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PROCEEDINGSof the

31st Conventionof theSPJST

JUNE 11 - 13, 2012KILLEEN, TEXAS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Convention Minutes

Key to Abbreviations Contained in Proceedings..................................................1Monday Morning - Session 1, 8:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m...........................................1Monday Morning - Session 2, 11:20 a.m. - 11:35 a.m.........................................4Monday Afternoon - Session 3, 12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m........................................5Monday Afternoon - Session 4, 3:35 p.m. - 5:35 p.m........................................10Tuesday Morning - Session 5, 8:09 a.m. - 9:35 a.m. ........................................13Tuesday Morning - Session 6, 10:00 a.m. - 11:55 a.m. .....................................16Tuesday Afternoon - Session 7, 1:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. ......................................19Tuesday Afternoon - Session 8, 2:55 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. ......................................23Wednesday Morning - Session 9, 8:05 a.m. - 10:10 a.m..................................24Wednesday Morning - Session 10, 11:17 a.m. -12:00 p.m................................27Wednesday Afternoon - Session 11, 12:45 p.m. - 12:55 p.m.............................28Wednesday Afternoon - Session 12, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. ...............................28

Appendix

List of Delegates ................................................................................................34Congratulatory Letters and Proclamations.........................................................37President’s Pre-Convention Report ....................................................................59Vice President’s Pre-Convention Report............................................................65Secretary-Treasurer’s Pre-Convention Report ...................................................66Financial Secretary’s Pre-Convention Report....................................................69Director’s Pre-Convention Report .....................................................................75Finance Committee’s Pre-Convention Report ...................................................83Recommendations of Finance Committee as Adopted ......................................86Insurance Committee’s Pre-Convention Report.................................................89Publication Committee’s Pre-Convention Report..............................................90Resolution Committee’s Report ........................................................................93Recommendations of the Convention Order Committee...................................94Special Structure Study Committee Report........................................................98Supplemental Report of the Secretary-Treasurer.............................................101Supplemental Report of the Financial-Secretary..............................................102By-Law Committee’s Recommendations.........................................................102

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MONDAY MORNING - SESSION 18:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. June 11, 2012

The 31st Convention of the SPJST wascalled to order by Supreme Lodge President(SLP) Brian Vanicek (24) at 8:30 a.m. SPJSTDistrict IV Director Billy Rollwitz (49) andJerry Sijansky (79) posted the colors.Eleven-year-old Amya Rodriguez (24) sangthe National Anthem, and Brother Fred Buri(88) sang the Czech National Anthem, “KdeDomov Muj”.

Bessie Petr (84) led the Pledge ofAllegiance, and SPJST Secretary-TreasurerLeonard Mikeska (200) offered a Conventionprayer.

SPJST SLP Brian Vanicek (24) wel-comed everyone to the 31st Convention ofthe SPJST.

Supreme Lodge Chairman, DonnieVictorick (9) issued words of welcome to thedelegation. He challenged the delegates tounite, and make the best possible decisionsthat will carry the SPJST forward for the nextfour years.

SLP Brian Vanicek (24) introduced

Killeen Mayor Dan Corbin, who welcomedeveryone to the city and issued aProclamation naming June 11, 12, and 13,2012 as “SPJST Days”. SLP Brian Vanicek(24) accepted the proclamation on behalf ofthe SPJST.

Supreme Lodge Vice President (SLVP)Gene McBride (200) gave a memorial tributeto the departed members and leaders whohave passed away since the 2008 SPJSTConvention.

SLP Brian Vanicek (24) introduced thesix convention secretaries for the 31st SPJSTConvention: Lead secretaries—AnnieVahalik (4) and Regina House (202).Secretaries for the Red Team also includeDebbie Galler (66) and Lisa Blum (17).Secretaries for the Blue Team also includeShirley Hoelscher (24) and Vonda Smesny(91).

SLP Brian Vanicek (24) said theSupreme Lodge consists of a president, vicepresident, secretary-treasurer, financial secre-tary, and seven directors who are responsiblefor the administration of all business affairsof the Society according to the By-Laws as

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Key to Abbreviations Appearing in ProceedingsBLCC: By-Law Committee ChairmanCC: Convention ChairmanCCC: Credentials Committee ChairmanCHMGC: Czech Heritage Museum and Genealogy CenterCVC: Convention Vice ChairmanDYC: District Youth CounselorsENC: Education and Nature Center (at Cooper Farm)FAC: Fraternal Activities CoordinatorFCC: Finance Committee ChairmanICC: Insurance Committee ChairmanPCC: Publication Committee ChairmanRCC: Resolution Committee ChairmanSLP: Supreme Lodge PresidentSLS-T: Supreme Lodge Secretary-TreasurerSLVP: Supreme Lodge Vice PresidentSSC: Special Structure CommitteeSSCC: Special Structure Committee ChairmanTCGS: Texas Czech Genealogical SocietyTOCA: Texans of Czech AncestryYAD: Youth Achievement DayYL: Youth Leaders

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approved by the delegates. The followingSupreme Lodge Officers were introduced:Vice President Gene McBride (200),Secretary-Treasurer Leonard Mikeska (200),Financial Secretary Roy Vajdak (88), DistrictI Director and Supreme Lodge ChairmanDonnie Victorick (9), District II DirectorBobby Wuensche (48), District III DirectorJohnnie Krizan (6), District IV Director BillyRollwitz (49), District V Director Larry W.Pflughaupt (88), District VI Director andSupreme Lodge Vice Chairman MikeAhlstrom (32), and District VII Director BobBayer (107). Also introduced was VestnikEditor/Director of Communication MelanieZavodny (246).

SLP Brian Vanicek (24) welcomed thedelegates, members and distinguished guestsin both the English and Czech language. Hethanked everyone from the Home Office Stafffor coordinating the mechanics of the con-vention. SLP Brian Vanicek (24) thankedeveryone who attended the “Howdy Party”,and SPJST Lodge 88, Houston CzechConcert Orchestra for providing an enjoyablemusical backdrop for the party.

SLP Brian Vanicek (24) announced thatthe SPJST is observing the 115th anniversaryof the founding of SPJST in Fayette Countyin 1897. The ideals, energy, spirit, and prom-ise of the SPJST is still alive and strongtoday, such as in the Education and NatureCenter (ENC) at Cooper Farm, where thispast weekend over 100 youth and adultsattended the Leaders-in-Training (LIT)Retreat. He also thanked the Czech HeritageMuseum for their display in the lobby.

The convention adjourned for pictures at8:55 a.m.

The convention reconvened at 9:45 a.m.with an announcement from District VIIDirector Bob Bayer (107) that this pastSunday, longtime member Melba Novasad(202) passed away. She was instrumental inbringing the three Jourdanton lodges togetherand served many years in several officercapacities.

SLP Brian Vanicek (24) appointed thefollowing to the Tellers Committee: DistrictI-Debbie Kostelka (13), District II-JamesSkrabanek (47), District III-Milton Peterson(6), District IV Arnie Rivera (219), District V-

Lonnie Lostak (139) District VI-Rita Vanek(151), and District VII-Valerie Barta (202).

SLP Brian Vanicek (24) introduced theCredentials Committee: Chairman FrankPajestka, Jr., (80), Diana Engelke (66), andYvonne Marcaurele (30).

Credentials Committee Chairman(CCC) Frank Pajestka, Jr. (80) asked for amotion that Jennifer Davidson (87) be seatedas a delegate. A motion was made by ArdisBacak (40) and was seconded by JohnEngelke (66). Bob Bayer (107) called for thequestion. A vote by show of hands was takenand motion passed.

CCC Frank Pajestka, Jr. (80) asked for amotion that Alice Jochen (142) be seated as adelegate tomorrow due to a death in the fami-ly. A motion was made by Patricia Bruce (88)and seconded by Helen Hegwood (88). A votewas taken by show of hands and the motionpassed to seat Alice Jochen (142) tomorrow.

CCC Frank Pajestka, Jr. (80) stated thatthe following changes in delegates have takenplace: District I—Lodge 13 change WesleyFord to Doris Ford; no change in votes.District II—Lodge 20--add Emily Tischler.Vote changes for Lodge 20 are: EmilyTischler-134, Norma Cavanaugh-135, andEdward Stoll III-134. Lodge 47—votechanges are: Edwin Pechal-108, LeroyDana-107

District III—Lodge 25-James Holahan,Jr. not seated. Vote changes are: Kay LynnKovar-122, leaving all other delegates fromLodge 25 at 117. Lodge 84—James Liskareplaced by Anne Cowan, no change in votes. District IV—Lodge 73-no representation.Lodge 76-no representation. Lodge 219-Alejandro Rivas replaced by BerthaRodriguez. Lodge 219-no changes to votes.District V—Lodge 88-not seated EstherHeinsohn, Margie Anders, Emil Kuropata,Clara Broz, and John Broz. Vote changes are:Patricia Bruce-183 and other delegates 163votes each. Lodge 142-Alice Jochen will beseated on Tuesday with vote changes forMonday being Mary Ann Kieschnick-186,Dennis Hermis-186, and Keith Kieschnick-187. Lodge 191—no representation.

District VI—Lodge 40-not seatedNorma O’Canas. Vote changes are VlastaBartos 128, remaining delegates from Lodge

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40 with 126 votes.District VII—Lodge 79-not seated were

Dorothy McCoy, Jill Sijansky, Ronald Janota,and Jessica Janota. Votes were evenly dis-tributed between remaining delegates at 218.Lodge 133-Valerie Popp was replaced byMichelle Popp-Click. Kelsey Trinidad notseated. Vote changes are Jarolyn Popp 150and other Lodge 133 delegates at 148 each.CCC Frank Pajestka, Jr. (80) reported the fol-lowing representation:

District I14 lodges, 27 delegates, 3627 votes

District II15 lodges, 62 delegates, 7395 votes

District III12 lodges, 50 delegates, 6490 votes

District IV8 lodges, 18 delegates, 2280 votes

District V8 lodges, 44 delegates, 7746 votes

District VI14 lodges, 35 delegates, 4452 votes

District VII8 lodges, 23 delegates, 3239 votes

Totalslodges—79; delegates—259; votes—35,229

CCC Frank Pajestka, Jr. (80) moved toseat all delegates; seconded by MarySteinman (154). Motion passed and all dele-gates were seated.

Tellers Committee members were calledforward by SLP Brian Vanicek (24) to admin-ister the Oath of Secrecy. The delegateswere asked to assist the Tellers Committee bynot asking compromising questions.

SLP Brian Vanicek (24) opened the floorfor nominations for Chairman of theConvention. Patsy Koslovsky (47) nominat-ed Donnie Victorick (9). Jerry Milan (154)moved that nominations cease and thatDonnie Victorick (9) be elected CC by accla-mation. Bettie House (202) seconded.Motion passed by show of hands.

Convention Chairman (CC) DonnieVictorick (9) thanked the delegates for theirconfidence and stated it would be an honorand pleasure to serve as Chairman for theConvention. He encouraged delegates to

speak clearly when approaching the micro-phone and to include name, lodge, and dis-trict number. He stated he would conduct themeeting in a fair and impartial manner andthat delegates have a great task ahead ofthem. He asked delegates that when castingvotes to ask themselves, “Is this in the bestinterest of the SPJST?”

SLP Brian Vanicek (24) opened the floorfor nominations for Convention ViceChairman. Jerry Milan (154) nominatedGlenn Kaminsky (28). Charles Munday(189) nominated Susan Skrabanek (17) whodeclined the nomination due to being in thesame district as CC Donnie Victorick (9).Barbara Macek (24) nominated LeonardJansa (160). Rita Spinn (80) moved thatnominations cease; seconded by KeithKieschnick (142). Motion passed by show ofhands. A vote by secret ballot was conductedfor Convention Vice Chairman. CC DonnieVictorick (9) gave directions for completingpaper ballots: Write lodge number, numberof votes, and candidates’ name, then foldonce, and drop in your district teller box.

SLP Brian Vanicek (24) announced sta-tistics for the 31st SPJST Convention as fol-lows: Sales Representatives that are dele-gates-61; Lodge Officers that are delegates-152; average age of delegates-64 years old;oldest delegate-Leander Pflughaupt (88) 89years old; delegates over age 65-128; dele-gates between 50 and 65 years of age-99; del-egates under 50 years old-48. It was deter-mined that the youngest delegate is KyleSkrabanek (17) who is 23 years old. He alsorecognized Appa Hargiss (154) who at theage of five represented the SPJST on a Dr.Pepper can and who is now present as a dele-gate at this Convention. SLP Brian Vanicek(24) recognized delegates that have attendedprevious conventions. Frank Klinkovsky(47) was recognized for having attended thepast 14 conventions.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) recognized del-egates who are multi-generational in additionto those attending with siblings.

SLP Brian Vanicek (24) recognizedBessie Petr (84) for her 60 years of service tothe youth program. He also recognized YouthLeaders (YL) and District Youth Counselors(DYC).

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Other announcements made by SLPBrian Vanicek (24) included the buffet break-fast at the Shilo Inn from 6-8 a.m.; tonightwill be a “free” evening; Keynote Speaker atthe banquet on Tuesday will be John Sharp(97), Chancellor of Texas A&M UniversitySystem; congratulations to Editor/Director ofCommunication Melanie Zavodny (246) foran excellent job on the Convention ProgramBook; Frank Klinkovsky (47) was recognizedas an Honorary Supreme Lodge Officer.

Larry W. Pflughaupt (88) related a storyabout the Seven Wonders of the World, andhow the greatest wonders of the world aresometimes things that are not made by humanhands, but are things such as seeing, hearing,touching, tasting, feeling, laughing, and lov-ing. He also read the SPJST Youth ClubMotto.

SLP Brian Vanicek (24) also announced:the SPJST Youth Club Motto was written byJustin Engelke (66); everyone is invited toattend the District Youth Achievement Days(YAD) and the State Youth Achievement Day(YAD) held the first weekend of August inTemple; everyone is also invited to attend the6th Annual Corpus Christi Getaway held thesecond weekend of August.

Larry Elzner (79) announced the addi-tion of the golf tournament at the CorpusChristi Getaway. Everyone is invited to par-ticipate. Roxanne Bertrand (107) announcedthat the Czech Heritage Museum andGenealogy Center will be selling raffle tick-ets at the Corpus Christi Getaway and arealso selling yellow raffle tickets this week tobenefit the museum.

District VII Director Bob Bayer (107),as the In-House Audit Committee Chairman,stated that he appreciated Brother Roy Vajdak(88) for turning the Society around and help-ing to condense and do things in a shorterway.

ENC Director Barbara Linney-Gonzales(88) announced the capital campaign,“Growing for the Future”, and invited every-one to support the ENC.

A recess was taken at 10:50 a.m.

Regina, Debbie, Lisa8:30 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.

MONDAY MORNING – SESSION 211:20 a.m. -11:35 a.m., June 11, 2012

CC Donnie Victorick (9) reconvened theConvention at 11:20 a.m. He reiterated theimportance of completing ballots correctly—please include lodge number and number ofvotes on each ballot. Some ballots could notbe counted for the election of the ConventionVice Chairman because they were not proper-ly completed.

SLP Brian Vanicek (24) corrected hisprevious statement relating to the youth clubmotto. The motto was actually written byTraci Dobecka (6), not Justin Engelke (66).He then announced the results of the electionfor Convention Vice Chairman. GlennKaminsky (28) received 15,814 votes, andLeonard Jansa (160) received 18,935 votes.SLP Brian Vanicek (24) congratulatedLeonard Jansa (160) for winning the election.

Convention Vice Chairman (CVC)Leonard Jansa (160) thanked the delegatesfor their support and encouraged everyone tohave a good convention.

CCC Frank Pajestka, Jr. (80) correctedthe number of votes for District II, Lodge 47.They are now as follows: Edwin Pechal with108 votes, everyone else with 107 votes.

Frank Klinkovsky (47) and MildredHoleman (88) announced that the CzechHeritage Museum has a desperate need formoney, and encouraged everyone to buy raf-fle tickets for prizes that included cash pay-outs—first prize will be 10% of ticket sales,2nd prize is 5%, 3rd prize is 3%, and 4th is2%. Lodges were also asked to get togetherand purchase tickets. A bucket in the lobby isalso provided for donations. Lodge 142 andLodge 88 were thanked for their donations.

SPJST ENC Executive Director JohnHoelscher (47) and ENC Director BarbaraLinney-Gonzales (88) thanked the SPJST forletting the ENC become a reality. Over10,000 people have come to the ENC sharingthe Czech heritage with people of all walks oflife. Camp is not just for kids. Any type ofgroup can come and benefit from the facili-ties. It is a place to learn and have fun.SPJST ENC Executive Director JohnHoelscher (47) stated that operation costs ofthe ENC are being covered, but they are hav-

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ing difficulty meeting the obligations of theinterest rates on loans.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) stated that hisfirst order of business would be to name aConvention Order Committee. The membersappointed were: District II Albin Machu,(29); District III Wilburn Willis (54); andDistrict VII Marcus Rebecek (79) who willpreside as chairman.

A recess was taken at 11:35 a.m.

Regina, Debbie, Lisa11:20 a.m. – 11:35 a.m.

MONDAY AFTERNOON — SESSION 312:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. June 11, 2012

CC Donnie Victorick (9) reconvened theConvention at 12:30 p.m. A copy of the pro-posed Convention Order was passed out to alldelegates. CC Donnie Victorick (9) askedMarcus Rebecek (79) Chairman of theConvention Order Committee to come for-ward and read their recommendations.(These recommendations appear in theAppendix.) Glenn Kaminsky (28), CCDonnie Victorick (9) and Kay Lynn Kovar(25) notated grammatical errors. With no fur-ther discussion the Convention Order wasapproved by the delegates.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) proceeded toappoint the following ConventionCommittees:

Credentials Committee:Frank Pajestka, Jr. (80), ChairmanDiana Engelke (66)Yvonne Marcaurele (30)

Convention Secretaries:Annie Vahalik (4) – Lead SecretaryRegina Lynn House (202) – Lead

SecretaryShirley Hoelscher (24)Vonda Smesny (91)Debbie Galler (66)Lisa Blum (17)

Tellers Committee:District I – Deborah Kostelka (13)

District II – James Skrabanek (47), Chairman

District III - Milton Peterson (6)District IV – Arnie Rivera (219)District V – Lonnie Lostak (139)District VI – Rita Vanek (151)District VII – Valerie Barta (202)

Resolution Committee:Lynda Novak (84), ChairmanDebbie Krpec (30)Sharon Kaderka (29)

Grievance Committee:District I – Charles Munday (189)District II– Margaret Mikeska (24)District III – Justine Yeager (84),

ChairmanDistrict IV – Joyce Kotulek (207)District V – Vernell Foyt (88)District VI – David Bucek (151)District VII – Larry Elzner (79)

Parliamentarian:Roy Vajdak (88)

Timekeeper:Glen Pruski (107)

Sergeant at Arms:Ben Trcalek, Jr. (17)Donald Beckendorf (182)

James Kocurek (40) moved that weaccept the Convention Committee recom-mendations; it was seconded by Glenn LeslieKaminsky (28), and the motion carried.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) stated that allof the Pre-Convention reports had been pub-lished in the May 9th Convention issue of theVestnik and called for any supplementalreports.

SLP Brian Vanicek (24) and SLVP GeneMcBride (200) had no supplemental reports.SLS-T Leonard Mikeska (200) stated that hehad no supplemental report for the time peri-od covered in the Pre-Convention reports butwanted to mention that SPJST had an out-standing first three months of 2012, perhapseven historic. Our surplus increased from$16.3 million to $17.7 million, which was anincrease of $1.4 million. Our net income was

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$367,004. CC Donnie Victorick (9) com-mended SLS-T Leonard Mikeska (200) forthe tremendous job that he has done forSPJST. Supreme Lodge Financial SecretaryRoy Vajdak (88) had no additional supple-mental report, but will pass out first quarter2012 information to all delegates. VestnikEditor/Director of Communication MelanieZavodny (246) had no supplemental report.By-Law Committee Chairman (BLCC)Ronnie Rieger (29) stated that an additionalyellow sheet of paper had been included in allof the delegate packets. Finance CommitteeChairman (FCC) Herman D.Weise (160) stat-ed that in their recommendations for thecemeteries that the $3,000 was changed to$4,500 per year with a max of $500 per ceme-tery per year. More explanation on thiswould be given during their presentation.Insurance Committee Chairman (ICC) SusanSkrabanek (17) and Publication CommitteeChairman (PCC) Jarolyn Popp (133) had nosupplemental reports.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) called the By-Law Committee to come forward for by-lawdeliberations. CC Donnie Victorick (9) saidall recommendations to the by-laws come tothe floor as a motion with a second. Wewould vote on each article separately, andthen vote on the complete package at the con-clusion of the by-law deliberations.

Johnnie Krizan (6) questioned whetherthe final committee reports were in the dele-gate packets. SLS-T Leonard Mikeska (200)stated that all of the Pre-Convention reportshad been published in the Convention Issueof the Vestnik and had been included in all ofthe delegate packets. Each committee wouldthen provide a copy of their reports at theonset of their presentations to the delegates.

BLCC, representing District II, RonnieRieger (29) introduced the rest of the By-LawCommittee as follows: District I – RichardFord (13), District III - Kay Lynn Kovar (25),District IV – Beverly Teplicek (49), District V– Mildred Holeman (88), District VI – JoeSiptak (4) and District VII Bettie House(202). He stated that they started back inSeptember, and then met several times thisyear beginning in January. He thanked every-one who took the time to send in recommen-dations and suggestions and stated that the

committee studied and deliberated carefullyeach item. He then asked all delegates to pullout their yellow copy of the proposed By-Law changes and the additional yellow sheet.He also indicated that not all recommenda-tions submitted were approved by the By-Law Committee but if submitted could bebrought to the floor by the delegates at thetime that they are discussed. He stated thatpunctuation, numbering and grammar wouldbe taken care of at the end.

COVER PAGES – no changeTABLE OF CONTENTS – Abbreviations

was added as page 77 which moved Index topage 78.

PREAMBLE – housekeepingNAME – no changePURPOSE – no changeORGANIZATION – no changeMEMBERSHIP – no changeSUPREME LODGE – paragraph change

deferredJarolyn Popp (133) asked who the

Human Resource person for the SPJST is andwhat qualifications do they have. CC DonnieVictorick (9) stated that Debbie Klinkovsky(47) is the Human Resource Administratorand asked her to stand. SLP Brian Vanicek(24) stated that she has experience and train-ing in the field. Jarolyn Popp (133) askedhow the committee members would be deter-mined. BLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) indicatedthat names would be brought to the commit-tee and guidelines established. Jarolyn Popp(133) stated that this change was really greatfor screening and agreed that 90 days wassufficient for qualifying candidates. BLCCRonnie Rieger (29) indicated that as the com-mittee would meet they would outline quali-fications. Jarolyn Popp (133) agreed that weneed guidelines to qualify the candidates.Yvonne Marcaurele (30) pointed out somepunctuation and editing corrections. SusanSkrabanek (17) asked if the District Directorswere to be included in the screening process.BLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) stated they wouldnot. Susan Skrabanek (17) asked if we werescreening for Supreme Lodge Officers onlyor Directors, too. BLCC Ronnie Rieger (29)stated the committee would add the Directorsto it. Rita Kay Spinn (80) asked if since theSLP is the Director of Human Resources,

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wouldn’t this need to be changed. CCDonnie Victorick (9) stated that the SLP isover the Human Resource Department anddoes oversee Debbie Klinkovsky (47) at thistime. Don Strickland (169) asked who wouldbe designated as Chairman of the ScreeningCommittee. BLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) stat-ed that they would have to be elected fromthe committee and that the By-LawCommittee would add this to the recommen-dation. CC Donnie Victorick (9) asked theBy-Law Committee to revise this recommen-dation and present it after the break with allof the changes. Mary Steinman (154) askedfor clarification of who is the SupremeLodge, is it the Supreme Lodge Officers andDirectors? CC Donnie Victorick (9) statedthat three Supreme Lodge Officers are elect-ed and one is hired. They also serve on theSupreme Lodge Board with seven Directors.Lynette Talasek (47) asked if the committeewould be evaluating or providing a jobdescription. BLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) stat-ed that the committee would come up withthe guidelines and descriptions based on theknowledge, skills and abilities and all of thiswould be published in the Vestnik. JerryMilan (154) asked who the committee wouldreport to. BLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) statedthat the findings of the committee would bepublished in the Vestnik. Jarolyn Popp (133)asked for clarification as to who makes up theSupreme Lodge. CC Donnie Victorick (9)stated that the Supreme Lodge consists of theOfficers and Directors. Jarolyn Popp (133)asked for clarification of the President andHuman Resource Administrator. Rita Spinn(80) stated that under the By-Laws on page34 the President is the Director of HumanResources. CC Donnie Victorick (9) indicat-ed that the President oversees the HumanResource Administrator. Johnnie Krizan (6)stated that he appreciated what the By-LawCommittee is proposing and that much workis put into the decisions. Any time changescome up, there will be questions asked. Hefelt that all districts should be represented.Committees can use expert advice from theemployees, but they should not be mixedwith the governing body. This would be inconflict with Article 17, which preventsemployees from being on any standing com-

mittee. He then stated that rather than usingthe term “Screening” Committee, perhapsNominating, Validating or CertificationCommittee would be more appropriate. SLPBrian Vanicek (24) stated that this is a recom-mendation of the By-Law Committee andthat he likes the 90 days or even more to getto know the people. The more time you have,the better the screening process will be.Herman D.Weise (160) asked what the dead-line to submit would be. BLCC RonnieRieger (29) stated that the deadline would bein line with the by-law recommendations.The term “Screening Committee” was usedrather than “Nominating Committee”because they were just qualifying people whomight run. Justine Yeager (84) reiteratedJohnnie Krizan’s (6) comments about theconflict of interest with Article 17 and sug-gested it be reworded. Yvonne Marcaurele(30) stated that we need to make sure that thepeople on the committee are knowledgeableof the privacy laws to protect our organiza-tion. BLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) agreed andstated that there would be proper counsel.CC Donnie Victorick (9) stated that we willneed to delay any action on this proposedchange until the By-Law Committee comesback after the break with a revised copy.

SUPREME LODGE (a) - housekeeping SUPREME LODGE (a) 1-6 – no changeSUPREME LODGE (a) 7 – housekeepingSUPREME LODGE (a) 8-9 – no changeSUPREME LODGE (b) - housekeepingDIRECTORS – no changeCONVENTION - approvedBLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) stated that a

new sentence was being added, and part ofthe last sentence in the original by-law wasbeing removed. He suggested that a handvote be used unless a secret ballot was calledfor. Herman D. Weise (160) moved that wehave a show of hands unless a secret ballot isrequested. Mary Steinman (154) secondedthe motion. Motion carried. CC DonnieVictorick (9) called for discussion of the by-law change. Johnnie Krizan (6) asked howthe time period would be governed. BLCCRonnie Rieger (29) stated that it would belike the By-Law Recommendations and thatit could be emailed, faxed, or postmarked bythe necessary date and then sent to the

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Screening Committee, if passed. SusanSkrabanek (17) stated that an “a” needs a “b”.CC Donnie Victorick (9) agreed stating that itwould not make sense as part of the existingparagraph. Herman D.Weise (160) asked if90 days allowed ample time for the ScreeningCommittee. Dana McAdams (66) inquiredabout the “b” following Article 9 without an“a” as previously discussed. BLCC RonnieRieger (29) stated that it is correct as is.Jarolyn Popp (133) stated we need to be con-sistent with who we cover with this change.Justine Yeager (84) asked that the discussioncease. 120 days is ample time. CC DonnieVictorick (9) called for the vote. Motion car-ried.

LANGUAGE - no changeDEFINITIONS AND OBSERVING BY-LAWSARTICLE 1-3 – no changeARTICLE 4 (a) 1- no changeARTICLE 4 (a) 2 Note – housekeepingARTICLE 4 (a) 3-4 – no changeARTICLE 4 (b-f) – no changeARTICLE 4 (g)-1 – approvedARTICLE 4 (g) 2 – approvedARTICLE 4 (g) 3-4 – no changeARTICLE 5 (a) – approvedARTICLE 5 (b) – no changeARTICLE 6 – housekeepingARTICLE 7-11 – no changeARTICLE 12 (a – d) – no changeARTICLE 12 (e) – failedJustine Yeager (84) stated that employ-

ees should not be on the committee, but maybe used as a resource to avoid a conflict ofinterest. CC Donnie Victorick (9) called fora show of hands vote which was too close tocall so the Tellers were instructed to counthands in each District. CCC Frank Pajestka,Jr. (80) stated that we have 259 delegates.Two-thirds majority was determined to be173 votes. Lynette Talasek (47) asked if thischange included family, spouses and evensales reps. Cheryl Petr (84) inquired as towhether Donnie Victorick (9) or LeonardJansa (160) would be able to run for CC andVice Chairman next convention if this waspassed. CC Donnie Victorick (9) stated thatif this passed they would not be eligible.Mary Steinman (154) indicated that somedelegates may not have understood when

voting the inclusion of Supreme LodgeOfficers and Directors. CC DonnieVictorick (9) called for a hand vote fromeach District Teller. The results were as fol-lows:

District For Against I 0 25

II 17 35III 15 24IV 1 16V 20 19

VI 32 2VII 14 7

Total 99 128

Daniel Roznovsky (183) stated thateveryone needs to vote.

ARTICLE 12 (f-l) – no changeARTICLE 13 – 16 – no changeSTANDING COMMITTEESARTICLE 17 – no changeARTICLE 18 (a) – no changeARTICLE 18 (b) – housekeepingARTICLE 19 – 23 – no changeARTICLE 24 (a – b) – no changeARTICLE 24 (c) – housekeepingARTICLE 25 – no changeSUPREME LODGEARTICLE 26 – (a) failedLisa Bubela (30) asked what the pur-

pose was and who would benefit from thischange. BLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) statedthat no one would benefit from it because itbecomes effective July 1. Wanda Dorotik(30) stated that rather than going backwards,when qualifications are turned in, theyshould be qualified at that time. CC DonnieVictorick (9) stated that August 1 was theeffective date rather than July 1 and calledfor the vote. Motion failed. DanielRoznovsky (183) stated that many delegateswere still not voting. He said that delegatesare here to vote and should vote, or go home.Yvonne Marcaurele (30) implored everyoneto represent their lodge completely and vote.Jarolyn Popp (133) stated there is confusionon what we are discussing and putting tovote. BLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) restated theArticle change. Wanda Dorotik (30) statedthat we had already voted on this and the

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motion had failed. We cannot bring it upagain if it does not go our way. CC DonnieVictorick (9) agreed, but stated that notenough people are voting. Pauline Bayer(107) stated that people are confused aboutwhether we are talking about the SupremeLodge or the delegates. Mary Steinman(154) suggested that the confusion lies inwhether we are referring to the three electedOfficers or the three elected Officers and theseven Directors. CC Donnie Victorick (9)stated that we had already voted, and askedthe Parliamentarian for clarification.Parliamentarian Roy Vajdak (88) stated thatcorrect procedure was followed. JustineYeager (84) stated that this was now a mootpoint. She felt that the confusion in votingmay be with the word “preceding” since theywould have had to have been active for atleast five years. Susan Skrabanek (17) askedif this included the Directors. When shehears Supreme Lodge she assumes threeOfficers and the Directors. The wording isinconsistent. Sherrie Kubala Watkins (92)moved to re-vote. CC Donnie Victorick (9)asked if this would require a two-thirdsmajority vote. Parliamentarian Roy Vajdak(88) said that a simple majority would berequired. Yvonne Marcaurele (30) statedthat page 13 of the By-Laws in bold headingsays that Supreme Lodge talks about threeelected Officers. Page 21 talks specificallyabout the Directors. CC Donnie Victorick(9) asked if there was a second to the motionon the floor to re-vote. Jerry Milan (154)seconded the motion. He said that manypeople do not know who the Supreme Lodgeis. He then asked Brian Vanicek if he wasPresident of SPJST, and Brian respondedthat he was and that he was also an Officerof the Supreme Lodge. He then asked GeneMcBride if he was Vice President of SPJST.He stated that he was, but that he was also anOfficer of the Supreme Lodge. He thenasked Donnie Victorick if he was Chairmanof the Supreme Lodge and Donnie respond-ed that he is a Director and the SupremeLodge Chairman of the Board. CC DonnieVictorick (9) called for the vote. A show ofhands was too close to call. Tellers wereinstructed to count the show of hands.Results were as follows:

District For Against I 25 0

II 22 37III 20 25IV 1 16V 9 34

VI 21 14VII 22 0

Total 120 126

Motion to reconsider failed. MildredHoleman (88) spoke in defense of the By-Law Committee indicating that they workedvery hard and believes that the decisions werecarefully deliberated. The purpose of thechange was to make sure that we have capa-ble and qualified people running our Societywho will uphold the standards of SPJST.

ARTICLE 26 (b) – approvedARTICLE 26 (c-e) – no changeARTICLE 26 (f) – approved as amendedHerman D.Weise (160) asked why the

$20,000 was reduced to $10,000. BLCCRonnie Rieger (29) indicated that the averageannuity was $73,000 and that the averageinsurance policy was $43,000. The numbers inthe Article are so old and out of date that theBy-Law Committee felt they needed to beupdated. The insurance amount should bemore reflective of current times. $10,000 in anannuity would still be sufficient. He then indi-cated that the By-Law Committee would haveno problem with increasing the annuity amountback to the original $20,000 in the Articlechange. Herman D.Weise (160) moved weamend the change, and change $10,000 back to$20,000 for the annuity. James Kocurek (40)seconded the motion. CC Donnie Victorick (9)clarified that this change affected Officers, notDirectors. Motion carried. Vote on the Articlechange as amended carried.

ARTICLE 27 – no changeARTICLE 28 – approvedARTICLE 29 -30 – no changeARTICLE 31 (a) – housekeepingARTICLE 31 (b) – no changeARTICLE 31 (c) – housekeepingARTICLE 32 (a-b) – no changeARTICLE 32 (c) – housekeepingARTICLE 32 (d – o) – no changeARTICLE 32 (p) approved as amended

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Yvonne Marcaurele (30) loved the ideathat as a Supreme Lodge member they areheld accountable but should not be doing theevaluation themselves. This leaves a grayarea. Susan Skrabanek (17) said that it takesaway the authority of the PublicationCommittee to do their job, and secondly, itmakes the Editor/Director ofCommunication subject to evaluation by twoauthorities. She is not a member of theSupreme Lodge. Jarolyn Popp (133) agreedwith Susan Skrabanek (17) that she should beindependent and free to represent the SPJSTmembership. Herman Orange (246) statedthat the Editor/Director of Communicationproduces a weekly paper that substantiatesitself. SLP Brian Vanicek (24) stated that ifit is not part of the by-laws, it needs to be partof the routine. On an annual basis we allneed to be reviewed against each other aspeers and given input on how we are doing.The Editor/Director of Communication wasincluded where relevant. She does not stayin the Board meeting the entire time. ThePublication Committee would still be able togive input. This change should be looked atas being a good steward of the organization.CC Donnie Victorick (9) stated that theAmerican Fraternal Alliance has formalguidelines for peer evaluation. SLP BrianVanicek (24) stated that this should be lookedat positively. Lynda Novak (84) said that thereaders of the Vestnik critique theEditor/Director of Communication as need-ed. Herman D.Weise (160) stated that he isin favor of review of the Officers andDirectors, and asked if there were otheroptions. SLP Brian Vanicek (24) stated thatthis recommendation came from him, SLVPGene McBride (200), and SLS-T LeonardMikeska (200). They all felt this was a pos-itive thing to do. Justine Yeager (84) did notagree that a peer review was necessary forthe Editor/Director of Communication. Sheadded that there is no review for any of theStanding Committees. We elect theEditor/Director of Communication. Weshould be supportive rather than critical.Besides that, the people reviewing may notbe qualified to evaluate the technology orother items being reviewed. Bob Bayer(107) moved that we delete all of Article 32

(p). Mary Steinman (154) seconded themotion. Susan Skrabanek (17) called for apoint of order stating that we already have amotion on the floor from the By-LawCommittee. The Parliamentarian agreed.SLP Brian Vanicek (24) stated that peerreview can help to identify positives and neg-atives in order to grow. Mary Steinman(154) suggested we fail this change. BLCCRonnie Rieger (29) said they could delete theasterisked sentence. Larry W. Pflughaupt(88) stated the review process is a positivething. Delegates can elect who they want inoffice. Evaluations are helpful for compen-sation, but need to be functional. SusanSkrabanek (17) moved to scratch theEditor/Director of Communication sentence.Sherrie Kubala Watkins (92) seconded themotion. Motion carried. Vote was taken onthe amended change. Motion carried.

Annie, Shirley, and Vonda12:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

MONDAY AFTERNOON – SESSION 43:35 p.m. – 5:35 p.m. June 11, 2012

CC Donnie Victorick (9) reconvened theConvention at 3:35 p.m. He stated that due tothe By-Law Committee still meeting, the min-utes from the morning sessions are beingpassed out and will need to be approved.CVC Leonard Jansa (160) asked for review ofthe minutes. After the minutes for Session 1were reviewed and corrected, Helen Kelner(28) moved to accept them; Jerry Milan (154)seconded. The motion passed. After the min-utes for Session 2 were reviewed and correct-ed, Helen Kelner (28) moved to accept andValerie Barta (202) seconded. Motion passed.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) asked BLCCRonnie Rieger (29) to continue with By-Lawrecommendation deliberations. BLCCRonnie Rieger (29) read the changes to theBy-Law pertaining to the Supreme Lodge onpage 3 of the handout. CC Donnie Victorick(9) asked for discussion on this change.Chester Jenke (258) asked to insert the word“the” before the word “convention”. LyndaNovak (84) questioned the need to gather

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additional background information and whattypes of background information would begathered. BLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) clarifiedthat the committee members would beresponsible for determining what informationis gathered. Johnnie Krizan (6) asked if thereis a legal reason to use the word “screening”,and stated he is not satisfied with the “adviso-ry” position of the Human ResourcesAdministrator. He would like to see theCommittee have the option to call on theHuman Resources Administrator if necessary.BLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) clarified that thecommittee wants to stay away from the word“nomination”. Dorothy Pflughaupt (88)thinks all seven districts need to be represent-ed. BLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) stated that theBy-Law Committee discussed this, but feltthat it was getting too big and decided toleave it as is. CC Donnie Victorick (9) askedthe By-Law Committee to go back and workon this recommendation some more tonightand report back tomorrow.

Article 33 (c and d) - housekeepingArticle 34-no changeArticle 35-no changeArticle 36-no changeArticle 37 (c) – failed

Proposed change discussion: SusanSkrabanek (17) as Chairman of the InsuranceCommittee thought the information was inthe wrong place. The Insurance Committeesubmitted recommendations for changingthis and it can also be found on page 29 of theVestnik within the Insurance Committee’sPre-Convention Report. The Vice Presidentenforces the agents’ contracts, so there is noneed to spell it out in the by-laws. HelenHegwood (88), as Secretary of the InsuranceCommittee, concurred with Susan Skrabanek(17). Larry W. Pflughaupt (88) also con-curred with the Insurance Committee’s rec-ommendation. He says that the problem isthat the contracts are not being enforced.Jerome Hlavaty (153) also agreed with SusanSkrabanek (17) and says he has strong feel-ings about it not being in the by-laws. PatsyKoslovsky (47) said that sales agents shouldbe familiar with what goes on in lodges topromote the fraternal part of the SPJST.Daniel Roznovsky (183), as a member of theInsurance Committee agreed with Susan

Skrabanek (17). Dolores Skrabanek (47) asInsurance Committee member also agreedwith Susan Skrabanek (17). SLVP GeneMcBride (200) stated it is hard to notify alodge “before” appointing sales agents.Chester Jenke (258) said the word “before”should be changed to “when” to help clarifythe language. Don Strickland (169) appreci-ates and understands this position, but statedthat many sales agents are career agents withother options. He agrees that it is restrictiveto include it in the by-laws; it makes it hardfor agents to do their job. Rita Spinn (80)agreed with the Insurance Committee thatthis should not be included in the by-laws.Justine Yeager (84) thinks this by-law changekeeps things fraternal. She is worried thatthe “tail is wagging the dog”. Agents need tobe educated in fraternalism. Mary Steinman(154) feels that the Vice President needs tomake sure contracts are being upheld. Shefeels that if they want the contract to say“must”, they need to change the contract.Yvonne Marcaurele (30) agrees with theInsurance Committee and feels that critiquesand evaluations of agents are already part ofthe process. Justine Yeager (84), who alreadyspoke on the issue, reminded everyone aboutthe fraternal aspect. Ardis Bacak (40) agreedwith Yvonne Marcaurele (30). CC DonnieVictorick (9) asked BLCC Ronnie Rieger(29) to re-read the proposal as is presented.Vote by show of hands was taken and motionfailed.

Susan Skrabanek (17) as InsuranceCommittee Chairman moved that Article 37(c) read, “In areas where more sales agentsare needed, the Vice President has the right toappoint new sales agents whenever he feels itis in the best interest of the society. Mustnotify the local lodge officers of the appoint-ment of new sales agents at that lodge.”Dolores Skrabanek (47) seconded the motion.Johnnie Krizan (6) asked for clarification: ifit is approved, the wording would change,and if it is defeated, the by-law would stay thesame. BLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) stated thatis correct. Question was called for and BLCCRonnie Rieger (29) read the by-law as it iscurrently written, and then read it as it is pro-posed. Vote was taken by show of hands;motion carried.

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Susan Skrabanek (17) as InsuranceCommittee Chairman proposed to add Article37 (d) “Administers sales agents’ contractsand ensures that duties and responsibilities incontract are fulfilled.” She said the motionwas made and seconded, and is ready to bevoted on. With no discussion, motion passedwith a show of hands.

Article 37 (e,f,g,h,i,j,k,) – no changeArticle 38 – no changeArticle 39-(a) (1) – failedProposed change discussion: Yvonne

Marcaurele (30) stated the previous by-lawrecommendation failed, and that theDirectors must be held to the same standardsas the Supreme Lodge Officers. Vote takenby show of hands, and motion failed.

Article 39 (a) (2-5) - no changeArticle 39 (b,c) -no changeArticle 39 (d) - failedMary Steinman (154) asked what would

happen if no one wants the position ofDirector after reaching the term limit. AlKercho (92) asked why restrict limits, if wehave the power to vote every four years.Robert Mayfield (172) asked if no one is run-ning for Director, how can we vote on a newperson. Yvonne Marcaurele (30) stated thateveryone should have the ability to run with-out fear of hurt feelings and intimidation.BLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) stated that this rec-ommendation came about because of sugges-tions that some were afraid to run for Directorand “new blood” is needed. Edwin Wallek,Jr. (26) said he believes in term limits.Cheryl Petr (84) asked why are we picking onDirectors, why not other voted positions.David Bucek (151) said that officers areelected at Conventions. Wanda Dorotik (30)said that each district votes for their owndirector. Johnnie Krizan (6) said that Czechsbelieve in free-thinking; we should not berestrictive; we should look for the best quali-fied person and we should leave it to the dis-tricts to decide. Ricky Weyand (179) statedthat we should keep the by-law as is. MaryAnn Kieschnick (142) asked if we neededclarification from the Parlimentarian. DavidBucek (151) wants the next generation tohave a say, and believes there should be termlimits. Herman D.Weise (160) called for thequestion. Vote was taken by show of hands.

Motion failed.Article 40 – no changeArticle 41 – no changeArticle 41-A - no changeArticle 42 (a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h) – no changeArticle 42 (i) – failedSusan Skrabanek (17) as District I

District Youth Counselor (DYC) questionedwhy the money needed to be used in the yearit was given. BLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) stat-ed that in order to not jeopardize the non-profit status, the funds must be used; howev-er, a small amount may be kept for operatingexpenses. Susan Skrabanek (17) stated somegroups are frugal and save for future bigactivities. Mary Steinman (154) agreed withSusan Skrabanek (17). Lynda Novak (84) asAssistant DYC for District III said that toplan a big function, youth clubs may need tocollect funds the following year. BLCCRonnie Rieger (29) said that some carry-overis okay, but not the entire amount. Doris Ford(13) questioned how we will know if themoney came from an allocation or fromfundraising. Patsy Koslovsky (47) as DistrictII DYC stated that the money belongs to thekids and it should be used for the kids in theprogram now. Kyle Skrabanek (17) supportshaving a cushion from saving year to year.Lynnette Talasek (47) said that if there is notenough money, then youth clubs need to domore fund raising. Vote was taken by showof hands, and motion failed.

Article 42 (j) – no changeArticle 42 (k) – housekeepingCC Donnie Victorick (9) made the

announcement that there will be an OpenForum tonight in the Convention Hall at 6:00p.m. for delegates to meet the candidates forVice President and ask questions.

Article 43 (a) – no changeArticle 43 (b) - discussion

Lynn Pflughaupt (88) questioned if Article 43(b) and (c) were the same. Johnnie Krizan (6)asked for clarification-if there are no localdues will they remain active? CC DonnieVictorick (9) said yes, paid up memberswould remain active. Carol Havemann (88)said that 43 (b) and (c) will be the same thing.CC Donnie Victorick (9) asked the By-LawCommittee to go back and discuss this forlater consideration.

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Article 43 (c,d,e) – no changeArticle 44 – no changeArticle 45 – no changeArticle 46 – no changeArticle 47 – no changeArticle 48 – no changeArticle 49 – no changeArticle 50 (a) – housekeepingArticle 50 (b) - approvedCC Donnie Victorick (9) asked for clari-

fication on the recommendation. JohnnieKrizan (6) stated that annual meetings used tobe held in January in order to collect dues,etc., and asked if this is really causing prob-lems. Secretary-Treasurer Leonard Mikeska(200) said this didn’t really cause problems.The question concerned the majority of meet-ings made by delegates if these meetingswere held quarterly. He said that he can workwith lodges either way. Glenn Kaminsky(28) called for the question. Mary Steinman(154) made a motion to amend the By-LawCommittee recommendation to add “Januaryof the following year”. Herman D. Weise(160) seconded the motion. Vote was takenby show of hands. Amended motion failed.Vote on Article 50 (b) recommendation takenby show of hands. Motion passed.

Article 50 (c,d,e,f,g) – no changeArticle 51 – no changeArticle 52 – no changeArticle 53 – no changeArticle 54 – skipArticle 55 – no changeArticle 56 – no changeArticle 57 – no changeArticle 58 – no changeArticle 59 – no changeArticle 60 – no changeArticle 61 – no changeArticle 62 – no changeArticle 63 – no changeArticle 64 – no changeArticle 65 – no changeArticle 66 – no changeArticle 67 – no changeArticle 68 – no changeArticle 69 – no changeArticle 70 – no changeArticle 71 (a) - discussionBLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) began the dis-

cussion for adding Article 71 (a). Jarolyn

Popp (133) questioned how this relates toArticle 65. SLP Brian Vanicek (24) said thiswould not be in conflict if a special meetingwas called, and at least 20 members werepresent and voted to keep the lodge active.Wayne Orange (246) agrees with JarolynPopp (133). SLP Brian Vanicek (24) madereference to Lodge 202, Jourdanton as anexample for a protocol on merging lodges.He also made a reference to Lodge 89,Rosebud that gave members the option to bepart of an active lodge. When lodges go inac-tive and/or operate at marginal status, mem-bers need a place to go, and mergers are notnecessarily effective. Wayne Orange (246)gave a rebuttal and said that we already havea by-law in place, and need to follow the by-law that is in place. SLP Brian Vanicek (24)said that members should be given the optionto go where they want to go. Sherrie KubalaWatkins (92) used the Pilot Point-TiogaLodge as an example of a lodge that wasgoing downhill, and credited SLVP GeneMcBride (200) with revitalizing it. Thisshows that it can be done without a mandatedreassignment.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) asked the dele-gates to take some time to read over the By-Law Committee recommendations to beaddressed tomorrow. He also reminded thedelegates that there will be an Open Forumtonight at 6:00 p.m. CC Donnie Victorick (9)also announced that the Convention picturescan be ordered for $30.

Recess was taken at 5:35 p.m. until 8:00a.m. Tuesday morning, June 12, 2012.

Regina, Debbie, Lisa3:35 p.m. to 5:35 p.m.

Tuesday Morning Session 58:09 a.m. – 9:35 a.m. June 12, 2012

CC Donnie Victorick (9) reconvened theConvention at 8:09 a.m. with the Pledge ofAllegiance and a prayer. He then recognizedfrom RVOS President Wiley Shockley,Richard Hykel, and Wes Jackson who wouldnot be able to attend this evening’s banquet.There were no further announcements.

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CC Donnie Victorick (9) asked for anupdated report from the CCC Frank Pajestka, Jr.(80). The following changes were submitted:

District 5 Lodge 142 delegate AliceJochen was now present. Therefore KeithKeischnik will now have 142 votes and theother delegates in Lodge 142 will each have139 votes. District 5 Lodge 88 delegateCarolyn J. Havemann went home. Therefore,Patricia J. Bruce will now have 184 votes andthe other delegates in Lodge 88 will eachhave 169 votes. District 3 Delegate SherryKubala Watkins (92) needed to leave due toillness in the family. Alfred Kercho will nowhave 178 votes and the other delegates inLodge 92 will each have 177 votes. CCDonnie Victorick (9) stressed to the delegatesthat they need to make sure they use the rightnumber of votes when voting by ballot.

BLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) read Article 71(a). CC Donnie Victorick (9) asked for anydiscussion. Chester Jenke (258) asked forclarification on the last sentence regardingpending necessary protocol and notification.BLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) stated that it wascovered in (b) of this Article. SLP BrianVanicek (24) agreed that this was covered in(b) and that this would be accomplishedthrough the Vestnik and letters to each mem-ber. Dorothy Pflughaupt (88) stated that a lotof delegates did not do their homework lastnight and asked that the entire Article be read.CC Donnie Victorick (9) read the entire Articleto the delegates and then called for discussion.Yvonne Marcaurele (30) spoke against thischange saying that in reading and seeing whatwe have, it looks like a policy and procedurewhich could be handled through peer review atthe Home Office. Jarolyn Popp (133) said thatshe did not have a problem with the change butwould like to have it allow a month rather thantwo weeks for notification. As long as theHome Office decides on the changes she is forthis motion. Herman Orange (246) was recog-nized by the Chair but the Parliamentariancalled point of order indicating that he hadalready spoken on this motion yesterday. CCDonnie Victorick (9) allowed him to speak.Herman Orange (246) said his main concernwas with how it was being implemented.Does it need to be in the By-Laws if we arealready taking care of it. CC Donnie Victorick

(9) said that hindsight is 20/20. SLP BrianVanicek (24) stated that we needed to establisha clearly defined procedure for disbanding.There is a procedure for mergers, but disband-ing has been handled one by one. They shouldnot be handled arbitrarily but with order andspecificity. Herman Orange (246) said thatwe now need to have the delegates set proce-dures so that lodge leaders take care of thingslike this properly. SLP Brian Vanicek (24)said that we need clear and defined proceduresso that when it comes up there will be no ques-tion on how to handle the situation. PatFowler (25) asked how many lodges havebeen affected and how many lodges are in thestate. SLP Brian Vanicek (24) indicated thatDistrict 7 had initiated disbanding proceduresfor Harlingen, Laredo, Pearsall, Hondo, Aliceand San Marcos. District 2 had initiated dis-banding procedures for Rockdale andRosebud. District 3 has one pending merger.No lodges are being targeted for reassignmentor disbandment. Helen Hegwood (88) askedhow many active lodges we have. SLP BrianVanicek (24) indicated that at present time wehave 108 active lodges. Vicki Reese (133)asked if money is left in a disbanded treasury,will it be left there for five years in case theyreactivate. SLP Brian Vanicek (24) stated thatpast Financial Secretary Jerry Mikulas hadhandled this in the past. In 2010, Laredo wasthe only lodge with assets. Bob Bayer (107)stated that funds from Pearsall went to theJourdanton lodge. Harlingen had no funds.Laredo’s funds went to Floresville. SanMarcos did not have any records. Hondo hadno funds. Hobson’s funds were transferred toFloresville. Rio Hondo is trying to salvagetheir lodge but they only have one or twomembers attending meetings. SLP BrianVanicek (24) stated that funds will be retainedfor five years and be there if the lodge reacti-vates. Bob Bayer (107) agreed that the moneyis held for five years. Mildred Holeman (88)stated she would like for the delegates to votefor this to give guidelines to the Home Officefor handling this situation and called for thevote. CC Donnie Victorick (9) stated that wewould be voting on Article 71 in entirety. SLPBrian Vanicek (24) stated that he agreed withJarolyn Popp (133) that we needed 30 daysrather than two weeks in the notification

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process. Lynette Talasek (47) clarified thatmergers and disbandments are two differentthings and this deals with disbanding. BLCCRonnie Rieger (29) stated that the By-lawCommittee will accept the 30 days in place oftwo weeks. Motion carried.

ARTICLE 71 (a-f) approved ARTICLE 71

(Pre-existing Article 71) - skipARTICLE 72 – no changeARTICLE 73 – no changeARTICLE 74 (a) – no changeARTICLE 74 (b-c) – approvedPat Fowler (25) asked if the transfers

needed to be approved by the new lodge.BLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) indicated that thiswas covered in (c) and read it to the delegates.With no further discussion motion carried.Larry W. Pflughaupt (88) asked how this dis-banding would fit under the title of NewMembers. CC Donnie Victorick (9) indicatedthat everything would go up one spot and wasin the proper place.

ARTICLE 75 – no changeARTICLE 76 – no changeARTICLE 77 – no changeARTICLE 78 – no changeARTICLE 79 – no changeARTICLE 80 – no changeARTICLE 81 – no changeARTICLE 82 – no changeVESTNIKARTICLE 83 – no changeARTICLE 84 – no changeARTICLE 85 – no changeARTICLE 86 – no changeARTICLE 87 – no changeLOANS: REAL ESTATE AND CERTIFICATE AND ASSIGNMENTSARTICLE 88 - no changeARTICLE 89 – no changeARTICLE 90 – no changeARTICLE 91 – no changeARTICLE 92 – no changeARTICLE 93 – no changeARTICLE 94 – no changeARTICLE 95 – no changeARTICLE 96 – no changeARTICLE 97 – no changeARTICLE 98 – housekeepingBLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) stated that a

glossary of abbreviations, titles and companynames would be included at the end of the by-laws. Going back to unfinished deliberations,all delegates were asked to go back to page 3of the By-law handout and also reference theadditional sheet passed out this morning con-cerning this change.

SUPREME LODGE – approved asamended

He then read the change to all delegates.By-Law Committee Member Kay LynnKovar (25) stated that currently if the screen-ing committee was in place Districts 1, 2, 4,and 7 would be represented and it would behoped that the remaining at-large members ofthe committee would be from the remainingdistricts for proper representation. JohnnieKrizan (6) appreciated all the work, but reallywants to make sure we avoid any discrimina-tion claims or conflicts with regard to Article17 and suggested that we be more genericwhen referring to legal support. He recom-mended the following wording: “Establish ascreening process for the purpose of review-ing all qualification of submitted candidatesfor Supreme Lodge Officers, Editor/Directorof Communication and seven directors. TheScreening Committee has the right to gatheradditional background information, submitthe slate of qualified candidates to the dele-gates 90 days prior to convention, and shallhave the discretion to employ personnel withlegal and Human Resource expertise to assurecompliance with current labor laws.” In addi-tion, in the last paragraph we need to addwording so that there is representation fromall districts. He moved to amend this pro-posed change. Larry W. Pflughaupt (88) sec-onded the motion. Mary Steinman (154) stat-ed that having Standing Committee Chairmenon the screening committee could potentiallyhave all members from the same District if theelections worked out that way. SusanSkrabanek (17) stated that we are making amountain out of a mole hill. All we want todo is double check people who are running foroffice. RVOS has something like this inplace. Nothing personal, just strictly check-ing qualifications. We are wasting time. BobBayer (107) concurs with Susan Skrabanek(17). Jarolyn Popp (133) asked to amend theamendment and make the By-Law Committee

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the Screening Committee. They are knowl-edgeable and all districts would be represent-ed. Ardis Bacak (40) seconded the motion.Parliamentarian Roy Vajdak (88) clarified thata majority vote would be needed to amend theamendment. Motion carried. Herman D.Weise (160) asked for a point of clarificationand the Parliamentarian indicated that we arenow voting on the whole amendment asamended. Al Kercho (92) wanted to makesure that the screening committee and the By-Law Committee were the same and that wewere not creating another committee. DonStrickland (169) asked that we change theword “employ” in the second paragraph to theterm “consult with” to avoid any conflict.Johnnie Krizan (6) accepted this change.Patsy Koslovsky (47) asked if the By-LawCommittee would want to accept this role.They already have so much to do. CC DonnieVictorick (9) stated that they would have nochoice in the matter if approved by the dele-gates. BLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) stated thatthis would not be a problem. ParliamentarianRoy Vajdak (88) indicated that we could nowvote on this amendment and would need atwo-thirds majority for approval. Motion car-ried. CC Donnie Victorick (9) reread the by-law change to read as follows:

“Establish a screening process for thepurpose of reviewing all qualifications of sub-mitted candidates for Supreme LodgeOfficers, Editor/Director of Communicationand seven directors. The ScreeningCommittee has the right to gather additionalbackground information, submit the slate ofqualified candidates to the delegates 90 daysprior to convention, and shall have the discre-tion to consult with personnel with legal andHuman Resource expertise to assure compli-ance with current labor laws.

The By-Law Committee will be theScreening Committee.” Motion carried.

ARTICLE 43 – no changeBLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) stated that

they had withdrawn their proposed recom-mendation.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) stated that wenow needed formal approval of the motion bythe By-Law Committee to accept all of thechanges as voted. Motion carried. BLCCRonnie Rieger (29) thanked everyone for their

input and discussion.CC Donnie Victorick (9) turned over the

Chair to CVC Leonard Jansa (160) for reviewof minutes. James Kocurek (40) moved toaccept as corrected the minutes from MondayAfternoon Session 3. Helen Kelner (28) sec-onded the motion. Motion carried. ValerieBarta (202) moved to accept as corrected theMonday Afternoon Session 4 minutes. MarySteinman (154) seconded the motion. Motioncarried.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) called for a 25minute recess at 9:35 a.m.

Annie, Shirley, and Vonda8:09 a.m. – 9:35 a.m.

Tuesday Morning – Session 610:00 a.m. – 11:55 a.m., June 12, 2012

CC Donnie Victorick (9) reconvened theConvention at 10:00 a.m.

CVC Leonard Jansa (160) checked withthe districts to see if all delegates were seatedand ready. CC Donnie Victorick (9) askedthe delegation to locate the black notebookthat was included in the delegate’s packet,and called the Special Structure Committee(SSC) Members forward: SSC SecretaryMelanie Zavodny (246), Brian Vanicek (24),and Lisa Bubela (30). He then relinquishedthe Chair to CVC Leonard Jansa (160), due tobeing the Chairman of the SSC.

BLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) asked for areport of the SSC. Jarolyn Popp (133) askedwhy the entire SSC was not asked to come tothe stage. SSC Chairman (SSCC) DonnieVictorick (9) stated that it was a matter ofseating space, and requested the rest of thecommittee join them on the stage. Thesemembers included Larry Laznovsky (135)who recently passed away, Susan Skrabanek(17), Ronnie Rieger (29), Herman D. Weise(160), Jarolyn Popp (133), Lonnie Lostak(139), Jerry Sijansky (79), and Gene McBride(200). Pat Fowler (25) asked that a replace-ment for Larry Laznovsky (135) be found.SSCC Donnie Victorick (9) stated that replac-ing Larry had slipped his mind. He suggest-ed Johnnie Krizan (6) since he had given

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some input in the past. Johnnie Krizan (6)said he would, but would like the consent ofthe District III delegates. He had only partic-ipated in one meeting and felt that there are alot of qualified people in District III. He sug-gested Mary Steinman (154) as Larry’sreplacement. Mary Steinman (154) accepted.SSCC Donnie Victorick (9) stated that afterLarry’s death, no further business took place.Mary Steinman (154) clarified her under-standing that we would only be voting on theformat, and not the contents. The wordingwill be voted on at the 2016 Convention. Thedocument does not have to be read word-for-word.

SSCC Donnie Victorick (9) stated that ithad been difficult to get the entire committeetogether, so they formed a sub-committeewho then brought the information to the restof the committee. He stated that everythingin the notebook is a proposal, and is not to betaken as “gospel”. He assured the delegationthat nothing of value was left out. SSCSecretary Melanie Zavodny (246) explainedthat the first part of the book describes thecommittee and how it came about. BrianVanicek (24) as SSC member said that hereceived a list of questions from District VIIand he used that format for the explanation ofthe committee. He then read the questionsand answers for the delegation.

SSC Secretary Melanie Zavodny (246)directed the delegation to the pink page in thenotebook and explained that the document isorganized according to articles, and the nameof the articles defines what is included in thatsection. The committee feels the by-laws area rather disorganized product of the last 115years; for example, two articles in the by-laws address the exact same topic. SSCSecretary Melanie Zavodny (246) stated thatthe committee took the current by-laws, re-organized them, and added an operationsmanual; but many wanted only one docu-ment. As a result, they put together the three-column document to help clarify the pro-posed recommendations. She referred thedelegation to the yellow page in the blacknotebook with an explanation of the threecolumns. Brian Vanicek (24) as SSC memberstated that the most meaningful changes arethe designation of the Chief Financial Officer

position and adding duties for each officer.Lisa Bubela (30) as SSC member asked thatthe delegates read what is presented to themwith an open mind and to think about whatthey are reading. Justine Yeager (84) remem-bers the discussion from the 2004 Conventionand is surprised to see all this work. Shequestioned why the SSC did not get with theBy-Law Committee. SSCC Donnie Victorick(9) answered that the SSC met with the By-Law Committee for the first time inSeptember and noted that this committee hasnot been reimbursed for its expenses. MarySteinmen (154) stated that she understandsJustine’s comments but questions why thiscommittee is presenting the changes insteadof the By-Law Committee. SSCC DonnieVictorick (9) stated that they will present it,but the SSC wanted to explain, clarify, andprovide background information to the dele-gates. BLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) stated thathe asked the SSC to help explain and answerquestions.

Susan Skrabanek (17) suggested thatseveral times she has gone to the microphoneand made the statement, “this needs to be inan operation manual and not the by-laws”.She questioned whether the by-law and pro-cedures would become Article 24, and if theywill be up for debate every four years.Johnnie Krizan (6) echoed Justine Yeager’s(84) comments about the size and scope ofthis. He feels that at the 2004 ConventionMonta Foster, (185), who has since passedaway, was concerned that the electing of offi-cers would become outdated. YvonneMarcaurele (30) applauded the committeesfor all their thought, effort, education, andexperience. She feels we have to stay cur-rent, and that we need changes to keep up inthe new century. Daniel Roznovsky (183)stated that we need to start today for the nextconvention. CVC Leonard Jansa (160)restated that if this is approved it would bevoted on during the 2016 Convention.BLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) stated that not justthe delegates, but all members would havethe right to discuss and make recommenda-tions to the by-laws over the next four years.Al Kercho (92) reminded the delegation thatthe committee was acting on the recommen-dations of outside consultant, Todd Martin,

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General Counsel to the American FraternalAlliance, who is an expert.

SSCC Donnie Victorick (9) explainedthat after the consultant made his first recom-mendation, the committee did a “back-flip”.It had been recommended that there were noelected officers and 90% of the by-laws didnot belong. The committee tried to meet inthe middle and put together something thedelegation would accept. The committeeworked to “clean up” and simplify the by-laws. Rita Spinn (80) commended the com-mittee, but asked if the operation manualwould be included or would it be a separatemanual. SSCC Donnie Victorick (9) clarifiedthat the operation manual would be includedas a separate section of the by-laws. BLCCRonnie Rieger (29) explained that the dele-gates will still get the right to vote on it.Lynette Talasek (47) questioned whether thedocuments will be together or separate.SSCC Donnie Victorick (9) explained that itwould be a separate living document that canbe changed by members. Any changes wouldbe published in the Vestnik three to four timesgiving members time to respond. BLCCRonnie Rieger (29) stated that they felt toomuch authority was being taken away fromthe delegates, so it was put into one docu-ment. Susan Skrabanek (17) as SSC memberrecommended the operation manual shouldbe separate from the by-laws. An operationmanual can be changed anytime when need-ed, as opposed to by-laws that can only bechanged every four years.

Lynette Talasek (47) moved to separatethe by-laws from the operations manual.Justine Yeager (84) seconded the motion.Mary Steinman (154) said that she is new onthe committee, but we will have four years tolook it over and make recommendations.Johnnie Krizan (6) stated that as a Director hewill do what the delegates want. He feels thatmost large fraternals are run like CorporateAmerica, and we would like to have the bestof both worlds; he feels the delegates shouldretain authority and elect officers and pre-scribe duties. He worries that the SupremeLodge Officers would be able to change theirown duties. SLS-T Leonard Mikeska (200)stated a concern that there is a contractualreason to keep Article 122, 123, & 125 in the

(proposed new) by-laws. CVC LeonardJansa (160) called for a vote by show ofhands. It was too close to call from the podi-um. Tellers were asked to take a tally of thedistricts. Results are:

District For Against I 22 4

II 32 25III 14 34IV 14 4V 42 1

VI 27 8VII 13 6

Total 164 82

Motion passed.

BLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) stated thatnow we will be voting on the proposed by-lawrecommended format and the organization ofit. Mary Steinman (154) asked for clarifica-tion: voting only on format, not the wording.BLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) stated that is cor-rect. SSCC Donnie Victorick (9) stated thatwhat is approved at this convention will beincorporated at the next convention. JohnnieKrizan (6) referred to the last sentence of thesecond paragraph on the first page of theblack notebook. These changes will be dealtwith at the next convention. Mary Steinman(154) stated that the committee will go backand send out the revised by-laws as soon aspossible. BLCC Ronnie Rieger (29) statedthat the only changes that would be made arethe by-laws that were changed at this conven-tion. Justine Yeager (84) asked if the by-lawchanges will be re-incorporated. SSCCDonnie Victorick (9) answered that it wouldbe. CVC Leonard Jansa (160) called for voteby show of hands; motion passed.

SSCC Donnie Victorick (9) thankedSSC Secretary Melanie Zavodny (246) forgoing above and beyond the call of duty andfor working in her spare time to get it done.

CVC Leonard Jansa (160) dismissed theBy-Law Committee Members and the SSCMembers from the podium.

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hand.CVC Leonard Jansa (160) called the

Finance Committee Members to the podium.Finance Committee Chairman (FCC)

Herman D. Weise (160) introduced the mem-bers of the committee and said he appreciateddelegates being here and taking the time todecide on issues. Alice Jochen (142) statedthat she did not get a copy of the report. PatFowler (25) stated that she sent in a recom-mendation to the committee for a largerincrease in pay to be given to the delegates toreflect the percent of increase given to theofficers. FCC Herman D. Weise (160) statedthat the recommendation was received andseriously considered, but the committee feltthat we could not afford to spend a lot ofmoney right now due to upcoming bigexpenses. Pat Fowler (25) rebutted that thedelegates fraternally work for the lodges, andspend a lot of time and travel as well as theofficers. Yvonne Marcaurele (30) stated thatshe took a pay cut in her personal job to helpkeep business viable. Maybe an increase indelegates’ pay would be considered at thenext convention. Lynette Talasek (47) askedwhy the DYC’s and Assistant DYC’s did notget approval for their recommendation for araise. DYC’s did not ask for a raise last con-vention, and it would be another four yearswithout one. FCC Herman D. Weise (160)stated this would be addressed in the appro-priate section of the report.

CVC Leonard Jansa (160) called for dis-cussion for Remuneration Recommendationsfrom page one of the report. With no discus-sion, vote by show of hands was called for;motion passed.

With no discussion on recommendationfor Standing Committees’ pay, vote was takenby show of hands; motion carried.

With no discussion on recommendationfor Other Committees’ pay, vote was taken byshow of hands; motion carried.

FCC Herman D. Weise (160) asked fordiscussion on recommendation for OfficerSalaries. Pat Fowler (25) agreed with the rec-ommendation, but made a motion to add “nomore than 6% annually” to the recommenda-tion. Jarolyn Popp (133) seconded themotion. Susan Skrabanek (17) stated that atthe last convention it was approved as a 1.5%

increase annually with a cap of 6% for thefour years total. John Engelke (66) refer-enced the proceedings of the 30th Conventionpage 81-the increase was actually 6% annual-ly, not over the four years. FCC Herman D.Weise (160) clarified that raises would be nomore than 6% annually. With no further dis-cussion on the amendment, vote by show ofhands was taken; amendment passed.

With no discussion on recommendationfor Officers’ Salaries, vote was taken by showof hands; motion carried.

With no discussion on recommendationfor Longevity Pay, vote was taken by show ofhands; motion carried.

Herman D. Weise (160) presented a rec-ommendation for a 1 ½ % increase for theEditor/Director of Communication. PatFowler (25) made a motion to put a cap of nomore than 4 ½ % annually on the salary.Motion died for lack of second. Jarolyn Popp(133) moved to put a cap of no more than 6%annually on the salary. Ashley Victorick (88)seconded the motion. Vote by show of hands;motion carried.

Jarolyn Popp (133) moved to add a capof 6% to all other salaries, but FCC HermanD. Weise (160) stated that this recommenda-tion is already put forth, and no need to takeanother vote. With no further discussion onrecommendation for Directors’ salaries, votewas taken by show of hands; motion carried.

Convention adjourned for lunch at 11:55p.m. to reconvene at 1:00 p.m.

Regina, Debbie, Lisa10:00 a.m. – 11:55 a.m.

Tuesday Afternoon Session 71:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. June 12, 2012

CC Donnie Victorick (9) reconvened theconvention at 1:00 p.m. to continue FinanceCommittee deliberations at the DYC Section.Larry W. Pflughaupt (88) stated that manyDirectors give up per diem and donate theirtime to SPJST when possible. Justine Yeager(84) stated that she had given a recommenda-tion to the Chairman to review. CC DonnieVictorick (9) asked that all delegates cut off

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their cell phones and put up their computersand focus on being a delegate. All DistrictDirectors reported that their delegates wereseated.

District Youth Counselor – approved asamended

FCC Herman D. Weise (160) read theDYC Section of the Recommendations of theFinance Committee as adopted for the 2012Convention, Killeen, TX. Lynette Talasek(47) said she understands that a request wassubmitted to raise the DYC reimbursement to$250 and the assistant DYC per diem to $150.Why was this rejected? FCC Herman D.Weise (160) acknowledged that it had beenreceived but indicated that the committeerejected it because of the cost involved. Eventhough there are not that many DYCs it is fair-er to keep their pay consistent with theStanding Committees. Lynette Talasek (47)respectfully disagreed. She indicated that theChairman of each Standing Committee getspaid more, so that the DYC needs to get theseadditional monies also. FCC Herman D.Weise (160) acknowledged that the Chairmanand Secretary of each committee do receiveadditional money. Lynette Talasek (47) thenasked why a DYC wouldn’t be treated as aChairman. FCC Herman D. Weise (160) saidthat they are not saying that DYCs are likecommittees, just using the same basis for com-pensation. Lynette Talasek (47) stated that ithas been eight years since the DYCs havereceived a raise. Mary Steinman (154) statedthat DYCs do get paid for mileage to meet-ings. Standing Committees do not. CCDonnie Victorick (9) stated that they do getpaid mileage. Mary Steinman (154) askedwhere this was specified and referenced page2 of these recommendations as not having thisnoted. FCC Herman D. Weise (160) clarifiedthat Standing Committees and delegates doget mileage. CC Donnie Victorick (9) men-tioned that the Insurance Committee has usedtelephone conferences to save the SPJSTmoney. FCC Herman D. Weise (160) addedthat the Finance committee has also done thiswhen possible. Don Strickland (169) ques-tioned the DYC position with regard to theneed of additional training for the position incomparison to a committee. Therefore,wouldn’t the DYC extra compensation be jus-

tified? SLP Brian Vanicek (24) stated thatthere is a rather large notebook of informationthey are required to be knowledgeable about todo their job. Susan Skrabanek (17) said thatDYCs do many things on a weekly and month-ly basis and do not get paid. She added that intheir position they are training the youth of oursociety to be future delegates. They areresponsible for the safety of the youth on adaily basis. CC Donnie Victorick (9) askedhow often she got paid a per diem. SusanSkrabanek (17) stated that she receives perdiem for YL training, two DYC meetings ayear, preparation and attending camp, prepara-tion and attending District YAD, State YAD,Fall Fun Day, and quarterly socials as held.She has about 100 kids in her District. Her1099 the past year was for around $3,000.Jeanette Kaminsky (28) asked how manyDYCs we have in the state. CC DonnieVictorick (9) stated that we have seven and thenumber of assistants varies in each district.Patsy Koslovsky (47) stated as a DYC they aredealing with kids almost every day and have alot of responsibility. She finds it hard toaccept that committee pay would be a compar-ison for what they do. John Engelke (66)moved to amend the Finance Committee rec-ommendation to read $240 dollars per diemfor DYCs and $180 for DYC assistants. MaryAnn Kieschnick (142) seconded the motion.Motion to amend carried. Parliamentariansaid that we now needed to vote on the amend-ed Recommendation. Motion carried.

YOUTH DEPARTMENT – approvedDISTRICT FRATERNAL ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR – approvedEDUCATION - approvedEDUCATION AND NATURE CENTER – approvedCC Donnie Victorick (9) called on

Financial Secretary Roy Vajdak (88) toexplain the benefit of this Recommendation.Financial Secretary Roy Vadjak (88)explained that when mortgages go past duewe have to put funds aside which amountedto $275,000 for the ENC. That lowered oursurplus. ENC was $73,000 to $75,000 delin-quent. Had we just paid that, we could haveleft our bottom line with more surpluses.The Board of Directors submitted thischange to the committee. SLP Brian Vanicek

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(24) added that annually SPJST gets an AMBest rating which is affected by past duenotes. ENC affected this. We need to be ableto show a clean portfolio. Finance SecretaryRoy Vadjak (88) strongly encouraged theFinance Committee to address this. JarolynPopp (133) asked for clarification. Shethought we were to keep ENC separate fromthe SPJST. CC Donnie Victorick (9) statedthat ENC was their own 501(c)(3) with a loanfrom SPJST. Jarolyn Popp (133) asked if wewere going to pay the interest on it. HermanOrange (246) questioned when the ENC willstand alone. They have a 50 year lease andall that we put in can be lost. Are they alwaysgoing to count on SPJST for money? SLS-TLeonard Mikeska (200) stated that the ENCdid pay half the interest. Their current cashflow is positive and indications are that it willstay this way. FCC Herman D. Weise (160)stated that the past due from last year is$74,500 and interest accrued through 12-31-12 could amount to another $125,000. So weare potentially looking at $199,500 today tobring and keep current the loan if we passthis. In addition, it would free up $275,000in reserves. Mary Ann Kieschnick (142) saidthe loan was made to build facilities. Theyare paying their way. They have only beenopen two years and are just now fullybooked. Lisa Bubela (30) asked how manybusiness owners make a profit in the first twoyears. They are working hard to providefacilities that will in turn pay off the loan.Barbara Linney-Gonzales (88), newTreasurer of the ENC stated that the ENCoriginally had $1.5 million in loans and it isnow $2.5 million. Last year they paid$71,000. She added that if you provide thefunds, it will stay in SPJST and the A.M. Bestrating will be better. Roy Haag (185) said itis not costing us; we are in essence givingthem a 0% loan. CC Donnie Victorick (9)asked when they will start paying on princi-pal. FCC Herman D. Weise (160) statedprobably in about five years. Larry W.Pflughaupt (88) stated that other companymortgage loan rates are currently at 2.8% to3.4%. ENC is paying 5% interest on theirloan. Why don’t we lower the interest rate to2.4% or 3% and give them a buffer so thatthey can pay on the principal. CC Donnie

Victorick (9) indicated that this was some-thing that the Board of Directors could con-sider. Ronnie Pflughaupt (1) said he livesnearby and the facility that we paid $2.5 mil-lion to create is now worth about $5 million.ENC has the capability to pay off the loanand the SPJST can use the facility at areduced rate, but other campers would helppay off the debt by paying the daily raterather than paying a group rate. The otherday campers would rent the camp and theloan could be paid off sooner. Motion car-ried.

CZECH HERITAGE MUSEUM – approvedFCC Herman D. Weise (160) indicated

that the Czech Heritage Museum is strug-gling but making progress. He also addedthat the museum currently owes around$38,619 in interest until the end of 2012.SLS-T Leonard Mikeska (200) indicated atechnicality saying that the interest would notbe delinquent until after July 1, 2012.President of the Czech Heritage Board, JerryMilan (154) also added that $47,000 hadalready been paid on the principal and theyhave raised $900,000 to help refurbish thebuilding which houses the museum. Thiswould not have been possible without thehelp of the SPJST. He stated that things willonly improve and that our board is currentlyworking for nothing to keep our heritagealive for our children through this museum.Czech Heritage Museum Board memberMildred Holeman (88) stated that we are veryhappy to be able to pay down on our note andshe continues to challenge each and everylodge to give to this worthy cause. She couldnot find her bucket, but has a bag, so pleasegive. SLS-T Leonard Mikeska (200) indicat-ed that due to a lot of hard work behind thescenes we have a foundation that is beingcreated to become a centralized vehicle toraise funds for the Czech Heritage Museum,ENC, Scholarships and other institutions.Czech Heritage Museum Treasurer JessePospisil (29) stated that at present we have$17,000 to go towards the principal. CCDonnie Victorick (9) called for the vote.Motion carried.

REST HOMES – approvedSCHOLARSHIP FUND – approved

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OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS:• Approved • Approved • Approved FCC Herman D. Weise (160) stated orig-

inally that they had the amount at $3,000 butraised it to $4,500 since there are nine ceme-teries. $500 per cemetery will be available ifneeded.

• Approved • Approved • Approved – with modificationSokol Representative Jerry Milan (154)

stated that at present there are three units ofSokol in Texas that are over 100 years old. Inaddition he indicated that most of the Sokolunits started in a SPJST hall. It is the oldestoriginal Czech organization in the U.S. that isstill in existence (150 years). It was founded in1862. It incorporates physical fitness, health,culture and community. This year theNational Sokol Instructor School is in West,Texas. He then proceeded to propose that thesecond sentence of the recommendation beremoved. CC Donnie Victorick (9) asked theFinance Committee if they would agree to thischange. FCC Herman D. Weise (154) agreedto remove the second sentence. Jerry Milan(154) also made a motion, asking for an allo-cation increase to $5,000. Jesse Pospisil (29)seconded the motion. Johnnie Krizan (6)spoke briefly about the need of the extrafunds. He stated that he is proud to work withSokol in District 3 and that Sokol contributesto our SPJST lodges. They have brought a lotof Czech culture over and have preserved it.The money will be well spent. CC DonnieVictorick (9) called for the vote on the amend-ed recommendation. The motion failed. Hethen proceeded to call for the vote on the rec-ommendation. The motion carried.

• ApprovedCC Donnie Victorick (9) asked

Editor/Director of Communication MelanieZavodny (246) to address this recommenda-tion. Melanie informed the delegates that theVestnik is celebrating its 100th anniversary.After numerous calls from individualsrequesting heritage research, it was suggestedthat the Vestnik become archived. SPJST part-nered with the Texas Czech GenealogicalSociety to accomplish this task. All that was

asked of SPJST is that we acquire the scannersfor this to be accomplished. Three scannerswere leased and 80 years of the Vestnik werescanned by the members of the Texas CzechGenealogical Society at no cost to SPJST. Shefelt $10,000 is a small token of appreciationwe owe to this organization. They saved usover $500,000 on this project. In addition tothis project they created the Veterans Wall ofHonor which is located at the Czech HeritageMuseum and the basement of the HomeOffice. This in turn has brought more visitorsto the Home Office. Motion carried.

• Approved as amendedJustine Yeager (84) made a motion to

remove “not to exceed three days” stating thiswould prevent a delegate from getting paidfor additional days if needed. CC DonnieVictorick (9) indicated that it is understoodthat if an extra day is needed the delegatewould be compensated. James Kocurek (40)seconded the change. Pat Fowler (25)inquired as to whether or not committeeswould get paid that came a day early. CCDonnie Victorick (9) confirmed that theywould get paid. The amendment to themotion carried. Parliamentarian stated wenow need to vote on the amended recommen-dation. Motion carried.

• ApprovedSLP Brian Vanicek (24) asked that when

phone conferences are being used when feasi-ble to save costs, would this be covered underthis? FCC Herman D. Weise (160) said itwould. Susan Skrabanek (17) said she had noproblem with this recommendation but askedhow we would incorporate this when wespend numerous hours planning/preparing foran event that is close to home. FCC HermanD. Weise (160) stated simply to use the honorsystem when calculating your hours. Motioncarried.

FCC Herman D. Weise (160) thankedeveryone for what they had accomplished inregards to the Financial Recommendations.Mary Steinman (154) asked if we vote on theFinancial Recommendations as a whole andCC Donnie Victorick (9) indicated that a finalvote was not necessary. She wanted clarifica-tion that what the delegates voted on were thewords as in the changes on the given docu-ment.

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SLS-T Leonard Mikeska (200) advisedthat a storm was coming and all delegates/vis-itors should roll up their vehicle windows. Heinformed everyone that the refreshments pro-vided by SLP Brian Vanicek (24) were avail-able in the foyer. Yesterday the refreshmentswere provided by SLVP Gene McBride (200)and tomorrow he will provide the refresh-ments. CC Donnie Victorick (9) asked forany additional reports from the Insurance andPublication Committees. ICC SusanSkrabanek (17) said the Insurance Committeehad no further report. PCC Jarolyn Popp(133) stated that everything had been dis-cussed and they had no further report. CCDonnie Victorick (9) called for a 25 minutebreak at 2:20 pm.

Annie, Vonda & Shirley1:03 p.m. to 2:20 p.m.

Tuesday Afternoon – Session 82:55 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., June 12, 2012

CC Donnie Victorick (9) reconvened theconvention at 2:55 p.m. with a check from theDirectors for district delegates to be seated.

The first order of business of this sessionis to approve the Session 5 minutes. Motionwas made by Helen Kelner (28) to approve theminutes as corrected; seconded by BettieHouse (202); motion passed.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) stated that wehave reached a point in the Convention thathas never been reached at this time—we arebasically through with proceedings. Officerelections and District Caucuses will be heldtomorrow morning to have them on the sameday.

Jarolyn Popp (133) asked that theInsurance Committee members andPublication Committee Members be recog-nized.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) called theInsurance Committee members to the podium.Insurance Committee Chairman SusanSkrabanek (17) introduced the members andstated that we have fallen short of our goals,but we did have some lofty goals. Someincreases were seen, and the committee sup-

ports the new products to help us remain com-petitive. The Insurance Committee agrees thatnew sales agents need ongoing training.Home Office Staff and State Field Reps wereasked to stand and be recognized.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) dismissed theInsurance Committee and called thePublication Committee members to the podi-um. Publication Committee Chairman (PCC)Jarolyn Popp (133) introduced the membersand thanked Editor/Director ofCommunication Melanie Zavodny (246) forall her work. She also thankedCommunication Assistant Katherine Morris(47) for her work and support.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) dismissed thePublication Committee members from thepodium, and stated that the ResolutionCommittee and the Grievance Committee willreport tomorrow.

The following Committees were recog-nized for their service: Tabulation Committee,Convention Order Committee, GrievanceCommittee, Sergeant-at-Arms, ResolutionCommittee, Timekeeper, Parliamentarian, andCredentials Committee. Thanks were givenfor serving on these important committees.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) announced thatbecause the 75-mile radius stipulation wasremoved from the by-laws, those interested inhosting the 2016 Convention should be readyto present proposals tomorrow. We will decidethe location of 2016 Convention tomorrow.CC Donnie Victorick (9) also announced thatConvention photos are still available for $30.Raffle tickets benefitting the Czech HeritageMuseum are still available and the winner willbe announced tonight at the Banquet.

SLP Brian Vanicek (24) announced thatthe ENC will also be doing the drawing for theplants tonight at the banquet as well.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) announced thatdoors for the Banquet will open at 6:30 p.m.Delegates were asked to remove personalitems from tables.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) recessed theConvention at 3:30 p.m. until 8:00 a.m.Wednesday morning.

Regina, Debbie, Lisa2:55 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

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Wednesday Morning – Session 98:05 a.m. – 10:10 a.m., June 13, 2012

CC Donnie Victorick (9) reconvened theConvention at 8:05 a.m. and asked DistrictDirectors to make sure delegates are seated.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) thanked thosein attendance at last night’s banquet andthanked band sponsors Bailey, Ramsey andAssociates. Thanks were also given to theHome Office Staff and District Directors fortheir work in getting the banquet ready.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) turned theConvention over to SLP Brian Vanicek (24)to conduct the Flag Day Ceremony. SLPBrian Vanicek (24) stated that this ceremonyis to pay tribute to our flag and to theVeteran’s among us. SLP Brian Vanicek (24)called Hiram Dixon (87) forward to speakabout the Ft. Hood Memorial.

Hiram Dixon (87) gave information con-cerning the background of the Ft. HoodMemorial and the importance of never forget-ting what happened at Ft. Hood on November5, 2009, when 13 Americans lost their livesand 32 others were wounded. He stated thatmany delegates have walked past the spotwhere the memorial will be located on theirway to the Convention. He sincerely thankedeveryone who has contributed to this projectand asked for their continued support.

SLP Brian Vanicek (24) asked StateYouth Director Frank Horak (80) to announcethe winners of the State Flag Day EssayContest. The state winner, Sammy Hoggard(202), son of Sandra Hoggard (202) andgrandson of Lloyd and Bettie House (202),was called forward to read his winningspeech titled, “Heritage and History-Hand inHand”.

SLP Brian Vanicek (24) called Veteransin the audience to come forward to be recog-nized and to lead the delegation in the Pledgeof Allegiance. The Veterans were thanked fortheir service with a standing ovation from thedelegation.

SLS-T Leonard Mikeska (200) led thedelegation in a prayer for all the servicemenand women-past and present.

SLP Brian Vanicek (24) recognized EmilMatula (133) who served from 1940 to 1947in Pearl Harbor and is now in an assisted liv-

ing home. He served in the past as a conven-tion delegate.

CCC Frank Pajestka, Jr. (80) announcedchanges to credentials. These include:District II, Lodge 87, Joe Camp not seated-leaving the three remaining delegates with191 votes each. District III, Lodge 92,Sherrie Kubala Watkins has returned nowgiving Al Kercho 145 votes, and the remain-ing delegates with 141 votes.

CCC Frank Pajestka, Jr. (80) updatedthe Convention with the following:

District Delegates Lodges Votes1 27 14 3627II 61 15 7395

III 50 12 6490IV 18 8 2280V 44 8 7746

VI 35 14 4452VII 23 8 3239

Totals 258 79 35,229

Justine Yeager (84) asked for District Inumbers to be repeated.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) turned theConvention over to CVC Leonard Jansa(160) to correct and approve the minutes ofthe previous sessions.

Minutes from Session 6 were reviewedand corrected. Helen Kelner (28) moved toaccept the minutes from Session 6 as correct-ed. James Kocurek (40) seconded themotion; motion passed.

Minutes from Session 7 were reviewedand corrected. Glenn Kaminsky (28) movedto accept the minutes from Session 7 as cor-rected. Valerie Barta (202) seconded themotion; motion passed.

Minutes from Session 8 were reviewedand corrected. Glenn Kaminsky (28) movedto accept the minutes from Session 8 with asecond from Rita Spinn (80); motion passed.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) asked FCCHerman D. Weise (160) to come forward tocontinue business.

FCC Herman D. Weise (160) moved toreconsider action previously approvedregarding the youth department. GlennKaminsky (28) seconded the motion. Justine

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Yeager (84) called for a Point of Order toclarify if it is appropriate to re-open a previ-ously approved motion that has already beenapproved in the minutes. ParliamentarianRoy Vajdak (88) stated that we are in an openbusiness session, so it can be done. CCDonnie Victorick (9) read a statement takenfrom Robert’s Rules of Order that mentionsonly the prevailing side may present for re-consideration an issue previously voted on.This requires a majority vote.Parliamentarian Roy Vajdak (88) asked FCCHerman D. Weise (160) to give the delegationan explanation why this is being requested.FCC Herman D. Weise (160) explained thisissue was brought to his attention and theFinance Committee felt that the delegates arehere in session, and the best place to decidethis issue is here with the delegation. TheFinance Committee assumed once a decisionat a convention is made it carries over fromconvention to convention. FCC Herman D.Weise (160) noted the last paragraph on thehandout titled “Camp Travel Compensation”,which refers to the approved recommenda-tion from the 2008 Convention that all SPJSTYouth support the ENC. Mary Steinman(154) stated that was the reason she came tothe microphone the day before, to make surethe delegation was voting on the wording aspresented. CC Donnie Victorick (9) statedthat the Supreme Lodge has the authority togrant any waivers or exceptions. Vote wastaken by show of hands; motion failed.

Ronnie Pflughaupt (1) stated that heremembers the 2008 Convention voted tobuild the ENC under the stipulation that eachdistrict would go to camp there. He statedthat this is similar to supporting your familyin business.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) brought upanother issue about whether an item in theby-laws has a trickle-down effect, such as notallowing relatives to the third degree to workat the Supreme Lodge. Does this affect locallodges and officers. Barbara Linney-Gonzales (88) asked for clarification if thistrickles down to local lodges.Parliamentarian Roy Vajdak (88) stated thatthe by-law applies to the Supreme Lodgeonly and not to local lodges. BLCC RonnieRieger (29) stated that the committee dis-

cussed this with SLP Brian Vanicek (24) andit was agreed that it does not apply to locallodges. Dorothy Pflughaupt (88) asked if wecan have it in writing that it does not trickledown to local lodges. Parliamentarian RoyVajdak (88) stated that after the Conventionadjourns, it is up to the Supreme Lodge toenforce the by-laws. SLP Brian Vanicek (24)stated that the proceedings from theConvention are in the Proceedings Booklet.Oscar Korus (107) asked if we would be bet-ter off amending the by-laws to specify HomeOffice only and not trickle down to the locallodge to avoid confusion. CC DonnieVictorick (9) stated that was not necessary.Justine Yeager (84) feels there is no need tore-open and re-visit the by-laws. YvonneMarcaurele (30) agrees with Justine Yeager(84). She also stated that lodges that havetheir own set of by-laws should follow them.CC Donnie Victorick (9) clarified that whenthere is a conflict, the Supreme Lodge by-laws take precedence over local by-laws.Jarolyn Popp (133) asked if the SupremeLodge has the right to change the by-laws.CC Donnie Victorick (9) answered no. FCCHerman D. Weise (160) stated another exam-ple of a matter in question-if the 2008Convention ruling about retirees and retire-ment would carry forward. He said theFinance Committee was under the impressionthat the ruling would carry forward. He isconcerned that we could end up leaving longterm employees hanging. Jarolyn Popp (133)states that she doesn’t understand why we arediscussing this unless we are changing theby-laws. Justine Yeager (84) concurred withJarolyn Popp (133). FCC Herman D. Weise(160) clarified that this was not in the by-lawsbut in the proceedings. Larry W. Pflughaupt(88) agrees with FCC Herman D. Weise(160). Susan Skrabanek (17) said there is areason why the proceedings from the pastConvention is in the delegates’ packet andshe emphasized it might be difficult to findcommittee members if they have to keepgoing back to proceedings from previousconventions. Mary Steinman (154) askedParliamentarian Roy Vajdak (88) for clarifi-cation—is it possible for the FinanceCommittee to come back and re-open sec-tions such as retirement? Parliamentarian

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Roy Vajdak (88) stated that we can. Hereferred the delegates to Article 2 through 25that cover the Convention and he read Article16 for the delegates. CC Donnie Victorick(9) stated that committee recommendationsdo not carry over to the next convention butby-laws do.

Kyle Skrabanek (17) asked if we can re-open a topic under another recommendationtitle, such as Other Recommendations.Parliamentarian Roy Vajdak (88) said thatwould be in order. Larry W. Pflughaupt (88)referenced the 1996, 2000, and 2004Conventions, and is concerned that we willhave to re-visit the issue of retirements eachconvention. Parliamentarian Roy Vajdak(88) stated that is why we need a policy andprocedure manual, and he clarified that yes,items need to be re-voted on from conventionto convention. SLP Brian Vanicek (24)agreed that items such as health care forretirees need to be worked out and put in apolicy and procedure manual. Larry W.Pflughaupt (88) gave a rebuttal and statedthat he feels the delegates need to do that.Parliamentarian Roy Vajdak (88) stated thatwe are getting into fine lines. The SupremeLodge needs to set some policies and proce-dures. It is the job of the Supreme Lodge tocarry out the wishes of the delegates betweenconventions. Lynette Talasek (47) stated thatshe is confused; it seems that two sides aretalking about two different things.Parliamentarian Roy Vajdak (88) clarifiedthat the discussion is about whether motionsenacted at one convention carry over to thenext convention, and he rules that they donot. Johnnie Krizan (6) feels that the dele-gates are the governing body that makes deci-sions that some will like and some will not.He feels that at some point we need to drawan end to the Convention, and turn over thedecisions to the Supreme Lodge. He referredto Article 32 in the by-laws that states that theSupreme Lodge is the governing bodybetween conventions and we should let themgovern. Kyle Skrabanek (17) moved thatanother recommendation under the FinanceCommittee recommendations be reconsid-ered. Motion died for lack of second.

Mary Ann Kieschnick (142) asked forPoint of Clarification—do the rules of order

at local lodges need to be voted on year toyear. Parliamentarian Roy Vajdak (88) statedonly the rules that are changing need to bevoted on. Mildred Holeman (88) stated thatwe need to put our faith in the SupremeLodge. Yvonne Marcaurele (30) stated thatshe has seen us move forward, but that somehave a hidden agenda and try to cause confu-sion with the delegates. The delegates have avoice and should use it when voting for theirDistrict Director and have faith in the electedofficials. SLS-T Leonard Mikeska (200) stat-ed that the Supreme Lodge has been given theauthority to take care of the health care issueand the care of retired employees and thisshould be a simple issue. Ronnie Pflughaupt(1) stated that there is no need to micro-man-age and we should move on. Jarolyn Popp(133) moved that recommendations of theFinance Committee at the previous conven-tions that are not changed will remain ineffect. James Kocurek (40) seconded themotion. Yvonne Marcaurele (30) would liketo keep the recommendation but is concernedwith any legal and ethical issues, such as los-ing the 501(c)(3) status. Jarolyn Popp (133)agrees, but is not sure about leaving it toobroad. Kay Lynn Kovar (25) is concernedthat financial changes can occur not onlyyearly, but daily as well. She used her dad asan example. Keith Kieschnick (142) asked ifthe Supreme Lodge has a receptionist and CCDonnie Victorick (9) stated yes. KeithKieschnick (142) then asked if the conven-tion delegates set the salary. CC DonnieVictorick (9) said no. Keith Kieschnick (142)then said that is a business decision and weshould let the Supreme Lodge officers carryout their business. Justine Yeager (84) urgedthe delegates to support Keith Kieschnick’s(142) statement and let the Supreme Lodgeofficers carry out their business. DonStrickland (169) called for the Question.Larry W. Pflughaupt (88) asked if we couldadd the word “approved” to the motion to be“Approved recommendations of the FinanceCommittee from the previous conventionsand are not changed will remain in effect.”Vote was taken; motion carried.

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Vanicek (24) for President. After the thirdcall for nominations, Jerry Milan (154)moved that nominations cease and that BrianVanicek (24) be elected by acclamation.Mildred Holeman (88) seconded; motion car-ried.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) called BrianVanicek’s (24) family to come forward andjoin Brian, who expressed his thanks for thedelegation’s vote of confidence. He will dohis best to serve with honor and dignity.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) called fornominations for the office of SLVP. WandaDorotik (30) nominated Gene McBride(200). Lila Doherty (255) nominated DelisleDoherty (255). Patsy Koslovsky (47) nomi-nated Drew Popelka (47). After the thirdcall for additional nominations, DonStrickland (169) moved that nominationscease. Ardis Bacak (40) seconded themotion. CC Donnie Victorick (9) asked thecandidates to stand. CC Donnie Victorick(9) reminded the delegates to completely fillout the paper ballots. CC Donnie Victorick (9) recessed theConvention at 10:10 for tabulation of votes.

Regina, Debbie, Lisa8:05 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.

Wednesday Morning Session 1011:17 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., June 13, 2012

CC Donnie Victorick (9) reconvened theConvention at 11:17 a.m. He announced thatan anonymous donation of $50 towards theFort Hood Memorial Project had beenreceived in memory of Leander Pflughauptwho was a POW in WWII.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) announced theresults of the SLVP election as follows:

Delisle Doherty (255) – 5,522 votesDrew Popelka (47)– 7,300 votesGene McBride (200) – 22,076 votes

No runoff was necessary. Gene McBride waselected Supreme Lodge Vice President.SLVP Gene McBride (200) asked his wife,Frances, to come forward and expressed histhanks to the delegates for their confidence inhim. He stated that he had some exciting

plans and was ready to keep working forSPJST.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) called for nom-inations for the office of Supreme LodgeSecretary-Treasurer. Yvonne Garrett (97)nominated Leonard Mikeska (200). After thethird call for nominations, Mildred Holeman(88) moved that nominations cease andLeonard Mikeska (200) be elected by accla-mation. John Cannon (186) seconded themotion; motion carried. SLS-T LeonardMikeska (200) brought forth his wife,Dorothy, and thanked the delegates for theircontinued confidence in him. He said he hasa goal of a surplus of $24 million and loves tomake money for us.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) called for nom-inations for the office of Editor/Director ofCommunication. Helen Kelner (28) nominat-ed Melanie Zavodny (246). After the thirdcall for nominations, Barbara Linney-Gonzales (88) moved nominations cease andMelanie Zavodny (246) be elected by accla-mation. Sherrie Kubala Watkins (92) second-ed the motion. Motion carried. MelanieZavodny (246) called her husband, DavidNauert, to come forward. She thanked every-one for their support and said she is excited tocontinue working on the Vestnik, which is thevoice of the membership.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) stated that thisconcluded the elections for the Home Office.He introduced Texas Czech GenealogicalSociety Membership Director MerleneBravenec, who, on behalf of their PresidentCharlene Hurta, wanted to express theirextreme gratitude for the generous gift SPJSThas given their organization. She stated thatthey look forward to continuing their partner-ship in scanning the Vestnik, research proj-ects, and work on the Wall of Honor.

SLP Brian Vanicek (24) asked his officestaff to come forward and be recognized. Heshared his thanks and appreciation for all theydo for SPJST. SLVP Gene McBride (200)asked his staff to come forward and be recog-nized for all their hard work and dedication.SLS-T Leonard Mikeska (200) introduced hisstaff and thanked them for their hard workand dedication. Financial Secretary RoyVajdak (88) introduced his staff andexpressed his thanks for their support and

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dedication. Editor/Director ofCommunication Melanie Zavodny (246)introduced her staff and thanked her for herhelp and all of the members who contributeeach week to the Vestnik.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) recessed theconvention until 1:00 p.m. for lunch.

Annie, Shirley, and Vonda11:17 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Wednesday Afternoon Session 1112:45 p.m. – 12:55 p.m., June 13, 2012

CC Donnie Victorick (9) reconvened theConvention at 12:45 p.m. He introducedFinancial Secretary Roy Vajdak’s (88) wife,Becky. District Caucus procedures werereviewed. SLS-T Leonard Mikeska (200)explained room assignments for the DistrictCaucuses. CCC Frank Pajestka, Jr. (80)reported that Gerilyn A. Donnell (79) fromDistrict VII had left at noon. Therefore, JerrySijansky (79) would now have 274 votes andthe other delegates in Lodge 79 would have272 votes each.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) dismissed thedelegates to attend their District Caucus. TheConvention would reconvene after all DistrictCaucuses were finished.

Annie, Shirley, and Vonda12:45 p.m. – 12:55 p.m.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON – SESSION 123:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. June 13, 2012

CC Donnie Victorick (9) reconvened theConvention at 3:00 p.m. and called on SYDFrank Horak (80) to recognize all DYCs andtheir assistants. State FAC Chester Jenke(258) recognized all FACs. SLVP GeneMcBride (200) recognized all SalesRepresentatives. Czech Heritage MuseumPresident Jerry Milan (154) recognized theDirectors and staff of the Czech HeritageMuseum. Kenny Lange with the Czech

Heritage Museum thanked all the delegatesfor their support and invited everyone to stopin and visit the museum any time. LisaBubela (30) recognized the Directors of theENC. SPJST Rest Home President DonnieVictorick (9) recognized members of the RestHome and Assisted Living Board.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) called for theResolution Committee (RC) to come forwardwith their report. RCC Lynda Novak (84)along with Committee Members DebbieKrpec (30) and Sharon Kaderka (29) gavetheir report (see appendix). Having no fur-ther business, CC Donnie Victorick (9) dis-missed the Resolution Committee.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) asked theCredentials Committee for any additionalreports. CCC Frank Pajestka, Jr. (80) indicat-ed that there were no further reports. CCDonnie Victorick (9) then proceeded to dis-miss the Credentials Committee. CC DonnieVictorick (9) then proceeded to dismiss theTellers Committee. He then called on theGrievance Committee Chairman JustineYeager (84) for any report. GrievanceCommittee Chairman Justine Yeager (84)indicated the Committee decided to conveytheir sole grievance to the Supreme LodgePresident. CC Donnie Victorick (9) then dis-missed the Grievance Committee. CCDonnie Victorick (9) asked the ConventionOrder Committee if they had any additionalreport. Having none, the Committee was dis-missed.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) informed thedelegates that a site needed to be selected forthe next SPJST Convention. He then calledon SLP Brian Vanicek (24) to state exactlywhat requirements and accommodations wereneeded of a facility to host the convention.SLP Brian Vanicek (24) stated that he hadconsulted with the other Officers andEditor/Director of Communication and theydid not offer any other parameter other thanthat the 75-mile radius from the Home Officehad been eliminated and to bring the matter tothe delegates for consideration. CC DonnieVictorick (9) then asked for recommenda-tions for a possible site for the 2016 SPJSTConvention. George Pauling (66) proposedWaco. Patricia Bruce (88) and DorothyPflughaupt (88) felt Houston would be an

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excellent site for the 2016 SPJSTConvention. Sharon Kaderka (29) stated thatKilleen was a prime location. Justine Yeager(84) suggested Dallas. Vote by show ofhands was taken. The District Tellers werecalled upon to count the votes. Results wereas follows:

District Dallas Killeen Houston WacoI 0 26 0 0II 0 44 0 15III 12 10 0 27IV 4 14 0 0V 0 13 29 2VI 0 20 15 0VII 0 19 2 0

TOTALS 16 146 46 44

CC Donnie Victorick (9) stated that the2016 SPJST Convention would be held againin Killeen.

CC Donnie Victorick (9) announced theDistrict Caucus results:

DISTRICT I CAUCUS RESULTS

DirectorDonnie VictorickLodge 9, Snook

Substitute DirectorBen F. Trcalek, Jr.Lodge 17, New Tabor

By-Law CommitteeRichard FordLodge 13, Dime Box

Substitute By-Law CommitteeBen F. Trcalek, Jr.Lodge 17, New Tabor

Finance CommitteeThomas CannonLodge 186, Caldwell

Substitute Finance CommitteeRonnie PflughauptLodge 1, Fayetteville

Insurance CommitteeSusan SkrabanekLodge 17, New Tabor

Substitute Insurance CommitteeBill OrsakLodge 9, Snook

Publication CommitteeFloyd KostelkaLodge 13, Dime Box

Substitute Publication CommitteeAnn SchoenemanLodge 9, Snook

DISTRICT II CAUCUS RESULTS

DirectorJesse PospisilLodge 29, Taylor

Substitute DirectorHiram DixonLodge 87, Temple

By-Law CommitteeRonnie RiegerLodge 29, Taylor

Substitute By-Law CommitteeRita SpinnLodge 80, Holland

Finance CommitteeEdwin PechalLodge 47, Seaton

Substitute Finance CommitteeFrank PajestkaLodge 80, Holland

Insurance CommitteeDolores SkrabanekLodge 47, Seaton

Substitute Insurance CommitteeDavid NauertLodge 200, Bruceville-Eddy

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Publication CommitteeTammy WhatleyLodge 29, Taylor

Substitute Publication CommitteeLynette TalasekLodge 47, Seaton

DISTRICT III CAUCUS RESULTS

DirectorJohnnie KrizanLodge 6, Cottonwood

Substitute DirectorJohn EngelkeLodge 66, Waco

By-Law CommitteeKay Lynn KovarLodge 25, Ennis

Substitute By-Law CommitteeJustine YeagerLodge 84, Dallas

Finance CommitteeMichael GallerLodge 66, Waco

Substitute Finance CommitteeGeorge Pauling, Jr.Lodge 66, Waco

Insurance CommitteeDaniel RoznovskyLodge 183, Arlington

Substitute Insurance CommitteeSherrie Kubala WatkinsLodge 92, Fort Worth

Publication CommitteeBessie PetrLodge 84, Dallas

Substitute Publication CommitteeLynda NovakLodge 84, Dallas

DISTRICT IV CAUCUS RESULTS

DirectorBilly RollwitzLodge 49, Rowena

Substitute DirectorBobby DavisLodge 160, San Angelo

By-Law CommitteeBeverly J. TeplicekLodge 49, Rowena

Substitute By-Law CommitteeSandra JansaLodge 160, San Angelo

Finance CommitteeHerman D. WeiseLodge 160, San Angelo

Substitute Finance CommitteeLee LehmannLodge 215, South Plains

Insurance CommitteeLeonard JansaLodge 160, San Angelo

Substitute Insurance CommitteeArnulfo RiveraLodge 219, El Paso

Publication CommitteeSharon HohmannLodge 160, San Angelo

Substitute Publication CommitteeCharlene DusekLodge 160, San Angelo

DISTRICT V CAUCUS RESULTS

DirectorLarry W. PflughauptLodge 88, Houston

Substitute DirectorBradley StavinohaLodge 81, Needville

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By-Law CommitteeMildred HolemanLodge 88, Houston

Substitute By-Law CommitteeMary Ann KieschnickLodge 142, Houston

Finance CommitteeMarceil MalakLodge 88, Houston

Substitute Finance CommitteeAshley VictorickLodge 88, Houston

Insurance CommitteeHelen HegwoodLodge 88, Houston

Substitute Insurance CommitteeJanice JahnsLodge 88, Houston

Publication CommitteeLorenda BaldwinLodge 139, Danbury

Substitute Publication CommitteeJoAnn BuriLodge 88, Houston

DISTRICT VI CAUCUS RESULTS

DirectorKaren KasparLodge 30, Taiton

Substitute DirectorGlenn KaminskyLodge 28, East Bernard

By-Law CommitteeJoe SiptakLodge 4, Hallettsville

Substitute By-Law CommitteeAnnie VahalikLodge 4, Hallettsville

Finance CommitteeGlenn KaminskyLodge 28, East Bernard

Substitute Finance CommitteeRita VanekLodge 151, Wharton

Insurance CommitteeJerome HlavatyLodge 153, La Salle

Substitute Insurance CommitteeCharles BucekLodge 151, Wharton

Publication CommitteeHelen KelnerLodge 28, East Bernard

Substitute Publication CommitteeJeanette KaminskyLodge 28, East Bernard

DISTRICT VII CAUCUS RESULTS

DirectorBob BayerLodge 107, Floresville

Substitute DirectorGlen PruskiLodge 107, Floresville

By-Law CommitteeBettie HouseLodge 202, Jourdanton

Substitute By-Law CommitteeOscar KorusLodge 107, Floresville

Finance CommitteeRoy HaagLodge 185, New Braunfels

Substitute Finance CommitteeValerie BartaLodge 202, Jourdanton

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Insurance CommitteeWendy PruskiLodge 107, Floresville

Substitute Insurance CommitteeJerry SijanskyLodge 79, Corpus Christi

Publication CommitteeJarolyn PoppLodge 133, San Antonio

Substitute Publication CommitteeColleen JenkeLodge 258, Seguin

SL Officers, Directors, and StandingCommittee members elected were asked tocome forward and be installed by PastDirector Frank Klinkovsky (47). CC DonnieVictorick (9) asked all Standing Committeesto meet and elect a Chairman and a Secretarybefore they leave the convention.

Frank Pajestka, Jr. (80) moved to acceptthe remaining Convention minutes as written.Keith Kieschnick (142) seconded the motion;motion carried.

Mary Steinman (154) moved to retire thecolors and to adjourn the convention after theinstallation of officers and the singing of GodBless America. James Kocurek (40) second-ed the motion; motion carried. TheConvention adjourned at 4:00 p.m.

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LIST OF DELEGATESDistrict I

1 Debra Pflughaupt1 Ronald Pflughaupt

9 Bill Orsak9 Ann Schoeneman9 Donnie Victorick

13 Doris Ford13 Debbie Kostelka13 Carla West

17 Lisa Blum17 Randy Gaas17 Evelyn Henry17 Kyle Skrabanek17 Susan Skrabanek17 Ben F. Trcalek, Jr.

38 Donna Zimmerhanzel

39 Dianna Everett

51 Calvin Hlinsky

67 Adrienne Kobza

141 Josephine Bear

169 Don Strickland

179 Ricky Weyand

186 Linda Cannon186 Thomas Cannon

189 Charles Munday

201 Elaine Duron201 Clara Susen

`201 Jenell Zettel

District II

15 Sandra Fischer15 Douglas Williams

18 Evelyn Gustafson18 Artie Monson

18 Irene Vrabel18 Johnny Vrabel18 Charles Wilson

20 Norma Cavanaugh20 Edward J. Stoll, III20 Emilie Tischler

24 Jason Hoelscher24 Shirley Hoelscher24 Barbara Macek24 Margaret Mikeska24 Wilbert Mikeska24 Daniel Wilde

29 Laverne Eulenfeld29 Bobby Eulenfeld29 Cristy Girod29 Leonard Kaderka29 Sharon Kaderka29 Albin Machu29 Jesse Pospisil29 Linda Pospisil29 Ronnie Rieger29 Lyn Rieger29 Connie Voigt29 Wayne Voigt29 Tammy Whatley

47 Leroy Dana47 Frank Klinkovsky47 Patsy Koslovsky47 Joyce Kraatz47 David Pechal47 Edwin Pechal47 Calvin Skrabanek47 Dolores Skrabanek47 James Skrabanek47 Joyce Skrabanek47 Lynette Talasek47 LaVerne Vanicek47 Edwin Vasicek

48 Bobby Wuensche48 Ruth Ann Wuensche

80 Connie Horak80 Frank Pajestka, Jr.80 Helen Pajestka80 Risa Pajestka80 Rita Spinn

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87 Joe Camp87 Jennifer Davidson87 Hiram Dixon87 Diane Troy

155 Joe Motl

177 Bernice Hutka177 Donald McCrea177 Shirley McCrea

182 Donald Beckendorf

187 Johnnie S. Haak187 Mona F. Larson

200 David Nauert

246 Wayne Orange

District III

6 Evelyn Bezdek6 Peggy Dobecka6 Barbara Jean Hykel6 Johnnie R. Krizan6 Milton Peterson6 Georgie Soukup6 Don Urbanovsky

25 Mildred Dolezal25 Patricia Fowler25 Van Fowler25 Kay Lynn Kovar25 Margaret Krajca25 Betty Macalik

35 Barbara Pavelka35 Gene Pavelka35 Randy Pavelka

54 Freddie Kaluza54 Mary Lou Mynar54 Maxine Sefcik54 Terry Sefcik54 Marcela Vaculik54 Wilburn Willis

66 Diana Engelke66 John Engelke66 Debbie Galler

66 Michael Galler66 Dana McAdams66 George Pauling, Jr.

84 Anne Cowan84 Jerry Manak84 Joann Manak84 Lynda Novak84 Bessie Petr84 Cheryl Petr84 Vicki Sims84 Justine Yeager

92 Al Kercho92 Mary Ann Krivanek92 Mary Cecilia Krivanek92 Sherrie Kubala Watkins92 Evelyn Scaff

130 John Vrla

154 Appa Hargiss154 Jerry Milan154 Lesli Milan154 Mary Steinman

180 Rhonda Hurtik

183 Daniel Roznovsky183 Patricia Sill

204 Norman Kneschk

District IV

49 Laura Pospichal49 Sylvia Rollwitz49 Beverly Teplicek

157 Cynthia Kristinek

160 Charlene Dusek160 Sharon Hohmann160 Brenda Holik160 Leonard Jansa160 Sandra Jansa160 Herman D. Weise

207 Joyce Kotulek

215 Lee Lehmann

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219 Ana Ahumada219 Baltazar Nunez219 Arnulfo Rivera219 Bertha Rodriguez

229 Jesusita Hudson

230 Jimmy Slatton

District V

81 Bradley Stavinoha81 Thomas Stavinoha

88 Eugene Barcak88 Georgia Barcak88 Patricia Bruce88 Fred Buri88 JoAnn Buri88 Vernell Fojt88 Carol Globke88 Kathleen Green88 Donald Havemann88 Gladys Havemann88 Helen Hegwood88 Mildred Holeman88 Janice Jahns88 Wallace Jahns88 Barbara Linney-Gonzales88 Edward Lorenz88 Mamie Lorenz88 Marceil Malak88 Carolyn Pechacek88 Dorothy Pflughaupt88 Josephine Pflughaupt88 Larry W. Pflughaupt88 Leander Pflughaupt88 Lynn Pflughaupt88 Dennis Roeder88 Carol Stayton88 Ashley Victorick88 Linda Wehring

91 William Locke91 Vonda Smesny

139 David Baldwin, Jr.139 Lonnie Lostak

142 Dennis Hermis142 Alice Jochen

142 Keith Kieschnick142 Mary Ann Kieschnick172 Jerome C. Dressler, Jr.172 Josephine Mayfield172 Robert Mayfield172 Helen Schewe

196 Mary Machacek

255 Lila Doherty

District VI

4 Gayenell Chudej4 Shirley Kalmus4 Joseph Siptak4 Helen Zabransky

8 Leo Jares

23 Eddie Vrana

28 Glenn Kaminsky28 Jeanette Kaminsky28 Helen Kelner

30 Lisa Bubela30 Wanda Dorotik30 Karen Kaspar30 Debbie Krpec30 Yvonne Marcaurele

32 Kathy Ahlstrom32 Michael Ahlstrom32 Lois Elles

40 Ardis Bacak40 Vlasta Bartos40 Mary Ann Cerny40 Delia Floyd40 Jerry Gensler40 Carmen Kocurek40 James C. Kocurek

41 Franklin Jurek

63 Elaine Berkovsky

97 Yvonne Garrett

143 Esterleen Spann

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151 Charles Bucek151 David Bucek151 Rita J. Vanek

153 JoAnn Andel153 Jerome Hlavaty

184 GayeNell Baetz184 Elmer Michna

District VII

26 Edwin Wallek, Jr.

79 Larry Elzner79 Gerilyn Donnell79 Jerry Sijansky79 Marcus Rebecek79 Virginia Rebecek

107 Robert J. Bayer107 Pauline Bayer107 Larry Bertrand107 Roxanne Bertrand

107 Elizabeth Bielefeld107 Oscar Korus107 Glen Pruski107 Wendy Pruski

117 Kathryn Marek

133 Michelle Popp Click133 Jarolyn Popp133 Vicki Reese

185 Theresa Haag

202 Valerie Barta202 Bettie House202 Regina House

258 Chester Jenke, Sr.

PROCLAMATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE

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PRESIDENT’S PRE-CONVENTION REPORT

Dear Brothers and Sisters,Managing the SPJST since the 2008

Convention required that Supreme Lodgemembers review and understand the factorsthat drive fraternalism, profitability, andgrowth. The Supreme Lodge met on a quar-terly basis to review fraternal operations,discuss the insurance program, investments,risk management and an ever-changing arrayof business challenges as well as opportuni-ties. These meetings were generally enlight-ening, productive, and lively.

More detailed audit procedures intro-duced in 2009 as well as more detailedexpense accounting and budgeting proce-dures have resulted in a more cost efficientand accountable operation. Additionally,performance expectations have been raised.

In 2012, we observe the 115th anniver-sary of the founding of SPJST. We celebratenot just for having survived, but for beingvibrant — alive with the same energy, spirit,and promise that must have filled the FayetteCounty Courthouse in La Grange, Texas, onDecember 28, 1896, when 25 Texans ofCzech descent met for the purpose of organ-izing a new fraternal benefit society in theState of Texas.

Going forward, the success of SPJST willdepend on our continued ability to unite,innovate, and achieve our sales, investment,and fraternal objectives even as we stay trueto our core values. These ideals, as outlinedin the Preamble to our By-Laws, are as fol-lows:

To provide and promote fraternal andsocial fellowship among members.

To endeavor to keep alive the cherishedtraditions, customs, heritage, culture andlanguage of our forefathers.

And generally, through moral, spiritual,and economic respect, to encourage benevo-lence and humanity through the Society withsound practical life insurance for its mem-bers.

Gauging PerformanceSPJST’s performance of over the past

four years can be gauged in several ways.

The following statistical data reflects ourSociety’s performance in key reportingareas. Life insurance in force as ofDecember 31, 2008, compared to December31, 2011, decreased from $932.8 million to$896.4 million, representing a decrease of4.1 percent. Total life insurance certificatesin force decreased from 51,970 as ofDecember 31, 2008, to 48,734 as ofDecember 31, 2011, representing a decreaseof 6.2 percent. These declines can be attrib-uted, in large part, to insurance certificatesthat lapsed during this period. Please notethat these certificate counts do not includeannuity contracts.

Even as the average number of life insur-ance certificates issued annually hasdeclined over the past four years, effortshave been made to significantly improvesales persistency over the same period.Thanks to the Supreme Lodge and everyonein the SPJST Insurance Department for help-ing to move the Society in this direction.

While new insurance production remainsan important element in the growth ofSPJST, sales persistency — the quality ofbusiness written — remains a critical factorin our success.

Sustainable growth is growth that isrepeatable, systematic, and aligned with themission of the Society; moreover, it repre-sents the underlying strength and vitality ofSPJST’s core business. Sustainable growth,I believe, can and will be achieved through aconcerted effort to grow out of our existinglodges, through the servicing of our existingmembers, their families and their circles offriends.

To achieve sustainable growth, the prod-ucts and services — financial as well as fra-ternal — that we offer to our members mustmeet and exceed expectations. The trainingand support we offer to our sales agents andlodge leaders must be equally superior.SPJST’s business philosophy — to work toestablish a reputation for quality amongmembers, sales agents, employees, and man-agement remains an ongoing initiative.

Annuity deposits in force as of December31, 2008, to December 31, 2011, increasedfrom $92.2 million to $117.1 million, repre-senting an increase of 22.3 percent. The

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increase can be attributed to members seek-ing to ensure a guaranteed rate of interest ontheir contributions during a period ofextreme volatility and uncertainty in thefinancial markets. Correspondingly, totaladmitted assets of the Society also increased,from $185.1 million to $217.8 million, overthe same period, representing an increase of15 percent. Vice President Gene McBridepresents a detailed overview of insuranceand annuity sales in his report.

Total surplus increased from $13.0 mil-lion as of December 31, 2008, to $16.4 mil-lion as of December 31, 2011, representingan increase of 20.7 percent. This increasecan be primarily attributed to an improve-ment in the market value of Society invest-ments. It is especially gratifying to report toyou that the negative trend lines of the mid-2000s have been reversed, especially as thatrelates to reclaiming surplus, and postingpositive net income from operations.

The improvements in bottom line resultsreflect the corrective and progressive actionstaken by SPJST over the past four years tobuild and strengthen the financial structureof our fraternal order. Our financial per-formance through the first four months of2012 has been good. Secretary-TreasurerLeonard Mikeska and Financial SecretaryRoy Vajdak offer detailed explanations ofthese and other items related to SPJST’sinvestments and financial statement in theirreports. Thanks to everyone in theAccounting and Investment areas for theirattention to detail and redoubling of effortsduring what has been a period of manage-ment transition in these two areas.

While we can be proud of the progressthat has been made over the past four years,vigilance in the area of compliance remainsa watchword. One of the most significantchallenges that SPJST had to deal with overthe last four years was the issue of premiumguideline violations identified by the officeof the Secretary-Treasurer in 2009. It wasreported in the October 2009 SupremeLodge meeting that numerous SPJSTUniversal Life insurance certificates hadguideline premium violations and/or hadbeen categorized as modified endowmentcontracts.

Following a comprehensive review, atotal of 188 premium guideline violations,some going as far back as 1988, were identi-fied and addressed. It was determined thatcomputer programming errors had led to theproblem which has since been corrected.After consulting with our attorneys and theInternal Revenue Service, the SPJSTSupreme Lodge made the decision to notpass the burden of tax liability on the violat-ed accounts to our certificate holders butrather to absorb the impact of the decisionand correct the errors in a diligent manner.As a result and under the terms ofProclamation 2008-40, SPJST settled on anegotiated amount of $1,087,106.20 with theIRS to settle this matter. This paymentappears under Exhibit 2 - General Expensesas line item 4.5 “Expense of investigationand settlement of certificate claims” on page11 of SPJST’s 2011 Annual Statement.

It is important to note that SPJST —along with other fraternal and even commer-cial insurers — faces more regulation, awider range of stakeholder expectations, andmore public scrutiny than ever before. As aresult, quality control and compliance issuesremain high on the Supreme Lodge’s list ofpriorities. By taking a strategic and proac-tive approach to these matters, the Society isoperating in a manner that warrants and jus-tifies the confidence of our devoted mem-bers.

Fraternal RecognitionOver the past four years, SPJST’s frater-

nal venue has expanded to include a widerange of adult- and youth-oriented activitiesas well new opportunities for communityservice. As a result of these efforts, SPJSTand its members received considerablerecognition on the state level through theFraternal Alliance of Texas and on thenational level by the American FraternalAlliance.

The Alliance’s national “Fraternalist ofthe Year” award is presented annually to rec-ognize the nation’s top volunteer among thealmost 10 million members affiliated withthe Alliance’s member societies. The awardgoes to a fraternal benefit society memberwho has provided outstanding volunteer

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service in his or her community and excel-lent leadership in his or her local lodgethroughout the past year. All 72 membersocieties of the Alliance are invited to nomi-nate their top volunteer. In recent years, thishigh honor has been bestowed upon SPJSTfraternalists three times, beginning withBrother Bob Hagen of SPJST Lodge 246,Morgan’s Point in 2007. Subsequent hon-orees have included Sandra Hoggard ofLodge 202, Jourdanton in 2009 and SusanSkrabanek of Lodge 17, New Tabor in 2010.Ronnie Pflughaupt of Lodge 1, Fayettevillereceived recognition as first runner-up forthe honor in 2008.

Awards and recognition are a positiveaffirmation, but they don’t compare to thesatisfaction of knowing that SPJST’s frater-nal program is the real deal when it comes tomeeting its fraternal obligations on an every-day basis.

SPJST Youth ProgramLet’s begin with our youth program.

Through active participation in local SPJSTYouth Clubs and statewide events, youngmembers between the ages of five and 18developed a greater awareness of the com-mon bonds that we all share.

SPJST youth clubs also worked withcommunity-based organizations, tailoringprograms to fit their local needs.Additionally, SPJST’s summer camp pro-gram fostered a spirit of cooperation, anappreciation of the natural environment, andhelped campers to acquire leadership funda-mentals.

SPJST christened the newly constructedSPJST Education and Nature Center atCooper Farm in 2010. Past SPJST StateYouth Director John Hoelscher took on therole of SPJST ENC Executive Director inthat same year. Congratulations to BrotherHoelscher and ENC Directors for steppingup to the challenge and bringing this projectto fruition.

Additionally, SPJST sponsored YouthAchievement Day (YAD) competitions onthe district and state levels as an educationalactivity for SPJST youth club members.Contestants fielded entries in a range ofareas including arts and crafts, music, dance,

drama, and public speaking.Starting in 2011, State Youth Director

(SYD) Frank Horak initiated a re-emphasison the dramatic performance elements ofYAD competition. Already, it appears, theemphasis is making a positive difference.YAD talent and royalty competition teachesyoung people to learn the value of team-work. Working together to be part of some-thing bigger than themselves can be veryrewarding and help them to achieve a senseof self-worth. It allows them to learn to leadas well as follow. It can also be just plainfun!

SYD Frank Horak and our District YouthCounselors (DYCs) planned and directedactivities and programs as well as formulat-ed the rules and regulations for our youthprogram. Brother Horak, aided by FraternalServices Specialist Tammy Martinez effec-tively managed the multitude of activitiesthat comprise the SPJST’s youth program.

The collaborative ties that exist withinthe SPJST Youth Program and that are nur-tured by our DYCs, their assistants, andyouth leaders represent a tremendous devo-tion of time and spirit. They demonstrate theimportance of working together to achievecommon goals. Their commitment repre-sented a powerful and driving force behindthe success of the SPJST Youth Program.

A special thanks to those DYCs, youthleaders, youth club members, and adult vol-unteers who helped to promote the colorfulCzech heritage and culture by fieldingBeseda dance groups throughout the state.SPJST Beseda dancers routinely perform atthe Texas State Fair Multi-CulturalCelebration, Caldwell Kolache Festival, and— most recently — on March 2, 2012,Texas Independence Day — at the TexasState Capitol in Austin.

Scholarship ProgramThanks to all of our members who donat-

ed money to support the SPJST 100 PenniesScholarship Fund Drive, Memorial Fund, orcontributed to our endowed scholarshipsover the past four years. Your contributionscombined with SPJST’s annual cash alloca-tion enabled many of our deserving youngpeople to pursue a higher education.

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During the four-year period from 2008 to2012, a total of 286 scholarships totaling$292,000 were presented. This totalincludes the 35 scholarships — 27 MeritScholarships and eight Royalty Scholarships— that were awarded in conjunction with theSPJST Youth Program at State YouthAchievement Days. Keep in mind, this totaldoes not include the many scholarships thatwere awarded by our local lodges.

Doing Good for Each OtherWhereas Brother Horak tended to matters

of business relating to the youth program,State Fraternal Activities CoordinatorChester Jenke provided adult lodges acrossthe state with assistance in the area of officertraining, lodge development, and fraternalprogramming. Brother Jenke also organizedmany of our SPJST statewide events andcontests. SPJST is fortunate to have BrotherJenke on staff. With more than 24 years offraternal experience, he knows what he istalking about because he and his wonderful-ly creative and supportive wife, Colleen,have lived it. Thanks again to FraternalServices Specialist Tammy Martinez, whoenabled Brother Jenke to stay on the road byhandling fraternal activity administrativefunctions as well as organizing SPJSTstatewide tournaments and assisting withlocal lodge and district activities. Thanks,too, to our District Fraternal ActivitiesCoordinators as well as all of our districtofficers for the many and varied services thatthey provided to the lodges in their districts.

The idea of fraternalism — of doing goodfor each other and for our communities — isa powerful motivator once we allow the fra-ternal spirit to guide us in our mission — inour lodges, in our youth clubs, in our districtand state activities, and in the affairs of theSPJST Supreme Lodge and Home Office.

The last four years have been extremelyproductive for SPJST and for fraternalism.That’s not to say we didn’t have our chal-lenges, disagreements, and even a few rec-onciliations along the way. That’s the wayit goes with families . . . In SPJST, we are“family” if not by blood, then by commonbond. Through 110 lodges throughout thestate of Texas, SPJST offers products and

services that offer protection, that celebrateachievement, and that bring people together.Insuring and enriching lives — that’s whatwe’re about. So far, we’ve touched on a lotof areas, but you know, it represents onlypart of the big fraternal picture. That grand,panoramic image only comes into viewwhen you step back and take note of the hun-dreds of local lodge events that have takenplace over the past four years. That’s not anoverstatement.

SPJST’s weekly newspaper, Vestnik,observes its 100th anniversary in 2012. TheVestnik holds the distinction of being thenation’s only weekly fraternal publication.Look through any typical issue of the Vestnikover the last four years and what did yousee? Members doing good things for eachother and for their communities. That’s whatit’s all about.

In lodges all over the state, men, women,boys, and girls committed their time andenergy to supporting worthwhile causes.They are taking the best that SPJST has tooffer — a tradition of helping people to carefor their families — and are extending thesevalues to their communities. To name a few:Join Hands Day events, Tarok tournaments,bowling tournaments, domino tournaments,horseshoe tournaments, district meetings,fundraisers, lodge picnics, dances, turkeyshoots, stuff the bus, barbecue cookoffs, out-door extravaganzas, cemetery cleanups, carepackages for soldiers, auction sales, reverseraffles, polka festivals, lock-ins, Beseda per-formances, soup tastings, bingo games,building renovations, hall restorations, nurs-ing home visits, pull tab drives, food drives,pet food drives, clothing drives, eyeglassdrives, and dozens of drives up and down thestreets of towns and cities all over Texaspulling the SPJST floats — more than 160parade appearances over the past four years!Thank you to Vestnik Editor/Director ofCommunication Melanie Zavodny and hus-band, David Nauert, for the wonderful jobthey have done in prepping SPJST’s twofloats for presentation and for coordinatingtheir many appearances throughout the state.And, certainly, thanks to Melanie for herextraordinary communication efforts onbehalf of SPJST. A detailed summary of

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these activities appear in the PublicationCommittee Report.

In August 2011, SPJST hosted the FifthAnnual Corpus Christi Getaway Weekend.The event is getting bigger and better all thetime. More than 340 attendees enjoyed funin the sun and fraternalism with a cruisetheme. There was food, music, entertain-ment, games, and lots of kolaches—thanksto our good friends at Lodge 79, CorpusChristi. We are looking forward to hostingthe Sixth SPJST Summer Getaway August10 to 12 in Corpus Christi. This highly-anticipated event is emblematic of howSPJST’s fraternal program has evolved inorder to remain relevant in the active lives ofour members.

Fraternal OutreachOver the past four years, the SPJST

Home Office continued to show strong sup-port for a multitude of annual public events,most notably helping to sponsor such eventsas National Polka Festival in Ennis, Westfestin West, Caldwell Kolache Festival, TempleCzech Feszt, and Heritage Day at the TexasState Fair.

The Society also offered its support to anarray of cultural and heritage groups includ-ing Czech Educational Foundation of Texas(CEFT), Texans of Czech Ancestry (TOCA),Czech Heritage Society (CHS) of Texas,Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center(TCHCC) in La Grange, Czech CulturalCenter Houston, and Sokol. It was an honorfor us to work with and to be affiliated witheach of these fine organizations and the proj-ects that they championed.

I would be remiss at this point were I notto offer my thanks and appreciation to theTexas Czech Genealogical Society (TCGS)for the volunteer support that they extendedto SPJST over the past two years, especiallyas that relates to scanning back issues of theVestnik for future retrieval by our membersand others doing research. The SPJSTHome Office basement has taken on a newlife as it is now home to the TCGS’ CzechVeterans’ Wall of Honor and Czech MilitaryMuseum.

Demonstrating a strong, united fraternalfront, in May 2009, and again in May 2011,

SPJST organizers worked with other Texas-domiciled fraternal benefit societies to coor-dinate and host Legislative Awareness Weekat the Texas State Capitol in Austin, two verysuccessful events which included picnics onthe grounds of the State Capitol for state leg-islators and their staffs.

Building strong, personal relationshipswith our public officials and their staffs is animportant aspect of generating public atten-tion and support for fraternal groups and thegood work that they do. Building legislativesupport for SPJST is an idea that applies asmuch on the local lodge level as it does onthe state and national levels. Thanks to ourlodge leaders who extended invitations totheir elected officials to attend and partici-pate in SPJST lodge functions since the 2008convention.

For the past three years, SPJST has beeninvolved in raising awareness and fundingfor the November 5th, 2009 Fort HoodMemorial, a project conceived by SPJSTState Field Representative Hiram Dixon latein 2009 to pay tribute to the 12 Americansoldiers and civilian contractor gunneddown at Fort Hood on November 5, 2009.The memorial will serve to honor the vic-tims and provide a historic record of thistragedy in order to deliver a message of vig-ilance for generations to come. Theresponse to the memorial project has beengratifying as veterans groups, businesses andcivic organizations have been stepping up todonate or pledge support.

To date, more than $106,000 has beenraised for the memorial. SPJST lodgesassisting in this effort were recognized at the2012 SPJST Awards Banquet.Approximately $500,000 will be needed tobring the project to completion. Thisamount includes an endowment to be estab-lished from the funds collected to providefor the perpetual maintenance and upkeep ofthe memorial and garden. Even as SPJSTwill continue to assist in efforts to raiseawareness and funding for this project, ourHome Office emphasis in months ahead willbe on generating support for the CzechHeritage Museum and Genealogy Center inTemple and SPJST Education and NatureCenter in Fayette County.

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On a related note, the SPJST Educationand Nature Center — an independent501(c)(3) non-profit organization ordainedby the 2000 SPJST Convention — enjoyedits first full year of operations in 2011. Thatrepresented a great achievement for support-ers in that this project that had been — inone form or another — on and off the draw-ing boards for more than 48 years. Locatedin Fayette County, the project embodies theideas of wildlife preservation, conservation,and personal achievement.

Also in 2011, the SPJST Library,Archives and Museum, (Czech HeritageMuseum) — another 501(c)(3) non-profitorganization established by the 2000 SPJSTConvention — made significant strides inestablishing its base of operations at itsnewly refurbished headquarters located atthe corner of Third Street and FrenchAvenue in Temple.

Organized as a result of actions by the1956 SPJST Convention, the S.P.J.S.T. RestHomes in Taylor and Needville are also a501(c)(3) non-profit enterprise. In March2010, S.P.J.S.T. Rest Home No. 1, Tayloropened a new addition to its assisted livingaccommodations to meet the needs of itsnear-capacity resident population.

In 2011 and 2012, the SPJST SupremeLodge laid the groundwork for the establish-ment of The SPJST Foundation — a501(c)(3) non-profit enterprise, which willseek to administer to the support and devel-opment of a number of cultural, educational,and humanitarian programs and causes. Weare presently awaiting an IRS ruling on theestablishment of this far-ranging fraternalendeavor.

The word “lodge” has two meanings toSPJST members. It is both a place wherelocal SPJST meetings are held and a collec-tive term for the members who meet there.SPJST lodges help to define and convey thefraternal ideal of “doing good for each otherand for the communities that SPJST lodgesseek to serve.” A strong lodge strives tokeep members informed of the life insurancebenefits and other fraternal benefits affordedthrough membership in SPJST. What’smore, belonging to a strong lodge conveys asense of tradition and responsibility. To help

lodges achieve these worthy objectives, theSPJST Supreme Lodge has developed achecklist of 10 SPJST Model Lodge BestPractices. We are now in the introductorystages of introducing these “best practices”to our lodges.

A Positive ReflectionThe success of SPJST over the preceding

four years reflects well on everybody — ourmembers, lodge officers, district leaders,Supreme Lodge, Editor/Director ofCommunication, and Home Office staff andfield personnel. I especially want to recog-nize the tremendous dedication and workethic of my assistant, Sandra Dubcak. She’sgreat at keeping me and the FraternalDepartment on track. Her ability to effec-tively multi-task a dozen projects at a time isincredible. Also, I want to recognize HumanResources Administrator DebbieKlinkovsky for her cost-effective restructur-ing of the Society’s multiple internal insur-ance plans as well as for her devotion to mat-ters related to the personnel and benefitsarea. Finally, I want to extend my apprecia-tion to our two part-timers in the FraternalDepartment — Sister Ruth Hanusch andBrother Frank Klinkovsky — for the consci-entious job that they do in helping theFraternal Department remain responsive tothe needs and concerns of our members.Ruth is now in her 35th year of service toSPJST. Frank has been around SPJST for alifetime in positions ranging from DYC andState FAC to District Director and locallodge President. And top it off, he speaksgreat Czech as well.

As a lifelong member of SPJST, it hasbeen an honor to serve you as Presidentthese past eight years. We’ve had a great runand are on track to achieve new heights inthe years to come. With a deep awareness ofthe responsibility conferred by your trust, Ihumbly ask for your support for Presidentfor the next four years. I will continue towork hard for you as we carry our fraternalmission.

Fraternally,Brian VanicekSupreme Lodge President

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VICE PRESIDENT’SPRE-CONVENTION REPORT

Dear Members,This pre-convention report is being sub-

mitted in accordance with Article 3(d) of theBy-Laws.

It has been an extreme honor to haveserved as your vice president over the past12 years. This report summarizes and recapsthe activities and successes of the past fouryears since the 2008 convention. In 2008, Ipresented a program to the Supreme Lodgethat was adopted. It was called Celebrate‘08. The theme of this program was to cele-brate SPJST’s proud past, present, andfuture and its membership, all that SPJSToffers its members and communities acrossTexas. Our mission for this program was toincrease membership, premium income, andface amount of insurance; to enhance frater-nal and youth programs; and to foster a com-mon bond within our membership andlodges throughout Texas.

Marketing StrategyOur top priority has been and continues

to be increasing our membership and premi-um income. Our membership was declining,so we introduced an incentive program in2001. We continue to use the programtoday. This plan motivates and rewards salesagents, lodges, lodge officers, youth clubs,youth leaders, district youth counselors, andmembers. This has motivated our salesagents, youth members, lodges, and lodgeofficers to promote the program and securenew members. We have also developed newproducts that are competitive in today’smarket. In 2008, our goal was 2,345 applica-tions written. We wrote 3,562 applications.Of those, 724 were youth. Insurance writtenfor 2008 was $203,739,061 with$1,440,905.41 in premium income from lifeproducts.

In 2009, we increased the goal to 2,500which was about 5 percent more than thepreceding year. We ended with a total of1,868 applications written with 454 beingyouth. Insurance written was $107,344,023with $784,113.42 in premium income. Wefell short of our expectations by a small mar-

gin. In 2010, we achieved 1,552 applications

written. Of those, 371 were youth apps writ-ten. Insurance written was $85,148,553with $700,227.34 premium income.

In 2011, we proceeded with 1,198 appli-cations written with 241 of those beingyouth applications. Insurance written was$74,068,585 with $582,146.29 premiumincome.

In 2009 to 2011, we experienced a dropin the economy as well as suffering fromlapses of certificates which dropped our pro-duction in those three years. We are pleasedto report that we have turned around thelapse challenge, and the ratio is holding at85 percent and above. We think 2012 willshow a positive production for the year.

I recognize my field staff for a great job.Thanks to State Field RepresentativesDelisle Doherty in Districts One and Five;Hiram Dixon in District Two; Phillip McBeein District Three; Bobby G. Davis in DistrictFour; Karen Kaspar in District Six; and DonJ. Strickland in District Seven.

Thanks to the Home Office staff in theInsurance Department. They are ExecutiveAssistant to the Supreme Lodge VicePresident Cynthia Hutka, Assistant to theSupreme Lodge Vice President Lisa Mills,New Business Technician Donica Zabcik,Underwriter Doni Powell, AdministrativeSpecialist to the Insurance DepartmentSocorro Wolcott, Certificate IssueTechnician Doris Tyroch, Customer ServiceSpecialist Susan Shofner, and InsuranceTechnician Karen Franklin. These staffmembers work very hard to keep the flow ofsales going without any backlog. Memberservice is always a top priority.

I pledge to you that this commitment ofproviding benefits to our members will con-tinue to be top priority for the SPJSTInsurance Department. In closing, I wouldlike to say it has been a great 12 years serv-ing as your vice president. I feel very opti-mistic about the future of SPJST and wouldvery much like to remain a part of ourSociety’s growth and success. With this feel-ing, I ask the delegates at the 31st SPJSTconvention to re-elect me and allow me toserve you for four more years.

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If you have any questions or concerns,feel free to contact me. I will be more thanhappy to assist you.

Fraternally,Gene McBride, FICF, CFFMSupreme Lodge Vice President

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SECRETARY-TREASURER’SPRE-CONVENTION REPORT

Dear Members,The purpose of this pre-convention

report is to comply with Article 32 (g) of ourBy-Laws and to share a summary of man-agement and performance information withyou. The report will also include highlightsof selected information from our financialstatements.

I will begin by sharing an abbreviatedlisting of responsibilities and duties of theSecretary-Treasurer’s Department:

• Custody of all matters relating to invest-ment of funds of the Society including man-agement and required record keeping.Investment management is listed firstbecause of its importance in providing fundsto support the fraternal programs and activ-ities that define who we are as a Society andto fund the life insurance and annuity bene-fits for our members.

• Recording Supreme Lodge minutes andinforming membership of important conclu-sions. The publication of minutes in theVestnik is important because it is the mem-ber’s window into the meetings of theSupreme Lodge. Also recording ofInvestment Committee and officers’ meet-ing minutes and notes.

• Providing member services, administra-tion of annuities, individual retirementaccounts (IRA), certificate loans, and gener-al certificate information requests.

• Managing mortgage loan department andproviding mortgage loans for benefit of ourmembers and lodges.

• Secretary-Treasurer is responsible forresponding to correspondence not addressedto another department and attesting to allofficial documents as the corporate secre-tary.

• Supervising the Home Office buildingand all real estate belonging to the Society.

• Managing the claims department andpaying all death claims

• Filing of various compliance reports,participating in Supreme Lodge and com-mittee meetings, and various other corporateresponsibilities. Participating in manage-ment of the Society and providing goals formeeting the Society’s mission.

Although I assumed management of theSecretary-Treasurer’s position on August 1,2008, some of the information in this reportwill date back to January 1, 2008. Here is achart illustrating growth of our Societyassets.

Year Total Admitted Assets2008 $185,108,0632009 196,978,2722010 211,879,3132011 217,751,169

InvestmentsTaking over management of the assets on

August 1, 2008, the first task was beginningthe process of evaluating the Society’s port-folio of stocks and securities. Numeroussecurities were found to be in process ofdefault, and unrealized losses were identi-fied that would have to be dealt with. Thesurplus shown on the books at the beginningof 2008 was $24.2 million. By the time ofthe 2008 Convention, the economic crisiswas beginning to take its toll well before Iassumed office in August 2008. By year end2008, losses would take the surplus downfrom $24.2 million to $13.02 million asdefaulting securities were written off andimpaired securities were written down tomarket value incompliance with insuranceaccounting regulations. Even at that, therewere ailing and non-performing securitiesleft on the books to be dealt with later. Other

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matters needing resolution were fees paid tothe consultant, the custodian, and the wayour Society bought and sold securities.

I am grateful to your Supreme Lodge intheir wisdom and willingness to allow manychanges in the way we handled our invest-ments. There was immediate need for soft-ware and services to provide necessaryinvestment information to manage our port-folio. Consequently, numerous consultantsand advisors were evaluated and BuddieBallard, C.F.A. of Alpha CapitalManagement in Austin, Texas, was selected.Alpha came on board on October 1, 2008.With their assistance, we were able to enterinto a totally transparent method of buyingand selling securities and superior custodialservices. Our cost for stock trades is lessthan $10 and for bond trades, the cost is $25.

The success that we have enjoyed inturning around our finances would not havebeen possible without the wisdom and con-fidence of the Supreme Lodge in approvingthe major changes that made it possible.Their willingness to step out of the box andaccept new methods and technology hasplaced us in a very advantageous position.With the future in mind, and with the assis-tance of Mr. Ballard, we adopted a compre-hensive Investment Policy Statement (IPS)which is a living document and is reviewedin every Supreme Lodge meeting. The IPSprovides that SPJST maintains full discre-tion on sales and purchases of securities.That is, all purchases and sales of securitiesrequire SPJST approval.

Amazing Recovery and TurnaroundThe following chart illustrates an amaz-

ing turnaround:

Year Net Gain/(Loss) Surplus2008 -($9,061,065) $13,022,9482009 - (1,244,738) 13,807,5282010 1,427,704 16,185,7212011 1,228,253 16,379,403

In addition to the gains shown above,profits on bond trades have increased ourinterest maintenance reserve by over $2.5million, and these profits will be taken intoincome spread over a period of years, as pro-

vided by insurance accounting regulations.We sometimes loosely refer to the InterestMaintenance Reserve (IMR) as our “cookiejar” where we are limited in how much of thestored profit we can take out each year.

Combining profits and losses for the peri-od from year 2000 through year 2008 show asignificant average annual loss over thisperiod. A turnaround was needed, and wehave achieved this turnaround with two prof-itable years and recovering over a milliondollars per year in surplus. During 2009,profits were generated and used to liquidateimpaired or nonperforming assets and unre-alized losses. Also during 2009, we beganthe process of diversifying our securitiesamong sectors, and laddering our maturitiesto provide cash flow and liquidity.Diversification and adequate cash flow areabsolute necessities for an insurance Society.

At December 31, 2008, the market valueof our securities was over $21 million lessthan the book value. That measurement isnow reversed in that at the end of the firstquarter, the market value posted in our cus-todian account is some $4.6 million greaterthan the book value.

Simply observing history, we know thatsometime in the future, we will again expe-rience an economic downturn or some eco-nomic crisis. We have diligently labored toprepare for this by diversifying our portfo-lio, laddering our maturities to provide cashflow and improving the quality of our secu-rities. We are financially strong and readyfor what the future may bring.

Taking Care of Members—Our First Priority

Two serious irregularities were discoveredthe latter part of 2009, and the Supreme Lodgeresponse demonstrates our commitment to ourmembers. The first was my chance discoveryof a Universal Life certificate in violation ofInternal Revenue Service (IRS) guidelines dueto excessive premium deposits. This led to thesecond discovery of the fact that our Adminsystem had allowed excessive deposits to flowthrough without warning on 188 certificates.Some of the violations dated back more than20 years to 1988. SPJST sought the assistanceof a tax specialist to help us to take remedial

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action to deal with this violation. The certifi-cates were replaced, and a settlement wasnegotiated with the IRS for $1,087,106.Considering the possibilities if this would hadnot been dealt with, it is our opinion that thiswas a very favorable settlement to put thismatter behind us. Although unfortunate, theincident does demonstrate a strong commit-ment to our members. If we had not encoun-tered this extraordinary expense, our netincome for 2011 would have been more than$2.3 million.

Death Claims PaidOne of the primary reasons our members

buy life insurance is to provide funds fortheir family in the event of their death.During the past four years, the followingamounts were paid:

Number of AmountYear Certificates Paid2008 475 $2,590,4802009 657 4,222,2332010 580 3,571,2172011 600 3,447,017

What a Difference a Name MakesMy report consistently refers to SPJST as

a “Society”—and not a “company.” Why isSPJST the “light on the hill” in the AmericanFraternal Alliance? It is because we have notforgotten the reason for our existence as afraternal benefit society. It is because we onthe Supreme Lodge know that we are here toserve you and not some abstract image of a“company.” Yes, we must make prudentbusiness decisions, and we must make aprofit but our purpose must be rooted in ahigher mission and a vision to serve you bet-ter. Our everyday mission must be to remainfinancially strong for the sole purpose of ful-filling our contractual benefits to you andfunding strong fraternal programs that definewho we really are. We remain confident thatthe decisions and governance of the dele-gates will continue to provide the directionyou desire for our “Society.”

Challenges and GoalsWe experienced very strong performance

in the first quarter and expect that our March

31, 2012, quarterly report will show surplusof near $18 million. A realistic goal is toincrease surplus back to $24 million by the2016 convention.

The past three and one-half years haveseen a lot of “mopping up” problems withour Admin system. A serious goal will betraining staff to use new technology to helpus manage operating costs and at the sametime provide better service to our members.It is our goal that we will make the necessarychanges to allow our members and sales per-sonnel access to information they needonline.

It is our goal to see our A.M. Best ratingupgraded. We see a trend for continuedimprovement in our financial strength andare confident we are moving towards anupgrade in our financial rating.

In SummaryIn short, it is the duty of the Secretary-

Treasurer to manage the funds of the Societyto produce income to support our benefitobligations to our members as well as themany fraternal programs the Society pro-vides. Additionally, it is the duty of thisposition to provide the best possible serviceto our members and to oversee all adminis-trative duties in a professional manner. I feelthat I have done that and ask for your vote ofconfidence to return me to this position foranother four-year term. The fraternal mis-sion of the Society is an inseparable part ofevery decision I make and every action Itake.

During my many years of service in theSecretary-Treasurer’s Department, I haveencountered and found solutions to almostevery imaginable problem. I have experi-enced and managed the Society’s moniesthrough all kinds of economic cycles. I haveembraced and know how to adapt to and usenew technology. My bachelor of sciencedegree is augmented by a heart for our frater-nal mission.

Expression of AppreciationAppreciation and acknowledgement is

expressed to the members of my department,in alphabetical order: Margaret Campbell,Janie Coakley, Rudy Constancio, Tamara

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Gettys, Linda Hill, Ann Paruzinski, MarissaSalinas, Margaret Santana, DorothyTomasek and Carol Wolf. I appreciate themanner in which you serve our members andhow you have grown professionally. I gra-ciously thank the officers, directors,Editor/Director of Communication, and allof you who bless us with your labor of lovefor our Society and one another. Dorothyand I thank you for your friendship and hos-pitality during our many years of service.

Most of all, I thank God and give him theglory for His Blessings and all that He hasdone in leading us to victoriously meet thechallenges we have faced the past four years.

Again, I humbly ask for your support inreelecting me to the position of Secretary-Treasurer.

Fraternally yours,Leonard Mikeska, FICSupreme Lodge Secretary-Treasurer

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FINANCIAL SECRETARY’SPRE-CONVENTION REPORT

This report is submitted in accordance withArticle 3 (b) and Article 32 (g) of our 2008SPJST By-Laws.

I want to thank the Supreme Lodge forappointing me to the position of FinancialSecretary. It is an honor to be the first appoint-ed person to this position that was not previ-ously elected to this position. As the grandsonof charter members, SPJST has been impor-tant to my family since its formation.Historically, the Financial Secretary is respon-sible for all accounting functions of ourSociety.

The Society suffered under the economicdownturns of 2008 and 2009. In 2008, theSociety suffered a Net Loss from Operationsof $1,930,754 and had a capital loss of$7,143,045. This resulted in a decrease in sur-plus of $11,238,089 and a drop in our ratingby the A.M. Best Company from B+ (Good)to B (Fair). This rating reduction was a resultof our Society’s Net Loss from Operations,our high level of risk in the investment portfo-lio and the high level of capital losses.

The Society continued to suffer a Net Lossfrom Operations in 2009 of $491,559 and acapital loss of $753,179. Despite these losses,the Society was able to increase the surplus by$784,580. This is accomplished by a decreasein the risk in our portfolio. Higher risk assetsrequire higher reserves. As the risk of theportfolio declines, surplus can increase even ifthe Society suffers operating losses. Our A.M.Best rating dropped further to B-(Watch).

Certificates In Force For The Past 10 Years

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Surplus For The Past 10 Years

The Society started to recover from theselosses in 2010. The Society had a Net Gainfrom Operations of $416,903 and a capitalgain of $1,010,800. Surplus rose by$2,378,193. Our A.M. Best rating improvedto B (Stable).

These gains continued in 2011 despite anextraordinary event. The Net Gain fromOperations was $1,070,013 and the capitalgain was $221,740. Surplus rose by$193,682. It was discovered in 2010 thatguideline premium violations had occurredin the Universal Life product. SPJST wasfaced with a difficult decision. Does theSociety issue 1099s to policyholders forover 20 years of interest income thus forcingthe policyholder to file amended tax returnsand be subject to underreporting tax penal-ties? The Society chose the other optionwhich was to negotiate a payment to theInternal Revenue Service (IRS) thus sparingthe policyholder unnecessary stress. Thispayment was slightly over $1.1 million andwas a direct reduction of the Net Gain fromOperations.

Stock values declined at year-end, andthe Society recognized an unrealized loss of$2,645,461. This is a direct reduction ofsurplus. The stock market has rebounded in2012 and much of this loss will result inlarger gains in 2012. Without these twooccurrences, the Society would have had itsbest year financially in over 15 years.During the first quarter of 2012, theSociety’s Net Revenues have far exceeded

budgeted amounts and should result inimprovements in Net Gains fromOperations, capital gains, and gains in sur-plus. We hope this will improve our A.M.Best rating to B+ (Good).

The financial statement will show thatour Society has decreased our commonstock portfolio to approximately $10 millioncompared to approximately $18.8 million atthe end of 2010. We will continue to moni-tor all aspects of the Society’s operations sothat we may re-achieve our A- (Excellent)rating with A.M. Best. All official figures(accrual basis) are taken from the annualstatement as submitted to the TexasDepartment of Insurance.

Financial StatementI have submitted a financial statement of

SPJST for a four-year period, whichincludes 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. Thisfinancial statement enables you to compareassets, liabilities, net income, expense, andsurplus. I am pleased to report that assetshave increased by approximately $25.7 mil-lion over the last four years. Total liabilitieshave also increased by $33.6 million overthe last four years primarily due to theincrease in the annuity portfolio. The differ-ence is measured through surplus, and thisamount decreased by approximately $7.9million. We continue to maintain a sizeableamount in our Interest Maintenance Reserve(IMR) which amounts to approximately$4.8 million. This amount is set up as a lia-

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bility for future release to the financial state-ment provided that no losses occur to offsetthis amount. Earnings on our assets make itpossible to support our fraternal programs(including the youth program), refund tolodges, incentive awards, interest on annu-ities, and interest on universal life certifi-cates. Our spending on the fraternal pro-

grams in 2011 was over $1.8 million whichis a direct reduction on our Net Income fromOperations. We have maintained thiscourse; therefore, we were able to supportthe incentive awards program that enableslodges to receive monetary amounts basedon their production. We have also main-tained a higher level of interest on our inter-

Net Gain (Loss) From Operations

Net Income (Loss) For The Past 10 Years

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est sensitive products. My financial state-ment and graphs follow.

Refund to Local LodgesThe Supreme Lodge Officers and

Directors have continued to declare refundsto our local lodges for the past four years.This total refund for the past four years hasamounted to more than $700,000. All activelodges were paid by taking the number ofcertificates at a rate of $8.50 per certificateon premium paying certificates and $1 perpaid up certificates. All annuity certificateswere excluded. It is very important thateach local lodge increase its new insurancesales so that these programs and refundsmay continue.

Incentive Awards Program to Local Lodges

This program was started approximately16 years ago and has continued to be of agreat interest to our local lodges. This hasenabled local lodges to receive high refundsbased on their production provided thatguidelines were met. This program for thepast four years has enabled us to refundapproximately $187,000. Please make sureyour local lodge has active sales agents sothat refunds may continue.

Department of Insurance and Independent Audit

The last Texas Department of Insuranceaudit was completed for years 2004 through2008. I am pleased to report that no discrep-ancies of any magnitude were found, and nochanges were made to my financial state-ment as submitted. Our independent audit isbeing conducted by Jaynes, Reitmeier, Boyd& Therrell, P.C. for the year 2011. Thisaudit began in January with preliminarywork and should be finished by June 15,2012. The Supreme Lodge reviewed allindependent audits for years 2008, 2009,and 2010, and no discrepancies were notedor items changed. As required by stateinsurance regulations, we are required to filethese independent audits with the TexasDepartment of Insurance in Austin, Texas.Cost of these audits for the past four years

has amounted to approximately $52,825.

Data ProcessingWe continue to upgrade our equipment to

provide for the most efficient work flow andcontinue to maintain our software programswith United Systems and Software, Inc. inLake Mary, Florida. We are currently work-ing with United Systems and Software toinsure the software is operating as expectedand IBM to more fully utilize our existingequipment.

In ConclusionAt this time, I would like to thank the

dedicated employees of my department for ajob well done. All of this detailed workwould be impossible without an efficientoffice staff. My employees include DorothyStuchly, Debbie Dohnalik, Lisa Kirby, LoriSlack, Stephanie Bartose, and Susan Neal.Debbie, who is our Accounting Manager (35years of service), has enabled our Society tomaintain a high rating with her efficientwork and dedication. Lisa, my ExecutiveAssistant (20 years of service), has provenher capabilities and dedication to this posi-tion after taking over from Linda Johnson,who retired in December 2011 after 35 yearsof service. Dorothy (46 years of service),Lori (four years), Stephanie (two years), andSusan (four months) have also performedtheir duties very efficiently and havebecome valuable assets to my department. Iam very pleased that they represent me andour Society at a high level. I must not for-get the other team members of the HomeOffice. It has been a pleasure working withthe other employees and with the SupremeLodge Officers, Directors, andEditor/Director of Communication. I cer-tainly appreciate the fine cooperation eachhas displayed towards me. I’d like to tellyou that I find much pride in representingSPJST. My wife Becky, my children, and Itry our best to represent you well. We are allSPJST members.

Fraternally,Roy W. VajdakFinancial Secretary

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Ranking of Lodges According toAmount of Insurance in Forceas of 12-31-2011

Ranking Lodge No. Certificates Amount of Ins.1. 88, Houston 5,869 $55,859.431.002. 160, San Angelo 1,138 37,840,621.003. 47, Seaton 2,033 35,855,506.004. 107, Floresville 1,099 28,751,851.005. 29, Taylor 1,774 28,527,691.006. 219, El Paso 484 28,210,265.007. 79, Corpus Christi 1,390 26,885,820.008. 40, El Campo-Hillje 1,259 25,277,267.009. 49, Rowena 663 23,871.305.0010. 66, Waco 1,428 21,507,799.0011. 30, Taiton 814 21,386,719.0012. 6, Cottonwood 1,078 20,571,401.0013. 17, New Tabor 979 19,111,010.0014. 80, Holland 843 17,026,704.0015. 133, San Antonio 567 16,754,701.00

Top 15 lodges account for 43% of totalinsurance in force.

Ranking of Lodges According toNumber of Certificates in Forceas of 12-31-2011

No of Ranking Lodge No. Amount of Certs.1. 88, Houston $55,859,431.00 5,8692. 47, Seaton 35,855,506.00 2,0333. 29, Taylor 28,527,691.00 1,7744. 66, Waco 21,507,799.00 1,4285. 79, Corpus Christi 26,885,820.00 1,3906. 40, El Campo-Hillje 25,277,267.00 1,2597. 84, Dallas 14,972,613.00 1,2508. 160, San Angelo 37,840,621.00 1,1389. 107, Floresville 28,751,851.00 1,09910. 6, Cottonwood 20,571,401.00 1,07811. 25, Ennis 9,463,970.00 1,02912. 92, Fort Worth 8,355,424.00 1,01313. 24, Cyclone 16,741,701.00 98614. 17, New Tabor 19,111,010.00 97915. 172, Pasadena 12,166,471.00 913

Top 15 lodges account for 45% of totalcertificates in force.

Ranking of Lodges According toNumber of Premium-PayingCertificates in Forceas of 12-31-2011

No of Ranking Lodge No. Amount of Certs.1. 88, Houston $41,656,962.00 1,6012. 47, Seaton 30,075,604.00 8113. 79, Corpus Christi 24,797,585.00 8104. 160, San Angelo 35,805,889.00 7385. 107, Floresville 27,173,710 7376. 40, El Campo-Hillje 23,607,466.00 6857. 29, Taylor 25,191,862.00 6778. 66, Waco 19,183,487.00 6249. 6, Cottonwood 18,709,882.00 51410. 219, El Paso 28,181,850.00 48111. 49, Rowena 22,522,056.00 44212. 80, Holland 14,985,946.00 43313. 333, Group 2,160,000.00 42814. 30, Taiton 19,826,870 41915. 24, Cyclone 14,189,328 368

Top 15 lodges account for 44% of totalpremium paying insurance in force.

SPJST Financial StatementA Four-Year Comparison

Statements of Financial ConditionAssets

2008 2009 2010 2011Bonds 120,168,519 141,874,270 151,094,079 168,465,514Stocks 19,981,091 18,302,111 24,019,646 15,209,066Mortgage Loans 27,103,903 28,650,614 28,427,111 25,456,011Real Estate:

Properties occupiedby the Society 2,766,322 2,676,666 2,554,313 2,479,353Properties held forthe production ofincome - - 64,754 64,754

Certificate Loans 2,218,424 2,232,085 2,271,094 1,908,760 Cash 11,105,147 1,268,704 832,888 1,042,537

Other Assets 1,764,657 1,973,822 2,615,428 3,125,174

Totals 185,108,063 196,978,272 211,879,313 217,751,169

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Liabilities and Reserves2008 2009 2010 2011

CertificateReserves 164,893,120 171,292,790 182,225,973 189,557,036

Certificate Benefits Payable 559,358 460,791 984,848 847,935

Premiums Receivedin Advance 384,431 379,226 357,399 89,269

Interest MaintenanceReserve 2,283,132 4,549,621 4,721,419 4,854,418

Asset Valuation Reserve 749,726 3,380,733 4,276,936 2,809,143

Other AccruedLiabilities 3,215,348 3,107,579 3,127,017 3,213,965

Totals 172,085,115 183,170,740 195,693,592 201,371,766

Unassigned Funds 13,022,948 13,807,532 16,185,721 16,379,403Totals 185,108,063 196,978,272 211,879,313 217,751,169

Statement of OperationsIncome

2008 2009 2010 2011Insurance and Annuity

Premiums 12,281,553 16,272,933 20,627,087 20,808,298Net Investment

Income 7,889,909 8,600,186 9,758,692 10,221,924Amortization

of InterestMaint. Reserve 438,483 575,502 776,237 872,921

Commissions andExpense Allowance 30,339 17,129 5,925 3,620

Net RealizedCapital Gainsor (Losses) (7,143,045) (753,179) 1,010,800 221,740

Miscellaneous Income - - - 3,431

Totals 13,497,239 24,712,571 32,178,741 32,131,934

Distribution of Income2008 2009 2010 2011

Life andAnnuity Benefits 10,868,503 13,912,183 14,261,530 17,092,195

Refunds to Members 5,664 (604) 161 (206)Additions

to Reserves 5,051,814 6,399,670 10,933,183 7,331,060Operating Expenses 6,632,323 5,646,060 5,556,165 6,480,132

Totals 22,558,304 25,957,309 30,751,039 30,903,181

Net Income (9,061,065) (1,244,738) 1,427,702 1,228,753

Statement of Changesin Certificate Holders’ Surplus

2008 2009 2010 2011

Balance -Beginning 24,261,037 13,022,948 13,807,528 16.185,719

Net Income (9,061,065) (1,244,738) 1,427,702 1,228,753Changes in Unrealized

Capital Gains (+)or Losses (-) (2,177,024) 2,029,318 950,489 (1,035,069)

Balance-Ending 13,022,948 13,807,528 16,185,719 16,379,403

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REPORT OF DIRECTORSWe, the undersigned directors, examined all

income and expense in the books of theSupreme Lodge. We also examined all bonds,

preferred stock, common stock, mortgageloans, and certificate loans. This examine wasconducted on January 15, 2008. The followingis our financial report.

SPJST Supreme Lodge Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2011

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FINANCE COMMITTEE’SRECOMMENDATIONS(PRE-CONVENTION REPORT)

Recommendationsof the Finance Committeefor the 2012 Convention

Killeen, Texas

The elected representatives fromeach district had a voice in the remuner-ations and recommendations. Recom-mendations were discussed and voted onby the committee members, and themajority vote was accepted. Our meet-ings were opened to anyone interested inSPJST. Recommendations made bylodges and individuals were taken intoconsideration. After deliberating andconsulting with the Supreme LodgeOfficers and Directors andEditor/Director of Communication onthe financial status of the society, ourcommittee is pleased to present the fol-lowing recommendations and remuner-ations to the delegates of the 31st SPJSTConvention.

Remunerations and RecommendationsDelegates $220 per dayDirectors $230 per dayConvention Chairman $305 per dayConvention

Vice Chairman $275 per dayConvention Secretaries

per day includes extra hours $345 per day

Parliamentarian $230 per dayBy-Law Committee $230 per dayFinance Committee $230 per dayPublication Committee $230 per dayInsurance Committee $230 per dayMembers on All Other

Committees $230 per day Time Keeper $230 per daySergeant-at-Arms $230 per day

**Assistant Secretaries (secretary-in-training) be paid $50 per day. This is inaddition to any other remunerationreceived.

Mileage, 55 1/2 cents per mile, or theIRS adjusted rate, at time of travel for oneround trip. Mileage will be paid only tothe delegate furnishing the transportation.Delegates using commercial mode oftransportation will be reimbursed for theirexpenses not to exceed 55 1/2 cents permile, or the IRS adjusted rate, at time oftravel.

District Directors of each district willencourage delegates to minimize expensesfor the district by utilizing carpooling orbus transportation for a group. TheDistrict Director will review and approvethe delegate’s claim voucher for the districtprior to submission for payment by theSupreme Lodge.

No individual may qualify for morethan one per day “the higher per day”remuneration.

Officers and all past Officers, Directors,Editor/Director of Communication ofSPJST, and Officers and Directors of theCzech Heritage Museum and theEducation and Nature Center, who are notdelegates or paid a per day convention ratebe reimbursed meals, mileage, and lodgingand two tickets to all convention activities,effective immediately.

Standing CommitteesAfter the 2012 convention, all standing

committees shall be paid $200 per day.Additional $40 per day for chairman andsecretary of standing committees or vicechairman when acting in place of the chair-person. Committee members shall be paidfor official meetings ONLY.

The Standing Committees that meet onthe day before the convention convenes bepaid, per day, lodging for one night, andmeals, as outlined by the previous conven-tion, at the existing standing committeerate.

Other CommitteesThe Credentials Committee will be paid

for working the day before the conventionconvenes, as outlined by the previous con-vention, at the existing standing committeerate.

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Officers’ SalariesJanuary 1, 2013 to

December 31, 2013 $121,216

Compensation for 2014, 2015, and2016 to be reviewed annually by theFinance Committee.

Members of the Supreme Lodge are toassume duties August 1 in the year of theirelection. Any incumbent officers beingreplaced shall be relieved of his/her dutiesJuly 31 and be paid for the remainder ofhis/her term.

Longevity PayOfficers will be paid annually $200 for

each year of completed employment withSPJST after the 20th year of employment,and adjusted for each year of serviceadded.

A newly elected officer in the SupremeLodge will be paid 75 percent of the sched-uled salary for six months. After sixmonths, the performance will be reviewedand the salary adjusted as deemed appro-priate by the Supreme Lodge. TheSupreme Lodge will review and makeadjustments to the salary as necessary, butnot to exceed the salaries authorized by the2012 convention delegates.

Editor/Director of CommunicationJanuary 1, 2013

to December 31, 2013 $99,673

Compensation for 2014, 2015, and2016 to be reviewed annually by theFinance Committee.

Any incumbent Editor/Director ofCommunications being replaced shall berelieved of his/her duties July 31 and shallbe paid for the remainder of his/her term.

Any replacement of newly electedEditor/Director of Communication will bepaid 75 percent of the scheduled salary forsix months. After six months, the perform-ance will be reviewed and the salary adjust-ed as deemed appropriate by the SupremeLodge. The Supreme Lodge will review andmake adjustments to the salary as necessary,but not to exceed the salary authorized bythe year 2012 convention delegates.

DirectorsJanuary 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 $29,029

Compensation for 2014, 2015, and2016 to be reviewed annually by theFinance Committee.

Any incumbent District Director beingreplaced shall be relieved of his/her dutiesJuly 31 and be paid for the remainder ofhis/her term.

In addition to the annual salary,Directors will be paid $200 per day forattending Supreme Lodge meetings, and bepaid $100 per evaluation, including finalevaluations on real estate, plus mileage at55 1/2 cents per mile, or IRS rate at time oftravel, lodging, and cost of meals, not toexceed $25 per day.

The salary includes delivery of scholar-ships and insurance policies, attending lodgemeetings within the district, District YouthAchievement Day, etc., workshops, and allother duties performed for the Society.

District Youth Counselors$200 per day, and all assistants, as out-

lined by the By-Laws, be paid $120 perday, mileage 55 1/2 cents per mile, or IRSrate at time of travel, lodging, and actualcost of meals not to exceed $25 per daywhile on duty. Any other reimbursementswill be recommended to and approved bythe Supreme Lodge.

Youth DepartmentAuthorize the Supreme Lodge to pro-

vide quarterly reimbursements of $2 peryouth to the local lodge youth clubs.

Annual allocations of $142 for eachcamper attending camp for 2012. Thesefunds are to be used exclusively for theyouth. The Finance Committee will reviewthe allocation for 2013, 2014, and 2015 atthe annual meeting. All funds are to beaccounted for and audited by the DistrictAudit Committee and a report given at theDistrict Spring Meeting. The audit (incomeand expense) must be filed with theSupreme Lodge President within 30 daysafter the audit. The District YouthCounselor and District Audit Committee

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must see that the report is filed. Anyunused revenue is to be placed in theDistrict Youth Fund.

Authorize the Supreme Lodge to con-tribute to the district $1.10 per year forevery insured member who has attained theage of 16 years. This amount must be forthe benefit of the youth.

District Fraternal Activities Coordinators

$100 per day and 55 1/2 cents per mile,or IRS adjusted rate at time of travel, lodg-ing, and actual cost of meals not to exceed$25 per day while on duty. Any other reim-bursements will be recommended by thePresident of the Society and approved bythe Supreme Lodge. Example: Districtteams to state tournaments.

EducationCzech Language Education Fund:

$2,500 annual allocation to institutionsteaching the Czech language, with or with-out credit.

Education and Nature CenterThe Finance Committee recommends a

contribution sufficient to cover delinquentinterest through 2012. The FinanceCommittee will review annually and makerecommendations for 2013, 2014, and2015.

Czech Heritage MuseumThe Finance Committee recommends a

contribution sufficient to cover delinquentinterest through 2012. In addition, a$50,000 contribution for the year 2012,thereafter to be reviewed annually by theFinance Committee.

Rest Homes$2,500 per year, per rest home. The

funds are to be placed in the Rest HomeCharity fund. Those funds are to be for therest home residents. $1,500 annual alloca-tion to the S.P.J.S.T. Assisted LivingHome. These funds must be used for resi-dents of the Assisted Living Home.

Scholarship FundAuthorize the Supreme Lodge to con-

tribute $40,000 per year to the ScholarshipFund, $7,000 of the $40,000 per year to gointo the SPJST Scholarship Endowment Fund.

Other Recommendations(1) Officers, Directors, Editor/Director ofCommunication, members on the StandingCommittees, and other authorized personnelusing a personal car for the use of theSociety work, and are authorized to travelfor the society, be paid 55 1/2 cents per mile,or the IRS adjusted rate at time of travel.

(2) Officers and Directors should not bepaid a bonus until the Earned Surplusreaches the $24 million level.

(3) $3,000 annual allocation for theupkeep of the SPJST cemeteries, and givethe authority to disburse and administerthese funds to the Supreme Lodge.

(4) Authorize the Supreme Lodge to reim-burse hosting entities for pre-conventionactivities and refreshments during the con-vention. Arrangements will be coordinatedwith the Supreme Lodge.

(5) $1,500 annual allocations to the CzechHeritage Society of Texas (for the purposeof printing and mailing the Cesky Hlasnewsletter to members of the society).

(6) $1,500 annual allocations to theAmerican Sokol Organization, SouthernDistrict. This money cannot be used forlegal services or litigation.

(7) A one-time contribution to the TexasCzech Genealogical Society (TCGS) in theamount of $10,000 for their assistance withthe Vestnik archiving project.

(8) Delegates and all other parties underremunerations and recommendations getpaid for the actual days of the convention,not to exceed three days.

(9) Per diems as authorized elsewhere inthis recommendation should only be paid

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one-half of the per diem if away from theirhome base for less than four hours.

Respectfully Submitted:Finance Committee Members2012 SPJST ConventionKilleen, Texas

Herman D. Weise, Chairman (District Four)

Michael Galler, Vice Chairman(District Three)

Marceil Malak, Secretary(District Five)

Thomas Cannon (District One)Edwin Pechal (District Two)Glenn Kaminsky (District Six)Roy Haag (District Seven)

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RECOMMENDATIONS OF THEFINANCE COMMITTEE AS ADOPTEDFOR THE 2012 CONVENTION,KILLEEN, TEXAS

Recommendations of the Finance Committee

for the 2012 ConventionKilleen, Texas

The following is a summary of remuner-ations which were approved by delegates tothe 31st SPJST Convention.

Remunerationsand RecommendationsDelegates $220 per dayDirectors $230 per dayConvention Chairman $305 per dayConvention

Vice Chairman $275 per dayConvention Secretaries

Includes Extra Hours $345 per dayParliamentarian $230 per dayBy-Law Committee $230 per dayFinance Committee $230 per dayPublication Committee $230 per dayInsurance Committee $230 per dayMembers on All Other

Committees $230 per day Time Keeper $230 per daySergeant-at-Arms $230 per day

**Assistant Secretaries (secretary-in-training) be paid $50 per day. This is inaddition to any other remunerationreceived.

Mileage, 55 1/2 cents per mile, or the IRSadjusted rate, at time of travel for one roundtrip. Mileage will be paid only to the delegatefurnishing the transportation. Delegatesusing commercial mode of transportation willbe reimbursed for their expenses not toexceed 55 1/2 cents per mile, or the IRSadjusted rate, at time of travel.

District Directors of each district willencourage delegates to minimize expensesfor the district by utilizing carpooling or bustransportation for a group. The DistrictDirector will review and approve the dele-gate’s claim voucher for the district prior tosubmission for payment by the SupremeLodge.

No individual may qualify for more thanone per day “the higher per day” remunera-tion.

Officers and all past Officers, Directors,Editor/Director of Communication ofSPJST, and Officers and Directors of theCzech Heritage Museum and the Educationand Nature Center, who are not delegates orpaid a per day convention rate be reim-bursed meals, mileage, and lodging and twotickets to all convention activities. Effectiveimmediately.

Standing CommitteesAfter the 2012 convention, all standing

committees shall be paid $200 per day.Additional $40 per day for chairman andsecretary of standing committees or vicechairman when acting in place of the chair-person. Committee members shall be paidfor official meetings ONLY.

The Standing Committees that meet onthe day before the convention convenes bepaid, per day, lodging for one night, andmeals, as outlined by the previous conven-tion, at the existing standing committee rate.

Other CommitteesThe Credentials Committee will be paid

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vention, at the existing standing committeerate.

Officers’ SalariesJanuary 1, 2013 to

December 31, 2013 $121,216

Compensation for 2014, 2015, and 2016to be reviewed annually by the FinanceCommittee. (No more than a 6 percentincrease annually.)

Members of the Supreme Lodge are toassume duties August 1 in the year of theirelection. Any incumbent officers beingreplaced shall be relieved of his/her dutiesJuly 31 and be paid for the remainder ofhis/her term.

Longevity PayOfficers will be paid annually $200 for

each year of completed employment withSPJST after the 20th year of employment,and adjusted for each year of service added.

A newly elected officer in the SupremeLodge will be paid 75 percent of the sched-uled salary for six months. After six months,the performance will be reviewed and thesalary adjusted as deemed appropriate bythe Supreme Lodge. The Supreme Lodgewill review and make adjustments to thesalary as necessary, but not to exceed thesalaries authorized by the 2012 conventiondelegates.

Editor/Director of CommunicationJanuary 1, 2013

to December 31, 2013 $99,673

Compensation for 2014, 2015, and 2016to be reviewed annually by the FinanceCommittee. No more than a 6 percentincrease annually.

Any incumbent Editor/Director ofCommunications being replaced shall berelieved of his/her duties July 31 and shallbe paid for the remainder of his/her term.

Any replacement of newly electedEditor/Director of Communication will bepaid 75 percent of the scheduled salary forsix months. After six months, the perform-ance will be reviewed and the salary adjust-ed as deemed appropriate by the Supreme

Lodge. The Supreme Lodge will review andmake adjustments to the salary as necessary,but not to exceed the salary authorized bythe year 2012 convention delegates.

DirectorsJanuary 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 $29,029

Compensation for 2014, 2015, and 2016to be reviewed annually by the FinanceCommittee.

Any incumbent District Director beingreplaced shall be relieved of his/her dutiesJuly 31 and be paid for the remainder ofhis/her term.

In addition to the annual salary, Directorswill be paid $200 per day for attendingSupreme Lodge meetings, and be paid $100per evaluation, including final evaluationson real estate, plus mileage at 55 1/2 centsper mile, or IRS rate at time of travel, lodg-ing, and cost of meals, not to exceed $25 perday.

The salary includes delivery of scholar-ships and insurance policies, attendinglodge meetings within the district, DistrictYouth Achievement Day, etc., workshops,and all other duties performed for theSociety.

District Youth Counselors$240 per day, and all assistants, as outlined

by the By-Laws, be paid $180 per day,mileage 55 1/2 cents per mile, or IRS rate attime of travel, lodging, and actual cost ofmeals not to exceed $25 per day while onduty. Any other reimbursements will be rec-ommended to and approved by the SupremeLodge.

Youth DepartmentAuthorize the Supreme Lodge to provide

quarterly reimbursements of $2 per youth tothe local lodge youth clubs.

Annual allocations of $142 for eachcamper attending camp for 2012. Thesefunds are to be used exclusively for theyouth. The Finance Committee will reviewthe allocation for 2013, 2014, and 2015 atthe annual meeting. All funds are to beaccounted for and audited by the District

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Audit Committee and a report given at theDistrict Spring Meeting. The audit (incomeand expense) must be filed with theSupreme Lodge President within 30 daysafter the audit. The District Youth Counselorand District Audit Committee must see thatthe report is filed. Any unused revenue is tobe placed in the District Youth Fund.

Authorize the Supreme Lodge to con-tribute to the district $1.10 per year forevery insured member who has attained theage of 16 years. This amount must be for thebenefit of the youth.

District Fraternal Activities Coordinators

$100 per day and 55 1/2 cents per mile,or IRS adjusted rate at time of travel, lodg-ing, and actual cost of meals not to exceed$25 per day while on duty. Any other reim-bursements will be recommended by thePresident of the Society and approved bythe Supreme Lodge. Example: Districtteams to state tournaments.

EducationCzech Language Education Fund:

$2,500 annual allocation to institutionsteaching the Czech language, with or with-out credit.

Education and Nature CenterThe Finance Committee recommends a

contribution sufficient to cover delinquentinterest through 2012. The FinanceCommittee will review annually and makerecommendations for 2013, 2014, and 2015.

Czech Heritage MuseumThe Finance Committee recommends a

contribution sufficient to cover delinquentinterest through 2012. In addition, a$50,000 contribution for the year 2012,thereafter to be reviewed annually by theFinance Committee.

Rest Homes$2,500 per year, per rest home. The

funds are to be placed in the Rest HomeCharity fund. Those funds are to be for therest home residents. $1,500 annual alloca-tion to the S.P.J.S.T. Assisted Living Home.

These funds must be used for residents ofthe Assisted Living Home.

Scholarship FundAuthorize the Supreme Lodge to con-

tribute $40,000 per year to the ScholarshipFund, $7,000 of the $40,000 per year to gointo the SPJST Scholarship EndowmentFund.

Other Recommendations(1) Officers, Directors, Editor/Director ofCommunication, members on the StandingCommittees, and other authorized person-nel using a personal car for the use of theSociety work, and are authorized to travelfor the society, be paid 55 1/2 cents permile, or the IRS adjusted rate at time oftravel.

(2) Officers and Directors should not bepaid a bonus until the Earned Surplus reach-es the $24 million level.

(3) $4,500 annual allocation for the upkeepof the SPJST cemeteries, a maximum of$500 per cemetery, and give the authority todisburse and administer these funds to theSupreme Lodge.

(4) Authorize the Supreme Lodge to reim-burse hosting entities for pre-conventionactivities and refreshments during the con-vention. Arrangements will be coordinatedwith the Supreme Lodge.

(5) $1,500 annual allocation to the CzechHeritage Society of Texas (for the purposeof printing and mailing the Cesky Hlasnewsletter to members of the society).

(6) $1,500 annual allocation to the Amer-ican Sokol Organization, Southern District.

(7) A one-time contribution to the TexasCzech Genealogical Society (TCGS) in theamount of $10,000 for their assistance withthe Vestnik archiving project.

(8) Delegates and all other parties underremunerations and recommendations getpaid for the actual days of the convention.

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(9)Per diems as authorized elsewhere in thisrecommendation should only be paid one-half of the per diem if away from their homebase for less than four hours.

Respectfully Submitted:Finance Committee Members2012 SPJST ConventionKilleen, Texas

Herman D. Weise, Chairman (District Four)

Michael Galler, Vice Chairman(District Three)

Marceil Malak, Secretary(District Five)

Thomas Cannon (District One)Edwin Pechal (District Two)Glenn Kaminsky (District Six)Roy Haag (District Seven)

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INSURANCE COMMITTEE REPORTThe Insurance Committee met on January

7, 2012, and extensively reviewed informa-tion, operation, and goals of the InsuranceDepartment. The Insurance Committee foundthat the SPJST Insurance Department is man-aged well, functioning in an efficient manner,and setting and reaching its goals in insurancesales and retention of policies.

The Insurance Committee acknowledgesthat our membership drives have fallen shortof the goals set by the Insurance Departmentmostly due to the current economic status ofour country. The Insurance Committee com-mends Supreme Lodge Vice President GeneMcBride and the entire sales force for contin-uing to set high goals and diligently workingto meet these goals for the last three years.The Insurance Committee supports newinsurance products brought on board, includ-ing the Estate Builder plan and realizes theneed to remain competitive in the insurancemarket.

The Insurance Committee realizes theneed for working on the underfundedUniversal Life policies and understands thatsoftware issues were mainly responsible fornot recognizing that these policies were notgoing to be funded properly when written.We are pleased to announce that software isnow installed that catches these sorts of prob-lems prior to issue. The InsuranceCommittee also realizes that the reason mostof the ULs are underfunded is due to themember taking out policy loans and not pay-ing them back, making cash value with-drawals, and missing premium paymentsover the life of the policy.

The Insurance Committee recognizes theefforts of the Insurance Department in train-ing new sales agents and keeping our presentsales force educated. We realize this is a com-bined effort of the Supreme Lodge VicePresident and the presence of state field rep-resentatives throughout the state.

The Insurance Committee acknowledgesthe need for improved member servicethroughout our organization. We realize thatthere needs to be a method for tracking con-tacts to our present membership and thatsales agents need to be offered some type ofincentive for making these periodic contacts

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to our membership. We also realize that serv-icing our current membership is an excellentway to sell new insurance policies to familymembers of our current members.

The following by-law change was pro-posed to the By-Law Committee:

Article 37(c) Delete second sentence to end of para-graph. Add: Must notify the local lodge officers ofthe appointment of a new sales agent for thatlodge.Add: (d) Administers sales agents contractsand insures that duties and responsibilities incontract are fulfilled.

Reason: Most of Article 37 (c) deals withsales agents’ responsibilities, and Article 37 isdetailing duties of Vice President. Duties ofsales agents are outlined in agent contractsand should not be part of our by-laws.

Fraternally submitted, Insurance CommitteeSusan Skrabanek, Chairman

District One Jerome Hlavaty, Vice Chairman

District Six Helen Hegwood, Secretary

District FiveDolores Skrabanek

District Two Daniel Roznovsky

District Three Leonard Jansa

District Four Wendy Pruski

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PUBLICATION COMMITTEE”SPRE-CONVENTION REPORT

This is a report of the PublicationCommittee for the past four years. The 30thSPJST Convention in Killeen in 2008elected the following mem bers to thePublication Committee:

District One - Floyd KostelkaDistrict Two - Tammy Whatley

District Three - Bessie PetrDistrict Four - Sharon HohmannDistrict Five - Lorenda Baldwin

District Six - Helen KelnerDistrict Seven - Jarolyn Popp

Following the 2008 Convention, theCommittee elected the following officers:

Chairman - Jarolyn PoppVice Chairman - Bessie Petr

Secretary - Helen Kelner

The 2008 Convention elected VestnikEditor/Director of Communication MelanieZavodny. The Publication Committee metin 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 with theEditor and, on occasion, with SupremeLodge members, to evaluate pastperformance and to make recommendationsfor improv ing organizationalcommunications. Also, on a regular and asneeded basis, the Vestnik Editor/Director ofCommunication consulted with thePublication Committee on mat ters pertainingto organizational com munications.

Editor’s DutiesDuring the past four years, the duties of

the Vestnik Editor/ Director ofCommunication consist ed of editing theVestnik and assisting the Supreme Lodge ina variety of capacities, including thepromotion of fraternal and youth activities,life insurance programs, and the mortgagelending program. The Editor's duties alsoincluded the development of printedmaterials, including newsletters, flyers,brochures, and advertisements for Societymarket ing and promotions. TheCommunication Department carried outapproximately 40 annual lodge and youthclub mailouts each year. Other printedcommunication proj ects that the Editor

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completed includ ed the annual calendar,Youth Spectacular, SPJST Excellence salesagent newsletters (through 2009), MemberServices Directory, SPJST ConventionSouvenir Book, and membership campaignpromotional materials. As a matter ofroutine, the Editor repre sented the Society atvarious SPJST and member-related activitiesincluding heritage and cultural events —throughout the state.

A 700-page cookbook—SPJST TastyTraditions—featuring 1,400 recipes wascompiled, designed, and edited in 2011 bythe Vestnik/ Communication Department.

SPJST WebsiteAdditionally, the Vestnik Editor/Director

of Communication was responsible fordesigning and creat ing the SPJST website atwww.spjst.org. The site featuresdownloadable forms; event information,online registra tion, and photos; SPJSThistorical data; and The SPJST Store forordering SPJST merchan dise. The websiteis updated several times per week. An onlinearchives has been established that includespast tournament winners, district kings andqueens, and top sales win ners. Future plansinclude district adult pages (for fall/springmeetings information, etc.); district youthpages (for YAD, camp, activity,information); sales agent pages (includingcontact infor mation); and lodge pages.

Social MediaThe Editor introduced SPJST to social

media by establishing presences onFacebook, Twitter, and You Tube.Video projects that the Editor completedincluded the annual state youth video, StateYouth Achievement Day videos, AmericanFraternal Alliance National Fraternalist ofthe Year videos in 2009 and 2010, and otherSPJST promotional video proj ects.

Events, Orel, FloatsIn addition, the Editor coordinated the

Orel Buck program and assisted withorganizing and coordinating events such asthe annual SPJST Awards Banquet,Bloomin’ Temple SPJST Car Show, andState Youth Achievement Day. The Editor

and the Communication Department wereresponsible for Orel, the SPJST mas cot, andall of Orel’s appearances across the state.This included sched uling and coordinatingthe live, cos tumed mascot and the 20-footinflat able mascot at various events. TheEditor’s duties also included all aspects ofthe two SPJST Floats. Through the effectiveuse of volunteers, the Editor has designedand developed numer ous float themes duringthe past four years. The floats appear inmore than 40 parades each year. The Editorscheduled the floats in parades work ing withlodges and youth clubs throughout the state.She also coordi nated drivers to deliver thefloats to parades and, again, working withvol unteers, oversaw the floats’ repair andmainte nance.

“The Voice of Our Membersand SPJST”

The Vestnik continues to be the voice ofour members and SPJST. The delegates atthe 2004 Convention approved printing theweekly Vestnik in full color. The page counthas increased due to an increase insubmissions from lodges and youth clubsand statewide activi ties. The average pagecount per week in 2012 is 31 pages. Theaverage number of Vestnik subscriptionscurrently being mailed out are 10,008. The2012 Vestnik cost is an average of 21 centsfor printing each issue and 24 cents formailing each issue. This amounts to about45 cents per Vestnik—or the same cost as onepostage stamp.

100th AnniversaryThe Vestnik is observing its 100th year in

2012. To recognize this significantmilestone and to preserve SPJST’s history,the Vestnik/ Communication Departmentpartnered with Texas Czech GenealogicalSociety (TCGS) to scan all available pastVestniks from 1912 through 2004. SPJST isproviding the scanners, and TCGS isproviding the volunteers. TCGS membershave worked hundreds of hours scanning theVestniks and checking the scans for accuracy.Upon project completion, the archivedVestniks will be stored in a permanent,searchable online database.

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$10,000 Donation to TCGSThe Publication Committee is asking that

delegates consider donating $10,000 toTexas Czech Genealogical Society (TCGS)as a token of appreciation for their countlesshours of work towards the Vestnik archivingproject (which is a savings of more than$500,000 to SPJST). We believe $10,000 isa very small token of appreciation forTCGS’ generous volunteer efforts in makingthis project a reality. We are confident thatthis project will connect generations andprovide valuable historical research forSPJST and genealogical data for families.Your consideration of this contribution toTexas Czech Genealogical Society is greatlyappreciated.

Appreciation and ThanksThe Publication Committee expresses its

sincere thanks and appreciation to TempleDaily Telegram, which has printed theVestnik since 2005. The relationshipbetween SPJST and the Temple DailyTelegram has always been very friendly. Inher annual presentations to the PublicationCommittee, the Vestnik Editor/ Director ofCommunication has consistently given themanagement and personnel at Temple DailyTelegram high marks for theirprofessionalism. The Vestnik andCommunication Department currentlyincludes two full-time individuals — Editor/Director of Communication Zavodny andCommunication Assistant Katherine Morris.Adult lodge and youth club correspondentsand mem bers provide a never-ending flowof lodge news, photos, feature ideas, andother communication projects.

In 2010, Melanie was honored by theAmerican Fraternal Alliance with theprestigious Marcia D. Heywood MemorialFraternal Communications Award. TheEditor currently serves on the AmericanFraternal Alliance Fraternal andCommunications Section Advisory Council.

The Publication Committee expresses itsthanks and vote of con fidence to VestnikEditor/Director of Communication MelanieZavodny for a job well done in leading theVestnik and Communication Department tonew levels. We also recognize the Supreme

Lodge for the initiatives that have beenimplemented. We express thanks to ourlodge and youth club correspondents fortheir input over the years and to all of ourmembers who are helping to spread the goodword about SPJST. Even with theconsiderable efforts that have been made inthe communica tion area, we believe thatmany excit ing communication and growthopportunities exist for SPJST. Best wishesfor a successful conven tion.

Fraternally submitted,Jarolyn Popp, Chairman

District SevenBessie Petr, Vice Chairman

District ThreeHelen Kelner, Secretary

District SixFloyd Kostelka

District OneTammy Whatley

District TwoSharon Hohmann

District FourLorenda Baldwin

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RESOLUTION COMMITTEE’S REPORT

Whereas, the undersigned members of theResolution Committee, for and on behalf ofthe entire delegation, convened in Killeen,Texas, on June 10, 2012, at the 31st SPJSTConvention, wish to express its appreciationto those persons responsible for making theConvention a pleasant and productive gather-ing.

Now, therefore, be it resolved that thedelegation extends its sincere thanks to:

1.`The 31st Convention of the SPJST wascalled to order by Supreme Lodge PresidentBrian Vanicek (24) at 8:30 a.m. SPJSTDistrict Four Director Billy Rollwitz (49)and Jerry Sijansky (79) posted the colors.Eleven-year-old Amya Rodriguez (24) sangthe National Anthem and Brother Fred Buri(88) sang the Czech National Anthem, KdeDomov Muj? Bessie Petr (84) led thePledge of Allegiance to the Flag. SPJSTSecretary-Treasurer Leonard Mikeska (200)offered a convention prayer. SupremeLodge Chairman Donnie Victorick (9)issued words of welcome to the delegation.

2. We recognize the Vestnik’s 100thanniversary and the SPJST’s 115thanniversary in 2012.

3. City of Killeen Mayor Dan Corbinwelcomed everyone to the City and issueda proclamation naming June 11, 12 and 13,2012 as “SPJST Days.”

4. Supreme Lodge officers and members whogave of their time in getting the Conventionunderway.

5. Thanks to Melanie Zavodny (246) for anexcellent job on the Convention ProgramBook and many well wishers whopurchased advertisements as well as thoseorganizations that sent letters ofcommendation.

6. Howdy Party, Sunday evening, June 10,2012, at the Killeen Civic and ConventionCenter (KCCC). The SPJST Lodge 88,Houston Czech Concert Orchestra of

Houston was sponsored by Bailey, Ramseyand Associates, Inc., Actuaries.

7. Supreme Lodge President Brian Vanicek(24) for officially convening the 31st SPJSTConvention.

8. Thanks to Supreme Lodge Vice PresidentGene Mcbride (200) for the kolachesprovided on Monday, June 11 and MelanieZavodny (246) for the daily goodies placedon the tables for each delegate. Thanks toSupreme Lodge President Brian Vanicek(24) for the kolaches provided Tuesday, June12 and Supreme Lodge Secretary-TreasurerLeonard Mikeska(200) for the kolachesprovided Wednesday, June 13, 2012.

9. Donnie Victorick (9), ConventionChairman; Leonard Jansa (160), ViceChairman; Convention Secretaries;Parliamentarian; and the CommitteeMembers for their work, participation, andguidance during the deliberations.

10.We would like to recognize the youngestdelegate, age 23, Kyle Skrabanek (17) andthe oldest delegate, age 89, LeanderPflughaupt (88). The average age of thedelegates is 64 years of age. FrankKlinkovsky (47) as an honorary DistrictDirector. The delegates who are multi-generational in addition to those attendingwith siblings. The delegates that haveattended the previous conventions withFrank Klinkovsky (47) who attended thepast 14 conventions. We would like torecognize Appa Hargiss (154), who at theage of five, represented SPJST on a Dr.Pepper can and who was now present as adelegate at this convention.

11.We would like to recognize the display ofCzech Heritage Museum, Texas CzechGenealogical Society; SPJST Educationand Nature Center at Cooper Farm; and TheSPJST Store.

12.“Let Us Do the Cooking” for providinglunches every day during the Convention;also for the formal banquet, Tuesday night,June 12.

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13.Supreme Lodge Secretary-TreasurerLeonard Mikeska (200) and Shilo Inn forthe buffet breakfasts from 6 to 8 a.m.

14.Special guests at the banquet were guestspeaker Chancellor for Texas A&MUniversity John Sharp (97). Kirk Gravely,Tom Pyle, and Darin Muse from Bailey,Ramsey and Associates; specialentertainment by the Fritz Hodde Bandsponsored by Bailey, Ramsey andAssociates held on Tuesday night, June 12;RVOS Farm Mutual President WileyShockley and wife, Mary; KJZT StatePresident Loretta Stahl; KJT PresidentChris Urban; Texas Czech Heritage andCultural Center President Retta Chandlerand husband, Charles; Czech EducationalFoundation of Texas Chairman ClintonMachann and wife, Ginny; HonoraryConsul General of the Czech Republic forthe State of Texas Ray Snokhous and wife,Clarice; Jaynes, Reitmeier, Boyd andTherrell, PC - Jim Therrell and wife, Johna;Texans of Czech Ancestry President ArleneL. Cloyed and husband, Alan; CzechHeritage Society of Texas Chairman of theBoard Jean Blaha Davis and husband,Waymond; 2011 State King Robert Lewis(9) and family; 2011 State Queen AlyssaTorres (48) and family; Czech HeritageSociety of Texas President Phyllis Teykland husband, Tom; SPJST Education andNature Center President Donnie Howardand wife, April; Temple College PresidentDr. Glenda Barron; Bessie Petr (84)received her 60 years of recognition asyouth leader/District Youth Counselor; pastSPJST Legal Advisor Drew Popelka (47)and daughter; and Reverend DeniseMikeska, senior pastor of Seaton BrethrenChurch, for the invocation at banquet.

15.Hiram Dixon (87) addressed the Fort HoodNovember 5th, 2009 Memorial Project.

16.The Convention recognized all Veterans,who spoke of their military positions.Supreme Lodge Secretary-TreasurerLeonard Mikeska, who was one of theVeterans recognized, led us in prayer. TheDelegate Veterans led us in the Pledge of

Allegiance.

17.Sammy Hoggard (202) for reading thewinning Flag Day Essay.

18.The Resolution Committee thanks theHome Office staff and everyone else for theirprofessional service.

19. The delegates for moving the SPJST to anew level of professionalism and fraternalism.

Fraternally submitted,Lynda Novak (84), ChairmanDebbie Kprec (30)Sharon Kaderka (29)

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RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CONVENTION ORDER COMMITTEE31ST CONVENTIONCONVENTION ORDER COMMITTEE

(a) Morning sessions shall begin at 8:00 a.m.each morning and the convention will con-tinue until 5:30 p.m. each afternoon, with15 minute intermissions at about 10:00 a.m.and 3:30 p.m. (except Tuesday which willbe at 3:00 p.m.) and a lunch break from 12noon until 1:00 p.m. A caterer will servefood and tickets should have been pur-chased prior to the convention. Ticketsshould be in your registration packet.

(b) No person shall speak to a motion or anissue more than once, and not more thanthree minutes, except that a proponent of amotion may have a three minute rebuttal.Extensions of time may be granted onlywith permission of a majority of the dele-gates present and such extension will not befor more than another three minutes.

(c) The Chairman of the Convention shall havethe right to dismiss the afternoon sessionsearly if he deems necessary due to eveningactivities. He shall have the right to extendthe time of recess beyond 5:30 p.m. in theevent that a need arises. He shall have theright to call an evening session of the con-vention if he determines it necessary for itscompletion. An appropriate dinner breakwill be provided for the delegates.

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(d) No written material will be distributed tothe delegates in the convention unless it issigned by the individual who distributed thematerial.

(e) If delegates decide to leave the conventionprior to its adjournment they will be deduct-ed one full day’s allocation for attending theconvention.

(f) All other matters shall be governed by theBy-Laws and Robert’s Rules of Ordernewly Revised.

(g) Nominations for officers of the SupremeLodge will be made by the following proce-dure:“I (name) Lodge (number) nominate (nameof candidate) for the office (state name ofoffice.)”No second is required.There will be no speeches.

(h) If more than two individuals are nominatedand no one receives a majority of votes, thetwo nominees receiving the largest numberof votes will be the nominees for a runoffelection.

(i) Current Standing Committee members whoare not delegates are requested to sit at thetables provided.

(j) Visitors and leaders of other societies willbe recognized at the Tuesday evening ban-quet but shall not speak.

(k) Per the By-Laws Article 12(j), the nextConvention will be held in or near a cityselected by this convention.

(l) A copy of every written report shall begiven to the convention secretaries immedi-ately after the report is made to the conven-tion.

(m) When the By-Laws are being considered,the action taken will be shown in the min-utes using the words as shown on the coversheet of the By-Laws Recommendationbooklet.

(n) Delegates are encouraged to speak and tomake their views known to the deliberativeassembly.

CONVENTION ORDER COMMITTEEPROCEDURE FOR VOTE BY BALLOT

In all elections where there is more than onenominee for the office (whether in the conven-tion or in the district caucus), the vote will be

by ballot.The election teller members will be fur-

nished with ballot boxes that each delegate foreach district will individually deposit ballotsinto.

The election teller is responsible to see thateach delegate deposits only one ballot in theballot box. The delegates will be instructed tofold each only one time.

The Chairman of the election tellers willassure that all procedures are completely car-ried out. Any election teller will immediatelyreport problems to the Chairman of the electiontellers. If a problem arises that cannot beresolved, the Convention chairman will becalled on for assistance.

No person other than the teller committeemembers may be present in the room or withinhearing distance of the room where the tellersare working.

Election tellers will sign the attached oathor affirmation and turn in to the ConventionChairman.

Election tellers agree to treat as confidentialhow every delegate voted not to divulge, com-ment on or otherwise make known how anydelegate voted and to not permit anyone who isnot a delegate to be in the room where ballotsare tabulated.

In a contested election, if the differenceeach candidate received is less than 10 percent,the tellers will automatically do a recount ofthe ballots.

A. CONVENTION

In votes by ballot, the delegates will use theofficial beige ballot furnished in the conven-tion packet.

When the delegates have concluded voting,the teller for each district will personally carrythe voting box to each delegate and each indi-vidual ballot will be deposited by each delegatein the district in the voting box.

After everyone has voted, the electiontellers will go to their designated room and thefollowing procedures will be followed:

The ballot box for District One will beopened and there will be one election tellerwho will call the vote. Three election tellerswill serve as observer of the caller and willclosely observe the caller and the ballot that is

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being called.There will be two election tellers to serve as

tabulators who are seated at least ten feet apartwho will each tabulate the vote.

When the votes are completed for DistrictOne, the votes will be totaled and both talliescompared to be sure the tallies agree.

The same procedures will be followed untilall the votes for the other districts in numericalorder have been tabulated and agree in a likematter.

The overall vote will then be arrived at andreturned in the usual manner to the ConventionChairman and signed by all election tellers.

B. DISTRICT CAUCUS

The District Director convenes the caucus.

C. DISTRICT ELECTIONS

1. The election teller for the convention thatwas selected from the district will serve aschairman of the tellers for the caucus andbrings the district voting box to the caucus.2. In the event that more than one person isnominated for the district chairman and/ormore than one person is nominated for the dis-trict secretary, then the general teller shallappoint four temporary tellers from the dele-gates in that district to tabulate the votes in theelection of the caucus chairman and/or caucussecretary.3. The elected permanent caucus chairmanand the elected caucus secretary for the district(both of whom are elected in this conventiondistrict caucus) will each appoint two caucustellers. (This makes a total of five electiontellers for each district.)4. If more tellers are needed, the caucus chair-man can select up to six (6) more delegates toserve as tellers and the caucus secretary mustselect up to the same number of delegates aswas selected by the caucus chairman to serveas tellers.5. Each position and substitute specified inArticle 45(g) will be elected preceding the nextposition. For example, the district director willbe elected and so on until all of the positionsare filled. For reference also see Article 12(i)and Article 4(a)(4)6. The District Director can be elected at the

caucus to only this position.7. At the District caucus, one person is onlyeligible to serve in one active position on astanding committee. A person is eligible to runand be elected to more than one active positionbut he must choose which position it will beand before the caucus adjourns, must announcewhich position he chooses and then anotherelection will be held in the caucus before this isreported to the Convention Chairman for ratifi-cation. A person can serve in one active slotand can have as many alternate slots as he iselected to. If events are such that he canassume another active slot he must choosewithin thirty (30) days and notify the Presidentof the Society and the District in writing.8. The election teller that is serving for thedistrict is responsible for taking the ballot boxto each delegate and to see that each delegatedeposits one ballot in the ballot box and thateach ballot is folded only once.9. The election tellers will retire to a separateroom and will follow the following procedureto count the ballots:(a) One election teller will call the vote andone election teller will serve as observer of thecaller and will closely observe the caller andthe ballot being called.(b) One election teller will serve as tabulatorand one election teller will closely observe themarks made by the tabulator.(c) When the votes are completed, the voteswill be totaled by the tabulator and checked bythe tabulator observer.(d) As each position is filled, the chairman ofthe tellers will report to vote signed by all elec-tion tellers to the district chairman in writingwho will announce the results.(e) The same procedure will be followed untilall positions are filled.(f) The results will be reported by the districtelection teller chairman to the ConventionChairman in the usual manner and signed byall election tellers and the caucus chairman andcaucus secretary.(g) No person other than teller committeemembers may be present in the room or withinhearing distance of the room where the tellersare working.(h) Election tellers agree to treat as confiden-tial how every delegate votes and to notdivulge, comment or otherwise make known

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how many delegates voted and to not permitanyone who is not a delegate to be in the roomwhere ballots are being tabulated.10.The minutes of the convention caucus shallbe signed by the caucus chairman and caucussecretary and all election tellers and be given tothe Convention Chairman (complete formattached.) The Convention Chairman will givethis report to a convention secretary.

CONVENTION ELECTION

Temporary tellers appointed by thePresident of the SPJST will serve through theelection of the Convention Chairman and Vice-Chairman.

Tellers appointed by the ConventionChairman and Vice-Chairman (one from eachdistrict) serve for the remainder of the conven-tion.

• Chairman• • • Three observers to the caller

• One caller• Two tally

CAUCUS ELECTION

Tellers

One (1) teller is the convention teller fromthe district and serves as teller chairman.

Two (2) tellers are appointed by the district(who is elected in this convention district cau-cus).

Two (2) tellers are appointed by the districtsecretary (who is elected in this conventiondistrict caucus).

• Teller Chairman• One observer

• One caller• One observer

• One tally

Members who are not delegates and notcommittee members have the right to attendthe caucus but they cannot vote and cannotmake motions. They are requested to sit in aseparate area.

As soon as the delegates adopt thisConvention Order, each delegate will promptlybe furnished with a copy.

Immediately after the convention isadjourned, the tellers will meet and shred allconvention ballots and caucus ballots.

Strict security will be maintained to assurethat no none has access to the ballots until theballots are destroyed.

OATH OF SECRECY31ST CONVENTION OF THE SPJST

Oath of Secrecy31st Convention of the SPJST

The Convention has shown its confidencein me by choosing me as an election teller.

I swear or affirm that I will not discuss ordisclose how anyone or any lodge voteddirectly or indirectly.

In the caucus election tabulations, I willpromptly leave the tabulation room as soon asmy district ballots have been counted and willnot return unless directed to do so by theConvention Chairman.

On a daily basis, when the Convention recess-es for the day, the election tellers will immediate-ly meet and shred all convention ballots.

Immediately after the convention isadjourned, I agree to meet with the rest of thetellers and burn or shred all convention bal-lots and caucus ballots.

I understand the procedure for vote by bal-lot and I will follow this procedure.

Signed by the Convention Tellers Debbie Kostelka (13)

District OneJames Skrabanek (47)

District TwoMilton Peterson (6)

District ThreeArnie Rivera (219)

District FourLonnie Lostak (139)

District FiveRita Vanek (151)

District SixValerie Barta (202)

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SPECIAL STRUCTURE STUDYCOMMITTEE REPORT

Recommendation to the Delegatesof the Thirty-First SPJST Convention

Submitted by theSPJST Special Structure Committee

Delegates to the Thirty-First SPJSTConvention are asked to adopt the recom-mendation of the Special StructureCommittee which is to approve the revisedby-law format. A copy of that document isattached to this recommendation. (Digitalfile available upon request from HomeOffice.)

A two-third’s majority vote in the affir-mative is necessary for its approval.

In the event that the new format isapproved, this document would become theofficial SPJST By-laws following the 2016SPJST Convention — not the current con-vention. As such, any and all of the itemscontained within the document would besubject to review and/or revision by mem-bers and delegates to the 2016 SPJSTConvention. In other words, the approval ofthe new format by delegates to this Thirty-First Convention would mean that SPJSTmembers and delegates to the next conven-tion will have four full years to reviewand/or make changes to the newly revisedformat.

Why the New Format?The new format achieves two primary

objectives:1. Like items are grouped together in a log-

ical and coherent fashion; and2. The document provides a much more

detailed description of Supreme Lodgeofficer duties and responsibilities andHome Office operations. Originally, ithad been the idea of the Special StructureCommittee to submit these as two sepa-rate documents — By-laws and anOperations Manual. That concept wasreplaced by simply combining both doc-uments into the format which is beingsubmitted for your consideration.

The newly revised format is labeled

“Suggested By-Laws of the SPJST” andappears immediately following this coverpage. (Digital file available upon requestfrom Home Office.)

Following the “Suggested By-Laws ofthe SPJST” is a three-column attachmentthat identifies the suggested modifications.The By-Law Committee recommended theaddition of this document following areview of the recommendations by the By-Law Committee in August 2011. The centercolumn of the second attachment reflects theSPJST By-Laws as approved by the 2008Convention. The left column identifies theactual wording from the Special StructureCommittee document. The right columnidentifies where the information appears inthe newly formatted document. (Digital fileavailable upon request from Home Office.)

The final document in this set is a list often questions and answers related to thework of the SPJST Special StructureCommittee. Thank you for your attentionand for your consideration of these items.

Questions and Answers Related to the Work of the

SPJST Special Structure Committee

1. How did the Special Structure Committeeget its start?

The Special Structure Committee cameinto being as a result of actions taken by del-egates to the 2004 SPJST Convention.

Quoting from the proceedings of the2004 Convention, “Monta Foster (185) stat-ed that the way we were organized now wasacceptable but might not be in the future. Weneeded to see what structure was necessaryand needed to hire a professional consultingfirm to work with a SPJST Committee todetermine needs, so we could discuss it inthe 2008 Convention and decide in the 2012Convention. We must not make changes forthe sake of making changes. We should haveinformation to make a knowledgeable deci-sion. Justine Yeager (84) moved that weaccept Monta Foster’s (185) recommenda-tion. Leo Jares (8) seconded this motion andstated that we need further study before

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jumping into something we may regret later. . . Convention Chairman Donnie Victorick(9) stated the motion was to put the redis-tricting aside, defer to the Supreme Lodgefor study, with professional consultants, andfor them to report at the next Convention.Justine Yeager (84) confirmed this statementand the motion carried”.

Brother Foster’s comments and recom-mendation were conveyed during a sessionof the convention relating primarily to mat-ters of redistricting. The depth and scale ofBrother Foster’s recommendation is perhapsbest revealed in a memo which BrotherFoster faxed to President Vanicek on May14, 2008, in advance of the 30th SPJSTConvention. The contents of this memoran-dum was shared with Special StructureCommittee Members and appears as anattachment to this document. (Digital fileavailable upon request from the HomeOffice.)

ReferencesAttachment: 2004 Convention Proceedings– pages 10 and 11 – Article 43Attachment: Supreme Lodge January 18,2008 Special-Called Meeting MinutesAttachment: Monta Foster Fax; May 14,2008

2. When was the Special StructureCommittee designated?

As stated in the By-Laws of the SPJST,“The seven duly elected directors have con-stant control and supervision over all themanagement, business transactions, andgeneral progress of our Society. The direc-tors of the Supreme Lodge have the respon-sibility to see that all by-laws, decisions ofconventions and the Supreme Lodge arestrictly complied with.”

The first to follow-up activity by theSupreme Lodge on the restructuring matterappears in the minutes of a January 18,2008 Special Called Meeting of theSupreme Lodge. The sole reference to thisproject reads as follows: “It was agreed toseek a professional consulting firm to workwith a committee for possible restructuringideas.”

During this same meeting, SupremeLodge President Brian Vanicek was directedto consult with the National FraternalCongress of America (NFCA), the nation-wide fraternal trade association, to get theirrecommendation on a consultant to conferwith on this matter. President Vanicek wasalso requested to organize a representativecommittee to work on this project. It wasdetermined at this time that the committeewould consist of the chairman of each of thefour standing committees, along with theSupreme Lodge Chairman, Supreme LodgePresident and Supreme Lodge VicePresident. President Vanicek was requestedto provide an update on the activities of theSpecial Structure Committee at the April 15-17, 2008 meeting of the Supreme Lodge.

The first meeting of the SPJST SpecialStructure Committee was held on Friday,March 14, 2008 at the SPJST Home Officeand via telephone conference.

ReferencesAttachment Supreme Lodge January 18,2008 Special-Called Meeting MinutesAttachment Minutes of the SpecialStructure Committee Meeting; Friday,March 14, 2008

3. How were members of the SpecialStructure Study Committee designated?

It was determined in the Special CalledMeeting of the Supreme Lodge on January18, 2008 that the committee would consistof the chairman of each of the four standingcommittees, as well as the Supreme LodgeChairman, Supreme Lodge President andSupreme Lodge Vice President.

Those individuals were as follows:By-Law Committee Chairman

Ronnie Rieger (District Two)Finance Committee Chairman

Dewyan Weise (District Four)Insurance Committee Chairman

Susan Skrabanek (District One)Publication Committee Chairman

Jarolyn Popp (District Seven)Supreme Lodge Chairman

Donnie VictorickSupreme Lodge President Brian Vanicek

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Supreme Lodge Vice President Gene McBridePrior to the first meeting of the Special

Structure Committee, Supreme LodgeChairman Victorick requested that fouradditional members be added to the commit-tee to ensure broader geographic representa-tion and expertise in considering the matterof restructuring. These individualswere:

Larry Laznovsky (District Three)Designated on the basis of his experiencewith RVOS, Sokol, and other non-profit/community organizations and Czechheritage groups and activities; past experi-ence as a communications spokesman for amajor corporation. Brother LarryLaznovsky passed away on March 26, 2011

Lonnie Lostak (District Five) Designatedon the basis of his business experience andservice as a director of S.P.J.S.T. RestHomes;

Lisa Bubela (District Six) Designated onthe basis of her active involvement with theyouth and her experience as a small businessowner; and

Jerry Sijansky (District Seven)Designated on the basis of his involvementas both a sales representative and lodgepresident as well as his strong leadershiprole in Sokol and as a director with theS.P.J.S.T. Rest Homes.

4. How was the chairman of the SpecialStructure Committee chosen?

Donnie Victorick was elected to serve asChairman of the Special StructureCommittee at the group’s first meeting.

ReferenceAttachment Special Structure CommitteeMeeting Minutes – March 14, 2008

5. Were any other individuals appointed tothis committee?

Vestnik Editor/Director of Communica-tion Melanie Zavodny was elected to thecommittee at its first meeting on March 14,2008. She was also designated at this time toserve as secretary.

ReferenceAttachment Special Structure CommitteeMeeting Minutes – March 14, 2008

6. How did the Special StructureSubcommittee come about and how were itsmembers selected?

It was apparent early on that it would bedifficult and expensive for the entire com-mittee to meet on a regular basis. The sub-committee was formed at the April 1, 2008,meeting of the Special Structure Committeeto provide routine in-depth assessments andsuggestions to the structure of the existingby-laws. The subcommittee consisted ofSpecial Structure Committee ChairmanDonnie Victorick, Committee SecretaryMelanie Zavodny, Brian Vanicek, and LisaBubela. Subcommittee members wereappointed by Special Structure CommitteeChairman Victorick on the basis of theirready availability and willingness to serve.

7. How was the consultant selected?

On the basis of the Supreme Lodge rec-ommendation, “to seek a professional con-sulting firm to work with a committee forpossible restructuring ideas,” PresidentVanicek was directed to contact the NationalFraternal Congress of America (NFCA, nowthe American Fraternal Alliance)for a recommendation.

Todd Martin came highly recommendedto SPJST by the National Fraternal Congressof America (NFCA) to serve as a consultanton this project. Mr. Martin continues to serveas outside general counsel to the AmericanFraternal Alliance. For many years, his pri-mary practice has been devoted to the frater-nal system during which time he has provid-ed legal services to more than 30 fraternalbenefit societies across the country includingseveral fraternal restructuring projects.

8. How much did the consultant cost?

Three invoices totaling $10,195.97 werepaid to Mr. Martin for his work with theSpecial Structure Committee. SPJST contin-ues to maintain a positive working relation-

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ship with Mr. Martin and over the past fiveyears has periodically consulted with him onlegal matters relevant to life insurance aswell as the formation of the SPJSTFoundation.

9. When were Mr. Martin’s recommenda-tions presented to the committee? How werethey received and how did the committeeproceed from that point forward?

Mr. Martin’s restructured by-laws docu-ment was presented to the Special StructureCommittee members in March 2008. Therestructuring ideas presented by Mr. Martinwere discussed at length by the committee.

In reporting to the delegates of the 30thSPJST Convention in 2008 on behalf of thecommittee, President Vanicek andCommittee Secretary Zavodny stated thatthe work of the Special Structure Committeewas still in progress and would be deliveredto the delegates of the 31st SPJSTConvention. This is the document that wenow have in hand and which we are seekingto present to the 2012 SPJST delegates fortheir consideration.

Generally stated, it was the contention ofthe consultant that a lot of the detailed infor-mation included in our by-laws would bebetter presented in a policies and proceduresmanual – as a companion piece to the by-laws. Members of the committee saw meritin elaborating on the scope and descriptionof various Supreme Lodge officer positionsas well as elaborating on many operatingprocedures which had previously not beenincluded in the By-Laws. These amendeditems now appear under Article 27 of thedocument that you are being asked to con-sider.

In addition to reviewing our by-laws, aneffort was made by the committee to organ-ize the material – not eliminate it – into amore clean and concise manner.

10. When and where did the SpecialStructure Committee and/or Subcommitteemeet?

The meeting schedule was as follows:Dates of Special Structure Committee

MeetingsFriday, March 14, 2008 – TeleconferenceTuesday, April 1, 2008 – SPJST HomeOffice in TempleMonday, May 5, 2008 – SPJST HomeOffice in TempleSunday, June 8, 2008 – SPJST HomeOffice in TempleWednesday, July 29, 2009 – SPJST HomeOffice in TempleMonday, October 12, 2009 – SPJST HomeOffice in TempleSaturday, January 15, 2011 – SPJST HomeOffice in Temple

Dates of Subcommittee of SpecialCommittee Meetings/Workdays were as fol-lows:Monday, April 21, 2008 – SPJST HomeOffice in TempleMonday, April 28, 2008 – SPJST HomeOffice in TempleTuesday, June 16, 2009 – SPJST HomeOffice in TempleMonday, November 30, 2009 – SPJSTHome Office in TempleMonday, November 8, 2010 – SPJSTHome Office in TempleMonday, March 5, 2012 – SPJST HomeOffice in Temple

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SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTFROM SECRETARY-TREASURER

You have my report for the period endingDecember 31, 2011.

I want to add that we had an outstandingthree monthly, perhaps even historic.

Our surplus increased from $16.3 millionto $17.7 million, an increase of $1.4 million.

Our net income was $367,004.Leonard MikeskaSecretary-Treasurer

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SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTFROM FINANCIAL SECRETARY

June 8, 2012

Dear Members:In accordance with the 2008 SPJST By-

Laws, I am submitting a report of our Societywhich is extracted from the March, 2012Quarterly Statement.

This report gives you pertinent items ofinformation concerning our Society. Allitems are entered as found in the March, 2012Statement which was filed with the TexasDepartment of Insurance for the first quarterof 2012.

Please review this report in detail andshould you have any questions, please con-tact me.

Fraternally,Roy W. VajdakFinancial Secretary

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SPJSTFINANCIAL STATEMENT AS OF

MARCH 31, 2012

STATEMENT OF FINANCIALCONDITION

ASSETS

Bonds $172,919,374Stocks 12,683,456Mortgage Loans 24,292,224Real Estate:

Properties occupiedby the Society 2,461,515Properties held for the production of income 64,754

Certificate Loans 1,742,130Cash 5,874,618Other assets 2,664,527

TOTALS.................................$222,502,597

LIABILITIES AND RESERVES

Certificate Reserves $193,377,619Certificate Benefits Payable 528,355

Premiums Received In Advance 87,161Interest Maintenance Reserve 4,665,014Asset Valuation Reserve 3,142,019Other Accrued Liabilities 2,933,560

TOTALS ..................................$204,733,728

Unassigned Funds 17,768,869

TOTALS $222,502,596

RECOMMENDATIONOF THE BY-LAW COMMITTEE

SUPREME LODGEEstablish a permanent Screening

Committee for the purpose of reviewing allqualifications of submitted candidates forSupreme Lodge Officers, Editor/Director ofCommunication and seven directors. Gatheradditional background information and sub-mit the slate of qualified candidates to thedelegates 90 days prior to the convention.The committee will consist of theChairperson of the four standing committees,two outside members selected by the fourstanding committee members. A chairmanwill be elected from within its members. TheHuman Resources Administrator will serve inan advisory position to this committee.

Ronnie Rieger (29), Chairman,District II

Mildred Holeman (88), Vice Chairman,District V

Beverly J. Teplicek (49) SecretaryDistrict IV

Richard Ford (13) District IKay Lynn Kovar (25) District IIIJoe Siptak (4) District VIBettie V. House (202) District VII

Note: Please refer to pages 15-16 of theProceedings of the 31st Convention for therevised text of this recommendation, asapproved by delegates to the 31st SPJSTConvention.

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