2008 Murat Divan

Murat Shriners Business Connection
Christopher Planeaux
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Our mantra remains simple and
straightforward: all things equal, Nobles
will do business with Nobles. If you
need a service, a product, information, a
referral or recommendation, a job – any
opportunity whatsoever – your first call
(or email) should go to a member of the
Murat’s business networking unit.
The event to add to your calendar
… The Third Annual MSBC Texas Hold
’em Tournament. It leads the way to
broadening our network/fundraising
opportunities. Please contact any member
of our officer line for details (or to
volunteer your expertise). It will take
place March 29 in the Oasis Lounge
(please view our advert elsewhere in
this issue).
Our Unit’s accomplishments, however,
do not stem simply from this
fundraising. That would not do us justice.
Our fund-raising achievements
remain the by-product of our business
opportunities. Every Stated Meeting,
every social event, every fundraiser –
every visit to the Oasis Lounge –
becomes a networking opportunity to
conduct business. Each member of our
Unit genuinely wants all of us to grow
and prosper.
We can measure this prosperity
several ways: a direct referral, closed
business deal, a sale, a completed negotiation
– but such criterion does not
reflect the true depth of the opportunity
afforded our members.
The wealth of talent, the breadth
of professionals, and the wide range of
expertise in our Unit provides an
unequal opportunity for each of us,
meeting on the level, to help a brother
in need (or maybe seeking advice). The
amount of money saved, the expert
advice available, one simply cannot
quantify that with a naked dollar sign.
Nevertheless, we would not overstate
to claim that hundreds of thousands
– if not millions – of dollars pass
hands throughout the year, either directly
or indirectly, from business negotiated
through our Unit.
MSBC meets in the Oasis Lounge
the fourth Tuesday of every month
(except November). Social hour begins
at 6 p.m., our Stated Meeting at 7 p.m.
We keep Unit business to a minimum
Daughters of the Nile
and use the bulk of our time to talk
about ourselves and our businesses.
Please visit our website
(http://msbc.murtashrine.org) for more
information and also visit our one-page
ad in this magazine.
Ruth Ann Kelly
Goodbye cold February and hello early spring. The sparrows and their many
feathered friends are anticipating the fresh scent of spring. Get your lawnmower
out of the shed and prepare for the mowing season. Garden tools will turn over
the rich soil and ready it for planting flowers and items in your vegetable garden.
Yes, springtime is “just around the corner.”
ATTENTION: Our Stated Meetings have been changed effective immediately.
Koran Temple No. 30 will hold their Stated Meetings on the third Wednesday
of every month, except June, July and August. They will be held at 7 p.m. in the
Corinthian Room of the Murat Shrine Centre. Please mark your calendars to reflect
these permanent changes for the following Stated Meeting dates: March 5, April 2,
and May 7.
Thank You! Queen Cathy Rose would like to thank everyone who had any
part in making her year as Koran Temple’s Queen a huge success. “It has been a
rewarding year, one I shall never forget. I have formed many friendships while traveling
these United States. It was an honor representing Koran Temple at Supreme
Session, several subordinate temples and six Shrine Hospitals.” Queen Cathy
would also like to thank her mother, Past Queen Carol Rose, for serving as Supreme
Princess Zuliema for the Supreme Temple, Daughters of the Nile; being a great traveling
companion; helping with last minute details for meetings, banquets, and ceremonials;
and offering her “ear” and shoulder for extra support during trying
moments. “I love you, Mom.”
Congratulations to everyone who helped make our annual Style Show a huge
success. Special thanks from Queen Cathy Rose to community sponsors for their
generous contribution to our silent auction. Their gifts were well received by all
attending this event. Finally, Pam Herther was the winner of our one-carat diamond
tennis bracelet.
The final sewing session will be hosted by Queen Cathy at the Murat Shrine
Centre from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The ladies will have a noon soup and salad luncheon
in the Oasis Lounge followed by their business meeting. Add these future
sewing dates to your 2008 calendar – March 19, April 16, and May 21. More information
will be forthcoming in our April Shrine newsletter. Everyone come and
help to complete the items for the children in the hospitals. Get your parking permit
decal from Queen Cathy at our March Stated Meeting.
Our temple needs new ladies for membership. Past Queen Manuella
Jefferson, (317) 844-6222, and Faye Crabtree, (317) 894-6583, will provide a Petition
for Membership to anyone interested in belonging to our organization. Give one
of these ladies a call today!
Koran Temple’s open installation of officers for the 2008-2009 year will be on
Sunday, March 30, at 3 p.m. in the Trowel Trades Building. Everyone is cordially
invited to attend and welcome these newly elected officers to their year of service.
A reception will follow immediately.
My final thought: A man’s hair and teeth are just about his best friends, but
even the best of all friends “fall out.”
THE MURAT MAGAZINE