VIP Club

The VIP (Very Important Proposers) Club is made up of outstanding recruiters. It offers councils a way to publicly honor recruiters and show the importance of recruitment as an ongoing activity.

As of June 30, 2016, membership in the VIP Club stood at 299,464 Knights, who collectively have recruited 1,221,523 new Knights. To date, 373 members have each recruited 100 members; 67 have recruited 200 members; 24 have recruited 300 members; and eight have recruited 400 members. We now have nine brother Knights who have each recruited 500 or more members.

Jurisdictions with the most VIP Club members are:
New Jersey: 9,800
Illinois: 10,581
Florida: 11,485
Mindanao: 11,581
Michigan: 11,870
New York: 13,204
Québec: 13,677
California: 14,726
Texas: 19,103
Luzon: 25,301

 

Top Recruiter

As a special recruitment incentive each year, the Order’s top recruiter from our Insurance and Non- Insurance Territories are recognized at the annual Supreme Convention.

This year, here in Toronto, we honor a special recruiter who brought in 665 new members this past fraternal year: Danilo Leonor Martinez of Visayas, who is the 2015-2016 recipient of the Orderwide Top Recruiter Award. We would also like to honor the top recruiter from our Insurance Territories, Walter “Wally” N. Streit of Alberta, who recruited 160 members this past year and is our only member who has recruited over 2,000 members.

The top 10 recruiters Orderwide for 2015-2016 are:

George A. Sonnen
recruited 79 members – Minnesota

Norlo A. Gonzales
recruited 83 members – Visayas

Dennis F. S. Obcena
recruited 88 members – Mindanao

Arthuro T. Borneo
recruited 88 members – Mindanao

Jorge Ricardo Sevilla-Gonzalez
recruited 100 members – Mexico West

Antonio S. Bunda
recruited 143 members – Visayas

Walter N. Streit
recruited 160 members - Alberta

Felixberto C. S. Jampit
recruited 182 members - Mindanao

Jose Noel T. Alcubilla
recruited 196 members – Visayas

Danilo Leonor Martinez
recruited 665 members – Visayas

 

Round Tables

Parish round tables are not only a way for a council to serve a parish; they’re also a great way to recruit new members. The Orderwide average of new members recruited per active round table is three.

During the 2015-2016 fraternal year, councils established 3,255 round tables. Jurisdictions reaching their goals are:

Delaware, 10 Round Tables
State Deputy Barry E. Swain

District of Columbia, 10 Round Tables
State Deputy Timothy M. Saccoccia

Puerto Rico, 15 Round Tables
State Deputy Miguel A. Vidal Lugo

Hawaii, 19 Round Tables
Past State Deputy Stephen D. Lopez

Mexico Northeast, 19 Round Tables
Past State Deputy Ángel Alberto Maldonado-Pérez

Mexico Northwest, 20 Round Tables
State Deputy Juan Manuel Alvarez del Castillo

Idaho, 22 Round Tables
Past State Deputy Kerry M. Hennessy

Georgia, 24 Round Tables
State Deputy Mark J. McMullen

Arizona, 25 Round Tables
Past State Deputy Laurence J. Becker

Arkansas, 25 Round Tables
Past State Deputy Adrian E. Dominguez

Luzon North, 25 Round Tables
Luzon North Deputy Jose C. Reyes Jr.

Connecticut, 28 Round Tables
Past State Deputy Thomas J. Vita

North Carolina, 30 Round Tables
State Deputy Colin R. Jorsch Jr.

Rhode Island, 33 Round Tables
Past State Deputy Peter N. Lentini

Oregon, 34 Round Tables
Past State Deputy Robert J. Kish Jr.

Virginia, 35 Round Tables
Past State Deputy Stephen P. Raschke

Alabama, 37 Round Tables
Past State Deputy R. Evan Parrish

Visayas, 37 Round Tables
Visayas Deputy Anthony P. Nazario

Mindanao, 38 Round Tables
Mindanao Deputy Reynaldo C. Trinidad

South Carolina, 38 Round Tables
Past State Deputy Franklin L. Davis

Manitoba, 40 Round Tables
State Deputy Karl J. Brosch

British Columbia, 44 Round Tables
State Deputy Arcie J. Lim

Mississippi, 47 Round Tables
Past State Deputy Marion J. McCraw II

South Dakota, 49 Round Tables
State Deputy Thaddeus R. Liebig

Indiana, 50 Round Tables
Past State Deputy Scott C. Cunningham

Kentucky, 50 Round Tables
Past State Deputy Francis J. Shay

Saskatchewan, 59 Round Tables
Past State Deputy Denis A. F. Carignan

Maryland, 65 Round Tables
State Deputy Stephen M. Cohen

Luzon South, 73 Round Tables
Luzon South Deputy Ramoncito A. Ocampo

Florida, 77 Round Tables
State Deputy Don Goolesby Sr.

Nebraska, 78 Round Tables
State Deputy Anthony W. Hergott

Pennsylvania, 78 Round Tables
Past State Deputy Stanley A. Glowaski

Massachusetts, 80 Round Tables
Past State Deputy Russell A. Steinbach

Missouri, 80 Round Tables
Past State Deputy Keith A. Milson

New Mexico, 83 Round Tables
Past State Deputy Richard J. Espinosa

Minnesota, 88 Round Tables
Past State Deputy Joseph M. Konrardy

Colorado, 101 Round Tables
State Deputy James D. Caffrey

Wisconsin, 102 Round Tables
Past State Deputy Ronald F. Faust

Iowa, 112 Round Tables
State Deputy Jon C. Aldrich

Illinois, 147 Round Tables
State Deputy William L. Doerfler

California, 149 Round Tables
Past State Deputy Edward P. Huestis

Michigan, 171 Round Tables
Past State Deputy Robert W. Fox

Texas, 219 Round Tables
Past State Deputy Terry L. Simonton

Québec, 224 Round Tables
Past State Deputy Richard Desrochers

 

Century Club Award

Councils that add 100 members over suspensions and withdrawals are eligible for the Order’s prestigious Century Club Award.

This year’s Century Club Award winners are:

Council 13787: Querétaro, Mexico Central
100 members

Council 3705: Ilagan City, Luzon North
114 members

Council 10695: Valenzuela, Luzon North
114 members

Council 11885: Apayao, Luzon North
118 members

Council 16029: Iloilo, Visayas
150 members