of the unit was not known. Motion: To sell the tractor, blade, mower deck, snow blower and cart. Motion Moved Seconded, no discussion, Approved or Carried Motion: To accept the report Motion Moved Seconded, no discussion, Approved or Carried 2. Communications............................................................................................... Sowatzke Partial report given Motion: To accept the partial report Motion Moved Seconded, no discussion, Approved or Carried 3. Development.................................................................................................... Beutin Motion: To support the development committee with moving forward with the Pioneer envelopes Motion Moved Seconded, discussion as noted, Approved or Carried Discussion: Splitting the income with the local train, Sending a letter to the congregation explaining the envelope – possibly the counting committee or financial secretary, the leaders should take the lead on this addition. Need to be proactive to get the envelopes into the packet. Motion: To give the committee validity to approach the 4 foundations for assistance Motion Moved Seconded, no discussion, Approved or Carried Motion: To send a letter to congregations who do not have an active train but have children in another church’s train to ask for support. Motion Moved Seconded, no discussion, Approved or Carried Motion: To accept the report Motion Moved Seconded, discussion as noted, Approved or Carried Discussion GIC mailing was discussed as to timing and reasons for not continuing through the summer. 4. Executive ........……….......................................................................................Banaszak No Report 5. Strategic Planning............................................................................................Schroeder No Report 6. National Chaplain & Pastoral Advisors...........................................................Pastor Kolander Short report given 7. Executive Director/National Office.................................................................Lorfeld National Directors............................................................................................Lorfeld Regional Directors & Nat. Train Advisors.......................................................Lorfeld Still looking for Midwest Region National Activities, Boys & Leaders................................................................Lorfeld 7.1 National Convention Coordinator..................................................Schroeder Phone conference Monday Night, First Friday and Saturday in March 2008 Tomah WI at the Cranberry Inn Lodge, key note speaker during Lunch on Saturday Seminars are being planned, Business meeting being set up, caterers need to be used and we know some of the caterers. Not as much space as in the past for meetings. Themes discussed. Motion: To accept the report Motion Moved Seconded, no discussion, Approved or Carried Discussion: none 9. Accounting......................................................................................................Vanderheyden No Report – will meet during National Camp Motion: To change the name of the Accounting Committee to the Finance Committee Motion Moved Seconded, no discussion, Approved or Carried Discussion: none 9.1 Treasurer's Report...........................................................................................Hart Motion: To accept the report Motion Moved Seconded, no discussion, Approved or Carried Discussion: none Other Reports & Business 1. Historian.............................................................................................................Palubecki Motion: To accept the report Motion Moved Seconded, no discussion, Approved or Carried Discussion: Looking for an assistant for Tom and the individual needs to be good with technology 2. Representatives from other agencies Carol: Greetings from the ladies, LPG Camp will be at Camp Bird and is all set for this year. Dale covered the other material that Carol was to present. Motion: To accept the report Motion Moved Seconded, no discussion, Approved or Carried 3. Others?? None 4. Old Business 4.1 Digital Duplicator sale – Lorfeld 4.2 Others?? None – 4.1 was discussed at the February meeting 5. New Business 5.1 National Council Officers Election Nominations were held and the vote taken. Results are listed below: Chairman – Fred Banaszak Vise Chairman – Dale Beutin Secretary – Bryan Sowatzke Motion: To make the unanimous election of the above officers Motion Moved Seconded, no discussion, Approved or Carried 5.2 Others?? None 6. Next meeting dates Note: next two Council meetings have been changed due to March Convention 6.1 National Council Meeting September 22, 2007 in Burlington 6.2 National Council Meeting January 5, 2008 in Janesville 6.3 National Convention March 7-8, 2008 in Tomah 6.4 National Council Meeting June 7, 2008 TBA Motion: To adjourn the meeting Motion Moved Seconded, no discussion, Approved or Carried 7. Adjournment and Closing Prayer.............................................................Pastor Kolander Meeting adjourned at 11:58 AM Bryan T. Sowatzke Secretary