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Fraternal Task Force Meeting June 6, 2013 at 3:30 p.m. Present: argaret Babinat, Margaret Schmitt, M Loretta Nelson, Carol Clauson Committee members reviewed the minutes and action plans from the March 2013 meeting. Future NCF magazines will continue to include articles that will educate members about fraternalism, fraternal benefits offered by NCSF, and fraternal activities accomplished by courts. To facilitate growth, a survey was sent in early May to active courts requesting ideas and suggestions that will help with planning. New ideas moving forward included use of the magazine to highlight various courts' Hearts and Hands projects. Loretta Nelson suggested that a Hearts and Hands project follow up story might be of interest to those who read our magazine. We encourage researching new "membership products" that provide another option with the traditional definition of social members. In regard to increasing beneficial members: promote and explain recommender award progra; encourage Start Smart life insurance sales especially at life-milestones like birth/baptism, prior to start of school, at 1st Communion and Confirmation, at the start of sophomore year of high school; encourage retention of Child's Plan and Start Smart members; and focus on the needs and wants of the 21+ age group. Regarding making connections with Catholics: re-think missed opportunities and watch for new opportunities and contact couples preparing for Catholic marriage (by contacting pastor, deacon or lay couple assisting marriage prep). Regarding increased member involvement: revisit previous programs that were successful (gold, silver, bronze awards for courts, Brass Bell, etc.). Fraternal task force meeting adjourned at 4:35 p.m. Submitted by Margaret Schmitt Member Education Task Force Meeting June 6, 2013 at 4:35 p.m. Present: argaret Babinat, Thomas Meyer, M Loretta Nelson – guest, Carol Clauson, Catherine Hensel, Margaret Schmitt – guest Focus areas: 1.Educate members for increasing sales. Use the display board at parish and court functions. Insurance provider/sales rep. partner with fraternal spokesperson to do presentations at Catholic gatherings. 2.Educate for fraternalism, fraternal programs, etc. 3.Educate sales force and members about qualifications needed for court leadership, good delegates, and potential candidates for NCSF elected positions. 4.Use NCF magazine on a continual basis to educate about fraternalism as well as qualities needed for strong members. 5. Develop a method for courts to be notified of new members so they can be included. 6.E ducate delegates toward modernizing the NCSF Constitution, thereby making NCSF more in step with successful, peer fraternal insurance societies. 7. Hold regional gatherings to energize, educate and inspire the court members from active and inactive courts. 8. Develop a core presentation of educational information for each regional gathering: add small adjustments that personalize it to that region. Member education task force meeting adjourned at 5:05 p.m. Submitted by Margaret Schmitt Constitution and Laws Task Force – 6/6/2013 The constitution and laws task force met at 2:30 p.m. Present: Jane Uselman, Catherine Hensel, Loretta Nelson. Absent Members: Patricia DeNys Discussion ensued on proposed amendments to the Articles of Incorporation and ByLaws. Work continues toward the goals identified by the task force. Members were assigned tasks for continued work at home. Respectfully Submitted: Jane Uselman, Chair Organizational Development (OD) Task Force The OD Task Force met at at 3:20 p.m. Present: hairperson Linda Ortiz, Rosalie Pyle, C Jane Uselman, and Jon Mocol. The task force reviewed the notes and flow chart from previous meetings, and have noted that little progress has been made. Submitted by: Linda Ortiz, Task Force Chair continued on page 12 Fall 2013 — www.ncsf.com 11