The Greek Orthodox Church of West Central Florida, Inc s1

THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA, INC. a/k/a St. Michael the Archangel Greek Orthodox Church 4705 W. Gulf-to-Lake Hwy, Lecanto, Florida 34461

MINUTES

A duly noticed meeting of the Parish Council was held on July 10th, 2006

MEMBER ATTENDANCE:

Parish Priest and Officers Present Absen Council Members Present Absent t Vernikos, Ioannis Fr., Priest X Aucoin, Dorothea X

Mavros, George S.; President X Dalmanieras, Alex X Kanaris, George R.; Vice-President X Lazar, John X

Binikos-Brom, Athena, Secretary X Lovelace, Richard X

Ponticos, Stephan A.; Treasurer X Vassiliou, Dimitrios X

Minnelli, Diane X Cologna, John X

GUESTS PRESENT:

Alice Poulos, Sylvia Lovelace, Garfield Aucoin, Chris Christomoglou

CALL TO ORDER:

The Parish Council meeting was called to order at 6:05 pm with an opening prayer.

SUMMARY OF MEETING

A. Reading and approval of last meeting’s minutes:

Review of Minutes: Approved from January on a motion by Richard Lovelace and 2nd by Doey Aucoin

B. President’s report :

     The President reminded Parish Council members of the their obligation to attend meetings and church services regularly .  The reminder of the President’s report is included in the various reports noted below. 

C. C. Vice President’s r eport:

 None

D. Secretary’s report:  None

E. Treasurer’s report:

a. Fund balance- See attached b. YTD-See attached c. Cantonis Sanctuary-See attached No report was available at this meeting. The June data will be reported with the July data at the August meeting.

F. Committee and Ministry reports: G. b.

1. Ministries

a. Parish Life by J. Lazar  No Report  

b. Youth by G. Kanaris  No report c. Religious by. D. Vassiliou  Dimitri will be ordering candles and related supplies d. Stewardship: by R. Lovelace  Richard circulated a sketch on how the faithful should line up when receiving communion and antidoron. The sketch was to be circulated amongst attendees through the Pagari and Council Members will help direct until people become more familiar with the new practice. e. Outreach and Welcome: by D. Minnelli  Diane reported that she sent out 4 get well cards, 1 congratulations card (new baby) and a thank you card. She hasn’t seen to many new people at church during the past month or so, so no new names to report. f. Budget and Planning:

 None g. Facilities: by A. Dalmanieras i. AC repairs-presently underway ii. Carpet near entry: Richard has repaired the “hole”.

h. Building and Finance:  Sanctuary Project by. G. Mavros See building committee report  Capital Campaign by G. Kanaris No report.  Grants by N. Cologna No report  Building Committee Report by G. Mavros a. Civil Engineering

SWFMD and Site Permits are complete Site work at the County being reviewed

b. Structural Engineering Complete c. Preliminary Project Complete e. Final Drawings Complete f. Bidding and Cost Proposals A report will be shared at the next meeting following the Building Committee’s meeting on July 28th G.

i. Education and Cultural Life: by D. Aucoin  No Report

2. Committees:

a. Festival: by G. Mavros

The Council reviewed the festival tasks and continued to assign duties to various individuals. Additional assignments from those made at the last meeting include: Garfield Aucoin to design and develop a mechanism for “selling” GreekFest Dollars, basically a pre-sale discounted coupon. The Council will decide at the next meeting the discounting structure.

Food prices were reviewed so that the “Album” can begin going to press. All indoor items, except for the Greek Salad were raised by $1.00. Almost all outdoor grille items were raised by $1.00. Due to Debbie Kanaris’ absence, Maryanne was to communicate with her and determine what the pastry prices will be so that she can begin preparing the album. It was also decided to increase the price of soft drinks to $1.50, Water to $2.00 and Domestic Beer to $2.50.

b. Food Service: by G. Mavros George Mavros reported for George Kanaris. He indicated that this year is perhaps the slowest Food Service year we have ever had. But, thankfully their seems to be some activity building for 2007.

c. By-Laws Committee: none by G. Mavros  G. Organization Reports: 

1. Philoptochos by D. Kanaris  Diane reported for Debbie kanaris. Their will be a meeting on August 12th

2. Youth by N. Cologna  No Report 

3. Choir  Chaoir has been practicing under Fr. Ioannis guidance every  Thursday at 5:00 p.m.

4. Sunday School by N. Cologna  No report

H. Report from Priest requiring Parish Council action: by Fr. Ioannis

 Father reminded all Council members that their regular attendance at meetings and the various church services is very important. He also discussed the sketch presented by Richard (see notes above)

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I. New Business:  None  1. . 2. 3. .

J. Good of the Council :  None

K. Correspondence : None

L. Next Meeting Date and Time:

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The next meeting is scheduled for August 14th following vespers for the Dormition of the Theotokos.

M. Closing Prayer and Adjournment:

The meeting was adjourned at 8:05 p.m. on a motion by Steve Ponticos and 2nd by Doey Aucoin.

Respectfully Submitted Approved by the Board

Athena Binikos-Brom Dr. George S. Mavros Secretary President

Rev. Fr. Ioannis Vernikos Parish Priest