This book has been written to assist the lodge secretary in fulfilling his role in the 21 st century. Not sure if this topic is in the correct place or not. After you download a new version, just open the new version and select from the menu fileimport previous version and all your data from the prior version will be imported into the new version. Three major qualifications are particularly essential to the success of a masonic lodge secretary.
Its innovative features will substantialls grow your lodge. It enables him to keep information such addresses, offices held, appointments and honours received. Powered by create your own unique website with customizable templates. We are an online emasonry community featuring masonic education and one of the largest discussion forums for.
Download your free masonic lodge secretary s database right click, hit save as. The complete lodge secretary program is presented in the form of a number of rooms, each containing a series of filing cabinets. At the request of our own brother dennis overholts, who stepped in as our 2016 secretary when blendon needed him most. They are accuracy, with its implied neatness and promptness. Quills a masonic lodge secretarys database tool blendon 339. How to setup your lodge using our free lodge membership software package. With over 140 screens it assists the lodge secretary with the administration and management of his lodge and its members. Introduction to grand view to the worshipful masters, secretaries, and all master masons of mississippi. Masonic lodge membership free download and software.
I am trying to get a feeling as to which software solutions your lodge uses for general membership, gl database reconciliation, dues entry, degree history, mailing listmerge, etc we are trying to modernize from an old dos database to something more functional and flexible. Membership sustaining committee due february 10 supply order form. We offer some basic details about our masonic software programs and board game below. Fred is a past master of plymouth lodge, plymouth massachusetts, and past master of paul revere lodge, brockton, massachusetts.
Discussion in general freemasonry discussion started by monsignor. Introduction to grand view the grand lodge of mississippi f. These are arranged to reflect the information needed by the lodge secretary. Lodge manager is an online tool that will both help organise masonic lodge meetings as well as make the job of the lodge secretary easier. Providing a range of personal resources and knowledge.
Nov 21, 2012 i was our lodge secretary 35 years ago, did not attend lodge for over 30 years, now i am active again, i feel the need. Temporarily not shipping assistant secretary database product information. Membership development is critical to the future of your lodge and the masons of california. The worshipful master, senior warden, junior warden, treasurer and secretary. A lodges secretary, while serving as our coo has many duties. Featuring a simple interface thats easy enough for anyone to pick up. These forms are for use by the lodge secretaries to accomplish tasks with regard to required monthly and annual reporting, new memberships, courtesy work, demits and transfers, perpetual memberships, bylaws amendments and membership longevity awards. If you are the secretary of one lodge, you would enter that lodge. Jan 20, 2012 masonic lodge secretary software free downloads 2000 shareware periodically updates software information and pricing of masonic lodge secretary software from the publisher, so some information may be slightly outofdate. This calls for your utmost efforts to uphold the traditions of your lodge and indeed the entire masonic fraternity. If the presence of the provincial grand master or deputy provincial grand master is desired at any special meeting of the lodge, initial contact should be via the provincial grand secretary. Membership information and requirements the masonic society.
Reporting can be done on this data in a few moments. Built for lodge secretarys to easily manage and leverage their own minutes data. A lodge secretarys handbook east lancashire freemasons. The purpose is to organize, automate and synchronize lodge business processes activities, such as district deputy grand master reporting, lodge secretary reports, new petitions. The complete lodge secretary programis presented in the form of a number of rooms, each containing a series of filing cabinets. The secretary s interface provides an interface to the grand lodge membership management system for individual lodge secretaries. Easy data entry entry and powerful analytics reporting gives you actionable data. Lodge secretarys handbook 2017 east lancashire freemasons.
If emailed, the lodge members can return to the secretary so the secretary can easily import the members into the database. The lodge leadership and membership committees provide an array of valuable publications that can be used to strength lodges and membership. Adkins is the grand secretary and charged with keeping a just and true record of all things proper to be written, to receive all moneys that are due the grand lodge, and to pay them continue reading by grand lodge of virginia, 6 years 3 months ago. Contact the grand lodge of virginia, grand secretary alan w. The secretary can print the lodge handout and provide to members or email lodge handout is in microsoft excel. By using the e lodge software you can simply control your lodge, grand lodge, chapters, supreme council and more append ant bodies.
In good standing, demitted, suspended, visitors, widows. Membership records contain the date that a person joined a masonic lodge and the name of the lodge he joined. The masonic service association has compiled the following table of totals of master masons in the united sates grand lodges for the fiscal years indicated. Also added to that report the ability to select member email addresses to copy to the system clipboard for pasting into any email program. Integrating all of the functionality into a web application greatly decreased the paper work load for the grand lodge significantly lowering their operating expenses. Secretary andor lodge software my freemasonry freemason. You should confirm all information before relying on it. Grand view is a comprehensive web platform that provides an encrypted portal where grand lodge, constituent lodges, and individual members can communicate and interact online. Jan 21, 2012 how to setup your lodge using our free lodge membership software package. It deals with activities undertaken by the lodge secretary from accepting the office to handing over to his successor.
Information is updated in real time and the software promotes distributed data entry and management by allowing lodge secretaries to interact directly with the database. The masonic exchange offers a wide range of masonic lodge supplies including masonic rod tops, blue lodge working tools, warden columns and more. If you do not know if your grand lodge meets the requirement in the third requirement. Your lodge must be chartered by a recognized grand lodge. The copy of the grand lodge annual return with cheque for annual dues applications for grand lodge certificates the grand lodge installation return should be sent to the provincial grand secretary who will then forward it to the grand secretary. Lodge locator grand view has a robust lodge locator built into the system and uses the real time information stored in the lodge record. With grand view software your organization can manage all of your membership records from an intuitive web based interface. Special prices for masonic blue lodges, lodges of perfection, chapters of the rose croix, and the councils of the knights of.
New secretary database the grand lodge of missouri. Welcome to the assistant secretary database program as. It is handbook that recognises the fundamental attributes required of every lodge secretary and considers how computer and communication technologies impact on the secretarys traditional role. The smooth running and wellbeing of a lodge largely depends upon its secretary.
The e lodge software is database program for masonic lodges and orders. Enable labs designed and implemented the masonic online registry interface mori. Secretary forms form no 1 petition for advancement form no 11 demit form 16c dues past due last notice form 5 petition for affiliation form no12 application for demit form 16d notice of loss of membership form no 6 notice of affiliation form no12a termination of plural form no17 petition for restoration form no 7. Managing a masonic lodge with open source software for free. Particular lodge officers each florida masonic lodge must have the following officers. Grand lodges membership canadian grand lodges membership. By using the elodge software you can simply control your lodge, grand lodge, chapters, supreme council and more append ant bodies. Masonic lodge secretary software free downloads 2000 shareware periodically updates software information and pricing of masonic lodge secretary software from the publisher, so some information may be slightly outofdate. We have a wide range of masonic collaborative groupware products.
If you desire to join a masonic lodge and share in the fraternal fellowship, you will need to determine which lodge is nearest you, contact the secretary of that lodge for information regarding the fees for application, and arrange to meet with two members of the lodge, who will consider recommending you for membership in the lodge. By using the elodge software you can simply control your lodge, grand lodge, chapters, supreme council and more appendant bodies. The complete lodge secretary is a regularly updated computer program that centralises lodge information with over 140 screens it assists the lodge secretary with the administration and management of his lodge and its members the complete lodge secretary program is presented in the form of a number of rooms, each containing a series of filing cabinets. The following forms supplied by the grand secretary should be sent to him via the provincial office. Lodge leadership committee membership committee nebraska freemasons chip and masonic band. The complete lodge secretary book is not a computer program manual. Over the last few years grand view has evolved from a. You can manage any masonic lodge, secretarys position, or any committee with no software costs while keeping premium features. Lodge membership software supports the following operating system versions.
Information was also gathered from other respected written references, as well as from. The e lodge software will let you easily to track and manage members that are. Theseare arranged to reflect the information needed by the lodge secretary. By using the e lodge software you can simply control your lodge, grand lodge, chapters, supreme council and more appendant bodies. Those publications are provided on the individual committee pages. I am pleased to announce that the grand lodge office is upgrading our member management database from an old dos based program to a solution called grand view.
Many of the options that were available on the grand lodge website, including the pilm, remain available under the resources menu tab above. For the secretary, it allows him to maintain the lodge membership information. To maintain a sufficient membership level, each lodge must add a minimum of five master masons per year. The as is a computer program for the lodge secretary, treasure, and other members district deputies, etc. The elodge software is database program for masonic lodges and orders. How to login as lodge secretary the grand lodge of texas. A free masonic secretarys database tool, generic enough for any masonic lodge to use but simple enough for anyone to pickup. Grand view member portal log in grand lodge of washington. Built by an assistant secretary and past master, this is a database and analytics tool.
Handbook for lodge secretaries fourth edition version. If you are the secretary of two lodges, you can enter both lodges. Masonic titles or ranks must not be shown on envelopes. Grand view is the response to the overwhelming need for a modern communications and member management platform for freemasonry. Our system empowers lodge secretaries to make faster decisions by bringing timely actionable data to them instantly by automating and synchronizing business processes. A full membership in the masonic society requires the following.
Recognized by at least three cgmmna member grand lodges. Mori manages all of the member functions for the grand lodge and their 600 local lodge secretaries. The grand lodge of texas library and museum will conduct research of our membership records for you. Built for lodge secretary s to easily manage and leverage their own minutes data. All other data containing personal information or sensitive material has been moved to the grand view member portal. In the members info field and several other places in the database, the program allows for lodge separation i. Includes the tracing board and award, certificate, and record. The lodge handout is used by the secretary to input members into the database. You must be a master mason, and currently a member in good standing of a lodge. Lodge helpertm is a lodge membership management system developed to ensure that lodge history is not lost to history and is being used by many lodges. The elodge software will let you easily to track and manage members that are. Lodge state of california adopted july 2009, 2 the masonic ritual adopted by this mwphgl, 3 mackeys jurisprudence of freemasonry, and 4 macoys worshipful masters assistant. Free lodge membership software windows 7810 version 3. Brother secretary, were pleased to announce that we have successfully converted the grand lodge database to the new system.
Like all software on this site, skills is priced at the favorite masonic price. Also, added a left side navigation window similar to lodge membership. With grand view software, lodge management is a snap and many of the time consuming functions of a lodge secretary are automated for speed, accuracy, and efficiency. Increasing membership the right way freemason information. Introducing quills, a lodges secretary tool to record meeting data, minutes information and more in one centralized, offline file where you control your own information. We are in the process of verifying the information and customizing the operation of the system to suit our processes and bylaws. Membership management with grand view software your organization can manage all of your membership records from an intuitive web based interface. Below are some examples of open source, free and paidfor programs based on their category. Application for membership the grand lodge of virginia.
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