Last night I attended the All Masonic picnic in Grand Forks. The picnic was hosted by Accacia and Malta lodges. It was great to see the Brothers from Grand Forks again. The picnic was well attended and the food was grrrrrrrrrrreat!! Thanks Brothers for hosting the picnic.

One Day Policy Updated

Brothers
Please check the GLND website for the change in the one day class policy.
Briefly it states that if a candidate wants to participate in a one day class he MUST do his EA Degree in his home lodge. The FC and MM may be done by a lodge hosting the one day class.
Lodges hosting the one day class may perform all three degrees for their own candidates.. Also there are sugestions regarding proficiencies for all three degrees.

Past Masters Night in EGF

Brothers
Wed. Aug.19th I will be attending the Past Masters Night in East Grand Forks.
I will bring greetings from the Grand Lodge of North Dakota.
I will be speaking on lodge community awareness, Plant a Tree for Masonry & CallingPost.com.
YIM
MW Mike Bakken

Midwest Conference of Grand Lodges

Brothers
I atteneded the Midwest Conference of Grand Lodges in Omaha, Nebraska on August, 14,15,16. Representing North Dakota were myself, Grand Secretary Curtiss Mundahl, and Senior Grand Warden Lon Kvasager. I presented North Dakota's "Big Idea" which was my Plant a Tree for Masonry project and the CallingPost.com concept. Both ideas were well received. Next year's conference will be in Sioux Falls, SD. The conference was a huge success!!