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Candidate pre-Ceremonial Orientation Saturday, February 2,
9:00 am – 11:30 am. Light refreshments
February Ceremonial
10:00 a.m., Saturday February 9 at the Shrine Auditorium.
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Candidate check in.
9:00 – 10:00 am Additional orientation and Ceremonial preparation
10:00 am Ceremonial first section
11:50 am – 12:30 pm Ceremonial second section
12:45 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Fezzing and new Shriners orientation
Last day to sign up Candidates January 25. No walk-ins.
April Ceremonial
10:00 a.m. Saturday April 20 at Noble Park in Bakersfield
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Candidate check in.
9:00 – 10:00 am Additional orientation and Ceremonial preparation
10:00 am Ceremonial first section
11:50 am – 12:30 pm Ceremonial second section
12:45 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Fezzing and new Shriners orientation
5:00 pm POV at Noble Park
Al Malaikahan - December 2012
Al Malaikah Shriners Stratigic Plan
Hello, Nobles.
Last month, we looked at the Al Malaikah Strategic Plan. As discussed, some of the Plan’s
strategies have already been implemented. More actions are being planned to help reach our goals.
One of our goals is to increase our new Shriners’ involvement by giving them a better idea
of who we are, what we do, and how we can have a good time doing it. We began pre-Ceremonial
orientations for Candidates in July. We found that most Candidates are not signing up in time to
attend the orientations. Additionally, we want to start providing name tags for new Shriners so we
can learn their names and more about them, which we hope will make them more comfortable
about joining in with our activities. To have name tags for them on the Ceremonial day,
we must have the Candidates signed up at least a few weeks before the Ceremonial. So
the procedure after December’s Ceremonial will be that a Candidate must be registered
no later than 3 weeks before the Ceremonial. If he submits an application after the date
we’ve ordered the name badges, he will be scheduled for the next Ceremonial. What
this means is there will be no more walk-in Candidates accepted for Ceremonials.
This will take a bit more fore-planning on all our parts, but we’re excited about the
possibilities this procedure should open.
In conjunction with this, maximizing Club and Unit participation in Ceremonials and other Shrine events will give you
more opportunities to meet and interact with our new Shriners. Simultaneously, they will have more chances to find out about
you and your activities. This will encourage them to join you, or at least give you more chances to ask them to join if they seem
a bit shy.
I am pleased that I’m receiving comments on past articles and that many of us are sharing more ideas. We will
implement them as rapidly as possible. We still need more bodies to help with this and it’s not too late to let us know you
would like to help out with a particular task.
Thank you all. Have a wonderful holiday season and a successful and fun new year.
Fraternally, Dave Chernik, Chief Rabban
First Two Ceremonials of 2013
Saturday February 9,
at Shrine Auditorium
Saturday April 20,
at Noble Park in
Bakersfield
Contact Rio at the Shrine Office for all the information (213) 748-0173
Applications available by calling the Temple office or visit www.almalaikah.com
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