Affiliate Member District Deputy/ Council Leaders Training

Revised February 8, 2022

Message for DDs, RAs, Board, State Membership Retention Chairman, GKs, FSs.

Worthy Fraternal Leaders,

As many of you know, Supreme's new Affiliate Member Program is coming to Florida on March 1. Supreme will be conducting a training seminar on the evening of Tuesday, February 15 at 8:00 PM EST for all District Deputies, Grand Knights, and Financial Secretaries. This training is extremely important, and may be the most important Supreme training event you attend this year. The State Deputy is making this training mandatory for all District Deputies--no exceptions--as District Deputies will play a very critical role in the process. Only those Councils whose Grand Knights and Financial Secretaries receive the training will be allowed to participate in this phase of the Affiliate Member Program.

Here is what we have been told:

 (1) Those eligible for Affiliate Member status are Brother Knights who have been nonresponsive for a period of 18 months or older.  Honorary Life Members, Priests, Inactive Insurance Members, members with an exemption waiver from Supreme, and members whose dues have been waived by the Council, are not eligible for this program. Members who ask to withdraw from the Order may not be designated for Affiliate status.

 (2) You must register for the Affiliate Member Training.  This will be done through an invite link that Supreme will send out. At the Council Level, you will only receive the invite link to the training on February 15 if you have a current Form 185 on account with Supreme.  No Council Form 185 on file, no GK and FS training, and no Council eligibility for the Affiliate Member Program!! Also, the GK and FS email addresses must be correct at Supreme in order to receive the link. This training is oriented toward Council Grand Knights and Financial Secretaries, as well as District Deputies; however, they may forward their link to other Council members they believe might benefit from the training.

 (3) In this phase, the Affiliate Member Program will only be open in the month of March.  This is a nonnegotiable window.  The window will open on March 1 and close on March 31, 2022. Hence the urgency in attending the Feb 15 training.

(4) Because of the narrow window of opportunity, it would be wise for Councils to start now to prepare lists of members who might be eligible for the Affiliate Member Program, based on the definition of Affiliate Members given above.

I am sure many of you have questions about this process. So do we. The time to get those questions answered is at the training.

Finally, we are told that a Spanish-language on-demand training is available. Details will be forthcoming.

District Deputies--you will personally ensure that each Grand Knight and Financial Secretary in your District receives this email. Regional Administrators-you will personally ensure each Council in Districts without a DD receives this message.

Bottom line--be there for the training!

 

Register

Fraternally,

 

Rick Hughes

State Secretary

Florida State Council

StateSecretary@floridakofc.org

 

Affiliate Member FAQ

Affiliate Member Pilot Program Guidebook

Map to Event

Back to Events

Tue, Feb 15

Affiliate Member District Deputy/ Council Leaders Training

by Florida Knights of Columbus

Date and Time

Tuesday, February 15

From 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Add to Calendar


Location

Our Lady of La Vang 16423
123 NW 6th Avenue

Hallandale Beach, FL 33009

Get Directions


Contact Information

Lai Than