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Mission Statement<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Fifth Masonic District Association unites the lodges of our District as a common voice, working together where collective action serves our brethren better than individual effort alone. We support the District Deputy Grand Masters by researching, developing, and carrying out activities that further the goals of the Grand Master and Grand Lodge \u2014 including our Annual District Awards Night, the Annual Reception honoring the Grand Master, and other initiatives in service of Masonic recognition, remembrance, and charity throughout the Fifth District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What it means to be an Officer<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Except for the secretary and treasurer, the Second Vice President, First Vice President, and President are a successive line with elections each year at the annual meeting in September. A brother elected to the office of president must have served as Master of his lodge within the past five years. While family, work, and other obligations are to be considered, the success of district functions is dependent on meeting current expectations of the successive officers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Attend district meetings, usually held monthly except during the summer months.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Attend as many district functions as possible, including inspections, to present on the programs they are charged with promoting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. The president will organize an agenda in advance of district meetings, conduct the meetings, and have some responsibility in inviting guests to the Grand Master\u2019s Reception.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. The first vice president will be responsible for promoting the Grand Lodge Scholarship program. This involves contacting the schools in the district to encourage applications and, after securing them, organizing them for the scholarship committee to review.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. The second vice president is responsible for the Excellence in Youth nominations. Like the first vice president, he will contact schools and other youth organizations, such as churches, scouting, and 4-H, to secure nominations for students worthy of this award.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    While these are the current expectations of the district officers, there may be changes dependent upon future Grand Lodge programs and district functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Past Traveling Trophies<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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    Speakers Bureau<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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    5th District Past DDGMS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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    Mission Statement The Fifth Masonic District Association unites the lodges of our District as a common voice, working together where collective action serves our brethren better than individual effort alone. We support the District Deputy Grand Masters by researching, developing, and carrying out activities that further the goals of the Grand Master and Grand Lodge […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lightning_design_setting":{"layout":"col-one-no-subsection"},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabulous5th.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabulous5th.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabulous5th.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabulous5th.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabulous5th.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/fabulous5th.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":255,"href":"https:\/\/fabulous5th.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabulous5th.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}