MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OF

THE CATHOLIC DEFENSE LEAGUE

A regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Catholic Defense League (CDL) was held, pursuant to notice, on June 15^th, 2004 in the offices of CDL, St. Paul, Minnesota. Present at the Meeting were the following Board Members: Merlyn Scroggins, Cletus Tauer, Jennifer Maas, Marlene Reid, Patrick Shannon, Val Baertlein, Richard Houck, Kelly Rowe, Irene Perrizo, Stella Lundquist, Hap Corbett, Eugene Keating, Patrick Phillips and Thomas Schramer. The Meeting was called to order at 4:30 p.m. and the following business ensued:

It was reported by Stella Lundquist and Gene Keating that two students from St. Agnes were refused summer school by the St. Paul Public School system. Gene further reported that when he heard about this he investigated the matter by speaking with a state legislator who is involved with education. This investigation revealed that, indeed, all children in either private schools (including, obviously, Catholic schools) and charter schools are not allowed into the St. Paul Public School summer school program. Gene indicated that he would pursue this further to get a clarification on the issue and as to not only what can be done about it, but also a course of action.

Merlyn Scroggins then placed Kelly Rowe’s name in nomination to serve CDL as its next Secretary. Upon a motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, it was,

Resolved, that Kelly Rowe be, and he hereby is, elected to serve CDL as its Secretary.

Next Patrick Phillips gave the Board an update on the CDL website. He proposed that another Member of the Board serve as a back-up to him in the event something unfortunate should happen to him; somebody else should know the important information to run the website. Val Baertlein offered to be the back-up to Pat and Pat will e-mail the pertinent information to Val. Pat then discussed the need for recruitment and the role the website plays in that. He thought that every Board Member should ask his/her pastor to place an announcement in the respective parish bulletin letting people know about CDL. Pat pointed out that there is a suggested announcement to give a pastor on the CDL website. Dick Houck presented the Board with an example of such an announcement that he got into the bulletin for his parish, Maternity of the Blessed Virgin (a/k/a Maternity of Mary). Pat also thought that we need to get people signed up for the CDL news letter.

Stella Lundquist then reported that she is looking for a speaker at next years CDL Annual Banquet. She is considering, preferably, he speaker with a background in journalism or law. The speaker should also be dynamic in order to hold peoples’ attention. She asked the Board to think about who we should ask to speak and provide her those names. Jennifer though Catholic radio talk show host Teresa Tomeo, a former television reporter and news person. Gene Keating also thought that Doug Bushman would be a good idea. Mr. Bushman is involved with faith formation and pastoral studies at University of Dallas, Ave Maria University and is a frequent guest on EWTN.

The next matter to come before the Board was Val’s proposal that an ad hoc governance committee be formed to identify and define the roles and duties of the president, treasurer, secretary, Board of Directors, etc. It was further proposed that the following the following individuals serve on the committee: Gene Keating (proposed chair), Val Baertlein, Patrick Shannon, Cletus Tauer, Kelly Rowe and Dick Houck. Upon a motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, it was,

Resolved, that a governance committee be created and the above referenced individuals serve on said committee, to be chaired by Gene Keating.

Next, Hap Corbett asked the Board to consider doing a work shop for out-state Minnesota like we did for the Twin City Metro area last year. Hap and Merlyn will work on getting one set up.

Lastly, the next Board Meeting was scheduled for Tuesday, July 20^th, 2004 commencing at 4:30 p.m.

Meeting adjourned at 5:45 p.m.

Respectfully submitted

Kelly M. Rowe, Esq.

Secretary