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Grand Lodge News… have a paper back up and other safe- capita by one dollar with those funds

guards that will provide a profes- going to the National Foundation.
Cont’d from p. 19 sional and fair process. Hopefully The Foundation mainly provides
be other offices contested but as of lodges have made plans to attend the funding for the Memorial Service
this date these are the only two.
National Memorial Service in Wash- and Disaster Assistance for members
There have been some problems with ington on May 15. The ceremony this experiencing a devastating loss.
the assessment of late fees for per year will be longer than normal as Please discuss this with your mem-
capita that is received at the Grand there will be a significant number of bership and come prepared to vote at
Lodge after the due date. The Na- New York officers honored that died the Conference. I encourage you to
tional Secretary is requesting that the from complications due to their par- support this needed funding.
late fee be dropped as it is no longer ticipation in the September 11 de- Most of you know by now that
needed. There will be an amendment struction of the Twin Towers. Those President Trump has been very sup-
submitted at the National Conference attending please make certain that portive of the FOP and law enforce-
to eliminate this fee.
you stay for the entire ceremony. ment since his election. Most of the
National Treasurer Tom Penoza Survivors of fallen officers have no- Grand Lodge executive board at-
reported that the new data system ticed that when they leave the cere- tended a meeting at the White House
was finally getting very close to be- mony grounds there are a lot less of- with President Trump and our new
ing fully operational. The voucher ficers in the crowd than when they Attorney General. The report from
system is up and running and numer- arrived. This is their day and let us the meeting was that it was a tremen-
ous lodges have been using other make sure we all do our part to honor dous success and the President
parts of the system to help work out their fallen hero.
showed great support for the FOP
any bugs that may exist. This has Donations to the National FOP and law enforcement. Early indica-
been a long and disappointing pro- Foundation have been less than what tions are that this administration is
cess but maybe we will really appre- we have received in the past. The Na- more pro-law enforcement than any
ciate the final product.
tional Memorial Service was started that we have had in many years.
Final arrangements have been and is totally funded by the Grand Some of our labor issues may be a
made for the voting process at the Lodge FOP. It is very expensive to challenge as President Trump has
National Conference in Nashville. sponsor this event but we do not want consistently said he considers most
The committee studying this issue it to be taken over by some other or- of these States’ rights issues and
made recommendations, which have ganization. It is imperative that we should be decided at that level.
been accepted by the Board of Direc- have the funds each year to produce These are not all of the issues
tors, that should make certain there a professional event of which we can which were discussed at the Board of
will not be problems like were expe- all be proud. There will be an amend- Directors Meeting but are most of the
rienced at the last National Confer- ment submitted and voted on at the more significant ones. Please contact
ence in Pittsburgh. The system will National Conference increasing per me if you have any questions.

Randy Hagler presents the Legislative Com- Terry Mangum presents the Constitution Dennis McCrary presents the Disaster Re-
mittee report during the National Board of and By-laws Committee report during the lief Committee report during the National
Trustees meeting. National Board Trustees Meeting. Board of Trustees meeting.

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