notes from the chairman Michael schroeder
We held our April meeting on Thursday April 17th at the Georgetown Library and there were some interesting discussions and resolutions presented.
It was decided by unanimous vote that our annual dues will be $100 which will be all inclusive of local, state and Grand Lodge fees. Once you have paid your $35 initiation fee, been initiated and paid your annual dues, you are entitled to entrance to over 2,000 B.P.O. Elks Lodges.
Diana Ferguson volunteered to chair the By Laws Committee. Ed Ewald and Kay Stanford will be providing assistance and working with Diana to prepare draft By Laws for approval. These By Laws will be presented via email and at the May meeting. Please read through them and be prepared to discuss, recommend changes or adopt them as the By Laws of Central Texas Elks Lodge.
We are continuing to reach out to everyone we have listed as interested in joining Central Texas Elks. This initiative includes emails and phone calls. We have over 100 people listed and each one of those needs to be verified in order for us to submit our request for Dispensation. Please keep in mind that we must verify a minimum of 75 people for submission.
If you have a friend, relative or coworker who may be interested in joining us, reach out to them and ask them to send an email to centraltexaselks@outlook.com or call me at 510-938-2955. Also encourage them to attend our May meeting.
Beginning with our May meeting we will "Zoom" our meetings to those who cannot attend in person. We are hopeful that by including this venue, that we can reach more people. You are encouraged to attend in person but we know that this is not always possible but that you would be able to log on to the Zoom meeting to add your voice and thoughts.