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December
2008 Hei
alle sammen This has been a couple of
exciting weeks for me. I conducted my
first District Board Meeting and attended my first District Council Meeting
in Minneapolis. While the meetings are a bit different
both in location and scope, there is one distinct similarity and that is
fraternalism. The new friends you meet
at these meetings and those friendships that you renew are one of the best
things about the SON and we have many reasons to be proud. While I know that
we have great friends and fellowship in our local lodges, I encourage you to
reach beyond our local lodges and enjoy the friendship and fellowship that is
found through the entire order. Many of you have asked about
the 2009 Høstfest trip. Thanks to the
oil boom in North Dakota, hotel rooms are in short supply in Minot all year
and during Host fest even tighter. We were unable to get enough hotel rooms
so we will try for another year. Our Publicity Director has put
together a RFP (request for proposal) to develop a new District Web
Site. Four companies have responded
and we have a committee in place that will review the proposals. We have also received some great advice and
help from headquarters on this project.
We hope to have the new web site on line during the first quarter of
2009. We have news concerning the
2010 District Convention; Restauration and Fredriksten submitted a bid to
host the 2010 Convention. The District
Board has accepted their bid and the convention will be held in Harrisburg,
PA. It looks like an excellent
facility and we look forward to a great convention. More information will be posted on our web
site as it becomes available. The 2008 convention committee
announced that they will be donating money from their convention profits to
both the District Lodge and the Charitable Trust. In addition money was raised for the
Foundation. On behalf of all I would
like to thank the two lodges for their generous donations. The International board
announced that the 2012 convention will be held in Fargo, ND. The International board also
announced three goals for the period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2010: 1. Increase net membership of adult and juvenile members. 2. Reduce the number of members leaving voluntary. . 3.
Add 750 benefit members The District goals will be
announced shortly. I hope that all your bazaars
went well. If there was something
special about your bazaar please share it with the rest of us. It is amazing but the Christmas
season will soon be with us. By the
time you get this message Thanksgiving will have come and gone. If AnneGrete
and I don’t see you before the end of the year we would like to wish you all
a most happy and joyful Christmas and a most prosperous New Year God Jul Ralph Peterson President District 3 |
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