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Grand Lodge Committee on Membership

 

Charter: The Grand Lodge Committee on Membership was established to assist with the development and implementation of a Membership Program to promote the attraction of new members and assure the retention of existing members.

 

Purpose: The purpose of the Committee is to encourage membership growth and retention.  The Committee members are available to assist the districts and Lodges to facilitate opportunities to learn more about Freemasonry, thereby attracting new members and to retain those who are already members of the Craft. 

 

Membership: The Committee shall be composed of a Chairman, who is also a member of the Grand Lodge Committee on Strategic Planning and Implementation, and an appointed representative from each of the geographical regions of the state as specified in Section 1.102 of the Methodical Digest.

 

The Committee assists by working with the District Deputy Grand Master and the Lodge’s Worshipful Master, the Committee offers assistance to the Craft by:

  • Using existing programs and identify and recommending new programs to the Grand Master to promote membership growth.
  • Using existing programs and identifying and recommending new programs to the Grand Master to encourage mentoring and to promote membership retention.
  • Assisting Lodges to implement membership, mentoring, and membership retention programs.
  • Conducting conferences, to include innovative presentations, seminars, workshops, and clinics, that foster membership development, mentoring, and retention, when requested.
  • Working closely with the DDGMs, Masters' & Wardens' Associations, DEOs and LEOs to conduct Membership Workshops in each Masonic Division.
  • Working with the Committee on Masonic Education and Publications to develop, publish, and distribute materials on membership, mentoring, and retention.
  • Working with the Lodges and the Masonic Herald Publications Board to encourage publication of membership program oriented articles.
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The Committee seeks to be of assistance to the Craft, and the Committee Chairman may be contacted directly to request assistance with the implementation of any of the areas identified on this page or with other matters pertaining to membership or retention as may be required in a respective district or Lodge.

 

Committee Members:

William Edward Hershey, Jr., Chairman

William Rhea Bond, III (Reg. V--Dis. 6, 10, 17-21)

Henry James Childs, IV (Reg. VIII--Dis. 8, 9, 11)

Michael Alan Day (Reg. III--Dis. 22-24, 39, 41)

Robert Cameron Holland, III (Reg. X--Dis. 14A, 14B, 31-34, 57)

Paul Ishihara (Reg. II--Dis. 40, 42-45)

Donald Joseph Kerr (Reg. VI--Dis. 2-5, 7)

Paul Alan Miller (Reg. XI--Dis. 35A, 35B, 36, 56)

Richard Gustavus Motley (Reg. IV--Dis. 25-28, 37, 38)

Harvey William Payne, II (Reg. XII--Dis. 12, 13)

Thomas Allison Reese (Reg. VII--Dis. 1A, 1B, 54)

William Samuel Richardson (Reg. IX--Dis. 15A, 15B, 15C, 16, 29)

LeRoy Harold Tarbox, Jr. (Reg. XI--Dis. 35A, 35B, 36, 56)

Fran Eric Turner (Reg. I--Dis. 46-50)

For further information on this committee please contact the committee chairman.