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FROM THE RECORDER’S OFFICE...
Here it is, June already, and we still You can also contact the Syria Shrine of our own. We understand that a number
have a number of Nobles who still owe Center, and make the changes through us. of you do not have access to, or even use
their dues. Please pull out your member- Our computer database is shared with Head- the Internet, so if this Office can be of any
ship card and see what the small sticker on quarters, and mirrors our data. assistance in helping you get the
the lower right corner shows. If it is NOT Here is the great part. If you happen to addresses entered, please don’t hesitate
2018, you will need to remit your dues. be one of those fortunate enough to escape to contact us. We all truly appreciate your
You can simply contact my Office, and we the cold for a few months, I’d make a wild help in this matter.
will provide you with an invoice to easily guess that many times you stay at the same Keep your eyes peeled for the
mail in your payment, or we can even take location – easy peazy! Within the database, opportunity to win guns, cash or a new
it over the telephone, via a credit card. at your fingertips, and ours, is a place to add car. Our Sportsman Bash and the Car
Along this same vein, I need to ask for multiple addresses. Guess what else – you Raffle are all coming up very soon. Please
your collective help with a matter of great can put a start and end date for each address. don’t forget to get your tickets from the
importance to the Office of the Recorder. I Please allow me to give you an example: Chairmen of each event. You can find
mentioned this issue at the April Quarterly You live at 123 “A” St., Pittsburgh, PA them listed elsewhere in this publication.
meeting, but I would be truly remiss if I 15200. You stay here from March 1st, We have Erie Hospital Days right
didn’t pass this on to our entire Nobility. through October 1st. around the corner, and the huge fund-
Each year dues notices are mailed out From October 2nd through February 28th, raiser – The Shriner’s Hospital Charity
from the Imperial Headquarters in Tampa, you reside at 456 1st St., Tampa, FL 33631. Clay Shoot at Seven Springs. The Shrine-
Florida. Each year we get hundreds of the When you enter the website, under your own Masonic Family Picnic is the first Friday
letters mailed, returned. I never knew this portal, you simply enter both addresses. Now in August, where we have a grand parade.
twist with the Post Office. If you are what the best part is where you can enter the dates Remember it NEVER rains on a Shrine
is often called a “Snowbird,” you may where you will be. Parade!!! Isn’t that correct Noble High
leave your cold northern home, and spend Our databases (Syria and Imperial) will Priest and Prophet?
some time elsewhere. Perhaps on the automatically track the location you entered Don’t forget to give my Office your
sunny beaches of Florida, the warm, dry for the appropriate dates, and will send out information if you are going to attend the
climate of Arizona, or wherever else may the mail to the address to where you are Imperial Session in Daytona Beach in
strike your fancy. residing at that time. July, and also to get your reservation to
The previously mentioned “dues If you change locations every year, you Scott Schultz if you are going to the Mid-
notices” are mailed as bulk mailing. If can still enter the latest address(s) where you Atlantic Shrine Association (MASA) in
you put on a “mail forward,” the Post will be, and also enter the dates you’ll be September. They both promise to be a
Office will NOT forward this mail. They there. great time, and you will also gain a great
do, however, return it to the sender, who Please consider this for the sake of the deal of information about your Shrine
has now paid the bulk mail cost, plus the Syria Shrine. Remember, the U.S Post office Organization.
return postage, which is then passed on will NOT forward third class or bulk mail, Nobles, just a couple more things for
to the Shrine Center, at the cost of a first nor will they hold it at your local Post Office. this issue.
class letter. They return it at our expense. 1) I realize it’s a bit early in the year,
Every Shrine member has the ability What compounds the problem even further but parade season is right around the
to go into the WebFez website, set up an is that if headquarters gets no reply from you corner. In consultation with our insurance
account, and can make changes to their for your dues on their first mailing, they send Provider, it is REQUIRED that every
profile, to include updating their address. out yet another notice that we so many times, parade that your group participates in
In order to log into the WebFez website, have to pay again. MUST be approved. This may sound a bit
you must first be registered. You only need This may cost us upwards of $ 2,000. That daunting, but what this means is that the
to register one time, and to do so, go to money could be much better spent for the Recorder’s Office must simply be
your browsers address bar and type Hospitals. notified that you are going to participate
webfez.shrinenet.org I simply ask that you consider the above in a parade. This is easily accomplished
button, and
Click on the Register suggestion to save your Shrine Center a great
follow the directions from there. deal of money being spent, due to no fault (Continued on page 8)
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