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Grand Master's Program
2011 - 2012

I have decided to continue the membership program started by our most recent Grand Master. Although we have made great strides in gaining new members and retaining the ones we now have, I have decided to further the program by trying to regain members we have lost. They are a great asset to our order. I would like to see a concerted effort by each lodge to convince those members to return. Wouldn't it be nice to see the sidelines full at each and every meeting.

How can we accomplish this?

Have the secretary of the lodge send a letter t each member on the membership roster who has left why they left to begin with and what would it take for them to come back. To quote a previous grand master "the past is past and should be forgotten."

Send reminder cards before meetings and events. Start a telephone tree to call each member before meeting and important events. Offer rides to and from meetings for older members or members who don't or can't drive.

Hold a "Rusty Nail" night for members who have not come to lodge in a long time to work out the kinks.

Some members who might like to come back to lodge may feel embarrassed that they might not remember how to do the sign and pass words etc.

Above all it is essential that we put the fellowship back into Odd Fellowship.