FROM THE DESK OF THE

GRAND SECRETARY

 

 

 

 

             When reporting membership information please use the Brother’s full given name (not his nickname) this is important for our historical records.

             When reporting a brother as being Reinstated, Affiliated, or Raised please make sure that you provide their mailing address. We can not complete their Masonic Record or return them to the database until we have a mailing address.

             Please “validate” all address for new and reinstated members. The last address you have may not be their current address. Please just don’t assume you have the correct mailing address.

             The default mailing address will be that of the Lodge Secretary.

MASTER BUILDER AWARD

Submissions for the Master Builder Award are due 1 June.  Please contact W. Bro. Paul Peterson at 406 585-7430 or mail to Master Builder Program, PO Box 373, Bozeman, MT 59771.

ANNUAL RETURN

PACKAGES

The 2005 ANNUAL RETURN PACKAGES – The Annual Return Package was due 15 March. Returns will generate a fee of $3.00 per day after 15 March .

DATES AND EVENTS TO

REMEMBER

 

April Hall of Fame Nominations Due prior to 1 April

 

Lodge Elections are to be held between the first regular meeting in April and no later than the first regular meeting in May.

 

 Public Schools Observance prior to 1 June

 

GRAND MASTER’S

ONE-DAY CLASSES

For 2006, MWGM Anderson has set the following dates for the Grand Master’s One Day Classes. Petition for the Grand Master’s One Day Class can be found at the back of this bulletin, make copies as you need.

· Bigfork - April 8   

· Bozeman - April 22

             Requests for participating at the GM Class are due One Week prior to the Class. The class must have at least 12 candidates pre-registered in order to be conducted.

             Sixteen new Master Masons were raised at the Grand Master’s One Day Class in Great Falls on March 4th.

 

Montana Masonic

Hall of Fame

Nominations are due  BEFORE APRIL 1, 2006 of the year nomination is to be considered, mail to 

Grand Historian

C/o Grand Lodge of Montana

PO Box 1158

Helena MT 59624-1158

MEMBER ADDRESSES

The Montana Masonic News does not have its own mailing data base. The addresses for used come from the Grand Lodge Master Database of members. Members are entered into the database only with an address, if it is unknown or mail has been returned than the address of the Lodge Secretary will be used. It is incumbent upon the Lodge Secretary to keep the addresses of his members current with Grand Lodge.