April 2010 Testleboard, Secretary

If you have not paid your 2010 Lodge dues, please do so. Dues are considered delinquent on January 1st of each year. The Charity Committee and Membership Retention Committee are working on contacting those who are in arrears personally to make sure they have received their billing and are able to pay. We do not wish to lose members by offending them with unnecessary letters and notices. We are a Fraternity who cherishes each member.

While dues are not the largest income item in our budget, it is a substantial part of our operating revenue without which we have difficulty paying our bills. We still have over 40 members who have not paid yet. In this economy some of them may be struggling with expenses. It would be a great deal of help to the Lodge financially if we remitted the dues of those who are in temporary or permanent need rather than embarrass them with letters or suspension. If for any reason you cannot pay, please write, call (562-695-2755) or email at greenleafgardens@verozon.net. Your request is confidential.

On a different note we received over thirty applications for our Wilmot Scholarship including one from a grandchild of one of our members. The quality of the applicants is among the best we have ever looked at. The committee is reviewing the applications with the decision to be announced soon.

Jerry Garfield Laiblin, P.M.
Secretary