March 4, 2005
A meeting of the Pine Tree Square & Compass Club was held at the home of Chellis Sanborn with 4 members present. The meeting was called to order by the Chairperson Chester Davis Jr. at 19:15 hours.
The Secretary’s report was read for the February monthly meeting and was accepted as read.
The Treasurer’s report was not available to be read.
OLD BUSINESS:
Raffle ticket sales have been very disappointing to say the least. We have not sold anywhere’s near our projected amount. Chellis finally heard from the Bangor Mall Association representative and was told no group has been allowed to hold any function in the mall since the start of this year. There will be a meeting of the Board for the mall at the end of this month and maybe we could get approval after that. It was decided and voted on by unanimous decision of all members present that we will return all monies collected for the raffle and call the raffle off. The Club could not afford to pay out the amount with no return on our investment.
Bylaw revision was discussed and proposed changes were read by Chairperson of the bylaw committee Peter Danforth Jr. Numerous changes proposed by DDGM Charles Norburg have already been made for grammatical errors and some others need to be changed still before we can send the Bylaws to Grand Lodge.
A meeting was held between the Pine Tree Square and Compass Club, Star in the East Lodge, and Katahdin Chapter. The Secretary of the Pine Tree Square & Compass Club will send a letter to the Katahdin Chapter and the Star in the East Lodge stating our intentions with the kitchen project.
NEW BUSINESS:
Meeting places was discussed. The next meeting will be held at the residence of Chester Davis instead of Ruben Lemelin, as he has now relocated due to career advancement. All members must be notified of the change in meeting places before next months meeting.
The idea of potentially utilizing the Lodge hall for our meetings was discussed. Members feel we need to have better discussion in Lodge before we decide on making a change to hold meetings at the Lodge hall. This item will be tabled until we return in the fall.
Meeting adjourned at 20:20 hours.
Respectfully Submitted
Carleton C. Sanborn, Secretary
