DESERT DUST MARCH 2013 PAGE 1 - The Oasis Shriners

PAGE 16 MARCH 2013 DESERT DUST
A message from Ken Bowen, Membership Chairman
Oasis is off to a great start in 2013 with over 70%
of our membership having already paid their 2013
dues and our list of Non Paid Dues members continues
to go down. Keep up the good work. Oasis has a lot of
great activities planned and we look forward to seeing all of
you here at the Temple or at your Club or Unit. I know that
many of your clubs and units have many fun events planned
for the upcoming year as well. Let us know what you have
planned and we will include those events in the Desert Dust
and do our best to get Divan members to participate in your
events.
We are all ambassadors of Oasis and with that in mind, one
way you can help us grow our membership is to help a brother
Mason to join the Shriners. This year, Oasis has two Ceremonials
planned. In June, we will return to Blowing Rock
for a weekend of fun and fellowship. Then, in November
we will return to Hickory. Both ceremonials promise to be
great events, but only with your help. Start talking to current
Masons who you think would make great Shriners now. I
challenge each of you to be a top line signer on two applications
this year - one to replace yourself and
one to grow our fraternity.
Another way you can get involved in membership
is to become a Blue Lodge Ambassador.
This program is one we are very excited about.
Oasis is looking for active Shrine Masons who
are willing to share information with both your
Blue Lodge and your Shrine Club or Unit about
the activities each has planned. If you are active
in both your Blue Lodge and the Shrine,
send us an email so we can put you on our
mailing list. We want to communicate with
you about events at Oasis and hope that you
will pass this information along to your Blue
Lodges.
Presidents and Secretaries, remember to send
us a membership roster for your Club or Unit.
Also send us a short description of your Club
or Unit that we can include on our website.
Pictures are welcomed as well. Nobles should
also go to the newly redesigned Oasis website
to sign up for our emails. We currently have
over 3,000 Nobles signed up to receive these
informative emails. Moving forward, we will
keep you up to date with all the happenings of
your Shrine.
Lastly, send your membership success stories
to me at ken.bowen@att.net. I will be sharing
these stories in future article. I look forward
to working with you to grow our fraternity
and your Club or Unit in 2013.