January 11, 2006
Lodge 1 Meeting
Gabes Restaurant, St Paul
At 1819 hrs the gambling meeting was called to order by President Rothecker. Gambling Manager Bjorkman gave the
December report. Gross sales were prizes, net profit before expenses and taxes, profit after expenses and taxes.
A motion was made to accept the report. It was 2nd, passed. The February budget was submitted for approval. A motion
was made then 2nd, passed. Requests for funding were made from Mike Leverson for $2000 for the ski team. It is
an annual fundraiser for Special Olympics and we have supported it in the past. Some discussion on how much can
be donated at this time. A motion was made to make the donation but not issue it until March to bring the fund
back up. It was 2nd, passed. Also a motion to approve paying the St Paul tax of, Cottage Grove tax of, and Elan
bill of. It was 2nd passed. LG1004 form available for review. Rothecker made a motion those only groups that we
have donated to on a regular basis be considered for donations until further notice. It was agreed that this would
be the policy until the pull tab revenue increases. No other donation requests were made. A motion was made to
send the reports and request on to the general membership meeting, it was 2nd passed. Bjorkman reported on the
State of MN Gambling compliance report that he had just received. There were a few minor adjustments that the state
wanted on the record keeping and clarification on 5 donations. These will be corrected and it appears the state
gaming board is satisfied with how our operation is run. The letter and correction notice was available for members
to review and comment on.
At 1932 hrs the general membership meeting was called to order by President Rothecker. A roll call of lodge officers
was made. Rothecker, Sloan, Dalbec, Ellison, and Bjorkman were present. Excused was Novak. A motion was made to
waive reading of last month's minutes. It was 2nd, passed. Dalbec gave the treasurers report. The checkbook and
bank statement were available for review. The Katrina Fund has $605 from our membership's donations. This will
be sent to the National Lodge along with the $600 check from our gambling account. Again, thank you to all the
lodge 1 members who donated to help out our fraternal members in the affected areas. A motion was made to accept
the report, 2nd passed. The gambling report was given to the general membership meeting by Bjorkman. A motion was
made to approve the report, 2nd passed. The budget was presented for approval. A motion was made to approve the
budget, 2nd passed. A motion was made to approve the $2000 dollars to the ski team as recommended by the gambling
committee, 2nd passed.
New business, State Lodge President Cayo, Matt Hagen, Ruben Marichalar, and legal defense plan attorney Fowler
were present at this meeting. Rothecker presented the state board members our lodges concerns about newly created
lodges siphoning off members from current lodges. There was a lengthy discussion concerning this issue. President
Cayo stated that the state lodge encourages future members or current members to join a local lodge or stay with
the lodge they may presently belong to. But instead of losing members we may have to put up with new lodges being
formed close to current ones. President Cayo also reminded everyone of the upcoming state meeting to be held in
St Cloud. Old business, the Polar Bear Plunge. The plunge will take place on January 21, White Bear Lake. Sloan
advised the group that we will have a motor home on site again to base our lodge activities out of. There also
will be a hot tub for our members. Cheryl Bjorkman and Rodney Seaur were present to answer questions concerning
the plunge. The most asked was why Special Olympics did not want law enforcement on the logos as in the past. Mn
Special Olympics has agreed to include the use of "sponsored by local law enforcement" on the shirts
and the flyers. They will not have it as part of the regular logo. We agreed that we will have to work on restoring
it as it was in the past. The event will take place again at the White Bear Lake VFW. A motion was made to approve
spending from our general account $100 for drink tickets for our members from the VFW. It was 2nd, passed. We will
be providing food and beverage again at the motor home for our members, a motion was made to approve up to $300
from our general account for those items. It was 2nd, passed. Golf, our tournament, Vick Memorial Tournament,
will again be held at Oak Glen in Stillwater. The price per player will be $90 and be held the day after Memorial
Day, May 30th. Health and welfare, our lodge lost a member who was working in Iraq. Kyle Kasynzki died when a road
side bomb was detonated. He left a wife and one child. Our thoughts and prayers go out for him and his family.
The state lodge is working with the life insurance carrier which is provided by the state lodge to each of our
members to provide maximum benefit for his family. There also will be a fund raiser for his family to be held at
O'Gara's. With no further business, good of the order.
Next meeting will be at Gabes by the Park on February 8, 2006, 1800 hrs.
Randy Dalbec
Secretary Lodge 1