Madison Lodge #221 F&AM

Lodge Goals and Action Plans for Year 2004-2005

Membership Development (New Members)

            Goal:               Raise 4 new members in 2004-2005

            Action Plan:  Leverage community functions and Speaker nights to invite potential andidates to the lodge.  Example: Turkey Shoot, paker Nights at the lodge, friendship nights etc.

Retention

            Goal:               Bring value to the lodge so brethren feel that they are getting something for their membership to the lodge.

            Action Plan:    Speaker Nights (1 speaker per month), Master to call each member of the lodge at least twice in 2005 and establish a calling tree for an outreach program.  Community involvement.

Restoration

            Goal:               Re-instatement of 10% of suspended members from the past 10 years

            Action Plan:    Research past members that have been suspended and quantify reasoning, motive and initiatives leading for members leaving the lodge.  Put action plan into place based on each reason code and assign restoration teams to (Master to lead each team) each category.  Restoration teams will be specifically trained on how to get their former brethren back to good standing with the lodge.

Educational Programs

            Goal:               Bring the value of Education to the lodge.  Get rid of the Blah and bring the “BAM”!

            Action Plan:    Institute Speaker Nights on the first meeting of every month. Speakers can be from inside of the Masonic Fraternity or from the outside of the Fraternity.  Speakers may include:  DDGM’s, Speakers from the Ohio Masonic Home, Financial Planners, Estate Planners, etc.

Leadership

            Goal #1:                      Begin to build the basis for a secure officer’s line

            Action Plan #1:           Work with younger MM’s and keep their interest in moving forward in the line.  Work with the ritualistic work to ensure that their station’s ritual is complete.  Work with officer’s to      ensure that they can perform the work of the station directly above the station they have been elected or appointed to.

Leadership (Continued)

            Goal #2:                      Revive the Lecture/Charge program.

            Action Plan #2:           This is an area of special interest.  This program has to compete with the likes of new members that can come into lodge and do not have to give back (at their choosing) hardly any ritual work.  Create incentive plan that would reward brethren for performing ritual work; above and beyond the current program of a lecture pin.

            Goal #3:                      Recharge the Craft Club involvement into the lodge. 

            Action Plan #3:           Contact brethren from our over 200 members and obtain a solid core of 15 brethren that can be the craft club during the MM degree.  The craft club members can also be a boost to lodge traveling, community projects and lodge functions.

Public Relations

            Goal #1:                      Inform community of Speaker Nights pertaining to information outside of the Masonic Fraternity.

            Action Plan #2            Place ad in Madison Press/Madison Messenger informing community of Speaker, place where speaker will be speaking and time of function.  Ensure that at each function that there are snack items provided for the public and the brethren.

            Goal #2:                      Attend City Hall Meetings

            Action Plan #2:           Attending City Hall Meetings will elevate the awareness of Madison Lodge to the community and show the community that Madison Lodge is a valuable citizen.  The temple association owns the building we are in that contains 3 store fronts.  Madison Lodge can be a valued citizen and should be recognized as such.

            Goal #3:                      Attend School Board Meetings

            Action Plan #3:           Much like attending City Hall meetings, attending school board meetings will allow Madison Lodge to be more in touch with the youth of our community.  Also by attending such meetings, our lodge may find some avenues for “Community Service”.

Community Service

            Goal #1:                      Adopt-A-Highway

            Action Plan#1:            Continue with the Adopt-A-Highway program.  We are a  “Gold Star Group”!

            Goal #2:                      Book Fair

            Action Plan #2:           Continue our involvement with the “Book Fair” at our local schools.  Increase our contribution by 10%.

            Goal #3:                      School projects

            Action Plan #3:           Identify through the local school a project that Madison Lodge can assist with.  In the past, Madison Lodge has painted fences and picked up playground areas. 

            Goal #4:                      Christmas in the Park

            Action Plan #4:           Assist in the testing/hanging of lights.  The Christmas in the Park committee has approached Madison lodge in having them research and build an ice skating rink for the 2005 display. 

            Goal #5:                      Food Shelter collection

            Action Plan #5:           Identify Food Shelters in our area and identify particular needs.  Needs may be obvious such as food, but other needs may be to educate needy families on where the shelters are and how to use them.  Other needs may involve the delivery of food during holiday seasons.

Other Goals

            Goal #1:                      Widows Night

            Action Plan #1:           Organize an event for our Widows.  It has been a long time since we have recognized our widows.  This event will be a sit down dinner either at our lodge or at a restaurant of reasonable means. 

            Goal #2:                      Past Master’s Night

            Action Plan #2:           Organize an event for our Past Masters.  We too often take them for granted.  This event will be a sit down dinner at our lodge with an open forum.  This forum will allow for certain Past Masters to speak and recall memories from the “Good old Days”.