Newsletter from the Grand Secretary
Hollis G. Dixon, Grand Secretary
February 2012
Grand Lodge Office to be relocated: On Saturday, December 10, 2011 at a Special Communication of the Grand Lodge held in Bangor, it was voted to move the Grand Lodge office to Holden, Maine. Since then The Maine Masonic Charitable Foundation has purchased the former Merrill Trust Bank building at the Intersection of Rt. 1A and Rt. 46 in Holden. Grand Lodge will lease space in that building for at least five years.
The Foundation will also move the Josiah Hayden Drummond Library and the Museum into that building. These are rather historic changes considering the fact that the Grand Lodge office has been in Portland for one hundred years. As a result of that change there will be a significant change in the staffing of the Grand Lodge office. Actually, the entire staff will be replaced.
On Tuesday, December 13, 2011, our only full time employee, Corey Center submitted her resignation to be effective on December 27, 2011. Her resignation means that we now have only two part time employees working in the office pending the closing of the office sometime in the spring of 2012.
For those of you that have done business with the Grand Lodge office over the past ten years, I am sure that you realize just how knowledgeable and efficient Corey Center is and how valuable she has been to the Masons of Maine. Corey will be missed by many, many people.
During the months to come, before the office is actually moved, we will try to the best of our ability to meet the needs of our lodges in a timely fashion. I do expect that it will be much more difficult without Corey Center. Please try to be patient with us during this transition period.
Candidates Needed: Now that it is definite that the Grand Lodge office is to be relocated to Holden, it is not practical for me to run for reelection as Grand Secretary.
Anyone that is interested in running for the office of Grand Secretary or Grand Treasurer should submit a letter to Grand Lodge indicating their intention to stand as a candidate for one of those offices.
The deadline for submission of your intent to run is March 15, 2012, however, under the circumstances I think it would be nice for the craft to know who might be interested in these positions.
Fraternally,
Hollis G. Dixon
Grand Secretary
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