Premiere Lodge Award

1. Premiere Lodge Award The Guidelines That Will Lead Your Lodge to Fraternal and Therefore Financial Success!

2. Why? • The Premiere Lodge Award is a fraternal road map to success. • Lodges that win this award are successful. • They are turning a profit month after month • They are attracting new members • Their calendars are full of activities that members enjoy • They are the Friendliest Places in Town! • They are supporting Mooseheart, Moosehaven, and their communities.

3. WSNIMA Premiere Lodges 2009-2010 • Camas 1042 • Montesano 1210 • Peninsula 2362 • Finley 2681

4. How did they do it? • Five mandatory criteria: • 1) Net increase in equity (assets) – only has to be $1 more than the previous year! • 2) Net increase in active members on the rolls – only has to be one more member than you had at the start of the year. • 3) Increase in Endowment Fund contributions over the previous year – only has to be $1 more. Or you can attain this by donating more per capita than the national average of $2,10 per member. • 4) Representation at least two of three of the following – WSNIMA Convention, WSNIMA Conference, and International Convention. • 5) Submit Moose of the Year Nomination by July 1st.

5. How Did They Do It? • 10 alternate criteria: • 1) All four community service reports filed by the quarterly deadline • 2) Preferred members are at least 6% of last years member count • 3) Submission of the Moose Legionnaire of the Year nomination by July 15th • 4) Submission of the Rookie of the Year nomination by July 1st • 5) At least two students sponsored to a Youth Awareness Congress

6. How Did They Do It? • 10 alternate criteria: • 6) Report new & re-enrolled members greater than or equal to 15% of your active members on 4/30/2010 • 7) At least $100 donated to Safe Surfin’ Foundation • 8) Participation in the Tommy Moose Program • 9) Representation at WSNIMA Convention, WSNIMA Conference, and International Convention (all 3 meetings) • 10) Representation at a Leadership Training Session for Lodge Officers

7. Premiere Lodge Award Levels • Bronze award level • Meet all 5 of the mandatory criteria + any 5 of the alternate criteria

8. Premiere Lodge Award Levels • Silver award level • Meet all 5 of the mandatory criteria + any 7 of the alternate criteria

9. Premiere Lodge Award Levels • Gold award level • Meet all 5 of the mandatory criteria + any 9 of the alternate criteria

10. Premiere Lodge Award Levels • Platinum award level • Meet all 5 of the mandatory criteria + all 10 of the alternate criteria

11. Premiere Lodge Award

12. Again, I ask Why? • Can you see your lodge’s name and number engraved on that plaque at the bottom of the Premiere Lodge Shadow Box? • Can you understand why winning this award is important to your lodge? • Can you see that meeting these criteria will lead your lodge to greater success? • Can you see yourselves sitting in the convention hall in Anaheim when your lodge’s name and number are announced? • Can you imagine how proud of yourselves and your lodge you will be if your lodge name and number are called? • Can you imagine how proud your members will be of their officers and lodge when you bring this home and hang it up?

13. Again, I ask Why? • Can you imagine the kinds of conversations having this hanging in your lodge will generate? • Can you imagine what your lodge’s future is if you don’t start to aspire to do the fraternal things this award recognizes? • Can your lodge survive much longer without embracing the fraternal programs outlined in the award?

14. Thank you