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 September 21^st, 2004 in the offices of CDL, St. Paul, Minnesota. Present at the Meeting were the following Board Members: Merlyn Scroggins, Cletus Tauer, Patrick Shannon, Val Baertlein, Richard Houck, Kelly Rowe, Thomas Schramer, Richard Houck, Joseph Kueppers and Patrick Phillips. The Meeting was called to order at 4:30 p.m. and the following business ensued:

Kelly Rowe submitted the Minutes from the August meeting and after they were reviewed by everyone, said Minutes were unanimously approved and accepted.

Next, Merlyn Scroggins reported that, although we have a good website, we need more content and we need to get the word out better as to how people can get to it. He suggested a press release to get the word out about CDL, what we do and how to reach our website. Although there was some hesitation on the part of some on the Board as to whether or not a press release would accomplish the notoriety we need there was unanimous agreement that we need to do a better job to get our message out. There was a suggestion that we create an advertisement about CDL. Pat Phillips noted that we need a good news letter, via e-mail at least once a week, that should be coordinated to go hand-in-hand with the website.

There was also unanimous agreement that we need more content and the members of the Board need to step up and contribute more via-e-mail. Pat Phillips and Dick Houck volunteered to be the ones to collect people’s e-mails and place the content on the website. Joe Kueppers also noted that not all of the content has to be provided by the Board - that we can get others to contribute too. Dick Houck indicated that we need new members for CDL in order to expand our “look outs” for in put and subsequent content for a news letter and our website. Val added that we need good writers to maintain a level of quality for everything we send out or have on our website.

The Board then discussed ways to “get the word out” about CDL. Val proposed getting a list of proven Catholic supporters to help establish a mailing list. The Board unanimously agreed to keep discussing ways to get our message out.

The governance of CDL was discussed next and the CDL Bylaws were distributed by Pat Phillips to the Board. Pat and Dick Houck talked about how the Bylaws address governance and the findings of the Governance Committee were also discussed. There was a general concern as to who can and/or should represent CDL when it speaks, i.e. who is authorized to make the official CDL statements to the press, letters to the editor, present CDL’s response to issues, etc. Val Baertlein noted that there needs to be more control over press releases. Joe Kueppers proposed that everyone review the Bylaws more and the issues we discussed today and communicate their ideas via e-mail. There was unanimous agreement that there needs to be more compliance with the Bylaws. Val Baertlein and Dick Houck will co-chair the Governance Committee in order to coordinate and Annual Meeting, as prescribed by the Bylaws and required by Minnesota Law, and will address the issues of electing members to the Board, electing officers, amending Bylaws and the Articles of Incorporation.

Next, Clete Tauer presented the financial statements Tom Schramer prepared, which were accepted unanimously by the Board. Clete reported that the last Defender mailing brought in approximately $3,000.00. He then reported that the last CDL Banquet made a profit of approximately $500.00 - and it was well attended. He added that if we want similar numbers for the Banquet in 2005, we need to start promoting it now. After much discussion about all of the work that goes into putting on the Banquet, and considering that the profits from it are not that significant, Merlyn and Val asked whether or not it’s worth having it at all. In addition, Dick Houck asked whether or not the proposed speaker for the 2005 Banquet, Austin Ruse, is a good fit for CDL. These issues will be addressed to the Board members after this Meeting via e-mail and will be discussed at the next meeting.

Clete offered to put together a budget for 2005 to help people evaluate whether or not a Banquet is worth it. Although putting together a budget is difficult as we don’t know what exactly we’re budgeting for, Pat Phillips noted that putting it together and making plans for the year go hand-in-hand which should help in making a budget.

Lastly, the next Board Meeting was scheduled for Tuesday, October 19^th , 2004 commencing at 4:30 p.m.

Meeting adjourned at 6:15 p.m.

Respectfully submitted

Kelly M. Rowe, Esq.

Secretary